finished reading 问学, 余秋雨(yu qiuyu), gain quite a lot of china culture. and invariably, also try to form own impression on this china's academic celebrity.
1. he's knowledgeable, knows what he talks
2. has his opinions on almost everything; especially very strong opinions on his own group of people - the chinese academics. he did not mince his words in rubbishing alot of the these people and their works, mainly they are not according to him liberal enough in adopting his way of appreciating beauty.
3. similar to lee au in taiwan, though his demeanor is very soft, not vociferous.
4. sucked deeply into arguments with other academicians.
5. married and beauty artiste - 马兰(ma lan), 16 years younger than yu.
and the fight between 易中天 and 余秋雨 on the sichuan earthquake donation overblown by the yi, who himself, like mr yu, a tv academic celebrity for his talk on "3-kingdom".
the problem with celebrity is they have to express opinions on almost all things asked of them, whether it's in their circle of expertise, or whether it's just personal feelings.....
the thing, anything that's named, ie held an opinion on, will create an anti-name, or an anti-opinion, in many many anti-opinions. and the academic has to defense all these. unless he keeps quiet. that's what yu claimed he had been doing. but did he?
he sued the 古远清, he fought some critics.....
anyway - whoever they are...... nobody is perfect, as long as they hold to some standard on their character, they should not be seen as saints..... just let them do what they do.
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