Such stars and such moons: Qian Zhongshu and Yang Jiang's unparalleled love

Chapter 18 The Pulse of the Times: The fate of the country depends on the fate of the individual (2)
She is timid, but never an emotionally vulnerable woman.On the second day, she got up early on purpose, dressed up happily, and then took a vegetable basket to the vegetable market with the most people in the school to show off, to see how others avoided her, and to experience a real "human comedy".

Of course, everything did not disappoint her.Some friends who used to talk and laugh, either slipped away like tax evasion, or pretended not to see, but there were also people who joked with her as usual, and a female colleague who was not familiar with her usually walked away with her A long way.

She is grateful for those who do not avoid her, and she understands those who avoid her.At this time, it seems to be justifiable to choose "being wise and protecting one's life", and she doesn't complain.

Some people say that a woman who understands life still has the same heart after she has washed away all her lead.And she is like this, when her husband and daughter are not around, she is humiliated and neglected, but she can still entertain herself with humor.

Not long after, she saw her name on People's Daily, but she just laughed it off: "Fortunately, I'm not a celebrity, and not many people may know her name."
Interestingly, after the accusation, more students came to take her courses attracted by her name.Maybe these students of the same age want to hear Yang Jiang talk about love.

full of bitterness where to tell
The "Three Antis" movement is over, and their days have fallen into a rare calm, but behind the calm, there are often more undecided turmoil.

Yang Jiang said: "The "Three Evils" was the first reform movement for the old intellectuals, and it "touched the soul" for us... We were shocked to find that the "mobilized masses" were like electrified robots , they all act in unison with the button, and they are not individuals anymore. People have changed. Even the "intellectuals from the old society" have changed to varying degrees: some cannot change completely, some want to change but cannot change, and maybe Part of it is sneakily unchanged."
She said that she had also changed and became less afraid of ghosts, but her change was a little out of specification.

They are afraid of making mistakes and causing trouble, so they live in isolation and enjoy themselves.On weekdays, they work at home and report the work progress to their superiors every month.In their spare time, they went to play in the Pine Hall at the back of the Summer Palace, and went to the zoo. They got to know the simple and honest giant panda, the shaking head elephant, the peacock spreading its tail, and the pine trees in various poses.

It's just a wave of flattening, and another wave.In [-], the People's Literature Publishing House planned to publish a set of "Chinese Classical Literature Readers Series" for young readers, and "Selected Notes on Song Poems" was one of them.

This set of books was mainly written by scholars from the School of Letters, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Zheng Zhenduo, the director, entrusted Qian Zhongshu with the responsibility of "Selected Notes on Song Poetry" because he "peeped through all the other collections below the Song Dynasty".After receiving the task, Qian Zhongshu, who is very strict about literature, immediately determined the criteria for poetry selection, and also put forward the "six no selection" principles in terms of artistry: "Do not select rhyming documents; do not select academic exhibitions and allusions and idioms." Choose; don’t choose fake antiques that imitate the predecessors in a big way; don’t choose old ones that change the meaning of the predecessors without any improvement; don’t choose those that have good sentences but the whole article is too well-proportioned. I don’t choose those that have been recited and can’t see the benefits now, this kind of works are like drained batteries, and the readers’ spiritual wires are in contact with them, but they can’t make them emit the old flame.”
His "six not to choose" principle has his own literary considerations, but at that time China's "Leftist" ideology was prevalent, and literature was no longer pure literature, but a tool for class struggle.During group discussions, the principle of most people is to only talk about politics, not art, and Qian Zhongshu's selection of projects has been greatly criticized for this reason.

The pursuit of art is Qian Zhongshu's principle. Unwilling to give in, he analyzes his own opinions on project selection and strives for the initiative.He insisted not to choose Wen Tianxiang's well-known "Song of Righteous Qi", because it has been included in all anthologies, and he didn't want to repeat it endlessly, and Wen Tianxiang still has more novel poems to choose from than "Song of Righteousness".

It's just that under the extreme "left" trend of thought, such a tragic and passionate song of righteousness naturally occupies an important corner of the anthology.As stubborn as him, as arrogant as him, he did not compromise and fought hard with reason. In the end he succeeded, but he also paid a heavy price during the "Cultural Revolution".

Although he persisted in "Song of Righteousness", many other selections could not escape the criticism of the decision.With such a general climate, he could not go against the opinions of all the people, so he sighed secretly and wrote a book based on the results of the collective discussion.

In the spring of [-], in his speech "Concerning the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People," Mao Zedong put forward the conclusion that "the large-scale and stormy mass struggles during the revolutionary period have basically come to an end, and the contradictions among the people will be more prominent in the future."All of a sudden, wind and water rose, and a rectification movement was launched across the country.

During this campaign of "speaking loudly and letting go", his father Qian Jibo, who was teaching at Huazhong Normal University in Wuhan, was classified as a rightist and was admitted to the hospital soon after.Along the way, he was worried and preoccupied, not only because of his seriously ill father, but also because of his ill-fated official career.

Chen Shuming writes detailed comments, and the poems are strict and dare to show kindness.

The blue sea keeps the whales idle, and only teaches how to be clear and clear.

Yiqi Zhuanzhu has many things to do, poor drinking water and so on.

The delusional mind like a film should fade away, and the night comes without dreams in Handan.

Parked in the car and wandered around in a clear and open space, faintly crushing thunder in the air.

Leaving off the leaves is like flying and the wind is uncertain, and the crowing dove suddenly silences the rain in the future.

On the way, he wrote five poems "Going to E Daozhong" to relieve his depressed mood.In this regard, his best friend Yang Jiang explained: "The latter two poems embody his feelings about the situation at that time, and the former one refers specifically to "Selected Notes on Song Poems", enlightening the famous lines of Du Fu and Yuan Haowen ("or Look at the emerald orchids, the whales are not caught in the blue sea"; "Who is the chisel in the poem, temporarily teach the Wei and Wei to be clear"). As far as I know, he is confident that he still has a talent for writing, but he can only engage in research and Since then, not only have I been "silent" about the work of commenting, but I have also stopped thinking about it."
For "Selected Notes of Song Poems", he not only read the voluminous records of Song Poems, but also made a lot of effort in tracing the origin and development of poetry commentaries.He is a rigorous scholar, who writes every morning and night, focusing on analyzing the essence and connotation of each poem. Many of his insightful words are regarded as the standard by modern poetry critics.

Yang Jiang said: "When choosing Song poems, there is no ready-made "All Song Poems" to choose from. Zhong Shu read all Song poems and chose it alone. He doesn't have an assistant. I am just a "virtuous house assistant". He cut and paste, and listened to his discussion with me. He read all of the large number of Song poems, and even selected a few young poets. He has had a lot of work in the past two years, and I don’t know how many people have paid attention to it. arrive."
It's just that in the era when people only cared about politics, when everyone followed suit, his efforts were ignored, and he didn't mention the difference in politics, and he was pushed to the forefront in an instant.

After finishing the manuscript, he selected ten short essays on poets and published them in "Literary Research", and later his "Preface to Selected Notes on Song Poems" was also published.It was originally a sharing of achievements, but these two articles have become the most powerful black material to criticize him.At the height of the rectification movement, his principle of "six no elections" has also become the most direct charge of "bourgeois literary research".

Critical articles followed.Cao Daoheng's "Opinions on "Ten Short Essays on Poets of the Song Dynasty"", Liu Minru's "Comment on Selected Notes on Song Poems", Hu Nianyi's "Comment on Selected Notes on Song Poems" and "Clearing the Bourgeois Viewpoints in Classical Literature Anthologies—Comments Mr. Qian Zhongshu's "Selected Annotations of Song Poetry"... one by one, one word at a time, nothing less than "bourgeois consciousness", "separation from politics", "formalism" and other big hats.

He was silent. Facing a group of so-called critics who don't care about academics, where can he tell his bitterness?

But gold always shines. Although he has been criticized at home, he has been praised abroad. Even the famous Japanese Sinologist Ogawa Kanki wrote a book review for his "Selected Notes on Song Poetry" and said: "This is a book. This is a book that conducts a comprehensive observation of Song poetry from a perspective different from that of the predecessors, and its annotations and "brief comments" are particularly excellent. The appearance of this book is probably the best among the anthologies of the Song Dynasty."
Of course, this master of Sinology expressed regret that this book collected too many works reflecting the social reality of the Song Dynasty, and could not accurately reflect the whole picture of Song poetry.Mr. Hu Shizhi, who is far away in Taiwan, also said that the evidence of this book is very unique, but the selection of the title is not very good.

There are always some smart people with discerning eyes.Xiaochuan Huanshu's authoritative book review was sent to the country, and those critics who wanted to destroy the book "Selected Notes on Song Poems" immediately died down. The editor of "Literary Review" expressed apology to Qian Zhongshu, and He Qifang also specially asked Xia Chengtao, a master of Ci poetry, to write an article "How to evaluate "Selected Notes on Song Poems"" in "Guangming Daily", affirming the value of "Selected Notes on Song Poems" .

Because of Xiao Chuan Huanshu's words, he finally got a moment of peace.However, Yang Jiang was not so lucky at this time, and she was involved in the quagmire of criticism again inexplicably.

At that time, she wrote a long and weighty literary review ─ ─ "Filding's Theory and Practice of Fiction".Fielding was a famous British novelist in the [-]th century. He was praised by some progressive writers like Gorky. His novels are of considerable research value.Based on the attitude of seeking truth from facts, Yang Jiang made an in-depth induction study on the materials and purpose of his comic epic.

She is a real person, and she has no way to apply Fielding's novel theory with the popular mechanical class analysis point of view at that time, and she has no way to bluntly describe his "imitation of nature theory" as having a lofty purpose of class criticism. Research speaks truthfully.And so, the criticism came.

Someone published an article on "Literary Research", sharply criticizing her article for introducing a large number of bourgeois views, distorting and belittling the significance of Fielding's works... Yang Jiang became a "white flag", research The Western Literature Group mobilized the "crowd" extensively to give her so-called "help and inspiration".

This time, she gained insight and learned a lesson, secretly determined not to publish any more articles, but as a researcher in the institute, she would be criticized for being passive and sabotage.In her next article, "On Thackeray's Vanity Fair", she took the initiative to use the theory of class analysis to discuss and criticize, and also quoted Marx's words to demonstrate.

It's just that it's hard for her to say those words against her will, and she has no way to criticize and comment at will regardless of the facts.She made a compromise, paying attention to the source evidence in the article, fully citing the expositions in Thackeray's novels, and demonstrating purely objectively about Thackeray's "truth" and "benevolence".

As far as the Marxist class analysis point of view is concerned, her attitude is correct, neither elevating nor belittling, and she dialectically analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of Thackeray's literary thought.It's just that everything is not that simple, because of this article, she was accused by some people of showing bourgeois views such as "humanism" and "human nature".

Alas, you can find faults no matter what you do.Perhaps, they have really formed an indissoluble bond with the bourgeoisie, or perhaps, in the eyes of others, they have already formed an indissoluble bond with the bourgeoisie.

Full of bitter tears, when there is nowhere to tell.After receiving such blatant name-calling and criticism, they kept silent, and they no longer dared to speak casually. When the publishing house invited them for manuscripts, they only said: "In the past few years, they have focused on translation and have not created anything, so they have nothing to support the publishing house." , so sorry."
They were really scared, and they didn't want to be caught by the pigtails again.But, will this evil fate let this couple in need go?
There is a warm heart called a friend
Beyond time, the years are long, and every minute and every second in the past will eventually be buried in the depths of memory by time.Yang Jiang is a woman with a delicate mind. She uses words to describe the traces of time passing, and her heart is full of worry.

(End of this chapter)