Somewhere on the Mississippi River

I have heard of the poet Yu Jian for a long time, but I have never read his books, and I have only read some of the words he wrote sporadically. This book is supposed to be the first time I have officially read his book, but as soon as I read it, I was hooked, relaxed, romantic, freewheeling, emotionally hot, and extremely comfortable, which is my evaluation of this book.

This book is Yu Jian's recollection and reconstruction of his trips to foreign countries, what he saw and heard in foreign countries, writing about the poets he met, the street scenes he saw, and recalling his life in a foreign country. I rarely read this kind of book, and I always feel that they are all the same, but I didn't expect Yu Jian to write a different taste.

You say it's prose, it reveals the romance of poetry between the lines, such as writing about the moon, he said "A basin of moonlight pours down, and the road is washed silver" and the sentence "No matter how red and purple life is, it can't be red to the earth" Many words are very tasteful when taken out.

Writing about people and things has a narrative feeling, and reading it is like reading a novel, which is very attractive. It's the first time I've read such a mixed and yet comfortable book.

In addition to a book of essays, there is also a copy of "Yu Jian's Photography Collection" that can be spread flat on the table and read page by page, all black and white photos, as if each photo has its own story.

One reader commented on him: "There are so many poets in this world, and I am very grateful that we have a Yu Jian, who can write his views on the world in the most beautiful Chinese characters." "I think it's in place, this set of books is like moonlight in the middle of the night, cold, romantic and soft.

When you're confused, don't know where to go next in life, and can't get excited about the current situation, you can check out this book. No one's life is always sober, always full of enthusiasm and motivation, everyone has experienced a period of confusion, and there are times when they want to work hard but can't find the direction. Once this happens, you must not be busy as you please, otherwise it will be useless.

When I was reading today, I saw such a passage, and I liked this concept so much, every time I was delayed in doing something, I would feel very unhappy, but when I thought about it like this, in fact, the delay was nothing.

"People don't like delays, but delays are a part of learning and growing. In the time of delay, you can reflect, learn, grow, and give people and events ample time to prepare. At a certain time, everything will be arranged according to perfection. You have to go through a process to shape your best self and meet your future. ”

"In the Floating World, the Heart is Pure and Happy: Encountering the Beauty of Ancient Poetry"

There are 35 small essays in this book that explain poetry, which cover a lot of classic and romantic poems, and there are many poems that I have seen for the first time.

The book is divided into four parts, poetic life, poetry and painting heart, poems and landscapes, and the four seasons are like poems, which closely combine the boring ancient poems with our vulgar life, and there is no sense of disobedience! Take us to get a glimpse of the romance hidden in the everyday.

Follow Lu You to pet cats, follow Su Shi to find food, and follow Li Qingzhao to learn literature and art. Teach us how to use poetry to confess when we meet someone we like; how to praise your significant other with poetry; What poems to read when life is not satisfactory and so on.

Take a good example: Lu You is addicted to cats and writes poems for cats.

We all know that Lu You is very patriotic and inspirational, and there is no way out of the mountain and water, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village, and even a three-year-old child can memorize it. But you know what, he loves cats very much. Because the books in the study were always bitten by mice, he raised a cat, named Xiao Yu, which can be another name for a tiger.

He also wrote a poem for cats, "Like a tiger can be a wood, like a foal is not a horse." But knowing the empty rat hole, it is not intended to be a fish meal. "It is said that the cat is like a tiger, but it has one more skill than a tiger to climb the tree, and it is said that it is like a horse, but it is more rebellious than a horse and refuses to be restrained. This evaluation can't be written by ordinary people, it's really high.