Li Yu was a Qing Dynasty writer, dramatist, and aesthete. He has been versatile all his life, and he has always lived a hot life. "Idle Love and Occasional Mail" is a summary and refinement of his life art and life experience, and is called "a guide to the art of life for Chinese" by Lin Yutang.
If you don't know the name yet, you might as well borrow his words to approach him.
01
plants
Flowers, plants, birds and birds are loved by many people, and they are often used as pastimes in daily life. But to what extent does Li Yu love it?
He has to sleep later than the flowers, get up earlier than the birds, and he is afraid of missing the sound of the flowers and birds-
The night is after the flowers and sleeps, and the morning is the first bird to rise, but I am afraid that the puppet of one color will be left behind. As for the old flowers of the warbler, it is as if it has been lost. It's my life, and I can be said to live up to the flowers and birds.
He claimed that he had four lives, which were in charge of the flower arrangement when he was four years old-
In spring, daffodils and orchids are life, in summer they are lotus flowers, in autumn they are begonias, and in winter they are called wax plums. The lack of a flower in a season is the life of a season.
He's a true flower lover. One year, when the daffodils bloomed, they had no money to buy, and the family said that it was nothing if they didn't look at the flowers for a year. He said: It is better to have a year of life than not to see narcissus for a year.
It is better to have a short one-year-old life, not to reduce one-year-old flowers.
02
Taste
A person who loves life is probably also a person who likes food, and Li Yu is nothing more than that.
Crabs are his favorite, and every year before the crabs go on the market, he will desperately save money to buy crabs, which is ridiculed by his family as "life money".
The crab is fresh and fat, sweet and greasy, white like jade and yellow like gold, and has made the color and fragrance of the three extreme, and there is nothing that can be on it.
He also created his own recipe: Four Sweet Soup. The mushrooms on the land and the lettuce in the water are combined to make a soup, and then combined with crab roe and fish ribs, several extremely fresh together, it becomes a masterpiece in the world. Just look at the reaction of the diners:
The guests were willing to eat, saying: "From now on, there will be no place to go!" (Translation: From now on, I don't want to move chopsticks when I see anything else.) ）
Even if it is the most simple rice, he has to collect flower dew and pour it on it, mix it carefully, and have a unique taste:
Preset a pot of flower dew, pour it when the rice is first ripe, pour it slightly closed, mix well and then put it into a bowl. There are three kinds of dew: rose, citron and osmanthus.
03
writing
Li Yu has been wandering all his life, and it is rare to be happy when he is engaged in creation. In his own works, all kinds of situations in the market are written with his pen. He is a person who has opened up a new style in the opera industry, and the techniques commonly used by modern screenwriters have been experienced by Li Yu many years ago.
His requirements for lyricists-
Speaking is not pedantic, among the ten sentences, there must be one or two sentences of detachment;
The writing is not solid, within one article, but there must be one or two ethereal paragraphs.
He emphasized that the language should be "witty", and it is necessary to know the grass snake gray line, just like the lotus root has grown before it is cut, and the dark silk has been grown and waited.
Less witty, like clay people and horses, lifeless and lifeless.
Fun is indispensable, such as the lotus root in the uncut time, the first long dark silk to wait; silk in the network into the end, only to know the essence of the cocoon.
He said that making a play is like sewing clothes, and the density of language stitches determines the quality of the ready-to-wear -
Drama is like sewing clothes, which are cut into pieces at the beginning by the complete, and then made up by the ones who are cut into pieces. It is easy to cut pieces, it is difficult to make up, and the work of making up is all close to the needle and thread. One section is sparse, and the whole article is flawed.
04
living room
When it comes to home decoration, Li Yu is also a good hand, thanks to his ability to aestheticize everyday life.
He thought that the white walls were sluggish and unchanged, so he hand-created wallpaper with the texture of ice cracks-
First with a layer of sauce-colored paper, paste the wall as the bottom, and then use the bean green mica paper, crack as a sporadic small piece, or square or flat, or short or long, or triangular or four or five corners, but do not make a circle, stick it on the sauce-colored paper, each seam is a piece, will expose the sauce-colored paper line, so that the size is mixed, oblique and uneven, then after pasting, the room is full of ice cracks and broken lines, like a song kiln beautiful vessel.
He painted the lattice of the window railing by hand, made it into two sides, painted it in two colors, one peach blossom window and the other plum blossom window, two kinds of scenery inside and outside the house.
The pane should be made of two kinds, one for the peach, one for the plum, so the cloud "peach blossom wave" and "lang plum" are also. The waves are also avoided, or blue or green, so that people turn their feet and the scenery is clear.
05
Medicine
Li Yu does not like to follow the crowd in his life, and his self is extremely distinct. But his uniqueness is not deliberately contradictory, but can give reasons for being unique.
Others praise chrysanthemums for their noble character, but Li Yu thinks that chrysanthemums are too difficult to grow and too difficult to serve-
"Prevent dryness, worry about dampness, pluck the head, pinch the leaves, shovel (shān, eradicate) stamen, grafting, catch insects and dig worms to prevent damage. For this flower, from spring to autumn, from morning to dusk, there is always no moment. ”
As the old saying goes, "a moment of spring night is worth a thousand gold", he said that the price in autumn is ten times higher.
If it is said that "a moment of spring night is worth a thousand gold", then the price of autumn should be increased tenfold. There are the winners of the landscape, take advantage of the wax sandals at this time to swim, and do not miss it in person.
Others walk and enjoy riding horses and boats, but Li Yu likes the fun of walking-
Riding a carriage and horse, Yi is easy, but in the meaning of creating shape, it is slightly less thoughtful. If you have feet but don't use them, and you don't have feet and ears, if you are a person who walks in a car, the five senses and four bodies can be applied.
He is honest and well-informed, and he also prescribed three doses of good medicine for life:
1. Things that are often enjoyed can be used as medicine.
Doing what you like to do on weekdays can relieve your worries and enjoy it.
2. The things that life hates and the people who gnash their teeth can be used as medicine.
Staying away from hateful things and people who gnash their teeth will open up and brighten their minds.
3. Those who usually admire can be used as medicine.
The power of example is the medicine for life to forge ahead, "the mountains look up, the scenery walks; although it can't be reached, the heart yearns for it." "The people you admire will inspire you to be motivated and meet a better version of yourself in the process of pursuing excellence.
Source: WeChat public account "CCTV News"
Editor: Wu Xicheng
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