Chapter 39 A Real Celebrity from Merry Wang Yao: Wei and Jin Demeanor

Wang Yao (1914-1989), styled Zhaochen, was born in Pingyao, Shanxi.He graduated from Tsinghua University in his early years, and later taught at Peking University for a long time. He has established a school atmosphere in the fields of medieval literature and modern literature. On December 23, 2004, the "Academic Symposium to Commemorate the 90th Anniversary of Mr. Wang Yao's Birth" was held at Peking University.At the meeting, a recording of Wang Yao's interview with postgraduates in Hong Kong was played.The poor recording effect, coupled with Wang Yao's strong Shanxi accent, caused the participants to carefully compare the manuscripts that had been sorted out in advance, or to listen carefully with their heads half raised, and to nod thoughtfully from time to time.Several old gentlemen occasionally exchanged words sideways and smiled relatively knowingly.

"The person who leads literature and art looks at the problem. He can allow a gap. If there is a gap, the writer will make a hole for him. That's it. If the hole is too big, he won't do it... Said that our principles and policies are consistent. Yes, but where is the consistency? Just like when we listen to the radio in a far away place, the short wave has a consistency, but for a while, I can’t hear it, and for a while, it’s “oh”——the sound is louder , suddenly shouted, the voice was extremely high... one time emphasized creative freedom, and the other time emphasized..."

Wang Yao's voice was already sharp, but when he said "oh", he seemed to be very excited and intentionally imitated the tune of the radio, which was very contagious.Everyone smiled. "This is all my private chat. I don't talk like this in class, I don't like this in China, and I don't like that abroad. I don't need to create anything." When she said this, Wang Yao's tone was a little emotional. In the later reminiscence speech, some students of Wang Yao said that Mr. Wang has his own world, and his intellectual world and emotional world are both perfect.In his world, he has his voice and smile, so he can infect others—even though his Shanxi accent is difficult to understand, and sometimes he even doesn't understand what he says.

His classmates and schoolmates back then recalled that Brother Wang Yao always walked briskly and spoke hastily.He walked, chattering loudly.When he spoke, he had a strong Shanxi accent, and the content spewed out like a cannonball, and his voice became louder and louder as he spoke.When he was about to lose his temper, he exuded a childlike innocence at the same time. "This realm is very beautiful and very high. He later won the admiration of several students, and I think this is one of the reasons. At that time, I said to another classmate, if I were a female classmate, I would definitely fall in love with this person."

An old friend once made a judgment to Wang Yao: famous morale.When I was a student at Southwest Associated University, I attended the "Shangshu" class taught by Mr. Chen Mengjia. Once Mr. Chen wrote a note to Wang Yao, calling him "Wang Yao's good brother", and he deservedly called "Brother Mengjia" when he replied. , He also plausibly told his classmates: If I were his "good brother", he would naturally be my "brother". Wang Yao's disciples are unanimous in saying that they like to use "Wei and Jin demeanor" to describe Mr.He himself never left his pipe, and he behaved with ease.The proud student could not drink baijiu, so he shook his head: "It's a pity, a pity!" In his early years, he wrote a famous article "Literati and Wine", which quoted Du Fu's poem "Relief should be wine, and there is nothing better to be happy "Poetry", affirming that "fun in wine is exactly the realm of 'truth' and joy obtained by Ren Zhen's heartiness".

Wang Yao himself quoted Lu Xun's words "clear and straight" to explain "Wei and Jin demeanor".In the eyes of his disciples, his witty eloquence, humorous language, open-minded demeanor, and very distinctive "Wang Yao's smile" can be called "TongTao".However, he talks about everything and has no scruples. He does not downplay his contempt for despised people and literature, and directly casts "green and white eyes", which is called "clear and serious". Wang Yao once wrote a "self-introduction" for the "Tsinghua Commemorative Journal", which was widely circulated among friends and disciples: "... I am getting old recently, my hair is full of hair, and my teeth have turned yellow and black, which is quite in line with the "reversing black and white". Ridiculous; while sipping strong tea and smoking a pipe often, he is also familiar with the taste of "dire water and hot water". However, the local accent has not changed, the language is more harmonic, and the bicycle rampages from time to time, it seems that he has not lost his old ear."

Some people say that the humor and comprehension of this passage imply bitterness and stubbornness. Only by connecting with the tortuous and tortuous historical road of Chinese intellectuals since the 20th century can we understand the complex connotations behind these "short words and two words". "Wang Yao can't do anything about these words among today's scholars, but they can easily remind us of Lu Xun." Wang Yao's students once mentioned that the outline of the head on the photo of Mr. Wang resembled the familiar Soviet poets in the 1950s, but his eyes were serious and deep, which made the students feel strange.When Wang Yao was dying, unable to speak, she once wrote a paragraph to her daughter: "I suffer from being too sober, and I have analyzed many problems. I think it is very profound, but needless to say, it is worse than dementia!"

The student suspected that "need not to say" was actually "can't say", and he finally understood that the eyes in Mr.'s photo are cold, sober, and focused eyes, which restrain what he sees inward. Thoughts.