Two endings of Chess King;
It is said that Acheng wrote another ending at that time, "I went back to Yunnan from Shaanxi. When I first entered Yunnan Chess Academy, I saw Wang Yisheng walking out of the Chess Academy with a mouthful of oil. I said to Wang Yisheng, how have you been recently? Will you play chess or not? Wang Yisheng said, what is this chess? We eat meat here every day. Let's leave now. I'll take you to dinner and eat meat. "
There is always such a relationship between the characters in Acheng's works: on the one hand, he is an intelligent, culturally patient and introverted intellectual represented by "I", which can be regarded as the image of a traditional modern scholar; On one side is an ugly, dull and eccentric stranger with power.
Different from the relationship we see in most literary works, in Acheng's story, whether it is the chess king, the tree king or king of the children, it is not the intellectuals who have redeemed the barbarians, but the barbarians have profoundly enlightened the intellectuals culturally and spiritually. Taxis represented by "I" are always anxious and confused, and even encounter cultural personality crisis.
"I" will feel bored and depressed because there are no movies and books. In order to live comfortably, I will give my ancestral chess to my secretary. Even the painter who has always been calm and peaceful in the article will sigh "My life is too concrete" after meeting Wang Yisheng. Wang Yisheng attributed all the troubles of the above-mentioned literati to "unhappiness". "Why can't you solve them? Only playing chess. "
Wang Yisheng's simple views on "playing chess" and "eating" were a medicine Acheng found from the people for the injured intellectuals at that time.
In the teacher's words, the story is a description of a "young man walking slowly in a rainy era", which shows people the possibility of balancing "material and culture" and "times and individuals" with his inner transcendence story, thus making the article deeply enlightening.
Of course, there is no denying that the other ending is also very literary. At that time, intellectuals were probably tired of ideological struggle after experiencing all kinds of storms, which led to the simplest materialistic tendency. But in terms of the significance of the times, such an ending is obviously not enough. How does a broken Wang Yisheng save a broken "me" in the spiritual world?
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The spiritual value of chess king;
In the hero, material life and spiritual life symbolize the whole life, just like his name "life". And his chess is humane, that is, he doesn't "live by chess", that is, he doesn't "bet his life on chess" like other players, and he doesn't want China's chess to live like the old man who won the championship, but he wants to relieve his troubles and boredom, so as to achieve spiritual peace and freedom.
With the help of chess, he transcended pain and secularity. A chessboard carries his dreams, which is simple and natural, but his world is envied by many people. He is a wise man of his time. His talent is not only manifested in his exquisite chess skills, but also in his sober understanding of social reality, arrogant attitude and unwillingness to go with the flow.
However, in the deep excavation of the hero's soul world, it is found that the hero is wrapped in the "Confucian" backbone under the "Taoist coat" and hides the positive and enterprising spirit in the seemingly detached and broad-minded Zhuang Zen, so there is sublimity in indifference and heroism in emptiness. In the age of heroes, escaping from reality is a struggle in itself.
At the critical moment, the hero's persistence and stubbornness show that his indifference to dementia is not indifference to reality. In the nine-game series and wheel wars, he played chess not only to solve his worries and seek "nourishment", but to really "bet his life on chess" and win nine out of nine games.
Seeing his mother's wordless flag, he suddenly realized, "Mom, my son is sensible today, and people need something to live." At this time, the sublimation and development of his potential creative desire and realization desire, indifference and stubbornness are unified in the hero's life form. The chessboard carries his dreams. Some people say he has realized it, others say he hasn't, but anyway.
His world is simple. People should adapt to the environment and be contented when they are alive, but they must have a certain spiritual pursuit so as not to lose themselves. Live faintly, maybe your world will be beautiful, sometimes it's really simple. The hero really did it.
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