Many people feel that their knowledge is limited after reading Chen's White Deer Plain. What is the theme of this book?

As a novel, White Deer Plain is magical and contains many metaphors. Only by understanding these metaphors can we really understand this book. The novel White Deer Plain is an elegy of farming civilization. In the book, the author never spares pen and ink to describe all kinds of farmland work, how to plow the field, how to harvest, how women weave cloth, and how to make a fire to cook. And all these writers are writing in a style close to hymns, delicate, calm and deep. Even the part about praying for rain is full of piety.

Perhaps, the author Chen thinks that the farming age is the best time for mankind, and this book is about a painful experience of ancient farming civilization withdrawing from the historical stage under the impact of western industrial civilization. The demise of the Manchu Dynasty, the outbreak of the Revolution of 1911, and the rise of the * * * production party were all the results of the impact of western industrial civilization. In this context, what kind of joys and sorrows will people experience?

Bai Jiaxuan is both a landlord and a farmer. According to the class division, it is difficult to say whether he is an exploiting class or an exploited class. He is a figure extracted from agricultural civilization and a defender of traditional morality. Bai Jiaxuan abides by the creed of "farming and reading" and is diligent and upright. As a patriarch, he set an example by regulating his own behavior with village rules and regulations, thus regulating his own behavior; As a father, he strictly educated his children, so that they, like himself, carefully guarded the land and rules left by their ancestors. His generosity and harshness make him almost inviolable.

? In Heiwa's view, his image as a Taoist guardian is "the waist is too hard and straight". And Mr. Zhu just represents the road that Bai Jiaxuan is struggling to protect. Bai Jiaxuan represents the economic foundation of the farming era, and Mr. Zhu represents the superstructure of the farming era, one is the concentration of economy and the other is the concentration of culture. The author mentioned "Bailuyuan Spirit" many times in the book, and these two people can be called "Bailuyuan Spirit".

Mr. Zhu appeared in the book as a perfect saint, but left with regret. Without his material foundation, he naturally cannot exist. After Mr. Zhu's death, Bai Jiaxuan said with emotion: "There will be no such gentleman in the world!" This sentence is correct. Modern people often boast that someone is a master of Chinese studies, teaching Chinese studies in universities, and the government runs Confucius Institutes abroad to promote traditional culture. These practices are ridiculous.

China's traditional culture is based on farming civilization. Once industrial civilization replaces agricultural civilization, traditional culture can only become a prop on the stage, which is not only specious but also useless.

Several young people in the book are all students of Teacher Zhu. Lu and Lu are brothers, Bai Xiaowen and Lu are brothers, Bai Ling is, and Heiwa is. These people come from the same school, but they have different personalities, experiences and endings.

? "White Deer Plain" is not a book with distinct ideology, but a TV series is another story. It just shows the living conditions of people in an era, allowing readers to taste and think for themselves. What this book really wants to express is attachment to farming civilization, awe of traditional culture and praise of life.

Bailuyuan has experienced disasters again and again, and life is still multiplying. There are two disasters in the book, both of which have a strong mystery. Begging for rain during the drought and the town demon tower during the plague all look very bizarre and absurd. In fact, these things are deeply rooted in our hearts. The description in the book reflects the author's awe of traditional culture, which is a psychological need and the materialization of culture.

? On the one hand, White Deer Praise the indomitable life, on the other hand, it expresses the author's confusion about life.

Bai Jiaxuan was more like a philosopher in his later years. He understood a lot of truth and summed up a lot of experience.