But not all the characters of literati can make people feel respected, which makes us stop at the mountain. In fact, many literati have always lacked self-confidence and wandered between officialdom and literary world. Confucius said, "If you study well, you will be an official." Literati worked hard to "learn martial arts" in those days, just to "be the king of goods" one day. The concept of being an official, keeping his wife and children, and honoring his ancestors has already penetrated into the bone marrow of every scholar. The word "fame and fortune" has made many talented literati mourn the Spring and Autumn Period and waste their lives. Li Bai, a romantic poet, once wrote the flattering words of "being born without sealing Wan Huhou, but hoping to know that Jingzhou is in Korea" in order to win the recommendation of the nobility. After I entered North Korea, my money was refunded and my career was frustrated. Then I said, "Oh, how can I bow and scrape to senior officials and senior officials, which makes me unhappy." "The son of heaven called instead of getting on the boat and claimed to be Brewmaster." When Xuanzong first fell in love with him, he didn't shout, "Go out and laugh in heaven, my generation is Artemisia?" ? Du Fu, after Li Bai, lived a life of "kowtowing to the rich and mutually assured destruction with the fat horse dust". The poor life of "the cup is broken and cold, and the sorrow is everywhere", running around and giving poems to the nobles, hoping to be introduced, is also to get an official position. "I am rich in Dont Ask For Help, and people need to ask me for articles." Liu Yong, the talented and proud romantic wit, is also because "to be no.1, I accidentally lost my leading position. How to be a temporary legacy of the Ming Dynasty? " And full of complaints, between the lines is full of helplessness and melancholy for fame and fortune, as well as helplessness and sadness of crying heroes with red scarves and green sleeves.
The greatest weakness of literati is their short spirit and lack of backbone. Give them a little sunshine, and they will be brilliant; give them a little flood, and they will flood. Kong Renshang, the author of Peach Blossom Fan, is the 64th generation grandson of Confucius. He was down and out and tried many times. At the age of 34, he sold all his land in the laughter of the world and bought the fame from imperial academy. He also thinks that "the recent situation is ridiculous, and it is not enough to be an outsider's humanitarian." However, in the 23rd year of Kangxi, when Michelle Ye passed Qufu on his southern tour, he was recommended to give lectures for the emperor, so he made an exception and was hired as Dr. imperial academy. After that, he felt very grateful and ecstatic. He wrote tearfully in "Odd Mountain": "It's really rare for a monarch and a minister to be in a father and son." In the 28th year of Kangxi, on his second southern tour, Kong went to Jiangkou to pick up the coachman, and was invited to a dragon boat and gave a royal banquet. He was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night, and then wrote: "The banquet surprised both sides, and the cake bait was very good;" Most importantly, in the Glory Team, Long Yan likes to call the minister's name. " Meng Jiao, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, got carried away with pride, saying that "the spring breeze is full of horseshoes, and Chang 'an spends every day".
To put it bluntly, literature is just a stepping stone for those literati to strive for career advancement, decorating the facade and whitewashing props. Faced with the temptation of fame and fortune, they can easily become idlers and prostitutes. How many people can truly achieve what Mencius said: "wealth can't be lewd, poverty can't be moved, and power can't be bent"?
Guo Moruo is an outstanding contemporary writer. In the historical drama Qu Yuan, he called Song Yu "you spineless scholar", which shows his hatred for spineless scholars at that time. However, in that unprecedented cultural catastrophe, Mr. Guo immediately went to have it both ways to protect himself, singing "Poems written everywhere can't win" and even writing poems to praise Jiang Qing, the "standard bearer of the Cultural Revolution". So that the writer Liang Shuming wrote a poem, which commented on him like this: "When light makeup and heavy makeup are fashionable, the two dynasties meet their temples. I used to recruit people to the front seat, and all I saw was eulogy and spoken words. If you can copy Oracle Bone Inscriptions in ancient times, why pay attention to Mao's poems today? The sufferings of the people are clearly there, and I am ashamed of my husband. " It can be described as hitting the nail on the head.
Known as "the last great scholar in China", Mr. Liang Shuming is short and plain, but he is a cultural giant in China, a gentleman who dares to love truth, stick to it and devote himself to the cause of truth. During the Anti-Japanese War, Liang Shuming was suspected of opposing the "government" when he was running a school in Chongqing. Shen Zui took agents to investigate him. Liang Shuming said with awe and tit-for-tat: "This is a small curse, which is good for you and the war of resistance. If you don't repent, I'll call names later. " Noble spirit makes spies fear three points. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he ran around for peace, democracy and freedom. He wrote on the Nanjing train that "when he woke up, peace was dead", which made people excited. In the mid-1970s, Liang Shuming was criticized by Jiang Qing in the movement of approving forests and holes. Although he wrote a long article of 30,000 words, he unambiguously said: "I can't agree with most popular opinions in the current movement of approving forests and holes." His unit criticized him for half a year and finally asked him to make a statement. He said: "The three armed forces can win the handsome, but ordinary people can't win the ambition." This is the integrity of a true scholar. No matter what kind of environment he is in, he can always take the morality of the world as his responsibility, not following the trend, not following the fashion, upright and upright, shaking the past and brightening the present.
Looking back, look at our current literary world. Some so-called post-80s writers were recommended to Chinese Writers' Association, whose chairman misspelled the words and tried to defend himself by choking. Such ugliness blinds the sacred culture.
It's really embarrassing to look back and care about the present.