Chapter 102 How great is Wang Xiaobo

How great is Wang Xiaobo Feng Tang The first time I read Wang Xiaobo was seven years ago.The title of the book is published by Huaxia Publishing House. The cover is vulgar and full of shit.At that time, the editors of the publishing house seemed to have only this little imagination. The title of the book had to be full of bird shit yellow, and the title of the book "A Chinese Ghost Story" had to be full of chicken shit green.A man named Wang Xiaobo is printed on the title page, which is the photo that will be seen everywhere in the streets and bookstores in the future: the sun is shining on his head, and he is standing at the door of Shakespeare's former residence, frowning, grinning, with his hips crossed, wearing a Shit T-shirt.The introduction said that Wang Xiaobo was a master of articles outside the literary world, and that he had won some kind of grand prize in Taiwan.A girl with good literary taste threw the novel to me and said: "It's worth reading, it's funny, and it looks like you when it's bad." I was going to the bathroom, and my stool was dry. My mother said that it was because I made her difficult to deliver. God made me poop dry.I just read it in one sitting in this unpleasant dryness.At that time, I had the joy of discovery, as if Archimedes discovered the law of buoyancy in the bathhouse, and I almost pulled up my pants and ran into the street.

The benefits of wavelets are obvious. First, have fun.This very basic reading requirement has long been a luxury for us.From our childhood, the uncles and aunts who wrote novels, prose and poetry suffered from permanent euphoria.In their eyes, the night does not exist, the sky is always blue, and the father-in-law of the sun smiles kindly; the girl is always strong and strong. If she is not a direct descendant of the Kuomintang spy, she will definitely be found on the wedding night.Popular science books like "100,000 Whys" and "Grandpa Brains" will only tell you what the two hundred digits of pi are after the decimal point, but will not tell you why your heart beats faster when you peek at the girl next door taking a shower.Wang Xiaobo announced that the moon also has a dark side, and the broken shoes are extremely charming.Reading Xiaobo's words once again proved my point: a woman can't be lewd without a nose, and a man can't be brainless without a penis.The man's wisdom flashed, like a diamond shining, spring flowers with dew, extremely brilliant and attractive.

Second, tell the truth.This very basic requirement of being a human being has been a luxury for us for a long time.After understanding the truth, I quickly realized that if we write real life, we can only be characterized as dirty writing, thank God we still have mass communication forms such as manuscripts, underground publications and the Internet; if we write real life Making a movie can only make the unlucky producer lose his money. Fortunately, we still have film festivals, niche film markets and art theaters around the world.The predecessors of Chinese essay masters designed careers for their descendants, without exception, emphasizing that they should not discuss their careers in writing, but learn some scientific knowledge that can help the world and the people.I obeyed, resisted the temptation desperately, did not obey the call of the soul, and did not eat words.That's why I can speak freely. The editor needs 1,500 words, and I dripped down 2,000 words. After finishing writing, I threw it to the editor to cut it.Brother Xiaobo, why don't you listen?Otherwise, why would he die young, leaving the rats less to listen to the truth that upsets them?

Third, the marginal attitude of pure individualism.This is a very basic achievement of the master's requirements, which has been rarely seen for a long time.Articles need loneliness, and articles have hated fate since ancient times.Only by living in a low place and on the edge can we be indifferent to the present world, not forgetting without help, and keep sane.Being the Minister of Propaganda and writing a biography for Gao Lishi cannot become a master.Being relegated to the frontier and writing a biography for a street escort is one step closer to being a master.Salinger hid in the mountains and reappeared on the streets of New York when his sexual desire was too strong. He called the famous beauty on the cover of the magazine: "I am Salinger who wrote "The Catcher in the Rye". I want to sleep with you." Henry M. Le is not a penny in Paris, and he never knows where his next meal will be. He regards street chicken as a one-in-a-million slut.Henry Miller knew nothing about parties, high society, or white-collar life.Xiaobo can also be regarded as the originator of the Turtle School. He returned to China in the 1980s. He does not engage in Internet companies to collect money, nor does he work as a foreign comprador in foreign companies. He just wanders around in dirty clothes on the streets of Beijing.One of his best essays is "Why I Write", in which he explained the principles of life from the perspective of the law of physical entropy: if you don't do something, you must do something.

April 11 this year marks the fifth anniversary of Wang Xiaobo's death.Xiaobo was lonely and poor during his lifetime, but noisy and lively after his death.These years, these days, newspapers, magazines, and the Internet have tried their best to tout, and Xiaobo's photos have appeared on the cover of "Sanlian Weekly" like film and television celebrities, businessmen and politicians. A group of people even established the "Wang Xiaobo Minion Alliance".I, who originally liked Xiaobo, began to have doubts: How great is Xiaobo? The shortcomings of wavelets are obvious.

First, the writing is shabby.Even if someone beats me, I must point out this point, otherwise the standards will be confused, and future generations of literary and art lovers will be at a loss.Xiaobo's writing reads, at best, like a Victorian private novel, or honestly, like a primary school student's composition or manuscript.The matter of writing is like Beijing opera or acrobatics or women's long breasts. It requires young skills, lack of nurturing and development in youth, and hard work when you grow up will not be of much use.Those who brag about Wang Xiaobo's writing are good, I don't know whether they are ignorant or have ulterior motives.Xiaobo is a man who tells the truth, and we should tell the truth. For example, we can praise "Beijing Story" for its true feelings and weep ghosts and gods, but we cannot praise its good writing.Our great Chinese can definitely be more textured, richer, and more agile.

Second, the structure is bloated.Even Wavelet's best novels are extraordinarily bloated.At a later stage, the unnecessary repetition already showed the harbinger of the author's insanity.As Xiaobo himself said, he started writing novels early on, but often wrote intermittently and repeatedly.The wavelet-style repetition seems to have nothing to do with the aunt who is in charge of law and order in the street, and the sister-in-law who is cool and happy talking about the neighbor's sexual affairs.If it weren't for the strange and interesting imagery of Wavelet, and the short length of the article, it would be impossible to finish reading.Decades from now, I will feel ashamed if I show my descendants the book of Xiaobo, saying that it is a great masterpiece of our time.

Third, it is fun.Wavelets come from being interesting, and they stop at being interesting.He said in the preface of the film: "I think fun is like a historical stage, which is being surpassed." This is Xiaobo's wishful thinking.In addition to being interesting, Xiaobo doesn't have much left.Except for the occasional outpouring of true feelings, I didn't see the compassion that the master should have.As for thinking, there is still a gap in level between Wavelet and the characters he admires, such as Russell, Foucault, Calvino, etc.Lack of weight, Xiaobo only has three or four books left, and most of them are novella.While quantity does not equal greatness, quantity reflects power.After discovering Xiaobo, I quickly stopped watching it.A 30,000-word novella is only enough to handle one Chen Qingyang, but I still like to read Wei Xiaobao who has seven wives.

In short, the appearance of Xiaobo is a miracle. He can be regarded as a masterpiece in the history of literature, but he is not yet great.This point should not be changed because of Xiaobo's early death.We can't form a vulgar stereotype. If we want to be noisy and lively, female writers must expose their lower body, and male writers must be killed.We have already become popular with Wei Hui and Jiudan, we have already died Xiaobo and Haizi, none of these four things is a good thing. Modern Chinese literature has just had a real beginning, and Xiaobo is the beginning of this wonderful.

(Wang Xiaobo, Huacheng Publishing House, Guangzhou 1st Edition, March 1999)