1978 Synthetic Writers

Chapter 468 "Another Wrong Interpretation?!"

Changsha, Hunan.

"Why are there so many people here?" Yang Zhicun came to the Go class for children he ran and saw a crowd of people outside.

"Teacher Yang!"

Jiang Ruihua, another teacher in the children's class, looked at him and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness you're here. So many people came this morning. I don't know what to do."

"What are you here for?"

Yang Zhicun felt a tightness in his heart.

Could it be that something happened and the parents brought their children here to cause trouble?

"Yes, I registered!" said another teacher, Jiang Ruihua.

"Registered?"

Yang Zhicun looked at him strangely and pointed outside in disbelief, "Who are these people?"

"All of them!"

"my God"

Yang Zhicun slapped himself in the face and felt the pain, confirming that he was not dreaming.

He is the Go coach of the Hunan Go Team.

However, being a coach is a leisurely job and there is not much money to be made. So a few years ago, Yang Zhicun had the idea of ​​going into business and running a Go class to earn some extra money and train a group of Go talents.

With this idea in mind, Yang Zhicun started a Go class, which was also the first Go class for children in Hunan.

The result is that ideals are full, but reality is skinny.

After recruiting students from all over the province, we only recruited a dozen students in the end, and several of them left after attending a few classes.

There is no way. Go is too niche and cannot even be considered a sport.

The Go class was run for several years, and Yang Zhicun suffered losses for several years. He not only did not make any money, but also invested a lot of money.

Therefore, at this moment, I see a large number of students and parents coming to register outside the Go class.

Yang Zhicun felt it was quite unreal.

"Teacher, isn't this a Go school? What should we do? Why does that teacher say he doesn't want to accept students?"

"Yeah, if all these students inside can be taught, why can't our children be taught?"

"You have to accept it. We came all the way here, so we have to accept it for our child."

"Mom, I want to learn Go!"

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Being grabbed by the clothes and accused by the parents, Yang Zhicun was almost overwhelmed by this happiness.

In the past, he begged parents to sign up, but they all ignored him.

Today I am still begging to learn it!
"Collect! We'll all collect!"

After a busy day, Yang Zhicun and another teacher Jiang Ruihua finally had some free time. They prepared some cold dishes and opened a bottle of wine to drink.

"Oh my, I didn't expect that people's enthusiasm for Go would be so high after Nie Weiping's victory!"

"Yes, you mean in the past ten years, oh no, in the past hundred years, when has Go ever been so popular?"

"This is an unprecedented development! Only when we are paid attention to can we talk about development. Our Go finally has hope of rising."

"Hiss."

Yang Zhicun finished the white wine in his glass, looking very satisfied. "You said that all this is really amazing. If Japan hadn't organized this tournament, if Jiang Zhujiu hadn't been able to defeat five generals in a row, if Nie Weiping hadn't been able to defeat Kobayashi Koichi, if all this hadn't happened, there wouldn't be so many parents signing up today."

Jiang Ruihua nodded. "Yes, there are so many possibilities, but the most unexpected one happened."

"This is fate."

Yang Zhicun sighed, "I've been reading 'Heavenly Game' written by Jiang Xian recently. The novel is really well written. For example, the interpretation of 'Heavenly Game' by the outside world is not very good in my opinion. But there is a recent literary review by Li Jie, which I quite agree with."

"What's written about?" Jiang Ruihua was curious. He had also read "Tian Ju", a novel about Go, and thought it was written with great vigor and emotion, and it said that "man can conquer nature."

Yang Zhicun quickly found Li Jie's literary review, which was published in Wenhui Daily.

Jiang Ruihua took a look and commented: "'Negation of Man's Conquerable Nature' - Reading 'Heaven's Game'"

Although it is called "Tian Ju", in fact, the starting point of Li Ke's review is the novel collection "Tian Ju".

At the beginning, he explained that his understanding of the novel "Tian Ju" was divided into two levels.

The first level is after watching "The Heavenly Game".

The second level came after I read the novel collection “Tian Ju” published by Renwenshe.

Because the spiritual core of the six novels in "Tian Ju" can actually be strung together.

After reading the collection of novels, he suddenly realized that the meaning of "The Heavenly Game" was actually not what he had previously understood.

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It is said that chaos changes destiny and is half a step ahead of heaven.

Actually?

In fact, the people in the tent were sighing that this reckless man was like an ant trying to shake a tree, trying to fight against the sky with human power, so they sighed lightly and withdrew their hands slowly. Only when he withdrew his hands did Hun Dun's "reputation" come true.

In fact, for "Heaven", fame, fortune, victory or defeat, why would they care at all?
Hun Dun can defeat Heaven by half a step, but isn’t it because Heaven lets him win that he can win?

It seems that you have won the world, but in fact you have lost yourself.

In my opinion, what Jiang Xian wanted to write was never "Man can conquer nature".

But it's about knowing when to stop.

Life is like a game of chess. You should not stop when you should. You risk your life and property on one bet, thinking you can win, but in fact you lose miserably.

I once wondered why the protagonist of "The Heavenly Bureau" was named Hun Dun.

Who is Hun Dun?
Zhuangzi wrote: The emperor of the South Sea is named Shu, the emperor of the North Sea is named Hu, and the emperor of the Center is named Hun Dun.

The Great Emperor of the South Sea, Zhuan, and the Great Emperor of the North Sea, Hu, often met in the place of chaos.

Hun Dun entertained them sumptuously. Zhuan and Hu discussed how to repay Hun Dun's deep friendship. They said that everyone has seven orifices, namely eyes, ears, mouth and nose, for seeing, hearing, eating and breathing, but Hun Dun has none. So they tried to open the seven orifices for him.

The two men chiseled a hole in Hun Dun every day. After seven days, Hun Dun died.

This is the famous "Hun Dun died with seven orifices open".

The people who helped Hun Dun were Emperor Zhu of the South Sea and Emperor Hu of the North Sea. They thought they were repaying Hun Dun, but unexpectedly they killed him.

The same is true of the rough man named Hun Dun in "The Game of Heaven". Jiang Xian said that his chess skills are "natural", which clearly means that he follows the laws of nature and just needs to go with the flow.

As a result, Hun Dun became so deeply involved in the chess game that he lost his original intention.

The people who helped him were the chess masters who were watching the game. They were so eager to win that they actually gave Hun Dun an idea of ​​"using their own bodies to rob money".

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After reading the article, Jiang Ruihua was shocked for a long time.

If I say that after reading "The Heavenly Game", I felt like I was injected with a shot of chicken blood and became very excited.

At this moment, after reading Li Jie's analysis, thinking back to "The Heavenly Game", it was as if a basin of cold water was poured on me, and my hands and feet were cold.

Before this, perhaps because I was infected by the enthusiasm of the China-Japan Go Tournament, I felt a little excited and agitated when reading this novel.

Who would have thought that the message behind this novel is not as simple as man conquering nature. Man conquering nature?

wrong.

Know when to stop!

Think further.

The so-called "half a step ahead of heaven" contains two meanings, the persistence and desolation of risking one's life to fight for the sky.

The first level is the struggle and persistence of “knowing it is impossible but doing it anyway”.

The other level is that desires are insatiable and one crosses the "bottom line" when one should stop.

"Life is life."

Yang Zhicun sighed and said, "I have been studying the game in which Nie Weiping won half a move. At first glance, it seems incredible that he won against Kobayashi Koichi. In fact, Kobayashi's play was not very good. He could have killed Nie Weiping's black dragon in several moves, but he was just one move short. I heard that Kobayashi was very upset after the game. I think he also felt sorry for that game.

From this, we can see that Nie Weiping's 'half-point victory' was actually due to his consideration of Kobayashi Koichi's expression, which is why he won half a point. Rather than saying that Nie Weiping won over fate, it would be better to say that fate favored him.

"Fate."

The more Jiang Ruihua listened, the more he felt that the novel "Tian Ju" contained profound truths about the universe and life that were worth exploring.

At the same time, he became more and more convinced of the author Jiang Xian.

He remembered that the writer Jiang Xian was a young writer who had emerged in recent years and was clearly not very old.

But this writer has been able to write articles to a level that can be described as mysterious.

The novel "Tian Ju" reveals the depth of thought and artistic talent.

A rare genius!

An absolute genius!
"Teacher Yang, do you have the novel "The Heavenly Bureau"? Can you lend it to me to read?"

Since Li Jie’s literary review “‘The Denial of Man’s Conquerable Nature’ — Reading ‘The Game of Heaven’” was published in Wenhui Daily.

A trend of reinterpreting "The Heavenly Game" swept the entire literary world.

Back then, another novel that made the entire literary world reinterpret the novel was "You Have No Choice".

The movie "You Have No Choice" unexpectedly caused a large number of authoritative critics to collectively go against their will.

This time, it was also Jiang Xian's novel, "The Heavenly Game", that caused critics, including Feng Mu, to misinterpret the novel.

This is not because the critics are not good enough.

Because if you only read "Tian Ju", then there is no problem with Feng Mu and others' analysis of the novel.

One must read the six novels in the collection "Tian Ju" as a whole to understand that the connotation of the novel "Tian Ju" is not what was previously understood as "man can conquer nature."

“Know when to stop!”

This is what Jiang Xian really wanted to say.

Soon after, Nie Weiping, who had just won the competition, also mentioned the novel "Tian Ju" in a speech at a university.

When talking about this novel, he couldn't help but talk about his understanding of it.

"Man cannot defeat Heaven."

Nie Weiping said: "Even if all the Go masters since ancient times were gathered together, they would still lose to Tianbanzi.

I think the "天" written by Jiang Xian can be understood as the way of heaven. If applied to Go, it means the way of Go.

As Mr. Fujisawa Hideyuki, whom I just defeated, said, "There are a hundred ways to play chess, but I only know seven."

As a human chess player, it is absolutely impossible to beat nature.

The so-called 'winning half a move against heaven' is actually 'losing half a move against heaven'.

This is also the reasonable ending arranged in the book.

However, Hun Dun treated himself as a chess piece and a threat, which was how he won half the battle.

But if all the players are gone, how can the game continue? So this is not a victory, this is a complete defeat.

I think this is also what Jiang Xian wanted to express.

When playing chess, one must still follow the "natural law" and go with the flow. One cannot go against the will of heaven and oppose the reasonable with the unreasonable.

No matter how powerful it is, it is still chaos.

I think this is probably the meaning of the title of this novel.”

Nie Weiping's remarks suddenly raised the discussion level of "Tian Ju" to a higher level.

"Tian Ju" published by Renwen Press quickly gained great attention.

If we say that the popularity of the novel "Tian Ju" was largely due to the popularity of the China-Japan Go Challenge.

Now, the reason why "Tian Ju" published by Renwen Press has sparked such a huge discussion is not only because of the popularity of the China-Japan Go Challenge, but also because the novel has really attracted readers with its content.

Each of the six novels is wonderful, and when the six novels are combined together, they burst out with a magnificent and majestic power, which in turn leads people to think about fate, the world, and life.

Shanghai, Harvest editorial office.

"I'll go ask Jiang Xian for the manuscripts right now. Any of these articles, 'Fast Horse', 'Mystery of Death', 'Star of Disaster', 'Saint', or 'God of Gamblers', will do. I will make sure one of them is published in 'Harvest'!" Li Xiaolin said hurriedly.

This book "The Heavenly Game" was mailed to her by Jiang Xian. In recent years, Jiang Xian would send a copy of every work he published to Li Xiaolin.

Of course, the person Jiang Xian was going to give it to was definitely not her, but Mr. Ba Jin who was behind Li Xiaolin.

After getting "Tian Ju", Li Xiaolin was immediately attracted to the novel.

First of all, it is beautifully made.

The cover of the novel and the magnificent illustrations in the novel immediately attracted Li Xiaolin's attention.

Great drawing!
Those mountains and rivers located between the chessboard.

The fierce game between black and white, the two pressed and covered each other, repeatedly intertwined, accompanied by a column of blood, rendering the world magnificent.

After reading "The Heavenly Game", Li Xiaolin could no longer restrain his love for the novel.

You know, since the 50s, the most mainstream idea in the country has always been "man can conquer nature."

The idea of ​​"knowing when to stop" revealed in the novel "The Heavenly Game" was the first time that someone in China reflected on the concept of "man can conquer nature".

"As expected of Jiang Xian." Li Xiaolin said with admiration.

After being freed from its shackles, "avant-garde literature" has recently become popular in the literary world, and a large number of avant-garde writers have emerged.

But in Li Xiaolin's view, no matter how avant-garde these writers are, they are nothing but little brothers in front of Jiang Xian.

They are pioneers.

Jiang Xian is a troublemaker.

Take the various cultural trends that have emerged in the country in recent years. Seventy percent of them were initiated by this guy, and in the remaining thirty percent, Jiang Xian also played an indispensable role.

Even the term "avant-garde literature" was coined by this guy.

While Harvest was getting restless, the contemporary, October, and Yanjing Literature in Beijing, Shanghai Literature in Shanghai, and Huacheng, Zhongshan, and Shanhua in the south.
The top domestic magazines all sent editors directly to Beijing.

I want the manuscript!
"Fast Horse", "Death Mystery", "Disaster Star", "The Saint" and "God of Gamblers" have never been published in literary journals!

Whoever grabs it first owns it!

Jiang Xian, who is the object of competition, is worried about another thing at the moment.

(End of this chapter)