Chapter 6 4

The night of March 15, 1955 Mr. Ma has a letter from home to Beijing (written before the competition), and Wang Dihua forwarded it to us.He said that you move your body a lot on the piano, with a full expression, but you are still tense when your fingers touch the keyboard.He pointed out to you that all your faults were corrected within two days, which surprised the teacher, who wondered what happened? Many people have watched the Glinka [Glinka]① movie, in which Richter [Richter] played Liszt and performed on the piano, and everyone was unanimously disgusted by his fiery expression.I don't know if this is due to the director, or he himself tends to have more movements on the piano?I remember your letter in mid-October, saying that he believes that the whole person should be consistent with the expression.This sentence seems to be a bit wrong, it is easy to encourage people who play the piano to sway more.In the past, you used to move very violently, but you finally changed a lot in 1953.From the photos sent back from Poland, it can be seen that your movements have increased again.I hope you pay attention to this point.It is said that Liszt's dramatic movements on the qin are really unreliable; I read a passage describing his playing the qin as being like a rock.Robinstein (Anton) is also like a rock.The activity of the mind is most complete only when the body is at rest: this is an eternal law.I'd love to hear your opinion on this.

Morning of March 21, 1955 Satoshi, dear boy! After a month of anticipation, the result was finally announced. We didn’t sleep well for many nights, and we were in a trance on the 19th night. We were too excited for the good news last (20th) night, and we still didn’t fall asleep.First, at around five o'clock last night, Mrs. Ma made a long-distance call from Beijing; then at eight o'clock the radio report (only up to the fifth place), and the list of ten names was disclosed in the newspaper this morning. It's hard for you, dear child!You have not failed everyone's expectations, the trust of the motherland, the painstaking guidance of the teacher, and the encouragement given to you by Polish teachers, friends and the general public in the past few months!

Maybe you think it should be higher in the ranking, tell me, do you have any "flying in the ointment" feeling?But don't forget, child, in terms of your foundation before you left the country, you have made your best efforts in seven months, and this competition has also done your best [best effort].Not only that, the results of these seven months have been almost miraculous.I didn't expect you to have so many talents, I didn't expect your spring to come so fast, the flowers bloomed so beautifully, and they bloomed to the world's music scene to release your fragrance.A star has risen in the east, so bright, so pure, so deep; it has created a brilliant world record for New China!As a father, I have always underestimated you. You have corrected my mistakes with your talent and hard work. I am so happy and proud that I can have such a son who overthrows all my wrong estimates!Mom is right, the greatness of motherhood lies not in reason, but in the kind of straightforward feelings; for many years, she kept silent, but she always thought that I underestimated your ability; now she has explained everything to me.I admit my mistakes, but with what joy to admit them: is this a miracle?

Recalling that when you came back from Beijing in December 1953, I agreed with you to go to Poland to study, but I did not encourage you to participate in the competition. I even wrote to Zhou Weizhi to ask you not to participate: Although I have always underestimated you, with your The academic ability of the period, my opinion is not entirely wrong.You also feel that even if you participate, you may not be sure.Think you didn't have much confidence when you first arrived at the beach, did you?It can be seen that the seven months of study and the experience of being on stage have helped you beyond description. Not only was it beyond our expectations, but you are famous for ① Glinka (1804-1857), a Russian composer.

Compared with the results of seven months ago, you yourself should feel unexpected, right? Ke Ziqi called early this morning to congratulate us on behalf of his parents.Ziqi said: Rather than you just getting second, I would rather you get third and add a Mazurka award.This sentence fully expresses the meaning in our hearts.Do you have this feeling yourself? Thinking back to the period of the fourth competition in 1949, when you wandered in Kunming, your life, your depression, and your bleak future at that time, compared with today, don’t they seem like a dream?Who would have imagined that when he returned to Shanghai in 1951, he only played the Pathetique Sonata [Pathetic Sonata].How many detours, how much pain, how many frustrations, how many setbacks, in exchange for your success today!It can be seen that in order to achieve greater success, we can only redouble our efforts, and at the same time we have to expect other detours and other setbacks.I want to remind you all the time, think about the difficulties in the past, so that you will have the courage to overcome them when you encounter difficulties in the future, and you will not lose confidence!Life is an endless marathon, and you've got a long way to go: it's just a glorious start.

Looking back: I underestimated you in the past, and in some respects it may have had a bad influence on you, but at least one thing is of great help to you.Only I have strict requirements on you, so that I will not spoil you in the end——you should remember your resentment when the Romanian Third Prize was first announced, which shows that young people tend to overestimate their own strength.I have held you tightly for many years, at least you have developed a serious concept of art, even if you get carried away occasionally, it is very easy to pull you back.I mention these words not to defend my past practices, but to make you especially vigilant when you are successful, and never let complacency and arrogance rise.I know that there is no need to tell me too much. Today, you have already passed the barrier of arrogance and complacency, but I have always been a disciple of Chinese Confucianism. "Extraordinarily solemn, fearful, and alert feeling.

Speaking of "incomplete", I have the same self-criticism about my own translations.No matter which book is translated, I always feel that it cannot be good from beginning to end; it can be seen that the most difficult thing for any art is to be "complete"!You mentioned perfection [perfect], but in fact, perfection [perfect] does not exist at all. The whole life, the world, and the universe cannot be called perfection [perfect].If it exists in the ideal of the philosopher and the ideal of the statesman.The pursuit of our whole life, the pursuit of many generations of people in history, is nothing but perfection [perfect], but it will never be pursued, because human ideals and fantasies are endless, so perfection [perfect] is like the moon in the water , The flower in the mirror is always elusive.But it is not bad to be able to achieve overall "completeness" or comparative "completeness" at a certain stage.

Now that the competition is over, we would like to hear from you twice a month.In particular, I hope to know more about: (1) the situation of foreign music circles; (2) your own thoughts and experiences on certain pieces of music.Make some effort!In the future, there is no need to spend day and night on the piano like in the past.Self-cultivation needs to be carried out in many aspects, and skills need to be trained for a long time, so don't act too hastily.It's good to calm down and think about it, but writing a letter forces you to organize your thoughts, which is also an excellent training.

In terms of music theory, when do you plan to start?Of course, this depends on your Polish level. The night of March 27, 1955 Cong: For your reference, I specially translated a passage from a book on Mozart for you.In addition, there is Roman Rolland's text on Mozart, which was too late to translate.I wonder when did you learn Mozart?Chopin pays great attention to and infects Mozart's style in terms of taste [taste, appreciation] in writing.I just finished playing Chopin and then studied Mozart. I think they are relatively similar in spirit and blood.Might as well discuss it with Teacher Jie.Can you start playing Mozart after Beethoven's fourth play?When you are about to start, write a letter first, and I will send you a text from Romain Rolland.

From the translation I gave you this time, I especially realized that Mozart’s kind of tenderness and charm is different from the tenderness and charm of the Romantics in that he is as pure as an angel, without any worldly sentimentality or profligate sweetness [Sweet and greasy].The gentleness of gods is of course different from that of mortals. That is the Madonna of Leonardo Da Vinci and Raphael. That kind of charming smile is by no means unique to the world.If you can grasp what is meant by the warmth and sweetness that escapes all the fireworks in the world, what is meant by innocent and innocent love, without the slightest tugging at the heart, without the slightest turmoil of lust, then I want to express that Mozart can "not hit, but not far away" .What do you think? Teenagers between the ages of 14, 15 and 16 or 17 are especially adapted to Mozart because their childlike innocence has not been contaminated.

In the future, if you plan to play any modern writers, please arrange and write earlier; I can also provide materials.In terms of spiritual atmosphere, there are a few things I can do to help you. I want to tell you again: my letters on weekdays mostly talk about music.You must have many thoughts and experiences, as well as the opinions of teachers and other professors.The children here are awakening one by one, suffering from lack of materials.They often come to see me and chat with me; of course I want to help them as much as possible. You are abroad, you have seen a lot, and you are constantly improving there, so you must have a lot to tell us.At the same time, one's thoughts are expressed while writing, which can stimulate the agility of the mind and train the ability and speed of writing.In addition, there is also a moral responsibility, so that you should try your best to report foreign thoughts to us.A person’s service to the people does not necessarily have to stand at a conference or do something earth-shattering. Tell others what you know and think about anytime, anywhere, invisibly planting, fertilizing, and cultivating for the country. plant!Children, you must remember these words and write more! Mr. Huang Binhong died of stomach cancer in Hangzhou on the 25th of this month at the age of 92.As far as the artist is concerned, we hope he lives to be a hundred years old.Last winter I was not in good health, I fell down in the middle of it, and rarely corresponded with him; I just went to Hangzhou in early November, saw paintings at his home for two consecutive days, and even took pictures for him, unexpectedly it became a forever farewell.I heard that he still missed me when he was ill, and mentioned me to people who didn't know me.I was very sad when I heard it. On the day I got the letter, I didn't sleep well all night. Mozart's works are not like his life, but like his soul Mozart's works are the opposite of his life.His life was nothing but pain, but his work was almost entirely about pleasure.His works are miniature shadows of his soul.In this way, all other harmony is reduced to this harmony, and all melt into this harmony. After hearing Mozart's works, future generations may not get any information about his fate; but they can fully understand his heart. See how calm, how noble, how hidden he is!He never made his art an object of confidance, nor left us with it a proof of his sufferings, but only his long patience and angelic tenderness. He kept his art smiling and clear, never letting the trials of life stamp a stamp, never letting tears wet it.He never used his art as a weapon of wrath against God; he felt that art from God should be used for consolation, not for revenge.A genius of resistance, anger, and hatred is certainly admirable, but a genius of tolerance, forgiveness, and forgetting is also admirable.forget?More than just forgetting!Mozart's soul does not seem to know Mozart's pain at all; the peak of his eternally pure, eternally peaceful mind shines on his pain.A tragic hero will exclaim: "I feel how violent my struggle is!" Mozart never said musically that the struggle he felt was violent.In Mozart's most authentic music, that is to say not in music that represents this or that character of him, but in music that is purely himself, you do not find anger or rebellion, not a single tone, not a single struggle There was no sign of a struggle, or even a trace of struggle. GMin. [G minor: ① Translator's Note: A work is a small shadow of the soul, which is a kind of harmony.Hereinafter, "this harmony" refers to this. The opening of the Piano and String Quartet, the opening of the CMin. [C minor] Fantasia, and even the "Lament" ① of the Requiem, are nothing compared to Beethoven's CMin. [C minor] symphony. What?But on the door of this gentle master, and on the door of that tragic master, there have been several thrilling knocks by fate.The echoes of these blows did not reach his works, because he did not answer or resist the knock of fate in his heart, but surrendered to him. Mozart knew neither violence nor bewilderment and doubt, unlike Beethoven, and especially not like Wagnat, who sought in music the answer to the eternal question "why"; The riddle of life.Mozart's simplicity is to the same degree as his gentleness and purity.As far as his mind is concerned, that is, in his mind, there is no mystery or doubt at all. how!Is there no doubt and no pain?What kind of life is that that has no relationship with his soul, but that is in harmony with his soul?That is not the life in front of me, but another life, a life where there will be no more pain and everything will be resolved.He is not so much a musician of "our present" as a musician of "our future". Mozart is more of a musician of the future than Wagner.Danner said it very well: "His nature loves perfect beauty." This kind of beauty can only be found in God, only in God himself. I will love this beauty with the kind of love that spares no room.But Mozart already loved that beauty on earth.Among many reasons, this one above all, qualifies Mozart to be called divine. French music scholar Camille Bellaique [Jia Mi? Belle K] "Mozart" P.111-113. On the evening of March 24, 1955, translated on April 1, 1955, I know you are busy, but you also know that I am busy, at least as busy as you.In the past seven or eight months, my health has been severely weakened. It has been two and a half months since the fall, and my leg strength has not yet recovered, and the pain in my waist is even worse. But I still hold on to my work, writing letters, translating Mozart for you, and so on.My child, why do you keep worrying people?Estimate the time when your letter should arrive. If it is less than one day, we will be mentally unstable. I made a statistic from the records in the commemorative book: I found that only Poland, the Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Britain and China entered the top five in the Chopin competition.Germany only got a sixth in the third session, Austria got a tenth in the second session, and Italy got a twenty-fourth in the second session.It can be seen that the closest to Chopin's spirit is the Slavic nation.It is followed by Hungary and France.Neither purely Germanic nor purely Latin.France cannot be considered purely Latin.The strange thing is that even a well-educated master such as Busoni [Blenny] ① was not famous for playing Chopin in his life.At the end of the nineteenth century in Germany, there were so many great pianists, but none of them could play Chopin well. But this is just a personal guess. You have met players from many countries in this competition, and you have heard criticism from various sides. You must have some opinions on this issue. You can tell me. Today, April 3, 1955, I received a letter from Mr. Ma (on the 30th), saying that you are going to study in the Soviet Union, and that you have negotiated with the Ministry of Culture to let you go back to China to perform a few performances first; ① Translator's Note: This is the expression name of a movement in Requiem, called lagnmoso. ① Richard Wagner (Richard Wagner, 1813-1883), German opera composer and conductor. ① Busoni (1866-1924), Italian pianist and composer. Finally, I mentioned that I plan to invite you to participate in the Schumann [Schumann] ① competition in Germany next February. I think it will take at least two months for the trip back home, including the performance; and you have to wait until the sporadic concerts in Poland are over before you can start.In this way, it will take more than three months before and after.This is a great waste of your studies.In particular, you need to improve your skills. If you want to participate in next year's Schumann [Schumann] competition, his skills are more troublesome than Chopin's, and you need to catch up. Instead of letting the government spend a round trip and delay your study for several months, it is better to ask you to make a record in Poland (as I said in my previous letter) and send it back to China, so that everyone can hear it and it is permanent; at the same time It doesn't interfere with your studies either.As parents, we would love to meet you emotionally and hear you perform so successfully, but we would rather sacrifice this blessing for your studies.I have written to Mr. Ma and asked him to consider it with the Ministry of Culture.I don't think you disagree with this question, do you? Second, turn to the section on studying in the USSR, you never talked to us.After you went to Bo, I sent you twenty-nine letters. Does my attitude expressed in the letters still make you unbelievable that you can discuss and negotiate with me in detail about everything?You didn't mention a word to me, but Mr. Thomas directly mentioned to the central government. To be honest, I feel very inferior, because it reflects that you still feel relieved about me.Probably the consequences of my inappropriate and unreasonable education to you since childhood have not been completely eliminated.You haven't heard from me since the game.Maybe there is something wrong in my heart!When Mr. Ma came back, you didn't ask to bring any letter, so I was really sad mentally, and felt that I did not make up for my mistakes.Now everyone (including Mr. Ma) thinks that your success today is the foundation I laid when you were young, but in fact, no one asks for my opinion on your current problems; yes, I admit I'm old and can't help you anymore. But I still have a bit of arrogance, thinking that I can see things farther and more clearly than you young people. At the same time, I also have an overly strong sense of responsibility. This sense of responsibility makes me forget my old age, forgetting that I can't help you and insist on helping you. So if the following words make you uncomfortable, and make you feel that I don’t understand you and your learning needs, then please think of the above two reasons and forgive me, please forgive me for being human, and for not letting go of the world The heart of parents to their children. When a person wants to do something, he must think carefully beforehand.Especially when you want to change course, abandon the old way and take a new way, you must use your reason as a balance, and put the old way and the new way on two plates to weigh them very precisely.Now let me do a job for you, to help you put the reasons for each item on the weighing pan: [A plate] [B plate] (1) Did Teacher Jie help you enough in the past?If he guides better, can your technique still improve? (1) Is the teaching method of the Soviet Union necessarily better than that of Teacher Jie?Can technology help you more? (2) Six months of study in Poland has enabled you to get the results of this competition. Are you still not satisfied? (2) Assuming that you studied in the Soviet Union for the past six months, do you think your grades could be better this time?Ranking higher? (3) The student who won the first place in Poland is also a student of Teacher Jie. What is the reason for him to win the first place? (3) The Soviet Union won the second place, why only one second? ① Schumann (1810-1856), German pianist and composer. (4) Is there anything wrong with the method of technical training, the Polish school, or is it incomplete? (4) Is the method of technical training necessarily better in the Soviet Union than in any other country? (5) Does technology need to improve slowly over time? (5) Does the Soviet Union have a faster way to improve? (6) Apart from Chopin, do you not admire the Polish teachers for their understanding of other writers? (6) Is the understanding of other writers much better in the Soviet Union than in other countries? (7) Last August, Zhou Xiaoyan knew that Teacher Jie specially trained his English in order to teach you in Poland. Do you know this? (7) Are professors from the Soviet Union more enthusiastic than Teacher Jie? [general] (8) From your personal point of view, is it possible to make greater progress if you change the method of technical training?So pay special attention to item (2). Do you think that with your six months of hard work, if there is a better way to teach you, can you keep pace with others technically, or get closer? (9) In terms of learning from Schumann, does the Soviet Union also have special and superior conditions? (10) In the past, your teacher Sheng Chengjie taught classical and modern works very well. Have you changed your opinion now? (11) Summary of the seven months of living in Poland. Is your study environment not ideal?Was the USSR better at this? (12) Can you get the same concern and guidance from various parties in Poland in the Soviet Union? (13) Poland generally has a Western European atmosphere. Do you think it is not good for your study? I hope you will calm down, measure these questions one by one very objectively, and use the method of "democratic voting" to come up with a summary yourself.Make a decision until then.In short, it is up to you to listen or not, and it is up to me to speak or not. You admitted in the past that I "see things from a high mountain", maybe I am short-sighted, and the situation I see is not accurate.But at least you have to use your non-myopic eyes to check that what I see is not accurate.If it's really inaccurate, of course you don't need it, and you shouldn't listen to me. It would be a great "honor" to me if you don't think I'm obstinately outdated, but are willing to take my opinion into account!One day, I realize that you see everything more clearly than I do, and I will be the first to admire you, not only won't come to "tangle with you" to give opinions, but I will also come to ask you for advice when I encounter problems! At present, the first thing is not to give us a boring gourd!There is no one who suffers more than unknown[不知]uncertain[uncertain]!Before you sympathize with others, sympathize with your parents first! On the night of April 21, 1955, my son, when I was able to get up, I thought of writing to you. It really sucks when the post office loses your long mail after the game.We were uneasy for more than half a month, and it was all caused by the post office.March 30th is my birthday, so my budget could have received your letter.By the beginning of April, my heart became more and more anxious and confused, and I couldn't figure out the reason why you never wrote. Around April 10th, I have completely given up hope, and it seems that I will never receive a letter from your family. From 9:30 am to 11:00 am on April 10th, I listened to the Berceuse you played and a Mazurka [Mazurka] broadcast by Beijing Radio Station.What I hear in my ears is the music you play, but I am not sure how the child feels about us—otherwise, why would I not believe it? ——Really, child, you never imagined the mental fluctuations that your mother and I have experienced in the past month, unless you will have a child in the future, and it will be a child like you!Mr. Ma sent a letter from Beijing on March 30, talking about your situation. It can be seen that you were in good health at that time, so the delay in writing home letters made us even more confused and "at a loss".What's more, you made a request to the Ministry of Culture, but you didn't even say a word to me: Don't you trust Dad again?This question caused me the greatest pain, and reminded me of Schumann's lamentation of his father's early death, and of those kind letters written by Mozart to his father: one of them was Mozart's departure from Salzburg. ] Archbishop, reprimanded by his father, Mozart wrote back: "Yes, it's a letter from my father, not from my father!" Cong, think about it, what kind of taste these associations of mine feel to me!The letter of April 3rd (No. 30) was written with what pain and despair I will never forget. My mother said: "Maybe everything went so smoothly for us and we were so happy. God is jealous of us, so he has to suffer these setbacks for us!" Otherwise, how can we explain that the post office lost such an important letter? Your letter is of historical significance to us. In the "learning process" and "foreign music reports" I compiled for you (this is the category I divided your letters into and copied them down in two notebooks), it is very important material.I have already decided that when I meet with you, after each long conversation, I must write down the main points of your conversation.For the study of young friends, for China, a country in the budding era of music, it is of great significance for me to make these notes.So the loss of your long letter this time forced me to leave a large section blank, what should I do? But things are not undone.In order to lose that letter, the mental pain of more than 20 days cannot be regarded as paying a high price; can we ask you to pay some price now?As long as you spend an hour every day, three or four days in a row, write us a long letter, and the matter will be remedied. And if you have been away from the game for a longer time, maybe your perception of everything will be more objective.We desperately need to know what you think of your own show, what other people think of it -- especially for the top four or five. I have always hoped that you would post more artistic thoughts, even some thoughts on some pieces of Chopin [Chopin] you played.Every time I write about some art issues, or report news about your domestic music scene, I just want to arouse your response, and at the same time let you often understand the domestic situation. You said you wanted to come back, and Mr. Ma wrote in his letter that the Ministry of Culture agreed (the March 30th letter) that you would come back and perform a few performances at a time; but your letter this time (April 9th) and Mr. Ma’s letter are both unreadable. Exactly what you asked for?Or is it the initiative of the Ministry of Culture?I think it's a big waste to come back in terms of your studies.But if you need a break, and you are absolutely sure that a delay of three or four months will affect your studies, then you can believe that your mother and I will not disapprove!In terms of emotional selfishness, we'd better see you once a year! As for the question of study, I am not in favor of you going to the Soviet Union at all; I just think that you can stay in Poland for another two or three years. It is very convenient to transfer from Poland to the Soviet Union; and it is not easy to transfer from the Soviet Union to Poland!This is something you should consider.But if you think that the study environment in Poland is not good, or that Teacher Jie is not suitable for you, then I have nothing to say, you can decide for yourself.But before making a decision, you must be extremely solemn, extremely calm, and considerate from many aspects and from a distance. You also said in mid-November last year: "I hope the competition will pass quickly so that I can specialize in classical and modern works. The classics taught by Mr. Jie are really admirable. "Has your opinion on this matter changed completely in the past few months? If you talk about skills, I can guarantee that based on your foundation, your achievements from August last year to February this year, no matter which masters or schools you learn from in the world, it is impossible to exceed the results of this competition !Your talent, your hard work, have been brought to the highest level this time, and the teacher taught you to show all his skills and patience!Have you ever studied the academic qualifications of the people on the program [program list]?I have read them carefully; I dare say that among all the participants, except those from Africa, none of them has such a poor educational background as yours—in other words, it is only six or seven months since you have been with a famous teacher. Candidate, you are the one and only exception!So in my letter on March 21 (No. 28), I said that taking your foundation as an example, your third place is actually far more than the third place.To put it more clearly, you want to: Harasiewicz [Harasiewicz] ①, Askenasi [Ashkennazi] ②, Ringeissen [Linge Sen] ③, these few, if the situation of learning the piano in the past is like you, they are only ten-twelve and a half years old At the age of seventeen or eighteen, I followed a Bronstein [Bronstein], and then I followed a Jevitsky seven months before the game. Dare you say, they Can get the third place and Mazurka (Mazurka) award? When I say this, it is definitely not to encourage you to be arrogant, but to remind you that you have done your best in the past six or seven months, and Teacher Jie has also done your best.If you think that if you change to another schoo1 [school], your achievements in six or seven months will be better, then you are too overconfident, thinking that you have superhuman genius.It is not good for a person to be too easily satisfied, but it is not healthy to be too dissatisfied and cause many unrealistic fantasies!I think I'm the only one who can point this out for you.If I have misunderstood your meaning (because your long letter has been lost, there may be many reasons in it, in this regard), then you may as well take my words as "If there is something, it will be corrected, if there is nothing, it will be encouraged".Dad's thousand or ten thousand sentences are nothing but for your own good, for your personal good, that is, for the good of our music industry, that is, for the good of our motherland, people, and human beings all over the world! I know that the distance between Christopher (in his later years) and George is inevitable in a turbulent era, but I am not far behind. I still want to catch up with you, understand you, and learn from you. New life, new blood, new air, and at the same time, I would like to do my best to dedicate our experience and calm reason to you, to be your faithful walking stick!In case one day you feel that my cane is a burden, I will feel that I will disappear and never come to trip your feet! You may not know a little about it.When I encounter major problems in my life, I seldom do not consult with a few experienced and experienced friends; on the contrary, friends rarely do not come to me to discuss important matters. I hope that we can always maintain such a mutual help relationship with you. Professor Jevitsky wrote in a letter on April 5th: "Cong seldom talked to me about future study plans. I only know that he has close contacts with Soviet youths, and he seems to be yearning for their school. But if Cong is willing, I am still very happy to guide him for a long time. In the future, he will not only work on skills, but also work more on the balance of emotions (emotion) and emotion (sentimento). often said); I am going to teach him some 1ess romantic [less romantic] things, that is, Zha, Mozart, Scarlatti, early Beethoven, etc." He also mentioned that your tempo [speed] in the preliminary round was too slow, and after Mr. Ma helped to persuade you, the effect of the rematch was much improved and so on.You used to say that Mr. Jie was very cold. According to his letter to me, there is enthusiasm between the lines, the enthusiasm for you.I guess he is a bit like my character, unwilling to reward young people verbally.what do you think? ① Halasiewicz, a Polish player participating in the 5th International Chopin Piano Competition. ② Ashkenazy, the participating Soviet players. ③ Lingerson, a French player participating in the competition. In the broadcast on April 10th, you only have two.Others include those of Askenasi [Ashkennazi], Harasiewicz [Harasiewicz], Tanaka Kiyoko, Lidia Grych [Lydia? Grace], and Ringeissen [Lingesen].Both Mr. Li Cuizhen and Ender admired Ringeissen [Ling Gesen]. Askenasi [Ashkennazi]'s Valse [Waltz] I find particularly dull.Teacher Jie's letter also mentioned that the Soviet group [that group] is all top-notch technic [skills], but the music expression has little personality. How do you feel?What was the impression of Polish classmates and older musicians? Speaking of Berceuse [Lullaby], everyone thinks that you have changed a lot and cannot be recognized; but your Mazurka [Mazurka], everyone recognizes your face again!Is this the case with all siyle [styles] now?The so-called natural, simple, and plain, can this song (as you played it during the competition) be an example?I especially feel that the theme [theme] at the beginning is very monotonous, with too few ups and downs. Is my taste [taste, appreciation] outdated? You were called Richter last year, and Amin bought his Schumann: The Evening ["Evening"] at an international bookstore in mid-February, which was very dull; I also bought his Schubert ( Schubert) ①: Moment, Musicaux ["Momentary Music"], then I can be sure that it is not good at all, it is too bulky to describe, there is no lightness, delicateness, and softness of Vienna [Vienna] style, and Schumann's I still have Not sure, if he plays Schubert, I'm sure it's not Schubert.It can be seen that it is not easy for everyone to pass everything. Have you decided to take part in the Schumann Competition next May? Will it interfere with your formal studies?Is it possible to do classical at the same time?I am really worried that your classical kung fu continues year after year. In particular, your mentality needs to be influenced by classical works early to maintain its balance. We study classical works, of course, not only for the sake of classics, but especially for the cultivation of the whole personality, especially for the cultivation of people who are too emotional! So, I hope you will talk to Mr. Jie, and at the same time, think carefully about whether preparing for Schumann [Schumann] and studying classical works can go hand in hand?These are places where you have to hold on to yourself.我很怕你从此过的多半是选手生涯，选手生涯往往会限制大才的发展，影响一生的基础！ 不知你究竟回国不回国？假如不回国，应及早对外声明，你的代表中国参加比赛的身份已经告终；此后是纯粹的留学生了。用这个理由可以推却许多邀请和群众的热情的（但是妨碍你学业的）表示。做一个名人也是有很大的危险的，孩子，可怕的敌人不一定是面目狰狞的，和颜悦色、一腔热爱的友情，有时也会耽误你许许多多宝贵的光阴。孩子，你在这方面极需要拿出勇气来！ 我坐不住了，腰里疼痛难忍，只希望你来封长信安慰安慰我们。 一九五五年四月二十（？）日说到“不答复”，我又有了很多感慨。我自问：长篇累牍的给你写信，不是空唠叨，不是莫名其妙的gossip[ 说长道短］，而是有好几种作用的。第一我的确把你当作一个讨论艺术，讨论音乐的对手；第二，极想激出你一些青年人的感想，让我做父亲的得些新鲜养料，同时也可以间接传布给别的青年；第三，借通信训练你的――不但是文笔，而尤其是你的思想；第四，我想时时刻刻，随处给你做个警钟，做面忠实的镜子，不论在做人方面，在生活细节方面，在艺术修养方面，在演奏姿态方面。我做父亲的只想做你的影子，既要随时随地帮助你、保护你，又要不让你对这个影子觉得厌烦。 ① 舒伯特（1797―1828），奥地利作曲家。 但我这许多心意，尽管我在过去的三十多封信中说了又说，你都似乎没有深刻的体会，因为你并没有适当的反应，就是说：尽量给我写信，“被动的”对我说的话或是表示赞成，或是表示异议，也很少“主动的”发表你的主张或感想――特别是从十二月以后。 你不是一个作家，从单纯的职业观点来看，固无须训练你的文笔。但除了多写之外，以你现在的环境，怎么能训练你的思想，你的理智，你的intellect ［才智］呢？而一个人思想、理智、intellect［才智] 的训练，总不能说不重要吧？多少读者来信，希望我多跟他们通信；可惜他们的程度与我相差太远，使我爱莫能助。你既然具备了足够的条件，可以和我谈各式各种的问题，也碰到我极热烈的渴望和你谈这些问题，而你偏偏很少利用！孩子，一个人往往对有在手头的东西（或是机会，或是环境，或是任何可贵的东西）不知珍惜，直到要失去了的时候再去后悔！这是人之常情，但我们不能因为是人之常情而宽恕我们自己的这种愚蠢，不想法去改正。 你不是抱着一腔热情，想为祖国、为人民服务吗？而为祖国、为人民服务是多方面的，并不限于在国外为祖国争光，也不限于用音乐去安慰人家一虽然这是你最主要的任务，我们的艺术家还需要把自己的感想、心得，时时刻刻传达给别人，让别人去作为参考的或者是批判的资料。你的将来，不光是一个演奏家，同时必须兼做教育家；所以你的思想，你的理智，更其需要训练，需要长时期的训练。我这个可怜的父亲，就在处处替你作这方面的准备，而且与其说是为你作准备，还不如说力中国音乐界作准备更贴切。孩子，一个人空有爱同胞的热情是没用的，必须用事实来使别人受到我的实质的帮助。这才是真正的道德实践。别以为我们要求你多写信是为了父母感情上的自私，――其中自然也有一些，但决不是主要的。你很知道你一生受人家的帮助是应当用行动来报答的；而从多方面去锻炼自己就是为报答人家作基本准备。 你现在弹琴有时还要包橡皮膏或涂paraffine oil［石蜡油] 么？是不是手放松了可以不损坏手指尖？