Appreciation and Analysis of Yu Qiuyu's Prose fishing

Last summer, my wife and I bought tickets to join a folk tour group from Mudanjiang to Vladivostok, Russia. The main strength of Vladivostok lies in the sea. Our hotel faces the sea. Every day, in addition to watching the sea from the balcony, we have to go down to the outermost edge of the coast again and again and quietly.

The sea of Vladivostok is different from other places, and the dark gray haze reveals great horror. We squinted our eyes, shrank our necks into our collars, and immediately became poor worms under the cold dignity of nature. In fact, not only we, but also seagulls hovered on the shore and dared not fly far away. Four or five hounds barked at the waves on the beach, but only a few barks and then fled back. After escaping back, he turned back and barked, and there was this mournful bark forever in the whining wind until the middle of the night. Only a few warships are faintly in the sea fog. When the sea fog is thick, they are light, and when the sea fog is light, they are thick. Sometimes they think that they have sailed away. When they look intently, they show no sign of moving for a few days, just like icebergs. We talked at the seaside, trying to keep our voices as low as possible, for fear of alarming something.

In a small corner, we found that there were two old people fishing, one fat and one thin.

The fat old man winked at us at the sound of footsteps as a greeting. He turned around and raised his fishing rod to us. It turned out that there were six small hooks hanging from his fishing line, each with a small fish. He picked off six small fish and put them in the bucket beside him, then got off the hook again, and in less than half a minute he raised the pole again, and six more hung on it. In this way, he busily hooked up, and my wife approached to see that there was already half a bucket of small fish in the bucket.

Oddly enough, the thin old man who was only two meters away from him remained motionless. Why didn't a fish take the bait? Is wondering, the water wave gently move, he slowly rose the rod, no fish, but a look at the hook is huge, the original only want to catch big fish. In his eyes, the fat old man busily caught a lot of fish, which was basically ruining the angler's choice standard and dignified image. Great anglers are human representatives who sit and negotiate with the sea, rather than waiting for each other's trivial handouts.

Every time the fat old man picks fish from the pole, he glances at the thin old man with the corner of his eye, as if to say, "just go on like this, great negotiator!" The thin old man only answered with the stillness of clay sculpture and wood carving.

Both of them were mocking each other, and neither of them gave in to the other.

Soon after, the fat old man got up, picked up a bucket full of fish and left, happily making a grimace at us, but did not even laugh, and made a triumphant return like a winner. The thin old man was still sitting, the setting sun shining on his stubborn body, and he despised his companion's shallowness with his back. As the twilight faded, we had to go back. After a long walk, we saw that the thin figure was still confronting the sea. At this time, the sea has become more ferocious and dim. The dog barked louder and louder and the night began.

The wife said: I already understand why one is so fat and the other is so thin. One is more material, the other is more spiritual. The spirit of the world is always stubborn and thin, isn't it?

I said: good point. But it can also be said that one is the beauty of comedy and the other is the beauty of tragedy. They criticize each other every day, but together they are complete human beings.

Indeed, they are inseparable from each other. If there are no thin old people, how can the harvest of fat old people be proved? What is the point of being a thin old man without a fat old man? There are many fish in the sea, whose harvest is not worth mentioning; the sea has a long history, whose persistence is an instant. Therefore, their value must be proved by their opponents. We can imagine how frightened it will be one day when the fat old man will not see the thin old man, or the thin old man will not see the fat old man. In this sense, the biggest opponent, that is, the biggest friend, is difficult to separate.

The two old people are in good health. I think at this moment, they must still be sitting by the sea, like two permanent sculptures that make up Vladivostok in our hearts.

Appreciation of works

The narrative is true and the truth is in place.

The article "fishing" seems to be narrative on the surface, but in fact it is reasonable. From the point of view of the way of writing, it first leads to the two anglers, fat and thin, and then not writing about the two old people fishing, but depicting their psychological activities, one positive and one negative, one happy and quiet, one active, in sharp contrast. It is precisely through this philosophical comparison that the author turns his pen to the commonness of everything in life and world, which sets off and coordinates with each other. In this way, the theme of the article has been sublimated and the depth of the article has been greatly advanced. Of course, each person has his own opinion, so the author grasps this point and writes his wife's opinion and his own opinion. But there is one thing, after all, is to verify their own point of view: the biggest opponent is the best friend. However, this is a common fact of criticism in life. The author reveals this point by the angler, which is both interesting and deep. From this point of view, this is a beautiful prose with true narrative and true feelings.

There is an image in the comparison.

The author expresses his views through the different pursuits of two old people, one fat and one thin. First of all, the appearance of the fat old man and the thin old man is carried on in the contrast, but this kind of contrast causes the character to enrich gradually. Neither of the two old men has ever said a word, but only through his movements and eyes, he makes the reader see two people with completely different pursuits. The two old people, one fat and one thin, are already the beginning of a sharp contrast. At the same time, it also reminds readers of the difference in their lives. Fat old people should belong to people with a better material life, while thin old people are probably poorer. The contrast between the two people sitting side by side in the same place is even more striking. This is also the cleverness of the author. With the unfolding of the fishing plot, one constantly fished for small fish with six small hooks and one with a big hook, but could not catch a big fish. But the two are equally stubborn, and neither of them is satisfied with the other. In this sharp contrast, the characters are shown completely and vividly.

Although there is not much description of their appearance and action, and there is no language description, it is a big taboo of this kind of article according to convention. However, because of the comparison of the two images, readers gain a deep understanding of the characters.

Starting from the insipid narration, the article tells us that the perception of the philosophy of life in this article is a completely accidental discovery. It comes from an easy trip. Last year, my wife and I visited Vladivostok in Russia, where the sea was obviously different from the ordinary sea, he wrote: the dark gray haze reveals great horror. Squinting our eyes and shrinking our necks into our collars, we immediately became poor bugs under the cold and dignified dignity of nature. Then he described seagull barking dogs and warships, so that he explained what he had seen during his trip, and mainly played up the atmosphere, laying the groundwork for the following ambient atmosphere.

The background of a picture illustrating the philosophy of life has been painted, and the characters go on to appear, focusing on the anglers whose two protagonists appear in the author's field of vision, a fat and a thin old man.

The fat old man hung six small hooks on his fishing line, each of which caught a small fish; he put the small fish into the bucket and soon caught six more small fish; but the thin old man remained motionless, and he slowly got up his rod. It turned out that his fishing ditch was huge. He just wanted to catch big fish. When the fat old man returned with a full load, the thin old man caught nothing and was still confronting the sea.

We ordinary viewers must come to the conclusion that one is so fat and the other is so thin, because one is more material and the other is more spiritual. However, Yu Qiuyu is not limited to this. His thinking often has a new angle. He said: the fat old man busily fishing a bucket of small fish is ruining the standard image of anglers. The great anglers are human representatives who sit and negotiate with the sea, rather than waiting for the trivial alms of the sea. However, the author does not oppose the two, saying that one is the beauty of comedy, the other is the beauty of tragedy, and they criticize each other every day. But it adds up to be a complete human being.

The author said: it is true that they are inseparable from each other, there is no fat old people, what is the point of keeping thin old people? The sea is full of fish, and no one's harvest is worth mentioning; rhubarb has a long history and whose persistence is instantaneous, so their value must be proved by their opponents, and one can imagine what a panic it will be if one does not see each other one day. In this sense, the biggest opponent is also the biggest friend.

Speaking of which, some people may ask, why does Mr. Yu not regard his opponent as a friend? Wait a minute, opponents are interdependent and no one can do without each other, while those who scold Qiuyu rely on Yu, while Mr. Yu does not rely on them. How can the former publish a book and become famous without Mr. Yu, so they are neither opponents nor friends.

In the article, the author's multi-faceted way of thinking reflects Yu Qiuyu's erudition and wisdom, as well as his profound writing skills.

Yu Qiuyu's unique way of thinking seems not difficult, but it is actually very difficult to maintain this ability in all his works, but Yu Qiuyu did it.