Oh, Allah! Forgive us those who are: the living and the dead, the present and the absent, the teenagers and adults, the men and women.
Oh, Allah! Among us, whoever you let live, let him live in Islam, and whoever you let die, let him die in faith.
Oh, Allah! Don't deprive us of his reward, and don't test us after him!
— Eulogies of Muslims at funerals
The author sets a mystical religious background for the book, and the story takes place in a Muslim family. Islam and his followers, Muslims, are a mystical thing for most of us readers. At the same time, another background in the book makes the story take place in a family related to jade.
In traditional Chinese culture, jade is a symbol of elegance and purity, and the ancients often used jade to describe their own morality and integrity. For example, there is "Gentleman Bede Yu Yu". Therefore, the whole text faintly reveals an elegant and tranquil, indisputable atmosphere, giving people a sense of indifference and tranquility. The article uses "moon" and "jade" as clues respectively, and describes the two periods from the early Republic of China to the pre-liberation and cultural revolution periods, spanning 60 years of history. The rise and fall of the family, the ups and downs of three generations of fate, give the article a faint layer of sadness. After reading, it will produce a sullen emotion, but it touches our hearts, makes people feel comfortable, and at the same time makes people think deeply about history and society.
How can life's sorrow be avoided? Soul destroying is infinite.
"Love is the most beautiful feeling of human beings, when two hearts have gone through a long journey and finally come together, like mirrors to each other, as one as each other, without any suspicion, when their every beat is to say to each other: I will never leave you!" Then love has come quietly, and no force can separate them. ”
Insurmountable love of sweat
Mr. Lu Xun once said: Tragedy is to tear up beautiful things for people to see.
Han Xinyue and Chu Yanchao, a pair of teacher-student love, one is a pure, elegant, youthful and beautiful girl, the other is a young man with full stomach and ambitions who strive for an ideal, the two are happy with each other, we really hope that like "May there be lovers in the world who will eventually become dependents" in "The Tale of the West Chamber", if so, then it is a happy and perfect ending. However, it is not so, it is a tragedy.
Because they are teachers and students, because of different beliefs, because of family background, because of age, they are destined not to be accepted by the world, not to be approved by their parents, let alone in that social background. What is touching is that the two people are still strong and brave in love, they love so crazy, so intoxicated, so beautiful, so enviable.
"Life is precious, love is more expensive", the author has the best wishes, but under the shroud of this religious doctrine understood by some secular people, everything is doomed to be a tragedy that cannot achieve a happy ending, and their love cannot be compromised between secular and religion, so they have to separate heaven and earth and find their happiness in the kingdom of heaven.