Read Feng Zikai's collection of essays "Simplicity is Very Good": Still Water Runs Deep to Simplicity and Truth

"Simple is Very Good"

Author: Feng Zikai

Publisher: Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House

Selection of this book Feng Zikai's 40 classic essays are divided into five volumes to show five aspects of life, from the daily lives of children to the leisure fun of cats and dogs, from the elegance of going to the mountains to the understanding of quietly observing in a sea of ??people. It seems to describe the leisurely elegance of life, but it expresses Feng Zikai's pure and comfortable philosophy of life. See the essence of life through the appearance of the noisy world, and live an ordinary life simply and happily.

Feng Zikai, who has many "family" titles in one, is world-famous for his comics and prose. Feng Zikai lived a life of indifference and simplicity. With a child-like heart, he cherished all the beautiful things in the world and was full of sympathy and love for people and all things. Because he lived in a special era, he expressed what he saw, heard, and felt in writing. Cartoons full of human touch and essays full of human philosophy showed his deep understanding of life.

Feng Zikai’s prose collection "Simple is Very Good" is the latest collection published by Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House, including "Forgetting Worries in the World", "Walking Through the Four Seasons", "Cats Accompanying, Watching the Passing Time", "On the Road" The five volumes of "When the Flowers Bloom and Come Back Slowly" and "When the World is Chaos" cover a wide range of topics and can be regarded as Mr. Feng Zikai's philosophy of life.

In Mr. Feng Zikai’s view, the world in children’s eyes is clear and black, clean and uncontaminated. They can cast aside the net of cause and effect of things in the world and see the truth of things themselves. In his many articles such as "Sending Po out of the Golden Age", "To My Children", "Inspiration from Children", etc., it can be seen that the author cherishes the innocence of children. The article "Send A Bao" is even more touching and moving when read. He was both heartfeltly pleased and deeply disappointed that his daughter A Bao had grown into a young girl. Indeed, there is a kind of love in the world that aims at ultimate separation. This is the love of parents. But children will eventually grow up, break away from the "wings" of their parents, and become independent from society. Even if they have all kinds of tenderness, they still need to accept reality and let nature take its course. Therefore, the author expresses his feelings by paraphrasing ancient poems, "I am deeply attached to this, and it is hard to recover my righteousness." Isn't this the unanimous voice of all parents in the world?

Mr. Feng Zikai’s childlike innocence and spontaneity are vividly displayed on the page. In the article "Yangzhou Dream", he wrote: "I suddenly wanted to visit Yangzhou, which I had heard of for a long time but had no chance to meet. I immediately packed up the "Baixiang Ci Pu" and asked him to go to Baxian Bridge to buy a train ticket to Zhenjiang tomorrow. ." It can be seen that he is as eager as a child to travel to Yangzhou. Still in Yangzhou, in order to determine the specific location of the Twenty-Four Bridge, he asked one person after another until they all agreed. In order to watch the tide of the Qiantang River, he wore shoes one big and one small, regardless of his foot problems. He was also worried that the driver would laugh at him on the road, which makes people laugh. It is precisely because of his childlike innocence that he bargains with the seller of chickens, but he is almost "slaughtered" because of his sincerity. He feels that the cats he keeps are extremely cute, and he allows them to do some disrespectful things to customers. "Behavior"; he is very fond of a big white goose, and writes in detail about its appearance, eating habits, and other aspects, making readers fall in love with this creature.

As a great master of his generation, Mr. Feng Zikai has a very clear view on art. He believes that the laws of beauty such as "unity of diversity", "golden rule" and "balance" are all based on the principles of "nature". "Articles are made by nature, and by chance they are obtained by skillful hands." It can be seen that the old man pursues the natural and authentic state to complete many of his creations. The reason why he attaches special importance to children's "eyes of heaven" and "wisdom" is precisely because children face the complex world with a clean heart, discover the essence of things in simplicity and truth, and expand the space of imagination.

Don’t chase what you can’t catch up with, don’t let go of what doesn’t belong to you, don’t keep what you can’t keep, life is not complicated, everything goes as it comes. If everyone could have such a state of mind and tolerance, how much impetuosity would be eliminated and what kind of tranquility would be obtained. Mr. Feng Zikai tells us with his life philosophy-simplicity is good.