Natsume Soseki really raised a calico cat.
He named the cat "My Son".
Lu Shi trembled when he heard this, and thought that the Japanese name of "I am a cat" is "我的猫である".
Unexpectedly, Natsume Soseki suddenly wanted to write a novel with a cat as the first-person perspective. The reason turned out to be Rishi and Owen discussing the experiential acting method.
Novels can create connections with performances;
Well, very reasonable.
After raising us, Natsume Soseki became a "voyeur".
He follows us every day with a notebook to record our living habits.
Twenty pages were quickly filled up.
However, when he was writing a book, he always felt something was wrong. He held back five words for a long time, and then crossed out another one.
that's all,
Record, create, cross out,
Record, create, cross out,
Record, create, cross out,
Repeatedly.
Time passed day by day, and finally I got to "Yes!" Prime Minister's opening day.
…
December 16,
Sunday.
Christmas is getting closer and closer, and the streets and alleys are gradually immersed in the joy of the festival. Even the smog that has enveloped London all day seems to have been diluted a lot.
Lu Shi urged while packing his things: "Natsume, it's time to go."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a scream from the other side:
"Ooooooooooooo-"
Lu Shi rushed over violently,
"My generation?!"
"It's not me, it's me."
I saw Natsume Soseki sitting on a small four-legged stool.
In front of him was a red washbasin. I was carefully staring at the water in the washbasin and making "meow~" sounds from time to time.
Lu Shi was speechless for a while.
"Brother, how many times have I told you not to bathe cats."
This is a bloody lesson learned in practice.
Lu Shi had the experience of taking care of a cat before time travel and knew how difficult it was to bathe a cat.
It felt like raping a 200-pound fat man. Even after three or five hours of trying, it might not be possible.
Lu Shi waved,
"Come. Come, me."
"Meow~"
I kicked Natsume Soseki's face and jumped into Riku Toki's arms.
Natsume Soseki left two marks on his face.
He wiped away the water traces and said strangely: "I have been recording our habits these days, and it obviously likes water."
Lu Shi was stunned,
"Have it?"
Natsume Soseki nodded his head.
"Yes. Haven't you noticed? I will use my paws to stir the water in the cup or basin, as if playing."
Lu Shi recalled carefully and found that what the other party said seemed to be true.
I have to admit that Natsume Soseki was able to write "I Am a Cat" because he must have fully observed it, because the descriptions of the cat's movements are vivid and vivid, giving readers a sense of the picture, as if we are right in front of our eyes.
Lu Shi said: "Maybe the sloshing water is very interesting to us."
Natsume Soseki sighed,
"Then why doesn't it like taking a bath? Well...it's just an unsolved mystery~"
Lu Shi waved his hand,
"You'd better not think about this, let's go out first."
He put us down,
The little guy spun around at his feet, and then nimbly got under the bed.
Riku Toki and Natsume Soseki went out and got into the carriage.
Lu Shi said: "Actually, we are already very smart. Ordinary cats can rub their feces and urine on their feet and even their backs, but that little guy is very clean and knows how to find the litter box on his own."
Natsume Soseki said: "I want to give it a bath, it's not that it's not clean."
Lu Shi was a little confused.
"Why is that?"
Natsume Soseki smiled sheepishly,
"I just want to see what I look like when I'm taking a bath~ Record it, it might be useful in the future. I even thought about a scene where I was greedy and licked the host's wine plate, and then fell into the water tank or something."
grass!
Isn’t that what we in “I Am Cat” are like?
The last second, Kusha Mi, Mi Ting, Dong Feng, Du Xian and others were still chatting about Han Yue's marriage and topics about women;
The next second, the cat drowned in the water tank.
It's very much like the bad ending of a web article.
However, "I Am a Cat" was originally finished in a hurry. One theory is that Natsume Soseki was criticized during the serialization period.
Soto Todai criticized Natsume Soseki in "Neobun Shikiyanlu":
Either they don't know enough about world literature, and they don't know that there were works like "Tom Moore's View of Life" a hundred years ago. "Tom Moore's View of Life" uses the first-person perspective of the cat;
Or he is extremely arrogant, knowing that his predecessors have similar works but not mentioning them in his novels.
On the surface, this is literary criticism;
It is actually an accusation of plagiarism.
Literary men look down upon each other;
This is true both at home and abroad.
(Japan’s tradition of inflammation is indeed very early.)
But if "I Am Cat" could be written as a book in the UK, there would probably be no such scandal, and the characters in the book would not drown in a water tank. There is no such thing as a good thing.
Lu Shi pondered: "Natsume, why do you want a cat as the protagonist?"
Natsume Soseki corrected: "Well... it can't be regarded as the protagonist, but the cat is the first person. As for the reason, first of all, I listened to your conversation with Sir Owen that day and was inspired. I felt that the sense of substitution is not just for people. It might also be interesting to use on animals."
Lu Shi said, "What about the second step?"
Natsume Soseki continued:
"Secondly, Lu, have you ever heard of haiku?"
Lu Shi couldn't help laughing and said, "Natsume, you don't think haiku is from Japan, do you?"
Natsume Soseki was slightly embarrassed.
Haiku poems, also known as haiku poems, humorous poems, humorous poems, etc., are poems whose content is mainly humorous, or satirical and ridiculing.
This type of poetry covers poetry, music, and folk songs. The style is easy to understand and clear. It can be roughly divided into humorous poems, limericks, and some miscellaneous poems.
Of course, haiku was introduced to Japan from China.
Natsume Soseki has studied Sinology in depth and calls himself a Sinologist. Naturally, he knows this fact.
He said frankly: "I know that haiku has already appeared in the Zhou Dynasty. But, Lu, in your Qing dynasty, aren't haiku unpopular?"
Gentlemen really don’t like haiku.
But the people are different.
However, in the feudal era, anything that the official disliked would naturally decline.
As the successor of haiku, Japan has become "orthodox."
Lu Shi sighed,
"That's all. I just want to say that I still know haiku."
Natsume Soseki continued: "I read a lot of English works before, and then because of you, I came into contact with Mr. Xiao's plays and your "Yes! Prime Minister", and I felt that I could combine haiku literature with European satirical literature. "
Lu Shi understood,
"If this is the choice, the final text must be both humorous and sarcastic. From this point of view, choosing a cat as the first-person perspective is indeed a wise choice."
Although Riku Toki knew a lot about "I Am a Cat" before time travel, it was impossible to know about Natsume Soseki's various considerations when creating it.
Now it's quite clear,
It’s also a good story.
Natsume Soseki said: "I just didn't expect that I would be so difficult to deal with and wouldn't even want to take a bath."
The topic actually came around again.
Lu Shi was speechless,
"Let's just say, is there any other way? Listening to your tone just now, people who don't know may think you are Xue Ding... um... they also think you are a cat abuser~"
Just as he was talking, there was a knock on the door from the coachman outside:
Dong Dong——
Lu Shi opened the car curtain,
"What's wrong?"
The carriage driver was puzzled: "Gentlemen, I'm really sorry. I'm afraid I won't be able to walk further."
He pointed in the direction of the main road.
I saw that the entrance of Lanxin Theater was crowded into a mass, full of moving heads.
