In "Beauty" and "Before the Throne of Beauty", the author regards "beauty as a religion and a god; That there is truth and light in beauty; Beauty is "the ladder for wise men and philosophers to ascend the throne of truth", which makes people's soul "return to nature". In a happy home. " Lovers and other articles, he compared love and beauty to a couple and described wisdom as the "daughter" of the couple. In the life course described by Ji Bolun, love and beauty are his small starting point and his end point, and he will eventually "return to the ocean of love and beauty".
The article "Words Written by Fire" shows Ji Bolun's positive philosophy of life and his confidence in life and the future. Contrary to Keats' view that fame is written in water, he proposed that fame is written in the sky with fire. He believes that "the dawn will come" after mankind has gone through "the road full of thorns" and "the shadow of the night of life". In the article "Dream", I describe my ideal life path with "youth walking hand in hand" and "hope to fly ahead". In the article "Under the Sun", it is pointed out that life is meaningful, not empty, and life is to overcome hardships, move towards light and truth. From the subtitle, it is intended to deny the so-called pessimism of empty life in Ecclesiastes.
There are many chapters in Tears and Laughter that directly target the injustice and evil in human society. Through the dream, the author reveals an upside-down and absurd world: "I saw a priest as cunning as a fox;" Deceptive emperors are trying their best to win people's hearts. " Priests are a dime a dozen, but their eyes are looking up at the sky, but their hearts are buried in the graves of greed. ""The poor are farming, but the rich are harvesting. "Between the Cottage and the Palace" and "Two Children" show the tragedy of human performance on the stage of years in a comparative way, and criticize the "audience" who applauded for this tragedy. Criminals accuse evil society of turning good people into murderers and flying dumb animals. How a domestic dog "brutally abused by people" escaped from that "unkind and unfair" land vividly revealed the tragic fate of people being abandoned by society. The social criticism of some works is comparable to that of Ji Bolun's novels in intensity and depth, which is powerful.
Tears and Laughter also involves the themes of nationalism and patriotism. Through historical recollection, Encounter shows the eternal love between "the son of Lebanon" and "the Nile Fairy", and actually celebrates the brotherhood among all ethnic groups in the Arab world. "Time and Nation" examines the rise and fall of the nation with the profound eyes of the historical old man and expounds a historical philosophy. The author points out that the decline of some ethnic groups in the East is just a "necessary sleep" and that "the Song Dynasty will be full of vitality".
Ji Bolun's patriotism and nationalism are related to his view of human unity. He believes that the motherland and the world are unified, not antagonistic. In "Blame", he proposed: "The whole earth is my motherland, and all mankind are my folks. In The Voice of the Poet, I elaborated this position in more detail. He said: "Human beings are divided into different nationalities, different collectives, different countries and different regions. But I don't think I belong to any country or anywhere. Because the whole earth is my motherland and all mankind is my brother; Because I don't think human beings are strong enough, isn't it ridiculous to dismember themselves? Isn't it foolish to divide the earth into big and small countries because it is not big enough? "So he said," I love my hometown, and I love the whole earth more. "He opposes and hates occupying and invading neighboring countries in the name of' patriotism' and killing innocent people. This is a typical theory of human integration and the fall of the earth's homeland. On the eve of the First World War, when the cries of national chauvinism and national revenge were rampant, this rational call was issued, shouting, "You are a human being, I love you, my brother! "This slogan fully illustrates Ji Bolun's sobriety and conscience.
Tears and Laughter is also a concentrated display of Ji Bolun's values and life ideals. In the chapters of Between Authenticity and To My Poor Friends, we can see the most important and key words that embody his values: life, freedom, conscience, justice, fraternity, truth, and of course, the main gods of Ji Bolun Temple, love and beauty. In chapters such as Looking to the Future and Fantasy Queen. We can see his social ideal and the blueprint of the future world. First, this is a world where there are no poor people, no doctors, no priests and no lawyers, and everyone is equal.
The most beautiful and charming lyric prose poems in tears and laughter are probably the songs of waves, the songs of rain, the songs of beauty and the songs of flowers. These works are graceful, beautiful and crystal clear, which can be called excellent works in prose poems and are deeply loved by readers. We should also regard them as "models" or "standards" of prose poems. These works are well-known because they achieve the "natural" purpose that ordinary poems can't achieve. This masterpiece not only shows the true external "nature", but also reveals the pure internal "nature", and through various images selected from "nature", it integrates emotion, reason and scenery without any trace of axe chisel, which is really superior.