Victor's Pursuit of Serenity Chapter 16

In fact, Li He also made similar efforts, but there is a difference between experiment and fooling around. We know how hard Li He worked. Before and after him, there were poets who used the carving and inlaying method to write poems, but not all of them succeeded. After all, trying hard to express the impressions in the mind and trying hard to cover up the emptiness of the mind, the results are similar only on the surface. Experienced readers can tell them apart at a glance.

In this way, my attitude towards Li He's poetry is a bit complicated. On the one hand, I don't want Chinese to go too far in his direction. On the other hand, I want to recommend all poets to read Li He, especially his less famous works, just to see how conscientious the ancient poets were. Or it can help us remember a long-forgotten emotion called shame. As a written language, vernacular Chinese is grown on hormones. For example, when I write, I rarely feel comfortable. I always stumble and stumble. I have already despaired, so I hope other writers can write in a new way. Anyway, to tame this asymmetrical beast, who else can we rely on besides writers? Secretaries? Reporters? If the standardization of Chinese is formed in their hands, everyone can shut up and stop.

Don't Read Wang Wei

One of the most touching themes in Chinese painting is to depict the relationship between man and nature as a highly poetic scene, be it the setting sun at the ferry, the lonely smoke in the village, the fishing fires in the river, or the houses across the river, the wooden doors winding around the green stream, the mountain windows shaded by mangroves, the boatmen in the foggy morning, the muleteers in the snowy night, and so on.

Why is this touching? Why do we find these images beautiful and meaningful, and what is the meaning? Why is "A Taoist priest is in a thousand-foot-deep Qingxi River" fascinating, but "Two Taoist priests are in a two-thousand-foot-deep Qingxi River" a joke? Instead of seeking boring answers, it is better to continue to appreciate the intentions of the ancients. I think the most typical landscape image is in Wang Wei's half poem: