Li Ao floated away on a gray horse

At 10:59 am on March 18, 2018, Mr. Li Ao passed away suddenly. As he said at Fudan University: "I am already old. The Bible says that death is like a gray horse. I will ride on this horse and fly away at any time."

Today When he left, I suddenly realized that I had not paid attention to him for a long time. But Li Ao has a huge influence on me. I often think of what he said, the jokes he told, and how he criticized others. It is really difficult for anyone to be better than him. Here I want to talk casually about Li Ao in my eyes and some of his methodologies. Maybe you can also take a drink.

Reading methods

There are many ways to read, but there are only a few common ones. However, Li Ao is very different. He said that when he reads, he "dismembers" the book, eliminating the useless parts and leaving the useful ones, which he stores in small folders for future reference. He emphasizes that there is no need to memorize knowledge by rote, as long as you can catch this knowledge and use it at any time. Li Ao laughed that his father was not efficient in reading and read several "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" over and over again.

Humor

If Li Ao is a critic, then he is also a humorous critic. He is good at satire and humorous metaphors, and often makes an important person miserable. While in prison, the guards tortured him by inserting four ballpoint pens between his fingers and then holding his hand forcefully, which would cause unbearable pain. After the sentence, the jailer said to him: "I'm sorry. This is an order. Don't blame us." At this time, Li Ao returned: "I don't blame you." Jailer: "Then who do you blame?" Li Ao: "I Blame the ballpoint pen."

Pride

Who are the top three vernacular writers since the May Fourth Movement? Li Ao himself answered: "Li Ao, Li Ao, Li Ao." When giving a speech at Peking University, Li Ao said that he would release a complete set of his works called "The Complete Works of Li Ao". He said: "Don't think I am bragging. I am already very polite, otherwise I would call it "The Complete Works of Li Ao". "Complete Episodes." The audience burst into laughter, followed by warm applause. When he was giving a speech in Hong Kong, he said to book friends in Hong Kong: "You Hong Kong people like to say that the fierce dragon crosses the river, and I want to tell you whether Li Ao, the fierce dragon, crosses the river. You look at me as if you are watching a typhoon. You can't stand in the typhoon to appreciate it, you can only look at what's left after the typhoon passes." Li Ao is so arrogant, but few people dare to call him arrogant. What's more important is his profound knowledge and his body of work. , like the tip of an iceberg, there are huge icebergs looming under the sea.

Prison life

Li Ao mentioned life in prison many times in programs and books. He called the prison a "fighting room". Although he was in a fighting room, he could not give up on himself. He still read and studied diligently in prison. He said that prison helped him avoid the trivial matters of life and allowed him to concentrate on learning. If a person concentrates on research, it can take five years to become an expert in a field. He said: "Shi Mingde has been in prison for so many years and is looking for someone to chat with every day. If he studied hard, he would have become five experts." Each prison has only one small window, and only one beam of light can shine into the prison every day. , like a small piece of tofu, he used this beam of light to alternately expose his body. It seems that Su Dongpo wrote that it was raining, and it felt so good to put my feet out and get a little rain.

There are not many people like Li Ao today and perhaps no more. Fortunately, he left us works with tens of millions of words, thousands of episodes of videos and important speeches. Some words and words are now Slowly I understood and understood it, but it was a pity that he was no longer here.