The Mermaid’s Pipa

I feel like I want to express something, but I don't understand it at all.

I always feel that this novel is so magical.

"I desired your beauty; I longed for your body; neither wine nor fruit could satisfy my need. What shall I do now, John? Neither flood nor sea can quench my passion. I am a princess, and you despise me. I am a virgin, and you take it from me. Pure. I am chaste, and you set my blood on fire... Ah! Why don't you look at me, John? Well, I know you'll fall in love with me, the mystery of love that one should only think of." —Salome How about dedicating the ending of this Salome to the mermaid Pamo? Is it similar to the purpose of this article? The two most famous stories about mermaids in the history of literature are the sea princess by Andersen who sacrifices her life for her love and becomes eternal, and the fisherman who abandons his soul and loves deeply in pain in Wilde's works. Pamo's story seems to be somewhere in between, neither as warm as Andersen nor as extreme as Wilde. It is a bit difficult to analyze and summarize this article, because Hanyu's writing this time is very fragmented, jumping and smart. The complex fragments of light have not been melted into a unified mysterious gem, and the crisscrossing streams have not merged into a vast and unbridled river. But it's the fragments and tributaries that make it interesting and sparkling. About evil and beauty Hanyu is really one of the few authors in Jinjiang who uses gorgeous words to depict the evil beauty of human nature. Elevating evil to the level of aesthetics is a kind of romanticism in literary fantasy. It is precisely because of the paleness of evil that human inspiration can transcend morality and create new symbols. "The devil is cold, even as a lover. But he is not ugly." Hanyu's protagonists always have a devilish figure deep in their hearts, and Hanyu's stories always express the contradictions of human nature through a mixture of lust and disgust, touching and terrifying, funny and disgusting, passion and irony. The devil does not represent evil, but human pleasure. Pamo's uniqueness is that she knows this kind of fun well and understands the despair and desolation behind it. She seems to be longing for the dawn, but also doubts that it will come, and when it does come, it will eventually disappear. Life is sad. The perverted cuteness lies in his extreme play with human nature and life, yet he can feel the excitement of love in his own blood. He is a devil who keeps doing evil things over and over again in order to experience the pleasure of evil. But the devil is also full of a sense of power. This absurd sense of power comes from the fact that he finally went to the God of Beauty and death without regrets. As for our righteous male protagonist, I really want to give him Oscar Wilde's famous saying: A dreamer can only find the way forward under the moonlight, and his punishment for this is to see the dawn before everyone else. Of course, there is also "Love is better than wisdom, more precious than wealth, more beautiful than the feet of human daughters. Fire cannot burn it, and sea water cannot drown it." Can these words be considered the last words of the crazy men and resentful women who died under the dagger in the article? In this story, the charm of the heroine and the supporting characters completely overwhelms the male protagonist in terms of aesthetics, and the power of evil has all surpassed justice. What a wrong outlook, yet extremely charming. About lust and destruction In terms of psychological cognition, what drives evil is always libido! The theme of Western art is lust. Desire is unlimited. For men and women, it is a symbol of death and the abyss leading to destruction. This theory was discussed very profoundly by Freud. This theme has always been the essence of Hanyu's writing. The mermaid, who embodies the beauty of lust in this article, seems to have been hurt by human beings' excessive desires and the contradictions of human nature. The beauty of the mermaid is a sinful beauty, and beauty itself is Sodom. Daggers related to mermaids are always stained with blood, and the scarlet color of the blood is gorgeous, reminiscent of Caravaggio and Raphael, Titian's great paintings, and Caesar's red robe, which symbolizes the blood and desire of power, and is the glory and fall of a totem of desire like Rome. In this article, whether it is the police, perverts, or other men's desire for mermaids, it is an indescribable obsession and dream about beauty itself. But are you willing to die for beauty? The righteous knight will only sacrifice beauty, while the evil devil turns into pearls under the sharp blade of beauty. This satire is downright evil. Hanyu borrows the mermaid to create gorgeous close-ups of lust and death, sin and punishment. If we use a modern thinking mode to interpret the mermaid, has it already deviated from Andersen's original meaning? The destruction of beauty, the degradation of the soul, and the fragility of human nature are the true directions for modern people to reflect and explore. Stare into the abyss for too long, and the abyss will stare back. And how can staring compare to the crazy attraction of bottoming out? About love and death Now back to the text of this article, this life is for you, so of course you will give it your all. This is the ideal view of love. True love is a mixture of beauty, pain, cruelty, absurdity, and perversion, while greed and nothingness have always been the front and back doors of love. The bottom line of Hanyu's love theme has always been: it is not difficult to get love, the fun lies in destroying it. Coming for you and devoting everything to you point to the intense moment when passion blooms like fireworks, just like Marquez said in Cholera: Regarding death, the only pain I feel is that I cannot die for love. As his general in the labyrinth said: It's never too late to die for love. As Salome said at the end, the mystery of love far exceeds the mystery of death. As the lyrics of slave to love sing, the storm is breaking, we\'re too young to reason, too grown to dream! But love will die, just like the mermaid princess in this article needs souls who die for love one after another to survive, just like the sharpness of the dagger needs fresh blood. One unsolvable cycle after another, saying the same thing. That's Oscar Wilde's The Ballad of Reading Gaol The man had killed the thing he loved And so he had to die Yet each man kills the thing he loves By each let this be heard Some do it with a bitter look Some with a flattering word The coward does it with a kiss The brave man with a sword People will destroy what they love, and let's look at their different methods: some use cold eyebrows, some use sweet words; a coward offers a gentle kiss, and a brave man wields a sharp sword. PS: The writing of Mermaid Pamo is relatively fragmented, and there are also obscure parts. Many clues are broken in the middle, but it does not affect the reading sense at all. It feels like a piece of inspiration! This long review is dedicated to Hanyu. I hope you will keep writing and write a truly long novel that will surpass your previous works. I am your loyal reader!

Say it again! This ending is very good, because as human beings exist, evil exists, beauty also exists, and lust also exists. Human beings will invent rules one by one to limit the self and develop the superego. But until the ego dies, the instinct will never die! Infinite repetition, infinite loop, only questions, no answers. . .

It was an unexpected surprise to see an update suddenly!

I have always felt that Hanyu's heroines have unique charms. This one about mermaids is also my favorite among the mermaid novels I have read, because a human becomes a mermaid, so she has a contradictory personality and a complicated fate. I also like Officer Zheng who is insatiable for love. I am looking forward to the update!

I don't know if you remember me... I haven't been here for a long time and this weekend I reviewed your article again... I always support you... It's just that I'm lazy and rarely bubble up...

Today is Christmas Eve, won't there be an update for Christmas Hanyu? Thinking of Pamo's Christmas gift, it's such a wonderful episode! To be successful in life, you must have all the joy. Although love, hate, and hatred are too bad on the road of life, you must be bold when you want to be wild. Just like the lyrics of Luohualiushui: "If this trip is happy, it will be worthy of this life. We met lightly and left no mark on each, but we experienced the most tender resonance." I hope the ending of the mermaid can be gentler. I wish Hanyu a happy holiday and new year!

Hanyu, I've been waiting for your new work. I haven't started reading this one yet because I don't want to wait. I'll wait until you finish it and then I'll start again! I watched "I'm Not an Angel" again some time ago. The first time I watched it was in October 2007. I remember that I felt sad and helpless for Nong Yue for a long time after watching it. I thought why Hanyu didn't let the two people who discovered love and started falling in love be happy. I watched it again seven years later and felt relieved. Perhaps, this ending is the most compassionate to Nong Yue! And Xiao Qi, after so many years, I still feel sorry for her, maybe it's time to visit her again!

Today I saw Jolin Tsai's MV for "So So What". When Ruby Lin and Jolin Tsai kissed each other in white wedding dresses, I thought I was seeing Yu Yimo and Du Feixue, and tears came down all of a sudden. It's a pity that Du Feixue still died, but it's a pity that Yu Yimo only shed enough tears for one bracelet and fully recovered. Could it be that one day, after Yu Yimo got tired of playing her pornographic game, he would find the sea witch and use something precious of his? Make an exchange and become a mermaid in exchange for Feixue? However, I think what Hanyu wrote is not a fairy tale.