There is a celebrity in the academic circle recently, Professor Dai Jianye of Central China Normal University, people who don't pay attention to literature and the literary world may not know this person very well, but I believe that many people have watched his videos intentionally or unintentionally when they swipe their mobile phones. The sudden popularity of an old professor who is committed to the study of ancient literature on the Internet surprised many people, including Dai Jianye himself.
Regarding the course evaluation of ancient literature, among students majoring in Chinese, the evaluation is basically polarized, those who like ancient literature think it is very interesting, and the ancient works have a long charm to read; However, those who are not interested in ancient literature are very interested in ancient texts, after all, compared with modern vernacular texts, it takes a certain amount of skill to read through the texts alone, especially the articles of the pre-Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.
But Dai Jianye's popularity has also suffered a lot of criticism, the label of 64-year-old crazy money is enough to be unusual, as a professor who has attracted five million fans, he also said something, his wife is sick, what kind of literati do I want.
An old professor who unexpectedly became popular
Although my master's degree in modern and contemporary Chinese literature was my preferred choice, I began to look for my favorite school and mentor after I had the idea of studying for a Ph.D.
Professor Dai Jianye of Central China Normal University is one of the author's alternatives, and he is indeed a very thoughtful scholar who has found out his academic monographs and published papers.
It is a true celebrity who is self-effacing, this is a sentence by Shi Xiangyun in "Dream of Red Mansions", and it also represents an inherent impression of many people on literati and scholars. In particular, those who are committed to the study of ancient Chinese literature should look gentle and elegant, reciting ancient classics on a three-foot podium, and sharing the essence of ancient literature with students.
Objectively speaking, teaching ancient literature is a relatively difficult subject, because the era of ancient literature has passed, and it is difficult for students to have a romantic experience of literature that is detached from the background of the times. Coupled with the grammatical and rhetorical differences between ancient and modern vernacular, it is really not easy to teach all the connotations of an ancient text in a short period of time.
Therefore, there are also some teachers who follow the textbook, teaching the ancient texts that are already boring, the students are drowsy, and the teachers do not know what to do.
Professor Dai Jianye teaches ancient literature, but through his video teaching, many people fall in love with ancient literature and this professor who interprets ancient literature in an alternative way.
In fact, Professor Dai Jianye himself does not understand modern online media, and the popularity of his video on the Internet is completely an inevitable accident, and the students who have listened to his lectures shoot videos, which has caused a chain reaction. He taught books on the podium all his life, but he didn't want to become an old professor who accidentally became popular on the Internet.
A humorous Internet celebrity
"Tao Yuanming is a poet with a special sense of humor, if you look at his poems, if you don't read them carefully, you won't know where the humor is. His first sentence was written very grandly, planting beans under the South Mountain, you think he planted quite well, he suddenly said, the grass is full of beans and seedlings, planting a ghost field, if I plant at this level, I will never (it) written (in) the poem. Do you think he must be lazy? He didn't, he said right away, Morningside was desolate, and he returned with the moon and lotus hoe, he said that he got up before dawn, and when the moon came out, he went back to plant that ghost grass and bean seedlings. ”
Most people would like to imagine how to translate the esoteric words of ancient literature into an easy-to-understand language of modern life, but Professor Dai Jianye has done it. This is an excerpt from Professor Dai Jianye's lecture by the author, which explains Tao Yuanming's "Returning to the Garden and Pastoral Dwelling: Part III" vividly, even people who have no foundation in ancient literature can easily understand it.
Professor Dai Jianye is a native of Macheng, Hubei Province, and has not changed his strong local accent throughout his life, interpreting the famous passages of the ages in dialects, and integrating them into personal understanding and thinking.
Those who are interested can find some videos of Professor Dai Jianye's lectures on the Internet to learn, no matter what way, Professor Dai Jianye has also done his best to inherit the essence of ancient literature. But there are many people who are popular, Professor Dai Jianye has become an Internet celebrity, and many questioning voices have also come out.
First of all, Professor Dai Jianye can't adapt to the life of an Internet celebrity, whether he is walking on campus, or going out, or even in other places, there are always people who can recognize him, and enthusiastic fans hope to take photos with this humorous master of Chinese studies. One or two naturally doesn't matter, but when there are too many people, Professor Dai Jianye's life has been affected to a certain extent, and these effects are only superficial.
A good husband who protects his wife
What makes Professor Dai Jianye incomprehensible is that some people question him for deliberately putting on a show, making crazy money at the age of 64, attracting 5 million fans, and becoming an Internet celebrity, which is inconsistent with people's traditional concept of literati and scholars. The literati should be Li Bai's arrogance of "the Son of Heaven can't get on the boat when he calls, and he claims that his ministers are immortals in wine", as well as Tao Yuanming's "don't bend his waist for five buckets of rice".
But Professor Dai Jianye is not, he is now a well-known Internet celebrity, with as many as 5 million followers, and with it, the large income brought by these accounts. I don't know if some people are jealous of Professor Dai Jianye's side income, or if they really want to maintain a kind of inherent public impression of literati, many people question that Professor Dai Jianye has forgotten his duty as a university teacher and the style of a literati, and has started worldly gold making for secular purposes.
Regarding this, Professor Dai Jianye also responded, he originally had no intention of becoming popular on the Internet, but it was a mistake, and the video of his lecture was actually loved by everyone. As for the follow-up of someone who specializes in filming videos and operating some online video accounts, which brings additional income, he also told the truth.
It turned out that Professor Dai Jianye's wife was suffering from lung cancer, and his meager salary was undoubtedly a drop in the bucket in the face of high treatment costs. So he said, "My wife is sick, I don't make more money, how can I accompany my wife to the last journey, so what more literati do I need?" How much is a literati style bone worth? ”
Even if Professor Dai Jianye does not explain this matter, the author also thinks that his behavior of giving lectures around after becoming popular on the Internet is very reasonable, because no matter what the purpose is, he is also teaching ancient literature to everyone with his true skills, at least in terms of inheriting and promoting ancient literature and culture, he can be regarded as making his own contribution.
After learning the truth, Professor Dai Jianye became even more sought after by fans, because he used his actions to explain what is the oath of holding the hand of the son and growing old together. In order to pay for the high medical expenses, he is still running around to earn money in his old age, this feeling is worthy of praise and admiration, so this is the real literati style.
Brief summary:
Professor Dai Jianye on the podium and in front of the camera was humorous and used dialect to tell famous stories through the ages, which often caused the audience to laugh and learn knowledge in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere. At other times, Professor Dai Jianye is a husband who stays at the bedside, accompanying his wife, and hopes to do his best to keep his wife for a while longer.
Professor Dai Jianye, who attracted 5 million fans, was questioned about the 64-year-old crazy money, and he laughed at himself and said: My wife is sick, what kind of literati do I want? But in the author's opinion, this is the real literati style! Without the suffering of others, don't persuade others to be kind, in front of illness and beloved wife, Dai Jianye is just an ordinary person.
What he did made sense, and he didn't do anything out of the ordinary. Some celebrities can make a lot of money by walking the red carpet casually, Professor Dai Jianye relies on teaching knowledge in exchange for his wife's life-saving money, why not?