Fabers insisted on self-study all his life, and successively obtained bachelor's degree, bachelor's degree in mathematics, bachelor's degree in natural science and doctor's degree in natural science. He is proficient in Latin and Greek and loves the works of Horace, an ancient Roman writer, and Virgil, a poet. He almost taught himself painting and watercolor painting, and many of his exquisite illustrations of fungi were praised by the Nobel Prize in Literature winner and French poet Frederic mistral. In his later years, Fabres's success in insects earned him the reputation of "Homer of Insects" and "Poet of Science", and his achievements were widely recognized by the society. Although fabrice has won many scientific titles, he is still as simple, shy and humble as ever, and leads a poor life. His talent was admired by scholars at that time, including British biologist Darwin, Belgian playwright maeterlinck, Nobel Prize in Literature winner of 19 1 1, German writer Jung, French philosopher Bergson, poet Malamei, Provence writer Roumani, and so on. Because Fables' experiment was accurately recorded in Insect Tales, which revealed many secrets of insect life and habits, Darwin called Fables an "imitative observer". When he lived in Cerini, many scholars and writers visited him in succession. Fabres had received Pasteur, British philosopher Mill and other scholars in his own residence, but his correspondence with them was not frequent. Victor Durui, Minister of Education, recommended Fables to Charles Louis Napolé on Bonaparte, who awarded him the Medal of Honor. French politician Raymond Poincare paid tribute to him by making a detour through Cerini. Fabres's works with multiple identities are varied: as a naturalist, he left many academic works on animals and plants, including Madder: Patents and Papers, Animals in avignon, Cuckoo, Mushrooms on Olive Trees, Grape Root Aphids and so on. As a teacher, he has compiled many textbooks of chemical physics. As a poet, he wrote many poems in Provence in southern France, and was affectionately called "Gadfly Poet" by the local people. In addition, he translated the works of some Provencal poets into French. In his spare time, he also creates some ditties with his small mouth. However, among Fabres's works, Insect is the longest, the most important and the most widely known one. This work not only shows his talent and literary talent in scientific observation and research, but also conveys his humanistic spirit and incomparable love for life to readers.
In the following five years, Fabres made a living mainly by writing books on natural science, and his excellent literary works began to emerge. He has published many books, including explanatory works such as Sky, Earth and Plants, and a series of story works such as Uncle Paul's Talk about Pests. 1875 after long-term thinking, Fabres decided to stay away from the hustle and bustle of the city and step up the implementation of the entomology work plan of sorting out old data and carrying out new research. He moved to a rural town in Serignan with his family. The conditions in the town are poor in all aspects, and there is not even a decent school. He encouraged his youngest son: You can exercise your strong body and strong mind here, and you can find beauty and truth better than in that pile of old paper. After four years of efforts and more than twenty years of data accumulation, the first volume of entomology was published in 1879. 1880, Fabres's long-cherished wish finally came true: with a small sum of money he saved, he bought an old house in a wasteland near the town, and the plan to further study living insects was about to come true. He has a cheerful personality and gave this residence an interesting nickname in local Provencal language-Waste Stone Garden. Year after year, the owner of the barren stone garden wears a farmer's woolen coat, eats the vegetarian soup and rice of the people, and digs the earth with a sharp pick and a flat shovel. As a result, flowers and plants compete with each other, and shrubs are overgrown, building a paradise for insects. He guarded his beloved barren stone garden, started his life at full speed, tirelessly engaged in unique entomology research, and wrote his own labor achievements into volumes of entomology works. In this way, he spent the rest of his life in loneliness, happiness, poverty and peace for 35 years. Entomology is a masterpiece written with a lot of scientific report materials and literary temperament. Its style is basically prose, and its main content is entomology. At the same time, it includes some biographical articles about experiences and memories, some expositions about solving theoretical problems, and a small amount of words with popular science knowledge. The advantages of an entomological explorer who has gone through many vicissitudes and pursued many things have been fully exerted in this masterpiece. There are more than 220 articles in ten volumes, which are rich in content and have their own opinions; But I'm afraid only the author knows the difficulty of the project best. Fabres put it this way: "Prose writing" is more "cruel" than solving the roots of equations. When the tenth volume was released, he didn't plan to compile two books, Cabbage Butterfly and Firefly, because they were written for the planned eleventh volume. At this time, he realized that his 85-year-old body could no longer support himself, and he was deaf and dizzy, and his fingers were stiff, so it was difficult to write normally. Finally, he buried the idea of "Volume 11" in his heart and decided to make two articles as a supplement to Volume 10. 19 10 years, he is over 86 years old, and the tenth volume is out. Holding a book, leaning on a crutch and holding a magnifying glass, he wandered around the "Wild Stone Garden" step by step, still trying to write down the "insect story" again ... but the old man's wish was difficult to realize. This year, in the name of "50th Anniversary of Entomology Writing", the family invited Fabres's close friends and academic friends to "Wild Stone Garden" and held a small celebration for him. Fabrice felt comforted and tears welled up in her eyes. When the news came out, the media made a fuss: the French forgot this proud compatriot who lived in seclusion in the "barren stone garden" so easily! Fabres doesn't care about this "negligence". He is planning to publish a ten-volume hardcover edition of Insects, and personally wrote a brief preface for this edition. At the end of the preface, it is like this: "I am very sorry that I am forced to interrupt these studies now." You know, doing these studies is the only comfort I get in my life. Looking at the whole world, self-conscious insects are one of its most colorful groups. Even if I can gain a little more strength and even live a few times, I can't fully understand the interests of insects. " The press created a propaganda momentum, and the name of "Fables" spread everywhere; Praises such as "greatness", "the most outstanding" and "greatness" come one after another, and the laurels of honor fly to the elderly one after another; "Wild Stone Garden" is very lively, and there are endless crowds competing to visit, mourn and congratulate, including ordinary readers, academic dignitaries and government officials by car. There is only one news that can move Fabres: in that year, the number of albums sold by his works was the sum of the previous 20 years. Later, small plaster statues of Fabres appeared everywhere; Later, large statues of Fabres were cut and unveiled. Old people don't know what glory is all their lives. At this time, he subconsciously shook his head, which was quite puzzling. The 90-year-old man said to his old friend in a humorous tone: "These practices are too' evil'. They can do whatever they like. Anyway, I feel that I am getting haggard every day and getting closer to the end every day. " A month before her 92nd birthday, Fables lay in bed, waiting for the milestone in her life. It was a day in June191511.He was as calm as a soldier who despised death. At this time, people found that he had fallen asleep quietly. A giant who played the vibrato of human destiny with insects as the piano disappeared. Less than 10 years after Fabres's death, the ten-volume hardcover book Insects was published. His son-in-law, Dr. Legro, will publish a collection of articles introducing his life and continue to write the eleventh volume of Insects. The French literary circle once recommended Virgil in the Insect World as a candidate for Nobel Prize in Literature. Unfortunately, before the members of the Nobel Committee made a final decision, the news of Fables' death came. However, this glorious title has been spread by people. Fables was once called an "insect observer", but he was recognized as an "entomologist" in his later years. After his death, people called him "entomologist and writer" for a period of time, and later called him "writer and entomologist". These titles are well-deserved for Fabres. French dramatist rostain said: "Fabres has the general thinking of philosophers, the general views of artists and the general feelings and expressions of writers." In the insect story, all insects are not isolated. Like human beings, they have complex body structure, subtle emotions, outstanding intuition and instinct. In order to survive, they also struggle with the harsh nature with perseverance-victory and failure are equally shocking. Although it is a small life, it is full of spirituality.