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Text Chapter 1061 European Literature and Art

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    All the buildings in Windsor Castle are made of stone, surrounded by green lawns and dense forests. The sunset between the castle and the forest is beautiful at dusk.  This reception dinner is considered very sumptuous in the UK, but for Zhang Haoran and others from Da Qin, it can only be regarded as simple.  Cromwell is a man in his fifties, very gentlemanly, with a long face and a slightly aquiline nose, which makes people feel that he is a very determined person.  "Distinguished envoys from the East, on behalf of the British people, I warmly welcome you and wish the friendship between our two countries will last forever." Cromwell's voice was also very loud and full of speech style.  Among the important people attending the dinner, there was also a general named Lanbai, who was Cromwell's confidant. He also extended a warm welcome after Cromwell.  Zhang Haoran was elegant and said with a friendly and implicit smile: "I am extremely honored to be received by Your Excellency at Windsor Castle. During this period, I have read many of Shakespeare's works, such as "King Lear", "King Lear" and "King Lear".  "Hamlet", "Othello", "Romeo and Juliet", "The Merchant of Venice", etc., including "The Merry Wives of Windsor" which left a deep impression on me. Unexpectedly, after coming to England, I would be able to visit in person  The fascinating Windsor Castle is such an honor. " Zhang Haoran's words stunned Cromwell and others. Apparently they did not expect that the Qin envoys thousands of miles away were so familiar with their country's dramas.  It's unbelievable.  General Lan Bai even asked: "It is such an honor that the distinguished Ambassador of Qin has also read Shakespeare's works. I wonder what you think after reading "The Merry Wives of Windsor"?" General Lan Bai obviously  I wanted to see if Zhang Haoran had actually read these works, or if he had only heard the names of them.  This is very important. If Zhang Haoran has really read these works carefully, it is enough to show that he knows all aspects of Britain very well.  Zhang Haoran smiled and said slowly: "Mrs. Peggy and Mrs. Foss. With their wit, they made several vulgar men laugh. I sighed at their calmness and wisdom in this process, and I saw the upper class British aristocracy in them.  Thinking about it carefully, this work is fresh and lively on the surface, with a compact and funny plot. At the same time, it is also humorous and satirical about the declining knight class and the shameless market scoundrels.  They seem to be 'romantic women', but their liveliness and wit are revealed everywhere in their teasing of Falstaff, and their noble and upright personality is reflected." Zhang Haoran finished.  General Lan Bai and Cromwell couldn't help but look at each other, feeling a little heavy.  The other party knows so much about Britain, and how much do I really know about Qin's current situation?  Then the next meeting was really uneasy!  Zhang Haoran was familiar with Shakespeare's works. After the reception dinner, Cromwell simply arranged a play of "King Lear" for Zhang Haoran and others to watch.  "King Lear" is one of Shakespeare's masterpieces. It is very profound and roughly tells the story of King Lear and his three daughters.  The old King Lear wants to abdicate.  He hoped to divide the land among his three daughters.  At the time of enfeoffment, he asked each of his daughters to express their love for him and allocate territory to them according to the degree of their love for him.  The eldest daughter Goneril and the second daughter Regan tried their best to praise the king, but only the younger daughter Cordelia was expelled by Lear because her expression was unpretentious.  But because of her honesty, she gained the favor of the French King.  Went to France and became queen.  After dividing the land between his two daughters, King Lear was driven out of the house by his two unfilial daughters and was in a very miserable situation. The younger daughter heard about what happened to her father in France.  She immediately organized an army to fight back to England to rescue her father, but the army failed and she and her father Lear were both arrested.  After Cordelia was executed.  King Lear remembered the words she used to express her love for him: love and be private.  The translation of Cordelia¡¯s words is: I love you, so I won¡¯t say much else.  Thinking back on this sentence, King Lear couldn't help crying loudly, with tears streaming down his face. The love of his youngest daughter is simple and unpretentious, but it can be proved by his life at any time.  It turns out that unspeakable love is the most sincere and strongest.  In the end, King Lear collapsed and died due to excessive grief.  The ideological connotation expressed in this opera is very profound. Zhang Haoran and others were fascinated by it and booed.  Since the Yuan Dynasty, Chinese operas and novels have developed very rapidly, including Guan Hanqing, Wang Shifu, Bai Pu, Ma Zhiyuan, Tang Xianzu, etc.Many famous opera masters.  But it must be admitted that even these famous opera masters, many of their works still remain at the level of "talents and beauties" and "romantic romance", such as Wang Shifu's "The Romance of the West Chamber", Tang Xianzu's "The Peony Pavilion", "The Purple Hairpin"  "Notes" and so on, can be regarded as such works.  If we make a horizontal comparison, objectively speaking, no matter how gorgeously written or how moving and tortuous a work like "The Romance of the West Chamber" is, in terms of pattern and depth of thought, it is difficult to compare with works like "King Lear".  Than.  It can be seen from these aspects that since the Renaissance, European cultural thought has gradually surpassed the trend of the East. This must not be underestimated. The progress of thought, culture and art is often the driving force for the progress of the entire society and is also the cornerstone of progress.  .  If we don¡¯t pay enough attention to this, it is inevitable that we will lag behind others as a whole.  Zhang Haoran and the others have important missions this time in addition to politics and military affairs, as well as in culture, art, science and technology, education, etc. In short, in all aspects, they must treat others well with a humble attitude and an attitude of learning.  Bring as much of the things as possible back to Da Qin.  For example, in terms of art, you must not think that it is just something used to embellish the scenery, something that the nobles use to decorate their lives after dinner.  ?Artistic innovation will affect people¡¯s aesthetics and then affect people¡¯s ideological liberation. Just like the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci and others, they are actually one of the important driving forces for the European Renaissance.  The Renaissance was the beginning of Europe's lead in all aspects of the world.  From this, it is not difficult to see how amazing the influence of culture and art is.  Its impact is not immediate, but it is often the most far-reaching.  As far as Europe is concerned, the most influential cities in culture and art are London, Paris and Rome.  Zhang Haoran must move these works of Shakespeare back to the Qin Dynasty to allow more collisions between Eastern and Western culture and art. It will definitely be a booster for China's increasingly closed and rigid cultural thoughts. At least the emperor of the Qin Dynasty thought so, so  One of the most important tasks assigned to the mission was to collect European cultural and artistic achievements.  How did Cromwell and others know that Zhang Haoran and others came with such a mission? Seeing that Zhang Haoran had been immersed in British culture and art, he was secretly happy. He only thought that Zhang Haoran and others were not the kind of pragmatic people who like to come to Europe.  Eat, drink and be merry.  This time, he invited the Daqin delegation headed by Zhang Haoran to Windsor Castle. He actually had the intention of bypassing the parliament and reaching some agreements with Daqin alone.  Cromwell¡¯s current thinking is completely different from his thinking when he launched the bourgeois revolution.  ??If it is divided into the past and the present from the moment he sent Charles I to the guillotine.  In the past, he was a radical bourgeois revolutionary who demanded reform and freedom.  Now that he holds great power, he advocates royal power and is a complete conservative.  Now, he wants to put aside the British Parliament, put more real power in his own hands, and become the de facto king of the United Kingdom.  In this regard, Zhang Haoran already has enough understanding from the intelligence collected.  In his view, Cromwell was a despicable kleptocrat under the banner of bourgeois revolution.  No matter what banner he played, he was essentially the same as Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms period.  "Currently Cromwell has the intention to steal the country and is doing things to steal the country, but the British Parliament still has very strong real power, which has formed a very big restriction on him.  Zhang Haoran felt that it would not be difficult to get such a villain to give up more benefits, so he was not in a hurry at all.  ps: More dedication, double monthly tickets have begun, brothers and sisters, the most critical decisive moment has arrived, please help me, please give me monthly tickets, please double monthly tickets, thank you!  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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