Chapter 2 Masters, we surrender unconditionally to you

Recently a reporter asked me, it was said that I bombarded and insulted many literary masters, and asked me what I think. I started to recall, where?Where is the master?When did I think I bombarded and insulted Li Bai and Su Shi? Later, I finally remembered the whole story. I felt that the so-called bombardment or insult was a title added by others for fear that it would not be popular enough to be seen by others.It's like I tap you on the shoulder and say, dude, I don't really like what you're wearing today.In the end, it turned into me beating others up. The thing is, Chen Danqing and I are doing a TV program. What I mean is that Chinese literature after the People’s Republic of China doesn’t pay much attention to writing style and literary talent, and the literary talent of the articles selected in our textbooks and those required to be memorized is also very poor. , Lao She, Mao Dun and others have poor writing skills.

Then Chen Danqing added that there was also Ba Jin. I agree very much.Because Lao She made a slip of the tongue, I just wanted to say Ba Jin. We also feel that Bing Xin's writing is hard to read. In the end, Chen Danqing and I roughly said, look, the TV station must be very happy when the two of us said this. They just waited for us to say something similar, and they would make a fuss about it. Both are hype, to make these writers famous, but we don't think so.There is really no way to speak. My only mistake in this is that I confused Lao She with Ba Jin.Lao She's writing style is still good. I meant that Ba Jin and Mao Dun's writing style was poor, but the four writers Ba Jin, Lao She, Mao Dun and Bing Xin are often packaged together in the Chinese political literature system, so I confused one for a while. , I would like to say sorry to Mr. Lao She.

But I firmly believe that the writing and literary talents of Ba Jin, Bing Xin, and Mao Dun are very average. As for Yu Hua and Su Tong, I haven't said anything about it. I don't quite understand why the writing style of the three writers is so-so. I personally don't like this kind of writing, why it becomes insulting masters and poisoning young people.Today, I saw a comment on the People's Daily Online saying that cultural celebrities should not make irresponsible remarks in the media, especially those with big mouths that mislead public opinion, and the result of their indecent remarks is to damage the literary dignity of the entire nation.

How can a few words hurt the literary dignity of the entire nation?Is the author's name a nation?Why is this called "irresponsible speech"?Of course I take responsibility for what I say.It’s not that I’m talking nonsense on the spur of the moment. I thought so when I was reading Chinese textbooks in elementary school.And how did this become the wrong direction of public opinion?Is your nickname correct? For these early Chinese writers, any of us can judge according to our personal preferences.For example, I personally appreciate Liang Shiqiu, Lin Yutang, Lu Xun, Qian Zhongshu, etc. who have better literary talent and writing talent, and I don't like Ba Jin, Bing Xin, Mao Dun, etc. who have less literary talent.

My personal opinion is that as a writer, the most important thing is - the feelings of the work, the literary talent of the work and telling the truth. As for the "writing to convey the truth" and "ideology" that we have been emphasizing, I think it should be put at the end.Because literature can easily become a political prostitute, and the result is that if you follow the right person, you are noble and soulful, but if you follow the wrong person, you will become a reactionary and poisonous weed with exactly the same words.I also disagree with the "sincere feelings" we have been talking about. As a writer, if you only have sincere feelings, you might as well be a bosom sister on a midnight chat show.

Therefore, let's just talk about words. I personally think that the literary talent of the three Bing Xin, Mao Dun and Ba Jin is really not good.Of course, because everyone's understanding of literary talent is different, everyone can naturally feel that these three people are not only extraordinary in thinking, but also extraordinary in literary talent.Regarding this, everyone can make their own arguments. It is problematic to include their stuff in elementary school textbooks. First of all, if it is something at the level of a real master, I personally think it is inappropriate to show it to elementary school students who have just learned to read. This is an insult to the master.Of course, don't use Bai Juyi to read poems to the grandmother anymore.However, due to the urgent political and ideological needs, it is necessary to include teaching materials in primary school and recite them.These templates lead elementary school students to think that this is how articles should be written.What these people are praised by later generations is their entire book with hundreds of thousands of words, but what we are trying to learn is a passage of their words, which is also the weakest point of them, that is, in a paragraph Literary talent.

If, as a good writer, my writing style was analyzed and imitated by a group of elementary school students, I would feel quite ashamed. People's Daily Online's comment went on to say: Respecting and reminiscing about literary masters is the basic cultivation of a nation, and the basic cultivation of a responsible cultural person. Belittling a master or even making insulting remarks is beyond the scope of literary contention. I do not agree with this statement.First of all, this is your guru, not mine.Secondly, I don't think I'm insulting them when I say that Mao Dun, Bing Xin and Ba Jin's writing is not good.As long as it is not a personal attack, no matter how great your teacher is, whether it is a master appointed by the people or a master appointed by a political party, you can comment freely.In this country of ours, we cannot talk about politics, officials, institutions, or corruption. Can we even talk about a book writer?Besides, I haven't commented on the "thoughts and ideas" that everyone values, just talking about literary talent.In a feudal society, criticizing a great poet’s poor writing is not to my liking, so there should be no problem, don’t wait until a thousand years later... Of course, some people will think that you are not allowed to say it, aren’t you just talking about it? , We just don't agree with what you said, they are good at writing, or that is called simple writing and high intentions.Then I can't help it.But these people are much more likable than the alarmist critics.

Secondly, the basic cultivation of a responsible cultural person is to have backbone, to tell the truth, not to flatter or flatter, and definitely not to have a heart of respect and remembrance for literary masters.Cultural people do not come to burn incense.I don’t think this is the basic self-cultivation of a nation. If all people in a nation must feel that there are so few writers, the writing must be good, all of them are good, and there is nothing wrong with them. Otherwise, you have no self-cultivation. Then what kind of nation is this other than North Korea? And the so-called "Bing Xin's book can't be read" at that time, this is also Chen Danqing's true thoughts, including mine.Anyone has the right to feel that another person's book is not in their own aesthetics and cannot be read.If you can't read my book, I don't think there is any problem.And why in the eyes of some critics, if Bing Xin can't read it, it means that there is something wrong with her personality and literary character?You can't force me to watch Bing Xin with relish, I really don't like it, and I'm just expressing my true inner thoughts.If you insist on forcing me to read Bing Xin's book, my punishment for you is to force you to read Bing Xin's book.See if you really like it or fake it.

Therefore, seeing many people scolding on the Internet, their words are more intense and their expressions are more agitated than corn is compared to Li Yuchun.But is it true that the three elders in Bajin, Maodun and Bingxin have a higher position in their hearts than Li Yuchun in the hearts of corn?This is obviously not the case. I even wonder if the three of them, Lao She Mao Dun Ba Jin, can tell who is who.Of course, you can say that you only recognize words but not faces, but I also doubt that among so many people clamoring that you dare not respect literary masters, have all of you read the books of the masters you "respect" completely? ?Do you still remember the original name of Bing Xin Lao She Mao Dun Ba Jin?I think, if Li Yuchun's original name was Li Chunbo, all the corn should be remembered.Therefore, many of them are fake fans of Ba Jin Bingxin and Mao Dun.You just don’t like me and don’t like me, so you are willing to immediately turn yourself into a disloyal reader of your masters. This is dishonest.At least when I was studying, it seemed that the whole class and even the school had never heard how many people liked to read the works of these three people.But now that there are so many fake readers who are righteous and righteous, I feel that these fake fans of Mao Dun, Bing Xin, and Ba Jin will soon form fan groups such as "Shield", "Fappuccino", and "Jingba".

For their real readers, leave me a message saying that Ba Jin actually wrote very well, and tell me why it is good and which paragraph is good.Then I have a lot of respect for them, and I will try to look again.This is a difference from the normal literary point of view.Instead of using the hats of these three "masters" to give others a higher hat, by the way, justifiably curse a few words.But up to now, I still think that among the four people, Ba Jin, Lao She, Bing Xin, and Mao Dun, if they don’t talk about anything else, they only talk about literary talent. Except for Lao She who is good, the ranking of the other three people’s literary talents from worst to worst is ——Bing Xin, Ba Jin, Mao Dun.As a writer, writing style and literary talent are very important. A writer must have a unique and excellent writing technique and writing style, which cannot be replaced by the so-called ideological and sincere feelings. This is also the charm of Chinese characters. All writers attach great importance to this point, starting from the Book of Songs, to Tang poetry and Song Ci, to the four major classics, and then to the later vernacular, Qian Zhongshu, Liang Shiqiu, Lin Yutang, Hu Shi, Lu Xun, and Shen Congwen, including Zhang Ailing. In New China, the charm of words has been replaced by the correctness of thought and the needs of ideology. For a long time, the government and the people have not operated a true literary master with outstanding literary talent.

And now, looking at what some critics mean, do we think that everything is good in the face of writers like Lao Ba Bingmao?If there is an objection, it means that there is a problem with my personality and self-cultivation?Regardless of your personal literary preferences, you must abandon all reading tastes and surrender to them unconditionally?