The Life of the Characters in Yukio Mishima's Works

Yukio Mishima was born into a declining aristocratic family. His grandfather, Hiraoka Qiaotaro, was originally born in the countryside, belonging to the lowest level of losing land. Later, he was admitted to Imperial University in Tokyo. After graduation, he stepped into politics, and served as the governor of Fukushima Prefecture and the head of Huatai Hall successively, so he was able to marry his wife, Mishima's grandmother Gai Na Xia, who was born in a famous family. Yong Jingxia was born in a famous samurai family and spent her childhood in the palace. Her experience deeply influenced Mishima's aristocratic complex in the future. Grandma Xia Zi was born in a famous family and often took him to see Nengli and Kabuki performances. Later, Mishima was able to write the Japanese classical opera "Modern Freehand brushwork Collection", which reflected the thoughts and feelings of Chun Xue's declining aristocrats and was inseparable from the influence of this grandmother.

Mishima's grandfather was hit by his involvement in political struggle, and later turned to industry, but his family went from bad to worse after repeated failures. Mishima's father, Hiroshi Hiraoka, worked in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry after graduating from Imperial University in Tokyo, but he was just a mediocre little official. So grandma with strong personality pinned her hope of reviving the family on her newborn grandson Mishima.

Mishima, six years old, entered the primary school of the Royal School (equivalent to the primary school level) at the insistence of her grandmother, and published poems and haiku works in the internal publications of the college. 12 years old, after graduating from primary school, he entered the technical secondary school and worked in the literature and art department. 1937 published the prose work "Spring Grass Copy ~ Memories of Primary School" in July of the Academy's Furenhui Magazine 159 (Reflections on Spring Grass Copy ~ Primary School).

1938, Mishima published his first short story "Rumex" (Rumex (すかぽぅ) ~ Akihiko) in the first issue of Furenhui magazine. The following year 1939 (showa 14), her influential grandmother died on June+10/8, 65438 at the age of 64. In the same year, World War II officially started, but the greatest influence on Mishima's creative career should be that he met Shimizu Xiong Wen, who was his Chinese teacher. From 65438 to 0940, Mishima began to publish haiku and poetry works including Gardenia (くちなし) in the name of "Qingcheng in Hiraoka". He is very creative in poetry, and often writes several poems a day. In the same year, in issue 166 of Fu Jen Association magazine, he published another short story, Painted Glass. 194 1 year, Mishima, 16 years old, was elected as the editor-in-chief of Furenhui magazine, and began to write the novella "Forest with Flowers Blooming" (Hua Sen). At that time, his Chinese teacher Shimizu read his works and praised them greatly. Since then, he has published many works in this magazine. 1942, he chose the college preparatory course of higher liberal arts class B in the academy to continue his studies, majoring in German, and continued to exchange literature and culture with friends, thus being influenced by Japanese romantic literature.

1944 World War II entered the final stage, and the situation in Japan began to turn for the better. Yukio Mishima also received the notice of conscription inspection, and decided that it was the second position, so it needed to wait for conscription at any time. In the same year, he graduated from the senior department of the institute with the first place, and was awarded a silver watch by the Emperor and three literary books by the Japanese ambassador to Germany. 1944 10, Yukio Mishima's short story "The Blooming Forest" was printed and published by Zhang Qi College and became his first novel. Since then, he has officially entered the field of professional writers from an amateur literary creator. The following month, he was recommended to study law in the Faculty of Law of Imperial University of Tokyo, majoring in German law, and because of this status, he was temporarily exempted from the necessity of enlisting in the army.

1945, the Japanese were at the end of the war, and Yukio Mishima was finally drafted into the army. First, I went to Gunma Arsenal, which belongs to Nakajima Aircraft, to do hard training and mobilization, and then I was formally drafted into the army. However, due to a bad cold before preparing for the war, the military doctor was misdiagnosed as lung disease and was immediately sent back to his hometown. After his original troops arrived in the Philippines, they were seriously damaged in the war and almost completely annihilated, which made Mishima always have some kind of regret that he should have died heroically for his country, which may be related to his fierce political views and his dramatic suicide in the end. Although it escaped the fate of death, 1945 was a very painful year for Mishima. /kloc-in August of 0/5, Japan declared defeat and surrender. Four days later, Mishima's literary friend committed suicide in the Malay Peninsula as a lieutenant. In the same year, Mishima's sister Mitsuko died of typhoid fever on1October 23rd at the age of 17. All kinds of blows have plunged Mishima into a low tide of life. 1946, Yukio Mishima, at the age of 2 1, got rid of his inner pain by continuing to write. He took the novella Zhong Shi and the short story Tobacco to Kamakura to visit the then Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata. Under the recommendation of Yasunari Kawabata, Tobacco was published in the sixth issue of Renren, a magazine of Kamakura Library to which Yasunari Kawabata belongs, and Mishima also obtained the qualification to participate in Kamakura Library freely, frequently appearing on Renren.com.. With the help of Yasunari Kawabata, Yukio Mishima finally gained the status of a member of the literary world, so Yasunari Kawabata was an important figure who was both a teacher and a friend, and their friendship even implicated his death.

From 65438 to 0947, Mishima graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Tokyo, passed the Senior Civil Service Examination, and then worked in the Ministry of Finance, working in the National Savings Section of the Bank Bureau. During this period, he also participated in the editing of Finance, an internal magazine of the Finance Institute of the Ministry of Finance, and continued to publish his works in various literary journals. 1948 In September, in order to concentrate on his writing, he decided to resign from the Ministry of Finance and start his career as a full-time writer. After his resignation, he first completed and published his first novel, The Thief (published by True Light Society), and began to write a new book, Confessions of a Masked Face, which was officially published in Fu Zi in July 1949. This is the first novel published by Yukio Mishima as a professional writer.

1950, Mishima published the novel Longing for Love (published by Xinchao Society). During this period, he began to try to take real social events as the object of creation. For example, at that time, he began to write the novel "Blue Times" (Qing Dynasty). The story is based on a local college student who became a bank president and finally committed suicide because of failure. In July this year, a trainee monk set himself on fire and set fire to rokuonji in Kyoto. This event is also based on Mishima, making him the most representative and famous work in his life.

Besides poems, essays and novels, Mishima is also highly interested in the creation of China's traditional operas. He has written Rainbow (ぁやめ,1May 948), House of Fire (1June 948 +0654381October) and Lampstand (/kloc). /kloc-in 0/950, two operas, Worship of Ghosts and Modern Energy Collection, Handan (within the territory of かんたん) and Modern Energy Collection, were completed. In September this year,

It is normal for such a prolific writer to have Mishima as the original script, or to adapt his works to the big screen, but apart from the original film, Yukio Mishima also has a relatively unknown identity, that is, a film actor. His big-screen debut is Pure White Night, 195 1, which was filmed by Matsutake and directed by Hideo ?ba. Mishima starred in the original work and acted as a special performance in the film.

195 1 At the end of the year, Mishima published the first novels "Forbidden Color" (published by trendy society) and "Adventures of Xia Zi" (Xia Zi Maozhen, Asahi Shimbun). Among them, because the hero of Forbidden Color is a homosexual, which was a sensational theme in conservative Japanese society at that time, public opinion now regards the hero in the story as a hint to Mishima himself in sexual orientation. After filming the first film "Forbidden Color", Mishima was granted the status of a special correspondent for Asahi Shimbun with the cooperation of Takashi Kaji, director of Asahi Shimbun, and set sail from Yokohama on February 25th 1952 for a global tour, and returned to Japan on May 25th 1952. This trip is the first time Mishima has gone abroad in his life. For him, the aesthetic experience of western civilization gained in Greece may be the key to the great turning point of his works in the future. In June of 1952, he published the travel notes "The Cup of Apollo" (published by Asahi Shimbun), describing his experiences and views on beauty. 1952 was a productive year for Mishima, but because he traveled around the world, most of the works published this year were travel notes. However, he still did not forget the creation of pure literature, and soon after returning to China, he completed the second novel "Secret Music" (the second novel "Secret Music" ~ Forbidden Color, published by Xinchao Society in September of the following year). 1953, 65438+ 10, The Adventures of Xia Zi was also made into a film by Matsuzaka, and then the novel Made in Japan (Asahi Shimbun Made in Japan) was published, and I began to visit the novel Chao Sao in Mie Prefecture. The book "Chao Sao" was published by Xinchao Society in June, 1954, and filming began. 10 June, Dongbao was filmed and released. Novels and movies were well received after they were released. At the end of that year, Shinchao Society established the first Shinchao Society Literature Award, and Mishima won the first grand prize for his book "Chao Sao".

1955, 30-year-old Mishima felt her desire for beauty and began to exercise in the gym, in order to transform her weak body from childhood into a strong body, so that she was no longer troubled by physical inferiority. This mentality is actually related to his famous novel "Golden Pavilion Temple" written with great concentration this year, because the protagonist in the book is a teenager who is ashamed of his wretched appearance but advocates the ultimate beauty, which leads to inner distortion and disillusionment. It can be said that the author's thoughts in reality completely echo his creative content. 1956 is the most fruitful year in Mishima. After a year of immersion, Jingu Temple was published by Xinchao Society on 10, and the response was amazing. At the same time, his opera "Minglu Pavilion" was performed at the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the literary block, which can be said to be two-sided. However, he got to know Kojima of Japanese University Boxing Association and started boxing practice for eight months, which may be a special behavior. This year, Mishima's The Sound of Waves was translated into English (translator Meredith Weatherby) and published in the United States, which was the first time that his novel was officially translated into a foreign language.

1957 65438+ 10. In October, Mishima won the eighth Yomiuri Literature Award for his "Jingu". This year, Mishima began his high interaction with western literary circles. In this year, Tang Nuo Keane, a Japanese writer living in the United States, translated Mishima's Collection of Modern Freehand Music into English, published it in the United States, and specially invited Mishima to visit the United States, gave a speech at the University of Michigan on the topic "The Relationship of Japanese Literature and Western Literature", and then went to Latin. Mishima deeply appreciates the traditional Japanese bushido spirit and strict patriotism, and is very dissatisfied with the westernization of Japan's post-war society and the submission of Japanese sovereignty to foreign countries. Mishima 1965' s movie of the same name based on his novel Worrying about the Country predicted his ending. In the film, a Japanese captain loyal to the emperor committed suicide by cutting his belly after the failed coup in 1936. 1968, Mishima organized its own private armed forces-"Shield Society", claiming to preserve the traditional Japanese Bushido spirit and defend the Emperor. After a long period of preparation, Mishima put his coup plan into practice on1970165438+1October 25th. On the same day, Mishima delivered the last film of "Abundant Sea", and then led four members of SHIELD to kidnap the head of the division as a hostage at the Eastern Command of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force. Mishima delivered a speech to more than 800 officers of the Self-Defense Forces from the balcony of the General Director's Department, calling on the "real samurai" to join him in launching a mutiny, overthrowing the constitution denying that Japan has an army, and making the Self-Defense Forces a real army to defend the emperor and Japanese traditions, but no one responded.

Mishima then retreated indoors from the balcony and committed suicide by caesarean section according to the traditional Japanese ceremony. Yukio Mishima tied a headscarf with the words "Seven Born to Serve the Country" on his forehead, wrapped the part ready for abdominal incision tightly in a circle with white cloth, picked up the short knife Mishima knife of the Land Self-Defense Force Command, stabbed himself in the abdomen, cut out a big wound, and the intestines flowed out from the inside. Morita, one of the two members of S.H.I.E.L.D. who came with him, used the famous knife "Guan Sunliu" as Mishima's mistake, and cut off his head several times and failed.

Yukio Mishima couldn't bear the pain, so he tried to bite his tongue. The fourth introduction was made by Koga Haojing, a member of the Shield Society who had studied iaido, and finally succeeded. Later, Morita also committed suicide by caesarean section (also committed by Koga Haojing). The other three members were sentenced to four years in prison for "entrusted murder". When Yukio Mishima committed suicide by caesarean section, many writers rushed to the scene, only Kawabata Yasunari was allowed to enter, but no body was seen. This incident made Kawabata Yasunari very excited. He told the students, "I should be beheaded." 17 one month after Mishima committed suicide, he also chose to commit suicide with a gas pipe without leaving a suicide note. The two men committed suicide one after another, leaving countless questions for future generations.