Do you think that life is a journey, with scenery, stories, joys, and sorrows?Do you know that the meaning and value of life lies not in the destination, but in the process?Do you want to face the ups and downs of life with a normal heart, with a free and easy attitude, and with a smile?These are the questions and expectations in the heart of a grandmaster of the Chinese prose generation when he writes about his observations and perceptions of life. He hurried with his pen, revisited the long history, and told ordinary people to the world.
"Maybe This is Life" is a collection of interesting essays written by Liang Shiqiu, which shows a calm and humorous attitude to life. Liang Shiqiu graduated from Peking University with a bachelor's degree, Columbia University with a master's degree, and a Ph.D. from the University of London. He has served as a professor at Peking University, Tsinghua University, the University of Hong Kong, and National Taiwan University. He was the first authority on Shakespeare in China, and he was also a translator, scholar, and literary critic. He studied both Chinese and Western cultures, and left more than 20 million words of works in his lifetime to the Chinese literary world. His works either depict firewood, rice, oil and salt, or describe leisure and fun, or ** the world, or talk about the joys and sorrows of life, and the elegant and witty words reveal endless freedom and wisdom.
The book is divided into five series: Drink in moderation, you don't have to choose a day;The faces of all living beings are crowded;Life is like a play, appropriate applause;Full of food, don't be gluttonous;Old things, threes, twos. Each series focuses on a specific theme or scene, and provides a detailed and profound description and analysis of life from different angles and levels.
The author uses eloquent and passionate language, combined with his own life experience and professional knowledge, to reveal the truth and meaning of life. The author believes that the biggest feature of life is diversity and changeability, no matter how beautiful or tragic the situation is, we must maintain a normal heart, and enjoy the fun and harvest in it. It is this kind of ordinary heart that allows people to seek truth and knowledge in the changing times, seek self in social competition, and seek transcendence in the course of life.
Drink in moderation, you don't have to choose a day.
The author believes that drinking alcohol is a way to relax, enhance friendships, cultivate sentiments, and broaden horizons. The author introduced his favorite pastimes such as drinking tea, writing, and listening to **, and also told about his interesting conversations with guests, outside the window, and birdsong, showing a leisurely and fulfilling state of life.
The faces of all living beings are crowded;
The author believes that life is a big drama, and everyone has their own roles and expressions. The author observes a variety of characters and lives, such as bargaining, queuing, shop manners, being around, being poor, beggars, foreign crimes, generation gaps, age, treats, punctuality, clothing, etc., revealing the good and evil of human nature and the reality of society.
Life is like a play, appropriate applause;
The author believes that life is a drama of joy and sorrow, and everyone has their own emotions and attitudes. The author analyzes a variety of emotions and psychology, such as happiness, loneliness, schadenfreude, happiness, wedding ceremonies, life and death, send-off, humor, anger, humility, silence, etc., and expounds the philosophy and wisdom of life.
Full of food, don't be gluttonous;
The author believes that gastronomy is a way to satisfy taste buds, promote health, cultivate taste, and pass on culture. The author introduces various delicacies and dishes that he likes to eat, such as two-cooked fish, crystal shrimp cakes, iron pot eggs, tile fish, yellow cabbage, walnut cheese, sour plum soup and sugar gourd, etc., showing a refined and simple view of food.
Old things, threes, twos.
The author believes that the old things of the old people are a way to recall the past, miss relatives and friends, feel the changes, and pass on the spirit. The author reviewed his past and emotions with his mother, Dong'an Market, Chinese language teacher, summer vacation, Beiping New Year, Qingdao, Lao She, etc., showing an affectionate and open-minded attitude towards life.
"Maybe this is life" is a collection of life essays written for ordinary people. Through this book, readers will have an in-depth understanding of the diversity and variability of life, learn a normal heart and free attitude, and be able to experience the fun and harvest in daily life.