Five hundred glances in this life

Author: Bi Shushmin
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Bi Shushmin's emotional essays are a natural overflow of her rich inner world. Her pen is soaked in the nectar of emotion, flowing gracefully in the elegant words, reaching the depths of life, existence, and humanity, striking people with an unavoidable impact while evoking profound and moving power. The essays collected in this book express the author's artistic expression of love and reverence for life, her natural outpouring of dedication to her career, her heartfelt display of unique insights into life, her sincere confessions of deep love for love, family, friendship, and home, as well as her genuine feelings for nature. Reading Five Hundred Times of Turning in This Life, one is filled with a sense of exhilaration. Bi Shushmin is indeed a master of words, leading readers on a big detour and making them enjoy it so much that they almost fully agree with her choice: from now on, do nothing but spend the day looking here and there, focusing on nature and humanity. After a twist of fate, "suddenly she smiled," the author had an epiphany and resolutely decided, "from now on, no more looking around, only a mind as calm as water, seizing the present." She artfully expressed her life philosophy, offering readers deep inspiration. In fact, since the Buddha said that "five hundred times of turning in past lives only brings a chance encounter in this life," then for the chance encounter in the next life, let us keep looking in this life— "gazing at high mountains," "," "observing crowds," "watching the sea and flowers," "watching fit athletes," "watching wise scientists," "watching kind elders and joyful girls," "observing innocent children." Thinking and doing so is indeed a good thing. With kindness in heart and a smile toward life, it harms neither the world nor others; however, an undeniable fact is that if everyone were to satisfy themselves with only this, society could not progress, because humans need to create, and to create, one must seize the present and live every day well. Suddenly, I thought of Hu Lan Cheng. Setting aside his love for Eileen Chang, Hu could be compared to Lin Yutang, Liang Shiqiu, Qian Zhongshu, and Dong Qiao in terms of his "literary brilliance." His autobiography, which earned the praise of "ecstatic yet meticulously crafted; light as clouds yet deeply penetrating" (Zhi Yan's words), is titled This Life and This World, conveying the idea of living every day to the fullest. Suddenly, I thought of Helen Keller of the United States. Her timeless masterpiece Three Days to See shares a thematic resonance with Bi Shushmin's Five Hundred Times of Turning in This Life. In the hypothetical limited time, Helen Keller wanted to see the most valuable things—like "kind, gentle, friendly people who make my life worthwhile," "the eyes of a dog," "simple and small things at home," the beauty of forests, sunrises, history museums, theater, and music, of course, she also wanted to immerse herself in the crowd to experience real life, keeping us humble and reverent, knowing that there are things in this world that must be looked up at." "Gazing at greenery" is because "only with it can life thrive and flourish." "Observing crowds" is to take the long course of learning to be human and submit an excellent answer. To fully understand the rich connotations of Five Hundred Times of Turning in This Life, This Life and This World and Three Days to See are both excellent references. If their contents were integrated, it would be just like a wuxia novel.