A book about bookworms, "Searching for a Worm: A Naturalist Chronicle of Bookworms", and a book about the prevention and control of bookworms, "Searching for Yun: A Naturalist Chronicle of Herbs", reminds me of an allusion to a man who sells spears and shields.
I don't think anyone has ever written a book specifically for bookworms, and no one has ever written a book specifically for the worm. This set of books can be called a "double-edged sword" is an interesting dedication to the reading life of book lovers.
The author Chen Yonghai's name is a little unfamiliar, and when he looks at the introduction, he knows that "strange" makes sense: he is a researcher at the Institute of Semiconductors of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a professor at the University of the Academy of Sciences, and a person known as a "rock and roll doctoral supervisor", and his works have also been on the CCTV Network Spring Festival Gala. Now I have written two more books. Does the legendary "big bull" refer to such talents? Or simply the legend that a semiconductor doc who doesn't play rock is not a good writer.
Thankfully, "The Legend of the Toad" and "The Legend of the Search" is not a serious academic work, but a collection of thematic essays or columns. But that doesn't necessarily mean it's easy to read. Probably thanks to tools such as Internet search or library search, the literature collected by the author is quite detailed and even complex, so the information content of the Chinese chapter of the book is quite high, the knowledge is somewhat crowded, and the interesting topics are rare and easy to read. However, novelty is enough: there are some things you may not have heard of before; Even if you already have the mastery, the author will say "you are wrong" with a wicked smile, for example, Mr. Qian Zhongshu translated the Oxford University Library as "full beetle building", is the invention right of this statement Mr. Qian? The author says "no"; Of course, there are some things you don't know, and the author doesn't dare to say categorically that he knows, because it's really unclear, for example, they all say that rue grass can get rid of beetles, so what kind of grass is rue? "Xun Yun" tells you all the answers, but at the same time, it also tells you that none of the answers will get a perfect score.
Bookworms eat books, silverfish destroy books, many readers not only do not hate, but give birth to a few romantic emotions, often compare themselves to silverfish, book beetles, bookworms, book titles, the name of the book also like whitebait, silverfish, book beetle does not leave the mouth. I don't seem to have that problem. The south is humid, it is not easy to store books, and bookworms are a big scourge. Every time I dig out an old book that the silverfish has "read" by heart, my heart is on fire and I am speechless. Shake out a few whitebait, I will crush them to death as soon as possible, and there is no leisure to find a bottle to raise a few bookworms. When I read "Looking for a Toad", I often ask myself: why do you love books if you don't even love bookworms? But every time I read a book, I saw a pile of "Qin ash" in a corner of the bookcase, and a few books became "sieves", and taught me how to love!
The author has done some research, for example, Jia Gongyan's "Zhou Lishu" was the first to use the word "silverfish". Jia Gongyan? The name is somewhat familiar. It turned out that I encountered it when I read "Heart Taiping Xi Ancient Books and Shadows" a few days ago, and the accurate title of the book should be "Notes on Etiquette". Mr. Huang Yongnian once obtained a rare edition of this book, and while he was proud, he wrote a full page of inscriptions in the book, talking about the origin of the version, and did not mention the origin of "silverfish" in this book. It's really the so-called "art industry has a specialization".
I know that "whitebait" is a bookworm, since Mr. Huang Shang's "Whitebait Collection". Some of the bookworm knowledge that I know randomly comes from reading the "Enemy of Books" translated by Mr. Ye Lingfeng. Bookworms are rarely seen in the north, so I have a good impression of bookworms with the nickname "Silver Fish" or "Pulse Wang". After living in the south for a long time and getting used to seeing the "white fish", "vegetarian fish", "whitebait", "silverfish" and "silverfish" that eat books diligently, I have no other feelings except helplessness and frustration. They are indeed the "enemies of the book". And the enemy of the book is the enemy, looking for sustenance with romantic feelings, interesting may be interesting, but it is harmful to the book.
Of course, just like these days, it's useless to just avoid and not talk about it, and shareholders still have to talk about it; Book lovers too, they can't avoid the enemies of books, and it is also necessary to study them and write one or more books for them.
I just don't understand: those who like to compare themselves to silverfish and bookworms, and search everywhere for the ruice grass that repels beetles, isn't this a "self-defeating way"? Or, this phenomenon inadvertently reveals a truth: the enemy of books is often the reader himself.
Hu Hongxia text.