Xu Zhuoyun talks about the meaning of life from Water Margin , Romance of the Three Kingdoms and

Mondo Culture Updated on 2024-02-12

The current global question is: can't we find the meaning of life alive? Especially now on the Internet**, everyone influences each other and hears a lot of information, but they don't know how to choose. How should we respond to times like these? How do you save yourself?

The famous historian Xu Zhuoyun believes that we should find our spiritual home. Specifically, the traditional Chinese classics "Water Margin", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Journey to the West" are analyzed as examples.

"Water Margin".

On the occasion of the Yuan and Ming dynasties, the world was in turmoil. Shi Nai'an wanted to arrange an ideal world: Liangshanbo.

In Liangshanbo, there is no hierarchy for people, there is no high or low for people, and one hundred and eight heroes are like brothers, what a beautiful realm. Who would have thought that Song Jiang, who was among them, would be false all his life, and in the end, one hundred and eight heroes in Liangshan would be finished, and his ideals would be shattered.

"Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Shi Nai'an's junior friend Luo Guanzhong wrote "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", from beginning to end, success or failure is not counted, and righteousness is the most important. Master Guan is purely bad".Righteousness"Up, the head is lost. Liu Bei is bad".RighteousnessIn words, the country is also lost. The irony is that the Sima family is the emperor. It seems that the righteous anger has also been shatteredFinish.

"Journey to the West".

can be used".The heart of the apeThis idiom to sum it up. "Ape" refers to the Monkey King,".Heart ApeMonkey King is the heartYima"It's the White Dragon Horse. The heart is guiding the way, and the horse only carries people.

The Pig Eight Ring Generation is "desire": greedy, lustful, and this desire still leads the horse.

In the end, the true scripture is sought, and the true scripture is obtained, but it is wordless, and it must be passed."Wuding RiverSo, the desire was also shattered

From the above famous stories, you can seeAll pursuits: ideals, righteousness, desires...In the end, it's all vanity. If you see through the essence of life, you will not be burdened by fame and fortune, but truly live for yourself.

[Xu Zhuoyun Profile].

Xu Zhuoyun's father was a ** rear admiral. Xu Zhuoyun moved to Taiwan with his family in 1948 and entered National Taiwan University, where he studied under Fu Sinian, and later entered the University of Chicago on the recommendation of Hu Shih and received a doctorate.

Xu Zhuoyun not only touched the sunset of the old civilization system, but was also a rare scholar among Chinese literati who had been trained in Western-style knowledge. As a well-known historian with roots in traditional Chinese culture and an international perspective, he was interviewed in Xu Zhiyuan's "Thirteen Invitations" in 2019.

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