The Biography of Who Is Who was written by the famous French writer romain rolland. The works of Beethoven, Michelangelo and Tolstoy were all written in the early 20th century, which had a wide influence at that time and later. In these three biographies, romain rolland firmly grasped the common ground of these three artists in different fields, and made great efforts to depict their mental journey of enduring suffering for a long time in pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty.
Three famous people in the world are written in this book. The first is a German composer: Beethoven; The other is a talented Italian sculptor: Michelangelo; The last one is a famous Russian writer: Tolstoy.
In this biography of Who is Beethoven, what moved me most was his story. Beethoven is a musical genius, and his talent was discovered by his father very early. It's a pity that Beethoven's father is not a good father. He asked Beethoven to practice the piano every day, no matter what his mood was, and he worked hard. Sometimes he even put Beethoven and a violin in a room for a whole day and forced him to learn music by violence. Beethoven's childhood was very miserable. His mother died when he was 16 years old, and his father became a profligate alcoholic. These misfortunes weighed on Beethoven's head together, leaving deep scars in his heart, which led to his grumpy and eccentric temper. But Beethoven did not sink because of this. He devoted all his energy to the music career he loved. Thanks to his talent and diligence, he soon became famous. When he was intoxicated with the happiness brought by music, the unfortunate thing happened again: he was deaf. For a musician, the most important thing is his ears, but a great musician who lives on music like Beethoven is deaf, which is unacceptable to ordinary people.
Beethoven's life is tragic and full of disasters, but why did he succeed? Why can he do what normal people can't? This caused me to think deeply. In my opinion, Beethoven's success is due to his perseverance and spirit of struggle. He is fearless in the face of difficulties. This is the secret of his success. In our daily life, when we encounter difficulties, we often think of asking others for help, instead of directly facing the difficulties and making up our minds to solve them. Beethoven, on the other hand, was eccentric and no one wanted to be friends with him. So in the face of difficulties, he can only fight alone. Although lonely, I have learned something that others can't: as long as I give myself unlimited courage, even the most terrible enemy can be defeated.
Romain rolland called them "heroes" and wrote with touching pen and ink their lofty courage to fight against fate and their great feelings to bear the suffering of all mankind. As early as 1930s and 1940s, they were translated into Chinese by Mr. Fu Lei, a famous translator in China. The enlightenment he got from Whose Biography is: "Only real suffering can drive away the suffering of romantic Dick's fantasy;" Only by overcoming the heroic tragedy of suffering can we help us bear the cruel fate; Only by holding the spirit of' who will go to hell if I don't go to hell' can we save a depressed and selfish nation ... "
So, for today's readers, what can the biography of Who give us? In the extremely rich material life and spiritual life.
In that era of relative poverty and weakness, in a society where people avoid the sublime and bid farewell to the sublime, whose biography may give us more.
Most of them are embarrassed, because the lives of these giants are like a mirror, which shows our meanness and smallness. In Michelangelo's biography,
Romain rolland finally said that a great soul is like a mountain. "I'm not saying that ordinary human beings can survive at the peak. But once a year
They should go up and bow. There, they can change the breathing in the lungs and the blood flow in blood vessels. There, they will feel closer to eternity. In the future, they will return to the vast plain of life, and their hearts are full of courage in daily fighting. "For our time, this is the truth." Who's Who confirms an old saying of China people: Those who have achieved great things in ancient and modern times must have perseverance.
Beethoven's Seeking Shelter in Sorrow and Forbearance, Michelangelo's The more I suffer, the more I like it, and Tolstoy's The more I cry, the more I get hurt.
Bitter, I just want the truth ",all show that a great life is an endless battle. Our times are ever-changing and full of machines.
When we met, we longed for success, but didn't want to struggle. What we want is to become famous overnight. Impetuousness and quick success may make us achieve epiphyllum.
Current achievements, but it can't make us immortal. Therefore, reading Who's Who may sober us up. 2. Open the Biography of Who, and there is such a passage in the introduction of the first article: "How heavy the air around us is. The boss Europa was in a coma in an atmosphere of heavy turbidity and corruption. Vulgar materialism suppressed his thoughts and hindered the actions of the government and individuals. Society died in cunning and humble selfishness, and human beings could not breathe. Open the window! Let the free air come back! Take a breath of the hero. " Obviously, romain rolland should use the spirit of heroism to correct the deviation of the times. In romain rolland's view, the real hero and the real greatness are pain and loneliness, and it is the self's struggle against intangible things. In the same introduction, he also said: "The hero I am talking about is not a person dominated by thought or power; But he is a great person at heart. " It was he who grasped the painful hearts of heroes and great men and took overcoming suffering as a shining yardstick to measure heroes. Whose Biography is the soul biography of three suffering heroes in human history, namely/kloc-Beethoven, a great German musician in the 9th century, Michelangelo, a famous Italian sculptor in the Renaissance, and Tolstoy, a great Russian literary master. At the end of Beethoven's biography, he wrote: "an unfortunate man, poor, disabled and lonely, is caused by pain. The world has not given him joy, but he has created joy for the world;" He used suffering to create happiness, as if he had explained it with that brave words-that sentence can sum up his life and become the motto of all heroes: meet with pain. Indeed, "pain and happiness" is romain rolland's vision of tracing Beethoven's life, which constitutes the internal tension and ideological charm of Beethoven's biography. What supported Beethoven? It is the quality of not bowing to imperial power, the determination not to be bought by money, and the courage to hold the throat of fate! It is by relying on these extraordinary spiritual forces that Beethoven crossed countless painful peaks of life and reached the most sober understanding of life. If Beethoven's biography is a call for heroism and an ode to strength, then Tolstoy's biography is a requiem, an elegy and an elegy. Beethoven's great pain is due to his bad luck in his prime, while Tolstoy's great pain lies in his own subjective will. Resurrection is another masterpiece of Tolstoy in his later years. Romain rolland said: "His wife, children, friends and enemies don't understand him because they can't see the enemy he is fighting, but this enemy is himself." "Tolstoy, do you live according to the teachings you preach!" He replied painfully, "I'm ashamed to death. I am a sinner, and I should be despised. "Finally, at the age of 82, Tolstoy escaped from home alone on a cold winter night and was very ill in a nameless town. On his deathbed, he cried and told people around him that millions of creatures on the earth were suffering; Why does everyone here only care about one lev tolstoy? "In fact, Tolstoy sent a question about the whole life and a response to the painful mind. Here, we clearly heard Beethoven's joyful singing of life. This is the eternal spiritual light left by romain rolland in Who's Who.