On January 23, the famous Taiwanese writer, essayist, poet, and scholar Lin Qingxuan died of illness at the age of 65. "While walking through the forest, I felt that the death of the sparrow gave me some inspiration. Although we live in the dust web, we should never lose our desi

html On January 23, the famous Taiwanese writer, essayist, poet, and scholar Lin Qingxuan passed away at the age of 65.

Lin Qingxuan is no stranger to readers, such as "On the Cloud", "Unvoiced Five Strings", " The Bodhi of Heart", "The Bodhi of Love", "Horse Tail", "Lin Temple" and other works. Even if many people have not read his monograph, they have read his short articles in the popular "Reader" magazine in the 20th century. Moreover, his articles " and time race " and "Mahogany" were selected into the primary school Chinese textbooks of the People's Education Press and Beijing Normal University Edition.

◆The writer’s dream of being slapped by his father

Lin Qingxuan was born in a remote village in southern Kaohsiung County, Taiwan. He has eighteen brothers and sisters, and he is the twelfth. When he was a child, because his family was poor and had many children, life at home was extremely difficult. In his memory, his brothers and sisters never had enough to eat. "Every day when it was time to eat, my father would take out eighteen bowls and line them up in a row, and add a third of a bowl of rice to each bowl. After adding them, he would say to us in a deep voice: 'Here, Let’s eat.’ I’m so happy to finally eat. But when we pick up the rice bowl, we’ll make a ‘bah’ sound first, spit in it and mix it, so that we can eat with peace of mind. Otherwise, if you don’t pay attention, the rice will be gone. "When I get a popsicle, I won't eat it right away. Under the watchful eyes of my brothers and sisters, I will lick the whole popsicle first, otherwise in the blink of an eye, only half of the popsicle will be left." Lin Qingxuan recalled.

The educational conditions in remote areas are naturally not good. Born in a poor farm family, it was naturally difficult for Lin Qingxuan to receive a good education. Lin Qingxuan only started learning English when he was in junior high school. At that time, the English teachers in rural schools could not speak English. He was transferred to receive training for a month and then came back to teach English. Their English teacher taught them the word "today" (today) and asked them to note the pronunciation "mound" next to "today" and forced the students to write it down. For "yesterday" (yesterday), write "also a mound", and for "tomorrow" (tomorrow), write "earth road". Lin Qingxuan said that he would remember these three words all his life, but it also gave him a good inspiration at that time: It does not matter if it is a mound today, and it does not matter if it was a mound yesterday, but it cannot be a mound tomorrow. It is best to change tomorrow. It becomes a dirt road.

Although he grew up in a remote countryside, he loves words very much. Every time he reads a book, he feels it is extremely precious. He holds it, pillows on it, and reads it carefully. After the third grade of elementary school, he had to hold a book every day before he could fall asleep; he had to read a good article every day before he would sleep. Gradually, he established an ambition: to be a writer when he grew up. However, when he told his father this wish, he was slapped by his father.

His father asked him what he wanted to do when he grew up. He said that he must be a respected writer when he grew up. My father asked what a writer did. He said that a writer is someone who mails out articles he writes and then sits at home waiting for someone to pay him for the post. After hearing his childish explanation, his father was very angry. He slapped him on the spot and scolded him: "You silly boy, what good things are you thinking about? There is no such good thing in this world. If there is, I will go first." If you do it, it won't be your turn, and I guarantee that your ideal will not come true!"

However, his father's denial of his ideal did not stop him from moving towards his ideal. Twenty years later, through unremitting efforts, he turned his ideals into reality one by one.

◆The hard work and happiness of being a writer

Regarding the identity of a writer, Lin Qingxuan once answered in his book " Live a Happy Life":

Someone asked me: Being a writer is the hardest part. What is the happiest thing?

The most difficult thing is that we are on a lonely journey. Whether we are happy or suffering in life, we all complete it by ourselves under the lonely light.Even if someone shares it, it will take a long time, unlike a singer who sings on stage and gets immediate appreciation and applause.

Because of loneliness, we must inspire our own enthusiasm, persist in our own will, and embrace our own ideals.

I remember that when I was young, I wrote a column for a magazine for a year. At the end of the year, my boss gave me two manuscript papers and said: "Our magazine has been losing money, so we have no money to pay you!" In the second year, I continued to write columns for them. Very few writers today can achieve such enthusiasm and persistence, and even fewer can work hard for more than forty years.

Fortunately, being a writer is not only about hard work, but also about deep happiness.

What happiness do writers strive for?

First of all, it is to constantly look for a higher realm of thought. Just like climbing a mountain, from the valley to the mountainside, and then from the mountainside to the top of the mountain, the experience and scenery are different at each stage. Most people's ideological training ends when they graduate from school. Unlike a writer, he can keep climbing up to the top.

This is exactly what Zen means by "standing on a high mountain."

Secondly, a writer's happiness comes from constantly exploring the deeper possibilities of the soul. Especially prose writers, because of writing, they must face, sort out, and review their own hearts every day, go deep bit by bit, and see their own hearts truthfully. As a result of meditating on my own mind every day, I am able to shrink myself without any regrets. When the crowd is silent, I can maintain my high pitch. When the crowd is noisy, I still strive to sing a clear sound.

This is exactly what Zen means by "walking deep under the sea".

The third happiness of a writer is to share his life with the destined person.

Many of my works have been included in primary school Chinese textbooks, such as "Race against Time", "Mahogany", "The Shoemaker's Son", "The Lily in the Heart Blooms"...and even more have been included in middle school textbooks, like "The makeup of life ", "Plum Blossom", "Pure Lotus"... In the past twenty years, more than hundreds of millions of children have read my articles? Some of these works were written thirty years ago, and some were written ten or twenty years ago, but now they can be shared with countless people. I think about them all night long, and they always move me deeply! What other job in the world is happier than being a writer?

This is exactly what the poet said: "Thousands of years later, hundreds of articles will survive, and not a single word will be unclear."

These three kinds of profound happiness enable me to create unremittingly. I hope that I will not only have positive energy, but also provide positive energy to readers, so that readers can live and explore with joy on the rugged road of life.

◆Master of prose, witty words

Lin Qingxuan's prose is full of Zen ideas, which often leaves readers with endless aftertaste. What is little known is that Lin Qingxuan is a humorous person in real life. Especially when he gives speeches in colleges and universities, he is full of witty remarks and often makes students laugh. Of course, sometimes, the words in his speeches are Humor is not just to make people laugh and liven up the atmosphere, but to point out the true meaning of life through laughter, so that everyone can dare to face the bleak life.

Although Lin Qingxuan's writing is beautiful, his image is not really beautiful.

Once, Lin Qingxuan visited Lion Rock in Chengdu and gave a speech entitled "Life Must Be Wonderful" to the students of Sichuan Normal University . He made fun of himself at the beginning: "My son wrote an essay when he was a child, and the title was 'My "Ideal", my son wrote in it, "I want to be a scientist, a doctor, a teacher, a sailor, an entrepreneur. There are so many careers I want to have, so I can't decide for the moment, but the only thing that can be determined is Yes, I will definitely not be a writer in the future. I curiously asked my son why, aren’t writers good? My son’s answer surprised me. My son said, I am not a writer, I want to protect my hair... "After telling this story, Lin Qingxuan raised his hand and touched his bare head. Suddenly, the students in the audience were amused by this master of self-deprecating prose.

Lin Qingxuan is used to making fun of his own appearance in his speeches. When I was invited to give a speech at Hebei University of Finance. The venue was packed with people, and even the aisles were packed with people. Everyone wanted to catch a glimpse of the master of prose, Mr. Lin Qingxuan.When the short and slightly bald Lin Qingxuan appeared on the scene, the whole place was in an uproar. One girl exclaimed with disappointment: "Is this Lin Qingxuan? Why does Lin Qingxuan look like this? He is simply the Fire Cloud Evil God!" "Although the audience was shocked, Lin Qingxuan still walked onto the podium with a smile. The podium was a multimedia table-type podium. After Lin Qingxuan sat down, he was completely blocked by the high podium. Everyone could only hear his voice but not see his person. While everyone was in shock, Lin Qingxuan stood up and said self-deprecatingly: "This table is a bit high!" The whole audience couldn't help being amused. Lin Qingxuan then joked: "In order for everyone to appreciate my 'handsome' appearance up close, let me stand under the stage and accept the 'baptism' of my classmates' sharp eyes!" After that, Lin Qingxuan walked off the podium, Standing in front of everyone, the entire audience was amused by his humorous words and actions.

◆ People who read will not suffer from insomnia

As for what modern people often say, "I really don't have time to read," Lin Qingxuan said that there will definitely be time for reading. He said that he has two very simple ways to read, that is, you must read every day, preferably before going to bed. He will always hold a book before going to bed. This habit has been for decades. He reads it all the time before going to bed. "I must read something that touches me before I go to sleep." There are many kinds of touching, such as touching by concepts or touching by words, and touching by stories. As long as you feel good, you will be very satisfied and go to sleep with a smile. Then while sleeping and thinking, the touching point will gradually expand, and I will find this book very interesting. Lin Qingxuan also gave a solution to insomnia: Many people suffer from insomnia, but people who study will not suffer from insomnia, because they fall asleep when they are tired from reading.

"I usually like to read classic books the most," he said when talking about how to choose books now. The popular "shallow reading" is not a good phenomenon. After "shallow reading" for a long time, people's ideas and vision will also change. To put it bluntly, modern people need to use classics to achieve a profound life. "Only classic books that have withstood the test of time and space will have a profound impact on the human spirit." Whether it is online literature or traditional writing, Lin Qingxuan has His own criteria for judging, "A good work must have deep feelings, beautiful longings and romantic feelings, making people feel warm, see hope and gain knowledge after reading it."

Lin Qingxuan feels that "you cannot waste time at this age. ", because your life is limited, you cannot spend too much time choosing a variety of books. He said that when he was young, it was "a thousand cups of wine with a close friend, but few cups", but at this age, "a thousand cups of wine with a close friend, few cups". So you have no time to waste, your confidants are getting fewer and fewer, and the same is true for books, which are also your confidants. When you are young, you absorb a lot of things. Now because your life is limited, you should use it in the most useful part. Therefore, most people can choose books whose temperament matches yours, books that can inspire you, books that can make you happy, and books that make you richer. He also compared it, "When I watch a movie now, I will decide whether to continue watching it for about ten minutes. If it doesn't look good in the first ten minutes, I will stand up and leave because I have no time to waste."

Lin Qingxuan said that real reading can help people escape from "emergency", slow down, and seriously think about truly important issues, such as, what is the meaning of being in the world? What is the intrinsic value of a person? What exactly can bring you ultimate happiness? (Source: "Living Life with Joy" by Lin Qingxuan/Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House, "Yilin Original Edition·Narration" by A Zheng, "Friends of Junior High School Students·Middle Year Issue" by Li Qinghuan, "Southern Fujian Style" 》Wang Yong/Text)