Help ~ Cao Wenxuan's prose "The Front", some of which are sent to have a look, and introduce them by the way.

Wenxuan Cao

Where are they going? Home or far away However, whether they go home or travel far, they are all based on the same fact: they are on the road. Returning to China means that they have left home before this. Traveling far is far from home.

People have an irresistible desire to leave home.

Before human beings had the consciousness and form of home, ancestors lived in almost endless migration. Today, we can always see the grand scene of animal migration in American wasteland or African wasteland on TV: they keep running, crossing mountains, crossing the Gobi desert and swimming across rivers, during which they are attacked and chased by wild animals from time to time, or fall off a cliff and drown in rapids. However, no obstacle or hardship can stop this huge and inspiring migration. The front line is calling them, and they have to go forward bravely. In fact, human ancestors also spent a long time in this migration.

Later, mankind had a home. However, the previous habits and desires are still not dead. People have to leave home and even travel far.

There is a vast and boundless world outside. The world is full of hardships and dangers, yet it is colorful and exciting. The outside world can broaden our horizons and expand and develop ourselves. It always lures people out of their homes. People will get the pleasure of life from it, or satisfy their uncontrollable vanity in the world. Therefore, people's hearts are always shouting: go, go!

Running away from home may be out of despair. There is no place for him at home, or there is no place for him at home. His heart or body or his heart and body are oppressed by his family. He must leave and fly away. Therefore, human beings have their own history, leaving countless stories of fleeing from their homes, going on the road together, dusty, tired and haggard all the way.

There is always a front in people's eyes and hearts. The scenery ahead is not clear, hazy as the moon in the fog, flashing like debris in the water. This kind of uncertainty, on the contrary, encourages people's fantasy of the front. The front excites them, makes them act, and puts them in a state of ecstasy. They seem to hear the bells calling them away and the exciting drums coming from the endless front. They walked tirelessly.

Therefore, there is a way in this world. In order to move forward quickly and go further, there is a boat, a carriage and this shabby and shabby car ahead.

This road connects the home with the front. People wandered along the road. Since ancient times, human beings have been fond of wandering. Of course, it can also be said that human beings have to wander. Wandering is not only out of nature, but also out of fate. It is fate that throws people on the road-metaphysically speaking. Because, even though many people have never left their homes, or have never been far away from their homes, deep down, they still feel homeless and they are walking on an endless road. The field is vast and empty, and there is only one way to the front in front of us and in our hearts.

People have long discovered that life is essentially a hard journey. People sitting in this car will start their journey in such a crowded carriage. We can imagine: the car roared and bumped on the bumpy road, shaking a car full of people, making people suffer all the way. The man looked out of the window with his chin in his hand, and his eyes showed all the confusion and loss of a man who was about to start a difficult journey. This kind of crowded car also appeared in Mr. Qian Zhongshu's Fortress Besieged. Mr. Feng Zikai has an essay, which is also devoted to this kind of old-fashioned car. His car broke down on the way, and it will never be repaired. He wrote down in detail the anxiety, helplessness, restlessness and dullness of the journey: it was really a hard journey. Of course, under this day, at the same time, many people may be traveling by luxury yacht, comfortable plane or train. They must be in a better mood than the people sitting in the car like sardines, right? If we abstract this figurative journey into a journey of adult life, we are all ascetics, regardless of each other.

The tragic nature of human beings is not that they always want to reach their destination but never reach it, but that when they are moving forward and wandering around, they will always miss their distant homes, hometown and hometown that they have not seen for a long time. [1] As the same song sings, the idea of going home has always been in my heart. Many pages of China's ancient poems are devoted to homesickness: "But I look to my hometown, and the twilight is fading? There is a sad mist on the river waves. " (Cui Hao) "Now, when I meet people near my village, I dare not ask a question." (Song Dynasty) "Looking back at my hometown, it's a long way." ("Nineteen Ancient Poems") "Going home in a dream, a few people on the Chunjiang River are still strict (Lu Lun)" I don't know where to play the flute, and I want to recruit people all night. " (Li Yi) "You must have been heartbroken before you returned to China." (Wei Zhuang) ... The inevitability of tragedy lies in: people can't go home; What's more, even after returning home, I still feel homeless. Cui Hao could have collected enough money to go home, so there is no need to be so sad. But he deeply knows that the home he misses in his heart is just an abstract feeling bred by the warmth and tranquility of home. The real home that can shelter from the wind and rain can't erase the feeling of homelessness in his heart. He can only look at the smoke on the river and appreciate the desolation in his heart.

Is home or endless wilderness in front of the people sitting in the car?

Cao Wenxuan's Ahead is really a beautiful essay. This article is worth pondering. Whether it is the author's novel conception, rich imagination, the combination of reality and fiction, or beautiful, concise and implicit writing, the enduring emotional charm has left a great aesthetic space, among which the greatest artistic charm and the most intriguing is the author's rich and profound care and compassion for the wandering and wandering feeling of human mind.

The author starts with photographic works, and if he only describes the picture directly, it lacks flavor. It's not surprising if he just imagines that people are eager to go home. However, the author uses reverse thinking: they are on the road. They have left home. Then he naturally pointed out the center of the article: people have an irresistible desire to leave home. As soon as this sentence came out, it immediately opened a new world and made readers shine. Mr. Cao Wenxuan, regardless of his studies.

Then the author begins with human ancestors who migrated endlessly for survival or out of nature. When people have a home, they still have to leave home or even travel far. Readers can't help wondering: Why? The author, like a wise elder, leads readers to think. According to his own experience and rich life experience, he lists three reasons: external temptation, helplessness and call from the front; The language is refined, clean, beautiful and subtle; The outside world is boundless, full of hardships, full of dangers, colorful and exciting.

Leaving home, wandering and wandering are common feelings in human hearts. There is a song that sings "The outside world is wonderful", which is very attractive to people trapped in the corner. People often don't know the real feelings of the outside world, draw many wonderful color blocks by imagination, often envy the wandering life, and always have an idea of "going out" in their hearts. Faced with everything they were already familiar with, they lost their original freshness. Naturally, it will make people feel bored. The uncertainty ahead makes people nervous and novel, excited and happy, afraid and eager, bid farewell to their hometown, seek ideals, pursue honor and start a career. This kind of vagrancy is like a misty poem, with a strong romantic color. Just as the author said, "People will get the pleasure of life in the world or satisfy their uncontrollable vanity", they kept shouting in their hearts: Go, go!

Wandering away from home is a human nature and an inherent need. Throughout the ages, I don't know how many people have wandered on the road in a foreign land. The most typical is Li Bai, a ranger poet. He has been traveling all his life, trying to make himself in the experience of "being in a foreign land" and become an endless wanderer. Sanmao, a strange girl, has traveled all over Qian Shan, and her life has experienced a tortuous road full of magic. Bing Xin At first, people paid attention to the image of a traveler. When the writer Ai Wu was unable to walk and was dying, he was still shouting "Mom, I want to travel far away". Nothing is more fascinating than traveling far away. That makes sense.

Starting from the ninth section, the article has a deeper meaning. Cao Wenxuan deserves to be called a "scholar writer" and likes philosophy, which makes him have a broader and deeper thinking about life. In many of his works, the persistence or emphasis on "compassion" shows his humanistic concern, which is more profound and heavy to read. The article wrote, "Wandering is not only out of nature, but also out of fate. It is fate that throws people on the road. " Not the real way, but the way of life. People came into the world because of fate. "Many people have never left home or been far away from home, but in their hearts, they still feel homeless and they are walking on an endless road." This sentence has richer connotation and turns to pay attention to people's mental state. The human body is at home, but the soul can't find a place to stay.

With the ninth section as the foundation, the deepening of the tenth section will naturally come. The author first points out that "life is essentially a hard journey". From this philosophical statement, he immediately turned his attention to taking pictures, describing the scene and imagining the inner activities of the travelers in the car. The style of writing is flexible, changeable and more aesthetic. It is also related to the crowded cars in Qian Zhongshu's Fortress Besieged. The arduous journey in one of Mr. Feng Zikai's essays: inner anxiety, helplessness, restlessness and dullness. Through imagination and association, the author implicitly expresses the "bitter" taste in the journey, so that readers can have a perceptual understanding in combination with their own experiences. Then, he wisely and profoundly pointed out that life is a hard journey, no matter what your life situation is, there is no essential difference, regardless of each other, it is a hard journey. The context is strict.

The author rediscovers the humanistic connotation of homeland thought: people's attachment and pursuit of homeland is actually their concern for their own mind and spirit, their pursuit of spiritual homeland, and their conversion to religion, holiness, piety and solemnity. The return of human spirit is the continuation and result of vagrancy. Therefore, although "Front" is written on the surface, it is essentially focused on returning to China. Therefore, the author can reveal this psychological state of human beings. Second, people can't go home; Third, even after returning to China, I still feel homeless.

Obviously, home here does not mean "a real home that can shelter from the wind and rain", but refers to people's spiritual home and shelter. This is a heavy nostalgic "return" emotion of street children. The experience of a foreign land is deeply intertwined with the sense of hometown, and the desire to wander and the sense of return complement each other. As a life paradox full of charm forever, people are at a loss. A heart is always drifting.

The author quotes Cui Hao's poem "But I look to my hometown, and the twilight is getting thicker? There is a sad mist on the river waves. " We know that Cui Hao's hometown is Kaifeng, which is not far from the Yellow Crane Tower. Why do you ask this question? Because "the home he misses is just an abstract feeling bred by the warmth and tranquility of his home", he still feels "homeless" even when he returns home. This kind of experience is the most vivid for a teenager who has run away from home. Song Wenzhi's "Crossing the Han River" has a saying that "I am close to my village now, and I dare not ask anyone". He has been homesick for many years. Once he goes home, he should be happier. However, the poet has realized that the real home is probably not the warm and ideal home I set up in my mind. Writer Sun Li once expressed this feeling in his prose "Hometown". He once wrote two old poems, "Every time I dream of going home, I know how to miss my hometown in the future." He said that he missed and respected his hometown more and more, but he didn't want to go back. It is impossible to go home and live. When people reach middle age, they don't know anyone. Meeting is just a few pleasantries, which is meaningless. Sun Li's mentality towards his hometown is complex and contradictory. He has clearly realized that even when he returns home, his thoughts are still wandering and he has no sense of belonging.

Nowadays, the pace of life is fast and changes rapidly, and people are busy with reality and rarely take care of their hearts. Spiritual activities and pursuits are ignored, indifferent, squeezed and exiled ... which makes people gradually move away from their frank and true nature. The rich material world can't make up for the extreme loneliness and emptiness of the spirit, so the longing that always exists in people's life is to return to their homes-to find spiritual homes. There are also many literati whose inner feelings are fictitious. Such as Tao Yuanming's Peach Blossom Garden, Li Lewei's Castle in the Air and Qi Jun's Square Garden, they are all looking for a quiet home: suitable for walking with their hearts, traveling with their eyes and accommodating their tired hearts.

In a word, the front is philosophical prose, with philosophical light and artistic spirit. Words are implicit and deep, "meaning is endless, beyond words." It has ulterior motives and charm. Mr. Cao Wenxuan has a saying that the power of beauty is greater than the power of thought, and he has always encouraged himself to write classic articles and beautiful articles. This article is unique in conception, profound in thought and beautiful in language.