Reading is like falling in love. Read the right book at the right time.

During 1934, China was in dire straits: Chiang Kai-shek launched the fifth "encirclement and suppression" against the Red Army; Puyi "called the emperor" in Changchun; The Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants began the Long March; Qiantang River Bridge started. This event is of great historical significance. But beyond that, there are some small things shining in the gap of history. For example, in this year, Wen Xin, co-authored by China famous writers Ye Shengtao and Xia Mianzun, was officially published.

Wen Xin is written by Mr. Ye Shengtao and Mr. Xia Mianzun in turn, twice a month. First, it was published one by one in the Journal of Middle School Students, and one and a half years later it was published by Ming Kai Bookstore. Wen Xin, as soon as it was published, was very popular and sold well, providing a path and method for middle school teachers and students in turbulent times and lacking educational resources at that time. Even now, more than 70 years later, Wenxin has a place in the recommended bibliography of middle school students.

Wen Xin consists of 32 articles, covering reading notes, poetry appreciation, intonation, reading skills, literary history, rhetoric and writing methods. The two gentlemen know that interest is the first element of learning. In order to avoid being boring, blunt and too preachy, they took stories as the main line and created lively middle school students such as Zhang Dawen and Zhou Lehua and approachable teachers such as Wang. They embedded China's knowledge into life scenes, and discussed it in the form of dialogue between characters, describing the people's livelihood, the anti-Japanese situation and even the ignorant love among middle school students at that time. Therefore, they are more vivid and infectious than serious textbooks.

On Douban, the scores of all versions of Wenxin's books have reached above 9.0, which shows that the value of good books is not limited by time and space. Some readers said that "the content is vivid and easy to understand, and the truth in the book is still classic today." Someone said, "It is worth having for every novice writer!" Some said, "There is a great teacher hidden in the book!" Behind everyone's almost unanimous praise, there is admiration for the two gentlemen's solid knowledge of Chinese studies, and more because they did not read the right books at the right age.

No matter in 1934 or 20 19, it is not easy to read the right book at the right time. In the era of national hatred and world chaos, educational resources are scarce, and Wen Xin has become a rare pearl in educational books, as if to say, "Just read me!" . At present, the problem of educational resources is not lack, but over-abundance. All kinds of teaching AIDS are flooding and the level is uneven. You need to have a certain recognition ability to find a book that suits you.

For example, there is a reference book on the use of rhetoric, which divides rhetoric such as metaphor, parallelism, exaggeration and rhetorical questions into several thematic chapters, and then extracts fragments containing rhetorical devices from various articles and even the Internet to show them one by one. For example, there are several articles describing "weather", some describing "happiness" and some describing "anger" for students to quote and extract. This is laziness, not teaching rhetoric, but teaching students how to cope with homework.

In Thirty-one Poems of Wen Xin, Mr. Zhao first introduced the category of figures of speech, and then extended another meaningful sentence: "Style can be said to be the expression of the speaker's demeanor, which is deeply rooted in life and personality. Without a profound life, there will never be a profound style, humorous nature and humorous style. " Talking about character cultivation from rhetoric is not a digression, but telling students why they study, what is the significance, guiding them to know themselves and reminding them not to forget to cultivate their core values even in turbulent times. This is the right book.

A dream of red mansions is a good book, but primary school students probably won't like it. Homer's epic is also a good book, but people who don't have a certain literary background can't see it. Reading is like falling in love. You must meet the right person at the right time to blossom and bear fruit. Mu Xin said: "When you start reading, you should be shallow, so shallow that you can be condescending from the beginning." When the two gentlemen wrote Wen Xin, they targeted the reading object at middle school teachers and students, so the content was easy to understand and try to be as simple as possible, so junior high school students felt it was too suitable for them and could not put it down. Although I have graduated for several years, my literary foundation is not solid, and reading Wen Xin also feels appropriate. It can be seen that to find a book that suits you, you must first have a position for yourself: where is your interest, what is your level, what do you want to know, and then choose the right one from the good books.

Wenxin shows you another way to learn Chinese knowledge: it is not like serious and rigid teaching in class, but combines life with Chinese to make Chinese learning more practical: learning Chinese is not for exams, but really useful in life. Wen Xin is undoubtedly a good book in line with children's temperament for students at the learning stage. Its permanence also tells us that no matter at which stage of life, reading is the most suitable for us.