Lin Qingxuan

Lin Qingxuan

Lin Qingxuan (February 26, 1953 - January 23, 2019) is a contemporary writer and essayist in Taiwan. His pen names are Qin Qing, Lin Li, Lin Dabei, Lin wanti, Xia'an, Qingxuan and Yuanting.

He was born in Qishan Town, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan Province on February 26, 1953. Since 1967, he has lived in Tainan and studied in Yinghai middle school. In 1970, he published ten travel notes in newspapers. In 1972, he was admitted to the world journalism college. In 1981, he published a collection of essays, wine in the moonlight. In 1986, the purple collection of prose was published in Chinese mainland. In 1990, the collection of red prose was published in Chinese mainland. In 2008, the prose collection "ordinary tea is very" published in Chinese mainland. In 2014, the prose collection, "Huan Huan", was published in Chinese mainland. In 2016, the prose collection, "happy life with heart," was published in Chinese mainland. On January 23, 2019, he died of myocardial infarction in Taiwan.

Character experience

He was born on February 26, 1953 in Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, China. At the age of eight, he was determined to become a writer, and since then he has formed the habit of reading all his life.

Since 1967, he has lived in Tainan and studied in Yinghai middle school near the sea. While studying, he has been writing. He earns his living expenses by contributing articles. He insists on writing one thousand words every day. In 1970, ten travel notes were officially published in newspapers, which aroused attention and established the ambition of being a writer. In 1971, he graduated from high school.

In 1972, he was admitted to the film department of the world journalism College (now new university) and studied in Taipei. He was taught by song cunshou, Ding Shanxi, Chen Yaoqi and other directors. He founded the Journal of film and served as the president of the journal, the general manager of rush magazine and the chief writer of newsman weekly.

In 1973, he published the first book "Yangyuan has sung thousands of times". In 1974, he published his second book, lotus blossom and fall. In 1975, he published a collection of essays, the song of young birds. He graduated from university in 1976. From 1976 to 1978, he served in the military for two years. In 1978, he chose to work as a reporter, director, writer, chief writer and editor in chief of China Times (Overseas Edition).

In 1978, after leaving the newspaper office, he joined Taiwan's Zhonghua TV station as the director of the planning department, hosting the TV station's "life notes" program and the China Broadcasting Corporation's "Lin Qingxuan time". In 1979, he won the literature award of China times. In 1981, a collection of essays, wine in the moonlight, was published in Taiwan, China.

In 1985, he quit his job because he was tired of the work in the field of communication and went to Daxi mountain to close the door, intending to write something about his real experience of Buddhist scriptures. In the same year, he won the National Prize for literature and art. In 1988, he went down the mountain and began to write "Bodhi series" and "modern Buddhist scriptures series", and gave lectures everywhere.

In 1990, he published a collection of essays, red world Bodhi. From 1995 to 1996, he closed the door again to prepare for the publication of audio book series. In 1998, the audio book "open the door and window in my heart" was launched. In 1999, the prose collection "Wen Yi pot moonlight wine" was published in Chinese mainland.

In 2000, the audio book "where to go to light" was launched, which was once again popular. In 2008, the prose collection "ordinary tea is very" published in Chinese mainland. In 2014, the prose collection, "Huan Huan", was published in Chinese mainland. In 2016, the prose collection, "happy life with heart," was published in Chinese mainland. On January 23, 2019, he died of myocardial infarction in Taiwan.

Personal life

In 1979, Lin Qingxuan married Chen cailuan and later divorced. In 1997, Lin Qingxuan married Fang Chunzhen.

Main works

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Creative features

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Buddhist thought

Lin Qingxuan examines the secular society from the perspective of Buddhism and thinks about the real life, so his works are full of rich Buddhist wisdom. His Buddhist wisdom is not completely equivalent to Buddhist philosophy. It is Lin Qingxuan's popular interpretation of Buddhist philosophy and his unique understanding and perception of Buddhist philosophy. He often starts from real life, perceives Buddhism through his own life experience, understands Buddhist principles from human experience, experiences Buddhist connotation from personality perfection, and skillfully combines Buddhist wisdom with humanistic ideal, so as to show strong feelings for joining the world and rich humanistic connotation. The connection between learning Buddhism and understanding life is obviously integrated into the Confucian theory of "mind nature"..

Humanistic thought

Lin Qingxuan explored the "human nature" in real life through the discussion of "Buddha nature", which has a distinctive humanistic color. This kind of humanistic color is mainly reflected in the Confucian theory of personality cultivation. Lin Qingxuan discusses "human nature" from the perspective of "personality". He hopes to rebuild the ideal "personality" with the help of "Buddha nature" and restore the "human nature" that has not been seen for a long time in traditional culture, so as to achieve the ideal of purifying the world and building a "pure land of the world". In his creation, Lin Qingxuan's Buddhist Prose takes Buddhism as the foundation, integrates Confucian personality cultivation theory, and combines Buddhist wisdom with humanistic delicacy to achieve the harmonious unity of Buddhist philosophy and humanistic ideal.

Philosophy of life

Lin Qingxuan is a writer with a strong sense of life, which is mainly reflected in the concept of "protecting students". "Nursing students" is not only to protect life, but also to cherish life and revere nature. Lin Qingxuan also further developed to pay attention to the meaning of life and think about the value of life. He paid close attention to all living beings in the world with a kind of compassionate feelings, protected their lives and rescued their suffering. Lin Qingxuan's life experience is not purely theoretical, but has a personal feeling. In his works, from his life experience full of exhortation, we can deeply feel Lin Qingxuan's life consciousness. What dominates this emotion is his thinking about the value of life.

Philosophy of life

Lin Qingxuan opposed the negative and pessimistic philosophy of life about the past and the future, emphasizing the significance of this life and the value of this life. This is Zen's life philosophy of "living in the present". In fact, this philosophy of life is to treat secular life with a detached attitude, and strive to understand from the current daily life. Lin Qingxuan fully grasped Zen's life philosophy of "living in the present" and gave creative play to it. In fact, Lin Qingxuan saw a kind of courage to face the reality from this philosophy of life, which has a great inspiration for those who encounter setbacks. Lin Qingxuan always encourages people who are in the low tide of life, hoping that they can come out from the shadow of the past, look forward to the future, and take every step in front of them.

Reflection on urban civilization

Lin Qingxuan always looks at urban civilization from the perspective of "countryman", and reflects on urban civilization from the perspective of "human nature". From the urban civilization, he saw the degeneration of human nature and the indifference of human feelings, criticized the pursuit of fame and wealth and extravagance and lust of urban people, and thought about the way of life and value pursuit of urban people. Urban civilization let him down, so he set his eyes on his hometown, through the memories of his childhood to repose his ideal pursuit. In this way, his literary world, like Shen Congwen, formed a binary opposition between urban civilization and agricultural civilization. His works often reflect on life and society in this dual structure, thus showing his value orientation and ideal pursuit. Lin Qingxuan looked at the urban civilization from the perspective of the nation and expressed deep concern about the development of the nation.

Artistic technique

Conception technique

Lin Qingxuan's prose conception can often be from one side to the other, from the outside to the inside. As he once said, the article should "explore inward and seek outward". His prose creation is usually originated from ordinary things. While optimizing the language, the implication will be systematically displayed, revealing the mystery of life, which makes readers feel excited in the process of reading. For example, in the article dusk Bodhi, "from the shade of bodhi tree with ant nest to the sunny and romantic dusk, I am deeply shocked. I feel that people living in the countryside are the nature of life, while people living in the city need some classical mood, gentle mood, and some wisdom that can be quiet after pollution." it shows that the author associate life and mood with Bodhi The wisdom of the world. The idea is also transformed from one scene to another, which makes the prose have a very mysterious philosophical expression.

language arts

The language of Lin Qingxuan's prose is fresh and meaningful, the language form is flexible, and it has a very strong artistic conception in the process of artistic communication. For example, in "every family has a bright moon and a breeze", it describes the source of happiness in life, "happiness in life comes from the sudden opening of my heart It is because there is a treasure house of affection in the heart. "This text description uses the artistic form of metaphor and imagination, which fully shows the cultural connotation of happiness. For another example, in the prosperity of aunt ye, he thinks that the artistic conception is not a special content, and the prosperity in life has no specific meaning. It means that people find little secrets in life with a mood, and the content described is "the realm is not in any special place Through this elegant artistic description, we can convey the mood and artistic conception contained in the article, and fully show the language characteristics of prose.

In addition, Lin Qingxuan's prose language is encouraged by his fresh and humorous Zen language. Generally speaking, humorous language forms can only show the humorous features of language in a lively environment, while in Lin Qingxuan's works, language plays an important role

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