Chapter 11 9 "Wen Xing" (1962-1966, twenty-seven to thirty-one years old)

In 1952, Xiao Mengneng and Zhu Wanjian opened Wenxing Bookstore in Taipei; five years later, in 1957, the couple founded Wenxing. In 1958, at the age of 23, I wrote a letter to Ma Hongxiang, talking about the idea of ​​intellectuals engaged in cultural undertakings. I conceived that everyone "might as well be a 'cultural businessman'" in order to facilitate "the dissemination of ideas."In my letter, I cited "the hosts of Taipei Wenxing Bookstore and Dunhuang Bookstore" as examples, thinking that they are excellent "cultural merchants".The "cultural businessman" conceived in this letter is actually incapable of us poor college students, because we don't have rich Lao Tzu to support us.Therefore, in the end, what we can do is to promote other "cultural merchants", making them less commercial and more cultural.This idea was put into practice when I lived in Xindian Mountain. In the winter of 1961, I wrote the article "The Old Man and the Stick" and submitted it to "Wenxing". Chen Lifeng, one of the founders of the magazine, was the editor-in-chief at that time. After reading my article, he was very fascinated by me. He introduced Xiao Mengneng to know me.As for Mrs. Xiao Zhu Wanjian, I have known her for a long time, because when we go to bookstores on Hengyang Street, we will always see her.She takes care of the store herself, twelve hours a day, capable and willing to endure hardships for her ideals, which has long left a deep impression on us.At that time, the bookstore had been in operation for ten years and the magazine had been in operation for five years, but the results were mediocre.The reason is simple: "Cultural merchants" are limited by the pattern, so although they have "everything ready", they are always unable to break through the level. The real breakthrough depends on the "Dongfeng" type of characters to achieve it.Undoubtedly, there is no "Dongfeng" type of character more suitable than Li Ao. Therefore, after Li Ao entered "Wenxing", the magazine changed color and the bookstore changed.

"Wen Xing" was first published in November 1957; it was sealed in December 1965, and a total of 98 issues were published. Its life span of eight years and two months is not short at first glance, but it is not long under closer inspection. , because its life begins not from the first year, but from the fifth year.The magazine has a volume every six months, and the fifth year is exactly the first issue of the ninth volume (total number 49). From this issue, Li Ao appeared, and "Wen Xing" changed. In "Wen Xing" four years before Li Ao's appearance, during the period from November 1957 to October 1961, it was just a decent and ordinary publication. Artistic" and called for "not playing cards according to the rules", but in fact, its performance is very poor, especially in the "ideological" performance.Generally speaking, it is very "play according to the rules" rather than "play according to the rules".A magazine, running so lukewarmly for four years, can't stir up trends, can't shape the current situation, can't set the world's law in one word, can't make the blood pressure of old stubborn people high... This is the result of "following the rules" in this area, but Not an "unreasonable" result.Therefore, the life of "Wen Xing" does not start from the first year, but from the fifth year.When I entered "Wen Xing", I first determined the universe with three articles.After publishing "The Old Man and the Stick", he also published "Hu Shi the Sower" and "Healthy Doctors for People Talking about Chinese and Western Cultures". With only three articles, they led to a climax in the ideological and cultural circles.At that time, Hu Shi fell to his death, coupled with factors such as Hu Qiuyuan and others being suspicious of me, so not only climaxes, but also climaxes, forming a cultural debate.Hu Qiuyuan and others were defeated by "Li Ao and his like" in the cultural debate.Therefore, "Wen Xing" was angered, but "Wen Xing" actually favored Hu Qiuyuan and the others when it dealt with the text of the debate between the two sides.In April 1962, I wrote to the editor-in-chief Chen Lifeng (Xiao Lu) with the following words:

Recently, I heard that some people criticized you for favoring "Li Ao and his like".I think those who criticize you The eyes of the heart must grow in the armpits!According to "Li Ao and his like", the object of your favoritism happens to be on the contrary. "Li Ao and his like" deeply felt that "Chen Xiaolu and his like" were favoring "them".Gai Chen Xiaolu Xiao Meng Can seem absolutely reluctant to take the 60,000-word space, let Li Aodeng write a great essay "seeing muddy water in a thousand miles". ——But Hu Qiuyuan made an unprecedented case!At the same time, you seem to never allow Li Ao to write an article.

A 12-page long text full of curses, straight to other people's parents. ——but let Zheng Xuejia have no fear It's the first to open up the atmosphere! well!Little Rooney!You are not fair! "Wen Xing" was biased at the time because the host had a personal relationship with Hu Qiuyuan and the others, but they only met Li Ao for the first time.At that time, Hu Qiuyuan had a close relationship with "Wen Xing", to the point where he would reach out to Xiao Mengneng from children's tuition fees to house rent deposits to check discounts (three letters written by him as evidence).After he turned his back on Xiao Mengneng, it was unfair to treat Xiao Mengneng in every possible way.Hu Qiuyuan's close friend Zheng Xuejia also participated in this unfairness.Zheng Xuejia said that Xiao Mengneng could do so, but why didn't he thank Xiao Mengneng for putting up a signboard for him and printing his translation of "On Liberty"?This book is full of errors and jokes, it is shameful that Wenxing Bookstore publishes a book of this level! (Publishing books indiscriminately in this way, it was not until I entered "Wen Xing" that I stabilized the level of "Wen Xing".) Another example is Xu Gaoruan denigrating "Wen Xing" for using Hu Shi in Hu Qiuyuan's magazine. It is certain that ""Wen Xing" is right for Mr. Hu, and only "Wen Xing" is right for Mr. Hu" (there is a letter from him as evidence.)... Now I turn out these trump cards for the purpose of explaining that " "Wen Xing" was originally Hu Qiuyuan's field, but this field was finally "winner and loser" by Li Ao.

As early as July 18, 1963, Chen Lifeng asked Xian to recommend me as the editor-in-chief of "Wen Xing", but I refused.Later, when Chen Lifeng resigned, Xiao Mengneng asked me for help. I was informal and helped "Wen Xing" stabilize the level.Xiao Mengneng's strength is that he can appreciate talents, but his trouble is that his personnel relationship is too good, and there are too many manuscripts due to favors, so it takes a lot of time to clear them up.Xiao Mengneng can be easily persuaded by me, but it is too tiring and unnecessary to persuade him one by one and destroy his personal relationships one by one. I often remind myself: "Wenxing" just needs to stabilize its level, then it will be fine. It's Xiao Mengneng's magazine, pity him!" So, under this kind of mutual accommodation, an issue of "Wen Xing" magazine was published, and a book was printed. Strictly speaking, it is not at Li Ao's level. The product is just a product that has been improved by Li Ao at the original level.

Once, under pressure, Xiao Mengneng published a letter from the "Ministry of the Interior" in the eighty-third issue of "Wen Xing" on September 1, 1964, requesting "pay attention to improvement in the future" and not attack the Physician Law and "wantlessly attack Representatives of public opinion and the entire public opinion circle", I was very dissatisfied. In the second issue, I published "Li Ao's two sentences: From now on, I will not intervene in the editorial affairs of Wenxing Magazine. I hereby declare." In October In my notes on the 8th, I wrote: "I am extremely annoyed by this useless reply letter to the "Ministry of the Interior". In the evening, Meng Neng was very rudely accused. Meng Neng came to the apartment at night and talked about 5 o'clock in the morning," "Wen Xing "In the days when we worked together, Xiao Mengneng and I never quarreled, but in order to maintain our position, I also insisted on my beliefs.At that time, Xiao Mengneng was very good at expressing the demeanor of a corporal, and I continued to stabilize the level of "Wen Xing" until disaster struck.

Under my leadership, "Wen Xing" advocated that "China" take the road of modernization. Its bright colors of freedom, democracy, enlightenment, progress, and fighting gradually made the "official" concatenate these inferences: 1. "Wen Xing" "Star" is a "traitor".two. "Wenxing" praises traitors, they are traitors.3. "Wen Xing" is the "leader of bandits and spies".4. "Wenxing" followed the path of "Free China".5. "Wen Xing" is a reprint of Life Bookstore.Sixth, "Wen Xing" is to judge chaos and assist Taiwan's independence.7. "Wen Xing" colluded with international traitors (Fairbank, etc.).8. "Wenxing" advocates two Chinese speeches.Nine, "Wen Xing" "communication overseas".10. "Wen Xing" "propaganda for the CCP and sing peace with the CCP across the sea".11. "Wen Xing" opposes Chinese culture.12. "Wen Xing" incites youth.Thirteen "Wen Xing" affects the morale of the people.14. "Wen Xing" slanders martyrs and heads of state.15. "Wen Xing" overthrows the legal system.16. "Wenxing" opposes the authorities.Seventeen, "Wen Xing" opposed the Kuomintang. ...In this way, after "Wenxing" became the "Free China" magazine, it became the official's thorn in the side.Among the methods of banning Wenxing, the most intriguing thing is that the government actually used a group of people from the Communist Party or leftists to weave Wenxing.No problem, picking out the problem is called "luo"; if you find out the problem and then concatenate it into a crime, it's called "zhi".Under this kind of weaving work, the forced fall of "Wen Xing" is just around the corner.

For example, "Wen Xing" is a "traitor".According to common sense, those who are likely to betray the country are in control of the political power, and the power lies with the president and foreign minister of a country. Does "Wenxing" have such "qualifications"?The legal crime of treason is the crime of foreign invasion in the criminal law. Zhao Shen, the law enforcement general of the Kuomintang, has clearly stated that the crime of foreign invasion is "traitorous" in the "Practical Rules of Criminal Law". "Wen Xing" has never been prosecuted for the crime of foreign invasion. How can you accuse him privately?What's more, Outer Mongolia, which is more than 1.6 million square kilometers, has long been sold to the Kuomintang Foreign Minister Wang Shijie, and Taiwan, which is 36,000 square kilometers, is still in the hands of the Kuomintang. "Star" to sell?

It can be seen from this that the crimes that the KMT used these people to accuse Wen Xing were actually the self-portraits of these people in the mirror.However, in order to crack down on "Wen Xing", the Kuomintang connived at the real "singing peace across the sea" without asking.We didn’t realize what happened to these bizarre phenomena until after the Mabi-type people who presided over propaganda and controlled books and periodicals voted for the Communist Party, and even after the political worker Wang Xing-shaped person became “pro-Communist”! Saying ""Wen Xing" opposes Chinese culture" is a language flaw. "Wen Xing" advocates modern methods to make "China" strong. Under the great goal of modernization, "Chinese culture" will not help "the country is rich and the people are strong." Bullied and replaced by the Republic of China.However, this position of "Wenxing" is not against the study of Chinese culture. "Wenxing" believes that Chinese culture is an academic field, so "Wenxing" has done the most research on Chinese culture.Open the catalog of Wenxing Bookstore, and there are hundreds of volumes of books on Chinese culture, all of which are evidence.As for the publication of the largest encyclopedia in history - "The Collection of Ancient and Modern Books" with 10,000 volumes and a modern index, it is an epoch-making giant for the study of Chinese culture. The achievements of "Wen Xing" are really "comparable" compared with those who slandered "Wen Xing"!Hu Qiuyuan's China Magazine has only printed two volumes of Zheng Guanying's "Words of a Prosperous Age", which is their actual performance in supporting Chinese culture!People who can only show such poor results, they actually scold "Wen Xing", how embarrassed they are!

It was originally my plan in my student days to use magazines to force the bookstore to hit the base, and use the bookstore to cooperate with the magazine to form a big ideological bid.I used this plan in "Wenxing" magazine and Wenxing Bookstore, and it produced unprecedented effects.Taking the Hong Kong Book Fair from May 27 to June 8, 1965 as an example, "Wen Xing" has become a take-all situation, eclipsing the KMT's propaganda and publishing: a total of 22 units participated in the exhibition , the number of participating species is 1,782, and the number of volumes is 27,400.Among the 27,400 volumes of books, the "Wen Xing" family monopolized 24,535 volumes, which was 89.54% of the total volume, almost Ninety percent.To put it another way, "Wen Xing" accounts for nine tenths of the total number of books participating in the book fair, and the remaining one tenth is the exhibits of the other 21 public and private party-run units. .

Such a scene is naturally not something the Kuomintang can tolerate.Therefore, at the beginning of the book fair in the second year (1966), Zhu Wanjian, the head of Wenxing Bookstore, was not allowed to leave the country. She was not allowed to leave Taiwan until the end of the book fair. She rushed to Hong Kong and could only attend the closing ceremony.In the third year (1967), Wen Xing was simply not allowed to participate. "Those who are taboo do not cultivate themselves but are afraid of others' cultivation", this is exactly what it means! In the end, the catastrophe, like a forbidden net, finally approached slowly.First, the ninetieth issue of "Wen Xing" was banned. On August 31, 1965, the police headquarters called "("54") Xun Huan No. 5984" and said: Check the 90th issue of "Wenxing" magazine written by Zhang Qiutao "Vice President Chen and the Filming of the CCP's Disastrous Documents", the original text of the supplementary "Marriage Regulations of the Chinese Soviet Republic" contains propaganda for bandits and violates martial law in Taiwan Province Article 2, Subparagraph 3 of the Control Measures for newspapers, magazines, and books during the period shall be banned in accordance with Article 7 of the same law, and their publications shall be seized. This banning order is true, but the charges are false, because this article is anti-communist, how can it be "propagated for the CCP"?Anti-communist articles may have to be accompanied by pictures, how can a picture be "propaganda for the CCP"?But the police are always unreasonable. Although "Wen Xing" requested twice on September 30 and October 28 to "revoke the punishment for the ban and seizure of the 90th issue of "Wen Xing" magazine", of course Nothing works. The ban on the 90th issue of "Wen Xing" is just a signal to do something. Once the killing ring is started, there will naturally be a good show to watch.In November of this year, it happened to be the 100th birthday of Sun Yat-sen. The Taiwan Provincial Medical Association recognized Sun Yat-sen as a doctor of Western medicine and invited me to write "Sun Yat-sen and Westernized Chinese Medicine", which was published by "Wenxing", and I agreed.Unexpectedly, during the publishing process, the Taiwan Physician Association suddenly sent a letter requesting that the pre-publication manuscript be "delivered to this association and forwarded to the 'Central Party Department' for review and approval". This is absurd, because it has no legal basis.I naturally sternly refused.After the book was published, the rain was about to come, and the wind was blowing everywhere, and "Wen Xing" had been published all day long, and it was already mid-November.It happened that the conflict between Xie Ranzhi, director of the Fourth Group of the Kuomintang Central Committee (predecessor of the Arts and Crafts Union) and Yu Jizhong, the predecessor of "Reporting News" and "China Times", I simply "took advantage of the fire" and took the opportunity to satirize "the side of the Qing emperor" in December On the 1st, the 98th issue of "Wenxing" published "Our Solemn Statement on the 'National Law and Party Limits'", pointing directly at the KMT.In this article, I point out Xie Ranzhi's mistakes.This kind of error, on the one hand, belongs to policy and technology; on the other hand, it belongs to human and character.In an ironic tone, I pointed out that Xie Ranzhi had violated the instructions of President Jiang of the Kuomintang that "should not use power to suppress others" and the instruction of President Jiang of the Kuomintang that "we must abandon all extreme, narrow, and intolerable styles." , violated the instructions of President Jiang of the Kuomintang to "replace revenge with self-reflection" and "replace struggle with persuasion", and violated the instructions of President Chiang of the Kuomintang to "change personal style through organizational activities." ...I wrote: Judging from these standards, Mr. Xie Ranzhi's party affairs work style, we have to say that his performance is completely contrary to President Jiang's instructions.From the performance of what he has done, we don't seem to see his efforts to "turn enemies into friends", "focus on ideological inspiration", or "take an attitude of persuasion", all we see is his "Relying on power to suppress others" is just his "extreme, narrow, and intolerable style"! I wrote again: President Jiang's instruction, for Xie Ranzhi, what has he achieved?Has he improved his "reversal of the previous style of establishing sects, assigning factions, and rejecting people thousands of miles away"?On the contrary, instead of "changing the individual's style of work with the activities of the organization", he changed the "style of work" of the organization with his personal "activities"! Of course, the above remarks are not tolerated by Xie Ranzhi, nor by the Kuomintang.The Kuomintang immediately took action. On the afternoon of December 26, I was busy at home with the next issue of "Wenxing". In this way, "Wen Xing" entered the grave and history.At that time, although it was executed with an administrative order of banning for one year, almost a year later, Xiao Tongzi, the chairman of Wenxing Bookstore Co., Ltd., suddenly received a letter from the Kuomintang, stating that "according to the results of discussions with relevant parties, we believe that Under the current circumstances, 'Wenxing' magazine should not be republished."Therefore, under the order of the party to surpass the administrative order, "Wen Xing" will never be revived.It's like knocking you unconscious with an administrative order first, and then killing you with a party order. The form is gentle and lenient, but deep down it is fierce and petty.Of course, Xie Ranzhi cannot be blamed for this kind of thing, because obviously it is not his personal matter, he is just a statistical sampling.This is evidenced by the fact that although Xie Ran did not return to the party later, the style of the Kuomintang is still there.However, the judgment on the Kuomintang and the Xie Ranzhi type of the Kuomintang member is a pen that will last forever and can never be eliminated. Throughout the evolution of the incident, I neither had nor wanted to have a relationship with the Kuomintang, and I was not good at self-protection, and I was a diehard all the way; Xiao Mengneng had a relationship with the Kuomintang, and this relationship was not political, but blood.Xiao Mengneng's father is Xiao Tongzi of the Kuomintang.Xiao Tongzi served as the president of the "Central News Agency" of the Kuomintang in 1932. He worked for eighteen years until 1950, and then became the chairman of the "Central News Agency" Management Committee. He is also a member of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang. He is highly respected in the Kuomintang and has excellent personnel relations. "Wen Xing" can be dragged on for so long, which has a lot to do with Xiao Tongzi standing there. Although Xiao Tongzi himself is big and transformed He never cared about anything. He had dinner with me many times, and chatted with me many times. When I celebrated my thirtieth birthday, he personally entertained me at his house, which was very kind. Obviously, he read "Wen Xing" Doing his son Xiao Mengneng's career, he once said: "It's hard for a grandpa to do it. "It means that he can't control Xiao Mengneng. Xiao Mengneng has an independent position with Li Ao, but some people may not understand this, or if they don't want to understand this, they will naturally bring Xiao Tongzi into it. This is absolutely with Xiao Tongzi's stand What is not in line with the facts is also inconsistent. In fact, the relationship between Xiao Tongzi and "Wenxing" is like the relationship between Xiao Mengneng and the Kuomintang. It is not political, but blood. He is the father of "Wenxing" Xiao Mengneng. That's all. Of course he is happy to see his son succeed in his career, but he stays out of the matter if he can. Therefore, it is unfair to this old man to blame "Wen Xing" on Xiao Tongzi. It is true that he became a backer to make Wenxing not so easy to be wiped out. But this kind of backing role is a strange phenomenon of the KMT's power structure. In the eyes of the KMT, you cannot get rid of your son's career. Because of this, at the Kuomintang Central Regular Meeting, when the small people from Xie Ranzhi reported to Chiang Kai-shek that the "Wen Xing" trouble should be dealt with strictly, Chiang Kai-shek said: "Put Xiao Mengneng and Li Ao first under party discipline. The little people said again: "But Xiao Meng can."Li Ao is not a party member. " Chiang Kai-shek said: "Xiao Mengneng's father, Xiao Tongzi, is right!Let Xiao Tongzi be responsible! "——The mystery under the blue sky and white sun is here! Although Xiao Tongzi did nothing to cure Wen Xing, his old face hindered the work of destroying Wen Xing. Xiao Mengneng was lucky to have such a good old man, so that It goes without saying that he was able to protect himself innately. In the end, Li Ao could not escape being imprisoned for "Wen Xing", but Xiao Meng was able to escape, which is the main reason. The one-year suspension of "Wen Xing" is only a superficial punishment, but in essence, the punishment is more serious, that is, Chiang Kai-shek: "The bookstore should try to close it immediately." Under this order, "Wen Xing" "Star" is about to be blocked, right in front of you.Chiang Kai-shek ordered the closure of "Wen Xing", which of course caused unhappiness between him and his old comrade Xiao Tongzi.In order to prevent this unhappiness, Xiao Tongzi received three secret opinions from high-level party figures earlier: 1. Mr. Xiao is the leader of our party that we have respected and cherished in the past. I hope that the "President" will not misunderstand Mr. Xiao because of the "Wen Xing" issue. 2. Regarding the texts in Wenxing books and periodicals, such as the biography of Duncan, the preface to the anthology of Jiang Tingfu, Mr. Sun Yat-sen and Western medicine, etc., I hope that Mr. Xiao can read them once and find out where his mistakes are. 3. I hope that Mr. Xiao can persuade Meng Neng not to get close to Li Ao any more, and stop publishing such books and periodicals. Obviously, before Xiao Tongzi could "convince Meng Neng not to be close to Li Ao", "Wen Xing" had caused even greater disasters by Li Ao. So Chiang Kai-shek became impatient and finally issued a closed hands. At this time, Xiao Tongzi's years of hard work in the Kuomintang paid off. When Chiang Kai-shek's closed warrant reached Zhang Qun, the secretary-general of the "Presidential Palace", Zhang Qun secretly suppressed the official document and quickly notified him. Xiao Tongzi.So it was decided that everyone would act as follows: first step, Huang Shaogu and Huang Jie visited Zhang Qun and expressed that Xiao Tong would like to come forward to sort out "Wen Xing", hoping to transfer Chen "President".In the second step, Zhang Qun said that a written report should be submitted.In the third step, Xiao Tongzi made a written report and presented his heartfelt song to Zhang Qun.The fourth step is to sign the "President" by Zhang Qun.The above-mentioned first procedure obviously assured Chiang Kai-shek that Xiao Tongzi's report was "endorsed" by Huang Shaogu and Huang Jie, and at the same time allowed Zhang Qun to shirk responsibility, saying that he submitted the report on behalf of Huang Shaogu. , Huang Jie's interview is not because he is personally interested in Xiao Tongzi! ——The veteran of the Kuomintang is really an old official! Therefore, on February 6, 1966, Xiao Tongzi submitted a report to Chiang Kai-shek. The so-called "recently heard that there are leftist elements overseas relying on the freedom of speech to support the activities of "Wenxing" to republish. I would like to think deeply about such activities. If they are not stopped immediately and allowed to develop, Not only will Meng Neng be punished for his crimes, but he may also affect the prestige of the government" and so on, all speaking from this standpoint.The text of the report was refined and refined by Li Jinfang, and then corrected by Huang Shaogu.Zhang Qun thought that this kind of writing could impress Chiang Kai-shek, so Zhang Qun attached this signature: (4) I would like to check that Comrade Xiao Tongzi has followed Jun Zuo and has been deeply cultivated and worked in the cultural propaganda work of the Kuomintang for more than 20 years. He has worked hard for each episode and is sincere. I am willing to be in charge of the thorough restructuring of Wenxing Bookstore be dealt with as follows (1) Wenxing Bookstore should be completely reorganized immediately, and Comrade Xiao Tongzi should be fully responsible and presided over (2) It is reported that the bookstore is preparing to open a branch in Kaohsiung, and its main editorial staff, Li Ao, Lu Xiaozhao, etc., have not broken away from the relationship. Comrade Xiao Tongzi should be ordered to take charge of the closure and expel Li and Lu. (3) It is necessary to effectively prevent dissident elements from Taiwan and Hong Kong from attempting to use the bookstore for infiltration activities. Comrade Xiao Tongzi should strictly supervise and restrain his son Xiao Mengneng (4) As for the issue of whether "Wenxing" magazine should be republished after the one-year suspension expires, it is planned to review it at that time. Is it feasible to submit the above signed report to Xiao Tong, hereby submit a report to the "President" for approval. Job Zhang Qun February 15, 1966 After Zhang Qun's signature and Xiao Tongzi's report were sent to Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek, under the old face of Zhang Qun, Xiao Tongzi, Huang Shaogu, and Huang Jie, based on his own interests, finally opened the door and ordered " It can be tried as planned" five words.Because of this five-character imperial criticism, "Wen Xing" was "taken over by the young by the old" by Xiao Tongzi.However, at the time, I was categorical and predicted that the reorganization of "Wen Xing" would not succeed.I firmly believe that even if Chiang Kai-shek let go of "Wen Xing" for a while, Chiang Ching-kuo will not let it go. This judgment has proved more and more accurate.On the surface, "Wen Xing" seems to have caused a lot of personal troubles, from the "Bo Ran Yi Gong" (Hu Qiuyuan) to the "Granny Yi Po" (Hu Shi's wife Jiang Dongxiu), there are many people.But these entanglements, whether the parties are aware of it or not, are actually just pawns on the part of the public. Since "Wen Xing" became the "Free China" magazine, it was a thorn in the side of the Kuomintang; since the banning of "Wen Xing" has become a final decision, the methods are naturally sophisticated, and it is a "public-private partnership". ——Before and after the "public" method, it is not surprising that the "private" method has been used many times to stand in the front and create air first. In March 1966, when the KMT held the Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee, Hu Qiuyuan was "the first to gain momentum" and expanded the situation. He wrote to the plenary session, saying that Xiao Tongzi "betrayed the party and betrayed the country" and that "the activities of Xiao Tongzi and his son bookstore in the past four years are in line with ' Bandit gangs "echoed the Blind Advance Movement", "corresponded to the comprehensive blind advance of the Communist Party in recent years", "cooperated" and so on; The most obvious one is Hou Lichao who wrote "A Poisonous Weed in the Cultural World" and "Wen Xing" and Li Ao. On May 25, 1985, Lin Zhengjie's "Forward" revealed that Hou Lichao told them, "He once It is "Chiang Ching-kuo's thug", saying that he was personally ordered by Chiang Ching-kuo to open fire on the "Wenxing" group. "I really "thank" Lin Zhengjie for turning his back on the party and criticizing me vigorously. Because of this joint operation of linking up the Kuomintang intelligence and political personnel to criticize Li Ao, I learned such a wonderful truth 20 years later, and was personally directed by Jiang Jingguo. Eliminate the witnesses of "Wen Xing"! Regardless of whether it is "a man of the same age", "an open wife", or "Jiang Jingguo's thugs"...these are all external entanglements and creating air, and the final elimination of "Wen Xing" depends on internal operations The completion and official hands-on. As early as the eighth day after "Wen Xing" was ordered to suspend publication (January 4, 196), the police chief banned the "Wen Xing" 97 "Sun Yat-sen and Westernized Chinese Medicine" by Qi and Li Ao. On March 22, Chiang Kai-shek approved the signature of Zhang Qun who "can be tried as planned". On the surface, it seemed that he had sincerity to let Wen Xing live; but in his heart, there were tricks! During the reorganization of "Wen Xing", on July 18, the police chief suddenly banned Yin Haiguang's work with ("55") Gongkong Zi No. 4364 to No. 4374, eleven joint documents "Prospects of Chinese Culture", Li Ao's, "Education and Face Makeup", "History and Portraiture", "Cultural Controversy Danhuo Record", "Talking about the Ancient and Modern", Lu Xiaozhao's "Evil Law Record and Others", Li Shengting's " Human Rights · Rule of Law · Democracy", "My Unpaid Aspirations" and "Ms. Duncan's Autobiography" translated by Yu Xijian.This kind of money-printing joint number ban is ridiculous.For example, Li Ao's book was first published in September 1963, and now it was banned after four years when it was found to be inappropriate. How about tens of thousands of copies that have been published and circulated in the past four years? What do the censors eat?Therefore, this kind of ban is purely for the reorganization of "Wen Xing", and there is no other mystery. At that time, "Wenxing" was reorganized, and the editor-in-chief invited Colonel Hu Rusen, a military figure.Hu Rusen met with Major General Duan Chunli, deputy director of the Political and War Department of the General Police, Colonel Wu Yixin, deputy director of the Third Political Division, and Li Guodao, director of the cultural group of the Second Division of the Political and War Department. The meeting took place on September 17, 1966. Afterwards, Hu Rusen recorded these conversations: Lieutenant Colonel Li Guojin: Recently, Li Aodeng advertised to publish ten books. We are very clear about all his readers, but there are still two doubts: 1.I don't know what the content of these ten books is, is it a trick? 2.The biggest worry is that Li Ao will use this to stir up trouble, and Xiao Meng can help him from it.If Xiao Meng could help Li Ao to publish a book financially, but unfortunately something went wrong, he would be implicated in the "Wen Xing" case, and everything would be difficult to deal with (Li repeatedly emphasized this point). Hu Rusen: 1.I don't know anything about the content of Li Ao's book. 2.According to my common sense, Li Ao does not need other people's funding to publish a book.Xiao Mengneng will not support Li Ao either. On October 28th, there were these conversations again: Mr. Hu Rusen and Mr. Xiao Tongzi asked to record a copy of the seventh meeting of the editorial board of "Wenxing" in their personal capacity, attach the bibliography and content table published in November, and plan the first review of published books One copy of each opinion form shall be forwarded to Deputy Director Duan. Lieutenant Colonel Li Guojin: Thank you.It's great to connect in this personal way and to get to know each other better. Hu Rusen: The owner of the store originally rented by the company wants to take back the building for demolition and reconstruction. Now it is planning to move to No. 5 Emei Street, and it will open in the new location around December. Lieutenant Colonel Li Guojin: (1) It is not an exaggeration to say that the police chief, from the commander-in-chief down to the officials at all levels, respects Mr. Xiao and will never trouble him. All the police chiefs have the same attitude towards "Wen Xing". nice. (2) The "Wen Xing" case was originally a very serious event. Mr. Xiao resolutely assumed the responsibility for the reorganization of "Wen Xing". It will occupy an important page in the history of the Kuomintang in the future. (3) The "Wen Xing" case is still pending, and it is still in the trial stage. The police and the "Central" Party Headquarters have reported the progress of "Wen Xing" after the reorganization of "Wen Xing" to the Supreme Party Bureau. It may take a long time for the completion of the process. I hope that the publication of books and periodicals will be more cautious in the future to avoid unnecessary complications. (4) Regarding the issue of "maintaining the original style", the guard has exchanged opinions with the fourth team, and the fourth team has indeed expressed this, but I hope that "Wen Xing" will maintain its good style in the past. I was making a living by myself at the time, and I planned to publish "Li Ao's Ten Books Farewell to the Literary World". The hypocritical attitude doesn't go well with the honey in his mouth, so that kind of honey is especially disgusting.Hu Rusen’s statement that Xiao Mengneng didn’t fund Li Ao’s publication is all true, because in fact, Xiao Mengneng was so good at that time that he refused to introduce Li Ao to open an account in the bank (later, Peng Mingmin couldn’t see it and introduced him generously), so why? funding? (Hu Rusen, as the editor-in-chief of "Wen Xing", was sent by Xiao Mengneng to participate in Xu Gaoruan and Hu Qiuyuan's condemnation of Li Ao on November 7 this year!) The internal affairs of "Wen Xing" talk to the police chief, but what they actually get in exchange is nothing but busy work.On October 28, Li Guojin also said that "the '"Wen Xing" case' is still pending, and it is still in the trial stage" and is still "reporting" to the "highest authority". "Wen Xing" and then soon. By 1967, things were going from bad to worse.At this time, Xiao Tongzi found that his hard work, his face-raising, and his humiliation for more than a year seemed to be unable to save the turmoil that had already fallen.The official ban on the Internet is obviously getting tighter and tighter, and he doesn't know what to do, so he has to procrastinate every day.On May 25, a secret instruction from the military appeared.The instructor is the mysterious code name "Mr. Duanmuqing", and the document number is ("56") Zhixiazi No. 1216 Letter: The content is a little bit "... the military is forbidden to buy "Wenxing" books...seizure Submit the Ministry's location..." This is one of the many signals, "the Prophet of the Spring River Plumbing Duck", the authorities will officially take action, and the time is not far away. Xiao Tongzi asked his close friends to tell Zhang Qun and Huang Shaogu about his plight, and revealed his intention to end "Wen Xing".The close friend transferred Zhang Qun's seven points of opinion and Huang Shaogu's six points of information: open: 1. Everyone understands Tong's contribution and loyalty to the party, and it cannot be obliterated by Hu Qiuyuan or others. 2. He is very concerned and willing to help, but you must understand that the Tao is one foot tall, and the devil is one foot high. If something happens to him, he will try to save it. He is afraid that they will report it directly and carry it out. 3. "Wenxing" has such debts. If so, how will Tong Zi step down, so it must be maintained. 4. To keep "Wen Xing" alive, Meng Neng had to leave completely. Even if he was not allowed to go abroad, he could not ask about "Wen Xing" anymore. 5. The board of directors needs to be reorganized, and another suitable person should be found as the chairman of the board to keep out the political wind. 6. Tong hereby acts as the manager himself, and finds another person to live in, such as Mingxun or Youde. Seven, to change the way of life. yellow: 1. He had talked with X several times, but he could not convince him. 2. "Wenxing" destroys the defense of the heart. 3. If the magazine is republished, the relationship between Tong Zi and the old man will be on the verge of breaking up, and Yue Gong will not be able to step down. Fourth, the lawsuit must not be won. 5. The old man said that people of the older generation are often deceived by their children, such as Bray (there seems to be more to say here). 6. To my father, I believe 100%; to my son, I half believe it; to Li, I don’t believe it at all. Among Zhang Qun's seven points, the second point is the most noteworthy.He said that "he is very concerned and sincere to help", which should be credible.Because Zhang Qungu didn't know the mission of "Wen Xing", but he knew Xiao Tongzi, and he had a close friendship with Xiao Tongzi, so he would naturally help.He said, "If something happens to him, he will try to save it." Obviously, he means that he can find a way in the matters and official documents handled by the Secretary-General of the "Presidential Palace". I'm not busy anymore.Huang Shaogu's six points of information are all worth noting.他说他不能说服“某”，“某”似是指蒋经国本人；他说《文星》的关键在上面已经认定“《文星》破坏心防”。他说“老先生（指蒋介石）说，老一辈的人，常易受儿女的蒙蔽”，显然指萧同兹被蒙蔽而言。但奇怪的是，蒋介石自己，又受谁蒙蔽？蒋经国不正是他的“儿女”吗？他自己也不正是“老一辈的人”吗？明于知人而昧于察己，这岂不好笑吗？至于说“对父亲（指萧同兹），百分之百相信；对儿子（指萧孟能），半信半疑；对李某（指李敖），完全不相信。”倒也真是符合国民党作风与判断之言，在这种真相与原案下，萧同兹纵有'中朝大官老于事”的通天本领，又能苟延几时呢？ 拖到1968年，官方终于忍不住了，首先，官方开始在税务问题上面找《文星》的麻烦，希望能够查出逃税漏税的证据，用作借口。不料，《文星》早防到这一着，税务机关追查之下，竟发现《文星》连卖一张报纸，都会自动开发票！在这种简直无懈可击的情况下，官方除非走栽赃嫁祸的路，也就别无他法。于是，官方决定硬来了。 1968年1月25日的下午，警总纠合各路人马，突击搜查《文星》资料室。《文星》资料室本在我家隔壁，有六十六坪（1坪约合3.3平方米——编注）大，原与三十三坪的我家内部有门相通，我离《文星》，这道门就用砖封死了。这天下午我正和小情人小蕾（鲁肇岚）在家，听到隔壁有异动，开门一看，便衣与警察甚多，立刻就明白了怎么回事。 三天以后（1月28日），萧同兹座车开始被跟踪；第四天（1月29日）起，《文星》书店门口有“计程车”两部及便衣多人驻守不去。情势发展至此，可见蒋经国他们的确不经过张群，“直接上报而要径自执行”了。萧同兹感到“与人刃我，宁我自刃”，就在2月5日，写信给张群以“财务未臻健全”为理由，要求蒋介石准他停业。萧同兹不愧是老于世故的，明明是你蒋介石两面做人、逼我关门，可是我绝口不提一个字，反倒字里行间，哀哀请求你恩准我自我结束。张群收到信后，只好转呈蒋介石，蒋介石批了一个“阅”字，意思是说知道了，你就去停业吧。于是张群以（“五七”）台统（一）仁字第三八四三号函件，回复如下： 同兹吾兄大鉴展诵2月5日 惠书敬悉一是关于文星书店财务未臻健全不能继续维持已决定停业一节业已如嘱转陈奉“总统”批“阅”用特函复即请囗照并颁 时绥 张群敬启1968年2月23日 于是，苟延残喘了两年的《文星》，终于还是难逃一死了。 虽然蒋介石那边决定了《文星》停业，但在蒋经国这边，却照旧一不做二不休地开始抓人，以期把案子落实。3月15日上午十点，《文星》总经理郑锡华以“叛乱嫌疑”被捕，警总保安处人查问他，到下午五点半才放回；第二天和第三天，又叫郑锡华自动去报到，又查问他两次。到了2月20日上午十点，萧孟能的秘书钱诩平告诉他，有两位先生受友人之托，有事找他面谈。萧孟能请钱诩平邀他们上楼，一进办公室，两人就出示“叛乱嫌疑”的传票，把萧孟能押进一五一○一九五二号黑色吉普车，开进保安处。问来问去，直问到下午四点半才放他出来。当晚十一点，萧孟能来我家，说警总说在《文星》资料室查到“思想杂谈”一禁书，想入他于罪。我说，《文星》资料室是我一手筹设的，有什么书我一清二楚，根本就没有这本书，这是他们趁搜查时栽赃的！既然事已如此，还是由我出来顶吧。说完我就立刻写了一纸证明书，由萧孟能带走了。证明书内容如下： 《文星》资料室于1965年8月18日正式集中资料，当时由本人负责管理、添购，当然由本人负全责。本人于1966年4月1日致信萧孟能，正式宣告离开《文星》，于8月1日正式完成交接，在这段期间内，资料室一切责任，仍应由本人担负，特此说明如上。今晚萧孟能来问有否“思想杂谈”一书事，经回忆，似无印象。《文星》资料室中图书太多，且无清册，又以隔时甚久，对一些书，实难确断其有无，合为附陈如上。 1968年2月20日夜李敖手具 附记：以上所说，如有疑义，本人愿做人证。 萧孟能把我的证明书送到警总，大概他们知道李敖有“有福先享、有难独当”的四海作风，且他们意在整《文星》，故对证明书并没重视。最后《文星》既听命结束，此案也就不了了之。 1968年2月25日，段春理少将拜访萧同兹，当面询问《文星》是否确实自动结束？何时结束？萧同兹拿出他2月5日致张群的信和张群2月23日的回信给他看，说拟定在3月1日结束（后因百举待废，时间太促，改为4月1日）。当天下午五点，萧家的老佣人老彭（彭吉昌）留条子给萧孟能，请求介绍他另谋出路，晚上萧孟能问他，说你做了这么多年佣人，大家处得很好，为什么不干了？老彭痛苦地说：“在家里做不下去了！”——原来警总逼他打主人的小报告，他不肯做不义之事，只好求去。 2月28日下午六点，《文星》召开临时股东会，做成“同意解散”记录。第二天，萧同兹致信警备总司令刘玉章，附上这一记录。3月3日，萧孟能托我代写结束广告与海报，以做最后的促销活动。3月4日，报上登出《文星》结束启事。 在《文星》指日可垮的情况下，人情冷暖也就怪态百出。2月26日，萧同兹的老朋友张明伟连二十四万都不放心借给《文星》了。2月29日，萧同兹的老朋友辜伟甫甚至派会计查问《文星》账目以防倒账了。3月8日，余光中来电要求收回他在《文星》出版的书，萧孟能答以：“如果作者都做此要求，《文星》的结束工作就没法办了。”于是余光中只好很勉强地挂了电话。3月15日，朱婉坚电告萧孟能，说郑少春告诉她，听说余光中、梁实秋、陈瑛（沉樱）三人在与律师研讨《文星》结束后，作者有无权收回已出售了的出版权。萧孟能为之又好气又好笑：“难道他们这班文人，最后逼我跟他们来一场官司，制造一个文化界的高潮？”…… 在《文星》宣告结束的广告与海报出现后，《文星》读者为了抢购、为了抗议，也为了惜别，天天挤满了书店，买个不停，场面之大与声势之壮，也足令自己欣慰、令他人胆寒。到了3月31日晚，是《文星》最后一天，正赶上星期日，整日书店挤得水泄不通，其中甚至有国民党大员如陈建中等，也混进来买书而去。十点后萧孟能亲去书店，在慰问中陪读者度过了最后的两小时，到子夜十二点，正式结束。这时书店门口便衣与“计程车”很多，一个特殊身分的“客人”，一直陪到最后，临出店门，还在橱窗前看了好一会才走。 《文星》的结束，许多青年人为之惋惜、为之愤懑、为之泪下。一个杂志、一家书店，最后下场如此感人，也真可说是有史以来绝无仅有的了。 1968年3月17日的《纽约时报》上，有了这样的尾声：台北文化人失去了书店治安人员的压力迫使关门 （专为《纽约时报》而作） 台北、台湾，3月16日——《文星》书店宣布将于4月1日关门。它的消逝，使年轻作家们、摸索中的画家和摄影家们、现代舞的献身者们以及数不尽的大专学生们，同时失去了一个精神上的寄托。在纽约，格林尼治村的人们（按格林尼治村是纽约文化人和新思想者的集中地）来看《文星》人物，一定认为《文星》人物太懦弱了；但在台湾，《文星》却是最勇于追求心智真诚的表征。 文星公司的首脑人物萧孟能，最近在公开场合已见不到他，所以也无法找到他发表对《文星》关门的意见。但跟《文星》书店接近的人们，却纷纷指出，《文星》在强大压力下关门，全是治安当局的杰作。 治安审问 接近《文星》的人说，《文星》之所以用董事投票和财务困难等做为理由关门，乃是这个坐落峨眉街的现代化书店中人和萧先生在连遭困扰和治安审问后的结果。萧先生的朋友又说：在去年一年，萧先生被治安人员请进去，至少就有过三次。 萧先生另外出版过一种月刊《文星》杂志，经常刊载台湾和世界上有关政治、社会及文艺等方面的言论，在1965年，大概出了近一百期的时候，被勒令停刊。 《文星》杂志的主编人，生长在北京的年轻作家李敖，他的直言无讳的政治观点，使他成了当地标准下的一个野人。李先生写过二十本小册子和书，其中却有十六本被查禁在案。 除了李先生和少数几个人外，环绕《文星》的群众很少公然涉及政治。但是他们的朝气和探索精神，却足以触当道之忌，因为当道正把台湾圈成一个故步自封“中国”的最后禁猎区。甚至舍政治和思想上的压制不谈，光看在台湾的社会，没疑问是保守的，年纪大的才吃得开，年轻人要熬到四五十岁，才盼能有机会当行，冀得一顾。 从1960年雷震坐牢，到《时与潮》杂志结束，一连串的文祸都使持不同意见的知识分子常遭逮捕与迫害。文星书店的关门，重新揭开了知识分子的旧仇新恨和那年复一年的创伤。