The emergence of literary criticism has made the texts created by writers begin to have more different understandings, whether from academic criticism, reader criticism, media criticism, or criticism between literati, which has brought more discussion to the original text.
We don't have to limit ourselves to literary criticism, which is a bad thing, but from another point of view, there is discussion to have insights, and there are opinions to bring more innovation.
How is Zhu Ziqing's "Lotus Pond Moonlight" written? Mo Yan commented that it was pathologically beautiful, and other writers have expressed their views, why?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" > each expresses its opinion</h1>
Zhu Ziqing's "Lotus Pond Moonlight" is a famous passage in modern Chinese lyrical prose, whether it is the artistic technique of describing the lotus flowers "passing by in the breeze, sending wisps of fragrance, as if the distant high-rise singing sound", or the famous sentence "But the bustle is theirs, I have nothing".
Mr. Zhu Ziqing's classic article on walking by the lotus pond on the night of the moon has influenced many people, but this essay has also caused a lot of controversy.
Yu Guangzhong once systematically evaluated Zhu Ziqing's prose in "On Zhu Ziqing's Prose", in which when talking about "Lotus Pond Moonlight", he said: "The writing is mediocre, but the level of middle school students ... ... No metaphors, no metaphors..."
Then Yu Guangzhong picked out specific sentences from the text that he thought were not well written and evaluated them, and on the whole, he thought that "Lotus Pond Moonlight" was not an excellent prose.
Many people are quite dissatisfied with Yu Guangzhong's remarks, and some people even think that he does not know how to pretend to understand, does not really understand the deep meaning of this article, the wording is too fierce, and the views are too one-sided. But in fact, the important thing is not to criticize Mr. Yu Guangzhong's views, but to carefully think about the article "Lotus Pond Moonlight" what is good? What are the deficiencies?
From the criticism in Yu Guangzhong, it can be seen that he believes that "Lotus Pond Moonlight" is mediocre and boring in terms of artistic techniques, not mature enough, or not enough to be called a real literary work, but if we think about it carefully, it is not difficult for us to find that there is a fixed standard for the definition of beauty?
Perhaps literary works that are beneficial to human physical and mental health and promote positive energy are beautiful, but are many types of novels in literary history like this? Can you say that the self-psychology of self-analysis in Japanese private novels sometimes reaches a morbid point, and it is very depressing to read. If not beautiful? Why are there still many people who pursue imitation.
"A thousand readers have a thousand Hamlets", Mr. Yu Guangzhong, when evaluating "Lotus Pond Moonlight", is actually a reader to carry out literary criticism, but it may be more professional than ordinary people, but this does not mean that the family's own opinion is correct.
In addition, the new generation of writers Han Han has also expressed his views on "Lotus Pond Moon Color", believing that it is "piled up with words, gorgeous and empty", in fact, it is also from a personal point of view to look at this essay, people who like "Lotus Pond Moon Color" are naturally indignant, thinking that Han Han is completely unqualified to evaluate, and people who do not like it naturally feel that his statement is correct.
Therefore, under various discussions, the original literary works have gradually gained a deeper meaning, or value, and what we need to do is to understand the article with our hearts and seriously think about our own views on "Lotus Pond Moonlight", rather than following the clouds and going with the flow.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="7" > the beauty of the lotus pond moonlight</h1>
Zhu Ziqing wrote "Lotus Pond Moonlight" in 1927, when Zhu Ziqing was teaching at Tsinghua University, but the background of the times was destined to be this lyrical prose, not like a simple stroll under the moonlight, but the author's profound thinking.
July was a hot summer, Zhu Ziqing as a university professor should have enjoyed the leisure of summer nights, but in 1927, when Chiang Kai-shek betrayed the revolution, Zhu Ziqing, as a literati, did not secretly live in a chaotic world, as a participant in the May Fourth Movement, Zhu Ziqing was bored in the face of the current situation.
Such a mood cannot be dispelled, not only because as an intellectual there is no way to throw in the pen, but also because he seems to be living in the ivory tower of the university in the chaotic world, thinking of all kinds of fierce pulls in the author, the inner wandering, confusion and uneasiness make Zhu Ziqing can only go out alone in the dead of night, and have a spiritual dialogue with himself.
And "Lotus Pond Moonlight" may be Zhu Ziqing's dialogue with his own soul, from the detailed description of the scenery, the author seems to be influenced by the lotus pond under the bright moonlight, the soul seems to have been briefly inhabited, but in the darkness, various sounds appear in the ears, but "the bustle is theirs, I have nothing."
No matter how beautiful the moon is, how fragrant the lotus leaves are, how cheerful the insects are on summer nights, it has nothing to do with the author, he has a short pleasure after walking out of the door, but the reality is still in front of him, the inner sorrow still exists, the lotus pond and the moonlight are the peace that the heart desires the most, but after returning home, everything will return to the same.
Mo Yan once commented on Zhu Ziqing's article: "The writing is unnatural and morbidly aesthetic", but Mo Yan also said that there is no need to over-interpret the article, and the structural form of the text does not mean that the article still has profound meaning.
In fact, this also shows the beginning mentioned: "It is not necessary to limit yourself to literary criticism, but from another point of view, there is discussion to have insights, and insights will bring more innovation."
Is the lotus pond moon beautiful? The answer is yes, combined with the author's era, Zhu Ziqing's inner bitterness through a "Lotus Pond Moon Color", so that readers seem to be immersed in the scene, feel his mood, but also seem to smell the fragrance of lotus leaves.
The creative characteristics of the text, artistic techniques, and thematic ideas can all become the criteria for evaluating beauty, and literary criticism can be discussed from a subjective standpoint, but there is no need to rise to personal attack.
In the dark revolutionary era, as a revolutionary democratic fighter, mr. Zhu Ziqing was seriously ill in the struggle against hunger and civil war, but in the US pro-Japanese policy, he refused to accept the grain distributed by the United States and always adhered to his ethics as a patriot.
The Slovaks have passed away, and what they have left behind is literary wealth.
Mr. Zhu Ziqing, whether it is the lyrical prose "Lotus Pond Moonlight" or the famous reminiscent essay "Back Shadow", let the reader feel the power from the text, perhaps there is no ups and downs of the plot, there is no character with distinct personality, but still from the simple narrative, feel the spiritual power that the author wants to convey.
Every literary style has a group of readers who will be fascinated by it, but it does not mean that people who do not like it cannot engage in literary criticism, and the opinions of each family may bring more perspectives to the text.