Accidents must turn with the wind, what is it like to plant melons and get beans

-- A Brief Discussion on the Accident of the Story of Tanhua Novels -- The Inevitability of Xu Zhi's Experience (Six Essays on the Art of Tanhua Novels)

[Keywords: Small Section of Exploring Flowers, The Only Monk on Earth, Cultivating Gods, Xu Zhi, Inevitability, Chance, The Way of Cause and Effect]

[Content summary: Xuanqing Daoyou's commentary "Three Essays on the Connotation and Responsibility of Tanhua Writing" is really novel and insightful, and it has not been published before, and others cannot talk about it. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info This article is influenced by Mr. Xuan Qing, and also talks about the causal transformation of "inevitability" and "accidentality", and the specific performance of Tanhua's novels; 】

1. Inevitability, contingency, and the way of cause and effect

As many people know, inevitability is the basis of the law of cause and effect, that is, as the saying goes, "plant melons to get melons, sow beans to get beans", old farmers can only get melons, but not beans, this is inevitable; however, old farmers grow melons, some melons are sweet, some melons are big, some melons mature early, and some mature late, this is accidental; because planting melons will be affected by climate, soil, fertilizer, and other factors, and this kind of accidental variety of factors are entangled, so that melons and melons are different; The house of accumulation of goodness will have afterglow, and the house of accumulation of unkindness will have aftermath. "There is no love for no reason, and there is no hatred for no reason", how you treat others, others will treat you, this is the law of cause and effect, but how those who accumulate good accumulate good, how those who do evil do evil, this is accidental, these accidental factors are superimposed, that is, the so-called "cause is the antecedent cause, and the effect is the later effect" -- that is, the so-called "cause and effect."

Chance and necessity belong to one of the basic contents of the categories of materialist dialectics, and the opposition between necessity and chance is unified and closely related to each other and is inseparable. To borrow Engels' letter to Bloch, "necessity does not exist in isolation, it is the necessity conceived in countless contingencies", in other words, necessity occupies a dominant position in the process of the development of things, determines the direction of the development of things, and chance accompanies necessity and affects the development of things to a certain extent. For example: Xu Zhi of "The Only Monk on Earth", in order to exercise his physique, he must exercise his body, which is inevitable; but it is an accident that he runs in the playground on weekends or goes to the martial arts club to train; perhaps Xu Zhi goes to run in the morning every morning in order to exercise his body, which is inevitable; but the location of each running footprint and who he meets during the running are all accidents; in short, the accident contains the inevitable factors, and there is also the existence of the inevitable in the necessity, they are interdependent, Interaction and mutual transformation, they are combined to be the most basic law of cause and effect.

2. There is no coincidence that there is no book and the only monk on earth

According to the general law of the development of things, the vast majority of people in this world, most of their experiences are almost the same, so Xu Zhi's experience in "The Only Monk on Earth" is reasonable but unreasonable, it is reasonable to say that Xu Zhi's experience and performance in the book are in line with his identity when he just entered college, but the time around Xu Zhi is too intensive, which is not logical, and Tanhua superimposes the experience of many people on one person. But "The Only Monk on Earth" is a novel, we can't look at it as a reality of life, as a reportage, anyway, novels are not written by coincidence.

1. The inevitability of Tanhua's personality and Xu Zhi's experience

To borrow the words of Xuanqing Daoyou, Tanhua's personality is rigorous and delicate, and the perfect layout and the perfect transition between the characters in the plot of the novel are investigated, so the people, things, and things that appear in Tanhua's pen are not accidental, and they have a kind of inevitability: either for the foreshadowing in the book, the future of the novel or turn into a pit reader, so that the reader can enter the small suspense of the pit. In short, in the style of Tanhua's writing, there is more inevitability in line with the identity of the characters and the rationality of the plot than in the contingency of events. To give you a quick example:

"Chapter 1 The Unyielding Xu Zhi", Xu Zhi's unyielding, and "Chapter 3 Utilitarian Mother" and "Chapter 4 The Father Who Loves Face" These two chapters, the parents' attitude towards Xu Zhi echoes, but Xu Zhi's unyielding is more to echo the "Heavenly Punishment Divine Spear" that Xu Zhi obtained, the Heavenly Punishment Divine Spear is the instrument of punishment of heaven, and it is the Taoist system of the Heavenly Honor, and the person who is in charge of the punishment of the fairy world, if he wants to ensure justice and strictness, he must have the characteristics of not succumbing to the pressure of authority, that is, the so-called "mighty and unyielding". Tanhua wrote Xu Zhi's "unyielding", and its focus is here.

2. Xu Zhi's talent and the inevitability of the novel's experience

Xu Zhi's fingers get the mark of the Heavenly Punishment Divine Spear, not only has an extra space on his body, but also has incredible superpowers, such as being able to calculate the trajectory of billiards, such as being able to see through watermelons; and Xu Zhi's ability, in the mining disaster, Xu Zhi was not starved to death, it is inevitable, because Xu Zhi has space on his body, which can store food; Xu Zhi can use Morse code to send the coordinates of the mine, not only because of "Xu Zhi's private library" , Xu Zhi has collected a lot of books and read a lot of books, and because Xu Zhi has the superpowers mentioned above, this is the inevitability of Xu Zhi's life experience created by the rationality of the layout of Tanhua, and it is so natural together. Let me give you another example: Xu Zhi's experience on the train

a. Xu Zhi's experience at the train station, by chance, there is also a kind of inevitability, first of all, the train is a mobile society, there are people from all walks of life, and the complexity of the train crowd determines the rationality of Xu Zhi's experience;

b、 Xu Zhi's punishment of the three thieves, there is also inevitability between chance, because Xu Zhi inherited the Taoist system of the Heavenly Venerable of Execution, and the courage to punish evil and promote good is the characteristic that the punishment envoy must have; through Xu Zhi's resoluteness and indifference to the punishment of the thief, it can be seen that the immortal punishment envoy must also have two characteristics: decisive killing and calm and ruthless; to deal with the wicked, to punish evil, it is natural to use some thunderous means, and to use thunder means is naturally decisive to kill; and to ensure the fairness and strictness of the punishment, the mind must be cautious and calm, only in this way can the judgment be fair and objective。

c. Xu Zhi's discovery of a particularly large gang of child abduction and trafficking, this kind of accidental time also hides the inevitability of Xu Zhi's talent, first, Xu Zhi has a keen perception ability, and Xu Zhi can't hide the wind and grass around him; Xu Zhi has the ability to calmly observe and analyze the ins and outs of the incident, and this ability is also the characteristic of the immortal master torturer; third, Xu Zhi learned painting on the train (painting not only reflects Xu Zhi's learning ability, but also reflects Xu Zhi's meticulous observation ability, and the meticulous observation ability is also the characteristic of the script), the fourth train is a circulating society, people from all walks of life have, based on the above four points, Xu Zhi found a large child abduction and trafficking gang, and let all of them be brought to justice, this accidental event, its inevitability and rationality will come naturally。

d. If fate is the accident of a person's talent test, then its inevitability appears when the event comes, the individual temperament controls the event, the individual's style is different to control the state of affairs, and the trajectory of life is often driven by these interlocking events, and the fate of people is under this accident, and there is some kind of inevitability. For example, Huang Minghui's lie to Xu Zhi is not only the glory of the soldiers, but also the faith and responsibility of the soldiers, in other words, Huang Minghui can choose not to die, or even die later, but he still leaves the hope of life to Xu Zhi; It is Xu Zhi's responsibility to guard the order, because in order to become a qualified immortal master torturer, in the face of various evil forces, comrades-in-arms and even himself will inevitably have sacrifices, this is because "sacrificing one's life for righteousness, not afraid of sacrifice" is also the characteristic of the immortal master torturer - in fact, Xu Zhi in "The Legend of Cultivating the Gods" is facing the desolate starburst, In the face of the Demon Book Immortal whose strength and realm are beyond his own, and in the face of the unfamiliar Xingyue Fairy, Xu Zhi still dared to make a move, and he tried his best to stop the Demon Book Immortal, Xu Zhi fell on the four continents like this, and it became a story with Xiao Hua in "The Legend of Cultivating the Gods";

3. Xu Zhi's personality traits and the inevitability of the novel's experience

Friends who have watched "The Legend of Cultivating the Gods" all know that Xu Zhi is the master of the immortal world, and "The Only Monk on Earth" is the story of Xu Zhi's cultivation and growth before he became the master of the world. In other words, Xu Zhi's role in the fairy world is the role of a law enforcer, and in order to become a qualified law enforcer, Xu Zhi must have "fairness, integrity, responsibility, responsibility, rigor, selflessness, self-discipline, not afraid of power, decisive killing, calm and prudent, flexible mind, and meticulous observation", in fact, "The Only Monk on Earth" writes about Xu Zhi's life experience, and the whole article revolves around " order", the whole article revolves around Xu Zhi's future identity as "the commander of the immortal world" Unfold the layout, for example, Xu Zhi faced the majesty of the biological level in the Great Feng God Relic Array, and urgently gathered in military training to face the will of heaven and earth in nature, tempering Xu Zhi is not only the will, but also not afraid of power, that is, the so-called mighty and unyielding; Xu Zhi wore tattered clothes, faced the disgust of the women in the same seat on the train and the front and back of the back, etc., Xu Zhi's performance was as indifferent as ever, that is, he was not ashamed or disgusted because of people's contempt, nor was he carried away because of the praise of others, and his calm self-control was visible; As a qualified fairy world torturer, not only to punish evil and promote good, but also to detect the clues of the subtle crime and bring him to justice, but in law enforcement, it is inevitable to offend all forces, and the fairy world punishment envoy must not only have the characteristics of not being afraid of authority and pressure, but also have the characteristics of being co-opted by others, such as the corruption of women, that is, the so-called "wealth can not be lewd". In short, a person's thoughts often form language, and then from language to action, and then from action to habit, and then let habit be called character, so that character not only determines your fate, but also determines your strength and pattern. And the strength and pattern, it is the characteristics of forming vision and self-confidence, Xu Zhi, as the future immortal envoy and the only monk on the earth, is destined to stand at the peak of the earth with a smile on Hongchen, and the various families around Xu Zhi, whether it is the prospect or the children of the nine so-called "Nine Princes" on the campus, their appearance is the inevitable layout of the reasonable layout of Tanhua!

In short, Tanhua, who has a rigorous personality and strives for a complete and reasonable plot of the novel, can see Tanhua's own responsibility and mission when laying out the experience of Xu Zhi in "The Only Monk on Earth", which is this kind of responsibility and mission, allowing us to find the inevitability behind it in all kinds of chaotic accidents. "The Only Monk on Earth" used to revolve around order, and it used to revolve around the character traits and talent traits of Xu Zhi, the immortal master torturer in "The Legend of Cultivating Gods", to carry out various foreshadowing and various layouts, just as the so-called "Accidents must turn with the wind, and planting melons and getting beans is like this"!