I don't know when it started, but people are increasingly fond of combining literary works with tourism, so many classic masterpieces have suddenly changed their flavor. For example, in "Anna Karenina", which is regarded as one of the top ten masterpieces in the world, the heroine has changed from a fighter to a green tea spokesperson;
And among the famous domestic works.
Take Romance of the Three Kingdoms, one of the four great classics.
In the book, there is a hunter named Liu An who wanted to entertain Liu Bei but found that there was no food at home, so he cooked his wife into a dish for Liu Bei to eat. This made many people feel that it really crossed the bottom line of human beings.
Ancient outlaw stories like "Water Margin" are particularly controversial.
The most controversial issue is whether the 108 Liangshan heroes can be called "real heroes"
Should this book really be included in the Four Great Classics
After all, in this book, apart from Lu Zhishen, Lin Chong, Wu Song and others, many so-called heroes actually do evil things and kill people without blinking an eye...
But Lin Yuan likes to look at things from another angle.
If there is someone who is bullied in the company and is too cowardly to resist, he or she will probably understand Lin Chong's feelings.
Unfortunately, not everyone knows a great man named Lu Zhishen.
Li Kui would not be like this. His thoughts are actually quite simple:
If I work, you have to pay me; if I obey the court laws, I should be able to make a living.
If you don't let me live, then die.
His thoughts are so simple and crude that they make people hold their foreheads. There is nothing wrong with such a person going to Liangshan.
But I have to say:
The existence of people like Li Kui makes some bad guys think twice before they want to bully honest people.
I'm exploiting him so much, he won't attack me with a knife, right
Even if he doesn't kill me, what if he sue me
If I don't sue me, he will find someone to put up a banner and give me a hard time.
have to.
Honest people cannot be bullied too harshly.
The salary should be paid, and the overtime pay should be paid. It is not worth it to force an honest person to fight with me. Is it that the steak is not delicious or the beauty is not delicious
People like Li Kui protect many honest people.
Although honest people often don't realize this.
There are many novels about peaceful times, creating a seemingly imperfect, but actually very perfect world for people. For example, many heroes can give a silver ingot to the waiter after dinner, but the author will not tell you where the money comes from, because they obviously don’t work...
You can say that the characters in the story have incorrect values, but you cannot say that the author has incorrect values.
Just because an author writes about a murderer in such a vivid way, you cannot say that the author is mentally unhealthy.
Shi Nai'an did not simply praise Liangshan. There are also many plots in his works criticizing their evil deeds. After all, the author created the "108 Demon Lords" at the beginning, telling you clearly that the people in Liangshan are not good.
In the later section about the village, Lady of the West directly said that Song Jiang still had evil nature.
Even in the early stages, many people were bad guys, but in the story setting, these 108 people will gradually become good.
For example, the relief work for the people that started from Zhujiazhuang.
There are a lot of good things and a lot of bad things, and the truth is that these things are always complicated.
Not to mention that in the later period, Song Jiang did lead Liangshanpo to defend the country and fight against Fang La.
The large number of murders of entire families in the book is not a matter of the author's visit.
This is a question of values for all ancient people.
In many dynasties, it was normal for disasters to affect family members, and even slaves were not immune.
For example, punishing nine generations of a clan and removing the wife from the official register are legal requirements. There is certainly nothing wrong with criticizing them, but don't forget what the general environment was like in ancient times.
CCTV’s summary of this is actually quite accurate:
“It’s not that people are praising violence, but it reflects the public’s great expectations for fairness and justice.”
And in that special era.
*** also said: "The ideals in Water Margin are just so-so, but why do people love to read it so much?"
Just to find a place to settle down and make a living.
It seems there is no comparison with the Three Kingdoms.
He has the ambition to benefit the world.
Then *** gave his answer:
"Because the characteristics of literature lie in technology, not in ideals. Ideals are the business of philosophers. The mission of writers is not to create ideals, but to use wonderful technology to depict the ideals of the times and provide people with high-level enjoyment!"
Obviously *** is a fan of Water Margin.
He once wrote poems for different characters in the book, and said that Water Margin contained what was most lacking in the history of Chinese literature.
Lin Yuan felt that this master’s point of view was actually to use the standards of literary works to evaluate literary works.
This happens to be Lin Yuan’s point of view.
However, compared with ***, that great man's comments on Water Margin are more brilliant.
If you are interested, you can check it out.
I can only say that the perspective from which you read a book is very important. You should learn more about the history of China's peasant movement. Before Water Margin, there was Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanjing. After the book was completed, there was Zhang Xianzhong's massacre of Sichuan, Li Zicheng's Fulu Banquet, a certain incident of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the late Qing Dynasty, and so on. After understanding these, you can basically understand the various limitations and shortcomings of the "peasant movement". Sometimes they were extremely cruel and even brutal towards their enemies, the people, and even their own people.
That’s right, they all have “incorrect values”.
However, Lin Yuan is not an ancient person after all. He was born in a modern civilized society like the readers of Blue Star. Therefore, the system is quite intelligent in this aspect. Although it does not change the characters in the original work too much, it does add, delete and adjust some plots that the author arranged due to the limitations of the times. Therefore, the overall reading experience can be better.
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Maybe it's because he has written a lot over the years, or maybe it's because Lin Yuan's piano skills are so amazing, so his hand speed is really fast.
In just two or three days, Lin Yuan, alone at home, wrote nearly 200,000 words.
certainly.
I couldn't write after three days.
Because Yang Zhongming's concert is about to begin.
This evening.
At the entrance of the Golden Hall.
The red carpet was crowded with people, and there were also streams of people around.
Lin Yuan took the driver's car to the nearby area, took a look at the crazy crowd, and felt very strange.
After many days, when I came here again, I was attending someone else's concert.
beside.
The assistant Xiao Gudong who came with Lin Yuan said with a smile: "It's okay not to walk the red carpet. There is a back door here."
Xiao Gudong understands Lin Yuan’s personality and doesn’t like crowds.
Lin Yuan smiled slightly, he certainly knew there was a back door here.
I remember that when he first came to the Golden Hall, Yang Zhongming and Zheng Jing took him in through the back door.
But today is different.
Pushing open the car door, Lin Yuan smiled and said, "I'm going to go in through the main entrance to attend the teacher's concert."
The next moment.
Lin Yuan appeared in the camera range.
The reporters and the public were instantly excited when they saw him, and the people who had already stepped onto the red carpet couldn't help but turn around and glance at him.
Behind.
Inside the car.
Gu Dong secretly smacked his lips.
It's like the most gorgeous opening shot in a movie.
The young leading actor walked onto the red carpet, smiling faintly amid the madness and cheers from all over the world.
It is already difficult for Gu Dong to accurately judge how terrifying Xianyu’s current popularity and influence are.
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ps: I didn't expect that there would be so much criticism against Water Margin now, so let's analyze it rationally with you. Putting aside the halo of the Four Great Classics, I really like this book and never think it is "low". However, there is no need to quarrel over this. Everyone has their own opinions. Instead of wasting your energy on this, everyone might as well cheer for the fight against the epidemic.