Text: Wang Bingyan (Graduate from Georgetown University with a master's degree in Linguistics, language educator. Observing current language phenomena at any time, and offering personal opinions to stimulate social discussion on language education) Many people should have read Su Shi's literary works, right? Whether it's "wake up with the spring breeze" or "there is no fragrant grass anywhere in the world", Su Shi has left us many familiar phrases. But apart from the occasional sentence, how far-reaching is the influence of Su Shi's poetry or prose on us modern people? Recently, I shared with my Facebook friends and saw an article published on May 27th in "Human Fu Bao" titled " Middle school students worry about not reading Teacher Su Dongpo: their souls will dry up" .
The content adjusts the ratio of vernacular to classical Chinese for the new syllabus. Quoting The editors of Hanlin and Nanyi Publishing House considered the selection of materials, and at the same time, based on the remarks of an unnamed Chinese teacher, they mentioned twice the worry that "the middle school students may not read Su Shi, and their souls may dry up". This kind of argument once again brought out the dispute over the proportion of ancient texts, and also Wedding Photo Editing made me reflect on my relationship with literary works, so I hope to explain my views on the new syllabus of this article review. Due to the wide range of discussions on this topic, I will only respond to two points below: one is that it is insufficient to stick to the controversial direction of "vernacular vs. classical Chinese", and the other is that liberal arts teaching deserves more reflection. Although I chose the English department in college,
I became an English teacher after graduation, and I went to sociolinguistics in graduate school, but I have always enjoyed Chinese literature, especially Su Shi. The "Night Tour of Chengtian Temple" mentioned in the article "Human Fortune" is believed to be a high school memory that many seventh and eighth graders have. Perhaps the depth of this article has not been grasped by most middle school students, but it can bring a lot of aftertaste when looking back at it after a little older. "Former Chibi Fu" is a work that I came into contact with and cherished very much in high school. The level of liking is that even after graduating from high school more than ten years later, I can still discuss its meaning with high school students who happened to read "Former Chibi Fu". In the article, Su Shi first expressed the small and impermanent sigh of life by visiting historical sites with others, and finally turned to t