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In 1908, Mr. Wang Guowei created 126 "Human Words", which was invited by the Journal of National Essence, and later Mr. Wang Guowei selected 64 of them to be published in the 47th, 49th and 50th issues of the Journal of National Essence.
However, in the nearly two decades since the first edition of "Human Words" came out, the response has been mediocre and has not aroused much discussion in society.
In that era of advocating the reform of the law and the popularity of Western studies, the "Human Words and Sayings", a sinology work written by Wen Yanwen and mainly discussing classical words and phrases, seemed somewhat "out of date".
Liang Qichao is even more blunt, and the poems are just small ways: "With words and words, the inherent authors of the Qing Dynasty, driving the Yuan Ming upwards, Ruo Nalan is virtuous、...... Zhu Zumou, all of whom are called his family, but the word gu refers to the small Path. ”
The special background of the times makes it difficult for people to calm down and discuss the aesthetics of poetry, and in that era, poetry is inevitably marginalized.
Of course, to this day, this well-known poetry classic has long since escaped the embarrassing situation of being snubbed that day.
Through this encounter of the national classics, I can also better understand what Mr. Li mentioned in "Words and Sayings on Earth": All scenery is love language.
As the perfect terminator of classical poetics, "Human Words" can be called the last glorious work in the history of classical Chinese poetry.
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Reading Mr. Wang Guowei's "Words and Sayings on Earth", there is always a sense of beauty that is ready to come out but is difficult to express, as if this is not simply a book of words, but a beautiful work of art.
In "Words and Sayings on Earth", Mr. Wang Guowei mentioned a very interesting concept through the works of Yan Shu, Liu Yong and Xin Shuyi, that is, the three realms of learning:
"Those who become great undertakings and university inquirers in ancient and modern times must pass through three realms." Last night the west wind withered the green trees, went up to the tall building alone, and looked at the end of the world', this first realm also; 'the belt gradually widened and finally did not regret, for the people of Isaac were haggard', this second realm also; 'the crowd looked for him for a thousand hundred degrees, and looked back to see that the man was in the place where the lights were dimmed', this third realm also. ”
This first realm, from Yan Shu's "Butterfly Love Flower", was originally when the lyricist ascended to the heights and looked far away, facing the scene of the autumn wind rising and the grass and trees withering and yellowing, there was a sense of pity, regret and confusion.
This inevitable law of nature, when first read, may fall into the mood of loss and loneliness, but with "alone" and "looking at the end of the world", when tasting carefully, it gives people a strong sense of hope and courage.
When it comes to the matter of governance, it is like a beginner who is full of expectations for the future, but repeatedly hits a wall and is confused when he can't do it.
Mr. Wang Guowei said: Don't panic, you are just in the first stage, just step over.
This second realm, Liu Yong's original intention is to portray the pain of lovesickness in love, Wang Guowei uses this sentence to express the perseverance of learning, just like saying that life is long, the pursuit of ideal road is always full of bumps, studying is like falling in love, falling in love with a person, will inevitably go through a lot of tests, do not give up lightly, choose a road, you must persist to the end, until success.
This spirit of "never regretting it" is exactly the quality that scholars need very much.
And the third realm, 'the crowd looks for him a thousand hundred degrees, look back and see, the man is in the middle of the lights', the sense of surprise and satisfaction of finally getting what you want after thousands of sails, is simply one of the most beautiful moments in life.
Poets, songs to Yongzhi, in the hearts of the ancients, poetry is a means of their lyrical aspirations, but Chinese has always been implicit, the pursuit of seeing through and not breaking, so the ancients often use some images of special significance to euphemistically express their hearts when expressing their hearts.
When we read poetry, it is through these images of their own meaning that we can understand the information that others want to convey to us across time and space, and that special perception we often call it the mood.
Perhaps, this is the product of the fusion of imagery, realm and aesthetics in Mr. Wang Guowei's mouth.
After all, some people have always said that Mr. Wang Guowei's "Words and Sayings on Earth" is a classic masterpiece of epoch-making significance when Western philosophy, aesthetics and Oriental poetry collide.
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"Words take the realm as the highest, and if there is a realm, it becomes a high-level character and has its own famous sentence."
The realm is not only a scenery, but also a realm of joy and sorrow, but also a realm in people's hearts. Therefore, those who can paint real scenes and true feelings are said to have a realm. Otherwise, there is no boundary. ”
When Zhuangzi and Huishi were playing on the bridge of Haoshui, there was a famous dialogue: Zi is not me, an know that I do not know the joy of fish?
To us today, such a discussion seems to be very meaningless, how can people know the feelings of fish, is this not a strong word?
In fact, this is the realm of the ancient population.
According to Mr. Wang Guowei's explanation, the so-called realm is the kind of transcendent thing itself that we feel in our hearts after we come into contact with an object, and a kind of emotion and association that can produce a deeper understanding in our hearts.
This is also why Mr. Wang Guowei's "Words and Sayings in the World" always has such an evaluation as "idealism".
Mr. Wang Guowei believes that the same is the writing of words, who can convey such a special experience to the reader in addition to male and female love and natural scenery, such a work is an excellent work.