Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Heart of the Peach Source of Landscapes, the Heart of Wood and the Heart of Epicurus

Thursday night is not young, in fact, it is already Friday, at this moment, this world will not stop, but it has nothing to do with me, people are in the sky, Ha Lu Ha, flash people, see you at midnight.

Midnight, twelve o'clock onwards. How can you say that people are in the sky? When the author was soaking in the hot springs that day, the music emperor Tianjiaolong was also soaking in the hot springs.

When the author suddenly felt that fate was very profound and mysterious, and life was very vibrant, the goddess of fate and the goddess of life jumped on the paper.

You don't see that when the author seems to fall into the endless darkness, when he experiences the divine from the darkness of the creation and breaking, and when he does not sleep until dawn, the dark king has been born.

You don't see many times when the author appears in the book as a real life character, and you should have already discovered that the biggest character in the novel is the author of the "real" novel.

There should be no one who has seen the present from the beginning, including the author Long Yinyue herself. If there is such a gentleman, I also admire the five bodies and cry bitterly. Fortunately, there should be no one who can move the author to fall one after another.

The author thought about it, tomorrow (Saturday), that is, during the day today, if I don't participate in my friend's birthday party, the hermit will read the book, and I haven't finished reading a book for a long time.

A person is most like a person when he is most in pain. A pure and virtuous person is Meng Des Yu when he enters the WTO, and Tao Yuanming is born. Voltaire was a poet when he left France and a saint when he returned to France.

He believes less and hopes more. You believe more, hope less.

Mu Xin, Sun Muxin (1927-2011), formerly known as Sun Pu. The word Yangzhong, the number Muxin, the pen name Mu Xin, Wuzhen, Jiangtong Township, Zhejiang, is a famous painter, writer and poet.

His student Chen Danqing admired: "Mr. Mu Xin's own temperament and endowment will be outstanding in any era." "A group of famous contemporary painters and writers are deeply influenced by his art.

"What is a new element of a wooden-hearted landscape? It is a mood and style, similar to the brightly lit space of Nordic prints, a brilliant Renaissance work.

There is no doubt that under the harsh conditions of the artist's handling of materials (Cultural Revolution), Muxin's landscape has the brilliance of escape.

But also the sensual images of an artist – the elegy – Alexandra, Munro. Principal Curator of Lincoln Center. It is a fact that these landscape paintings are a kind of "requiem for the culture of the past in China." It presents how Chinese art and literary people use the Western spirit as an attempt to pay tribute to the irreversible memories of the past. ”——HiltonKramer。 "Chinese Prisoners Revitalize Their Clothes"

"He's like a god from ancient times – in a sense. Mu Xin's world. The delicate, the glittering, the intellectual, the wandering but the world that is disturbed by beauty and spiritual inquiry.

By the time he unfolded his indifferent, charming scroll of words, it had already collapsed and vanished, "the world has long been refined to the point of waiting for destruction"—he was like a lone witness. Like a hollow valley sound, like a hostage of "a civilization that should have been beautiful".

Sometimes sad and contemplative, sometimes sincere tantrums, sometimes laughing like a wicked child, sometimes playing that beautiful story and forgetting oneself, sometimes steep and carried, sometimes sad. —Taiwan Engraving Magazine.

"Mr. Mu Xin is an all-round artist, and his novels have long touched on the issues often discussed in modern Western novels, including disappointment, regret, repentance and remembrance, and also discuss how people can stand in the modern wasteland and still maintain the dignity of civilized people. —Luo Yijun.

"But I saw his 50-year-old photo very, very strange, strange where, that 50-year-old photo, don't you think this person seems to have been in prison, many writers who just came back from the Cultural Revolution in 1978, it is inevitable that their bodies will be a little hunched forward, a little bent, it is inevitable that they will be a little depressed, a little lost, a little scared, a little worried, a little frightened, a little confused, but Mu Xin is not, his whole state you think his spirit is very full, so strange, so strange a strange person. —Hong Kong writer Leung Man-to.

("Now it's popular 'little fresh', Mu Xin is a little 'old fresh' In fact, Mu Xin's little cleverness is also quite good, just like a wind chime, jingling, very pleasant, but "Mu Duo Jin Sheng" is shocking, not the kind of jingle of wind chimes.) —Zhang Ning, mainland commentator)

Epicurus (?π?κουρο?, 341–270 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and the founder of the Epicurean school. Epicurus succeeded in developing the hedonism of Aristippus. The main purpose of his doctrine is to achieve a state of undisturbed tranquility.

Epicurus moved to Athens at the age of 18 and then traveled to Asia Minor, where he was influenced by the philosophy of Democritus, and in 307 BC began to establish a school in Athens that was active until his death.

Legend has it that the school lived in his house and courtyard, completely cut off from the outside world, and was therefore known as the "Garden Philosopher".

It is said that at the entrance to the courtyard there is a sign that reads: "Stranger, you will live a comfortable life here." It is the best thing to enjoy here. ”

Epicurus believed that the greatest good comes from happiness, and that there is no good without happiness. Happiness includes physical pleasure as well as spiritual pleasure.

Epicurus distinguishes between positive and negative pleasures and considers negative pleasure to take precedence, as "a narcotic ecstasy in a state of aboredom."

At the same time, Epicurus emphasized that when we consider whether an action is interesting or not, we must also consider its side effects.

While pursuing short-term pleasures, it is also necessary to consider whether it is possible to attain greater, more persistent, and more intense pleasures. He also emphasized that physical pleasures are mostly imposed on us, while spiritual pleasures can be at our disposal, so making friends, appreciating art, etc., is also a pleasure.

The desires of the ego must be tempered, and a peaceful state of mind can help us endure suffering.

Epicurus believed in Democritus' atomism, but he did not believe that the motion of atoms was governed by the laws of nature. Epicurus denied religion and God as the supreme law-maker, and therefore despised the principle of necessity.

The Epicurean Paradox is one of its famous legacies. Epicurus also agreed with Democritus about the "soul atom", arguing that after death, the soul atom leaves the body and scatters in all directions, so that there is no life after death.

"Death has nothing to do with us, because as long as we exist, death does not come, and when death comes, we cease to exist," he said. "Epicurus considered the fear of death irrational. For the knowledge of oneself about death is the ignorance of death itself.

Epicurean's doctrine did not develop a scientific tradition, but its free-thinking attitude and practice against superstition were always revered by some members of the upper classes in the early Roman Empire. Today, the word "Epicurean" has taken on a pejorative connotation, used to describe those who seek pleasure.

Stoicism, also known as Stoicism, is a school of philosophy founded by the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno around 305 BC.

The name of the school, Stoa, comes from the Stoapuikile (colonnade on the roof), and it is said that they used to give lectures and meet under this building.

The history of philosophy generally divides the Stoics into three periods.

The Stoics divided philosophy into logic, physics, and ethics.

Their basic proposition is that the universe is absolutely rational, and that reason provides "commonnotions" so that everyone has a common experience, so as to form a standard of knowledge and truth.

They also believe that the world is rational, and that people are part of the world of reason, and that rational judgment should be avoided from being influenced by emotions.

Their goal in life is to conform to the rationality of this world, that is, to attain a virtuous life, and to regard restraint, contentment, and calm (a kind of indifference to external things) as virtues.

In addition, they also believe in "predestination," which means that everything that has been predetermined is a result of what has been done before (antecedents).

In addition to moral values, duty, and justice, the Stoics also emphasized the spirit of self-determination. (To be continued......)