Chapter 358

451 chapters, be beautiful, friends......

451 chapters, be beautiful, friends......

——One red apricot branch extending over the wall (Twenty-three)

Night, Rain night. Rain sound, thunder sound, Wind sound, filling the heavens and earth.

Rain night, I use my sense of hearing to feel the world, feeling myself like a tiny Rain drop casually tossed by the Creator between heaven and earth......

I recall that writer Yu Qiuyu has a Classic of Documents essay collection called 《Morning Rain First Listen》. But in the Classic of Documents, there is not a single essay titled 《Morning Rain First Listen》. After reading, I felt puzzled—did the writer forget? Did they omit the essay 《Morning Rain First Listen》?

Think about how I'm really bored; other people's affairs, can you manage them? Whether they forget or not, how they arrange things—that's their business; the pen is in their hands, how they write—that's your business? Manage your own affairs——"What business does a husband have to worry? He should view the universe as...? The vast sea flows sideways, what is there to worry? Worldly affairs are chaotic, what is there to reason? Only by managing oneself, body and mind, the sun and moon in the chest are ever new and beautiful."

I have long known that my biggest flaw is that I cannot 'manage my own body and mind'. Body and mind are often swayed by the surrounding Jing Clan things. Song dynasty's Fan Zhongyan said, 'Do not be delighted by things, do not be saddened by oneself.'

"Not to be elated by external things, not to be saddened by personal misfortunes." Could this be the highest realm of being a person that Fan Fuzi achieves? I don't understand. But there are too many things in this world that I don't understand. Why should I understand those traceless, clueless people and affairs? For example, Fan Fuzi said: "Without cause, a day's sorrow is dispersed; fortunately, the east Wind blows it ten thousand li." There is a saying: "Ordinary people worry for themselves." They create their own troubles, seek their own worries. Am I such a person? I am questioning Fan Fuzi's words. It is said that in Zhongguo there is a person who gains fame by picking out the "flaws" of celebrities. Everyone in the country knows this, except I don't. But, friend, don't mistake me for picking Fan Fuzi's flaws. Actually, Fan in Zhongguo is hardly a celebrity; at most he's not a minor celebrity. Didn't he just write an essay called "Yueyang Tower Record"? But, however, I still like reading that "Yueyang Tower Record". I like reading the "Yueyang Tower Record" because I enjoy the front part that describes Jing Clan.

"If it is incessant Rain, drizzling, with no clear skies for months; dark Wind howls, turbid waves surge to the sky; sun and stars hide their brilliance, mountains and peaks conceal their forms; merchants and travelers cease,? gathers and urges; at dusk, dim and dark, tigers howl and apes wail...."

"If it is spring harmonious, Jing Clan Brightness; waves undisturbed; heavenly light above and below, a myriad of green hues; sand gulls soar and gather, brocade fish swim; bank's angelica and orchid, lush and green. Or sometimes a long mist fills the sky, bright moon a thousand li; floating light shimmers gold, Stillness shadow sinks into blue-green; fishermen's songs echo back and forth...."

Beautiful, isn't it, friend!

Some friends always complain that my article quotes too much from others. Actually, friends do not understand my intention: this is deliberate on my part.

Why?

I seem to have answered before; let me explain again to friends: friends live at a fast pace, they have no time to look up or review what they have studied. I intentionally or unintentionally quote a few famous lines, even passages, hoping to give friends the idea of 'learning and practicing from time to time, is it not delightful?'

Friends, is what I'm doing okay? But I myself think it's good. One's own children are always good; one's own writing is always beautiful.

But, regarding the Fan Lao I just quoted, it seems I have a special intention: to divide well. I don't know whether this 'dividing well' is used correctly or not. I want to go ask that friend of mine who studies punctuation marks. How will it turn out? Let's see the following breakdown.

(Heart tied to disaster area, Flirting tied to disaster area: wish peace, courage, confidence, strength to accompany and accompany the people of the disaster area!)