I have always felt that Wang Wei and the word "hilarious" cannot be connected.
This aristocratic son, who is famous in the world at the age of ten and is the champion at the age of twenty-one, has experienced the impermanence of fate: he fell to the bottom due to a dance at the beginning of his career, lost his wife and children at the age of 30, and was forced to become a puppet official during the Anshi Rebellion, losing the integrity that ancient scholars valued most.
Career, family, ideal ......Is there anything else to lose in him?
Du Liang once wrote about him like this:When everything vanished, his heart was like the ruined battlefield that Jin Ge Iron Horse had just stepped on, and the smoke of the ruins was still breathing, and there was silence all around. ”
Such Wang Wei, how are you going to laugh?
Therefore, I am very curious about this book "5 Minutes of Hilarious Poems: Wang Wei".
The author "Prisoner of History" specially wrote this "5-minute hilarious poems" series for children, and has published five books: Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Wang Wei, and Su Shi.
In the book, Wang Wei's poems are divided into five categories: emotional poems, career poems, landscape idylls, satirical poems, and side poems.
Each category has a light-hearted and interesting title, such as the sentimental poem "When I say goodbye, I love you the most", and the side poem "I am also a hot-blooded man".
The author narrates the poems in an easy-to-understand yet poetic language, and although the text is concise, it is not rough.
As it is described, "After the new rain in the empty mountains, the weather is late in autumn": as far as the eye can see, the mountains have just been bathed in an autumn rain, the weather is a little cold, and it is already time for the change of seasons.
In many places, you can see the author's profound skills, and he wastes no time in passing it on to young readers. For example, when it comes to "Watching the Hunt", it is mentioned that the Ming Dynasty writer Gu Lan's evaluation is "high, strong, and veteran".
In some places, children are guided to think deeper, such as after analyzing "Farewell to the South", and then asking, "Is there anything more precious in the world than free time?" ”
Obviously, the author did not abandon the original flavor of literature because he wanted to be "hilarious".
In order to maximize children's interest in reading, many details have been put into mind.
The five sections are built with the framework of "WeChat group chat", the beginning of the "chat information" has a concise introduction, and the end of the "brain supplement theater" is directly presented in the form of chat records, followed by the chat records, there will be "one sentence of knowledge points" to summarize, and finally "Mengmeng asks Dad" to ask a soul question.
The names of the group chats are also lively and interesting: "Drink a little wine and make friends", "It's difficult to be a person, it's even more difficult to be an official", "Mountains and rivers, the stars and the sea", "If you're not happy, you might as well say it", "I'm looking forward to the third trip".
There are also a lot of scenes presented in the form of comics in the text - the brain holes are relatively large, which is easy to make children laugh.
It is worth mentioning that the "Wang Wei Annals" at the end of the book are very elaborate.
Under normal circumstances, the poet's "annals" are mostly just his personal resumes, but this chronology from Wang Wei's birth to his death not only records Wang Wei's trajectory in detail every year, but also provides the "background of the times" of the year.
Frankly, I was a little apprehensive before I opened the book.
In recent years, there seem to be more and more books of this kind on the market, and they are often "comic xxx" and "hilarious xxx" ......Editors and authors have good intentions - in this era when children are increasingly disliked to read, find ways to attract their attention to books.
On the other hand, when ease turns into casualness, when fun turns into spoofs, when arrogance, indignation, tranquility, expansiveness, and far-reaching ......When all of them can be "funny", isn't that funny in itself?
Will an excessive adaptation lose its authenticity?
Will excessive accommodation reduce the taste?
Fortunately, in the preface to the book, I also see the following text:
"Whether it is a landscape idyll, or a farewell poem, it conveys a deep helplessness.
"Even if the excitement is particularly strong, its foundation and background are lingering sadness and loneliness.
"The multi-faceted Wang Wei is real, perceptible, and charming. ”
There's nothing wrong with being happy, but don't just laugh it off.