Preface
Inscription: Only after experiencing imperfection can you feel the happy life of the moment.
As a lover of literature and history, I have wanted to write about big topics more than once, so as to express my thoughts and feelings over the years, or to save readers with the same hobbies some of the hard work of their own exploration. But it is always difficult to write a chapter, and it is abandoned halfway again and again.
The biggest obstacle is the selection of topics.
Because I know that a good novel must have six elements: era, region, environment, characters, relationships, and conflicts. Without a certain conflict, such as boiling rice in white water, it is not worth the time of others to read. But modern people live in the land of Yaotian Shun, and the most lacking thing is conflict. If you cut the contradictions of the moment too much, you will not be liked by the patriots. Like Mr. Mo Yan's choice of topics, most of them are in the Republic of China or special years, because they are full of the pain of the world and the tears of the weak.
Mo Yan: The mother who collects ears of wheat
For today's social life, I also feel that I have made great progress. Nor do I want to just stare at the flaws in white jade and go against the persistence of my compatriots on positive energy. So if I write, I'm also positioned in a special era.
In order to reflect the conflict between different characters, or between characters and society, it is necessary to create some negative energy. Therefore, I was deeply afraid that my clumsiness, like Mr. Mo Yan, would be criticized by the pure heart.
I think of it this way: Seeing problems is actually conducive to our progress. If you think that everything in China represents the ultimate ideal of mankind, the search for social unity, and that this is the end of it, then China will not progress, nor will it need progress. I am afraid that this statement is not supported by senior managers who advocate "bold exploration and deepening reform".
Deepen reform
Don't mention the good of foreign countries as traitors; when you talk about your own problems, you are scum. If you have a boycott attitude towards everything that is foreign, then I think the first thing to resist is clothes. For the modern loom and weaving technique were introduced from England; and the water pump was invented by the Americans. So, if you must resist, everyone will take off their clothes and go to the forest to drink mountain spring water.
If Mo Yan only wrote to help the widowed old man carry water and hurt my northeast township, then he would not win the award. Since it took a lot of effort and hundreds of thousands of words to write out, it had to be a little deep. If it is only for hypnosis, or If Aunt Baiyun's "Moon" is used to paste the toilet, it is better not to write, there are better ways to do this.
History is a practical discipline that can be learned from the past and the present. Reproducing history in fiction is not only a need for writing, but also a literary reflection to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past. Reflection is for better progress, when we look at the spider web of high-speed rail, subway and Daxing Airport Phoenix Building, we are more confident to solve the problems that still exist.
Don't be too harsh on the literati! It's a job that requires too much knowledge, that makes you cry, and that consumes brain cells. If you tie your hands and feet on them again, and force him to hand over good works, then who can do it? Unconvinced, you write an article I'll see.
This is the helplessness of the selection of materials that I am facing; as long as I want to write something that I expect to pass on to the world, I have to bear this entanglement.
Mo Yan works
Let me briefly comment on the characters in my book.
Because there is a brief record in the family tree, my ancestors originally lived on the Wapu River in Kunshan, Suzhou, and then moved to Shandong due to changes in the world. Because the roots are in Jiangnan, there is a kind of love for the culture there. In particular, the folk art form of Suzhou Pingtan feels particularly intriguing. Loving House and Wu, I appreciate the customs and people of Gangnam very much.
Some people who know me may not think so, because I sometimes give people a fierce feeling. But to be honest, it's a disguise to be in the jungle. Because in the jungle, if you use the way you treat peacocks to face wild boars, the effect is not very optimistic.
The law of the jungle
It is written from the mid-1960s to the early 1990s, over a period of more than two decades. This is an era of setbacks but constant change for the better.
The xin xiangyun in the book, everyone used to call her yunzi, mixed my inner expectations for the ideal woman. I like her femininity and connotations. But my spouse in life is not like this, although she does have a lute, but she has never seen her play. Her hobby is eating, and the aspect that makes me give good is to be able to bring children.
Yunzi is my false fantasy, but I have not shaped it perfectly. This is the need for conflict in literature, or the reason for the times and their character. In order to satisfy the reader's preference for the reunion ending, I asked Xiangyun's daughter Xiaoxue and her girlfriend Cuckoo to take over her unfulfilled wishes.
Suzhou Bomb Rating
Needless to say, the fate of Yunzi is also because she has weaknesses. As the text says, Yunzi's eyes are water, and her body is like a green thorn in the river, which is not as brave as The Crane.
When she learned that the male protagonist Xu Changgang had just eaten a lawsuit for writing, as an assistant, she should realize in time that this may also bring her trouble. If at this time, she and her grandmother hid in the old house of Tongli, she might have escaped some misfortune that was later imposed on her. Then, knowing that Xu Changgang had only been branded as a rightist and divorced, she could have bravely gone to Beijing to find him. This not only brings good luck to himself, but also brings much-needed help and warmth to the Xu family.
But in that era, when it was difficult for anyone to see clearly, it was unrealistic for us to expect too much from a small artist who had only attended junior high school. Because of the limitations of the times and people, it has indeed caused many people's tragedies, will she be spared?
Home and people
Azalea is different, she went to high school and has a stronger personality. After experiencing the initial setbacks, she understood a lot of life principles and knew what to do. Therefore, after silently paying and waiting, she finally came together with the male protagonist and used her own tolerance and virtuousness to create a happy big family.
Therefore, this book is a relatively reunited ending, although everyone has experienced a miserable wind and rain.
In response to two old sayings: it is difficult to see the rainbow without experiencing wind and rain; only by experiencing imperfection can we feel the happiness of the moment more. This is also our country, our society, has experienced too much hardship, and our life today, is not getting better and better?
Right and order.
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October 11, 2021