After reading "Boundless Passers" in five essays (1)
One boring afternoon, sitting in the corner of the library, holding a book and meditating on life. I have experienced this desirable life. Hold "Boundless Passers-by" and feel the beauty of the journey. There is no doubt that Yu's The Passer is Boundless is a successful work. It records all the feelings of Yu's city trip in some European countries and is regarded as a collection of essays to investigate the West. In Yu Qiu's book, he felt that "Wen Mingzhen in Europe is excellent and mature, and it can integrate classical traditional culture with modern civilization, individual freedom and social morality." This is a sincere evaluation of culture as a literati, and it is also worthy of praise.
The most successful part of a book is undoubtedly to arouse readers' thinking and resonance. There is no doubt that Yu did it. What I admire most is that when I describe the scenery of a city, I am not only writing about the scenery, but also thinking personally. It is his in-depth thinking and analysis that makes The Boundless Traveler a treasure handed down from generation to generation. I am glad that I have read this book, and I am also glad that I can appreciate the customs of European countries through my own perspective.
After reading the first volume of A Holiday Journey to Rome in Southern Europe, the classic romantic movie Roman Holiday came to mind. Rome, a country that has hidden secrets for thousands of years, contains profound ancient civilization and culture, and exudes a charming romantic atmosphere, which makes many people admire when traveling. However, after reading this chapter, I learned that the Romans paid special attention to vacation. Fifty-eight million Italians went abroad during the holiday, the shops were closed and the streets were empty, just like an empty city. Also, the Romans, who have always been quiet and peaceful, naturally enjoy the beauty brought by life. Holidays are the best way for them to interrupt chores, freeze their anxiety and return to their limbs. Just like the last sentence of the article &; Mdash& ampmdash "Then Rome, every empty city you have will inevitably bring great additions to your personality and humanity." Rome, a mysterious place, still has many surprises worth exploring.
The Renaissance probably saved the darkness of the Middle Ages in Europe. During this period, a large number of rescuers who were praised and remembered appeared in Europe. These rescuers are also called masters. Masters of each era have their own unique memories, and this Master and Villain tells some stories of Michelangelo. Michelangelo was a painter and sculptor. Everything he has to experience, or should experience, he looks at it with higher thoughts and explores some differences. Masters are always different. They look forward to their own uniqueness, but they also look forward to their opponents. They need someone to compete with. But on their way, there are always some human beings called villains. Those people are bound by the world, but at the same time they try their best to bind these masters. Masters should finish their own works, but at the same time, they should resist external interference. They are never afraid of being unconvinced between sincere art festivals, because once the works are mentioned, they can bury the hatchet. But when it comes to the villain, no matter how to explain it, the language is pale and powerless. From this article, we can see that the villain in life is actually terrible, and it also warns us not to be a villain. We should look at everything and everyone with a broad mind, instead of rushing around for temporary interests to block the development of an era. Because in the article, the author thinks that the symbol of the low tide of the Renaissance should be the death of Michelangelo! This is the wake-up call of the times.
The chapter about Michelangelo touched me deeply, and the chapter "The Original Meaning of Wandering" gave me new thoughts. Barcelona, the theme of this city is vagrancy. Vagrancy is a shocking word, a word that reminds me of the poor and even some of the weak. However, I was wrong. A wanderer here almost means a traveler, but an artist. Almost everyone has an elegant pursuit of life, not disturbed by material desires, and chooses to travel freely. They pursue a free and happy life. Youzi Street is a display of their art. Maybe they are forced to live here to sell art and things, but their artistic atmosphere, civilized order and the integration of subject and object make Yu, a cultural traveler, deeply like this place of wandering, and never tire of seeing it. In this small part of the real-life sculpture, when the statue performed by human companions catches up with the stingy "sneak shot", it is still so polite and restrained. "Can I take another photo with you?" What a euphemism, it will not embarrass the "sneak shot" but also achieve the purpose of charging, and at the same time reflect the humanistic care and the high quality of the real statue. They yearn for the distance &; They live poetically.
After enjoying the cultural atmosphere of southern Europe, let's enjoy the amazing architecture &; Mdash& ampmdash Ahan Labra Palace. In the chapter "Dress Before I Die", the author describes the Aharabula Palace as follows: "Today, we came here, amazed at its huge scale, and walked in layer by layer, losing confidence in whether we can finish it in one day." "The Alhambra Palace is an exquisite sculpture completed in extreme peace." The Alhambra Palace was built because of the land dispute between the Spanish and the Moors. When a hundred years later, the ancestors who were powerful and unconstrained by the region won the land and were about to lose it, they left behind a group of children and grandchildren who had no fixed place. In the isolated city of Granada, the 200-year-old war seems empty and calm. Moors tend to be calm in despair, and decorate the Alhambra Palace in peace. The author said: "The most accurate metaphor should be to dress up before death, knowing that death is coming, but there is still a little time, and I am still energetic and clear-headed, so I dress up carefully." They don't care about tomorrow or the outside world. Everything they do is to study for a better life and put all their energy into it. This is not so much a helplessness as an open-mindedness. Meaningless life-and-death struggle will only bring suffering everywhere, but tend to be calm and peaceful, and finally get an immortal pioneering work. Many times, you don't need to pursue the goal of profit too much, and you don't need to care too much about a flashy name. Looking at things and exquisite life with a broad and open mind will often make life more free and colorful.
His hair is dark and thick, his eyebrows are flat and generous, and behind Sven's eyes are bright eyes. This is Yu, an ordinary and great figure. The sky will fall to the people of Sri Lanka. Yu Xiansheng, who is engaged in a career that many people don't consider, visited and explained many important burial places of Chinese civilization by himself. The book Boundless Traveler is a travel diary, a cultural trace and a historical responsibility. It is not only a record, but also a high-level ideological achievement of Yu Xiansheng. Each historical site has its own unique characteristics and its own spirituality. And this book is telling us what attitude we should take to face this historical product and how to protect this cultural treasure. The wheel of history has been unable to turn, but the traces of history can be traced back. Travelers have no boundaries and can't walk all the way. This is what Mr. Wang wants to convey and what we need to practice. Always be humble and always learn!
"All philosophies are the omission of pain." Life is just a drop in the ocean, a drop on the wave, so small, so pale and so helpless to history. However, a meaningful life is not limited to this, we can all be thinkers &; Mdash& ampmdash wholeheartedly go to those distant and unfamiliar cities; Thinking endlessly about those profound and mysterious cultures; Enthusiastically chasing those vicissitudes and glorious years.
I think this may be what Mr. Wang wants to tell us. Passers-by have no boundaries.
Five essays after reading "Passers-by Boundless" (2)
Some people cramp in mutual peeping and probing, suspicion and gaffes; Some people release life between heaven and earth, the sea and the distant world; Someone is walking alone in the night, quietly looking around, and heaven and earth are in harmony. This is a walker.
After reading Mr. Yu's "Boundless Passers-by" in a hurry, I can't help but have an unprecedented shock to the charm of culture. I have to say, this is a European cultural history worthy of careful reading, careful reading, careful thinking and careful line, and it is also a masterpiece that opens up the current limitations and focuses on distant Xinjiang. It contains the profound historical complex of humanities, philosophy and architecture, as well as the meaning of reflection, awe and exclamation on life, art and ecological civilization. There are many abrupt endings in the book, which are meaningful and thought-provoking.
The book Boundless Traveler 20 1 1 Revision. In the preface, the author introduces himself: compared with the first edition, this revision has deleted one-third of the space, and the text has also been greatly changed, which is more neat. Literally: walker, walking person; Boundless, boundless, it means "above, he looked for the green void, below, the yellow spring, but he didn't find the person he was looking for in either place." The full text is mainly divided into four sections (Central Europe, Southern Europe, Western Europe and Northern Europe), which describe the cultural charm of ancient buildings, ancient castles, ancient cultural sites, outstanding figures, art and food in detail. There are shocking ancient cities of Pompeii, medici family centered on Florenka during the Renaissance, Michelangelo and Da&; Middot Finch, Raphael, Galileo and other outstanding figures; French food, Swiss watches, Spanish bullfighting ring and so on.
Of course, culture is not empty rhetoric, nor magnificent architecture, but something that can really attack the heart. The book Boundless Traveler is not long, but it is thought-provoking and gives people a lot of room to chew. In Yu's works, every foreign land seems to contain profound cultural atmosphere, which gives people exploration and enlightenment; It makes people think while walking, makes people think wisely, and is refined in ordinary understated travel prose, or a long and tedious tour.
Regrettably, I haven't had the opportunity to go to Europe so far, and I have only a fragmentary, superficial and arrogant judgment on European culture, so it is difficult to have a deep attainments. It was not until I finished reading Mr. Yu's "Boundless Passers-by" that Europe emerged in my mind and put me in the charm of Europe in a particularly strange way. After admiring regret and sadness, I will secretly make a calm comparison between Chinese and European cultures and reflect on why there is such a big gap between China's existing culture and the West, and why China's culture is not accommodated and understood by the West.
The first part of the book takes "the destruction of the south" as the main line, telling readers about the thinking brought by the ruins of Pompeii. Finally, Xue Cun recorded the brief and sincere communication between Yu and his friends in the wooden house and the villagers in the distant Oulu Railway Station. Cleverly rely on the glorious beauty of human nature to avoid the cruelty of historical changes, and one big and one small complement each other.
When it comes to Rome, most people will think of Roman holiday, a classic romantic movie. In the first volume of An Interview with Roman Holiday in Southern Europe, the author tells readers with a strange vision that the Romans pay special attention to the matter of vacation. Among the 58 million Italians, 30 million people go abroad during the vacation, the shops are closed and the streets are empty, just like an empty city. Also, the Romans, who have always been quiet and peaceful, naturally enjoy the beauty brought by life. Holidays are the best way for them to interrupt chores, freeze their anxiety and return to their limbs. Just like the last sentence of the article &; Mdash& ampmdash "So Rome, every time you leave this empty city, it will inevitably bring you a great increase in personality and humanity." .
Rome is an eternal city with a long history. Time flies, it is destined to have a lofty position and extraordinary value in Europe and even the world. Walking into Rome from the book, the majestic weather overflows from every ancient window, every ancient brick, every carved pattern and every bunch of ancient vines. Rome contains the profundity, tranquility and harmony of history, and it itself has become the reflection of history. Such a city often dwarfs other cities.
The Renaissance probably saved the darkness of the Middle Ages in Europe. During this period, a large number of rescuers praised and remembered by people appeared in Europe, and these rescuers were also called masters. The "Masters and Villains" section is about famous masters &; Mdash& ampmdash Michelangelo, he is a painter and a sculptor. Masters are different. They look forward to their own uniqueness, but they also look forward to their opponents. They need someone to compete with. But on their way, there are always some people who are called "little people". They are bound by the secular world and are also bound by the master. Masters should finish their own works and resist external interference at the same time. They are never afraid of quarrels between artists, because once their works are mentioned, they can forgive and forget. But once you meet the villain, no matter how you defend it, the language seems to be pale and powerless. The author believes that the symbol of the low tide of the Renaissance should be the death of Michelangelo! I am afraid this is also a wake-up call for the times.
Michelangelo's story touched me deeply, and the article "The Original Meaning of Wandering" gave me new thoughts &; Mdash& ampmdash Barcelona, the theme of this city is vagrancy. At first glance, "vagrancy" is a shocking word, a word that reminds me of the poor and even some of the weak. However, I was wrong. In Barcelona, a wanderer almost means a traveler, but he is an artist. Almost everyone has an elegant life pursuit. They are not disturbed by material desires and choose to travel freely. They pursue freedom and happiness.
They yearn for distant places and poetic habitation. Wanderer Street is an exhibition of their art. Maybe they are forced to live here to sell art and things, but the artistic atmosphere they show, the civilized order they cover and the integration of subject and object make them a "cultural traveler"&; Mdash& ampmdash; My favorite wandering place. In this small number of real-life sculptures, when the statues played by people catch up with the stingy "candid photos", they are still so polite and restrained: "Can I take another photo with you?" What a euphemism, it will not embarrass the "candid camera" but also achieve the purpose of charging, which shows the high quality of humanistic care and real-life sculpture.
After enjoying the cultural atmosphere of southern Europe, there are amazing buildings &; Mdash& ampmdash Ahan Labra Palace. In the chapter "Dress Before Dying", we described the Alhambra in this way: "When we came here today, we were surprised by its huge scale, and we went in layer by layer, and lost confidence in whether we could finish it in one day." "Ahan Labra Palace is a beautiful sculpture completed in despair and calm." The Ahan Labra Palace was built because of the land dispute between the Spanish and the Moors. When the ancestors without geographical restrictions won the land and were about to lose their territory in a hundred years, they left behind a group of children and grandchildren who had no fixed place to live. In Granada, an isolated city, the war that has been fought for 200 years seems empty and calm. Moors tend to be calm in despair, and the Aharabula Palace is carefully decorated in peace.
"The most accurate metaphor is to dress up before death, knowing that death is near, but there is still some time. I am still full of energy and my ears are bright, so I dress up carefully." Yu wrote in the article. Maybe they don't care about tomorrow or the outside world, and everything is just for a better life. This is not so much a helplessness as an open-mindedness. A meaningless life-and-death struggle will only bring ubiquitous suffering, and a life that tends to be calm and peaceful may eventually get an immortal pioneering work.
In addition, the book also contains many philosophies. For example, in Mr. Gu Jiang's passage, the best cultural construction is the mechanism, the atmosphere, the relationship between breathing and acceptance, not a bunch of existing names and works. In the charity, "the waterside allows us to enjoy the excitement of leaving the arms of our elders, and the mountains allow us to experience the long and heavy taste of returning to our ancestors' homes." The philosophy at the water's edge is to give up day and night, while the philosophy in the mountains is not to know the sun and the moon. "The imprint of the Arctic reveals a truth. Only by avoiding its sharpness and releasing its murderous look can we control things. hellip& amphellip
The book Boundless Traveler is a travel diary, a cultural trace and a historical responsibility. Yu said in the preface: "It took such a long time to inspect 96 cities, which city is qualified to end?" Yes, no matter which city Yu stands in, he is thinking about the cultural history of a city. This is not just a record. Each historical site has its own characteristics and spirituality.
"All philosophies are the omission of pain." Life is just a drop in the ocean, a drop on the wave, so small, so pale and so helpless to history. However, a meaningful life is by no means limited to this. We can all be "walkers"&; Mdash& ampmdash wholeheartedly go to those distant and unfamiliar cities; Thinking endlessly about those profound and mysterious cultures; Enthusiastically chasing those vicissitudes and glorious years.
Reading Five Essays of Traveler Without Borders (3)
I remember buying this book a few days before I went to college. At that time, I enjoyed reading the rest of the articles very much, and I couldn't miss every one. I bought this book in a hurry as soon as I knew I was admitted to the university. It happened that the name of this book was so similar to my situation at that time. A student who travels for the future, like a walker, keeps moving forward and doesn't know where the end point is.
With the rumble of the train, reading the article, the feeling at that time is now blurred, and I always feel a little artificial. It is the joy of being admitted to the university and the quiet posturing.
After four years in a muddled university, I feel less calm and more impetuous, and seldom read some quiet articles. Maybe the peace is over.
Busy work also makes me seldom read books. A few days ago, I suddenly dug out this book from the bookcase. I took advantage of my spare time in the evening to start reading, perhaps to find my peace.
The title of this book is very good. The first time I read the articles in this book, it seemed like a series of travel notes. But there are few descriptions of the scenery here, and some are only introductions and inquiries about history. Walkers not only roam in space, but also rotate in time. Thousands of years of cultural history have passed in a few days, how to face it.
Rereading also has the pleasure of rereading, just like an old friend I haven't seen for more than ten years. Speaking of trivial things before, it suddenly occurred to me that something similar had happened before, which seemed both familiar and unfamiliar. Reading the article seems familiar, but I don't remember it clearly. Some of them are actually deeply rooted in my mind. Now I suddenly realize that they were originally obtained from here, such as medici family and Michelangelo.
Because of my limited knowledge and experience, it is difficult to understand some of the author's feelings, so I don't resonate. Fountain is an introduction to the history and culture of European cities.
What impressed me most was the ancient city of Pompeii. In an instant, it was completely destroyed. All the world situations, good and evil, ugly and beautiful, all solidified at that moment and became history. Nature, on which we live, occasionally shows us its power, which is always at the expense of human tragedy. As the author said, it is immoral to blame their destruction on moral decay. There are some natural forces that we can't resist, and sometimes it's futile to fight against them, such as the ancient city of Loulan in China.
Five essays after reading "Passers-by Boundless" (4)
26 countries, 96 cities.
The trip to Europa is finally over.
It's time to go out for a walk, so we saw Mr. Yu coming slowly from east to west, not far from Wan Li, lonely but not lonely.
I think Mr. Wang must have touched the root of China culture and murmured, "I know you too well. Your 5,000-year glory fascinates me. I have been intoxicated for a long time and have been wandering at the crossroads of the times. Think about how hard I used to spy on you, find you and rub my feet. " But I&; At this point, Mr. Wang first looked up at the west, and then lowered his head and said, "I love you so much, but I know you too well, and now I'm a little tired of aesthetic fatigue, so mom, I want to go out for a walk, go to the western world, and see Europa, an equally charming but unknown continent." "
The bell of Hanshan Temple gave Mr. Wang the best answer, so go.
Mr. Wang first came to Pompeii, Italy. He said, "Ruins, the sea, vagrancy, history often begins here." Yes, Mr. Wang actually came to ancient Rome, one of the western civilizations, and it is of far-reaching significance to choose the first stop here. More than 2,000 years ago, when the silk from the Kingdom of Ju Lushi in the East first came to this land called Daqin, history also revealed an unknown smile. What are you laughing at? Is this a more legendary story than the silk trade, or is there another beautiful story behind it? Well, Mr. Wang didn't pursue it, because he was shocked by the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii, the perfect municipal facilities, the orderly road signs and the conscientious guardians at the city gate. Until the volcanic ash covered the whole city, he still stood on the last pillar in high spirits.
Generally speaking, Europe is a kind of free and loose, and loose people are a little lazy. The Romans traveled with their families, the wandering streets in Barcelona were crowded with people, and the smell of adult wine in Budapest's ancient castle was intoxicating. At Florence Manor, Dante recited Don Juan and The Bow of Venice at a banquet in medici family. Generations of opera artists have been performing immortal legends. In wine and beauty, Europeans get drunk and confused again and again, and then wake up drunk &; hellip& amphellip
Venice is always so quiet and gentle, like a gentle old man, telling the story of the ancient city in previous lives, looking for Hua Meng with the same house and boat, and even enjoying the charming sunset across the time difference tacitly. Well, why not clean all the brothers and sisters of Sioux City in Europe? It's so interesting, just like Rome versus Xi, Paris versus Shanghai, Berlin versus Beijing. We can see the harmony between Chinese and western civilizations.
Looking ahead, it's time for us to talk about other issues. Let's start with education. The number of universities in Europe is amazing in the world. Undeniably, European thinkers have made indelible contributions to the establishment and development of various universities, such as Hegel and Max Weber. They used their whole lives to condense into brilliant rust in the history of European culture. How great and noble this is.
We need morality, but we need law more. Although our socialist moral and legal construction has reached a new height, it is still far from enough. Then, follow her husband's footsteps and travel to northern Europe. You will be surprised, because you will find that the country established by Viking pirates has a high degree of rule of law, which seems to be a blueprint for a harmonious society. Perhaps, the initial legal consciousness was gradually established by the pirates in the early action agreement, or perhaps, it was formed by the combination of _ _ civilization and the basic internal laws of pirates. In any case, their legal thinking can really provide us with reference. After all, our legal system was formed too late. In addition, China society is a solidified human society. As Mr. Bai Yang said, China culture is a big sauce jar. We've marinated for too long, and there are too many impurities. Therefore, we should go out for a walk. This move is not only to clarify our thinking for ourselves, but also to learn from them and provide a source of vitality for Chinese civilization.
Mr. Wang started in southern Europe and ended in northern Europe. He traveled all the way, scanning the code of European civilization with keen eyes and writing the essence of society with a pen. Just like the meaning of teacher Wang's book entitled "The Traveler is Boundless", the road is endless. A person's road depends on us to grope forward, and the road of the country and the nation needs all of us to move forward together.
Five essays after reading "Passers-by Boundless" (5)
A person, between heaven and earth, gropes forward in the boundless expanse; A person, between mountains and rivers, abandons sorrows and joys in the sea and rocks. The world was silent, the mountains and rivers were silent, and he searched up and down alone.
History is a muddy river. After a long twist, it seems to become bright. Rome may rise and fall, but the symbol of medici family is still bright; Perhaps Venice's waterways learned to laugh at themselves, but the statue of Florence is still intact; Perhaps the soul of the ancient city of Pompeii has dispersed, but the water of the Aale River is still rolling. We have seen the laughter and high spirits of history, the coldness and loneliness of history, the screams and weeping of history, and the whispers and songs of history. History is crazy, full of ridicule, both changing and unchanging. Only its departure can bring us a clear "fuzzy" and "fuzzy" clarity. Besides bitterness, sadness and joy, we should also think about how to seek clarity in the "vague" history and truth in the clear history. In the long journey, we should not only learn to seek the past, but also know how to seek the present and wait for the future.
Prison and Germany, which was in a tense situation before World War I, should have put darkness and terror together. But the student prison of Heidelberg University in Germany is very different. Students imprisoned for being naughty are not as sad and painful as the punisher imagined. On the contrary, they shed their blood and youth here and let their arrogant graffiti stick on the wall. If the beginning is too serious, you might as well end with a comedy. At one time, the Swiss were hired to fight because of poverty. Maybe the shy boy next door shot himself. They are loyal, and they will persist until the last moment of employment. The blood of countless Swiss people has dyed the land of Europe red. History is merciful, and finally Switzerland will remain neutral forever and bid farewell to war. Your injury may be a fortune in the near future. History is always half bitter and half sweet. Mysterious hands fiddle with the world, and there is still warmth in the cold.
We should look at history with tolerance, humor and a soft heart. Old people who have experienced ups and downs are often very peaceful. History, like a weather-beaten old man, needs neither sympathy nor lament. It expresses a big river on a vast territory. We can't grasp its direction, but we can touch its flowing trace. We must understand that there are no strong people and no weak people in the world. Whether they belong to children or are made during the day, they are all made by us. Good and bad are just the standards we draw up, but they all have reasons for existence. So, sympathize with everyone, respect everyone, remember everyone, be calm and treat everyone equally. Don't cling to what you have to go. Our resentment and gratitude really need someone to be a container, such as Washington, but it is ourselves who should really blame or praise.
History goes its own way and sings its own songs, so we should go our own way and sing our own songs. Just know the past love and hate, why indulge in it; The ups and downs in front of us are only vague, so why worry? "I don't care about tomorrow, I don't care about the audience, I don't care about comments, everything is just for myself." Since we can't see through the past and the future, we should grasp the present.
History is endless, but there is only one way without national boundaries. We should either face this tragicomedy with joy or sadness, or perform it well with joy or sadness. In the vast sea of people, we can only grasp the present, wait for the future and look for it in the long river of history.