Chapter 341: The Mysterious Elder Sun
The journey from Ningshi to Beijing is neither long nor short.
Except for the fresh energy at the beginning, Li Youwei and Baoer were languid for the rest of the time!
But Zhou Yang was fine, after all, he had other things to distract himself from.
Normally, besides telling stories to the little girl, I also take time to translate the manuscripts from the fertilizer factory.
Occasionally when he encounters a big station where he has to stop, he will get off the car and walk around, but he does not feel depressed.
What made him quite satisfied was that it had been more than sixteen or seventeen hours since they boarded the train in Ningshi, and no other passengers in their sleeper car had boarded the train.
This is equivalent to them and Mr. Sun's family occupying these six beds, which is quite clean.
After chatting several times, Zhou Yang also gained a certain understanding of this old man.
He claimed his surname was Sun and said he was a teacher, but he did not say which school he taught at.
But Zhou Yang could tell at a glance that he was definitely not an ordinary teacher and had a different temperament.
Although he has the temperament of a teacher who teaches and educates people, he also has a sense of oppression that is not angry and self-defeating. This sense of oppression is very strong, and ordinary people feel it most strongly.
For example, Li Youwei doesn't dare to speak in front of Mr. Sun.
So Zhou Yang could roughly infer that Mr. Sun should be the person in charge of a certain university, so he had such a unique temperament.
However, Zhou Yang did not ask in detail about the other party's identity.
After all, if you meet by chance, you may forget each other in a sea of people in the blink of an eye, so there is no need to dig deeper.
During this period, Mr. Sun treated Bao'er to some raisins, fried walnuts and other dried fruits, while Zhou Yang also treated Mr. Sun to some local chicken cakes from Yunshan County. The relationship between the two parties was quite harmonious.
On the evening of the 8th, the train arrived in Zhangyuan City, which is very close to the capital.
As expected, we will arrive at the station in another 10 hours, so both Li Youwei and Boa are very happy.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Bao'er pestered Zhou Yang again and told the story of Journey to the West.
This time we talked until half past ten, and the little girl barely fell asleep.
Zhou Yang was about to sleep on the upper bunk when he saw Mr. Sun next to him looking at him with a smile.
Zhou Yang immediately said with some embarrassment: "Uncle Sun, I'm really sorry that I didn't bother you!"
Mr. Sun shook his head and said, "No, it's just that the "Journey to the West" you just listened to was quite interesting. I couldn't help but listen to it for a while longer!"
"You always like Journey to the West?"
"Well, I like it very much, but it's a pity that the literary world doesn't think highly of this book!" the old man said with a sigh.
Is Journey to the West poorly rated?
"Journey to the West" is one of the four recognized masterpieces in our country. It is undoubtedly the pinnacle among ancient novels. How can it not be rated highly!
"Uncle, are we talking about the same book? Journey to the West is one of the four great classics!" Zhou Yang said.
Seeing Zhou Yang's puzzled expression, the old man explained: "Xiao Zhou, do you know that the Four Great Classics are a new name that has only been used in recent years. There was no such thing as the Four Great Classics before, only the Six Great Classics!
"
Zhou Yang naturally knew about this. In addition to the four well-known books at the moment, there are also "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" and "The Scholars", which are collectively known as the six famous works.
Just because of the limited capacity of various publishing houses in the country at that time, four volumes were eventually printed, and the remaining two were planned to be printed and distributed later.
But I didn't expect that the four novels printed first would have made a name for themselves. The six masterpieces became the four masterpieces, and the remaining two were kicked out abruptly.
"Uncle, I know this, but it doesn't seem to affect the evaluation of Journey to the West!" Zhou Yang said.
"Journey to the West does not have a high evaluation among these famous works. Mr. Zhou Shuren once commented on "Journey to the West" like this: Although the author is a Confucian scholar, this book is really a game, not a talk, so the five elements are only occasionally seen in the book.
Chang Tan, especially since he has not studied Buddhism, has absurd and nonsensical scriptures at the end of the chapter. The teachings are mixed and have been popular for a long time. Therefore, his works are the same as those of Sakyamuni and Laojun, and the true nature and the soul are mixed.
It is just so that followers of the three religions can follow suit."
Then Mr. Sun continued: "In addition, the great writer Hu Shi also said in "Journey to the West: A Textual Research": Therefore, although it describes the changes and sudden events, it is also mixed with Yi's words every time, so that the gods and demons are humane, and the charm is also sophisticated.
, and the meaning of cynicism is implicit.”
"The two masters of the Republic of China set the tone for "Journey to the West", which led to the book's low evaluation in the literary world!"
Hearing this, Zhou Yang couldn't help but smile, and then said: "Everyone's interpretation of a famous book is different. There are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people!"
"No matter how Mr. Zhou or Mr. Hu Shi evaluates Journey to the West, it is their personal opinion. In my opinion, Journey to the West is the most wonderful book in ancient and modern times. It is by no means "actually based on a game" or "cynical"
"Yu", its profound meaning is beyond most people's imagination."
Mr. Sun smiled and said: "Xiao Zhou, you seem to have a different interpretation of Journey to the West!"
"A little bit!"
"Can you tell me, I can relieve my boredom on the road!"
"It's okay to talk, but this only represents my family's opinion. If there is anything wrong, please forgive me!"
"Easy to say, easy to say!"
Zhou Yang calmed down his thoughts and then said: "Many people, including Mr. Zhou, when reading Journey to the West, actually only saw the dark side of the extremely magnificent Journey to the West universe written by the author. Take cannibalism as an example.
"Journey to the West" writes about cannibalism nakedly throughout the entire text."
"Monsters eat people, like General Yin, a special scholar; people eat people, like the monk king; gods who descend to earth also eat people, like Kuimulang."
"On the way westward, from the beginning, Zhu Bajie, Sha Monk, was like a robber, catching a passerby and eating his wife greasy, to the inspiration king confidently asking the villagers of Chenjiazhuang to sacrifice boys and girls, to the golden-winged roc eagle.
They openly ate up all the men, women, and children in the Lion and Camel Kingdom. Thousands of miles away, the ones who were in trouble seemed to be Tang Monk and his disciples, but in fact they were ordinary people whose lives were as worthless as grass!"
"In the world of Journey to the West: Buddhism is greedy for money and murders, from the Guanyin Zen Temple that covets cassocks to the Daleiyin Temple that demands personnel; the Taoist sect brings trouble to the country and chaos, from the national teacher of the Wuji Kingdom who murders the king to the Bhikkhu Kingdom who murders young children
Father-in-law; the underworld practiced favoritism and perverted the law; Judge Cui privately changed the book of life and death after receiving a letter from Wei Zheng; the heaven was devastated, and two people died of starvation in Fengxian County after three years without rain... So if we interpret it from this perspective,
It’s really dark, ironic and depressing!”
However, Zhou Yang changed his voice and said again: "However, the Journey to the West in my eyes is far from what I see on the surface. In addition to darkness, there is more about human nature and personal growth."
"In my opinion, Journey to the West is more like Monk Tang's personal practice!"
The old man listened carefully and immediately asked: "Tang Monk practiced alone. How do you understand this?"
Zhou Yang immediately said: "Journey to the West is not just about fighting monsters and upgrading on the surface, it is about the process of a person's self-cultivation. From this perspective, the protagonist of the story, Sun Wukong, is actually the heart of Tang Monk. "The heart is like a monkey and the horse is like a horse" often refers to the image of the human heart.
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"The human heart has infinite imagination and power. One thought can reach hundreds of thousands of miles away, one thought can transform into thousands of things, and one thought can cause huge damage. The entire process of Journey to the West is that Monk Tang cultivated his mind through hardships.
process."
"From this perspective, Sun Wukong's experience is the process of human cultivation in various situations: Sun Wukong wanted honor and official position, and became the Monkey King, so that he found out that he had been deceived, became angry and made trouble in the Heavenly Palace, and was trapped under the Five Elements Mountain for 500 years.
; Sun Wukong was put on a tight curse, and every time he went out of bounds, he was restrained and suffered unbearable pain; Sun Wukong experienced the alchemy furnace of Taishang Laojun and forged a piercing golden eye that could see through all illusions, but Tang Monk only believed in the facts he saw.
I repeatedly ignored reminders and got into trouble!"
"Tang Monk experienced ninety-nine and eighty-one tribulations and completed the transformation of human nature into Buddha nature. All kinds of monsters and demons in Journey to the West are the various desires in Tang Monk's heart, and they are also his training and test of human desires. Fortunately,
Tang Seng was determined and completed the test brilliantly..."
When Zhou Yang first said it, Mr. Sun was a little disapproving, but the more he listened, the more surprised he became, and in the end he turned into shock and admiration.
He had never thought that Journey to the West could be interpreted in this way.
After thinking about it carefully, I feel that Zhou Yang's interpretation is not only a novel point of view, but also makes the meaning of Journey to the West more profound and greatly enhances its literary quality.
And he is also a person who likes to be more serious. After listening to what Zhou Yang said, he also had some doubts, so he immediately spoke out and discussed with Zhou Yang.
During this period, Zhou Yang had been staying in the small and isolated Babaoliang Village. Most of the people in the village had limited cultural level, and few people could discuss literature or even philosophy with him.
Now that someone was talking to him about these things, he was naturally very happy. He immediately understood everything and told his understanding of Journey to the West one by one.
The two hit it off immediately, and the more they talked, the more they became attracted to each other.
But at this time the whole journey was coming to an end. When the sun rose again, the train finally arrived at Beijing North Station.
After suffering on the road for two days and two nights, Zhou Yang really couldn't stand it anymore.
As soon as the train arrived at the station, he said a simple goodbye to Mr. Sun, and then got off the train with his wife and daughter and their luggage!
However, what he didn't know was that shortly after he left, a dozen armed guards appeared at the door of the sleeper car, seemingly waiting for someone.
After a while, "Old Sun", who was chatting and laughing with Zhou Yang's family along the way, got out of the car.
The following people immediately saluted him with great respect.
At this time, a cadre wearing a Chinese tunic suit walked up to "Old Sun" and asked respectfully: "Chief, are you going directly to the unit or going home?"
"Go to work!"
"yes!"
"Also check the young man in the same carriage as me. I want his detailed information. The more detailed the better!"
"yes!"
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ps: The third chapter is here. This chapter quotes some online content, so the number of words is a bit too much! The quotes are not to reduce the number of words, but to reflect the protagonist’s character!
After the endless coma, Shi Yu suddenly stood up from the bed.
He took a deep breath of fresh air, his chest trembling.
Confused, confused, and all kinds of emotions came to my mind.
Where is this?
Afterwards, Shi Yu subconsciously looked around and became even more confused.
A single dorm?
Even if he was successfully rescued, he should be in the ward now.
And my own body...how could I not have any injuries at all?
With doubts, Shi Yu's eyes quickly swept across the room, and finally his eyes rested on a mirror beside the bed.
The mirror showed his current appearance. He was about seventeen or eighteen years old, and he looked very handsome.
But the problem is, this is not him!
My previous self was a handsome young man in his twenties who had been working for a while.
And now, no matter how you look, this appearance is that of a high school student...
This change left Shi Yu stunned for a long time.
Don't tell him that the operation was successful...
My body and appearance have all changed. This is not a matter of surgery or not, but magic.
He turned into a completely different person!
Could it be...that he traveled through time?
In addition to the mirror placed beside the bed, which was obviously not feng shui-friendly, Shi Yu also found three books next to it.
Shi Yu picked it up and took a look. The title of the book instantly silenced him.
"Essential Animal Breeding Manual for Beginner Breeders"
"Postpartum Care of Pet Pets"
"Evaluation Guide for Interracial Beast-Eared Girls"
Shi Yu:???
The names of the first two books are pretty normal, but what happened to the last one?
"cough."
Shi Yu looked solemnly and stretched out his hand, but his arm soon stiffened.
Just when he was about to open the third book and see what it was about, his brain suddenly felt a sharp pain, and a large number of memories came flooding back.
Icefield City.
Pet animal breeding base.
Intern pet breeder. Provide you with the rebirth of the master Dashang Yue 1975: tearing up the return to the city transfer order at the beginning
Chapter completed!