Text | Ling Hu Boguang
Recently, the "Water Margin" of China's four famous books had an accident, and some netizens left a message on a government website suggesting that "Water Margin-related content be removed from primary and secondary school texts and extracurricular reading materials", giving the original reasons such as "vicious slander and ugliness of women", "extremely illogical plots", and "unprincipled glorification of indiscriminate killing of innocents".
Then the other party scolded the author for destroying the three views of mankind, refreshing the lower limit of human beings, etc., extremely dark and perverted psychology, giving infinite sympathy to Wu Song, Li Kui, Song Jiang and other scum to arrange a good ending, which is the most poisonous novel I have seen and so on. The Department of Education has responded very well to this, so I won't mention it here.
In recent years, I believe that from time to time you have seen people report that some literary and artistic works have three incorrect views, teach bad children or something. This "three views are not correct" and "affect children" in the current domestic society is not only the "Four Masterpieces", what anime, games, film and television works will destroy his children, will teach their three views.
I personally feel that the current development of literary and artistic works, and even public opinion, continues to be like this. There is already a kind of private release, which has been played to the extent of freedom and proliferation as Europe and the United States. However, the requirements for "values" of literary and artistic works in the public sphere are in some ways inferior to those of the ancients.
This problem is not only the emergence of the "Four Masterpieces", but also this trend in literary and artistic works in recent years. We can clearly feel that modern people have accepted it in some aspects, and even begun to be less open than the ancients who were poisoned by feudal rites, which is really not good.
"Water Margin" is a poison novel? Where exactly is it "poisonous"?
I have always believed that evaluating literary and artistic works, especially historical literary and artistic works, is the same as evaluating historical figures, and cannot be separated from a specific historical environment. "Water Margin" has been circulated from the early Ming Dynasty for 700 years to today, in addition to its huge classical Chinese literary value, it actually has a role with Tang poetry and Song Dynasty is to reflect the social life of the ancients at that time.
This reflects the positive appearance of the prince and the beautiful man, and the dark historical changes of the fly camp dog.
Today's classical literary and artistic works can inherit the historical and cultural spirit and inherit the national culture. Naturally, you can also learn about ancient society from literary and artistic works, and learn lessons and experiences. It is also the famous saying of Chinese history: with history as a mirror, you can know the prosperous generation; With a human mirror, you can see the gains and losses.
1, from the perspective of literary value, the inclusion of Water Margin in the four major is indeed indisputable.
Water Margin is one of China's earliest works of individual heroism, emphasizing plot and character building rather than macro narrative, and my favorite poems in Water Margin that describe characters, scenes, fights, and chapters at the beginning and end of the chapters are concise and catchy, and it is these poems that make me understand how the ancients used poetry.
The exaggeration and imaginative description of this novel have important enlightening significance for teenagers' writing, and now children do not have time to read extracurricular books, and they cannot discover the imagination and inspiration of composition. In addition, "Water Margin" has "chivalry" and "righteousness", in contemporary popular works, except for Jin Yong Gulong, you can rarely find "chivalrous" works, if you do not learn "Water Margin", it will affect the cognition of teenagers.
If "Water Margin" is removed from the shelves, I am afraid that these children will not be able to write this kind of traditional Chinese cultural works when they grow up, which will seriously affect the quality of future entertainment works (now worrying). Of course, China has the saying "less do not read the Water Margin", and the old do not read the Three Kingdoms".
I don't recommend that children who are too young read ancient masterpieces, the first is to discourage most people's interest in reading, I am afraid that it is difficult to have the courage to read it again if they can insist on reading it, and the in-depth reading of famous books is only a glimpse of the lake, it is better to watch historical documentaries, easy and understand the knowledge is more accurate.
The second is that the foundation of traditional culture is not enough, and it is difficult to appreciate the good beauty of famous works when reading ancient masterpieces.
Third, insufficient life experience is also an obstacle to reading the four famous books.
This following the trend of reading famous books says that what affects the three views and teaches bad people is too high, or looks down on children's cognition. This view, like many people selling anxiety, is not necessarily excellent or influenced when read. Because there is still a process of reading famous books, first let him combine Chinese history, appreciate excellent traditional culture and literary significance, then the so-called historical significance things to guide, and finally history, class, politics and other deep things.
I think that the vast majority of children for famous books, whether the future will come to the second step is difficult to say. Because they go to junior high school for the middle school entrance examination, high school three years of busy studies have the college entrance examination, interested in naturally to understand, not interested will not understand, and high school children are basically about to adulthood.
At this time, what crushes their three views will never be a literary and artistic work.
"Water Margin" is too poisonous to ban? The vast majority of works should not be prohibited
2. "Water Margin" deeply reflects the historical society of China's Ming Dynasty, and is a good understanding of ancient Chinese politics and humanistic spirit.
I have read all four famous books (there is also a complete version placed there), to be fair, I didn't finish reading "The Red Mansion" because I was not very interested, and the feeling of enjoying life only arose from "Water Margin" and "Three Kingdoms". To read famous books, we must feel the traditional culture and spiritual realm inside.
Water Margin stands out from the Ming and Qing dynasty novels as one of the four masterpieces, not only because of their powerful writing and vivid portrayals, nor because they reflect the characteristics of an era in one book, but because they contain the essence of traditional Chinese culture for thousands of years.
"Three Kingdoms" is famous for its grandeur, describing the changes of an era, as magnificent as an epic, but it is embedded with pearls, Kong Ming, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun. There is no shortage of descriptions of personal heroism in the chapter, which is hearty, like drinking fine wine. This is a technique of the big and the small.
The overall structure of "Water Margin" is relatively small, and it is pieced together through the integration of the personal depictions of each main character. There are many descriptions of individual heroism in it, and the wonderful bridges are basically focused on the plots of these individual heroism, while the relative ones such as defeating Tong Guan, capturing Gao Qiang, and fighting in the south and the north are not as impressive as Wusong fighting tigers, Lu Ti fisting the town of Guanxi, pulling the willows, and fighting the dragon into the clouds.
"Water Margin" is a typical small and big approach, and the individual heroism of the Water Margin, including the Three Kingdoms, is Chinese-style individual heroism, which is different from foreign countries. American superheroes can change their lives against the sky, and Chinese culture determines that individual heroism is not the right way.
People cannot overcome the heavens, and according to the reincarnation of the heavenly path, great things will be achieved, which is the way of thinking of traditional Chinese culture. With this understanding, if you read famous books again, you will have new gains. Learn about Chinese traditions and social psychology from the novel. You can also gain by reading from other perspectives.
For example, the instructor studied "The Red Chamber" from a historical perspective, saying that if you did not read the Red Chamber, you would not understand Chinese feudal society. He commented that "Water Margin" is from the perspective of class contradictions, teachers are so knowledgeable can read the gains, why do some people only read "poison novels"?
Netizens say "Water Margin" poisons teenagers? There is no problem with the four masterpieces, and there is no problem with literary and artistic works
A "Water Margin" read by so many people, some people don't like to see fighting and killing, some people see heroes and heroes want to imitate, and some people may really want to go up Liangshan - but people who don't like Water Margin also know that three punches kill the town of Guanxi, upside down the willow tree, three bowls of no gang, Wusong fights the tiger, Pan Jinlian and Ximen Qing, forced up Liangshan, Yang Zhi sells knives, outwits the birthday gang and so on.
These are household names, even among the people. What other works can produce so many popular bridges? There are also many three famous books, "Jin Pingmei" imitates the water margin and enters the worldly life, and "Dream of Red Mansions" imitates "Jin Pingmei" and enters the world to rise and fall.
This inheritance line of literary history must be clarified, and even the language style and internal logic have clues to follow. It can be said that Water Margin, together with Zhuangzi, Li Shao, Shiji, and Du Shi, is ranked among the five great talent books, which is by no means a waste of fame.
Seeing "Water Margin" as a cool article of fighting and killing, thinking that it is written about heroes and good men, that is the feeling of elementary school students after reading. Writing "Water Margin" from one hundred and eight magic stars to the cultural part with its own end, and talking about the reincarnation of cause and effect in the core, etc., this is already a little deep thinking for teenagers.
If specifically "Water Margin" tells the story of how to struggle, from a small broken cottage to a big and strong and then how to overturn. The political struggle inside is also very hidden and ingenious, and the good men are not united and happy when they are gathered, and it can be seen from the ranking that the Song Jiang faction and the Chao Gai faction are staggered and balanced, which is already deeper.
The instructor said that "Water Margin" is good for surrender, and this statement cannot only understand the incompleteness of the revolution from the surface, but also shows the limitations of history, ideology, and theory. It also proves that the historical, cultural and artistic nature of "Water Margin" is second to none.
World famous books are written about writing about one person so that you will not be confused with others. Mr. Lu Xun has deep skills, and he wrote Xianglin Sister-in-law, Leap Earth, Kong Yiji, etc., but unfortunately there is no long novel. How many novels have written about fight scenes, and which one do you remember clearly?
There are too many things to learn and comprehend in "Water Margin", and modern writers such as Jin Yong and Sanmao have read Water Margin and even thousands of times, don't think that they are too idle to do anything. The Zhejiang Department of Education replied that the grass snake gray line method is only a way of writing, and there are many subtle writing hidden in it.
It is recommended to take a look at the Golden Saint Sigh Review Book, you will definitely read a different Water Margin.
In fact, many famous works in ancient and modern China and abroad are the simplest point. If they are not ahead of their time in all respects, how can they be passed down for hundreds or even thousands of years to the present day? In this era, there are often works that are blown up by fans, but it has been difficult for more than 10 years, and even Jin Yong's martial arts novels are a little tired after 50 years.
"Water Margin" was reported, and literary and artistic works were removed from the shelves at every turn? Chinese pop culture has come to a new era
I have always believed that "books are dead and people are alive". The gradual change of moral concepts has led to the torture of the ideas of the old era in the book by the new ideas of the new era. But the changes in society are really too great, what is "anti-violence" and "anti-three views", what seems normal to me is abnormal in the eyes of others.
I don't know if you found a phenomenon, now the Internet criticizes others is common is "low education" and "less reading", and then it is recommended to read more and read more, at this time to contact the controversy of literary and artistic works is not very interesting, as a result, this is also three views are not correct that also teach bad children.
In fact? I read so many foreign masterpieces to see the ideas of foreigners, read ancient books and feel the ideas of the ancients, different times and different environments, different ideological concepts are different. Later, it turned out that there was too little experience to think independently in combination with personal reality, after all, "books are dead, people are alive".
Finally, returning to the point of view at the beginning, I think that information is too convenient and social public opinion now, which has led to the fact that many audiences now have concepts in some aspects, which are really more than the ancients. Then think of many animations, games, film and television works that can be deleted and removed from the shelves at every turn.
I think the management of Chinese pop culture, as well as the public's perception, I think it is time to set a more progressive standard.