Reading Liaozhai while Lying Down —— Prose Appreciation

Taking a serial as a pillow book, I made a great determination. When I think of this wonderful book, there seems to be a ghost fire in front of me, and it seems that I hear a wild fox whispering in my ear. This is the impression left by watching the film and television drama Liaozhai when I was a child. Can you sleep well watching serial in the middle of the night?

When I really lay down to read a serial, I realized that just yesterday, I had known you for a long time. Some literary works are well-known because they have been adapted into film and television dramas, and writers are also famous. Film and television plays have merits and demerits for literary works, and cannot be generalized. For me, the film and television drama Liaozhai is more important than success.

Where is the beauty of a serial, thinking behind a book and daydreaming on a pillow?

Greatness is beauty.

Surfing on the shore and breathing the sun and the moon are the beauty of rivers and seas; The wall stands thousands of miles and the sky is extremely steep, which is the beauty of mountains and rivers. The beauty of a serial is similar to this. There are nearly 500 articles in the book, written at home and abroad, which give us a real and illusory world.

In the article "Bureau Cheating", Li Sheng has a guqin, which is very precious. Road flyover Cheng tried his best. "I have known each other for many years and don't talk about temperament; Gradually play the piano, gradually offer skills, and gradually confuse beauty; After three years of immersion, I had to play the piano. " One by one "gradually", the story of swindlers cheating was written vividly. Heng Niang's scheming, hating the management of her aunt's house, Hejian's epiphany, one of Dongsheng's second thoughts, her courage to take responsibility, Shi Yushan's crime-solving skills and the ugliness of life have staged a series of tragicomedy.

Liaozhaiyuan

Pu Songling is not an independent person, so he can't forget the times. With the demise of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing army entered the customs, the sky fell and the earth broke, and the sea moved mountains. In Liaozhai, many historical events during the Ming and Qing Dynasties are reflected in the form of literature. The brutality of "soldiers" and "soldiers in the north" and the ugly behavior of two ministers rebelling against them were all written. "Gongsun nine niang" seems to be about the love between man and ghost, but in fact it is about the tragedy of the times. "Qixia and Laiyang counties were the most severely punished in the July 1 case." How tragic was the situation? "The blood is everywhere, and the bones support the sky." Pu Songling lamented the Ming Dynasty's national subjugation through ghost stories. After Zuo died in the Ming Dynasty, he refused to surrender and was killed. At that time, people all knew Wen Tianxiang.

In the article Yamaraja, two people claimed to be Yan Luowang and asked, "What was the punishment last night?" One replied, "If nothing else, just to send Zorro to the world. There are lotus flowers in the sky, and the flowers are as big as houses. " Zuo took the name of Luoshi, because his father was buried on Luoshi Mountain. The anti-Qing hero ascended to heaven, and the meaning of praise and criticism appeared.

I think these two novels, Gong Mengbi and Zhu Qing, also have profound meanings.

dismiss with a smile

When I used to read a serial, I always felt that the book cried more and laughed less, mostly because of talent, and it was an empty sigh. Didn't Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio say that "writing for nothing is just a lonely and angry book"? Isn't there a poem in Pu Songling's "Feeling Angry" that "the news always goes into the history of foxes and ghosts, and it's hard to get rid of a piece of thunder and sorrow when fighting for wine"?

Everyone's works have a variety of styles. Sweet and sour, is the real life. Liaozhai laughs at the ridiculous things in the world and laughs at the ridiculous people in the world. At that time, Pu Songling and the boys were sitting around the fire. The old man talked to him, unhurried, unhurried and moving like a mountain, but the boys laughed.

In Harmony Fox, the fox woman is witty and invincible. In "Fairy Island", Wang Mian, who claimed to be a gifted scholar in the Central Plains, wrote a poem, chanting, "There is a man with a beard, and drinking can make the thunder disappear." He felt good about himself, but he became a joke Others say that the first sentence is that Monkey has gone out of the cave of fire clouds, and the second sentence is that Pig has been there.

"Different Pigeons" used a lot of space to describe the famous beautiful pigeons. The hero loves pigeons very much and keeps pigeons very much. He moved the pigeon god and gave him a different pigeon. "The eyes are amber, the eyes are transparent ... the wings are open, the meat is crystal clear, and the internal organs can be counted." But in the end, I changed my pen, and there was an unintentional question from your official father. After some ideological struggle, the protagonist presented a different pigeon. Your official and father don't understand elegance at all, so they turned it into a snack we should have. Hit it off, hit it off, the ending was unexpected at first, and then I laughed.

Some chapters are cold humor. Such as satirizing quacks, writing that a colleague dreamed that Luna was summoned, and his words were angry and one person pleaded. I didn't know until I woke up that this man was a doctor. Knowing that he had a sudden illness, he was invited to treatment and died in the middle of the night. The article mentioned, "Again, Yan Luowang and Emperor Dongyue sent 108,000 male and female waiters to work as witch doctors all over the world, and they were called' gouhun messengers'. Drug addicts must not be ignored! "

Perhaps Pu Songling, as Xu Wei said, "music is hard to break, but music is more fragmented;" There is no end to the pain, and it is so painful that I can't talk. It is extremely bitter. "

Retro and open up new ideas

Liaozhai is written in classical Chinese. What should I do if I change classical Chinese into vernacular Chinese?

On the issue of language, Sun Li once lamented, "Books should be popular, and classical Chinese limited its readers. However, since its publication, it has spread widely, even in remote villages. " This shows that the form of written language and vernacular Chinese is not the key to determine the value of a literary work. If you lack true temperament and moan without illness, even vernacular Chinese can only be regarded as modern eight-part essay.

Pu Songling

Pu Songling is good at tailoring, writing folk songs full of local flavor and writing elegant serial stories. For example, write about the scenery, "the mountains are chaotic and the air is clear", for example, write about people, "the waves are wise and the willows are graceful", for example, write about sadness, "it is useless to sleep and eat everywhere", for example, write about manners, "Young people are full of enthusiasm and dare to take responsibility". A few strokes, picturesque, with both form and spirit, have a long aftertaste after reading.

Feng Zhenluan, a critic of Liaozhai, once pointed out that Liaozhai is short and pithy, like a small bridge winding on both sides, with shallow water and smooth sand, and has the characteristics of "simple narrative and elegant brushwork". For example, the article coachman is less than 100 words, so you might as well attach the full text. "There was a driver loading things on the slope. When Fang tried hard, a wolf came and bit his ass. You have to let go, the goods are pressing you and you have to push hard. On the other hand, the wolf has lost a piece of meat. It's ridiculous to steal a cup when you can't help it. " How do readers feel if translated into vernacular Chinese? I think the superiority of classical Chinese seems to be more obvious in many short stories.

Writers are extremely sensitive, and they unconsciously act as prophets of the times. "Liaozhai" is written in classical Chinese, which seems retro, but in fact it is trendy. Because the content of the article is new and unique to that era. The characters in the author's works have their own characteristics, which are quite different from their predecessors. These characters did not appear in the stories of the Six Dynasties, and never wandered in the legends of the Tang and Song Dynasties. They only belonged to a serial studio.

There are three volumes of wonderful books, which depend on each other day and night. Don't rest on the pillow now, move the bookcase temporarily. The beauty of a serial is beyond words.