Recently, a 2011 interview news has been re-searched and touched countless netizens. It was originally an ordinary traffic patrol, because of the unsafe traffic behavior of an uncle, the traffic police asked about the situation and led to an intriguing story.
This uncle named Fugui, his parents died for nearly twenty years, his wife had difficulty giving birth to a child and the child died for eleven years, the eldest brother of the three brothers in their family also died for many years, leaving him alone with a brother who drank medicine and drank stupidly, and a dog that had been dying for more than ten years, pulling wood to do hard work, but Uncle Fugui was still optimistic about life. When the traffic police asked him why he could be particularly optimistic after so many painful things, he only replied with three words, "look forward."
This reminds me of a sentence in Yu Hua's novel "Alive" that "man lives for the sake of being alive itself, not for anything other than being alive."
The protagonist of the book, also named Fugui, has also experienced a life of suffering that makes people sigh, and when he was young, he lost his family property and killed his father and became a poor farmer. However, fate was always playing tricks on him, because of the domestic war of resistance, he was arrested as a strong man, when the soldier went to the battlefield for nine deaths, during which he did not see his mother who was worried about his illness and death, and finally returned home and encountered his son who was drained of blood by the doctor because he donated blood to the county chief's wife. Later, the daughter died of heavy bleeding due to the birth of the child, the wife also died in grief, the son-in-law was killed by being hit by the cement slab, and later the only relative and grandson who depended on each other for their lives were propped to death because of eating more beans, leaving Fugui alone in this world. In the end, an old cattle that was about to be slaughtered became his companion for the rest of his life.
As Romain Rolland famously said: "There is only one kind of heroism in the world, that is, to recognize the truth of life and still love it." "The most important life lesson that Fugui's life in the book brings us is how to live!
1, life is a blessing and misfortune dependent
Man's life is a life of misfortune and happiness, and you don't have to be too happy when you get it, and when you have some, you must give up others; you don't have to be too sad when you lose, because you don't know when you will have some more, and maybe you will be more happy than what you have lost.
Just like in the novel, Fugui lost all his family property because of good gambling, and lost all his family property to a gambler named Ryuji, his life also changed from worry-free to poor, and his identity changed from a landlord to a tenant. However, in the later landlord's fight, Ryuji was shot for becoming a landlord, and Fugui escaped death because he lost his status as a landlord.
So sometimes there are unsatisfactory things in life, which seem bad for the time being, but life is very long, things are always changing, and over time, the past unsatisfactory may become the foreshadowing of future luck.
Just like the real-life version of "Alive" that we said at the beginning, the uncle who is also called Fugui, because of his optimistic attitude to life, ten years later, he not only married and had children, but also had a five-year-old daughter. Uncle relies on scraps to meet the life of the family, and the family is optimistic to face life. Although the life is not very rich, it is very happy.
Therefore, in a lifetime, we must learn the life realm of Mr. Ji Xianlin, the master of traditional Chinese studies, and when we are lucky, we must also think of unlucky things, and do not be too proud; when we are unlucky, we must also think of luck, and we do not always have to be discouraged.
2, live to be patient and optimistic
The tragedy of Fugui's life in the book is the interweaving of his own fate and social changes, but his patient and optimistic character makes us lament Fugui's fate at the same time, but also for his difficult life and optimism to face life.
The beginning of the story is such an interesting picture, an old man in the field with a naked back to support the plough is enlightening an old cow, he seems to be dissatisfied with the old cow's negative attitude, with a loud voice to the cow shouting encouragement, tired old cow heard the old man's shouting, really as if he knew the mistake and raised his head and pulled the plough forward. However, after a while, the cow slowed down again, and the old man roared again, and called out several names to the cow, such as Erxi, Youqing, Jiazhen, Fengxia, and Bitterroot. When asked why the old cow ploughed the land by many names, the old man happily told him that in order to prevent the cow from being lazy, he called many names to make the cow feel that there were many other cows working together.
After understanding his story, you will find that the names of these cattle are the names of his deceased family, and his dark face when he tells these things is very vivid in the sun, and in his hearty laughter, we can see a positive and optimistic attitude towards life.
Fugui's hearty laughter from the heart did not experience the feeling of being squeezed out after the vicissitudes of the world, but a kind of relief under the natural calm. To do this, we must be patient, tolerant and understanding. He has endured all the tribulations of the world, tasted the sorrows of the world, and it is his strong perseverance and optimistic soul that make life stand tall!
It is indeed not easy for many ordinary people at the bottom of society to live, but they still silently stick to themselves, although they have encountered a lot of suffering in life, they never complain, do not give up, and create their own stories.
Therefore, for those of us ordinary people, living itself is a kind of greatness, living itself is meaning, coming to the world, the big thing is not as big as "you are still alive".
3, living is the happiest thing
People are living in pursuit of happiness, in fact, whether life is happy or not, is just our own subjective thoughts, those things you feel unsatisfactory may be the happiness pursued by others, and the beauty you see others are experiencing may just be your subjective speculation. Accepting every aspect of life and facing it optimistically is wisdom.
After telling the hardships of life, Fugui recounted the most evocative words in his heart about the departure of his relatives, he said that sometimes it would be sad to think about these, and sometimes he felt very solid in his heart, because the family was all buried by him, all buried by his own hands, and one day when his legs were stretched, he would no longer have to worry about anyone. It is such a simple sentence that makes us feel that Fugui's life is truly understood, and living is a kind of happiness.
This is also reminiscent of a sentence said by a recipient of the Order of the Republic on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhang Fuqing, a 64-year-old Hubei veteran who has hidden his merits and fame, said that "living is the happiest thing", because this heavy Republic medal, he has always felt that it was for the comrades who sacrificed their comrades, and compared with the martyrs, it is the happiest thing to live and enjoy today's good life.
The author also has such a sentence in the book that explains how to live, "cry with laughter, live in the company of death". In fact, as long as we learn to live a joyful life, there will naturally be a death full of joy and no regrets.
summary
Life has been rushing for decades, whether you are experiencing suffering now, or you will encounter many ups and downs in your future life, you must live well, maintain an optimistic attitude, embrace every day of life, and accept the challenge of good fortune and goodness. Because this is the responsibility that life gives us, we can better appreciate the taste of happiness after experiencing suffering and ups and downs.