Humorous and profound: Bro, look, that person wants to add our two brothers into the article as condiments.

For some reason, I suddenly don’t know where to start on the topic of “how to add depth and interest to an article.” After thinking about it, maybe the entry point is a bit big.

Let’s ask a question first: Do you think there is any relationship between interesting and profound?

Many people may wonder, what is the relationship between these two brothers? Shouldn't it be a contradiction?

Actually, that is not the case. There is no conflict between them. After all, they have never said they have conflicts with each other. Then you may ask: Why are there so few people who are both humorous and profound, or in other words profound and interesting?

The reason is: Most people subconsciously think that they are contradictory and cannot have both. The fact is that they just can't have both, and they have never refused each other to enter their world.

And when it comes to celebrities, many people are both profound and interesting, such as Lu Xun, Qian Zhongshu, Lin Yutang, Su Dongpo, Bai Yansong, etc.

In addition, humor is a unique, even advanced and profound kind, especially ironic humor.

This question seems difficult, but it is actually very simple. If you don’t believe me, you will know the answer just by answering my question. The question is: you want to add condiments to instant noodles, sugar to coffee, or even anything to a container. What should you do?

Some people may say, can’t we just add it directly? The opponent only needs to do one action - pour, that's it. As for the actions that may be required, such as tearing or opening the package, compared to the core action of "pouring", they are all prerequisites or additional operations.

After hearing this, you may be even more confused: What does this have to do with the above topic? Let me ask you, if you want to add condiments to instant noodles, do you need to have condiments first? What to do if there is no condiment? Go get the condiments!

(Well...instant noodles are very nutritious, so it’s better to eat less!)

The same principle can be proved. If you want to add humor and depth to the article, you can You must have these two condiments, if not, go get them.

Speaking of this, there are four words that should be remembered: From the great to the simple. Yes, the road is always simple.

Next, the question arises: Where can we get ingredients that are not interesting and profound? How to do it?

If your own characteristics in these two aspects are not obvious, then there is only one way: deliberate practice.

Try to use humor and a profound perspective to observe and express everything. Slowly one day you will find: Hey, there are a lot more humor "bacteria" in my body without realizing it, and there are more and more. The more people praise me, the more rational and profound my mind becomes.

Having said that, some things can only be spontaneous and cannot be copied forcefully, such as humor, love, charity, gratitude, etc. Deliberate practice generally improves skills, and it is not advisable to be profound and especially interesting, because "the humor produced by promotion must be artificial humor" ("Fortress Besieged"). After all, it is difficult to copy. However, if you have the intention, humor can certainly be cultivated slowly.

Deliberate practice is actually similar to "shu", and there are simpler things than it. Do you mean "Tao"? Shouldn't "Tao" be more difficult?

Yes, what I want to say is "Tao". In fact, sometimes "Tao" is simpler than "Skill". Let me explain briefly, "Tao" is theoretically more complicated or difficult than "skill", but in specific situations, who is difficult and who is easy depends on different focuses or angles. It may not be that "Tao" is more difficult at all times and things. of.

If you don’t believe it, take a look: under the same conditions, are you a reliable, honest, and sincere person, rather than a utilitarian person who tries to take the so-called "shortcut" and thinks that you are outstanding only because of one thing? People who are able to succeed with their own abilities are more likely to be popular and more successful?

Being a good person is better than any skill.

Expanding a bit, let’s talk about humor and profundity separately.

In foreign countries, "interesting" is a very important criterion for evaluating a person. If someone is said to be "boring", it will be a failure.

Yes, one of the biggest enemies in life is boredom.

However, there are also levels of fun.

Yu Guangzhong, a famous Taiwanese poet, divided people into four types in his article "Four Types of Friends":

The first type is advanced and interesting; the second type is advanced and boring; the third type is advanced and boring. Type three is low-level and interesting; type four is low-level and boring.

I remember seeing something like this before: the superlative is humorous, the comparative is interesting, and I forgot about the elementary.

If you want to ask me what I think? I very much agree and appreciate what Yu Guangzhong said, and I basically agree with the latter classification, but I have some personal opinions.

I personally think that Yu Guangzhong’s classification obviously involves value orientation. Of course, I don’t say that this is bad, and I also believe that interestingness will inevitably be related to value judgment, just like a person who suddenly reaches out unintentionally. The legs would trip up anyone walking by.

In fact, we can also pour this value judgment into classification and let it dissolve in various interesting realms. It is very subtle whether it is present or not. That is to make interesting classifications objective and neutral.

I believe that fun is similar to girls and young girls, and has its own beautiful attributes. Du Niang told us that the interpretation of "young girl" refers to a young, slender, and attractive girl, usually a girl who is fashionably dressed, a young and slender woman. In fact, it has nothing to do with good looks, but we subconsciously think that it is a complimentary word exclusive to good-looking girls.

In addition, there is a truth worth noting: not all girls are good-looking and beautiful, but there are also unsightly, bad and hated ones. Dong Shi in "Dong Shi Xiaoqian" and "Sister Pomegranate" in a certain film can actually be "young girls", and they were even in their teenage years. Girl means beauty, which is just a literary or ideal expression of personality that people are willing to identify with this ideal attribute.

Of course, this is a realistic investigation. Let’s just think of fun as a girl’s idealized meaning, although fun is far closer to an ideal meaning than a girl’s.

At the same time, I think "interesting" can be regarded as a neutral word and a general term, which includes both low-level taste and high-level taste. Interesting can be divided into three levels or realms from low to high: ①interesting; ②interesting; ③humorous.

If a house is used as a metaphor for the three realms of fun, fun is a rough house, fun is a finely decorated house, and humor is a villa.

It’s difficult to interpret the interestingness alone, so let’s talk about its pair of neighbors first.

Interesting is elementary, low-quality, and defective. Being original and funny, it always involves: funny, funny, low-quality comedy, farce... one category. It is not suitable for publicity and promotion.

Many people think that some people are eloquent and good at talking, but in fact they are just talking, arguing, and showing off. Similarly, some people's so-called interesting things are just low-quality embarrassing smiles.

To give an obvious "chestnut", many crosstalks used to be of good quality and interesting, and the crosstalk actors were also very humorous. At present, in addition to the sluggish market, the cross talk industry is also too utilitarian, with a lot of baggage, and actors' basic skills are not solid.

As the leading brands in the cross talk industry, both Deyun Club and Guo Degang are hard to describe. The quality of the cross talk of Deyun Club actors such as Xiao Yueyue and others cannot be complimented. , sometimes forced to be funny, "laughing" results in a lot of embarrassment. And its "president" Guo Degang always likes to take advantage of others by using his words, making sarcasm and embarrassing others, and his words, deeds, and works are also permeated with low spirits. This is really regrettable.

"Good-looking skins are all the same, but interesting souls are unique."? Because of this, low-quality fun is everywhere, and real fun is extremely precious.

Speaking of this, I have to mention a person and a book: Qian Zhongshu and "The Besieged City".

Let’s first appreciate some classic “lines” in this book: ⑴ Falling in love among the elderly is like an old house on fire, there is no way to save it. ⑵The meaning of a sentence, in the mind of the listener, is often like a strange cat coming into the house, making no sound. After a while, you will realize its existence when it meows. ⑶ Traveling is the most tiring and troublesome time, when one’s true nature must emerge. Only those who do not hate each other after a long and hard journey can make friends.

⑷ For ugly people, a closer look is a kind of cruelty - unless he is a bad person, you have to punish him. ⑸Long-term acquaintance will not turn into love over time, just like the daily climate in winter. You cannot add today's temperature to yesterday's, so that tomorrow will accumulate into a warm day.

⑹ There is no need to remember good things, they will leave a deep impression on you.

⑺ In front of the man she loves, every woman has the unique skill of rejuvenating herself.

⑻There are only two kinds of people in the world. For example, when given a bunch of grapes, one kind of person will pick the best ones and eat them first, while another kind of person will save the best ones for last. As usual, the first kind of person should be an optimist, because every time he eats a grape, he is eating the best of the leftover grapes; while the second kind of person should be a pessimist, because every time he eats a grape, he is eating the worst of the leftover grapes. But the reality is just the opposite. The reason is that the second type of people still have hope, while the first type of people only have memories.

This last sentence...oh no...it's a line, it's really long. But it doesn't matter, because this is the last one.

"The Besieged City" is the only novel written by Qian Zhongshu, the most vicious tongue and first executioner in the Republic of China. It is a unique satirical novel in the history of modern Chinese literature and is known as "Neo-Confucian Foreign History". Of course, its achievements go far beyond that.

Qian Zhongshu used his free, humorous and sharp writing style to vividly describe the group of intellectuals in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War. The clever words and witty words in "Fortress Besieged" are the most successful part of this novel and the most worthy of appreciation.

After the publication of "Fortress Besieged", a British lady said that she liked his articles very much and wanted to visit him. Qian Zhongshu replied: "If you feel good after eating an egg, why do you need to know the hen that laid the egg?" This is also very interesting.

Speaking of this, I think of the lyrics "My favorite is...", not "Shanghai Beach", but "Fortress Besieged".

Yes, it is the book that has the greatest impact on me. As the Republic of China version of "The Scholars", the writing is spicy and sharp, and the characters in the "Confucian scholar" world are portrayed in detail. The content is well-referenced and the language is humorous. It is particularly enjoyable to read and deeply rooted in people's hearts. ? In addition, the metaphor of marriage and love as a "siege city" is also amazing. Finally, I will tell you secretly that it is the base/birthplace of my humor.

To get back to the subject, if you want to write an article interesting, the best way is to become interesting yourself. If you are interesting, your article will be interesting.

Interesting is the highest state of human nature. If you want fun, love life.

How to do it? You can try to be exposed to as many interesting elements as possible, including books, film and television works, jokes, jokes, cross talk, etc.

Books, such as "Laughing Lin Guangji", "Shishuoxinyu", "Fortress Besieged", Mark Twain's books, Wang Xiaobo's books, etc.

As for people, there are many interesting people. In ancient times there were Dongfang Shuo, Yan Zi, Su Dongpo, etc.; in the Republic of China, there were many literati such as Qian Zhongshu, Lu Xun, Shen Congwen, Lin Yutang, etc.; in modern times, there were Mark Twain, Wang Xiaobo, national jokers Bai Yansong, Zhu Guangquan, etc.

Video literary works: You can watch traditional cross talk works such as Ma Ji, Ma Sanli, Hou Baolin; variety shows include "Tucao Conference", "Tucao Alliance", "Qi Pa Shuo", etc.;

Movies you can watch: "The Detective" series, "The Inquisitor", Stephen Chow's works. If you don't want to watch Stephen Chow's Children's Shoes, you can watch the works of Jim Carrey, Mr. Bean, etc.

TV series you can watch: "Young Hero Fang Shiyu, Clever Little Understanding, Monkey King, The Handsome Guy" by Weijian Zhang...

As long as you are interested, you can always find it Lots and lots of related stuff. However, I would like to emphasize warmly that life is limited, classics should be given priority, or at least high-quality ones should be given priority.

Bing Xin once said: "Flowers have color, fragrance, and taste, and people have talents, emotions, and interest." Just like integrity makes people brave, warmth makes people humorous, if a person is ruthless, he will definitely be boring.

To sum up, I have actually revealed a secret: warmth or love for life is a "shortcut" to humor. I hope God won’t use nightmares as my punishment tonight, hahaha.

We say that "interesting souls are rare". In fact, there are fewer profound souls or minds, because it theoretically requires more than being interesting.

For example, you must be good at observation, (abstract) thinking, summarizing, and have the ability to think independently. It is impossible for those who follow what others say to reap profound fruits.

As mentioned above, integrity makes people brave and warmth makes people humorous. In fact, warmth can also make people profound.

To give you a "chestnut", Lu Xun gave us a famous line in his poem "Reply to Guests' Criticism": "A ruthless man may not be a true hero, and a pity for a son is not a husband." This gives Lu Xun a warm and profound image. Then he was ready to come out.

A ruthless person will be boring, and a truly profound person will be insulated.

This is an era where entertainment is enough and reading is deserted. The whole society pursues relaxation, joy, excitement and utilitarianism. In a word, we are currently in an era of pursuing superficiality, and one of the typical "symptoms" is the excessive pursuit of interesting things.

When people live in this world, in addition to being interesting, they must also have meaning, and obviously meaning is more important. People cannot give up meaning in order to be interesting.

Humor can be cultivated gradually, but it is a little more difficult to be profound, but it can still be improved. How to do it?

You can still make yourself deeper through various channels and methods such as books, film and television works, songs, etc. For example, as for books, you can read historical and biographical ones.

Why do I recommend watching these two? Because the famous philosopher Bacon has a famous saying: "Reading history makes you wise." In fact, it is only bystanders who make wisdom. Reading these two kinds of books is equivalent to watching a group of people, an era, and a period of history, so it can easily bring some inspiration and help to our current lives.

Regarding books and articles, we should also look at Lu Xun’s and Bo Yang’s. They all deeply analyzed the national character of the Chinese people, such as Bo Yang's "The Ugly Chinese". In addition, "Fortress Under Siege" is also a must-see.

As for film and television works, Amway will watch the TV series "Fortress Besieged", starring Chen Daoming, with a total of ten episodes. I personally think that if you don’t have time, you should at least watch the last episode. This episode mainly talks about how Fang Hongjian and Sun Roujia, a young couple, deal with the relationship between their small family and the outside world. More than 70 years ago, there was no difference from now, and there is no sense of violation. It does not matter that it gives people a strong sense of identity and * **Ming.

Of course, it would be best if you want to watch all ten episodes. If it feels like it's a bit time-consuming, then I have to say it's worth it. "Waste" time should also be "wasted" on beautiful people and things. After watching both the original book and the series, you will truly find that it is so good, so interesting, so profound, and so worth it.

"Fortress Besieged" has countless fans, including celebrities such as Meng Fei, as well as too many young people. I hope that if you are not a fan of it, you will join the army as soon as possible.

Another drama worthy of real-name recommendation is "The Ming Dynasty 1566", which is known as the first divine drama in China. It mainly tells the story of how the "King of Defiance" Hai Rui was not afraid of power, continued to rise, and constantly challenged the corrupt forces and decadent imperial power system. Hai Rui defied the sky, the earth, and Emperor Jiajing. Of course, this was only superficial.

After watching this drama, you should have a better understanding of Jiajing, officialdom, that period of history... and it will be less easy to arbitrarily say things like "must" and "can't" easily. .

As for other self-media articles such as official accounts, of course we should pay attention to high-quality official accounts (self-media), which are authoritative, mainstream, and have positive influence, so as to avoid paying IQ tax. Or the article is filled with specious personal information, which is a waste of time. Just give me a "positive teaching material": Kai-Fu Lee: Success is becoming the best version of yourself.

In addition, lyrics, lines, etc. can be used as material. For example, I like listening to music. Li Zongsheng’s lyrics can be called a “ripening agent” for young people, and there is so much profoundness flowing in them. Let me give you a pair of "chestnuts":

(1) "At that time, there were a truckload of problems around us

We didn't know that the meaning of success was to surpass ourselves."

? ——Li Zongsheng's "The Man Racing with Myself"

(2) "With the face you dream of, does it count as having spring?!" ? ——Li Zongsheng's "Mortal Song"

In fact, it is still the same sentence. As long as you have this intention, you can find many related things.

(Attachment: 1. Qian Zhongshu is so funny

2. In memory of Qian Zhongshu | Good things in the world are not firm, colorful clouds are easy to scatter and glass is brittle

3. Night Reading丨Qian Zhongshu: There is no better state of life than this

4. Qian Zhongshu: The craziest talent, the most affectionate husband, the most interesting father

Drama series

①The extremely classic drama series of the same name "Fortress Besieged"/v_show/id_XMTA5MjQyMDQw.html?sharefrom=iphoneamp;sharekey=0b78c6216700bb42bfff22f64e3b53eb7

②The First God in Heaven Drama "The Ming Dynasty 1566"/v_show/id_XMjQ4NTAxMDY4OA==.html?sharefrom=iphoneamp;sharekey=9f3ffa4c480317938c97691cfb06290b2 )

Variety show: ⑴ Zhang Xingyue and Dou Wentao from the second season of "Books on the Road" talk about "The Besieged City"

(2) "Long Reader" Meng Fei reads "The Besieged City")