Chapter 40 Part Three: One Chant and Three Sighs in "The Story of the Red Lantern", a person who is inseparable from "Shajiabang"

A few years ago, a thick set of "Wang Zengqi's Collected Works" was placed on the optional shelves of Xinhua Bookstores all over the country. For readers who are familiar with that era and this character, they will certainly be very interested in opening this book. Book.In addition to collecting Wang Zengqi's many short stories and essays in the book, of course, there is also the Peking Opera script "Shajiabang", which occupied a prominent position in the "Eight Model Operas" of that year.However, due to the existence of some subjective and objective factors and human negligence, the Peking opera scripts included in this collection of personal works do not indicate the source of the original work and the name of the original author.Because, as is well known in the circle, Wang Zengqi took over the play later, re-adapted some passages and rewritten the lyrics of the aria, so Wang Zengqi was sued in court by the widow of the original author.

Originally, the publication of a new book is a very commemorative event, both for the author himself and for the readers. Unexpectedly, this will lead to lawsuits. This is Wang Zengqi who is entering his later years. expected.Although the pen and ink lawsuits in the literary world have never stopped, Wang Zengqi, who has always been calm and low-key, is unwilling to use this "literary lawsuit", which is not a very glorious thing, to promote this book or promote it personally .He contacted the plaintiff at that time, asked for an out-of-court settlement, admitted his negligence, and was willing to give the plaintiff a sample of the anthology and the manuscript fee to express his deep apology. He had only one purpose in mind, and that was to avoid embarrassing himself in court.It stands to reason that Wang Zengqi took the initiative to apologize and admit his mistakes, and was willing to pay a certain amount of financial compensation. This lawsuit can be settled. The widow of the original author has not had time to make a clear statement. Unexpectedly, Wang Zengqi went to Sichuan Luzhou Winery to participate in a Literary World Pen Club, but because of drinking a few more cups of Laojiao Daqu, it caused discomfort in the liver and spleen.After returning to Beijing, while eating noodles with shredded radish squeezed sauce at home, a piece of shredded radish got stuck in the throat, and then blocked the blood vessels in the throat, causing massive bleeding. On May 16, 1997, Sadly passed away at the age of 77.Wang Zengqi, who loved the fragrance of wine all his life, worshiped Li Bai for entertaining himself with wine, and recited poems boldly, went west without a final conclusion to this lawsuit.

Another common literary lawsuit triggered by a "Collected Works of Wang Zengqi", although a comma or a long-term ellipsis was quietly drawn, but the origin of this literary lawsuit is precisely because of the old "eighth The modern Peking opera "Shajiabang", one of the "model operas", and Wang Zengqi's unexpected departure at the stage of being involved in lawsuits, so this lawsuit in the literary world, which is not a major event, is particularly eye-catching.Time also goes back to the days that have passed more than 40 years ago... Wang Zengqi was wrongly labeled as a "rightist" when he took office in the Beijing Federation of Literary and Art Circles during the national "anti-rightist" struggle in 1957, and he was sent to labor reform for five years.It was not until 1962 that he took off his "rightist hat" because of his good performance.Looking at his personnel files, because he graduated from the Chinese Department of Southwest Associated University in his early years and was a student of Mr. Shen Congwen, and he himself loves Peking Opera and has worked in the literary field for many years, he was reassigned to work at the Beijing Peking Opera Theater .Seen as the second life given to him by the organization, Wang Zengqi was naturally grateful and worked hard. He used three years to systematically study the repertoire of traditional Chinese Peking Opera, and during this period, participated in the North China The excellent repertoire "Ludang Tinder" performed by the drama festival was adapted into a special creation group of modern Peking opera.