Humanities I usually think that communication and understanding between people is a difficult task. It is not so much the language that the understanding is reached, but the misunderstanding. That's how people misunderstand each other and think they understand each other.
Therefore, on this issue, first of all, we must not drill into the horns of the bull, and we must not be too serious. That's the right attitude.
On the one hand, when the author expresses the original intention, he should try his best to substitute the reader's feelings, and examine and grasp his own expression in the reader's sight. On the other hand, when readers understand the author's intention, they should also learn to assume and comprehend from the author's perspective as much as possible. Both of these aspects are about fully mobilizing empathy, which is a very basic point in the process of expression and understanding.
In addition, in reading and writing, we must fully grasp the symbolic thinking. Logic and language are rigorous, called science, and it is only a part of the humanities. In addition, the truly broad humanistic achievements are truly vast and the main body of the humanistic achievements.
However, due to the limited ability of human language, books are really stretched thin and embarrassed in carrying the fruits of humanities. Therefore, truly profound humanistic achievements can often only be expressed figuratively, and when reading and inheriting, they can only be understood figuratively.
Imagery means that we should not only look at the superficial meaning of words, but also look at the accumulation, correlation and symbolic meaning between words, and even further think about their extended meanings. In fact, it is not only necessary to look at the specific individual imagery, but also to look at the group meaning of the overall image, which can also be called the imagery group.
In fact, high-level authors and readers throughout the ages, such as in classic Tang and Song poems, have been so looking for consensus and tacit understanding with each other, listening to thunder in a silent place, and smiling and smiling.
The Buddha smiled and passed on the Dharma to the Buddha, which eventually developed into Zen Buddhism in China, which can be described as a famous example in this regard. And in understanding the Tao Te Ching, the most brilliant wisdom is to fully develop the figurative understanding. When we fully understand it vividly, we will indeed find that, as Lao Tzu himself said, his words are easy to know and easy to do.