Natsume, I am a cat. Who can tell me?

Natsume Soseki was brilliant all his life. He only created for ten years, but left a series of treasures. All his works generally reflect the painful and uneasy soul of an intellectual in Meiji period, and reflect his difficult exploration and painful torture between eastern thinking and western civilization, between illusory ideals and cruel reality, and between pedantic conservatism and money worship.

The early authors advocated sketching and described nature and life as a sketch. It is required to get rid of the dirty customs of the world of mortals, write the truth, goodness and beauty of "a land without me", and oppose naturalism crawling in the dark reality. Therefore, of course, his early works are mainly realistic, but romantic, gorgeous, passionate, eloquent and interesting. In the mid-term, although I advocated writing extraordinary and ethereal sketches, I still couldn't get rid of my deep sorrow for the world, and my inner bitterness was condensed in my pen. Therefore, the style of writing has also become more realistic and has a new depth. In the later period, I was so disgusted with the materialistic and selfish reality that the fantasy of "going private in the future" became the norm in people's minds. But that utopia, even he can't imagine what it would be like. The writing style of his later works is desolate and dignified, and the metaphor is exquisite.

The literature of every nation or country, on the whole, is a portrayal of the temperament, personality, wisdom and feelings of that nation or country, just like a vast river, which is a reflection of national history. ...

I am a cat, and I don't know if it is one of the "meditation records" of Yamato national spirit feedback in Meiji period.

The era of cats was after the Meiji Restoration. On the one hand, with the rise of capitalist ideological trend, people learn from the west, look for individuality, call for freedom, and form a spring tide of self-awareness and market concept; On the other hand, the values, cultural views and customs inherent in the East are full of cliches and Excellence, and they sink in protest and struggle in sinking. ...

A group of poor intellectuals are both obedient and mocking in the face of the new trend of thought; It is derogatory, helpless and at a loss. Only by gagging and cynicism can we pass the difficult time. They are always laughing and teasing others, but they are always teased and ridiculed by fate and times.

The hero is a cat. Seeing the world through a cat's eyes, at that time, there was a certain breakthrough in creative techniques. Today, we often look at the works of people on earth from the perspective of aliens, which also reflects the accumulated habits of this world. Without a perspective beyond reality, you can't see thoroughly.

Mao Gong is full of philosophy, eloquent, and satirizes human weakness very thoroughly. For example, "the praise and criticism of the world varies from time to time and from place to place, just like my eyes." My eyes are just big and small, but human comments are turning black and white. There is no harm in reversing black and white, because everything has two sides and two ends. As long as we grasp both ends, we can turn hostilities into friendship for the same thing, which is the specialty of human beings. "He attacked the society and was very insightful:" ... maybe the whole society is a group of lunatics. Crazy people get together, kill each other, quarrel with each other, yell at each other and compete with each other. Is the so-called society a collection of all crazy people, living as ups and downs as cells are to living things? Maybe some of them are a little rational and reasonable, but they have become obstacles. They have built a madhouse and sent them in to prevent them from seeing the light of day. In this way, normal people are locked up in the madhouse, while some lunatics stay outside the walls of the madhouse. Maybe when a madman is isolated, he is regarded as a madman everywhere; However, when they become a group and have strength, they become sound people. It is not uncommon for a big madman to abuse money and power and serve many small lunatics, showing their arrogance and being hailed as an outstanding figure. This kind of thing is really confusing. "

Mao Gong is knowledgeable and familiar with ancient and modern times. He quoted or praised Homer, Pythagoras, Descartes, Claire, Nietzsche, Beethoven, Balzac, Shakespeare, Confucius, Laozi, Song Yu, Han Yu, Bao Zhao, Yan Shu and Tao Yuanming, as well as The Book of Songs, The Analects of Confucius, Huai Nan Zi and Zuo Zhuan. He also has some ideas of freedom and equality. He said: "If we can't retail the air and divide the sky, isn't it unreasonable for private owners to own land?" The disadvantages of the era of cat and dog admonition have told a series of famous sayings that are always intriguing, such as: "Our family doesn't know what makes the earth turn, but we know that what really makes society run is money ... even the sun can rise safely in the east and set safely in the west, which is entirely thanks to industrialists." "Officials are public servants and agents of the people. In order to facilitate their work, the people have given them certain powers. However, they have changed their minds and think that power is inherent in themselves and cannot be questioned by the people. " Uncle Mao criticized Yamato's soul and said, "Because it is a soul, I am often in a trance. General Dongxiang has the soul of Yamato, fishmonger Ayin has the soul of Yamato, and liars, kidnappers and murderers also have the soul of Yamato. Yamato soul! When the Japanese shouted, they coughed like lung patients and let out a cry a hundred meters away. "Cat men also dare to despise powerful people and encourage innovation. He painted a crow urinating on the bronze statue of Marshal Dongxiang, and posted the photo of Ito Bowen upside down on the wall. He said, "If we don't treat Shakespeare lightly, literature will perish ..."

Cats laugh and cats scold, all of which have become articles. Sad laughter is the most unbearable.

Cats are versatile, knowledgeable, fair and sharp. God cat, strange cat and holy cat, of course. Look at the world with your eyes and turn grief into laughter. How can you not be harsh! Of course, it is also a vulgar cat, a stupid cat. He thought he was smart, pretended to be a saint and a gentleman, missed many things, suffered a lot, and didn't even know that wooden barrels would drown cats, and finally lost his life.

Although the novel sees the world through the cat's eye, it says that the creative subject is still a "I" among human beings, or a neighbor of human beings, another cat on the earth. If we observe human beings by "I" in the whole universe or "He" in eternity; I don't know what kind of wonderful book I will write.

The novel also has a breakthrough in structure. It takes the cat's vision as the axis, which can be long or short, and things are different. It doesn't have a story with a beginning and an end, and it can't talk about the logic of plot progress, but it is also very interesting to read. Japanese novels have a tendency of prose culture, and the prose culture of some novels has not been fully reflected. But at Cat, at that time, it was a fascinating innovation. Of course, to be honest, the author didn't want to write so long at first. Because the first chapter was quite sensational, the editor asked him to continue writing, and he serialized it, which showed that he didn't have a complete idea of the whole article, and at the same time, it also showed that if it wasn't for everyone's handwriting, how could he write so well and arbitrarily?

In terms of language, the style of Cat is neither bold and ethereal like lodging, nor simple and dignified like light and shadow, but also feminine and delicate like Heart and Henceforth. Here, the combination of rigidity and softness, elegance and popularity, colorful. Moreover, the humor and wit of Edo literature, the classics of Sinology and the fluency and wit of Western literature are integrated into one furnace, so that they are immersed in the ocean of language. The pen and ink are flickering, meaningful, hit the nail on the head and full of philosophy; Suddenly, nine songs are sung ten times, which is mighty and long in speculation. Let's quote two wonderful sentences about scenery and character description for the time being. For example, he sarcastically said, "If the spring breeze always blows such a smooth face, I guess I am too idle!" " Caption: "The maple leaf decorated with two or three cinnabar flowers in the Korean pine forest has withered, just like a lost dream." "This voice shook the quiet air in early spring without mercy, and completely vulgarized a peaceful and prosperous time with soft wind and quiet trees. "Some are like satirical poems, some are like freehand brushwork, and each has its own merits. In short, if you touch or feel his works with an artistic mind, you will naturally appreciate the color, phonology and even every word of the language as a living body.