Chapter 51 Moore

When I got the news of Jin Yi's death, just like when I got the news of Comrade Zheng Xidi's death last year, I felt sad and hoped that the news was misinformation.Because the two old friends are both in the prime of life, full of energy, love life and love the new society, and when it is promising to dedicate themselves to the cause of the people, it is impossible to die suddenly!When an acquaintance was in Shanghai a few months ago, they only heard that Jin Yi suffered a heart attack due to exhaustion from work, and was once in a coma and was admitted to the hospital.In the hospital, talking about our generation will definitely see the completion of socialism, the mood is still very optimistic. "Follow the Old Horse" published in the November issue of "People's Literature" is his last work, a portrait of labor heroes, full of love and enthusiasm.My friend here was deeply moved by his selfless work, and was writing letters to persuade him to pay attention to his health. Unexpectedly, the news came that he had a heart attack due to rheumatic disease, and finally became an ancient man, resulting in the loss of a good soldier in the literary creation team, my friend. It is an irreparable loss to lose a friend who was genuinely candid, passionate and always an inspiration.

Jin Yi and I have known each other for more than 30 years. We were both in Shanghai at that time, and we didn’t see each other very often.When I returned to Beijing from Qingdao in 1933, he also came to Beijing soon, and lived with Ba Jin, Cao Yu, and Zhilin in a house at No. 7, Sanzuomen, in front of Beihai.The guests who often go there, I remember He Qifang, Li Guangtian, Fang Jing, Cao Baohua and so on.Because we are both editing literary publications, we are often in touch with each other in drafting and changing manuscripts, and we have more opportunities to meet each other.Jin Yi, Ba Jin, and Xi Di co-edited the "Literary Quarterly". In fact, it was Jin Yi who was responsible for the negotiation of manuscript collection and publication and distribution.

It is not an easy task for the publication to continue, publish on schedule, and distribute to readers all over the country!Because such a thick literary magazine, just reading, revising, editing, and proofreading, the workload is quite heavy!Jin Yizuo seemed to have everything in his mind and was able to do everything with ease. When distant guests came, he could accompany him to the park for a drink of tea, a small restaurant for a light meal, and then listen to Liu Baoquan's drum.Cao Yu's earliest scripts were first published in the "Literary Quarterly" and then printed separately.At that time, some young writers, especially some left-wing writers, met readers all over the country through this publication.

Jin Yi was still very young at the time, and he was very frank, valuing friendship, and distinguishing between right and wrong, which was reflected not only in his personal works full of youthful vitality, but also in his work of editing publications and uniting writers.In his early works, his emotions were relatively fragile, and his social contacts were relatively narrow, and he still lacked a firm and clear belief in the future of the revolution.However, the general spirit of the publication is to adopt an uncompromising attitude towards the old society and the corrupt, incompetent, corrupt and foreign-friendly Kuomintang regime at that time.

Not long after the Japanese imperialists invaded Northeast China, the situation in North China became more tense, and the publication was relocated to Shanghai. Under the influence of the party's anti-Japanese national united front, the banner of uniting writers to fight against Japan and save the nation became more clear. With the development of the Anti-Japanese War, Pingjin, Shanghai and Nanjing fell one after another. Most of the domestic writers, except some who went straight to Yan'an or joined the army, mostly went to the southwestern rear, concentrated in Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guangxi.Jin Yi taught at the Chinese Department of Fudan University in Qianchuan.Seeing the Southern Anhui Incident, the Kuomintang destroyed the anti-Japanese united front, and with the corrupt regime under the control of the four major families, the war of resistance increasingly adopted capitulationism. The soldiers in the front were bathed in blood, and the people in the rear were displaced.But the bureaucracy is depraved and shameless, spies are rampant, the brutal oppression methods adopted against progressive intellectuals, coupled with the feudal privileges of Sichuan local warlords, landlords, and hooligans, the ruthless exploitation of the people is becoming more and more cruel. Close to progressive thinking, thoughts and feelings have gradually changed, getting closer to the party, and reflected in the works.After being demobilized and returning to Shanghai, he still presided over the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Fudan University.At that time, when the Chiang Kai-shek regime frantically persecuted progressives and the national democratic peace movement suffered serious setbacks, Jin Yi made close contacts with progressive intellectuals in the literary and educational circles in Shanghai at that time. Chiang's pro-democracy activities.

After the liberation of the whole country and the establishment of the People's Government, the country has entered a new historical period, and literature and art have also entered a new historical period. In order to embody the principles indicated in Chairman Mao's Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art, literature and art must be geared towards workers, peasants and soldiers, and serve proletarian politics .Literary and artists all over the country responded enthusiastically to this great call, bravely and resolutely threw themselves into the revolutionary furnace, and participated in vigorous movements such as land reform, three anti-five anti-five, anti-US aggression and aid Korea, and ideological transformation.In this important historical process of the past ten years, Jin Yi has been at the forefront of every movement, and has been continuously educated and helped by the party. Because of this, his ideological understanding has continued to develop, and his work has become more and more practical.In the ten years since Liberation, he often came to Beijing because he presided over the work of the Shanghai Writers Association branch and edited it. I had the opportunity to meet him and talk about various aspects of his work because of his work in the south. From his works and conversations, I always feel that His life is getting fuller and fuller.He often went to the countryside to work in factories to get in touch with new scenes in industrial and agricultural construction, and wrote many works reflecting new people and new things in the motherland.After returning from his visit to the Soviet Union in 1956, he also wrote many good travel notes, reflecting the new outlook of the Soviet Union's cultural construction, which greatly encouraged and deeply impressed domestic readers.Since last year, often due to illness, the doctor has advised me to take a proper rest. However, seeing and hearing about the new face of the country is exciting, and when I get better, I am full of enthusiasm. I have written many new works praising the people and the times, reflecting the great motherland on the one hand. The new atmosphere, on the one hand, also reflects that Comrade Jin Yi himself, like many progressive intellectuals in recent years, is constantly reforming himself under the education of the party, and his understanding of communism is becoming more and more firm and clear.So when it was published in the newspaper this summer that Jin Yi joined the party, most of my friends thought it was very natural.Jin Yi has entered a new stage in his life. In the future, he will surely receive further help and education from the party and the masses, and make more and more important contributions to the people for the magnificent cause of mankind led by the proletariat, for new literature and art.Unexpectedly, not long after celebrating the ten-year anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, at the age of fifty, due to a sudden onset of an old illness, he finally passed away suddenly.

Although Jin Yi died, he did not die, because the people's heroes praised by him and thousands of writers are working with incomparable heroism and continuing to build the motherland.Moreover, this kind of people's hero is constantly appearing and growing along with thousands of newer undertakings. In any production department, what was considered a heroic achievement a few days ago may become the standard for an ordinary citizen's efforts tomorrow.The miracles of the new society, like the splitting of the atom, are multiplying rapidly.Because the party is using Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought to lead 600 million people to build a great motherland, control steel, and conquer nature, it first pays attention to the transformation of people, and people can be transformed. The development of Comrade Jin Yi's life is the best proof.Jin Yi is not dead.Jin Yi's enthusiasm for literary work and the cause of the people will definitely leave a long-term influence among friends and in all aspects!

Beijing on the night of October 8, 1959