Text | Snow reminiscence
There are some writers who we can always see our own shadow in his works.
Bai Xianyong is good at writing about the same sex, which is determined by his own orientation
Zhang Ailing is happy to write about emotions, which is due to her unique insights into love and marriage.
Zhang Xianliang's works are mostly associated with a special era, in which there were too many "scar literature" writers, and he was one of them.
The only difference is that in Zhang Xianliang's text, we can not only see a kind of philosophy, but also a positive state, but also let him stand out among many writers, but also let his works stand the test of time.
"Spirit and Flesh" is a work with a unique literary label of Zhang Xianliang, and we feel the beauty and ugliness of human nature and the struggle of the soul. In the face of all the temptations of the world, it is not easy to keep the original intention. On the one hand, the dream nourished by poverty, on the other hand, the life of material irrigation, if it is you, how to choose? Let's look at the answer given by Spirit and Flesh.
"Spirit and Flesh" tells such a story: Xu Lingjun was born into a wealthy family, his father was an American student, and his mother was a lady of the landlord's family, but the abundant material life did not fill the family with warmth.
A mother who caresses her son more than a Mahjong, a father with a grumpy personality, and a family in endless quarrels, this is Xu Lingjun's concept of "home".
The 11-year-old Xu Lingjun has never been the object of his parents' concern, and after his father took the outer room to the United States, his mother was shocked and fell seriously ill, and soon passed away.
The teenager Xu Lingjun went to school with the support of the state and the people, and during the "Ten Years of Catastrophe" because he had a father who went abroad, he was beaten as a "rightist" and sent to a remote farm to undergo labor reform. Later, he became a herder.
Just after Xu Lingjun inexplicably married his wife Xiuzhi and gave birth to his daughter Qingqing, his father returned from the United States and wanted to take Xu Lingjun's family of three out of the country.
On the one hand, the united states is full of gold, on the other hand is a poor homeland, between material and spiritual, pleasure and faith, Xu Lingjun did not hesitate to give up his father's temptation, and finally returned to the barren land.
The structure of "Spirit and Flesh" is very simple, the story is also very simple, but reading it gives people a sincere touch. Many people know it probably because of the famous movie: "Wrangler", which enriched the plot on the basis of respect for the original. However, in comparison, the words of the original work have always had the power to touch people's hearts.
The story is set in the early 80s, when Xu Lingjun was already a man who had started a family. The scars inflicted on him by his original family and the injustice brought to him by fate made him a taciturn person. Therefore, after Xu Lingjun openly proposed the idea of taking him away, Xu Lingjun did not quickly agree. After his recollection of the past, he strengthened his belief in staying.
Although they are father and son, with similar eyebrows, their ideological realms are very different. Father Xu was a delicate man, with a neat white hair, clean nails, a gold lighter and a diamond-encrusted collar needle, all of his attire was indicative of his noble status. In contrast, Xu Lingjun's simplicity is incompatible with it. Under the huge material contrast, Xu Lingjun's unwavering determination was also so precious.
"No one can resist the temptation of pleasure," is father Xu's famous quote. Under the infiltration of capitalism, money became a chip, and the other side of the ocean at this time was immersed in the weaving of the "American Dream". Therefore, Father Xu firmly believes that the son who has suffered a lot is bound to inspire the power of money, and he will never waste this trip.
However, those sufferings in the eyes of Xu Lingjun became Xu Lingjun's ferry port. "Only when there is pain, happiness shows its value even more", this is Xu Lingjun's life experience in the past forty years.
Under the transformation of labor, Xu Lingjun did not complain, of course, he did not numb, because he felt the sunny side of life more than the shadows. "Unearned gain" is obviously not suitable for working people, and the happiness created through the hands makes people more steadfastly satisfied.
Xu Lingjun's father hoped that Xu Lingjun would go abroad, perhaps because of his inner compensation and apology, but Xu Lingjun's purpose of choosing to refuse was particularly simple. From the inside to the outside, the material rich inner barren Xu Father, the poor life of Xu Lingjun, the stark contrast between father and son, is actually a tangle of the times, but also the confrontation of the two systems.
The marriage of Xu Lingjun and Xiuzhi is very absurd, it is a "fortuitous permutation", which we can call the product of the times.
When Xu Lingjun's fashionable secretary, Misi Song, asked Xu Lingjun to tell his romance, Xu Lingjun left everyone dumbfounded with just one sentence.
Xu Lingjun said: "I didn't even know her before we got married. ”
Obviously, neither Father Xu nor Mys song, who had long been Westernized, could understand this situation, but it was undeniable that this form of marriage was the norm in that era.
One day, the people in the team asked Xu Lingjun, who was thirty-four and five, "do you want his wife to want", Xu Lingjun jokingly promised "yes", and in the evening, someone sent the brigade certificate and a woman to Xu Lingjun, who was Xiuzhi.
Marry first and then cultivate feelings, which is a characteristic of the times. Lucky couples can grind into a family, and unfortunate couples can only let the years widen the inherent chasm.
Xiuzhi's simplicity and reasonableness have made her and the small family of the down-to-earth and kind Xu Lingjun stable, and her appearance has soothed the past pain that Xu Lingjun has suffered.
In contrast, the beautiful, fashionable, and open-minded Mishn is a man of a different country. Miser Song represents a type of person who has been influenced by foreign ink, while the ordinary, rustic, and IKEA Xiuzhi represents the image of a wider range of working women.
In Xu Father's eyes, "marriage is a treaty and an obligation", and in Xu Lingjun's cognition, marriage is a responsibility to keep each other. Wife and daughter, together with this land, became a renunciation that Xu Lingjun could hardly give up.
Therefore, the collision between spirit and flesh is not only a conflict between the material world, but also a choice in the spiritual world. It is a restraint on hedonism, but also a renunciation of carnal desires.
In addition to his wife and daughter and the land of affection, there is also a sense of responsibility from Xu Lingjun, which makes him choose to be loyal to his heart in the face of great temptation.
After removing the hat of "rightist", Xu Lingjun changed back to Mr. Teaching. When he left his hometown to see Xu's father, the students thought that their teacher would never come back, but Xu Lingjun never forgot the doll's father and mother when they handed the child over to him.
Change a group with your own strength, so that the ordinary Xu Lingjun becomes magnificent and noble. This can't help but remind people of Liu Cixin's "Rural Teacher", the only way to change poverty is to learn, although poverty is visible to the naked eye, the power of knowledge is infinite.
In Zhang Xianliang's pen, ordinary labor life is full of poetic beauty, and this down-to-earth has become Xu Lingjun's sense of security.
Fortunately, in the low period of Xu Lingjun's life, he met the most simple and kind working people, which made him not feel lonely when he was integrated into it, and he was never excluded. This warmth also became the fundamental reason for his abandonment of material temptations in the future.
Therefore, from a deep level, Xu Lingjun not only chooses between material and spiritual, but also weighs the two systems. Choosing to stay is not only to realize the dream, but also to be loyal to the motherland.
We can imagine the impact and inspiration that such a work brought to people in the 80s. Greatness brewing in the ordinary is not only Xu Lingjun's personal choice, but also the choice of the majority of people.
Too many people can withstand the hail of bullets and bullets, only to lose to sugar-coated shells. In the face of favorable material conditions, more people think of the satisfaction of the body and give up the dignity of the soul.
At the end of the story, after Xu Lingjun bumped all the way out of the car, he saw the children's figures from far and near, and the cheers changed from virtual to real. His return was clearly an unexpected surprise.
At this moment, Xu Lingjun remembered his wife at home, and we seemed to understand the true meaning of life: the longest attachment to each other, and the two-way choice is meaningful. The best psychiatrist in the world is a lover who cannot steal time and cannot be changed, and if I rush to you, you are the sea of stars.
*The pictures listed in this article are excerpted from the movie "Wrangler" adapted from "Spirit and Flesh", the film is different from the original content, please don't confuse it!
Author: Xue Yirou
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