Reflections after reading "Walkers Without Borders"
When I was shopping for the book, I saw that its cover was so mysterious - between two ancient and black European-style buildings, the morning light The mist of light reflected in the cracks of the not wide stone road. This bluestone path was opened with a brilliance. The shadows of the black wall could not swallow up the extending power of the shining golden light.
The travelers on the road are exactly the travelers between yesterday and tomorrow. He transcended the constraints of time and traveled among various cities. Use your own unique thoughts to record this extraordinary journey. And wrote this unique travelogue: "Walkers Without Borders".
The author's travel notes seem to open a window leading mankind to a new and wonderful world. Because it has never been reached before and has been longed for for a long time, there is no need to worry about how to reach the destination that is far away. As long as we calmly face the abundance of words, the wings of our imagination will unknowingly stretch and fly tirelessly to the country in words.
It turns out that greedy human nature and loyalty to friendship are just prisoners of power. Whenever there is a dangerous situation, those who voluntarily give up morality will attack the more outstanding person but is confused by the trouble. This is their instinct to eliminate blockages in their hearts and hidden dangers beyond their own status. The lives of those who are greedy for profit should be in danger. There is no guarantee that one day, his so-called best friend will make the same mistake again - betray him, and end up in the abyss. Such a life really makes their vain life full of doubts and dangers.
It turns out that religion’s deception of human beings has long made people who have no resistance to it crazy. In order to preserve their reputation, to protect their own lives, and to get the pleasure of being scolded... they became witnesses and cheerers of many shameless atrocities. The treacherous partner turned out to be a perjury witness to his own tragic fate. Where is his conscience? Do the interests of the Pope really outweigh the real facts? Reputation is indeed something external. But who would want to be slandered by those false rumors?
It turns out that the people trapped in the siege for no reason are so rude and barbaric. Color is destined to bring inevitable disaster. Unexpectedly, it will destroy the second half of an artistic creator's life, and the unjust cases that have been backlogged for 27 years have still not been vindicated. He used the scenes he could describe to fully demonstrate the artistic value of "Night Patrol". But no one knows how to appreciate it with heart. Carrying a mocking smile, they gathered in the corners of the noisy streets and smiled with excitement at the suffering of others. That evil smile allowed them to successfully draw a line between themselves and this priceless treasure. Because, they thought it brought great shame to the whole city.
It turns out that not listening to the advice of others and insisting on going your own way can make people see unexpected scenes. Many deliberate indifferences in the world are often disguised performances, but Oslo is not. The history there originally existed in confusion. However, because of the persistence of wise men, history has "captured" honesty and respect, so that the precise traces of history do not appear desolate and lonely, and history does not have to freeze helplessly in the passage of time... Because of this, history does not Oslo was removed and attracted a large number of visitors. This may be the "price" of facing history honestly and calmly - it has gained a profound and gentle cultural connotation.
Although the wonders and visions on the journey always give people the first visual impact. However, it is not difficult to see that the author does not pursue the novel shock at first glance, nor does he use thick and colorful outlines. Instead, he often uses sharp brushstrokes to record the cultural heritage hidden behind each scenic spot.
The author provides an epic and in-depth interpretation of European civilization through the perspective of cultural appreciation. Each travel note is not long, but it always leaves room for reflection and chewing.
Walkers, people who walk. No borders. It is boundless, and it has the meaning of "the blue sky is at the top and the yellow spring is at the bottom, and neither place is visible". Walking alone on the night road, looking around quietly, the sky and the earth are in harmony, it is difficult to distinguish the boundaries and directions, and suddenly I feel infinite desolation in my heart.
Yu Qiuyu said in his preface: "After spending so long investigating ninety-six cities, which city is qualified to end?" Indeed, travelers are people who passionately love journeys. No matter how long you travel, there will always be unexpected fun. Although ordinary people cannot experience it, they might as well imagine it.
Because we can become thinkers - devoutly visit those distant and strange cities; constantly think about those deep and mysterious cultures; fanatically pursue those vicissitudes and glorious years. .
(I picked up this book again last night and was shocked to see the ancient city of Pompeii. It was an ancient city more than 1,900 years ago. The vivid scene was unforgettable and I couldn’t sleep for a long time. I was so worried about it. While lighting the lamp, I suddenly thought that if such a disaster were to happen to us at this moment, then all our ideals and pursuits would be wiped out. What would people think about at the last moment? Reposting a review, I feel the same way. I like this book so much and Mr. Yu Qiuyu’s thoughts on traveling, looking at the deep culture through the surface)
The Thinker Has No Boundaries - My thoughts after reading "The Traveler Has No Boundaries"
I I have never been so resistant to a book, maybe because of its cover - between two quaint European-style buildings, the golden sunshine in the early morning covered a small stone road. It gave me an inexplicable sense of depression when I first saw it.
When I finally mustered up the courage to read it, I knew that it was not depression, but a kind of thinking. Rather than saying that the author Yu Qiuyu took the readers to visit the ninety-six cities, it would be better to say that he took the readers' thoughts to fly through the ninety-six cities. I didn’t lament that he went to the North Pole in the coldest time of winter, nor that he could walk such a long journey independently. What amazed me was that no matter which city he stood in, he didn’t stop at what was in front of him. Scenery, but to think, think about the history of this city, think about the culture of this city, and think about the evaluation of this city by future generations. He named the book "Walkers have no boundaries", but it makes readers become thinkers. There are no boundaries for travelers and no boundaries for thinkers.
In the blink of an eye, we arrived at Venice in Southern Europe, a noisy water city in modern times without cars and horses, a really desirable place. However, this ancient town has been flooded by sea water more than a hundred times. It seems that he is in his twilight years and in danger. To sum up, I think Venice is excellent but weak. Good-hearted people always help the weak, but according to normal human thinking, outstanding people are always included in the list of strong people. Thus a paradoxical beauty arose in Venice. In fact, life is full of contradictions one after another. Perhaps it is precisely because of these contradictions one after another that life is called life.
Although Austria in Central Europe also has a profound culture, it is not as dilapidated as Italy in Southern Europe. Instead, everything has been tidied up and polished. Some people commented that this is an uncultured approach. In fact, why bother letting all buildings be immersed in history? Look at Hangzhou today, which is known as "Paradise". In addition to retaining some monuments of great historical significance, everywhere reflects the new century and different beauty of paradise. I like the Hangzhou in front of me, I also like the Austria in the book, and I like the unique beauty of both ancient and modern times.
Paris in Western Europe is the city I am most familiar with. The Paris described by the author is as proud, majestic and energetic as I imagined. The most common word used by the author when describing Paris is "aggregation" - the aggregation of wealth, people, culture, and aesthetic atmosphere. Indeed, the tenderness of Paris is so generous. It has made people here feel different and at ease, and the author was surprised that this article came from Paris, a secretarial writing network. In fact, people are all the same. When Beijing successfully bid for the Olympics, the carnival of Beijingers may also surprise the Parisians. There is nothing wrong with liking your own city as much as you like yourself!
Iceland in Northern Europe is the country I personally yearn for the most, because its name sounds aloof, indifferent, and isolated from the world. And I have always stubbornly believed that there is fire under the iceberg, and the flames there are the most dazzling. The author describes Iceland as a hermit, and the Icelanders' descriptions of their country seem to reveal the tranquility of a hermit. In fact, like most European countries, Iceland also has a profound cultural heritage. For example, Saga - a kind of narrative prose in Iceland in the Middle Ages - has always existed quietly in an unobtrusive state. The modern world needs the unique tranquil beauty of Iceland. It seems that everyone has a desire for tranquility in their hearts, perhaps in the most secret place in their hearts.
Finally, the journey to the Arctic Circle is difficult. Traveling to the North Pole in the coldest time of winter is of course difficult.
Perhaps because I have read too many introductions to the Arctic Circle, among all the descriptions of the Arctic Circle, the only thing that amazed me was that they actually found a Chinese restaurant in the Arctic Circle on Christmas Eve. It seems that Chinese people are everywhere Yes, overseas, especially in places like the Arctic Circle, the feeling of meeting compatriots must be warm enough to withstand the cold wind of the Arctic.
I closed the book, but did not close my thoughts. The author has traveled tens of thousands of miles, not only to write this book, but also not to appreciate the exotic customs and simply understand the culture of a foreign country. After reading the whole book, something seemed to be left in my mind.
China’s five thousand years of history is something that all Chinese people are proud of, but sometimes Europe’s belated civilization is worth looking up to. For example, China has advocated the "golden mean" for thousands of years, but it still often suffers from the extreme thinking of "either/or". On the contrary, European civilization can integrate classical tradition with modern innovation, personal freedom, and social morality. . The culture accumulated over five thousand years is indeed precious, but what our ancestors left to us should be the foundation, not the shackles. If an eagle, after winning a piece of the sky, just hovers in vain in the same place, it will only die of exhaustion in its past glory. That piece of sky can be his capital to show off, but continuing to fight in the sky is the only choice for him to continue to be strong.
In the same way, from junior high school to high school, I won a sky by passing the high school entrance examination. But my journey is far from over, and I also believe that my sky is much more than that. Senior high school is my next starting point, not the end. Yu Qiuyu said in his preface: "After spending so much time inspecting ninety-six cities, which city is qualified to end?" And why not me? , which end point can be considered the end point?
The ancients said: "Learning without thinking leads to confusion; thinking without learning leads to peril."
After reading this book, I felt: "Practice without thinking leads to confusion." , Thinking but not doing is dangerous. ”
There are no boundaries for practitioners, no boundaries for scholars, and no boundaries for thinkers!
I have always enjoyed reading Yu Qiuyu's works, such as "Cultural Journey", "A Sigh of a Thousand Years", "Frost-Cold River", etc., and I am often impressed by the master's knowledge and thoughts. Recently, I carefully read the book "Walkers Without Borders" published by the master in 2001, and I felt deeply about it.
Over a period of six months, Yu Qiuyu traveled to 96 cities in 26 European countries. "Walker Without Borders" records all the feelings of this extraordinary journey. It serves as a record of the investigation of Western civilization. The book "Walkers Without Borders" is divided into four volumes: Southern Europe, Central Europe, Western Europe and Northern Europe. Each volume uses these words to make a wonderful summary: "Ruins, seas, waves, history often starts from here; forests, hills, ancient castles" , history is often hidden here; lively, exquisite, and public, history often turns here; desolate, lonely, and persistent, history is often condensed here."
What amazed me is that no matter where Yu Qiuyu stands. In any city, he does not stop at the scenery in front of him, but thinks about the history of the city, the culture of the city, and the evaluation of the city by future generations. We are honored to know through the eyes of the masters that Europe, a land that has been alive for centuries, has withstood the test of God, and the spirits of its country and great masters will never die. Like the ancient Chinese civilization, it is integrated into the necessity of world unity.
Venice in Southern Europe is a noisy water city in modern times without carriages and horses. It is a really desirable place. However, it has been flooded by sea water more than a hundred times, making this ancient town look like it is in decline. , in danger. To sum up, I think Venice is excellent but weak. Good-hearted people always help the weak, but according to normal human thinking, outstanding people are always included in the list of strong people. Thus a paradoxical beauty arose in Venice. In fact, life is full of contradictions one after another.
Paris in Western Europe is as proud, majestic and energetic as we imagined. The most common word used by masters when describing Paris is "aggregation" - the aggregation of wealth, people, culture, and aesthetic atmosphere... Indeed, the tenderness of Paris is so generous. Everything has been eliminated, giving people here a different sense of freedom.
In the book "Walker Without Borders", Yu Qiuyu lamented, "European civilization is indeed excellent and mature, and can integrate classical tradition and modern civilization, personal freedom and social morality." Yu Qiuyu opened a new chapter for us Open a wider window.
After reading "Walker Without Borders"
When I was shopping for a book, I saw that its cover was so mysterious - between two ancient and black European-style buildings, the light of the morning sun The mist spreads across the cracks in the narrow stone road. This bluestone path was opened with a brilliance. The shadows of the black wall could not swallow up the extending power of the shining golden light.
The walkers on the road are exactly the walkers between yesterday and tomorrow. He transcended the constraints of time and traveled among various cities. Use your own unique thoughts to record this extraordinary journey. And wrote this unique travelogue: "Walkers Without Borders".
The author's travel notes seem to open a window leading mankind to a new and wonderful world. Because it has never been reached before and has been longed for for a long time, there is no need to worry about how to reach the destination that is far away. As long as we calmly face the abundance of words, the wings of our imagination will unknowingly stretch and fly tirelessly to the country in words.
It turns out that greedy human nature and loyalty to friendship are just prisoners of power. Whenever there is a dangerous situation, those who voluntarily give up morality will attack the more outstanding person but is confused by the trouble. This is their instinct to eliminate blockages in their hearts and hidden dangers beyond their own status. The lives of those who are greedy for profit should be in danger. There is no guarantee that one day, his so-called best friend will make the same mistake again - betray him, and end up in the abyss. Such a life really makes their vain life full of doubts and dangers.
It turns out that religion’s deception of human beings has long made people who have no resistance to it crazy. In order to preserve their reputation, to protect their own lives, and to get the pleasure of being scolded... they became witnesses and cheerers of many shameless atrocities. The treacherous partner turned out to be a perjury witness to his own tragic fate. Where is his conscience? Are the interests of the Pope really higher than the real facts? Reputation is indeed something external. But who would want to be slandered by those false rumors?
It turns out that the people trapped in the siege for no reason are so rude and barbaric. Color is destined to bring inevitable disaster. Unexpectedly, it will destroy the second half of an artistic creator's life, and the unjust cases that have been backlogged for 27 years have still not been vindicated. He used the scenes he could describe to fully demonstrate the artistic value of "Night Patrol". But no one knows how to appreciate it with heart. Carrying a mocking smile, they gathered in the corners of the noisy streets and smiled with excitement at the suffering of others. That evil smile enabled them to successfully draw a clear line between themselves and this priceless treasure. Because, they thought it brought great shame to the whole city.
It turns out that not listening to the advice of others and insisting on going your own way can make people see unexpected scenes. Many deliberate indifferences in the world are often disguised performances, but Oslo is not. The history there originally existed in confusion. However, because of the persistence of wise men, history has "captured" honesty and respect, so that the precise traces of history do not appear desolate and lonely, and history does not have to freeze helplessly in the passage of time... Because of this, history does not Oslo was removed and attracted a large number of visitors. This may be the "price" of facing history honestly and calmly - it has gained a profound and gentle cultural connotation.
Although the wonders and visions on the journey always give people the first visual impact. However, it is not difficult to see that the author does not pursue the novel shock at first glance, nor does he use thick and colorful outlines. Instead, he often uses sharp brushstrokes to record the cultural heritage hidden behind each scenic spot.
The author provides an epic and in-depth interpretation of European civilization through the perspective of cultural appreciation. Each travel note is not long, but it always leaves room for reflection and chewing.
Walkers, people who walk. No borders. It is boundless, quite a bit like "the blue sky above and the yellow spring below, neither place can be seen"
——Reflections after reading "Walkers Without Borders"
Two classical European-style buildings The walker walks alone on the stone path sandwiched between the mountains. The light of the morning light illuminates the direction of travel, and the shadow of the black wall is far from swallowing up the shining light.
The leaning tower in Italy and the Eiffel Tower in Paris overlap each other, just like a dialogue between two eras, or an intimate friction between civilizations... This is the cover of the travel book that narrates the long journey, bringing the West It has a unique philosophical charm, and the firm steps of the Orientals walking in it seem to be a special trip from the beginning. It allows me to touch a continent I have never set foot on in its abundant words, and to slowly appreciate its profound culture.
The length of each travel note varies, but compared to novels, it can only be called short. The author first uses understatement to give people the first visual impression, and then uses a short story or a certain character to record the cultural heritage hidden behind each vicissitudes of history with sharp strokes, stirring up layers of emotions in the readers' hearts. The ripples arouse people's endless aftertaste.
As mentioned in "Dilute Dante", only in "ancient alleys, there is always smooth hard stone underfoot, faintly reflecting the iron street lamps of the high walls in the distance" "The road is getting closer and closer" When you visit Dante's three-story old building in an environment where the lights are getting darker and narrower, you can better understand that "Dante walked out of such darkness and narrowness. His empty footsteps stepped on the work and this morning." The boundary line makes all those who wake up early later vaguely remember what kind of state it is." These thick discussions can easily bring readers three-dimensional sensory enjoyment, extending to all aspects of civilization that are not enough to be witnessed with the eyes alone.
In the aftertaste, I kept thinking, as mentioned in the preface, "I vaguely felt that European civilization should have a rough and powerful prototype of life, a historical plot that runs through thousands of years, and some little-known ones. In the secret corner, there is a pile of shame and regret that cannot be traced." It was to dig out and think deeply about these things that the author embarked on a six-month journey without hesitation. But it seems that these alone cannot show the three-dimensional, multi-layered and distinctive European territory in front of readers. Therefore, it seems to be the author's original intention to "break through the polar directions in comparative literature research and conduct a multi-faceted comparison between Chinese civilization and European civilization."
Just like in "The Destruction of the South", "The ancient city of Pompeii was buried in volcanic ash." Pliny the Elder's "Natural History" once mentioned the "gentle manners" of the Chinese, and in the creation At the time of "Natural History", in China, Wang Chong was writing "Lunheng" and Ban Gu was writing "Hanshu". However, Wang Chong and Ban Gu, who were "good-natured", did not know that someone in the very far west was paying attention. . But that look has been buried in the rumbling catastrophe, and the burial place is called Pompeii." Perhaps this magical power that transcends time, space and region can only be possessed by civilization. In that closed era, there was only civilization. It had nothing to do with the difficulty of the road or the changes of the years. It had been sleeping there, waiting for friends who had not seen it for a thousand years to knock on the long-closed heavy door and carefully look at this familiar but familiar thing. Friendly companion when meeting for the first time.
“Ruins, seas, waves, and history often start here; forests, hills, and castles, history is often hidden here; lively, exquisite, and public, history often turns here; desolate, lonely, Perseverance, history is often condensed here." The wonderful summary is that the wheels of Europe open up a tortuous road of civilization. From southern Europe to western Europe, I toasted to myself the moment I finally set foot on the Arctic Circle. Regardless of the hardships and fatigue along the way, it will come to an end for the time being. What you have gained is spiritual enjoyment and soul baptism.
Whether it is the theater in Pompeii buried under volcanic ash, or the three-story old building of Dante's former residence; whether it is the Spanish-style old gate in the alley, or the ancient narrow streets of Seville; Whether it is a Christmas tradition formed by a joke at Oxford University, or Beethoven playing the Eroica Symphony in Bonn; whether it is a famous residence or ordinary street art; whether it is a tangible monument or an indescribable custom. The author uses rich and emotional words to lead us through that mysterious land and reflect the wonders and phenomena along the way. Like rich red wine, one cannot remember it, so one has to sip it carefully and savor it slowly.
“The charm and terror of Iceland are all in the severe winter.” The author sets his last footprints on the pure snow of Iceland, letting the howling wind and snow and bone-chilling cold provide the perfect backdrop for this great journey. Put an amazing exclamation mark. But in this place in the Arctic Circle, I actually met my compatriots. This may be something the author and readers did not expect. It's like lighting the fire in the fireplace at the end of the book to resist the severe cold. As the fragrance of books floats out of the book, it leaves a trace of warmth in the readers' hearts...
As Owen's famous saying: Europe has a unique charm in terms of legendary and poetic associations.
Regardless of my fate, my long-cherished wish to wander finally came true. I traveled to many countries and investigated the ever-changing truth of the world.
Culture has no boundaries, travelers have no boundaries