Is it an escape for men to go back to their hometowns to farm when they are dissatisfied with their work and life?

Why do China people want to go home to farm once they are frustrated? "In this piece of Yamanoue, what attracts China people from ancient times to the present? -Lin Yutang Since ancient times, China people have an inexplicable feeling for Shan Ye. Once they are frustrated in officialdom and love, or encounter problems that can't be solved in life, or it is meaningless to go through thousands of difficulties and dangers, they want to go back to their hometown to live in seclusion and spend the rest of their lives. The countryside and fields are the simplest memories of China people. China has a history of 5,000 years, which has given birth to a unique farming civilization. In the process of social development, the living environment of our ancestors has never changed. Always facing the loess and facing the sky. Of course, the south may also be red soil and paddy fields. Countless literati and poets regard returning home to farm as their last and best retreat, better than ever. Tao Yuanming, a scholar with the highest style of writing in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, chose to retire in his hometown at the age of 39 after political frustration. He started his own pastoral school in China, and he was less than 30 years old. And his life of picking chrysanthemums under the east fence and leisurely seeing Nanshan is also imitated by countless people in later generations. On the one hand, Du Fu and Du Zimei, who are full of yearning for governing the country and leveling the world, and on the other hand, full of disappointment in the Tang Dynasty after the Anshi Rebellion, have also been fighting in the officialdom for decades, and finally cried out to return to their hometowns to farm, in order to end their distant dreams. Today, countless young elites in China have high education, enviable rich income and unattainable social status. But every year, highly educated people who voluntarily resign return to their hometowns to start businesses, farm land and raise pigs. There is no need to squeeze into a crowded and messy reinforced concrete building; There is no need for a group of people to separate their belongings and eating places on an iron shelf; You don't have to stare at the time every day to race against time on the bus like a walking corpse; Don't worry about eating time every day; You don't have to look at the bright lights of big cities every day, but there is no place of your own. In the countryside, the sky is clear during the day and Li Can can be seen, and the sky is full of stars and the moon at night; Let go of the fatigue of the day and listen to the frogs chirping and falling asleep. We don't need to stay up late for fast-paced work, but we can go to bed early and get up early for a long time, making our bodies glow. Planting a piece of land near home is better than keeping it fresh in the city refrigerator; Although we need to plant seeds, fertilize, water and weed, this is the source of our four-season food, and there will be no problems caused by all kinds of anti-season food. The dishes in our garden can help us achieve harmony between man and nature. If you are romantic, you can plant some flowers around your yard. Sunflowers in summer can be born in the morning light, and sunflowers in winter can bear melon seeds to make us chatter endlessly. Work at sunrise, rest at sunset, a cow on 30 acres of land, and his wife and children are hot on the kang. Enjoy life in your own wooden house or house and raise a few fat pigs for the New Year. Keep a few chickens, so that there will be no meat and eggs in daily life; Raise a few ducks to make waterfowl a near thing; Keep a few dogs, or watch the door, or go out for a walk; Keep some cats to prevent rats; Diligent in the field during spring ploughing; Although tired in summer, I have no complaints; At the time of the autumn harvest, Qi and Xin are simultaneously promoted; Dormancy and stewing during winter storage; What I see when I open the door every day is not the traffic and noise of the city, but the blue and white between the mountains and rivers; What you breathe every day is not the exhaust gas from thousands of people after industrial pollution, but the clean air purified by Hiroshi Tanaka; This is China, and this is the isolated rural life that China people once had and most yearned for. All this comes from the gift of nature and human respect for nature. Almost like an old friend returning to heaven and earth. How can such a life not let our hearts do whatever they want? Retirement can avoid people's endless calculation of returning home, and the slogan of returning home to farm was first put forward by Tao Yuanming. Since then, countless people have hidden this idea. Most of them were brilliant and peerless literati in Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties. They thought that after being the number one scholar, they could show their hands to the emperor and create a peaceful and prosperous world for the whole world. But this full of blood and passion ignores all kinds of intrigue and hidden rules in officialdom. China scholars' road construction is relatively simple, and they often face the test of officialdom after studying for the imperial examination. Or they should follow the rules, start from the bottom and let nature take its course. It's best to stay in your forties and fifties. If they meet a noble person in their life, they may be able to reach a high position in their twilight years. But how many talented people in history are willing to go along with it? They tend to be natural in writing, full of loyalty to the country and persistence in Tao, but ignore that their superiors survived in this way. How can a few people like Li Bai and Du Fu be allowed to break the rules already set in officialdom? After the power is not available, some people obsequiously pursue perfection. Such people have lost the integrity and character of scholars. Fortunately, they are only a minority after all. More scholars with innocent family background and no dependence still choose to retire to the mountains and return to their hometowns to farm. Go wherever you come from, wave your sleeves and don't touch a bad habit of officialdom. Every step up in officialdom is paved with gold, silver and calculations; You always have to worry about whether you will become a stepping stone for others next time, and whether you will become a tool for others to ask for returns. Back to the mountain village, you can be free and don't have to compromise yourself to please others. You can be yourself in this world. You can make a statement after your meritorious service, and make a statement to the other two immortals, leaving countless poetry chapters for future generations, so that we can read you in a thousand years and talk to your soul, and let us feel that the voices and smiles of our predecessors are still in sight. Isn't this immortality? Returning home to farm is not an escape. At present, more and more people begin to condemn returning to the mountains. Returning to farming is an escape, a sign of failure and cowardice. Personally, I think this view is too one-sided. People who have the idea of seclusion are not necessarily evaders. On the contrary, each of them is an active participant and successful person in the WTO. Seclusion is often not a sudden thought, but it takes half a lifetime of hardships and setbacks to make this choice. They are the exploration of the avenue on the earth. In the past, they worked for vanity and fame. Now, they are indifferent to fame and fortune. There is a world with scenery, and their hearts are self-contained, so everything is calm. Sean, the founding hero of the Han Dynasty, is a good example. In his early years, he ran around to restore the great cause of Korea, and even spent all his money to plan the legendary story of Bosha Iron stabbing Qin Shihuang. In middle age, he became Liu Bang's right-hand man and made suggestions for the Han army's operations, which eventually led to the dispute between Chu and Han. Finally, he ranked first among the outstanding heroes in the third year of Han Dynasty, which made people admire him very much. As far as the great achievements of this life are concerned, how many people dare to say that Sean is a loser, and how many people dare to say that Sean is a coward? However, Sean, who was politically indomitable, chose to live in seclusion in the mountains and return to his hometown to farm. His seclusion has made a story of the combination of monarch and minister; His departure is a relief after pacifying the world. You know, after ruling the world, there are still personal careers waiting for him to struggle, such as enlightenment and self-cultivation. As the old saying goes, what is sweet to him is my dross. Everyone has a corresponding responsibility and career in each period. If there are people who can't reach or have reached it, we have no right to criticize their choices. It should be noted that the spiritual world of China people has always emphasized where to go, while we were born in the countryside and returned to the countryside. What crime? When sending a message, it is not necessarily true that China people are going to farm and hoe in seclusion in the mountains. We should have ideals, but we should also have a sober assessment of reality and ourselves. Nowadays, agriculture is more of a way of life. After all, tradition is getting farther and farther away from us. The 70s of the older generation may plant land, transplant rice, raise seedlings and hide in winter. After 80, I may have worked with my parents and fed chickens, ducks, pigs and cows at home; However, after 90' s or even 00' s, the younger generation of society really seldom comes into contact with real rural life. Therefore, we are not qualified to ask everyone to farm materially, because farming now is really a professional job if you don't learn from childhood. The farming I emphasize can be both spiritual farming and life farming. If you are tired of work and study, you might as well go to the open air in Shan Ye to relax. If you are wronged, you might as well go to the mountains with a pot of old wine to find a place to drink with the world, and talk about what you can't say in your heart these years. This is a combination of tradition and modernity, and I hope those who can practice will work hard; There is no need to be cynical about those who have retired from the mountains and returned to their hometowns to farm, because this is indeed the last resort for tens of millions of people in China.