Lou Shiyi The publication of the book is a good thing to be gratified about.It tells us that a pure, upright, sincere, and noble soul may suffer unexpected tribulations, humiliation, and persecution sometimes, and fall into a desperate situation that seems disdainful to the crowd. In the end, the true light cannot be extinguished forever, but still It must be known by everyone, so that its brilliance can shine through the world, and it should receive the respect and love it deserves. Reading this new book, I think of some past events of Fu Lei and his son. In late April 1979, I made a special trip from Beijing to Shanghai to attend the burial ceremony for the ashes of Fu Lei and his wife, Comrade Zhu Meifu, sponsored by the Shanghai Federation of Literary and Art Circles.A few hours after I arrived, their son, Fu Cong, who had been abroad for more than 20 years, also returned from a distant overseas country alone, and arrived in the hometown of his parents.When he went to China in the mid-1950s, he was still full of innocence and childishness. He was a young man who had just passed the golden age of twenty, but now he has reached the age of maturity and maturity.Shaking hands and seeing each other, my heart was infinitely excited, and I suddenly thought of Fu Lei and his wife, the deceased friend who had a sweet voice and appearance, but who would never be seen again in this life, and the image of Fu Cong and Fu Min brothers who were naughty and playful in childhood.In front of me, this tall, tall and imposing man made me seem to see Fu Lei; and his graceful, dignified and honest figure seemed to see his mother, Mei Fu.What makes me particularly happy is that I don't see in him the vulgar image of a decadent so-called artist with long hair, beard, and colorful clothes at the end of the century that I often see from overseas; His attitude is very calm, his clothes are neat and simple, it seems that more than 20 years of overseas travel and traveling around half of the world have not affected him much.From the simplicity of the image, we can see the robustness of his spiritual world.Times have changed, and the past years are gone and cannot be returned. The right way of life lies in continuous advancement, and everything in reality is indeed moving forward in great strides.When we look back on the past, it is precisely to add strength to the progress of today and the future.

Missing him returning from thousands of miles away, he will never see his dearest parents in his life again. What greets him is not the happy smiles of his parents, but two pinches of ashes from Xiao Ran.Surrounded by his relatives and friends enthusiastically, it is conceivable that the heat wave in his heart was surging.It was not until after a grand ceremony was held at the Longhua Revolutionary Cemetery that a few days later, when we happened to take the same flight to Beijing, and on the way, I had a chance to catch up with him. He briefly talked about his personal experience of sorrow and joy overseas for more than 20 years, and the infinite agitation in his heart when he returned to the motherland today.He asked me: "Will such disasters come again in the future?" I dare not make any guarantees to him, but I think we should have the courage and confidence to believe that after this tragic lesson, people will definitely There is power to prevent its return.When it comes to his parents, everyone is very sad, but the dead are gone, and only their spirit, love and achievements left by their hard work will be immortal forever.Fu Lei is not only an excellent literary translator, his achievements are not only the translations of a large number of world literary masterpieces, but I know that he has also written many literary and social commentary works, as well as beautiful prose works. There may not be many, but they are all distinctive in terms of thought, theory, and art. They have never been collected into volumes during their lifetime, and they should not be allowed to be lost in the future. They must be collected, sorted, compiled, and printed and published. They are also dedicated to the people. precious wealth.During the conversation, he talked about the thousands of miles and often thousands of words of family letters he wrote to Fu Cong over the years.Fu Cong told me that those letters are now well preserved in his overseas residence.

I think of that letter, because at the end of the spring of 1957, I got a vacation to travel to the south and passed through Shanghai. I was still staying at Fu Lei’s house just like before liberation. My son Fu Cong, who was studying abroad, found out his home letter and showed it to me. At the same time, he also asked me to read a long reply letter that he had written but had not yet sent.Not long before this, Fu Lei had been invited to Beijing and participated in the propaganda work conference of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.It was the first time for him to hear the speech made by Chairman Mao himself; he understood the party's comprehensive policy spirit in the propaganda work under the current situation.Obviously this made him very excited, and he devoted himself to the agenda of the meeting, made a long and detailed record, and wrote down his experience.His long letter to Fu Cong conveyed the spirit of this meeting.Fu Lei has never been used to participating in collective activities and political life, but in recent years, he has witnessed the reality of the party's socialist construction achievements and personally realized the party's basic spirit of serving the people wholeheartedly. Obviously, this has caused major changes in his thinking. .

Pointing to Fu Cong’s letter reporting his artistic activities, he said to me: “Look, this kid has indeed matured in terms of artistic accomplishment. There is a gap in the reality of the motherland, and it is easy to get out of reality and politics if you immerse yourself in artistic life. Don’t make any mistakes in politics, just suffer any setbacks.” All I saw were these two letters, but he left a deep impression on me. Not only was I moved by the spirit of Fu Lei's Aizi teaching his son at the time, especially not long after that, the "anti-rightist" movement that set off a storm all over the country "Movement", Fu Lei, who is striving to make progress in politics, and on the basis of his love for the motherland, has a growing affection for the party and socialism, mistakenly classified it as "anti-Party and anti-socialism" with a swipe of a pen. Socialist Rightists".Not long after that, the news came that Fu Cong, who was studying in Poland, suddenly left freely and went to England.Since I knew a little about his father and son, these two incidents made me dizzy, and I don't know what happened in the world.

But we should be grateful to a certain leading comrade at that time, after Fu Lei was classified as a "rightist", he still received some care and allowed him to maintain regular correspondence with his son who was also notorious overseas.The long years, the vast sea," these long periods of time, between the two places tens of thousands of miles away, have closely linked the hearts of father and son. Thanks to Comrade Fan Yong of Sanlian Bookstore, when he knew that Fu Lei had such a batch of precious suicide notes, he promised to take up the task of publishing, and urged him again and again, so that it was finally made public after careful editing by the two Fu brothers. came out. (I believe that due to careful consideration in many aspects, this selection is very strict. It does not include trivial family life and some political discussions at the time. The letter I mentioned above is not included.) It is the best book for art apprenticeship cultivation, and it is also a book about teaching children full of father's painstaking efforts and painstaking efforts.Fu Lei's artistic attainments are extremely profound, and he has extremely profound knowledge of all fields of literature, painting, and music, both ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign.In his youth, he studied art theory in France as a major. Since returning to China, he has engaged in art archaeology and art teaching, but the time is very short, and he is always incompatible with the popular atmosphere and unable to work with others. He left in the middle of the journey, unable to develop his strengths, so he finally chose the career of translating behind closed doors.In his literary translation work, although everyone can see the brilliance of his intelligence and learning everywhere, but he once aspired to write on aesthetics and art history, but regrettably failed to realize it.In his family letter to Fu Cong, we can see his education and in-depth exploration in music. He himself has not engaged in music practice, but he has a spiritual experience of what a musician encounters in his artistic life. , How detailed and profound the experience is.My son is tens of thousands of miles away, preparing for an important performance, but my father, like a child who is about to take an exam, is watching every beat of his heart eagerly, putting himself in his shoes and anticipating the path he is going to take Various possible situations that he will encounter in the world, and design for him how to deal with them.Therefore, what is revealed here is not only Fu Lei's profound attainments in art, but a more noble father's heart, and the experience of an accomplished artist on the road to becoming a talent. Cultivation and education, the causes accumulated in his talents and skills.

I have many memories to search for Fu Lei's teaching to children.When I first met Fu Lei in Shanghai in the early 1940s and soon became a frequent visitor to his house, his two children were still young, and the eldest child, Fu Conggang, was at school age.On the isolated island of Shanghai, which was surrounded by Japanese invaders, even the atmosphere was permeated with a sinister and poisonous atmosphere.He does not let his son go to an outside elementary school, and even opposes the child going to the streets to play. He kept the children at home, and discovered early on that there was something in the young mind and body that could be cultivated to be a musician.First of all, parents take the responsibility of education at home, and in the most basic cultural education, music education is the center.Just as he requires a serious, serious, and meticulous spirit in all aspects of himself, others, work, and life, he is also very strict with young children.I seldom saw him play and amuse the child, nor did he express his appreciation for the child's naughty behavior.He compiled the teaching materials himself, set daily lessons for the children, set an example one by one, personally supervised and strictly implemented them.The child is always cautious in front of his father and dare not be self-willed. Only when his father goes out, he dares to laugh loudly and have fun.He stipulates how children should speak, how to act, what to do, what to eat, and there is nothing beyond it.For example, when eating at the same table every day, he pays attention to whether the child is sitting upright, whether his elbows are leaning on the edge of the table, whether he hinders the people at the same table, and whether he chews the food, and whether he makes a chewing sound that is impolite.Even because Fu Cong didn't like green vegetables, he only chose meat, and he didn't listen to his father's warning, so he was punished to only eat rice and no vegetables.The child was learning Chinese, but his father only allowed him to use pencils, dip pens and brushes, and he was not allowed to use the fountain pens that were already popular among elementary school students at that time.I didn't know that Fu Lei had such a ban. Once he took Fu Cong to play in Yu Garden and bought him a better gold pen for children. Unexpectedly, when he got home, his father found and confiscated it, saying how children can use such a good pen. Pen, causing the child to cry sadly.I only found out about the turmoil afterwards, and I felt very sorry in my heart, but I didn't take Fu Lei's way of controlling children like that.

At the same time, Fu Cong is also a child with a special temperament. He often devotes all his attention to the things he likes and forgets everything around him.Once he secretly went out alone, on the side of the road, looking at the bustling city scene, he was so happy that he lost his mind, and as he walked, he bumped into an electric pole on the side of the road, and a bump bulged on his forehead, causing a lot of noise. Had a little joke.According to his father's regulations, he practiced playing the piano for hours every morning and afternoon. Sometimes he was very sleepy and his fingers were sore.But sometimes something pops up, and I don't know what kind of inspiration came to my heart, and I suddenly leave the piano score and play my own tune.The father who was working upstairs noticed something strange from the sound of the piano and came down the stairs gently.Seeing his father coming, Fu Cong was so frightened that he hurried back to the piano score.But this time Fu Lei didn't come to stop him. He asked the child to repeat the original Zidu music, listened to it again and again, and recorded the tune himself with a blank staff.Said that this is a very good creation, and specially gave a title, called "Spring".I remember this incident very clearly. Until that time when Fu Cong returned to China for the first time, I asked him whether he had composed music by himself in addition to performing for many years.

Fu Cong had a wandering adventure in China when he was young.After the liberation of Shanghai in 1949, Fu Lei's family moved back to Shanghai from Kunming, leaving Fu Cong alone in Kunming to continue his studies.But Fu Cong was very homesick and went back to Shanghai to continue studying music. He even left without saying goodbye to the friends entrusted by his father. There was no travel expenses. Before leaving, some classmates and friends offered to help him hold a concert and raised some money.This incident caused a false alarm at home in Shanghai and in Kunming.Fu Lei later told me: "Look, rely on your parents at home, rely on friends when you go out, take off your hat and turn it over, everyone helps, this is how this child comes back to Shanghai. Taking advantage of the situation and teaching strictly like Fu Lei, I always feel that it is a bit "cruel". But a great tool needs to be refined. On the road of Fu Cong's growth, I saw the hard work of Fu Lei as a father. It was the same in the childish age around me, and it is still the same in the situation of living in two places and being separated from each other. In these letters, don't we see the bloodstains left by Fu Lei's painstaking efforts for his son?

It is also a natural law that people love themselves and their children.A person's life is always limited, but his career is endless. Through his own children, he can extend his own life, and also continue and develop the strength that a person can do for society, for the motherland, and for mankind.Therefore, nurturing children is also a sacred duty and responsibility to the society, the motherland, and the human world.We see how Fu Lei nurtures his children, just like Fu Lei treats everything else. We can see how Fu Lei is doing his duty to the society, the motherland and the human world with a highly responsible spirit and effort.Fu Cong absorbed so much spiritual nourishment from his father's letters during his wandering life in a foreign country, which made him feel like his parents were still by his side in the situation of being an orphan overseas, giving him guidance, encouragement and spurs all the time. Make him have the courage and strength to overcome all kinds of demonic obstacles and resistance, and embark on the path of his own proper growth.

Through these letters, Fu Cong not only established a solid bond with his relatives, but also established a heart-to-heart bond between Fu Cong and the far away motherland through this bond.Regardless of the cruelty suffered by his family in China, and regardless of the notoriety he suffered, he never betrayed his motherland. He was not threatened or lured by enemies of the motherland, nor did he say or do anything that would harm the dignity of the motherland.Even in his art tours, he has always refused to accept invitations from countries that are hostile to his motherland.When he returned to Hong Kong for the first time in 1979, some people worried about possible troubles for him and advised him not to come back for the time being. But he believed in the motherland, and believed that the motherland would forgive his actions in his youth and give him trust.This spirit of trusting and loving the motherland is inseparable from the ardent patriotic education that Fu Lei gave him tens of thousands of miles away.

Looking at the background of these letters again, what kind of political situation Fu Lei wrote in, let people not think about that sad political movement, which gave tens of thousands of outstanding motherland to the motherland for more than 20 years. What an astonishing misfortune the children have caused, and what a popular political measure it has finally been rectified and rehabilitated today.Many people were disabled in that disaster, but many people were tempered like steel by fire, and showed their resolute and sharp elite.Among the comrades-in-arms and friends I am most familiar with, many people are like this, and Fu Lei outside the party is also like this. Although I can no longer see them today, among their descendants, as well as in the wider I saw them among the strong and vigorous young people who had been tempered in the catastrophe of the year. I describe these memories and feelings, and I solemnly recommend this good book to readers.