Pascal Guignard is a contemporary French writer, philologist, philosopher, and thinker. He was also a translator who translated classical philosophical works in Latin, Chinese, and Greek, including the works of Gongsun Long, a representative of the 100 schools of thought in pre-Qin China. Since childhood, Kiñar has a well-read interest in classical Chinese philosophy and literature, and has a deep reverence for classical Chinese culture. He studied Taoist thought in depth through the study of the Chinese philosophical works Laozi and Zhuangzi.
Traditional Chinese culture is one of the sources of his literary creation. Dialogue with the East has become an important creative asset for him, and it has also become a distinctive feature of his art. He is adept at quoting classics, such as Chinese literary masterpieces, the remarks of ancient Chinese historical figures, and the philosophical ideas of Laozi and Zhuangzi, all of which constitute his unique perspective on his creation. He tries to stop in the cultural "accumulation layer" of different civilizations and regions, and extracts the cultural elements of ancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient India, ancient Egypt, and ancient China, and integrates them into his literary creation and philosophical thinking.
Kienal's creations are always full of retrospective imagination of historical scenes, profound reflections on real situations, and sober interrogations of life and death, existence and nothingness, love and desire. He abandons the linear narrative structure, and turns Western civilization and Eastern culture, ancient anecdotes and modern legends, historical truths and creative fictions into dialogues and interrogations across time and space, creating an artistic effect of intersecting time and space, multi-part chanting and integration.
In 1997, he was inspired by an emergency hospitalization due to a heart attack, and his subsequent book, The Secret Life, won the Grand Prix Française for its unique literary form. The ** is more like a long prose, melting dreams, poems, myths, aphorisms, diaries and ** in one furnace, giving people a unique sense of strangeness. In the work, the author tells an unforgettable love he experienced in the first person, explaining his deep understanding and experience of love. At the same time, through constant fantasy and contemplation, love, life and literature are integrated, so that readers have a strong and subversive cognition of love. In particular, in the work, the author recounts his journey to China to follow the footsteps of Zhuangzi. ** wrote: In 1995, accompanied by M (the character in the book), the author came to Zhuangzi's hometown in Qingliansi Village, Shunhe Township, Minquan County, Henan Province, China.
Kiyal's trip to Zhuangzi's hometown is not only a spatial journey, but also a psychological and spiritual "pilgrimage". The writer travels through foreign time and space, ponders the current significance of Taoist philosophy, extends personal intellectual experience to rational speculation on society, and strives to reshape the secular life that is engulfed by modern materialism.
On July 22, local time, France issued stamps commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of the famous writer Proust. This stamp is a complete set with a face value of 165 euros. The picture shows a souvenir sheet of stamps with the manuscript of his masterpiece "Reminiscences of the Past" in the background. China News Agency, Hong Kong**.
The Wandering Shadow, which won Quincourt the Prix Goncourt, is both like an essay and an essay, integrating various themes into one. The work combines fiction and reality, not only personal experience and Chinese and Western historical events, but also full of the author's thoughts on time, life and society. The word "shadow" runs throughout, referring to the sages of the ages, the hermits and otherworldly thinkers of the ages. The author believes that creation is a kind of wandering, he travels through the ancient Greek period, the Roman Empire, the Middle Ages and contemporary society, across Europe, America and Asia, especially China, "wandering shadows" wander in the tranquil nature, drifting in the long river of history. In this work, Kinyar vividly expresses the "unity of heaven and man" and "non-action" in Taoist thought. He believes that all human behaviors should follow objective laws, and this is true of both art and life. The author points out that human beings are progressing and civilization is developing, but if we ignore the laws of nature and destroy the harmonious coexistence between man and nature, it will bring disaster to mankind. He also predicted that if nature continues to be destroyed, we will pay the price of money and lives in the future for water, for air, and for sunlight. At the same time, the author also criticized the destruction of world peace by war and US hegemony and the great disasters brought to mankind.
Lao Tzu's idea of retreat, from detachment from the world and quiet dwelling, to "hidden and unknown", embracing simplicity and modesty, and conforming to "nature" in a world of "quiet and inaction", has profoundly influenced Kiynar's worldview. Although he was a literary achievement, he kept a low profile. He believes that fame is not a symbol of a person's status. As a result, he resigned from all social positions he held in France. He never considered himself a writer, but a reader, and it is only when he reads that he is the most energetic.
Kiyal's ** is often inlaid with elements of Chinese classical literature and ancient philosophy, introducing Chinese history and culture in a jumping way. In "Secret Life", he deliberately chose the love story of Zhuo Wenjun and Sima Xiangru to explore the Chinese concept of love. Zhuo Wenjun and Sima Xiangru eloped together, returned to the market, and lived a poor and happy life. Kienal appreciates the fact that they give up everything for the sake of love—their love is not bound by the rules of society, they are not bound by stereotypes, they are not bound by their families, they are not afraid of coercion and temptation. Thus, all these regulations began to retaliate against lovers who had escaped from their control.
In "Wandering Shadows", Kiynar scans the past from the perspective of a writer, hooking the truth that has been lost in the thick of history, revealing democracy and freedom under the shadow of lies. Kiyal's critique of false liberty in ancient Rome is extremely poignant.
In chapter 44 of The Wandering Shadow, Kienar reminds him of the legend of Liber Chengzigao in the Chinese classic. Bo Chengzi's lofty admiration for freedom and willingness to abandon everything coincides with the freedom that Kienar pursues in the depths of his personal heart.
The aesthetic connotations in some of Kiyal's works give a sense of the realm of Chinese philosophy and art. Through the insight into history, his literary creation perceives the world today, and uses the rumination of culture to question the value of existence, and the pursuit of human spiritual needs to dispel the unspeakable anxiety and loneliness of the people. Through the dialogue with the multicultural dialogue of different time and space, Kiynar visits those immortal souls, and understands those events that cannot be erased in the time and space of history and the origin of human nature behind the events, giving readers the possibility of interpreting the world, history, society and life. (ENDS).