Wei Zi Xiaoying

After staying at home during the epidemic, I finally patiently finished reading a classic literary work, Old Things in the South of the City. I was moved by it and was surprised that there are such pure and beautiful words in this world.

Old Things in the South of the City is an autobiographical novel published by Taiwan Province writer Lin Yu 1960. Taking Eiko's innocent eyes as the background of her childhood, the author tells a sad and moving story of the south of the city, unfolds a series of charming Beiping scrolls, pays attention to the adult world from the perspective of children, and at the same time completes her nostalgia and aftertaste of her beautiful childhood.

From 65438 to 0983, this novel was made into a film by director Wu. After the film was released, it touched countless audiences, and also won seven awards, including the Golden Rooster Award for Best Feature Film and Best Director.

The novel tells five stories from Xiaoying's perspective: the tragic life of Xiuzhen's mother and daughter, the arrest of a thief who instigated her brother, her tragic life, Aunt Lan's brave pursuit of herself, and her father's departure forever. The five stories all pay attention to the fate of women and the joys and sorrows of the adult world from the perspective of children. The author expresses his complex feelings about the world with a soft and light power.

In my opinion, this work is not only a memory of childhood, but also a "philosophy of life". Why do you say that? Because the three values of life conveyed in the film are the simplest and most precious emotions in our human society, which happen to each of us.

After reading this novel, we have a deeper understanding of the meaning of life.

Xiuzhen in Hui 'an Pavilion is beautiful, gentle and considerate. She fell in love with a young student, Si Kang. Si Kang had to say goodbye to Xiuzhen because her mother was seriously ill at home. At this time, Xiuzhen also kept silent about her pregnancy, and the two selflessly fulfilled each other. However, Si Kang left for six years and never came back. Xiuzhen's newborn child was also thrown by his father at the root of the city wall. Under such a double blow, Xiuzhen went crazy. She is bent on finding her children so that she can be reunited with her husband's family. However, on that night when it was raining cats and dogs, the long-lost mother and daughter finally recognized each other with the help of Eiko, but they also died together under the wheels of the fleeing train.

Ma Song is Eiko's nanny and wet nurse. After her daughter was born, she went to work in Eiko's house and gave her hard-earned money to her husband in the country, hoping that he would take good care of her son and daughter. But she didn't know that her little embolus drowned more than a year ago, her daughter had already been sold to others, and her hard-earned hard-earned money had been gambled away by her lazy husband, leaving nothing behind. Ma Song suddenly collapsed and life was hopeless. But society did not blame her husband's behavior, and even Eiko's mother advised her to go home and have another child.

Aunt Lan is the luckiest of the three. Aunt Lan's luck is that she met the kind Eiko's parents, who took the uncle and aunt in regardless of prejudice. Aunt Lan is also lucky that she met a good man, a liberated youth, and a man who is willing to treat women as "people", which is really commendable. More importantly, Aunt Lan's unyielding will and the consciousness of daring to fight against feudal ethics helped her to regain her life. Eiko said that before she left, Aunt Lan seemed to be a different person. She dressed up as a lady, gentle and intellectual, and completely lost her original dust.

Why do three contemporary women have different fates?

Xiao Hong wrote in Biography of Hulan River: "They were born by their parents and there is no hope. Come on, take it. What comes smoothly is not a lifetime. "

Xiuzhen is a victim of a patriarchal society. She is used to resignation. She has never seen herself. Xiuzhen lost her husband and children, and she also lost herself. Her child was abandoned by her father. Instead of accusing her parents of being cruel, she drove herself crazy. She lives in the contempt and accusation of everyone, instead of resisting self-improvement, she continues to deceive herself half-crazy and half-silly.

The hardest thing in life is not that no one knows you, but that you don't know yourself.

She became an inanimate object, at the mercy of others and trampled on by others. The tragic ending of her and Niu is not accidental, but the inevitability of female materialization under feudal ethics.

Ma Song is hardworking, kind and independent. She would rather make money by herself than endure her husband's beating and scolding. However, the feudal bone marrow of "taking husband as the sky" in her bones failed to take her out of the misery of fate.

If Xiao Shuan hadn't died, she wouldn't have gone to the girl. She once said that her girl was worthless anyway. She was ruined by a disappointing husband and wanted to have children and live with him.

According to the present statement, her husband is a standard "love rat". He has no ambition, eats soft rice and sells children. This kind of man is not only not spurned by society, but also accepts women's change of heart with peace of mind, which is simply unforgivable. However, in those days, women put their husbands first and had no future. Ma Song didn't ask for happiness. She just wants to live a complete life and make do with it.

There are many such Ma Song in modern society, typical people with low sense of value. Pursue yourself, be incapable, pursue happiness and feel unworthy. They are like the lowest plants. They can live on some sunshine and water, and they can pretend to forget the pain when they are healed.

Wang Zengqi wrote in "Plants on Earth": Gardenia is thick and big, and its fragrance is too dusty to go, so it is not taken by elegant people, thinking that its character is not high. Gardenia said, "Fuck you, I just want to smell this. It smells good. What the fuck do you care! " "

Aunt Lan is a gardenia that blooms and falls casually. Although she is a bad karma, her rough experience has not smoothed her edges and corners, leaving her passive and dependent on men for a living.

On the contrary, she can read, loves reading, has independent thoughts, is wild inside and yearns for a free life. When she had the chance to have that life, she seized it without hesitation.

What is personality independence? This is it!

Do not depend on others, have their own opinions and pursuits, and dare to fight against everything that goes against human nature. I don't deserve it, only I deserve it.

It is said that fate is magical. It can not only destroy people, but also make them better. Just like Aunt Lan, she changed from a miserable slave in the old society to a new woman who embraced new ideas and pursued freedom of life. She firmly grasped the throat of fate in her own hands, and her independent spirit contributed greatly.

Personality independence is the foundation of life, and it is also the fracture and reconstruction of self again and again. Only by establishing a system of self-esteem and self-love can people get rid of the shackles and embrace a new life.

In the eyes of children, there is no distinction between high and low. They love all beautiful and interesting things and hate ugliness and rigidity. In the world of childlike innocence, all life is equal, whether it is a slow camel, a little oily chicken in the West Chamber, a goldfish in Xiuzhen, a cow, a thief in the grass, and Aunt Lan.

Eiko met a thief by chance in the weeds. This man has thick lips and an honest face. In order to make a living and realize the dream that his younger brother, who is the first in the exam every year, will study abroad, he takes stealing as his profession. Once he asked Eiko: Do you think I am a good person or a bad person? Hmm? "Later, eiko also met him at the guest table of the school graduation ceremony. He guessed that maybe the classmate who won the first place was his younger brother.

Later, when Eiko saw him arrested, she was very confused. She really can't figure out whether the thief is a good person or a bad person. When his mother told him, "When you grow up, write a book about today's events and how a bad guy became a thief and how he became like this", she was very excited and said "No".

She doesn't care about labels in the adult world, such as "crazy", "singing orphan girl", "thief" and "fireworks girl". She likes what she likes, loves what she loves and sympathizes with herself. Without disguise, a clear heart pays attention to all sentient beings and experiences joy and sadness.

Don't follow the trend, don't follow the crowd, don't comment indiscriminately, and treat the bottom people living in the haze with a sensitive and sincere heart. This is Xiaoying's most precious quality. It can also be said to be a kind of compassion.

What is compassion? I think I am willing to understand others.

Tagore said that love is another name for understanding.

Understanding without love is indifference, and love without understanding is control.

Once upon a time, we were taught not to help the old man in the street when he fell, lest he try to cheat you of your money; Once, the takeaway you ordered arrived half an hour late, and you gave a bad review in disgust, completely ignoring the heavy rain and traffic jam outside; Once upon a time, you were pushed on the subway, quarreled with each other, and forgot that you were all middle-aged and had the responsibility to support your family.

Understanding others means that you are willing to pay your understanding, to put down your posture and have an equal dialogue with each other, to see the truth of others after they have faded their labels, and to remain in awe of life and beauty.

As Mr. Liu said in "Lecture Room", the most precious things in passing clouds are those unpolluted souls, the pity for the weak and the unremitting pursuit of good things.

Understanding others is compassion.

The author said in the novel: "Did readers notice that at the end of each story, the protagonists in it all left me, until the last article" Daddy's Flowers Fall ",my dear father left, and my childhood was over."

At that time, Xiaoying graduated from primary school. As an excellent graduate representative, she went to the stage to receive the graduation certificate and delivered a thank-you speech. She realized her father's wish, but he couldn't see it when he was lying in the hospital. When she hurried home with her diploma, she got the news of her father's death.

It seems that at that moment, Eiko grew up. "Thin chicken sister is still robbing Yan Yan's gadgets, and my brother pours sand into the glass bottle. Yes, I'm big here. I'm a grown-up. I said to Lao Gao: Lao Gao, I know what it is, so I will go to the hospital. I have never been so calm, so quiet. " Childhood is like this, always a memory.

"The horizon of the horizon, the corner of the sea, the bosom friend is half scattered, and a pot of turbid wine is full of joy. Say goodbye to Meng Han tonight. " This "Farewell" in the movie shows the helplessness of life.

The author wrote "Old Things in the South of the City" with the enthusiasm of recalling childhood, revealing how the growing experience accompanied by parting was staged again and again in life.

Growth is always accompanied by parting, and parting is another kind of departure and growth.

Lin Qingxuan said: "If there is no parting, people can't really cherish the moment of gathering;" Without parting, there is no joy of human reunion. From this point of view, parting is good. "

We always think that gathering is happy and parting is inevitable. But this kind of happiness comes from comparison. If there is no sadness as a foil, the taste of happiness will not be realized.

Fortunately, there is a parting in life.

Those who are happy because of meeting, parting is beautiful, which makes Hua Song's lovesickness tears crystal clear and sweet.

Those who are miserable because of meeting, it is best to leave, and the fog disappears to see the open blue sky.

Being separated by karma is sometimes the expectation and hope for life for people in distress.

Meeting and parting, happiness and sadness, disappointment and hope, as long as we are willing to taste, everything has a taste and everything is indispensable in life.

Talking about the original intention of creation, Lin once said: "How much I miss the scenery and people who lived in Jingnan when I was a child. I said to myself, write them down, let the actual childhood pass and let the childhood in my heart last forever. In this way, I wrote a book "Old Things in the South of the City". "

Although "Old Things in the South of the City" looks at the adult world from the perspective of children, behind the memories of childhood, it is a deep concern and sympathy for the people at the bottom of society.

It brings us not only the beauty and innocence of childhood, but also deeper reflection. That is: why do people grow up?

Some people say that growth is a double-edged sword. It cuts off your naive dreams and teaches you how to be patient. It removes your fragile protective shell and gives you a hard armor.

In this era of increasingly fierce pursuit of fame and fortune, "Old Things in the South of the City" is like the warm sun in winter, mild and mellow, pure and indifferent, lasting forever.

Fireworks are everywhere, but there is nothing to pursue fame and fortune.

Although Xiuzhen, Niu, Thief, Aunt Lan and Dad have all left Xiaoying, it is enough that they meet sincerely in each other's lives and cherish each other.

In the face of loss, some people run away from fear, while others are calm. The true meaning of growth is to face the pain of life bravely, and even if you are weather-beaten, you still have the ability to love others and yourself.

People will meet all kinds of people in their life, but few people can accompany us in our life. The only thing we can do is to cherish the present.

Some people say that acceptance is the best gentleness for life, whether it is accepting a person's appearance or accepting a person's disappearance. In the final analysis, the meaning of growth is not what you get, but what you feel.

"Old Things in the South of the City" evokes many good memories, and Xiaoying takes us to understand the true meaning of life. Moving forward with hope in a disappointed world is the greatest inspiration of this novel. If you and your children are free, you might as well read this children's literature. I believe it will bring you tenderness and touch.