British writer

Natsume Soseki really raised a Sanhua cat,

He named the cat "My Generation".

Lu Shi was shocked when he heard it, and thought that the Japanese name of "I Am a Cat" is "My Generation は猫である\

,"Unexpectedly, Natsume Soseki suddenly wanted to create a novel with cats as the first-person perspective. The reason turned out to be Lu Shi and Owen discussing the performance method of the experiential school.

Fiction can relate to performance,

Well, very reasonable.

After raising my generation, Natsume Soseki became a "peeping tom\

,"He follows us every day with a notebook, recording our living habits,

Twenty pages filled up quickly.

However, when he was writing a book with a pen, he always felt that something was wrong. He choked out five words for a long time, and then crossed them out again.

that's all,

record, create, cross out,

record, create, cross out,

record, create, cross out,

Repeatedly.

Time passed day by day, and finally came 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 shrouded London all day seems to have been diluted a lot.

While packing his things, Lu Shi urged, "Natsume, it's time to go."

As soon as the voice fell, a scream came from the other side:

"Aoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-"

Lu Shi rushed over suddenly,

"My generation?!"

"It's not my generation, it's me."

I saw Natsume Soseki sitting on a small four-legged stool,

In front of him is a red washbasin, and I carefully stare at the water in the washbasin, making a "meow~" sound from time to time.

Lu Shi was speechless for a while,

"Brother, how many times have I told you not to bathe the cat."

This is a bloody lesson learned in practice.

Lu Shi had experience serving cats before crossing, and knew how difficult it is to bathe cats.

It felt like rape a 200-jin fat man, tossing for three or five hours might not be able to accomplish anything.

Lu Shi waved,

"Come. My generation, come."

"Meow~"

We kicked Natsume Soseki's face and jumped into Lu Shi's arms.

Natsume Soseki left two marks on his face.

He wiped off the water stains, and said strangely: "I have been recording my habits for the past few days, it obviously likes water."

Lu Shi was stunned,

"Have it?"

Natsume Soseki nodded his head,

"Yes. Didn't you notice? We will use our paws to stir the water in the water cup or basin, like 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 been fully observed, because the descriptions of the cat's movements in it are vivid and vivid, making readers feel very visual, as if we are right in front of our eyes.

Lu Shi said: "Perhaps, the swaying water is very interesting to us."

Natsume Soseki sighed,

"Then why doesn't it like to take a bath? Sigh...it's simply an unsolved mystery~"

Lu Shi waved his hand,

"Don't think about it, let's go out first."

He put us down,

The little guy spun around at his feet, then nimbly got under the bed.

Lu Shi and Natsume Soseki went out and got into the carriage.

Lu Shi said: "Actually, we are already very smart. Ordinary cats can rub feces and urine on their feet and even their backs, but that little guy is very clean and knows how to find a potty by himself."

Natsume Soseki said: "I want to give it a bath, not because it is unclean."

Lu Shi was a little confused,

"Why is that?"

Natsume Soseki smiled embarrassedly,

"I just want to see how I look when I take a shower~ Record it, maybe it will be useful in the future. I even thought of a scene where I was greedy, licked the master's wine dish, and then fell into the water tank or something."

grass!

Isn't that what my generation in "I Am a Cat" is?

In the last second, Kushami, Miting, Dongfeng, Duxian and others were still chatting about Hanyue's marriage and women;

In the next second, the cat drowned in the water tank.

It's very similar to the unfinished end of a web article.

However, "I Am a Cat" was originally ended in a hurry. There is a saying that Natsume Soseki was criticized during the serialization.

Tendai Soto criticized Natsume Soseki in "Cat Literature Morale Record":

Either you don’t know enough about world literature, and you don’t know that there was such a work as "Moore’s Outlook on Life" a hundred years ago, and "Moore’s Outlook on Life" uses the first-person perspective of a cat;

Or they are extremely arrogant, knowing that there are similar works in the predecessors, but they don't mention it in their own novels.

On the surface, this is literary criticism,

It's actually an allegation of plagiarism.

Literati are light on each other,

It is the same in ancient and modern China and abroad.

(The tradition in Japan is indeed very early.)

But if "I Am a Cat" can be written in the UK, probably there will be no such dirty things, and my generation in the book will not drown in the water tank, which is great.

Lu Shi pondered: "Natsume, why do you want to use cats 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 heard you talking with Sir Owen the other day, and I was inspired. I feel that the sense of substitution is not just about people. It might be interesting to apply it to animals as well."

Lu Shi said, "Then what's next?"

Soseki Natsume continued:

"Secondly, Lu, have you ever heard Haixie?"

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 poetry, also known as haiku poetry, witty poetry, witty poetry, etc., is a poem whose content is mainly humorous, or satirical.

The genres of this kind of poetry include poems, songs, and folk songs. The style is easy to understand and clear. It can be roughly divided into humorous poems, doggerel poems, and some miscellaneous poems.

Of course, haiku was introduced to Japan from China.

Natsume Soseki has studied Sinology in depth, and he calls himself a Sinologist, so he naturally knows this fact.

He said frankly: "I know that Haixie has already appeared in the Zhou Dynasty. But, Lu, isn't Haixie unpopular in your Qing Dynasty?"

Gentlemen really don't want to see haiku,

But folks are different.

However, in the feudal era, anything that the government didn't want to see would tend to decline naturally.

Japan, as the successor of haiku, has instead become "orthodox."

Lu Shi sighed,

"That's all. I just want to say that I still know about haiku."

Natsume Soseki continued: "Before I read a lot of English works, and because of you, I came into contact with Mr. Xiao's dramas and your "Yes! Prime Minister". I feel that I can combine haiku literature with European satire literature. "

Lu Shi understood,

"If this is the choice, the final written text must have both characteristics of humor and irony. From this point of view, it is indeed a wise choice to choose cats as the first-person perspective."

Although Lu Shi knew "I Am a Cat" very well, it is impossible to know the various thoughts of Natsume Soseki when he created it.

It's clear now,

It's also a good story.

Natsume Soseki said: "It's just that I didn't expect that my generation is so difficult to deal with, and I don't want to take a bath."

The topic turned around again.

Lu Shi was speechless,

"Let's just say, is there any other way? Judging from your tone just now, people who don't know think you are Schrödinger... um... think you are a cat abuser~"

Just as he was talking, a coachman knocked on the door:

Boom——

Lu Shi opened the curtains of the car,

"What's wrong?"

The coachman wondered: "You two gentlemen, I'm really sorry, I'm afraid I won't be able to move forward."

He pointed in the direction of the main road.

I saw that the entrance of the Lyceum Theater was crowded into a lump, full of moving heads.