Under the sun is the land

◎ Zheng Congyan

No writer is a writer twenty-four hours a day, but mr. Xu Xunlei, a famous essayist, writer and critic, not only pays attention to news and current affairs around the clock, but also looks forward to "the front" and "the back" - both looking back at history and looking forward to the future. With extremely rare exuberant energy, he created one important work after another, which was finally compiled into a new book, "Under the Sun is the Land". This is the third collection of character essays published by the author after "The Soul of this World" and "Gentle and Agitated".

Writing about people is sometimes equivalent to recording a personal history, and of course, it also records the silhouette of an era. Goethe once reverently called history "God's mysterious workshop," which is true. Mr. Xu Xunlei excavated many old things in this workshop, although 99% may be bland or even meaningless, but the unforgettable and sublime 1% has just become his "inexhaustible and inexhaustible" highlight resource. There are the reappearances of historical figures, the sparkle of realistic (the latest historical) figures, even the imagination of future (history that will soon become history) events... The sky has no end, under the sun is the land, above the land is one and all things.

One life two, two births three, three births of all things. The land is the place where magical life is born. For a people, it often takes hundreds of years for a genius to emerge; for a book, it can bring together all the sparkle of the stars of mankind. Wu Liande, the first person in China's centennial war "epidemic", who made outstanding contributions to the public health cause of the Chinese nation is historic, pioneering and landmark, and is a person who stands on the land and writes in capital letters. Mei Teng, from bowing to exhaustion, Guangxing Jishi, Guangci Fraternity, Ji Rensheng, saving lives and helping the injured; with 45 years of Shaohua, the excellent feelings will be sprinkled on every inch of land in Hangzhou, China. I.M. Pei, borrowing "Wood is thriving, and the spring trickles down and begins to flow." When the goodness of all things is gained, the journey of my life is rested, and I sigh that my life is coming to an end; as everyone knows, the immortal Bei's architecture is the crystallization of artistic consciousness, cultural consciousness and civilization consciousness, and is the perfect fusion of art and history on the earth. On the fertile soil of Xu Xunlei's writing, the man's deed at that time took root, sprouted, blossomed, and bore fruit.

Everything that truly means so much takes time to brew, and everyone who truly excels makes unimaginable efforts. Above the land is the sun, and everyone sees the mighty light emitted by the sun, but Xu Xunlei knows that the sun is burning, and behind the greatness are tribulations. When Fan Jinshi first came to Dunhuang, she was eager to see the cave, but "the outside of the cave was very tattered, there was no door inside, there was no staircase, so she climbed into the hole with a 'centipede ladder' with a trunk inserted into the branches." After climbing up, you have to use the 'centipede ladder' to climb down, which is terrible." Liao Zhi said frankly: "If I had not experienced the disaster, I would not have such a deep empathy for the group affected by the disaster; if I had not amputated my leg, I would not have such a strong sense of mission for the disabled group, which is the meaning of suffering and suffering in life." From the sky to the earth, it is the reader's freedom to read and look down; from the earth to the sun, it reflects the hardships of Xu Xunlei's writing and looking up. How many characters need to be punished; how many past events need to be re-examined; how many thoughts need to be liberated again.

Xu Xunlei is very proficient in driving language, and it is well known that he is known for his comments, so in addition to the conventional accounts, he always does not forget to comment, and this habit immediately makes his characters become more vivid, vivid and concrete. In the end, Xu Xunlei always skillfully integrates his own experience into the character essays, so that one is to close the distance with the reader, and the other is to look at his soul in this way. After all, compared with those who dream with one eye open, Mr. Xu Xunlei has always been a person who observes the whole world with fraternity and humanistic care.

Under the sun is the land, in a word: Dan. At dawn, the sun rises in the east, and above the land is hope!

("Under the Sun is the Land", Xu Xunlei/Author, Guangxi Normal University Press)

【Source: Shandong Business Daily】

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