The book Sea of Life

Author Mai Jia

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Word count 2968

This book focuses on life, like the sea, which is both carefree and ups and downs. More ups and downs, endless, endless. Understand this, live a good life, and live a serious and enthusiastic life. This is the sea of life.

Romain rolland said: "There is only one kind of heroism in the world, and that is to love life after recognizing the truth of life."

00 1 myth

Of all the sufferings in life, the most hurtful thing that urges others to die is nothing more than interpersonal attacks, such as gossip, such as rumors, such as framing!

The main line of this book is around the "rumors about the colonel", which is used as a link to connect people and things in a village in the south of the Yangtze River with a history of about 100 years.

There are only the following kinds of rumors:

People who are willing to spread rumors: there are very few such people. They must have made rumors for a purpose, or for the benefit (I personally think this is the majority), such as doctors, in order to be superior, they did not hesitate to frame the colonel. Or for the sake of fame, such as the grandfather in the book, for the sake of family reputation, he also did something to hurt the colonel.

Unintentional rumors: this kind of people account for a large proportion. Most of them don't have their own views and opinions, thinking that "they must be different", so many things that "look like" become "really seen" in their mouth. In line with the tastes of the public, adding oil and vinegar is their main job.

People who eat melons: this kind of people account for the vast majority. It is also the reason why gossip can flood and there is market soil. The reason why these people are so keen on listening to and spreading gossip is because curiosity is their greatest motivation. The more private a place is, the less willing it is to show it to others, the less easy it is to see, and the more important it can become in gossip.

Therefore, in gossip: sex, affair, physical or psychological defects, economic assets, etc. , has become the most important topic, but also the easiest topic to spread-because these things are not easy to know, the more difficult it is to know, the more I want to know.

With the help of Gossip, the author Mai Jia relates the interpersonal relationship, the way of the world and the history of China in recent 100 years in the traditional rural society of China. From the bright line, it is the most important "face problem" of China and even the eastern civilization. In fact, we are talking about our views on ourselves, the world and life, which is a gradual leap: from the initial wanton pursuit of sensory feelings to the beginning of paying attention to our own value and existence, paying attention to our own evaluation in the group, finally realizing ourselves and the world, and finally being able to live in harmony with the world.

002 gossip

Is it possible that everyone should be highly conscious and ban all gossip? The countries and communities where we live have enacted laws, and once there is a little rumor, we will be severely criticized.

In a word, let gossip disappear completely.

Unfortunately, I can't. As long as human beings exist, rumors cannot disappear.

Yuval Harari's A Brief History of Mankind was discovered through research and analysis. All human beings on the earth belong to the same species-Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens who can compete in cruel natural selection can kill Nyante people who are taller than themselves, other kinds of people who are smarter than themselves, close relatives who are more flexible than themselves, and beasts who are fiercer than themselves, not by physical strength, fierceness or adaptability to the environment, but by gossip!

Gossip brings Homo sapiens together. People all over the world have at least one thing in common: they like listening to stories, telling stories and making up stories.

These stories usually come from gossip between each other.

Gossip comes and goes. From the beginning, it was also a strange theory similar to gossip. In the end, gossip has produced some consensus theories that can unite Homo sapiens, and gossip has produced a moral and ethical system that can keep Homo sapiens warm, collectively fight against the outside world, and even sacrifice themselves for the reproduction of the whole ethnic group. From the earliest is witchcraft and superstition; Later, it evolved into ancestor worship; Then there are religions and philosophies. According to different regions, there are eastern civilizations and western civilizations. Now it is a global human community.

It may be said that these are derivatives of gossip, but some of them have been written into textbooks for us to learn and carry forward. Also, limited to word of mouth, whispering, have to avoid the parties, not on the table, become gossip.

Everyone's common ancestor is gathered by gossip.

At present, our common boundless love is still gossip.

Gossip is the most basic human nature!

003 Yi Dao

As mentioned above, the most important field of gossip is nothing more than the privacy between men and women, which is specious in parents' families. It is "unconventional", reckless and gloomy, but even so, rumors are bound by "morality".

One of the most basic morals is that you can do whatever you want, but you can't hurt others, let alone threaten the public interest!

For example, "Lao Changbao" in the book is very clear about the boundaries of "gossip". He simply publicly declares that he is an "old rascal" and just likes to eat, drink, go whoring and gamble. His "duplicity" withdrawal actually made the public lose interest in him-the old insurance manager disclosed his privacy, and he had no privacy, so no one was interested in him.

But he knows his bottom line-not to hurt others. I don't want to be a Japanese traitor in the early stage, and I don't want to betray my friends in the later stage.

Another example is the "grandfather" in the book, who has been talking about "benevolence, righteousness and morality" all his life. You can't talk to people without telling them the truth. But in the end, I touched the moral bottom line for my own benevolence and morality, betrayed my friends, and ended up in a tragic evening.

There really should be an old saying: there is a god who holds his head three feet high!

This god is morality!

004 Mai Jia's Writing

Mai Jia's writing style has always been very beautiful.

This sea of life is very similar to Yu Hua's Living and Brothers. They all sigh that life is not easy, feel the ups and downs of life, and think that life should be lived well and savored.

Specific to Mai Jia's writing technique for this book, there is an obvious change and feature-multi-lens focusing.

This word is my own imagination.

I found that both writers and film and television works have this feature recently.

For example, "My People, My Motherland, My Hometown" invited several directors in one breath to direct and build stories respectively, and finally they got together to reflect the changes of the motherland in recent years. The effect is really good.

For example, sacrifice is also started by several directors, and a story line is unfolded from different perspectives. There are separation, gathering and dispersion, and even several details, which are deliberately connected in series.

This narrative technique is very advanced!

The so-called stereoscopic film, the so-called 3D film, is nothing more than using people's optical illusion, using polarizing lenses and polarizing lenses to deceive people's eyes and make the picture stereoscopic and vivid.

This multi-lens narrative method is similar.

With the help of different people and different perspectives, people's fixed thinking is deceived. Use different narratives and closely focus on the main line, so that the main line of the story is clear and the characters are full of personality. It looks more objective and comprehensive. Sometimes when I look at it, I feel that the people in the story are really "like the people around me"!

A main line, multi-angle and multi-lens shooting and writing is a very advanced story-telling mode now!

Mai Jia is an expert. The story written is beautiful and attractive!

Moreover, this writing may be consistent with the memory characteristics of the human brain-repeating in multiple directions, and each repetition strengthens the main line. Repetition in many ways consolidates the main line of the story. Even if you only watch it once, you can still remember many plots!

005 live my life.

Live high, this is the greatest feeling that this book has brought me.

At the end of the story, the colonel's ending was awkward. However, the author does not see it this way. Mai Jia thinks that the colonel has finally become himself, which is what he wants to live most-simply like a child.

In fact, many people in the story finally "live to be themselves!"

Grandma Langzhong became herself. She has been pursuing love all her life, and finally she has achieved it and is satisfied!

Lao Changbao lived to be himself, and this book gave him a metaphor: before he died, he planted two cypresses for his cemetery. After his death, one is alive and the other is dead, which is a metaphor for his black and white life.

Grandpa also lives to be himself. He is righteous and arrogant all his life. Finally, this face killed itself!

The little blind man became himself, and he wanted to be lazy. As a result, he has to live on others all his life.

In the book, I also live to be myself.

Therefore, gossip is not the most important!

Talented people, outstanding achievements, like a colonel, can learn everything, highlighting is not important!

It's important to be satisfied with your life!

What you say in your mouth, what you do in your hand and what you think in your heart are very important!

Live high is very important! ! !

It's important to be able to go in the direction you want! ! !