Chapter 82 third quarter

When Zhang Ailing decided to retire, Hu Lancheng decided to come back. In May 1974, Hu Lancheng was invited to teach at Yangmingshan Cultural Institute in Taiwan, offering the course "Chinese Studies, Science and Philosophy". This time, he was following Eileen Chang's route - thirteen years later than Eileen came to Taiwan. At this time, Zhang Ailing was very popular in Taiwan, and there were many admirers. Hearing that her ex-husband was in Taiwan, why not be curious?So there were a lot of visitors, each with their own plans, and Shen Dengen and Zhu Xining were the two most famous among them.

Shen Dengen, the publisher of Yuanjing Publishing Company, recalled his first meeting with Hu Lancheng in this way: "I kept talking about Zhang Ailing in a very impolite manner, asking all kinds of questions, but Mr. Hu didn't care. He took out two books from his travel bag: "Mountains, Rivers and Time" and gave them to me, asking me to see if they were worth publishing. I finished them overnight, and the next morning, I drove to Yangmingshan to find Mr. Hu, and told me Mr. Hu is very happy with his idea and publishing plan, but he wants me to print "Mountains and Rivers" first, and then print it again."

And Zhu Xining is known as Taiwan's "chief Zhang fan".His original name was Zhu Qinghai, and his ancestral home was Shandong. He graduated from Hangzhou National Academy of Art, and later joined the army and joined the Kuomintang army.He came to Taiwan with the army in 1949. In 1972, he retired from the position of colonel and staff officer of Taiwan's "Ministry of National Defense" and devoted himself to writing.His wife Liu Musha, eldest daughter Zhu Tianwen, second daughter Zhu Tianxin, and third daughter Zhu Tianyi are also writers.A family of five, with more than 70 books published, is an out-and-out "literary family" and "fiction family".

Zhu Xining has always been in correspondence with Eileen Chang, and as early as 1971, as a fan of Zhang, he wrote the eloquent "Twenty-Eight Years of the Wind and Moon", recalling the 28 years between him and Eileen Chang. She was called "the most outstanding master since the Republic of China" and "the first modern Chinese novelist".However, the recent situation of Zhang Ailing described in the book is mostly hearsay, such as Yu Lihua, Chen Shaocong and others, so there are many misunderstandings.As a result, Eileen Chang wrote a letter to clarify after reading the article: "On the one hand, I am grateful for the mention of me, and some places need to be explained. I have always read anything about me, even if I am surprised, I will go with it, but because It was written by you, so I have to explain it to you in a few words. I had a quick meeting with Lihua, and she was like a superficial touch on any topic. It may be easy to misunderstand. Last time I stayed in a hotel in New York, apartment style The room has a stove, which is convenient for making coffee all day long. I have never eaten a fried egg as a meal. If I eat, I can only eat one (it is no longer allowed), but I will not eat vegetarian desserts. I am the least I can support the scene, but I have another set of lumps. Although I don’t have money, I don’t care about eating because I’m afraid of losing weight. After coming to California, especially since last November, I’ve been sick for more than half a year, and I’ve become even thinner.”

——These later became important materials for studying Zhang Ailing's living conditions in her later years. Zhu Xining had always wanted to write a biography of Eileen Chang, but the only information he had was that of Hu Lancheng. He was overjoyed when he heard that Hu Lancheng was in Taiwan, so he wrote to contact him, and got a reply saying: "I am interested in coming to Yangmingshan for a visit. ? There is no phone at the servant's office, but they probably don't go out." Zhu Xining then visited with his wife and concubine.The topic of conversation naturally still revolves around Eileen Chang.One asked frankly, the other answered frankly, and the host and guest talked very happily, so they became friends of two generations.

In May 1975, Hu Lancheng's old work "Mountains and Rivers" was published in Taiwan. In the second half of the month, "Central Daily" published Zhao Zifan's commentary article, which was the first to attack; To this day, we are still unwilling to forget about Japan, thinking that the United States will provide assistance to us through Japan, and our future policy will also be to assist Japan, India, and North Korea. Mr. Hu did something wrong before, and now he does not apologize deeply. The opposite picture If you make mistakes, make rash comments, distort history, cover up your own mistakes, and make mistakes again and again, how can you expect others to forgive you again and again?" This triggered condemnation of Hu Lancheng in Taiwan society.

Not long after, the Taiwan Garrison General Headquarters banned it for "inappropriate content" and violated Article 3, Paragraph 6 of the "Taiwan Martial Law Period Publications Control Measures". Under pressure, he canceled his work contract with Hu Lancheng in October of the same year, but stayed at the school as a professor of Huagang, but the students continued to protest, calling on Hu to move out of Huagang. Hu Lancheng then returned to Japan in January of the following year, and came to Taiwan again in late April. However, Taiwan's cultural circles continued to siege, and this temporary wish to "avoid the limelight" finally failed.The dean's office even asked someone to send him a note, saying that recently, all parties inside and outside the school have had strong reactions to your staying in the school. In order to protect the reputation of the school and your safety, I suggest that you move out of the campus immediately. Thank you Forgive me.

On April 30, 1976, Hu Lancheng officially resigned from school and moved out, moved to the next door to Zhu Xining's house, and became a neighbor. Later, Zhu Tianwen, Zhu Xining's daughter, recalled in "The Book of Udumbala": "In the second half of (1975), Mr. Hu opened three new courses, 'Zen Studies', 'Chinese Classical Novels', and 'Introduction to Japanese Literature'. One of them almost violated the jurisdiction of a certain professor, so he encouraged students to refuse to take Hu Lancheng. It was the head of the department who came forward to stop the class. The professor took out the word "traitor" and wrote it in the newspaper, together with the students' letters, it seemed that the class had to be struck. Immediately there was a lot of voices, and it was pronounced that "Mountains and Rivers" slandered the nation and the people. During the Anti-Japanese War, I blamed my father for serving as a soldier during the Anti-Japanese War, and blamed Hu Mou for not admiring him, and then blamed the princes of the party and state who invited Hu Mou to come to Taiwan. The central party department had no choice but to persuade the publishing house to stop selling books and print them. It is also not allowed to distribute in Taiwan. In October, Mr. Hu stopped teaching, but he stayed at the school as a professor of Huagang, and there were still people clamoring that Hu moved out of Huagang. Soon, "Mountain and River Time" was also banned."

——As a gossip, I can't help but look up the information of Yangmingshan Cultural Institute, and guess who the good professor is? However, I have seen a short article written by Yi Shu in 1976, which was particularly scolded: "Hu and Zhang Ailing have only been together for two or three years. Zhang Ailing is fifty-six years old this year. Thirty years later, Hu suddenly published such a book on a whim, using Zhang Ailing as the poster. I don't know what his intentions are. , readers only feel that the man on the road will never call himself 'Zhang Ailing's husband'."

"On the one hand, Hu told the ins and outs of Zhang and Zhang, on the other hand, he showed off his contemporaneous, past, and future women, no matter what they are, they are all his wives, indicating that he has married more than Zhang Ailing. Girl, counting the days, Hu is now over seventy years old, and that feeling is even more dirty, it's completely old and not dead, it's a thief, it makes people want to vomit." "Regardless of Zhang Ailing's own thoughts, it doesn't matter whether she was young and ignorant at the time. Anyway, if she had chosen an atomic physicist, such a thing would never happen today."

In fact, it was written when Hu Lancheng was in exile in the late 1940s, and Zhang Ailing chose the title of the book. It was also Zhang's idea to record it in prose, but she hadn't read the chapter "Women of the Republic of China" before they broke up.The full manuscript was completed in the spring of 1959, and this time it is only a reprint in Taiwan.But at this time, Zhang Ailing was very popular in Taiwan, and she added a gimmick to this book. Immediately, two magazines reprinted the content of the pirated chapter of "Women of the Republic of China", and changed the vulgar title to "My Wife Zhang Ailing". It made people feel that Hu Lancheng was using Zhang Ailing as a cover to publicize.This made Zhang Ailing very angry, while Hu Lancheng was quite nervous, and wrote to Zhu Xining specially: "When I saw it, my first feeling was that Yu Ailing was not good... and I recently learned from others that Ailing was very upset about this." Angry, she was angry at the headline, thinking it was me who wrote it, she didn't know it was a dirty magazine. I have not written letters with Aileen for many years, if the station can explain this fact to her at her convenience, it will also be beneficial to her understanding, how?" But at that time, Zhang Ailing didn't even pay attention to Zhu Xining. Zhu Xining once asked himself in "Twenty-Eight Years of the Wind and Moon", "In reality, who can serve him with his works worthy of my heartfelt willingness to serve him like a parent?"" Only Eileen Chang... for her works, it is a service worth giving to her." However, he did not have the fate to get along with Eileen Chang in reality, but he gave this heart of "serving" to Hu Lancheng, not only renting a house next door to his house for him, but also taking him to live in his house for a few days , Didn't respectfully invite him to stay until he had arranged all the furniture in the house. Zhu Xining was frugal by nature, and his youngest daughter Tianyi dismissed five yuan for candy as a waste, thinking it was expensive; but buying furniture for Hu Lancheng cost six thousand yuan.It can be seen that I really appreciate it. However, his old-fashioned warm-heartedness also brought him a lot of troubles.One is the climax of "hunting Hu", as Zhu Tianwen recalled: "Because of Mr. Hu, the friendship between my father and the literary world was almost completely extinguished, and the old friends even broke off contact." The second is offending Zhang Ailing. During the summer vacation, the Zhu family made an appointment with Hu Lancheng to go on an outing together. Passing through the lotus forest, they each picked lotus mist to eat, and walked while eating. Only Hu Lancheng chose a tree, picked and ate it endlessly, like a goat—a merciful person like him. However, after eating Lianwu, I recognize this family and have no distractions.That day, Hu Lancheng was wearing a straw hat, summer shirt and trousers in white, and he was handsome. The catastrophe and hardships of the past did not leave any traces on him.Everyone talked about the fragrance. Mrs. Zhu said that she would feel dizzy when she smelled the perfume. Hu Lancheng said: "I don't feel dizzy, I like to smell women's fragrance most."Everyone laughed. Zhu Xining suggested that everyone take a group photo.After rushing out, I specially sent a piece of paper to Eileen Chang, and expressed my desire to write a biography for her.Didn't she know that she didn't want to "see" him at all!Not only did she sternly refuse to make a biography, but she also severed her relationship with Zhu Xining and ended her friendship with Zhu Xining—she avoided Hu Lancheng, and even avoided everyone related to Hu Lancheng. Ms. Yao Yiying, who has been in correspondence with Zhang Ailing for many years, once recalled seeing Hu Lancheng at Zhu Xining's house, saying that he was "Jiang Gan in Beijing opera, not tall, light-hearted, witty and good-spoken." Aiwujiwu received Hu Lancheng cordially, so brother Xining faced criticism from all sides with the great spirit of a religious man. Since then, Ms. Ailing has not heard from the Zhu family. Brother Xining told me about this, and I will never forget him The melancholy and pity in her eyes. Ms. Ailing must also be reluctant to part with the precious friendship of the Zhu family, she is very knowledgeable, but Hu Lancheng broke her heart, and never mentioned him again after the breakup." ——She doesn't want to mention him again, and she doesn't like others to mention him, forcing her to remember.Song Qi "never said such stupid words" (Jia Baoyu's words), so even though they were estranged once, they still dated for life; but Zhu Xining sent Hu Lancheng's photo vaguely to disturb her, which was against her will No wonder you want to close your heart to him from now on. Zhu Xining originally approached Hu Lancheng because of his love for Zhang Ailing, but he lost Zhang Ailing's friendship because of this.