Chapter 334: 427 chapters, a red apricot branch protruding over the wall

427 chapters, a red apricot branch protruding over the wall

427 chapters, a red apricot branch protruding over the wall (Part 1)

______ Walking with Love seventy-one

I had long wanted to write a few words for my friend, but I couldn't find the right phrasing. After much thought, I recalled several sentences by writer Yu Qiuyu: "In ancient Zhongguo, once one becomes a literati, there is nothing remarkable to see. The prominence of civil officials lies in their office, not in their literature. As literati, their aspect is unremarkable in the officialdom. Yet things are strange: when the official's hat and robe have long turned to mud, a few occasional brushstrokes of poetry and prose can indeed carve mountains and rivers, engrave people's hearts, and never fade."

Yu Qiuyu said the meaning of these few sentences is to prove his own argument: tangible things are fleeting, intangible things can be eternal!

These words are also solemn! Too frightening: who can make intangible things eternal?

Yu Qiuyu's words refer to: a poem by Tang dynasty poet Wang Wei, 'Wei City Song'.

Wang Wei's 'Wei City Song' has been chanted for over a thousand years. Even the most splendid palace, after over a thousand years, will become ruins. Yet Wang Wei's 'Wei City Song' remains fresh, full of vitality, and will continue to be recited by people, living on from generation to generation in people's mouths………………………

People living in this world almost all have their own pursuits: money, status, clothing, food………………….

These are all tangible, fleeting as smoke! For a true pursuer: not worth mentioning!

A true pursuer, what is his pursuit? It is ______ eternal!

Eternal? What is eternity? Too mysterious? Too abstract, right?

No!

Not mysterious! Not abstract!

When saying this, many vivid and beautiful figures again appear before my eyes――――Laozi, Kongzi, Mengzi, Dong Zhongshu, Han Feizi, Quyuan, Sima Qian, Li Bai, Du Fu, Su Dongpo, Lu Xun………………………………….

Mysterious? Abstract?

No!

These are all real, concrete figures! Mention any one of them, and we can tell many moving stories!

They are just as Yu Qiuyu said――――eternal!

And my friend, who is he?

My friend's name: Zhong Wei Yun. What does he do?

He is――――

Zhongguo contemporary linguistics luminary Lu Shu Xiang once replied to his letter, saying, he is――――――

「Weiyun comrade:

I have read your letter. Your opinion on the usage of the semicolon is correct.

Salute!

Lu Shu Xiang

My friend is a scholar and expert in punctuation.

Actually, my friend, his true identity, in his own words: "A junior high school graduate Zhongguo peasant!"

What does he want to do? Could he also want to be eternal?

I think, this, maybe?

This, or rather, let's use my friend's own words――――

Explore the value of life!

So speaking, then my friend definitely has a story! And this story is very vivid……….

(Heart with the disaster area, emotion with the disaster area: wishing peace, courage, confidence, strength to accompany and be with the disaster area's people! Accompany!)