It is a process in which several in-laws turn from prosperity to decline.
There is a love tragedy between young men and women.
Clouds in Beijing is a famous work by the famous writer Mr. Lin Yutang. It describes the life of several typical big families in Beiping during the Republic of China after the demise of the Qing Dynasty, and reproduces the life picture of that era very realistically.
Smoke in Beijing is a novel composed of several novels, but it is not a loose and unstructured story, but a large novel. There are many stories, philosophies, historical romances, customs changes, in-depth discussions and gossip. Coupled with the joys and sorrows of the characters in the play, including China in the transitional period, it has become a great novel of modern China.
In fact, the contribution of Beijing Tobacco is to introduce China society to westerners. Dozens of books about China are not as effective as a book about authentic China. Books about China are like poking into China society from the outside. Books about China are like inviting you in, taking your things with you, enjoying the scenery, and asking you to live, be happy and be angry with China people. This book introduces China society, which is very successful and has great publicity. This kind of propaganda is indirect. No one dares to deny the facts contained in the book. But the contribution of this novel is actually negative, while the literary contribution is positive. The greatest advantage of this book lies not in its vivid description of the characters, the ingenious description of the current scenery and psychology, but in its philosophical significance. As soon as I opened it, I felt a stream of water, then a beautiful flow, then sadness, and finally the gloomy situation before the thunderstorm, which was magnificent and leisurely. Leave it to the reader to chew the aftertaste and suddenly realize; What is life and what is dream. Or it can be said that "floating like a dream" is the theme of this book. When a novel gives people the impression of waking up from a big dream, it becomes a great novel, which can directly express life, not just the lives of two families living in Beijing at the beginning of the twentieth century. Including Endless Life, is a great novel.
Smoke in Beijing is a novel written in English by Lin Yutang from August 1938 to August 1939 when he lived in Paris. It is dedicated to China's Brave Warrior. The English name is Moment in Peking, which is the title of his translation into Chinese, and some translations have also translated this book into Instant Beijing. Lin Yutang originally intended to introduce the English version of A Dream of Red Mansions to western readers, but failed to translate it for various reasons. Later, he decided to write a novel based on the structure of A Dream of Red Mansions, so he wrote Smoke in Beijing.
Clouds in Peking tells the story of the joys, sorrows, resentments and enmities of Zeng, Yao and Niu in Beiping during the thirty years from 190 1 boxer rebellion to War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, interspersed with Yuan Shikai's usurpation of the country, restoration, Zhifeng War, warlord separatist regime, May 4th Movement, March 18th tragedy and "Silk School".
Since Beijing Moment was published in the United States at the end of 1939, it has sold more than 50,000 copies in half a year. The American magazine Time said that it "will probably become a classic about the social reality of modern China".
The characters in the book can almost represent all kinds of people in China society. In this book, we can see that the old characters are slowly disappearing, and new characters are coming one after another. The oldest representatives are Niu and his wife, Master Zeng; The new ones are Huan Er, Chen San and Taiyun.
Smoke in Beijing is a novel that can be read at any time. There is no need to watch it when you are free. It is best to watch it alone in the dead of night. Get up and have a sip of tea when you are sleepy and ask yourself, "am I one of the clowns in life?"
The Wind and Trembling, the sequel to Beijing Cloud, is also called Gone with the Wind by China.
1.2, novel catalogue
Author's preface Lin Yutang
Lin Rusi in Clouds in Beijing
Roll up the Taoist priest's daughter
Chapter one: The rich buried jewels in the back garden, and the people in Beijing avoided the catastrophe of the mutiny.
The second chapter is to prevent the soldiers from being separated, to post advertisements and to find people along the way.
Chapter III On the way to saving lives, Lord Zeng saved Miss Yao.
Chapter Four Mu Enguang Mulan went to a private school to visit Qi Manniang and make new friends.
Chapter V Mothers dote on their eldest sons, becoming stubborn fathers, virtuous ladies and rich talents.
Chapter six gossip does nothing by kindness. Poor women envy rich men.
Mannia, a doctor in Qipingya, went to visit the patient and stayed at Zeng's house.
Chapter 8 Before he died, he was deeply in love, heartbroken and desperate, praying for his fantasy to come true.
Chapter 9 Worship heaven and earth, loneliness, loveliness, desolation and bitterness in the bridal chamber.
Chapter 10 Mazu's wife gives orders, and Niu's adult puts on airs.
Chapter 11 Training Yao Sian's adopted son Zeng Pingya died after eating glutinous rice dumplings.
Chapter 12 Fairy tale life of wealthy families in Beijing's blessed land
Chapter 13: Happy outing, happy meeting between Yao and Kong, talking about education, advocating male and female education.
Chapter 14 Mannia's farewell party; It's hard to leave Silverscreen.
Chapter 15 Mu Shuxiang's humble birth makes a talented person, but she doesn't want to be a beautiful girl and go abroad with pain.
Chapter 16 In a storm, a wealthy businessman sheltered a poor man from a crab feast, and Fu Yao celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Chapter 17 In her resignation, Mulan got engaged, escaped from the trap and ran away from Silverscreen.
Chapter 18 Leaving Tijen, Hong Kong, and returning to the hidden lane in Beijing, Silverscreen welcomes old friends.
Chapter 19 Playboy Fashion Mochow Sister Show Eloquence
Chapter 20 Lifelong engagement with Mochow; Parents and children were robbed of Silverscreen and hanged themselves.
Chapter 21 Mulan marries, wears makeup and piles of jewels, Suyun is jealous, and her lips are full of poison.
The tragedy of the scroll garden
Chapter 22 Shi Gancai Yao Mulan's housekeeper was punished by the evil cow God of Wealth.
Chapter 23 Niu Jia lost power and influence, making ends meet.
Chapter 24 Tijen is rescued from prostitutes in Hua Shan and the monk Mulan gives birth to Dimfragrance.
Chapter 25 A wealthy businessman whose son took his life bought Wang Fu Xiong Mu, whose potential was worse than his wife's, and made friends with prostitutes.
Chapter 26 Moved to a new house, went to Yao Di for a family dinner, and won the first place in the couplet.
Chapter 27 The pure love between Redjade and Teddy boy's childhood friends.
Chapter 28 Prostitutes are serious as wives, and inferior women are carried away by fashion.
Chapter 29 rewards Mochow in Cheshire, marries Lifu, is pregnant with the same flesh and blood, and Chen Ma looks for his beloved son.
Chapter 30 Pursuing profit and pleasure, Suyun was willing to degenerate, and Mulan discussed business according to the situation.
Chapter 31 The old and sick minister hired a retired young tourist to climb the mountain near the water.
Chapter 32 Beijing School's New Learning and Old School's Humanities Gathering Yuan Shuyan's head in Jingyi Garden is outstanding.
Chapter 33 Understanding of Chinese and Western Ancient Wonders
Chapter 34 In Wang Fu, the task of finding treasure is to travel around the world, and his heart is full of greed.
The next volume is Qiu Ge.
Chapter 35 The depraved and shameless Suyun was abandoned by Hugh, and Huaiyu was promoted again.
Chapter 36 Making Enemies for Wen Kong Lifu Patriotic Parade Young People Suffer
Chapter 37 Yao Mulan mourns the cross-imprisonment of his beloved daughter Kong Lifu.
Chapter 38 The judge who tried the case made a detour on Mulan's rescue of Lifu.
Chapter 39 Suyun's dancing with Silverscreen is a sacrifice for Yao Lao's return and Mulan's southward migration.
Chapter 40 An honest man insists on philandering, and father and daughter know nothing about it.
Chapter 4 1 Crazy plundering of Japan, smuggling from his sickbed, moved Mulan's father.
Chapter 42 Making drugs for profit Niu Suyun's last words of worrying about the country when he was arrested and injured
Chapter 43 Wash before serving the country, turn an enemy into an enemy, get rid of traitors, make mistakes, and then make mistakes.
Chapter 44 The Japanese aggressors slaughtered Mannia and hanged themselves in Beijing. On being trapped in yan 'an and fleeing.
Chapter 45 Following the government to bring young Mulan into Sichuan, the national anti-Japanese war flooded and the national strength moved westward.
Lin Yutang (1895.10.10-1976.3.26) was born in Longxi, Fujian (now Zhangzhou, Fujian). Formerly known as Lehe, later changed to Yutang, later changed to Yutang. Pen names donkey, zai Yu and qi Qing are famous scholars, writers and linguists in China. He studied abroad in his early years, taught in famous schools such as Peking University after returning to China, and settled in Taiwan Province Province from 65438 to 0966. He wrote a lot in his life.
1.3, introduction of Lin Yutang
Lin Yutang, 1895, was born in a Christian family in Fujian, and his father was a church pastor.
19 12 Lin Yutang entered Shanghai St. John's University and taught in Tsinghua University after graduation. 1965438+went to the literature department of Harvard University in the autumn of 2009. 1922 received a master of arts degree. In the same year, he transferred to Leipzig University in Germany to study linguistics. From 65438 to 0923, he returned to China as Professor Peking University, Dean of Beijing Women's Normal University and Head of the English Department. 1924, he is one of the main authors of Yu Si. 65438-0926, went to Xiamen University as the dean of literature, writing essays and learning languages. 1927 secretary of the Ministry of foreign affairs. 1932 edited by the Analects of Confucius. 1934 founded the human world, and 1935 founded the cosmic wind, which advocated "self-centered, leisure-oriented" essays and became the main figures of the critics. After 1935, he wrote "My Country and My People" in English in the United States, and wrote cultural works and novels such as "The Wind is Trembling" in France.
1944 once returned to China to give lectures in Chongqing. 1945 went to Singapore to set up Nanyang University as the president. 1947 director of fine arts and literature, UNESCO. 1952 co-founded tianfeng magazine in the United States. 1966 settled in Taiwan Province province. 1967 was employed as a research professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. 1975 was elected as the vice president of International PEN. 1976 died in Hong Kong.
Lin Yutang's daughter Lin Siru prefaces Clouds in Beijing. It is difficult for me to write book reviews from this position. My daughter seems to have never heard of her father's books. Then why write it? Because there seems to be something hidden in my stomach that I have to say. Don't say I brag for my father, and don't scold me for being so bold, because I will criticize with a very objective attitude, although emotions are indispensable. I know my father always gets up for a walk and eats fruit every morning. When he finished writing about Redjade's death, his father took out his handkerchief and wiped his eyes. He laughed: "Ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, are written by blood and tears. Now, tears are coming. " There's nothing wrong with feelings.
Smoke in Beijing is a novel composed of several novels, but it is not a loose and unstructured story, but a large novel. There are many stories, philosophies, historical romances, customs changes, in-depth discussions and gossip. Coupled with the joys and sorrows of the characters in the play, including China in the transitional period, it has become a great novel of modern China.
In fact, the contribution of Beijing Tobacco is to introduce China society to westerners. Dozens of books about China are not as effective as a book about authentic China. A book about China is like an exploration of China society from the outside, while a book about China is like inviting you in, taking your things for a walk and enjoying the scenery, asking you to live, be happy and be angry with China people. This book introduces China society, which is very successful and has great publicity. This kind of propaganda is indirect. No one dares to deny the facts contained in the book.
But the contribution of this novel is actually negative, while the literary contribution is positive. The greatest advantage of this book lies not in its vivid description of the characters, the ingenious description of the current scenery and psychology, but in its philosophical significance. As soon as I opened it, I felt a stream of water, then a beautiful flow, then sadness, and finally the gloomy situation before the thunderstorm, which was magnificent and leisurely. Leave it to the reader to chew the aftertaste and suddenly realize; What is life and what is dream. I'm awesome! I wonder if others feel this way after reading it? So, this book is not a novel! Or it can be said that "floating like a dream" is the theme of this book. When a novel gives people the impression of waking up from a big dream, it becomes a great novel, which can directly express life, not just the lives of two families living in Beijing at the beginning of the twentieth century. Including Endless Life, is a great novel.
This book is influenced by Zhuangzi. Or it can be said that Zhuangzi is fantastic. He taught Lin Yutang three topics. Now that Lin Yutang is doing so well, Zhuangzi is embarrassed not to give him a Xiantao Luo! The third part of this book, titled "Ode to Autumn" (that is, the third topic), takes Zhuang Zhou's "smelly rot is magic, and magic is smelly rot" as its purpose, and the way of life and death is reincarnation: when autumn leaves fail, spring has started, ups and downs cycle, and heaven is also. So the third volume describes the war, which can be described as the aging of old China and the bud of new China. Therefore, there are some words in the book, such as "in the fallen leaves in late autumn, you can hear the tune of the Spring Festival and the strong beat of the next summer".
There is also a passage about the immortality of people and gems, which I think is very important. It can be said that people's eternal life is racial, while gems' eternal life is separate, especially in the unmarked tablet where Mulan visited the first emperor. That stone is heartless, so it will live forever. People are emotional animals, so when an individual dies, the family lives forever. Some people say that this is just to fill people's desire for eternal life and explain it, but I am not lying when I say that there is a deep truth in it.
Hua Mulan's life changes are also worth studying: she grew up in a rich family and enjoyed all material comforts, then became a village woman, lived a quiet and elegant life in a mountainous area, and finally became an ordinary farmer, enduring hardships, courage and greatness. Father once said, "If you are a daughter, you must be Mulan!" " It can be seen that Mulan is the ideal woman in her father's mind.
The characters in the book can almost represent all kinds of people in China society. In this book, we can see that the old characters are slowly disappearing, and new characters are coming one after another. The oldest representatives are Niu and his wife, Master Zeng; The new ones are Huan Er, Chen San and Taiyun. I wish you victory!
Although this novel is written in English, there are many mysteries that non-China people can't see. Westerners are careless in reading and may not realize it. China's unique psychology is beyond the comprehension of non-China people. For example, the discussion of A Dream of Red Mansions in the book is of course beyond the appreciation of those who have not read it. There are also some sarcastic remarks about a certain faction that only China people can understand.
1in the spring of 938, my father suddenly thought of translating A Dream of Red Mansions. Later, after careful consideration, he felt that this was not the right time, and the distance between a Dream of Red Mansions and modern China was too far, so he decided to write a novel. The preparations for the first two months were all in my mind, and then I began to plan to draw the form neatly and write out everyone's age. Write down several important events. I started writing when I arrived in Paris in August, and stopped writing in August 1939. Not counting the relocation, I always file a book every morning, sometimes eight pages, sometimes two pages, sometimes fifteen pages, and on the last day I wrote nineteen pages, which is an unprecedented record. Many of them are anecdotes or adventures, which are made up when they are interesting.
My father not only shed tears after Redjade's death, but also filled his eyes with tears when he wrote the most magnificent last page. This time, he was moved by this great man and couldn't stop crying. The author wrote himself crying, how can he make the reader swallow it with tears in his eyes?
Smoke in Beijing is a novel that can be read at any time. There is no need to watch it when you are free. It is best to watch it alone in the dead of night. Get up and have a sip of tea when you are sleepy and ask yourself, "am I one of the clowns in life?"