The magic piper's thoughts after reading the word 1000.

The Pied Piper is a hardcover book about [Japan] by Kenya Abe, published by Guangxi Normal University Press. The book is priced at 68.00 yuan, with 296 pages in total. I hope to help some readers.

Thinking of the Magic Piper (1): 202 1# Reading Notes # Magic Piper

I first learned the story of The Magic Piper when I was a child. So seeing the title of this book is very attractive to me. 1June 26, 284, about 130 children disappeared collectively in the German town of Hamern ... According to local records, the legend goes like this: It is said that the rodent problem in Hamern was very serious the year before. One day, a well-dressed man came here and said that he could solve the rodent problem. The villagers promised to pay a lot of money if it was solved. The man played the flute, and all the mice in this town followed him, and ran into the sea one by one and drowned. When the villagers saw that the mouse was dead, they cheated and refused to give money. The man left in a rage. The next year, the man came again and played the flute outside the city. All the children in the town followed him and went to a cave with him. Then the cave disappeared, and the children and men were gone. The author Abe also takes this magical legend as the breakthrough point, and, like a detective, traces the historical documents and reasoning at different levels, revealing the social background and historical truth behind the legend. The religious wars, empire and family interests disputes contained in these legends spread to the carnival and sorrow of the people in the Middle Ages. After reading this book, I realized that the legendary story of the Magic Piper is actually a tragic spiritual legend telling the fate of the people at the bottom. "The emergence of legends often covers up some truths that cannot be published. Since it cannot be said, the only way to express it is to turn the legend into a story and pass it on implicitly. " The author Abe Jin is also a famous Japanese historian. He is regarded as the first person to study "western society" in Japan. His main research fields are German history and medieval European social history. Recently, I was completely immersed in the long river of German history, and the little book I picked up to change my mind was actually based on German history. I have to say that this is the fate of reading. Recommended reading:? Reading difficulties; vary from person to person

Reflections on The Pied Piper (Ⅱ): The Pied Piper

A history of western society full of humanistic care. 1June 26th, 284, Harmon, the Magic Piper and 130 The Legend of the Missing Child, the Magic Piper.

In the process of reviewing the possibility of exploring the mystery, Spanus decided that the death of Ze Demand in 1260 was a reasonable explanation; Wayne put forward the theory of moving eastward, and regarded the piper as an immigration agent. Dobotin, on the other hand, expanded the theory of immigrant death, thinking that this legend is the historical memory of Count Nicholas and the advance team being killed in the process of immigration; Waller believes that during the festival carnival, children will fall off cliffs and sink into swamps. In addition, there are reasonable explanations such as children's crusade and Christian sacrifice.

The piper was a lowlife in the Middle Ages. "As a symbol of evil deeds, it has become an outlet of people's fear from nowhere, and it has been designated as the object of fear and the person who can convey fear." The piper became part of the legend. In addition, 155 1 ~ 1553, Hamen suffered a series of disasters, especially the religious war in 1553. The fault of the city Council was borne by innocent citizens and children, and the suffering of ordinary people made them criticize the rulers, so the story of the rat catcher's revenge was integrated. "For the people, it seems to be a virtual image that has been oozing out for many years, which is more important than boring historical facts."

However, a historical conclusion pursued by Abe is not just a puzzle-solving exploration, but a clue to analyze medieval society and touch a corner of European social history.

"It may be just a local legend of a small town in Germany in the13rd century, but it spread all over the world in a short time. Because no matter what happened at 1284, the sadness and pain of the people in Harmon crossed time and space and reached our hearts. When approaching the life of the common people who were so sad and painful at that time, we went beyond the interest or curiosity of simple decryption and directly touched the corner of European social history. "

Reflection on the Magic Piper (III): Mystery of European medieval legends and lament of ordinary people

I don't know how many people are familiar with this legend. It is included in Grimm's fairy tales. It tells us:

Hamern, Germany, suffered a rat disaster on 1284. A man in a flowered coat played the flute, and a group of mice followed him into the river and drowned. After solving the rodent problem, the citizens refused to pay the agreed remuneration to the Huayi people. In revenge, Hua Yi-nan played the flute again. This time he came out with a group of boys and girls, a total of *** 130 people. They finally disappeared in the mountains.

The difference between legends and fairy tales is that legends are usually real things, but they have changed in the course of centuries. There have been 25 truth hypotheses about this legend for 400 years.

This is a typical book that sees the big from the small. The author puts the city of Harmon and the legend in the background of the whole medieval Europe, and achieves the social order and people's life in medieval Europe through the process of verifying, overthrowing, re-verifying and overthrowing each hypothesis.

I have no resistance to such books, such as Daming under the Microscope by Prince Ma. They first found a gap in the voluminous historical documents, and then kept tearing them apart, leaving the truth of history naked in front of us. Let's look at the whole iceberg. List some previously unknown knowledge:

1. Trade associations in medieval Europe had a great say. If you want to join the butcher association, you have to pay a piece of cowhide in addition to money.

2. Beggars were considered to be righteous at that time, a profession requiring professional knowledge, and even an "art". Beggars will also form gangs and elect a beggar king, similar to beggars gangs and kings. In addition, there are guilds for the lame, the blind, idiots and prostitutes.

Witches actually appear because women have been persecuted for a long time. Witches were originally designed to protect themselves and deal with men who persecuted them. (Similar to Xiangxi in China, people who raise the law are often women). The two regions across time and space are strikingly similar.

4./kloc-in the 0/6th century, divorce had to be persuaded first, but persuasion was invalid. The wrong party should clean up the town until reconciliation. If both sides are at fault, they will be exiled outside the town until reconciliation.

5. About 65,438+000 years after the Second World War, mass killings of Jews also took place. At that time, they were similar to the agents of nobles, lending usury to ordinary citizens, but ordinary people could not see the nobles behind them. These Jews became the victims of popular anger.

What impressed me in this book is not only logical reasoning, but also the core of humanistic care revealed in the article. The author's perspective is not focused on the large-scale situation of state affairs, not the colorful costumes of princes and nobles, not the intrigue of kingship, but the life of ordinary people, embedding the sadness and pain of the Middle Ages into a corner of European social history.

I became interested in this book because of my master's thesis in that year, and I also thought about folklore, but in the face of many historical materials, I finally chickened out. If this book is commemorated earlier, it may give me some courage to continue.

As for the author's answer, look for it in the book.

Reflection of the Magic Piper (4): Add some pictures ~

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[Japan] Abe Jinye /202 1/ Page Guangxi Normal University Press

The appearance of legends often covers up some unspeakable truths. Since we can't talk about it, the only way to express it is to turn the legend into a story and pass it on implicitly.

Abe, the first person in Japan to study the history of western society, also has a masterpiece. ※

Reasoning at different levels, approaching step by step, reveals the cruel truth behind the legend and shows the carnival and sorrow of the people in the Middle Ages. ※

Looking at western society from an oriental perspective, understanding sympathy penetrates human experience and brings different intellectual experience. ※

Beautiful and easy to read, more than 50 pictures intuitively feel the distant Middle Ages. ※

The story of The Magic Piper is widely circulated in Europe, which is a household name.

The story takes place in the German town of Hamern. It is said that this place is seriously infested with rats. One day, a well-dressed man came here and said that he could solve the rat problem. The villagers promised to pay a lot of money if it was solved. The man played the flute, and all the mice in this town followed him, and ran into the sea one by one and drowned. When the villagers saw that the mouse was dead, they cheated and refused to give money. The man left helplessly. The next year, the man came again and played the flute outside the city. All the children in the town followed him and went to a cave with him. Then the cave disappeared, and the children and men were gone.

Abe also takes this magical legend as a breakthrough point. Like a detective, he tracks the historical documents, infers at different levels, approaches step by step, reveals the cruel truth behind the legend, and presents the carnival and sorrow of the people in the Middle Ages.

No matter what happened in 1284, the sadness and pain of Hamel people crossed time and space and reached our hearts. When we approach the lives of ordinary people who have this kind of sadness and pain, we go beyond the interest or curiosity of simple decryption and directly touch the corner of European social history. -Abe Kenya