Reflections after reading "Journey to the West"
I was deeply moved after reading "Journey to the West". The twists and turns of the plot and the bizarre experiences of Tang Monk and his disciples left a deep impression on me.
Wu Chengen, the author of this book, tells readers the story of Monk Tang and his three other disciples who went through many hardships and conquered demons and went through eighty-one difficulties to obtain the true scripture. It is this bizarre storyline that has won the hearts of readers, making this book one of the four famous classics in ancient my country.
"Journey to the West" has created four distinct characters: Tang Monk - sincere to Buddha, stubborn and persistent, Sun Wukong - just and bold, superb ability is the nemesis of monsters, Zhu Bajie - greedy for money and lust, but not Lack of kindness, Sha Seng - kind-hearted and content with destiny. These four characters each have their own characteristics and personalities, which form a sharp contrast. This makes me have to admire the author's superb writing skills. Perhaps the author's ability to portray characters is his subtlety. Among them, my favorite is Sun Wukong. Because of his vast supernatural powers and superb skills, he protected Tang Monk all the way and successfully obtained the scriptures. He became a hero in my mind. Moreover, he also has a rebellious mentality and his brave spirit of daring to fight against powerful forces, which I admire very much.
The book says that Tang Seng and his apprentices endured eighty-one hardships, which reminded me of their perseverance, fearlessness, and perseverance. This is indeed a spirit worth learning from. When I think about my failure to give up halfway and end at the end, I can’t help but feel ashamed why I couldn’t persevere like them in the first place. Maybe this is what I am missing, as long as I can finish something from beginning to end, no matter whether I succeed or fail, as long as I try my best, this is also a success for me! Because I did it and persisted until the end.
Those four thick classics must be read by everyone who claims to love ancient Chinese culture. Naturally, I couldn't avoid the vulgarity. Swords and swords, intrigues, love and hate were not suitable for reading at this time, so I opened "Journey to the West" again and entered the bizarre and colorful mythical world. This is a classic masterpiece that everyone loves to read, and everyone can get different feelings and revelations when interpreting it. Some people like its distinctive personalities; some like its magnificent overall image; some like its lively and humorous language; some simply regard it as a novel of moral cultivation or a political fable. But in my opinion, it is nothing. It is just a "game" and a pure mythical world. I often feel a sense of cries when reading this novel. This must be the cry for freedom deep in my heart! 1. Freedom After experiencing another semester where my personality was restricted, the image of Sun Wukong completely inspired my inner potential but deep-rooted yearning - the yearning for complete freedom. Sun Wukong emerged from the ground, "not as good as the ruler of Qilin, not as good as the ruler of Phoenix, and not good enough to be bound by the throne of the world." He broke into the Dragon Palace, made trouble in the underworld, and became the king freely in the Huaguo Mountain. It can be said that he has reached the point where human nature can get rid of all constraints and completely The state of freedom. Sun Wukong is actually the embodiment of freedom. The most prominent feature of his character is his yearning for freedom. He is always pursuing freedom, and all his struggles are for freedom. Such a vivid image gave me the strength and courage to find and pursue freedom. In short, I think modern people are relatively content with their own living conditions, especially spiritually, and lack a spirit of pioneering and seeking greater freedom. 2. Mythology Today is also an era far away from mythology. Daily life is so realistic that things full of fantasy are rejected. Myth is by no means a childish product. It has profound philosophical significance and rich cultural connotation. Schelling said in his famous book "Philosophy of Art": "Myth is the original material necessary for various arts. "Journey to the West" is the pinnacle of Chinese mythological novels and the highest realm of mythological culture. Then Chinese mythology The culture is gradually declining, myths are not taken seriously, and even "Journey to the West" is rarely paid attention to. Only children will be conquered by Sun Wukong, so only children have romantic and dreamlike hopes for the future." 3. Heroes. "Hero" has many different interpretations. "Cihai" said that heroes are outstanding figures. Cao Cao said that heroes must have the ability to embrace the universe and the mind of heaven and earth. I believe that heroes are those who tenaciously control their own destiny and strive for lofty ideals. Sun Wukong is undoubtedly a typical hero. He is not afraid to fight against everything for freedom and his own dignity.
It is precisely because of the huge disparity in this confrontation that the struggle that comes from the heart and with all one's strength is tragic. Only a warrior who knows what cannot be done but does something can highlight his true character as a hero. Rereading "Journey to the West" makes me feel that it does not belong to the characteristics of ordinary classics. I believe and hope that it will always display the three themes of "freedom, myth, and hero" to everyone, bringing inspiration and inner strength to everyone.
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Reflections after reading "A Dream of Red Mansions"
Author: Xinyue Ark Source: Unknown Entry: Anonymous Date: 2005-2-27 Word count: 1516
Looking at the evolution history of human love, it can be roughly divided into three stages: prehistoric emotional history, ancient emotional history and modern emotional history. If the history of literature is a reflection and representation of the history of human emotions, then the position of "A Dream of Red Mansions" in the times will be clearer. Like an arch bridge, she straddles the end of ancient emotional history and the beginning of modern emotional history. From this point of view, the distance between the book "A Dream of Red Mansions" and our era is even more clear. The classical picture scroll presented in the work so comprehensively and realistically preserves the influence of the past era, allowing us to taste the huge and subtle similarities and differences between ancient people and modern people in the emotional field. We see with mixed joy and sorrow that the history of human emotions is evolving forward like the history of reason, even though the trajectory of evolution is so heavy and slow, one step at a time, one after another, including the price of blood and life. In the blink of an eye, everyone is exhausted. Running around.
Modern people can still feel the strong power and beauty from the ashes. At the same time, we have to admit that this kind of passionate emotion is mixed with the alienation and estrangement of looking at the moon in the water and looking at the flowers in the mist. . More than half of the men in this era would choose Xue Baochai when choosing a mate. As for the crazy and infatuated Master Yihong, he would be worthless in the eyes of more than half of the women after losing his prestigious family background. Modern people must have fewer and fewer tears, with at least one Yellow River less water than in the past. I don’t know if this means emotional desolation or spiritual joy. People become emotionally more intelligent and changeable, and also more ignorant and cunning. They are often in a state where their words are insincere and their emotions are at odds with their reason. They have ideals but do not listen to the call of their ideals. They have seven emotions and six desires, but they are often contrary to their emotions. If the tragedy of personal love in the classical emotional era comes from family and society, it is almost impossible to adjust, but it is progressing after all. The work fulfills the mission entrusted by the times to the best of its ability and brings a colorful end to the history of classical emotions.
The tears rolled across the red building, the carved beams and painted buildings were piled with stones, and the wealth and gentleness of the past were buried in the wilderness tomb. Fortunately, the former alliance of wood and stone is just a beautiful legend. It is imagined that once Bao and Dai are united, the family life of men farming and women weaving, making firewood, rice, oil and salt will follow. For the desperate brother Bao and sister Lin, it is nothing more than another brand new relationship. Nightmare, as for the golden match, it is just an expired banknote in name only. Isn’t the life of a couple who seem to be in perfect harmony and seem to be living apart from each other like a zombie trapped in another form of suffering? The unbearable smoke-like wind, flowers, snow and moon in life are gone forever. The double destruction of ideals and reality, the spirit and the body cannot win. Love has become the root of the disease, women have become aunts, men have become sons-in-law, and a group of noble men and women in the Grand View Garden have become amazing love dolls.
However, modern people do not necessarily get there easier than the ancients. On the contrary, it is more difficult for them to preserve spiritual love. The resistance not only comes from society, but mainly from the human heart itself, which contains the stupidity and Passion still seems to have a lot of potential. After cutting off the old problems, complex new ones are emerging again. The question marks of the times are like a nine-headed monster that rises and falls one after another.
Human beings are the primates of all things, but sometimes it takes thousands of years to solve a difficult problem. From the book "A Dream of Red Mansions" to contemporary literature, the nearly three hundred years may still be far from the time required to collectively solve this problem. People are still confused, and their difficult emotional state is still a suspense.
"A Dream of Red Mansions" is the best literary masterpiece that a person with the highest thinking and creative ability of that era could write. While we are sighing and regretting, we have to admit that our idea, which is still shining, is getting further and further away from our era. It has been doing this reverse movement since the irreparable and difficult faults in the book. .
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Emotions will not be outdated, what is outdated is the way of emotion. There are tragedies in every era, but the nature of the tragedies is different.
In this sense, modern people need masterpieces summarizing their emotional history. Some have already appeared, and some are still being quietly nurtured in a way of "sneaking into the night with the wind, moisturizing things silently". Who knows? The unknown poses huge challenges and temptations to the creators. The end of their struggle may only be an imperfect end, but after all, they have unfolded a relatively harmonious and complete picture of a new life.
In order to repay the kindness of the messenger of Shenying beside the Sansheng Stone, the Fairy Jiangzhu decided to repay him with her life's tears in her next life. This touching introduction makes the lines of the book filled with the pathos and pathos of classical beauty. Gorgeous and beautiful descriptions of scenes, neat and rigorous poetry and prose, and boundless realistic writing standards... The author has pushed classical literature to an unprecedented climax, both in terms of content and form.
------- Thoughts on reading "Water Margin"
Author: Anonymous Source: Unknown Entry: Zoldan Date: 2005-4-6 Word count: 1008< /p>
The book "Water Margin" tells the story of the 108 heroes headed by Song Jiang who gathered in Liangshanpo, were recruited by the court, and then defeated the Liao soldiers, and finally wiped out the rebels, but were murdered by traitors. Heroic story. After reading the entire book, there are only two words that linger in my mind: loyalty and righteousness.
Loyalty means being devoted to your motherland, your relatives and friends around you. Song Jiang remained loyal to his motherland despite all kinds of coercion and inducement, which is loyalty; Lin Chong's wife, after Lin Chong was forced to go to Liangshan, preferred death over the humiliation of Gao Qiu's son, and finally hanged himself, which is also loyalty. In today's society, I believe many people can achieve the word "loyalty", but few people can achieve the word "righteousness".
The word "righteousness" contains too many contents. In "Water Margin", one hundred and eight heroes are brothers, and they go through fire and water for their friends. They go through life and death for the sake of the word "righteousness." It can be seen that although there are only three strokes of the word "righteousness", sometimes it takes a person's life to write it. In real life, almost anyone can give up their seat to someone, but not everyone can do it to save someone in danger. Because it requires considerable courage and even the determination to change one life for another.
Yi can be interpreted as justice. A person with a strong sense of justice is a person of noble spirit. There have been many heroes throughout the ages who have sacrificed their lives for justice. Is it because they are not afraid of death? They can risk their lives for justice and truth, because their strong sense of justice clearly tells them what they should not do and what is worth fighting for with their lives. A person without a sense of justice will not understand this. Because his sense of justice has been swallowed up by numbness, the passion for struggle has been frozen, but his soul has been assimilated by some ugly things in society.
I still clearly remember a dark man among the heroes of "Water Margin". He was reckless and violent by nature. He often clashed with others over trivial matters and even committed murders. But he is able to see injustice on the road and draw his sword to help, making those guys who are heartless are frightened. In real life, although no such thrilling events happen, the word "righteousness" permeates our lives. Being loyal to your friends is a small act of righteousness. Treating people or things you have never met with a righteous perspective is righteousness in a practical sense. Our Chinese nation is a nation of great righteousness. When Japan invaded China, how many revolutionary martyrs with lofty righteousness used their blood and determination to fight to the death to build today's prosperous motherland. Dong Cunrui sacrificed his life to blow up the bunker, and Huang Jiguang blocked the enemy's machine gun with his chest. These are the continuation of the righteousness of the descendants of Yan and Huang, and are the lingering glory in Chinese history.
A person can not believe in God, but he cannot not believe in "holy". At present, the most important task of our young people is to build our motherland more prosperous. Therefore, this is also the foundation of our national justice. Let us believe in this "sacredness" and use our own hands to maintain this "sacredness".
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-Reflections after reading "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"
"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" writes about three countries The history of the rise and fall of the Three Kingdoms has gone through five major periods from the Three Kingdoms in Taoyuan to the return of the Three Kingdoms to the Jin Dynasty, namely the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Dong Zhuo Rebellion, the separatism of the heroes (the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Chibi), the divided world and the return of the world to the Jin Dynasty.
The Yellow Turban Rebellion started with the Three Brothers in Taoyuan. After the Yellow Turban Uprising, the Eastern Han Dynasty government counterattacked, heroes such as Liu Bei and Cao Cao appeared, and the Eastern Han Dynasty regime was about to perish.
Dong Zhuo's Rebellion tells the story of Dong Zhuo before and after he entered the capital. From He Jin's battle with the ten permanent servants to the young emperor escaping from the capital, he was rescued by Dong Zhuo. After entering the capital, Dong Zhuo bribed the fierce general Lu Bu, deposed the young emperor, established Emperor Xian, and monopolized power. Implementing tyranny, he forced a coalition of heroes to attack Dong Zhuo. Although the coalition failed later, Dong Zhuo was eventually killed by Lu Bu.
The separatism of heroes means that after Dong Zhuo's death, the princes of the Central Plains were leaderless and fought against each other in order to expand their territories. The fighting was mainly divided into three war zones, namely Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan in the north, the rise of Sun Ce in the Jiangdong area, and the war between Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Lu Bu, and Yuan Shu in the Central Plains.
Then the three-part world later I won’t go into details about He Tianxia Returns to Jin. The most important thing is that I want to talk about some of my understanding and opinions on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
In "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the one I admire most is Cao Cao Although Liu Bei was written as a treacherous person in order to highlight his benevolence and righteousness, his military talents were still not obliterated. In several years of campaigns from east to west, he occupied a large area of ??land north of the Yangtze River, and even ethnic minorities surrendered. For him, he was the most talented among the three princesses, and Wei was also the most powerful among the three kingdoms. He laid the foundation of Wei, and later Jin could unify the world, so he was a true hero.
Cao Cao's thirst for talents is also something worth admiring. In order to select more talents, Cao Cao broke the feudal standards of appointing officials based on feudal virtues and the rank of his disciples, and put forward the "meritocracy" In the spring of 210 AD, Cao Cao issued an "Order for Seeking Talents" based on the employment policy of "excellent recruitment". Cao Cao summed up historical experience at the beginning of the order and believed that all the founding emperors and emperors of Zhongxing since ancient times have not obtained talents and other talents. ** Those who came to govern the world well, and the talented people they obtained often did not go out of their own way. This was by no means an opportunity, but something that the people in power asked for and found. In view of this, Cao Cao based on reality and pointed out that the world is now uncertain. , was the most urgent moment to seek talents. He hoped that the people around him would not consider their origins and help him discover and recommend those talented people who were buried from poor backgrounds, and reuse them as long as they had talents. Later, in 214 AD, Cao Cao In 217 and 217, he issued two more "Orders to Seek Talent", repeatedly emphasizing his policy of "employing talents only based on their ability". He required the personnel department and local officials at all levels to refrain from seeking perfection and blame when selecting talents. Even if there are such Such shortcomings have nothing to do with it, as long as they are really talented. After a lot of hard work, Cao Wei gathered a large number of talents. At that time, many people from all over the country defected to Cao Cao's sect, forming a grand scene of fierce generals and advisers. And for talented people Cao Cao can still ignore past grudges. For example, Chen Lin was originally a subordinate of Yuan Shao. She once drafted a memorandum for Yuan Shao and cursed three generations of Cao Cao's ancestors. After Yuan Shao failed, Chen Lin surrendered to Cao Cao. Cao Cao asked him: "You used to be Yuan Shao's When writing a message, you can just scold me. Why do you want to scold three generations of my ancestors? Chen Lin quickly apologized. Cao Cao cherished his literary talent and not only did not punish him, but also used him as usual.
Cao Cao's success is not only due to his outstanding talents and good at recruiting talents, but also due to his open-mindedness and broad mind. After the disastrous defeat in Chibi, Cao Cao was not at a loss, but said with a smile, "Today the north is still dominated by "I have it", and he laughed three times to show his optimistic attitude towards setbacks. Cao Cao was also a very literary person and liked to compose essays and poems. Even if the war was about to happen, his interest would not change. Many of his poems were in Yuefu. Famous articles.
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My thoughts after reading "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"
With excitement, I I opened the classic literary masterpiece "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" for the third time.
Cao Cao's deceitfulness, Liu Bei's humility, Kong Ming's caution, Zhou Yu's narrow-mindedness, each character has a different character. The author portrays it vividly and savors it carefully, making readers seem to have entered a state. .
The main content of the story is based on wisdom and courage, but I think wisdom is always better than courage.
For example: In Xicheng, Kong Ming used the empty city strategy to scare away the 150,000 army led by Sima Yi. There are countless examples of this.
But in the story, there are also those who are "intelligent but unable to plan, brave enough to defeat the enemy, literary without a pen, and military with no guns". Like Liu Chan of the Han Dynasty, he drank and had fun all day long, ignored the government affairs, and willingly gave up the country of Shu. In the end, he performed something that made the world laugh at him, and he couldn't care less about Shu. Who would have thought that the ruler of a country could do such a thing that has changed over time?
If you are brave but not resourceful, you will face a formidable enemy and you can only fight to the death. Lu Bu and Yan Liang are both typical examples: If Lu Bu followed the counselor's advice at Baimen Tower, why would he be hanged on the city gate by Cao Cao? If Yan Liang made it clear to Guan Yu about Liu Bei's stay in Hebei, how could he be cut off by the loyal Guan Yu? The ancients said: If you are brave but have no plan, misfortunes and blessings will dominate you. Misfortunes are at the top and blessings are at the bottom. If you enter the battle, you will definitely fall into the trap and you will die without hesitation.
Let’s talk about the country again. Wei was once famous; Shu was once successful; Wu was once famous in Jiangdong. From this point of view, the character of the monarch can be reflected from the country. Cao Cao oppressed the people; Liu Bei loved the people like a son; Sun Quan dominated Jiangdong.
It is not an exaggeration to say that Wei is the most resourceful among the Three Kingdoms. Cao Cao's use of troops is unparalleled in the world, and Sima Yi's use of troops is even more like a god. But both men have their own fatal weaknesses: Cao Cao is suspicious, and Sima Yi is too insidious. Let’s talk about the Kingdom of Shu. The first one to bear the brunt must be Fulong Zhuge Liang. His extraordinary wit and skillful military formations will astonish future generations. There are also characters like Feng Chu, Pang Tong, Jiang Wei, Xu Zhi, etc., but I think they are all not as good as Kong Ming. Wu, a country that occupies three rivers and six counties, can be regarded as strategic, that is, Zhou Yu. When he was a boy, Zhou Yu was familiar with military books and proficient in formation formation. After some hard work, he finally became the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy and the President of the Navy. But he was too jealous and died in middle age. From these characters and countries, it is not difficult to see the importance of human character. Character is related to success.
Everyone has his own goals. As long as he is down-to-earth and carefully walks every step of the way to pursue success, I believe that success will not be far away.