I once saw such a post:
"What are some books that I didn't think about at first reading, but as I get older, I slowly feel that they are masterpieces?"
A high praise reply goes something like this:
""Camel Xiangzi", the first time I watched the tragedy of the times, the second time I watched the cause and effect of fate, and the third time I saw the real self. ”
Lao She uses sympathetic brushstrokes to depict the three ups and downs of the protagonist Xiangzi's life.
He went from a young man full of dreams to an idle man.
Many of the tricks that seem to be played by fate are actually the result of personal choices.
If you understand these seven sentences in "Camel Xiangzi", you will understand that cognition determines the outcome of life and harvests a new life.
01
- There is nothing to be afraid of, there is nothing to worry about, as long as you do your own work, you will definitely succeed.
Born in a barren rural area, Xiangzi came to Peking as a teenager to work as a rickshaw driver, and he had nothing but strength.
When he first learned to pull a car, Xiangzi's feet and neck were swollen like two scoops, but he still gritted his teeth and persevered.
In just two or three weeks, Xiangzi trained his legs and feet as fast as a fan.
Shoko not only has tenacity, but also hope.
He believes that as long as he is steadfast and willing to work, he will one day be able to save enough money to buy a car of his own, so that he will not give money to the owner of the car factory.
Xiangzi has been pulling the car for three years without idleness, and has also endured a lot of hardships:
Summer sweat wrung out of clothes;
Winter sweat sticks to the back like ice chips.
When the new calluses on her feet turned into calluses, Xiangzi finally saved enough 100 yuan to buy a brand new car of her own.
Suffering and frustration are the essence of life.
There is no road in vain in life, and every step counts.
In those silent working hours, there is no need to be anxious about self-doubt.
Wait patiently, after a thousand tempers, there will always be a day when the bitterness will come.
02
- A naïve, heartfelt smile, as if the previous hardships have been written off, and the smile has changed to a new world, as easy as changing a piece of clothing, happy!
No one lives a smooth sailing.
Not long after Shoko's new car was bought, she encountered war.
The car was snatched away by the rebels, and Xiangzi was also dragged to be a strong man, almost losing his life.
Later, Xiangzi took advantage of the war to escape from the barracks, and did not forget to take the three camels with him.
Many people will be devastated when they are suffering from the trials and tribulations of life.
Shoko told herself: "As long as you live, sell your camel and you can always buy another car." ”
He no longer thinks about the dangers and grievances of these days, but tries to imagine his life after he has a new car.
Shoko shaved her head and changed into new clothes and shoes, as if she would be able to get strong in no time.
During the ordeal, Shoko took advantage of the solace of her dreams to dress neatly and walk towards the sun with a smile.
I like a quote:
"The best state of a person is when his eyes are full of stories, but his face is full of weather. ”
At all times, people must have the courage to start anew.
In this way, all the ups and downs can be in the past.
03
- If a person sees through himself, he will not underestimate others.
Hu Niu is the daughter of the owner of the car factory, she is spicy and capable, and she is a good housekeeper, but she is ugly and old.
She took a fancy to Xiang's down-to-earth and hard-working, and she was close to her many times, but Xiangzi wanted to marry a beautiful and innocent girl, and she felt that the tiger girl was not worthy of herself.
Hu Niu used some disgraceful means to marry Xiangzi, and used her private money to buy a car for Xiangzi.
Shoko, who entered the marriage, hated the tiger girl on the one hand, and on the other hand, she was greedy for the warmth she gave and calculated her money.
Xiangzi, who seems to be honest and wooden, thinks that he is sacrificing love, but in fact, he has already weighed the pros and cons in his bones.
The more people who don't know themselves, the easier it is to look down on others.
As Meng Fei said:
"All superiority does not come from looks, knowledge, wealth, status, but from a lack of insight and compassion. ”
People who live well understand that valuing others is the only way to respect themselves.
04
- Money will lead people into a bad society, put aside their noble ideals, and willingly go to hell.
We always think that if we get what we have longed for, we will be able to meet happiness.
However, when you really get it, you will find that it is nothing more than that, and greater desires will follow.
When a person's desire is greater than his ability, he will enter a cycle of getting more and more tired.
Sigmund Freud put it this way:
"Human beings are animals full of desires and driven by desires. ”
If people fail to control their desires, they will be eaten by them and go astray.
The lower desires depend on indulgence, and the higher desires depend on self-discipline.
Only by knowing how to seek inward can we keep peace and happiness in our hearts.
05
- Man expelled himself from the beast, but man still expelled his own kind into the beast.
In the face of the ruthless tilt of fate, the struggle of the people at the bottom of the old society has always been powerless.
In her tragic life, Shoko has seen many dark sides of humanity:
The car he bought for the first time with his hard-earned money was snatched away by the rebels.
The money saved for the second time to buy a car was looted by Detective Sun, who did all kinds of evil.
sacrificed the third car in exchange for love, and sold it for the funeral of the tiger girl who had a difficult birth.
Xiangzi's dream of a car is made of blood, sweat and pain.
In the process of failing hope again and again, until despair, Shoko has long understood the cruelty of human nature.
The little people at the bottom of society have been swallowed up by the darkness of human nature, and they have also begun to learn to be mean.
After the death of the tiger girl, although Xiaofuzi's love awakened the hope of Xiangzi's new life, he did not dare to give any promises.
Xiaofuzi has a gambler's father and two underage younger brothers, and marrying her is one more bottomless pit.
Shoko's first thought was to protect herself, and by the time she finally thought of coming back to her, Fukuko had already committed suicide.
As Keigo Higashino said:
"There are two things in this world that cannot be looked at, one is the sun and the other is the human heart. ”
Many things in the world are not black and white, and human nature is much more complex than you think.
Truly transparent people know that humanity should never be tested.
06
- The more reluctant you try, the more self-pitying.
Shoko has completely fallen like this, how hard he worked before, now he will find peace and ease.
The heart of buying a car has cooled down, and the sweat on his body is naturally one drop less, as long as he can deal with three meals a day, Xiangzi doesn't want to touch the handlebars.
When it was windy and rainy, he didn't get out of the car, and his body was a little sore, and he also rested for two or three days, as if he was more delicate than everyone else.
He also thought of words to excuse himself:
"We were better than it at the beginning, did we have a little benefit?"
The lazy Xiangzi still needs entertainment from time to time, or eat a bite of good things, and finally uses his remaining personality to borrow money everywhere, cheat to eat and drink, and live a very unbearable life.
Every uphill climb is full of thorns, and we may have walked for a long time and still not reached where we wanted to go.
But at no time should there be any doubt about the meaning of the effort.
Every effort we make will become a beam of light to illuminate the way forward.
07
- Experience is the fertilizer of life, what kind of experience will become what kind of person, and you can't raise peonies in the desert.
Xiangzi's tragedy actually stems from his lack of experience and insight, so he is like a frog at the bottom of a well, dragged back by his own narrow cognition.
The so-called experience is the accumulation of a person's cognitive pattern and way of thinking.
Although Xiangzi is diligent, he only cares about his car and holds the money in his hands, unwilling to improve himself and broaden his horizons.
When the war came, all the shops on the street were closed, but Shoko insisted on earning two more dollars, and as a result, the new car that had just arrived was also taken away.
Shoko had several opportunities in his life to turn over, but he didn't take them.
Liu Siye of the car factory wanted to lend him money to buy a car, but Xiangzi was reluctant to pay interest.
The client's wife asked him to put the money in the bank for financial management, and Shoko also felt uneasy.
Gao's mother paid attention to him and went to raise funds for the meeting, but Xiangzi didn't dare to take risks.
Xiangzi was confined to the world in front of him, blindly stubborn, and fell into a passive situation.
The "voyeurism effect" in psychology means that when people see things through the tube, they can only see things within the caliber of the tube, and cannot see anything other than the tube.
In this life, people are paying for cognition.
We can never see the scenery beyond our horizons, and we will never be able to live a life outside of our knowledge.
A person's fate is hidden in his cognition.
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In that muddy and sandy time, Xiangzi used his body to fight against fate, how could he not look like an ordinary person crawling in the red dust.
They tried to stand up in the wind and rain, but they were mercilessly pressed and rubbed on the ground by the big hand of fate.
However, if you comprehend the seven sentences in the book, you can gain a different warning meaning from the ups and downs of Xiangzi's life.
As a line from "The Godfather":
"People who spend a second to see through the essence of things, and those who spend a lifetime unable to see the essence clearly, are destined to have a completely different fate. ”
Keep working hard and keep improving, even if life encounters strong winds and rains, but with your own wisdom and not in a hurry, you will definitely be able to get through the ups and downs, get out of the trough, and embrace a better future.