The Realm of Life is a collection of Ji Xianlin's essays. Every short and pithy article in the book is a true portrayal of Ji Lao's heart. As he mentioned many times in the book, he is telling the truth. Let nature take its course, let nature take its course, this is Ji Lao's life sentiment and attitude.
Ji Xianlin's life has experienced twists and turns, as he wrote in his speech, "I have experienced mountains and rivers, and I have also experienced a bright future;" Walk through yangguan avenue and cross the wooden bridge. I went to report to the devil and was not accepted. Finally, twists and turns, bumps and bumps, go to today. "He has written many books and made many remarks in his life. He is a famous sinologist, educator and Buddhist in China. It is his special life experience and rich knowledge and talent that have cultivated his life realm of "let nature take its course and be happy with it".
This book season always shows us an intriguing realm of life in plain language and easy-to-understand way.
"In longitudinal waves, I don't like it or fear it. You should do your best, there is no need to worry about it. "
Ji Lao has always regarded this poem of Tao Yuanming as his motto, and has always insisted on it to remind himself.
Enjoy the beauty of life
Ji Lao is good at analyzing himself, being honest with others, telling no lies and telling the truth. When someone asked him the secret of keeping in good health, he said, "There is no secret, and he never pursues any secret." He himself boils down to three noes: no exercise, no picky eaters and no muttering. Not exercising does not mean that he opposes any physical exercise, but those who exercise; Not picky about food, that is, he will not deliberately not eat this or that, as long as it suits his taste, he can eat whatever he wants; I don't whisper, I mean he won't frown because of his body, but accept it calmly and let nature take its course. He also warned us that young people should have four "loves", that is, love the motherland, love mankind, love nature and love life, which is the first of all virtues. It can be seen that such love is the greatest love in the world.
Therefore, he accepted his own experience and the growth of his age, and felt the strangeness of his body and the passage of time. But instead of humming, he used more love to enjoy the beauty of life.
Imperfection is life.
Nine times out of ten, life is not satisfactory. Everyone understands this truth, but it is hard to accept it if it really falls on you. I often complain about the injustice of the world and the injustice of God. Ji Lao told us with his own experience that life is so imperfect that there is no perfect life. When you truly accept this attitude towards life from the heart, you will no longer be agitated and complain about others, but be more considerate and understanding.
Happiness will not last long.
Ji Lao said that this is an easy-to-understand sentence, but it tells the feelings that everyone will have. At some stage in life, we will feel that it is normal to live so much. Just like the days when I was with my parents when I was a child, I didn't feel anything special, but for children who are not with their parents now and are working hard outside, it is so unusual in retrospect.
My understanding of talking about life is acceptance and positive acceptance.
Accept the disappointments in the world and change those that can be changed. Ji Lao accepted the fact that he was getting old slowly, but it didn't mean that he was useless. He is still doing something beneficial to mankind.
If you encounter setbacks or major events that affect your life, even if you have cancer, what you can do is to accept it slowly, because this unchangeable fact will not change because of your complaints and anger, you can only accept it. Then, on the basis of acceptance, do what you can.
Regarding this part of the content, a large part of Ji Lao is talking about his times, recalling the past and cherishing the present. He said nostalgia can purify people's souls. Missing those emotional people and things can bring us excitement and gratitude while missing, and make us "feel happy in depression and sweet in bitterness".
Ji Lao talked about the four "gains" of the elderly and revealed people's health standards, that is, eating in, pulling out, sleeping in, and surviving. The seemingly ordinary four sentences contain the truth. Think carefully, if a person can achieve these four "gains" every day, he must be a healthy and happy person.
In addition, the top ten taboos of the elderly explained by Ji Lao refer to the elderly, but there are some contents that we young people should always remember. Such as doing nothing, being cynical, etc. The phenomenon of doing nothing can be further understood as not being motivated and living in a daze every day. According to the records in the book, Ji Lao was still doing something beneficial to future generations during the ten years from eighty to ninety. He wrote the longest book in his life, The History of Sugar, with 800,000 words, and also translated a book called The Script of Meeting Maitreya. In those two years, I went to the library to read, write and collect information every day, rain or shine. This confirms what he said, eating is to live, but living is not just eating.
My understanding of talking about myself is to cherish, especially cherish.
Cherish the time with family and friends, cherish your own time, live like an individual, don't live in vain, and focus on the most important things for yourself.
If you want to take writing as your life vision and hope that your words can be circulated, then all you have to do is focus on the time you can use now and cherish every minute.
Cherish what we have now, remind ourselves of the beauty of life and nature and make good use of our time. Don't wait until you are old to feel that you have accomplished nothing.
When it comes to death, it makes people fear and fear, and some people even avoid talking about the word. But this inevitable end of life will come sooner or later. In this passage, Ji Lao talked about his thoughts about death when he was in the hospital, and his heart was not as calm as he thought. He said he was not afraid of death. A dead person may become numb to death. However, when accepting and coping, it will also be "guilty", which is human nature. Only after a real period of time will your heart be unusually calm. This kind of peace may be a compromise to death or a tribute to the tenacity of life. So the calm at this time is the real acceptance, really let nature take its course, let nature take its course
Memories, a way to accept death.
Ji Lao used memories to let us feel those touching fresh details. I think this is a way to accept death. Although people are gone, some people miss you, remember you, and you are still there. For example, by recalling two beggars, we can feel the pity, curiosity, sympathy, desolation and loneliness we felt in childhood. Thinking of a pair of calloused hands, I miss and thank my mother.
Giving meaning to life is the best way to accept death.
Ji Lao said that the meaning of life lies in the sense of responsibility to connect the past and the future with human development. As a model of intellectuals, he insisted on telling the truth, writing good articles and works, making his own contribution to the next generation and the next generation of young people, and taking due responsibility. This is his life value and significance. Just like Mr. Zhu Guangqian and Mr. Feng Youlan mentioned by Ji Lao in the book, they all realized the meaning of life.
My understanding of talking about death is learning, lifelong learning.
Learning should be a lifetime thing. Only in learning can we see the truth of the problem clearly and find a solution. This is also the advice that Ji Lao gave us: First, we should study; The second is to cherish the money.
Learning won't let us waste time; Learning will not let us lose our way; Learning allows us to accept the laws of nature and know how to let nature take its course; Learning allows us to accept death and find our own meaning in life. This is also the inspiration of the book "Life Realm".
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