Liang Shiqiu's life is more casual, not twisted, like a random splash of ink painting, where the point is smudged. In other words, he belongs to the kind that basically does not wear a mask, and lives the life he wants with his own heart, as the words are, and so are the people.
The sense of words he creates is basically not to cater to the public, but to his own heart. He has his own set of philosophies of doing things, full of interest, does not create a persona, indifferent and leisurely.
This self-proclaimed mortal man really lives a very interesting life.
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Let's start with his words.
He is well known to the public for his prose "Yashe Sketches" series, in fact, I feel that in addition to the title of the word Yashe (actually refers to his residence) has a sense of elegance, its content is not deliberately based on creating elegance, but more casual and casual, the writing is for the trivialities of life around him, it seems to be casual, but it is funny, humorous and plain, which can be seen from the title. "Man", "Woman", "Bath", "Haircut", "Toothpick", etc., these topics all hit the theme directly, not in the clouds, nor pretend to be sophisticated, frank and clear, as usual.
Talk about eating, all kinds of food can make you swallow saliva against the text, talk about the place to play, can make you linger on the text, talk about the world, and make you feel so transparent and humorous, straight to the bottom of the heart.
However, in addition, Liang Shiqiu's text also has a characteristic, careful reading, in addition to humor and plainness, but also faintly permeated with a hint of aristocratic spirit and sense of distance.
I think it has something to do with his homeschooling.
Liang Shiqiu's family is well-off, his parents are more enlightened, during the school period early let him receive a "new education", he went all the way to Tsinghua, into Harvard, in and out of the celebrity circle at that time, at a young age to obtain a doctorate in philosophy from Harvard University, so that the temperament of the body was naturally contaminated with celebrity style, which is also the root of his work name "Yashe". It can also be said that he has the superior shell of a celebrity, and has an inner rustic texture.
Therefore, Liang Shiqiu's zhengye is actually a scholar and translator. Thus, one of the most enjoyable things about him is that he painstakingly (it seems too much to describe it) to translate the complete works of Shakespeare with one person, but the world's recognized translation of Shakespeare's classics is Zhu Shenghao's. On the contrary, the series of words he picked up at will were hailed as the leaders of the prose ranks.
This contrast is cute, put on him, a little regret, a little bit of guaner, and even a little cute.
If you do not read his prose carefully, you are likely to be deceived by the word "Yashe", mistaken for a delicate and unpretentious aerial pavilion-style text, and after reading it, you will find that he can actually be called a life insightist. I remember that he described marriage with such a sentence: "If life is like a play, the wedding ceremony is like a play within a play, and the more solemn it is, the more it is like it." In a word, the humor is cheerful. There is also a comment on the misunderstanding of swearing: "If you scold an innocuous person, the more you scold him, the more proud you are, and you can often scold a nameless pawn to be famous. "A little joy, but also philosophical.
To sum up, his words are that all kinds of fires are grasped just right, some petty bourgeois mood, but more humorous and plain, condescending and condescending, but also compassion and affinity. Therefore, he has a large readership.
This is also the success of his crooked play.
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Let's talk about his personality.
In fact, he was first widely known as the famous scolding war with Lu Xun. Xun Ge'er said "bourgeois lackeys" and kicked him into the cold palace for several years. Later, as his prose was unsealed one after another, people suddenly found that the prose of this lackey was actually very good.
It is true to say that he is bourgeois and petty bourgeois, but Liang Shiqiu is patriotic in his bones, and there is no doubt about this. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he took the initiative to support the War of Resistance with literary and artistic works, and later when he came to the United States, there were very convenient conditions to become an American citizen, but Liang always insisted that he was a Chinese, in fact, this bit of integrity is also very cute. He has very simple and natural national feelings, and he loves Chinese culture to the bone marrow, especially for China's food culture.
I remember a saying that goes like this: A person who loves to eat is really not bad. Seeing Liang Shiqiu's "Yashe Talks About Eating", I played this sentence on a loop countless times in my mind.
In addition, foodies are generally benevolent and do not remember revenge, which is my understanding.
For example, he and Lu Xun, although they were scolded by Xun Ge'er, they continued to fight back and forth in the newspaper, and the debate lasted for nine years. But one yard is one yard, but the literary and political views are different, and Liang Shiqiu does not hide his appreciation for Lu Xun. That year, when Lu Xun's book was banned in Taiwan, he openly expressed his opposition: "I am not in favor of listing his works as banned books." As Voltaire said: I do not approve of what you say, but I desperately support your freedom to speak. I did the same to Lu Xun. ”
Look, this heart.
Liang Shiqiu did not hide his likes and dislikes, did not like Bingxin's poetry, once wrote an article criticizing her "Stars" and "Spring Water", did not expect that a few days later, he and Bingxin met on the ferry to the United States. Do you think this face is embarrassing? But this is the cuteness of Liang Shiqiu, Liang Shiqiu honestly asked Bingxin: What did you go to the United States to study? Bingxin answered: Literature. Then ask him: What about you? Liang Shiqiu answered solemnly: literary criticism. Hahaha, this embarrassing famous scene is also quite humorous level.
But not liking Bingxin's early poems did not mean that he did not appreciate her other works, nor did he not be able to associate with them. Later, Liang Shiqiu and Bingxin acted together, ate the Favorite Guangzhou cuisine, and became a very close friend. Later, Liang Shiqiu, who went to Taiwan, mistakenly believed that Bing Xin was dead because of his lack of communication with the mainland, and wrote an article in the newspaper to mourn. After knowing the misunderstanding, I wrote to a friend: Now I know that Bing Xin is not dead, I am very happy, since Bing Xin saw the article I wrote to mourn her, of course she knows that I am not dead. This year, knowing each other is still alive, it is not easy...
This realm can turn embarrassment into fun in an instant, and it is really rare.
Liang Shiqiu did not have the "stinky shelf" of the literati, never put up any score, Yu Guangzhong was his student, when he published the first collection of poems "The Sorrowful Song of Zhouzi" when he was young, he specially asked Liang Shiqiu to do the preface, Liang Shiqiu wrote a gelu poem, but Yu Guangzhong was not satisfied, and returned the poem as it was. Yu Guangzhong later said that if he changed into today's self, he would definitely roar with a lion's roar and drive this arrogant young man out of the division. But Liang Shiqiu was not angry at all, and after receiving the letter, he just raised his eyebrows and smiled, and replied that he would make up for it later.
Sure enough, after the poetry collection was published, Liang Shiqiu wrote another text to him.
Lo and behold, this degree of open-mindedness.
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Finally, let's talk about Liang Shiqiu's feelings.
The most shocking and most criticized thing is the famous twilight love in his later years.
This relationship almost ruined his image (of course, people themselves do not care). Almost at the same time, affection and thin affection, unbelievably simultaneously played out in him.
I read his "Dream Memories of Huaiyuan", just like reading Shen Fu's "Six Memories of Floating Life", and the kind of deep affection between the two of them often moves me.
Yunniang said: "Cloth dish rice, cola for life." Mrs. Liang said, "I would like to save money and live a quiet life with you, and I do not envy those who have a way to hold their heads high." ”
These two ladies, both of whom are dedicated personalities, also live perfectly under the pen of their husbands. Shen Fu used this book to win the title of "I-life obsession", but Liang Shiqiu did not care to overturn the ship (of course, the times are different, and Shen Fu is by no means a single-minded obsession).
What is even more interesting is that Liang Shiqiu and Han Jingqing's relationship was actually due to this book that fondly recalled his ex-wife, "Dream of Huaiyuan", when the publishing company invited Liang Shiqiu to live in Taiwan, and Han Jingqing was the righteous daughter of his friend.
The age difference between the two is a full 28 years. Liang Shiqiu was 71 years old.
I have always been very confused, but also a little disappointed, after all, in "The Dream of Huaiyuan", I just expressed my deep thoughts about Cheng Jishu, and in the blink of an eye, I launched a fanatical pursuit of Han Jingqing. That fanaticism, even more than a lot of young people, standing downstairs on the other side of the idiotic waiting, giving each other nicknames, the degree of flesh and numbness of love letters is even more breathtaking - how did this man do so forgetful?
They were determined to be together, ignoring public opinion, and even his students organized to stop them, but in the end, the two of them were firmly together.
In this regard, Liang Shiqiu did not explain too much, he only said one sentence: I am also a mortal.
Thinking about it carefully, this sentence is especially applicable to Liang Shiqiu's personality. That's what he's always been. It is true to admire the ex-wife and to reminisce bitterly; it is also true to love the ex-wife and have deep affection.
Anyway, people are not rare "love models", and they don't want to stay on the "altar" anywhere, as long as they are happy to live their own lives and enjoy themselves.
Think about it, his own life and his own life, including the words he wrote, has always been this style. Therefore, I forgave him and let go of some of my own obsessions, which is also a different kind of dialing that Mr. Liang gave me.
Fearless of the world, without a mask, as a mortal, he really did.