The Identity Performativity of The King of Chess and the"Reduction"Tendency of Root-Searching Literature
Under the advice of"make a living first,then play chess"and the warning of wordless chess,Wang Yisheng regarded playing chess as a non-utility behavior which was lower than the needs of survival;the contact with Ni Bin shook Wang's life creed,the temptation of identity performativity and body's desire were built in"the stage requisitioned as a bed".During the chess competition,Wang realized that chess is not only the"lightness"that makes the spirit suspended above the physical body,but also the necessary"weight"to support the physical body,at last,he achieved the leap from"cultivate the mind by playing chess"to"keep wellness by playing chess";through the introduction of"performativity",Wang dissolved the opposition be-tween chess and living,and showed the"reduction"writing strategy which means returning to the origin and transcending it.
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