In modern and contemporary China, I think the only one that can be as famous as Lu Yao's "Ordinary World" is Chen Zhongzhong's "White Deer Plain". In terms of writing about human nature, "White Deer Plain" is written in depth and more thoroughly than "Ordinary World".
There are a lot of sentences that write about human nature in the book, and there are at least 30 sentences to list them one by one, so I will choose three of them to take you to understand how Chen Zhongzhong writes about human nature thoroughly.
1. When people have a face, they are afraid of this and that, and they are not afraid of anything even if they have no face, which is good!
This sentence was said by Lu Zilin to Tian Xiao'e, what he meant was that people often have scruples when they have face, and once they lose their face, they will become unscrupulous. This actually speaks of a deep fear and worry in people's hearts: when you live decently, you need to have a face, and when you are barefoot, you are not afraid to wear shoes.
Indeed it is. For the sake of face, some people create characters everywhere, and they are careful in what they do, and they can't let go at all, for fear that they will lose face if something goes wrong in one link. But if you break the jar, you are not afraid, and you dare to do anything.
You can also think on the bright side, for example, you are in debt now, everyone is hiding from you, and in the eyes of others, you are just a mud that can't hold up the wall. At this time, you will not have a psychological burden, as long as you don't do illegal things, do what you can make money, don't be afraid of losing face, so you can make money.
Second, people are often like this, when they are alone, they are one way, and when many people come together, they become completely different.
This sentence is a description of the author's time when he writes about Lu San, talking about the complexity and changeability of human nature. It says that a person behaves differently in a group than when he is alone. This is because when you are in a crowd, you are more or less influenced by the emotions of others, and you follow what others do, a bit like a rabble.
But when you are alone, you can show your true nature, you don't have to pretend in front of others, you can be true to yourself. However, there are good and bad situations in this situation, not all of which are good, which tests whether a person is good at being alone and being cautious.
If he wants to do bad things, then he is more obedient in the crowd and does not dare to act rashly, but when he is alone, he shows his true colors. On the contrary, if a person does things with a clear conscience, he feels no different when he is alone in the crowd, and such a person is powerful.
3. If you can enjoy happiness and suffering, you can be in front of people and behind you, you can stand up and you can stand down, so you can live calmly, or you can only die on the wall.
This sentence is Lu Zilin's inner monologue, he believes that a person can only live calmly and comfortably by constantly adapting to various environments and changes. This attitude is not only a knowledge and understanding of life, but also a manifestation of living transparently.
If you use a popular phrase, it is to see people and talk about people, and talk about ghosts. Of course, we can't be so tactful, we should be able to bend and stretch, no matter what problems we encounter, we can deal with them freely, so that we can live calmly.
But some people are just a tendon, treating others or dealing with things all the way to the black, looking upright and realistic, but in fact they don't know how to be flexible. Such a person must be hit on the head and bleeding in life, and it is not a wise way to live.
You see, these three sentences in "White Deer Plain" are written on the topic of human nature, which is natural and easy to understand.
But understanding and doing are two different things, when you understand human nature from these few sentences, you should remind yourself more in life, how to live better, this is the meaning of reading a book.