Ling 049) young maniac commented on Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in public, and the professor had the intention to cause a big discussion in the classroom.

"It's okay, I'm just about to wrap it up." Kevin paused and continued to add: "Until later, because of the difference in enlightenment, there were also different sects, which is similar to the division of churches in the West. Everyone thinks they are authentic, and different branch systems are created.

It also has a positive effect in real society, just like described in "Journey to the West", Monkey King's master, Tang Seng, although he seems to be weak and incompetent, but Tang Xuanzang has a magic weapon in his hand, and his level is higher than yours, and Sun Wukong still has to obey his master. No matter how rebellious and unruly you are, you will not be able to escape the boundless clutches of Buddhism. Isn't this yet another reproduction of social reality? According to the latest understanding I mentioned earlier, this is the entanglement and struggle between different obsessions in Tang Seng's heart.

Taoism is a philosophy of 'birth', which preaches the idea of advocating nature, respecting life, releasing nature, and returning to the basics. Lao Zhuang's philosophy believes that human life is the most precious, self-nature is more important, and the pursuit of spiritual chic detachment and leisure. It is a very local ideological system under the influence of Buddhism, and it seems to have strong oriental characteristics and wisdom. But in fact, it is closer to Western values. For example, big heroes like 007 James Bond, Superman, Batman and other big heroes must first save their own lives, and then try to save mankind. Therefore, Taoism is not as rigid and self-suffering as Confucianism, and it seems to be more down-to-earth, but it is not easy to manage. ”

Vivian was originally fascinated by what he heard, but at this moment, a sentence suddenly came out to interrupt Kevin: "Oh, I see! Then I like Taoism, free, less tired. ”

"It's all different. Everything that has existed has its own reasonable reason," the professor smiled and encouraged Kevin, "I would like to ask you, Kevin, do Taoist people not care about state affairs and only care about enjoying life for themselves?"

"No, it's not that Taoists don't participate in politics and don't care about the world, but they are relatively more strategic. For example, the replacement of the five elements, mutual restraint, and checks and balances on imperial power is to very skillfully use the dialectical relationship of the laws of the heavens, take advantage of the emperor's fear of heaven and worship of God, and strengthen the binding force of nature through ritual forms such as sacrifice and worship, so as to limit the emperor's loss of rational rule due to excessive authority. However, while the Son of Heaven is bound by the heavens, he will also use the gods to restrain the courtiers and people below.

'To take the world for selfishness is to not lose the world. This kind of atmospheric wisdom is by no means the heroism of ordinary warriors in reality.

'Heaven and earth have great beauty without speaking, there are clear laws at the four times without discussion, and all things have reason without saying. This artistic conception is not a philosophy that can be understood by fierce fighters on the battlefield. Therefore, the audience is relatively special and requires a stronger comprehension. ”

Professor Morgan said: "I have a private feeling that 'Dream of the Red Furnace' is not like the mainstream social culture, which likes Confucian educational thinking. Do you think so? Whether it is understood in this way, Baochai represents Confucian culture, Daiyu represents Taoist thought, and Jia Baoyu is the spokesperson of Buddhism. Right? ”

"This view of yours is also quite special, in fact, everyone will have both, but the weight or proportion is different. I think that in "Dream of Red Mansions", the author advocates the concepts of Buddhism and Taoism more, such as the monk and the lame Taoist, who are the spokespersons of these two cultures. The two of them left the worldly people who were obsessed with and attached to the red dust one by one, so as to get rid of the entanglement and troubles of the world, which is the meaning.

"Okay Song" is a warning to mortals: don't indulge in the glitz and illusion in front of you, and finally find the perfect liberation of the spirit. Therefore, Baochai is the outer circle and inner square advocated by Confucianism, just like the ancient copper coins. Intelligent, erudite and thoughtful, but not straightforward, with a round and generous appearance, he is very comfortable with everyone around him. In modern terms, it is extremely emotionally intelligent, but sometimes it is extremely scary to think about it. Because you can never see the real world inside her, and she never shows it to outsiders, what we see is a mask, a body that is so perfect that you can't find anything wrong. She is Baoyu's destined destination in the world, but it is not his willing choice. ”

Professor Morgan said regretfully: "But the fate of the male protagonist, why not Lin Daiyu?" Aren't they more tacit? ”

Indeed, judging from the text alone, Lin Daiyu is Jia Baoyu's true love. However, they are destined to be inseparable. You see that Daiyu is the inner circle and outer square that Taoists like, with full wisdom and understanding inside, and edges and corners of personality outside, she will never look at people's faces to speak, will not intentionally flatter others, and does not hide her sensitivity and inferiority. Love is deep and lonely, but you don't need to show it to others, and your true temperament is generally not pleased. She can accompany Baoyu to read forbidden books, anti-secular, and disgusted with the beetle, which is the ideal realm that Baoyu sincerely pursues. But she is the author's immortal fate, and if she repays her debts, she has to leave, and she is destined to have no results in reality, so the ending will inevitably not be satisfactory.

Therefore, what is written in this book is definitely not a simple love story between a little boy and a little girl, but the author's philosophical thinking.

"What is betrayed and ridiculed throughout "Dream of Red Mansions" is precisely the hypocrisy and artificiality of the official family, and Cao Xueqin herself is a rebel. With the help of Baoyu's mouth, he looked at the adult world of his fathers from the perspective of a fifteen-year-old child, and he had his deviance. In the eyes of ordinary people and mundane things who have been brainwashed by Confucianism, Baoyu is an unfilial son who is not serious, unsuccessful, obsessed, does not love his career, does not understand the world, is stubborn and stupid, and is greedy for beauty. ”

"No wonder it was regarded as a banned book at the time, probably because I was afraid that it would spoil teenagers." Professor Morgan seemed to have a deeper understanding and hurriedly recorded it in the lesson plan.

"The reason why this book became a banned book at that time was not necessarily because there was anything wrong with the content it dabbled in, but it was much more inappropriate than it, such as "The Peony Pavilion" and "Jinping Plum", etc., and I didn't see how it was obtained, and it was also available to the people, and it was not completely eradicated. "Dream of Red Mansions" is the root cause of its ban because it secretly challenges the authority of Confucius and Mencius, and even implicitly exposes reality. Even the most popular version has been cut and modified, and the original version should be more exciting and spicy. It's just, it's a pity!

"Most of the film and television works of "Dream of Red Mansions" only focus on love tragedy episodes, but ignore the most complex depiction of human nature in it. Baoyu is actually an anti-class, anti-etiquette, anti-secular, and respectful of women, so he was ridiculed by the world as crazy and demented. In fact, as a man in the feudal era, it is really not easy to have such a peculiar and avant-garde understanding, respect for women and all originally beautiful things, and to protect women with great love, and even today it seems very rare and cute. ”

Luqiu Muwei couldn't help clapping her hands and said: "I used to hate Baoyu the most, I saw one love the other, and even the girl who attacked people liked it so much, and today I am a super scumbag." Now that you say this, I have become a fan today, it turns out that he is in spiritual love, and likes all beautiful and clean things, it seems that I think too much. ”

Wei Wei'an immediately took over the conversation: "I see you too, the sleeping god just said: The shell Lang can only see dung balls in his eyes." ”

Luqiu Muwei turned around and glanced at him, and said unconvinced: "Hmph, now I only see you in my eyes." ”

Mo Xue'er opened her mouth for the first time to dissuade: "Weiwei, what is it true to compare with a delusional person, listen down." ”

Qi Guan Langyue helped to interpret: "You must know that in the social background at that time, it was impossible for the author to directly and clearly express his universal outlook and respect for young women, and could only use implicit and suggestive statements, so he repeatedly emphasized: full of absurd words, expressed in the form of foolish dreams." ”

Kevin Zhao: "That's right, that's right. In the final analysis, the real contradiction in "Dream of Red Mansions" is by no means rivalry and jealousy, but the pure world of young people's ideals, which forms a huge contrast with the dirty world of adult reality. Described in the book, it is like a paradise, the Grand View Garden that can freely fly its youth, and outside the walls of the Grand View Garden, the chickens and dogs are dirty. ”

Qi Guan Langyue: "So, Lin Daiyu tried to keep such a beauty, for fear that it would be polluted by the outside world and fall into the swamp and ditch, so she insisted on burying the flowers, rather than leaving the garden with the flowing water." She wanted to try her best to keep them pure, only Baoyu understood her, and didn't laugh at her stupidity. Therefore, this is a pair of fools who transcend secular human feelings and have a high degree of soul tacit understanding, regardless of gender. ”

Kevin Zhao nodded in agreement: "That's right, but they can't resist the powerful wind sword and frost sword at all, so the fate of Daguanyuan is bound to be a tragedy, and it will eventually be swallowed up by the real society, and it will not be tolerated by all living beings and the vast world." ”

"Well, I totally agree with you. The meaning of tragedy is to tear apart the best things in the world for others to see. It's a pity that such a great classic has not won any international literary awards. Professor Morgan regretted, "It seems that the publicity and popularization in your country are far from enough. It should be so that more people around the world can read it and like it. This is the way to keep it alive forever, like the Homeric epics. The responsibility is heavy, especially for the young people of your generation, and you can't shirk it. ”

Mo Xue'er finally joined the discussion and said: "That's the case, but this phenomenon is not surprising, the Athenian civilization of ancient Greece was also recorded by the Arabs, and it was only after a long time that it was translated and returned to Europe. Really good things, not afraid of not being able to keep them. ”

Qi Guan Lang Yue explained for Kevin: "In that feudal dynasty at that time, the author was able to write such advanced and bold words, and its greatness was no less than that of any Nobel Prize-winning writer. It's a pity that the huge differences in cultural background and language make it difficult for foreign judges to understand the hidden layers of riddle-like hints and deep meanings. Not to mention foreigners, even modern Chinese may not be able to fully comprehend Cao Weng's painstaking efforts 100 percent. That's the worst thing to do! ”

"Officer, are you talking about me?" Vivian asked.

Du Tianchun smiled and comforted him: "It's not just you, it's actually referring to many people, including me." I thought I understood, but when I look at it, I'm actually too far behind. Sen Sen was taught today! ”

"Oh, that's good!" When Wei Wei'an saw that he could be classified with Du Tianchun, it was not very embarrassing, and he was instantly relieved.

Kevin smiled sideways, revealing two long dimples: "Dude, you think too much, you can see it in its entirety." To put it bluntly, "Dream of Red Mansions" is an author's juvenile memoirs and confessions, in which he is grieving and angry about his inability to fight. If it weren't for the purpose of writing this book, Cao Xueqin would not have made a living from Shayan, drank gruel and revised it for ten years, and endured loneliness and hardship until his old age, without a strong sense of mission, he would probably have given up long ago, or resolutely became a monk.

"Now there are some people who say that they can't understand it, because they are impetuous, they don't like the pace too slow, and they even ignorantly ridicule and degrade the book to the ground. So the misunderstanding of the professor is also very common, and we can understand it, but we can't fully agree with it. After all, you are a scholar, not an ordinary reader, and your impact on society is more profound.

"With the high IQ of the Chinese people who are familiar with the Three Kingdoms, the spirit of resistance full of Water Margin, and the fearlessness of power and universal kindness of Journey to the West, I will never simply blindly pursue a worthless literary work and enshrine it as a classic, and I will never tire of it for a hundred years. There is an inevitable reason for this. ”

(To be continued)

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