A few years ago, because of the hit of the domestic cartoon movie blockbuster "Big Fish Begonia", we are all familiar with such an ancient text: "There is a fish in the north, its name is Kun, the kun is so big that it can't be stewed in one pot!" ”。 The original source of this sentence is from "Zhuangzi - Getaway". Zhuangzi was one of the representative figures of Taoist thought during the Warring States period.
During the Warring States period, it was relatively far away from us today, it was already 2300 years ago. In the Qing Dynasty, which is closer to us today, there are actually relevant descriptions about the ancients when they saw whales appearing at sea. For example, this article has only 57 words in the whole text of "The Big Fish of the Sea of Liaozhai"
Above the vast sea, there were no mountains. Suddenly, one day, I found that a mountain appeared on the sea, winding for miles, and everyone was very strange.
Another day, the mountain actually moved, moved to another direction, and then suddenly disappeared. Legend has it that this is the big fish in the sea, and when it catches the Qingming Festival, the big fish will bring their children and come to worship their ancestors.
Therefore, every year, when the Qingming Festival and the Cold Food Festival are caught, on the seashore, it is more common to have the magical animal of the sea big fish.
Our previous two "Liaozhai" stories, "Hai Gongzi", the plot is a little too bizarre, giving people a feeling of relatively lack of realism; and the story of the last "Ding Qianxi", there is no fantasy plot at all, that is, pure chivalrous people, the story of Zhi En Tu Bao. Immediately after, this "Big Fish in the Sea" is a super short one, only describing how the ancients felt when they saw the whale, a magical animal.
It can be seen that after experiencing the peak period of story creation for a period of time, the author, Mr. Pu Songling, has reached a stage of self-adjustment in story creation at this stage, and is trying various different styles of story creation.
The story of "Big Fish in the Sea", the author borrows the magical creature of the whale on the sea, telling the story of filial piety, and even the magical creature will remember the meaning of worshiping ancestors and remembering the ancestors.
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