According to the research of scholar Mr. Chen Pingyuan, the word "Jianghu" is a common geographical term, which originally refers to the Yangtze River and Dongting Lake, and also refers to the three rivers and five lakes, and has no deep meaning. If the Biography of Huo Zhi in Historical Records says that Fan Li "floats in rivers and lakes in a boat", then "rivers and lakes" refers to the five lakes. Later, I felt that Fan Li was detached from the world, and later generations talked about "rivers and lakes", which was no longer just three rivers and five lakes in the geographical sense. In Gao Shi's poems of Tang Dynasty, horses are born in heaven and earth, and rivers and lakes are flourishing. In Du Fu's poems, he wants to send tourists from rivers and lakes to help the sun and the moon grow longer. In Du Mu's poems, he is lonely in rivers and lakes, carrying wine with a thin waist and a light palm. Among them, "rivers and lakes" implicitly has the opposite meaning to the imperial court, that is, the "human world" where hermits and civilians live. The cultural significance of "Jianghu" is most clearly expressed in Fan Zhongyan's "Yueyang Tower": "If you live in a temple, you must worry about its people; If you are far away in the rivers and lakes, you will worry about your husband. "

Wang Yi's "Jianghu", according to Wang Yi's own statement, is: "Jianghu is just a social space far away from temples and patriarchal clan system." Wang Yi's "Disobeying Jianghu" goes further on the basis of Fan Zhongyan's ideological realm, while Wang Yi's "Jianghu" implies the vision of "law". The first series takes subversion of martial arts novels as its pleasure, and its writing is free and open, but its basic idea is still liberalism's "preaching". For example, Wang Yi doesn't like Gu Long's novel "The Big Man" on the grounds that Yang Fan, the protagonist of "The Big Man", has "absolute pretensions and his moral superiority and absolute self-confidence", which digs out the danger of idealism from the "Guo Jing belief crisis" and reminds people to pay attention to the "terror" brought by the perfect utopia. As Mr. Qian Zhongshu said, "God will punish mankind, sometimes famine, sometimes plague, and sometimes moralists."

I said in the book review of Wang Yi's first book, A Train Full of Gooses-A Movie I saw, "Wang Yi became famous on the Internet. Therefore, his article has a strong online style, which makes people want to read it with amazing topics. " Rebellious Jianghu is still this true color. When talking about the grand concept of justice, the title used is "How long can Ouyang Feng's poison flow?" Talking about institutional changes, the title used is "two ways of collapse: WTO and Dezhou braised chicken"; Of course, the title "grandstanding" is not difficult. According to Mr. Gusu, Wang Yi is valuable because his essays have their own unique ideas and are consistent and valuable. The author has a deep understanding and strong interest in liberalism, so he has his own dominant position in commenting on people and things, rather than following suit and swaying from side to side. "

Since the 1990s, liberalism, which disappeared in Chinese mainland, has become a cultural hotspot again, just like an old tree growing new branches, and the ideological circle talks about liberalism. In fact, liberalism is also a hot spot in the west. "In contemporary western political thoughts, no school or ideology has received such extensive support, research and criticism as liberalism." (Scholar Jiang Yihua) As a staunch believer and practitioner of liberalism, Wang Yi first stated his position with "a liberal's eating habits", which is an interesting metaphor for talking about a liberal's personal character. Although it may not have universal value in itself, it helps people to understand true liberals. As Wang Yi wrote in his article, "Before the age of 25, fewer people fell in love with stew, and even fewer people became liberals before the age of 25. A real liberal is an old hen who can stand loneliness. "Mr. Hu Shi was just right in the May 4th Movement.

In an era of superficial romance, true intellectuals will not be confused by superficial illusions. They see the dynamic crisis from the static social reality and the collapse of values, hoping to "get out of the rare chess game." However, "Su Xinghe worked hard for a game of chess for thirty years, but found nothing." Why do you believe that people in this world can "get out of the rare chess game"? An adventure like Xu Zhu (the protagonist of Jin Yong's novel "Dragon's Eight Branches") can be described as "once in a thousand years", so "playing chess" has not become a moon in the water and a flower in the mirror? Unreal, you can't touch it with your hands. Since people can't become gods, we don't have to expect to "get out of the rare chess game", but we still hope for "endless improvement and progress" and hope that "being born in shit can still blossom." A flower that smells bad but can think. "

Disobedient Jianghu is not the reappearance of buzzwords, although it pays attention to many current hot issues. However, it is heavy and full of warmth. For example, in the article "Human Image, Hero of Law", Wang Yi wrote that he deeply missed the famous American movie star Gregory Peck. I happened to see To Kill a Mockingbird starring Parker not long ago. Such a "legal hero" obviously lacks the foundation of existence in our country. As Wang Yi said, "A lawyer who sided with justice in court became the greatest hero in film history, which made me cry." . It's a little depressing to think that Parker is considered by us and our parents as the number one romantic in China. What kind of person will be regarded as the goal of heroic teenagers depends on the taste and tradition of your society. A society that regards lawyer Finch as the first hero in film history is what I dream of after watching the film. "

Cicero, a great jurist in ancient Rome, famously said, "For freedom, we obey the law". This sentence exhausted the essence of liberalism and natural law tradition and was greatly appreciated by Hayek. In my opinion, Wang Yi's ideological foundation lies in this famous saying. Wang Yi studied law, but his knowledge background is by no means limited to legal major. In Wang Yi's article, we can see the kaleidoscope of "Jin Yong's novels, Gu Long's classics, film and television works, Chinese and foreign history, social system and even current international affairs". When hosting the website of "Constitutional Balance", Wang Yi encouraged himself with the idea of "a thousand years in a dark room, Yi Deng shines", advocated the concept of democracy and freedom, and pursued gradual progress. This is not easy in the current China environment, and I have always maintained great respect for it. Thinkers are lonely, and in their hearts, they hope for the support of people with the same aspirations. The "disobedient rivers and lakes" gave birth to "independent spirit and free thoughts", hoping to "worship for thousands of years, grow with the world, and work with * * * Yong Guang."

Disobedient Jianghu (New Generation Scholars Library, Wang, Shanghai Sanlian Bookstore, August 2003, first edition, pricing: 24 yuan).

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