[The elderly who moved to New Zealand with their children after retirement did not let themselves idle, but organized themselves to read carefully, increase the amount of knowledge, activate brain motivation, and improve the quality of their overseas life in learning]
The main content of this reading activity: Teacher Yi Zhaocheng gave a lecture on "Appreciation of the Opening Poems of the "Water Margin"", and everyone talked about the study of the opening words and poems of the "Water Margin".
Opening words of "Water Margin":
Try to read the hidden place of the book forest, a few more handsome and elegant streams. False fame and thin profit do not care, cut ice and snow, talk and laugh to see Wu hook. Commenting on the former king and the later emperor, dividing the true and false, occupying Zhongzhou, and the seven heroes circling the chaotic Spring and Autumn. Rise and fall like brittle willows, life is like a virtual boat. See countless fame, countless name, and more than that escape name innumerable. Suddenly, the crescent moon descends the Changchuan River, and the rivers and lakes change into ancient roads. Surprised by the fish edge wood, the poor ape chooses the wood, afraid of hurting the bow far away from the curved wood. It is better to cover the cup in the palm of your hand and listen to the new sound curvature.
Poetry:
Five generations of chaos. Once the clouds open again, the sky will be seen.
Grass and trees for a hundred years of new rain and dew, cars and books for thousands of miles for the country.
Ordinary lane strange Chen Luoqi, a few warbler songs play the orchestra.
The world is at peace and there is no trouble, and the cherry blossoms sleep infinitely.
(Note: The above poem was originally the work of Shao Yong, a famous scholar during the reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song)
"Water Margin" is China's first long-form vernacular novel praising the peasant uprising, and it is also the earliest of the four famous books, which is of great significance in the history of Chinese literature, and the author Shi Nai'an is also known as the father of Chinese novels.
At the reading meeting, Teacher Yi Zhaocheng first introduced the brief situation of Shi Nai'an, the author of "Water Margin", and the historical background of "Water Margin". The content of the opening words and poems of "Water Margin" is interpreted in detail.
Teacher Mi Zhaocheng said that when reading "Water Margin", we must first understand what the theme of the author wants to express. The opening poems often express the author's views on the book. The opening poem of "Water Margin" also reveals the author's profound humanistic thoughts and ideals and beliefs for us.
In the opening words, "Commenting on the Former King and the Later Emperor", "Rising and Falling Like a Brittle Willow", and "Living in a Virtual Boat" (see opening words), the theme of "Water Margin" is pointed out. The period of the "Five Dynasties" was a turbulent period in the history of our country, with successive usurps and frequent changes, and in the past fifty-three years, four surnames and fourteen kings have been changed successively.
Shi Nai'an begins with the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, telling the story of the Northern Song Dynasty in which Zhao Kuangyin ended the war and created the "once the clouds open and see the sky again" (see opening poem), describing the scene when the war ended and the society was stable. In the opening poem, the "car book" is used, that is, "the car is on the same track, the book is the same text, and the line is the same" (see the book of etiquette, the middle way) to describe the scene of social stability after the end of the war.
We also find from the opening poems "Renle Taiping No Trouble Day" and "Warbler Infinite Day High Sleep" that the idea to be expressed in "Water Margin" is "the world is too peaceful, and there is nothing wrong in the four directions", which is the ideal realm that Shi Nai'an wants to pursue. When we read "Water Margin", we are actually reading a piece of history, and only by understanding this historical background can we understand what the theme of "Water Margin" author wants to express.
Teacher Yi Zhaocheng said that "Water Margin" not only has a wonderful story, but also a very clear character modeling. Reading "Water Margin", analyzing the character images in the book, and appreciating the expression methods, it is not difficult to find that there are many political, cultural and historical knowledge, which comprehensively depicts the inter-Chinese relationship system and has strong practical significance.
"Water Margin" is clever, knowing how to portray the pluralism, multiplicity and multi-faceted nature of the character image. Expose the ugly side of the society at that time through the contradictory depictions of the characters. The story uses the joy of the world's peace to set off the sadness of officials forcing the people to do the opposite.
Reading "Water Margin" is actually reading "Jianghu", a jianghu of Juyi Shuipo Liangshan. There is a famous saying, "There are a thousand Hamorets in the eyes of a thousand people", a "Water Margin", one hundred and eight good men have their own personalities, and they are walking, of course, one hundred and eight different rivers and lakes.
Teacher Mi Zhaocheng said that the reason why "Water Margin" has aroused everyone's interest is because there is too much traditional Chinese culture flowing in the book. The ubiquitous descriptions of "For Tianxingdao", "Loyalty", "Righteousness", "Confucianism", "Interpretation", "Tao", etc. in the well-known storybooks make us see that a "Water Margin" is actually about traditional Chinese culture. The highest philosophical thought of the ancient Chinese nation was "the unity of heaven and man", and the most advocated one was "the time, place, and people". Ji Xianlin said that Western culture is to conquer nature, while our Chinese culture is to conform to nature. Heaven and man are consistent, interconnected, can not "against the heavens", that is, can not violate the law, violate the punishment, "for the way of heaven" is mainly Lao Tzu's thought, is to "the way of heaven to replace the way of man".
In the early Northern Song Dynasty described in the book, the religious policy of promoting the juxtaposition of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism was implemented, and Shi Nai'an advocated the "unity of Buddhism and Taoism", so in the "Water Margin" is full of "Buddha" and "Dao" symbols, and the good Han of Liangshan has many wonderful descriptions of the joint efforts of Buddhism and Taoism. The opening poem quotes the poem of the Yixue master Shao Yong (one of the five sons of the Northern Song Dynasty), which is from the perspective of prophecy to expound the principle that "things must be reversed" and "prosperity must decline".
The participants in the book club had a long conversation on the above topics. Everyone said that Teacher Mi's interpretation of the opening poem of "Water Margin" from multiple angles is impressive, and through reading, he can really interpret different depths from every angle such as history, culture, and humanities. In order to penetrate the mysteries in the opening poems of "Water Margin", we must also look at them from the height of the essence of Confucianism, Interpretation, and Taoism.
Participating in the event were: Yi Zhaocheng, Kwong Chaoyang, You Defu, Li Ruiying, Cao Xuejian, Tang Youkai, Zhou Yuanji, Zheng Qinghua, and Zhang Shuxia.
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