Chapter 4 Part III Education-1

"The name of a university is not a building, but a master." Therefore, the words of President Mei of Tsinghua University are to be read in reverse. I have been a teacher for less than five years. I neither understand education nor do it into half a decent thing.At the beginning of the class, I wrote a lot of teaching plans and so on, and wrote many fruitless appeals for the candidates who were struggling on the edge of the "ranking" line. Now it seems that I am so naive.The following articles are also full of nonsense, as straight as sleepwalking, so earnest that it seems almost funny, but the current colleges and media actually let me talk to myself, no one stops me, and no one takes it seriously.This can be rejoicing, but also depressing enough.It is deleted and included today, just for readers to laugh.

Recently, I have caught a cold, sneezing and sneezing, making a cup of hot tea, and I have to write regularly for the "chat version" again.This is the last time I will talk nonsense on this column, and I will simply use this small space to talk about art education.There have been at least a dozen letters during the year criticizing art education today, and my current role is that of a teacher.What about the teachers, as far as I know, criticisms about education are definitely invalid, and I am nothing more than empty talk, only empty talk, I hope it will not be deleted, the following is an excerpt of the opinions of four readers——

Lin Lin, who calls me "Uncle" in Qingdao City, said: The current college entrance examination for art colleges is unfair.Many enlighteners pay attention to this issue, but it is hard to change the mean, just "concern".Li Qinglei from Hubei said: What I hate the most is China's art education. While talking about art, it doesn't reform at the same time!Liren from Jiangsu said: I am not talented because I am a small student, thanks to the existing superior education system, I have no chance to receive higher education for the time being... Wu Xiaofan from Fujian said: I feel sad and angry for China's art education.Talented people are always turned away by that lamentable score.Imagination cannot be cultivated, and the imagination most needed by art has long been stifled by our "great" "examination-oriented education". Are those exams really fair?How many of the candidates really love art?People in this era lack dreams and pursuits. Find a good university, find a spouse, have children, and then let the children receive exam-oriented education, and live a life in a muddle... The dogmatism of the college has cultivated a group of so-called art workers, but who are they? artist?

Note: In 2001, I rashly agreed to run a column for Shanghai "Art World" for a year, but I didn't know what to write as usual, so I invited readers to write letters every month and chat with each other.The excerpt here is the last issue, and it was reprinted to other newspapers and periodicals afterwards. The editor deliberately used a sentence in the article as the title, and used it as above.This year, I saw a long article in "Southern Weekend" questioning "foreign language education". Foreign language education has been implemented for a long time, but it has not been effective; 3. Foreign language examinations have no basis in the "Education Law".There are two other opinions in the society. One is that individual universities have formulated relatively flexible foreign language examination measures on their own. The other is that the country plans to partially reform the foreign language examination system for different subjects and change it to "language examination" with emphasis on Chinese testing. Foreign languages ​​are only a minority. Test scores, chat for reference cloud.But the above are all "heard", nowhere to verify.At present, the art students from all over the world I have come into contact with are, as always, playing tricks on foreign language education, suffering unspeakably.

These readers are obviously teenagers, young and bright, with a bright future: Liren, who "has no chance to receive higher education", writes letters on his computer neatly; , even flamboyant, more romantic than American children's English writing... But at such an age, they always shout "sorrow", "anger", and "unfair".Are they right?Is that the complaint of those who failed?Could their encounters be representative of others?If a good student would come forward and paint another rosy picture for art education today, I'd love to hear it, but I sympathize with the many, many young people I've talked to in and out of art academies everywhere.Since returning to China to teach, my feeling is: the education of art colleges in the 1990s is far inferior to that in the 1980s, far inferior to the seventeen years before the "Cultural Revolution", and even far inferior to the ten years of the "Cultural Revolution" when all art colleges were closed, but art teaching did not suffocate. Years—in those years, we had great yearning for the academy and full of faith in the arts.More than 80 years have passed since the establishment of art academies in China around the "May 4th Movement". Our art academies have never been as bloated and full of school-running dogmas as they are today.

Many people and many monographs are diagnosing the serious illness of contemporary education in China. Last year, Mr. Yang Dongping, a Beijing educator, sent me a book he edited, "We Have Something to Talk". Evil consequences, I sincerely regret it.However, the serious illness has lasted for a long time, and it seems that there is no disease: I am sure that those words are just noises in the wind in the face of the unprecedented "prosperity" and the education situation that calls for "reform".I don't know what other subjects and universities are like. According to my teaching experience, the various rules and regulations imposed by the current education policy on the Art Academy are only getting worse.What is the purpose of intensifying efforts? Of course, it is to "accelerate educational reform", "perfect teaching management", "revitalize humanistic education"... I guess, Mr. Yang's book should be renamed "We have nothing to say".

We have nothing to say.How would the most outstanding artist in China in the past hundred years struggle if he was still in school today? ——Born to Qi Baishi in Hunan and Huang Binhong in Anhui, you must pass the stupid plaster sketch and gouache test in today's "pre-examination class" in order to obtain the admission ticket for "Chinese painting" undergraduates; Or CET-6 foreign language test scores, in order to apply for the oil painting major in China—wait a minute, Pan Tianshou, Fu Baoshi, Mei Lanfang, Yu Zhi, Liu Shikun, Hou Baolin, Chang Xiangyu, Jet Li and others, today I want to ask teachers to accept apprentices ?it is good!Regardless of whether you are painting Chinese paintings, singing Beijing opera, acting drama, playing the piano, talking cross talk, beating drums and somersaulting, you must take a foreign language test!Their vigor, temperament, talent and imagination are to continuously fill up various credits during the schooling period to prepare for the "graduate entrance examination" and "graduate entrance examination" in the future. Otherwise, it is impossible to exchange a bachelor's degree for a living.Isn't Xu Beihong's famous life creed "willing to go his own way", let's see how he will be beaten to death by today's reality: all this is just the beginning, they must devote at least five to ten years of youth to compile a true False and true professional experience, overtly and secretly dredging countless joint personnel, deliberately and unintentionally juggling many helpless good and bad strategies, only then can I get mixed up with an "assistant", "deputy senior" or "superior senior" and live in a one-bedroom, Two-bedroom, three-bedroom, carrying a business card with a title, looking like a person.With their talents, they are likely to pass the exams, but how can they have time to concentrate on painting?With their perseverance, it is possible to produce works one after another, but the so-called "quantitative management" requires forms, not art; with their talents, it is possible to get rich, but I am afraid it is not the state we have seen; with their ambitions, They may stand out in terms of administrative status, but don't expect to make a difference to the art and even culture of the "Chinese nation" we keep saying; with their character, they must not be willing to be controlled, so let's try to imagine what kind of situation they will be placed in today ?

Fortunately, it is all hypothetical: These predecessors have never suffered such a strange crime, let alone them, today, any artist who can get along in the art circle, sit firmly, and have more or less achievements, ask yourself and calculate carefully, there is no one It was the absurd and strict dogma of the Academy of Art in the 1990s that made his debut and succeeded.Poor young boy of seventeen or eighteen years old today, the school gate is in front of him, and there are many barriers, what should we do? ! There are too many stubborn diseases in today's art education.The institutional theory of assessing foreign languages ​​and making judgments based on indiscriminately recruiting new students, recruiting talents, and promoting teaching posts is the fatal disease of art education—the root cause of which is related to foreign languages, knowledge, learning, and education. It is irrelevant, because it is a long story, so I don’t care if I don’t talk about it, let’s just look at the absurdity and consequences of this fatal disease: It is said that the promotion of foreign language education is to facilitate the so-called international "connection".In terms of the humanities and arts, this is a big fallacy, not worth elaborating on.Both Japan and China have popularized foreign language education, and Japan's "international status" is obvious to all. However, according to Lu Zhicheng, a designer who returned to China after studying in Japan for more than ten years, Japan has abolished foreign language examinations for humanities and arts.Let’s look at the case of Ma Shuqing, a young teacher at the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts. He said that ten years ago when he was applying for the Munich Academy of Arts, the professor asked him about his German level, and he could only answer in German: “I don’t speak German.” .Similar cases are numerous among art students who go abroad.And if young people from Britain, the United States, Germany and France apply to their own art colleges instead of passing the "Chinese" examination before being admitted, what will happen?

It is said that mastering a foreign language will facilitate "communication" with "the world's advanced academic information".This statement is undoubtedly true for science, engineering, medicine and other majors, but the knowledge structure and practice rules of art majors are pure myths and almost lies.All kinds of art have their own rich professional "communication" methods. They are born with talents, even if they are illiterate or deaf-mute. There are countless great artists who have not received academic education, or even lost some senses. .Rhythm, melody, modeling, color, body, dance, etc., are fundamentally a "world language" without borders. As sharp as Picasso, he could not memorize all twenty-six letters in his life; and in the major language families of the European continent, it is normal to be proficient in several languages, not a supernatural ability.The Russian Nabokov wrote in English, the Czech Kundera wrote in French, and the pianist Rubinstein could speak five languages. It is undeniable common sense that no artist can fully utilize his talent and accomplish his performance by relying on a foreign language.

The meaning and semantics of special foreign languages ​​such as science, engineering and medicine are standardized and precise, and they are popular all over the world. Students from all over the world learn and use them. Its necessity and effectiveness are beyond doubt.However, the terms of literature, history, philosophy and art are the most difficult to grasp in the native languages ​​of various countries. Just take the word "art" (ART) as an example, that is, in various European language families, there are many definitions, Ambiguity and change, after being translated into other countries' words, have been misunderstood and debated endlessly so far.The Chinese language is profound and subtle. Regardless of the teaching and application of classical Chinese, vernacular or today’s translated texts, literature, history, philosophy and art words are the most difficult. Not to mention art students engaged in creative practice, even literature and history experts are afraid that they will be full of mistakes, which is very difficult. Proficient and proficient, so demanding that thousands of art students use foreign languages ​​​​for "academic research", isn't it just a dream?However, a large amount of foreign art information has its own national high-level foreign language experts who specialize in translation. If foreign language education assumes that artists can directly interpret the vast amount of foreign language texts by learning foreign languages, it is ignorant of common sense, especially the ignorance of policy makers .

Another reason for the foreign language test system is purely "China's national conditions."It is said that "relationship studies" are rampant in domestic education circles. In view of this, foreign language difficulties are specially set up to curb them, in order to correct "academic dignity".Unfortunately, this move seems to be the best strategy, but it is actually the worst strategy: As we all know, "national conditions" have always been "policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom." It must first be played by the dogmatic and utilitarian.Recently, a professor at Peking University exposed a scandal: the school’s foreign language test questions were so harsh that they were so morbid that they even tested American students. The best stepping stone, a full pass, how many young opportunists simply learn "relationship studies" with foreign languages, and those who graduate with high scores in foreign languages ​​are common in art colleges: "academics" are depreciated because of "relationships" , and being openly played by speculators, what is the "dignity"? To sum it up: The abuse of the foreign language examination system for humanities and arts does not lie in foreign language education, but in the basis and formulation of policies.Looking back at the history of foreign language education, it was normal and excellent in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. Then Russian was the only language, and then it was completely abolished. Then in the 1980s, it was promoted in an all-round way. Cultural and psychological complications of rejection or acceptance.Let's look at the United States, which regards English as its "national language", and has not dared to pass a nationally unified English teaching material in Congress because of the continuous opposition of various ethnic groups to "English hegemony".In the future, thanks to the popularization of foreign language education, Chinese elementary and middle school students may be able to speak foreign languages ​​eloquently, and their "knowledge of both Chinese and Western" may be better than that of the colonial period. However, the colonists never dreamed of language assimilation. Foreign language education as one of the educational syllabus, imposed on the descendants of the Chinese Academy of Arts and Humanities?The positioning of foreign language education ultimately depends on the overall humanities education. There has been public opinion that China’s humanities education has suffered a century of catastrophe. Today’s policy thinking on foreign language education is still one of the sequelae of humanities education being defaced repeatedly. The root cause of the disease is administrative Taking charge of academics and ignoring the laws of education, the evil result is that the humanistic condition will continue to be suppressed and it will be difficult to shake it off.For fifty years we have had missiles and atomic bombs, where are our cultural giants? Foreign language education is not equal to the level of humanities, as mentioned above, and the cruel policy of foreign language examinations in art colleges has been implemented for many years, harming all sentient beings, and it is hard to return: First, more than ten years ago, people in the education field pointed out that our examination system is a The "excellent system", the humanities and arts foreign language examination system makes this process of "the inferior wins the superior loses" especially effective - the top three and the top five outstanding candidates fail the rankings due to foreign languages. In short, it is difficult to implement "merit-based admissions", "elite cultivation" is empty talk, and the professional quality of students has been declining year after year.Second, there is no way out for the talents that can be made, but to put aside the professional and hard work of foreign languages, and until they pass, the skills are barren.I know a few "old students" who have gone to school for five to eight or nine times and failed because of their foreign language scores. Compared with Fan Jin in Wu Jingzi's writing, their situation is especially sad, because after all, Fan Jin's test is Chinese.Third, forced by the foreign language examination system, the number of master's and doctoral students is simply allowed to be filled by inferior students from the foreign language school to replace impostors.However, although the above symptoms are embarrassing, they can still maintain the appearance of each school. The deepest and most serious legacy of art education still lies in the following aspects: First, the students have to pass the foreign language test. Frustrated intellect, fear and hatred in the heart, the purpose of running the school, and the will of the students to study are nondescript—art has been weakened into a secondary and ambiguous embellishment of the art school.Second, foreign language education is one of the academic problems that are affected by foreign language education. The self-willedness and good goals that made the policy at the beginning were overwhelmed by it, because the instrumental nature of foreign language has transformed into a tool for further education. Foreign language is uncompromising. The deduction becomes a piece of credit that is returned to the school for reporting.As for whether the knowledge structure and cultural accomplishment of students have been improved, no one cares, because the essence of all dogma is nothing more than upward responsibility.Thirdly, what’s more, many colleges and universities use their bargaining chips to pay off those who fail foreign language exams by paying several times the high tuition fees, which have risen to 50,000 to 60,000 yuan in recent years: since they are collecting money, how can they talk about the authority of the exam? ?To collect money, why bother to take a foreign language test?The naked exchange of interests between the education industry and academic brands has made "foreign language" a synonym for "examination" and "pass".Fourthly, various exams in China have long-standing malpractices and have resulted in deformed "examination culture" and "examination personality". I have never met a foreign language and art that complement each other and are equally excellent in more than ten key art colleges in the country or provinces I have been to. And the students who are full of enthusiasm and belief in the two can see the collective expression of not knowing what to do and having to follow, which is the "expressionless" after being excessively raped by the exam monster.Wu Xiaofan said: "Did you know? Some people say that today's art academy is an asylum for idiots!" No, the young crops on campus are by no means idiots. Today's art education seems to deliberately cultivate "idiots" one by one: it is true Common sense, the level of a foreign language, must depend on a good foundation in Chinese. The hundreds of notes I received in lectures in various schools, nine out of ten do not understand the grammar, and typos of commonly used words appear everywhere, whether it is written or spoken, The Chinese language is being completely lost in colleges and universities, and Chinese education is the top priority that is imminent and too late!Does the foreign language examination system still want to continue to exploit, alienate, and erode the basic level of Chinese thinking and expression of young people?One day, if this conspiracy of the foreign language examination system really forces out the common foreign language proficiency of art students—God knows what kind of monster it will be: a group of Chinese artists who speak English or Japanese in mainland China? ——That is definitely not the gospel of Chinese culture, but an absurd drama.But I don't believe that is a possible prospect: the fruit of dogma can only be dogma. The country's professional Chinese and foreign language texts are full of mistakes. The foreign language level of art students can be imagined. As for how to deal with the encirclement from all sides The coming "world" may lie in foreign language education in primary and secondary schools and even kindergartens. Art colleges are enrolling more and more students, charging higher and higher tuition fees, and the above-mentioned dogmas are binding and tightening. Art colleges The degree, the art of the art school, the reputation of the art school, has been greatly devalued and will continue to be devalued. Alas!During the "Cultural Revolution" 30 years ago, the "Central May 7th Art School" clearly stipulated that only three generations of workers and peasants could enter school; 30 years later, the descendants of Yan and Huang must show a score of CET-6 in order to be listed...Wu Xiaofan wrote a four-page At the end of the letter, he asked: "I love all beauty, how can I learn by myself?" To be honest, I don't know, there is an empty phrase, but it is also the truth: "Beauty" does not charge you money, and does not test your foreign language. , you "love all beauty", this "love", will inspire and guide you how to learn by yourself.Comrade Wang Mian, a great painter in ancient times, was so poor that he could only herd cattle when he was young. One day, he saw the beautiful sunset after the rain on the back of the cattle. In the splendid memory, there is no such so-called "art academy" as it is today. The above is just a partial "ulcer" in today's education body: why take it seriously!Our country is becoming prosperous and strong, and the national fortune is really unstoppable.What about humanities education and art education, don’t be surprised: that is the total retribution of our cultural destiny for hundreds of years, natural disasters and man-made disasters—the so-called humanities and art disciplines today are just decorations and embellishments of national education, and art colleges competing for high-rise buildings are broken , It's just everyone's rice bowl.I am ashamed, I am also messing with this bowl of rice, I should always remind myself: why take it seriously. Out of pages.In the coming year, "Art World" also wants to coax me to run a column: talk about a so-called "world famous painting" every month.I dare not promise.I have to rest, draw more, read more, and study Chinese well.It’s hard for everyone to stammer and chat with me for twelve months. I would like to bow down to the more than one hundred letters, especially the readers who did not respond to me, and bow down to thank you. November 11, 2001 Chen Danqing: Hello, everyone. Dahai: I want to hear your opinion on China's education system. Chen Danqing: Could you be more specific? Zong 2: Is there no benefit at all to learning a foreign language well? Chen Danqing: What I am targeting is the foreign language examination system, not the foreign language. Guest: Some people say that China's education is incomplete, and most of the students who study art in China are relatively uneducated.What do you think of these? Chen Danqing: It is our historical gap and educational system that make art students "uneducated". Note: This is the first time I have had a conversation with online youths such as "Chong Er", "Douzi", "Footless Bird"... The following is a copy of the advertisement of this conversation: "At the beginning of this year, the 'Art Alliance' reproduced the art of Tsinghua University Chen Danqing, a professor of the painting department of the college, lamented the shortcomings of Chen's English exam, "The General Retribution of Our Hundred Years of Cultural Destiny, Natural and Man-made Disasters", and the response was strong. At the request of netizens, this website invites Chen Danqing to have an online chat with you." After the conversation, the website owner Reward me with a cigarette, and give me a black leather bag, and put it on the computer at home, and use it until now.The framers of the foreign language examination system equate "foreign language" with "culture", which means that he has no culture at all, but they also say that students have no culture. hippies: The art world is Vanity Fair?What do you think?I'm new to the world, can you give me some advice?thanks. Chen Danqing: Beyond art, life is a vanity fair. guest: Do you think it is better to know two languages?I think knowing a foreign language is enough. Chen Danqing: Do you understand Chinese?I can't even speak Chinese. Bao Dong: Do you think the various problems in art education are related to the larger system? Chen Danqing: Of course, there is a system behind everything. Bao Dong: What can you do alone?What are you doing to change all this? Chen Danqing: I can't do anything, let alone change anything.All I can do is talk, and that's all I have left.The system will bury people, and it will also make people strong. Fight on your own, don't expect others. Abo: Mr. Chen, you and Ding Fang were both influential figures in the 1980s, but now I like Ding Fang better. He is not as flamboyant as you. I think you are putting on a show. Chen Danqing: Thank you.I am "putting on a show" at the moment. Xuan Xuanse: Mr. Chen, what do you think of the current performance art? Chen Danqing: Let it happen, whoever wants to do it, let him do it, as long as it doesn't break the law. A glass of cold water: Do you think performance art can be left alone? Chen Danqing: I have no right to say "let it go", I am not a government official. Douzi: Do you agree with performance art? Chen Danqing: I agree with all art.I have known Taiwanese performance artist Hsieh Deqing for a long time, and I admire him very much. He did it more than 20 years ago, and he did it very sincerely. Today's performance artists in mainland China are influenced by him. Douzi: I was moved by the novelty of the performance art form, he is amazing!We need the art of "personality"! ! ! Chen Danqing: Yes! Xiao Zhang: Are there gang disputes in western art schools like those in Chinese art schools? Chen Danqing: Wherever there are people, there will be gang disputes. Lin Ying: Some performance art is bloody, what do you think? Chen Danqing: The bloodshed during the "Cultural Revolution" and the various crimes in today's society are much more bloody than performance art.You go to the Public Security Bureau to look at the file photos!And there's video too. A glass of cold water: But the blood of performance art is different from the blood of crime. One is crime and the other is art. Do you think some performance art is a kind of misleading to people? Chen Danqing: Yes, it is different, but outside of performance art, too many things are misleading us, and performance art is only a small circle. suntao: Performance art is very good, because it can provide many possibilities, isn't it great?We are so poor and hungry!Isn't it! Chen Danqing: Totally agree. Xuan Hei: Sometimes performance art is cruel.What do you think? Chen Danqing: Far less cruel than the foreign language examination system.Performance art destroys a dead baby, how many living people are destroyed by the education system? ! Cooking clouds and cooking stones: Some people say that performance art is the cultural invasion of the West against the native land. What do you think? Chen Danqing: There are at least 10,000 things from the West that are "culturally invading" us. We invite others to "invade" us, or we "colonize ourselves", one of which is the humanities foreign language test. suntao: The "Cultural Revolution" is still going on in some fields!I think so! Chen Danqing: Exactly! The "Cultural Revolution" is our collective personality and collective inheritance. Douzi: Some insiders say that art education in China is too rigid, what do you think? Chen Danqing: Yes.It doesn't matter if it's just old-fashioned, Chinese art education is too smart. Mantis: As an artist, what do you think makes you successful? Chen Danqing: Work, keep doing it.But don't think about "accomplishments". Xiao Zhang: What do you think of the disconnection between Chinese art education and the current big art environment? Please answer. Chen Danqing: It is very disconnected, but there are still many interesting people who will emerge, and their nature and talent cannot be stopped. Lin Ying: You just said that the "Cultural Revolution" was also bloody, but it has already happened and cannot be avoided. The current performance art is still a small area, why not stop it?What are your thoughts? Chen Danqing: I am not qualified to stop any art.If art emerges, it is useless to stop it.Except for model operas, the "Cultural Revolution" stopped all art, and now everything has popped up again, and there is an additional "performance art". Footless Bird: I think in this situation, sincerity is the key criterion for judging artworks, how about you? Chen Danqing: It is good to be sincere to yourself. Douzi: Do you like Picasso?Do you think it is you playing art or art playing you now? Chen Danqing: play with each other.There is no such thing as just you playing with him. After playing for a long time, it will definitely turn around and play with you. Q: Is it sad to use the model of a comprehensive university to manage art colleges? Chen Danqing: I don't understand the management model.Good management is required, but don't be the pattern.Our system is only "managing" and not "straightening out" things. Footless Bird: Now it is difficult for people who are sincere to themselves to get into the art circle, right? Chen Danqing: There are sincere people in the art circle, but there are fewer and fewer. iqeqverylow: But I think the current education system can produce good teachers? I am an art teacher, and my classmates and I are very confused. On the surface, there is not much ideological content, what should we do? Chen Danqing: The system is one aspect. If you want to be a good teacher, you will be a good teacher. It depends on whether you want to be or not.As I said before: rely on yourself.Work hard on your own.The truly effective education is self-education. Douzi: Thank you for returning to China, but I hope you can contribute to the reform of art education in China!Can we be more free! Chen Danqing: I can't make any contribution.Don't ask for freedom, no one can give you freedom, only by yourself. Cheetah: You seem to have offended a lot of people, so did you come back to China to offend them? Chen Danqing: If this is the case, I will be offended too.Thank you for reminding me. Zhe: I would like to ask, Mr. Chen, do you think the current state of Chinese art is normal? Do all kinds of art categories have vitality in China? Are they really suitable for our national conditions?thanks. Chen Danqing: State of art?I can only ask about the state of my own art.It is difficult for you to define which art adapts to the national conditions at which stage.Our national conditions are not so narrow, right? tomfeitomfei: I personally feel that Chinese artists are like foam in a beer glass, which can only emerge for a while.Do you think so? Chen Danqing: Most art is a bubble.A little foam is good, no one drinks beer without foam. Dayu: How do Chinese artists experience abroad? Chen Danqing: Everyone has their own experience, and different personalities have different experiences. iqeqverylow: Then Mr. Chen, do you think there are any similarities between the current performance art and the popular rock and roll a few years ago? Chen Danqing: There is a relationship, there are similarities.Be it performance art or rock and roll, they are all things that have never happened in China, but are happening now. Man standing in the way: Mr. Chen, you are my elder, I dare to ask, has there ever been a contrast between the imagination in art and the reality in life?Or some other change in thinking? Chen Danqing: Boldly answer: Although I don't quite understand this question, I often have contrasts and changes. andy: is art fashionable? Chen Danqing: Yes, you can say that.Modern art is a fashion. Lin Ying: Will you try new styles? Chen Danqing: Maybe, the style is not created by experimentation.Style depends on who you are. ddd: It seems that you have raised a lot of institutional issues. Chen Danqing: Yes, the system is in the way. Liu Dema: Is technology important? Chen Danqing: Important, the question is what do you use technology for? Liu Dema: Is technology more important than thought? Chen Danqing: Good technology already has ideas, and good ideas also need good technology. 11: I would like to ask you, is it necessary for a painter to understand philosophy? Chen Danqing: You should read philosophy. The question is what kind of philosophy. I can't understand most of the philosophical works.Life is full of philosophy. Douzi: Do you feel that you are bound now? Chen Danqing: A little restrained, but also restrained for the students. dazhi: What is your opinion on female painters? Chen Danqing: Who are you referring to?Today's girls are better at drawing than boys, and they are attentive and intelligent. Art Madman: What do you think is the significance of studying oil painting in China? Chen Danqing: What is the "meaning" of life? Douzi: Do you think art is hard? Chen Danqing: It is both bitter and joyful.Other things are more difficult, such as sitting in the elevator all day and driving the elevator for others. joanna: I think that in some aspects, it is impossible to provide a good environment in China. Chen Danqing: No place can provide a good environment.My best paintings are done in terrible circumstances. Guest: What do you think of those who don't understand art? Do you think they live a sad life? Chen Danqing: Not sad.People who don't understand art may feel sorry for us. They think: look at these idiots. kkkkkk: What are the requirements to be your doctoral student?Do you think drawing requires a Ph.D. title? Chen Danqing: I don't have any requirements. Now the requirements for doctoral students are set by the Ministry of Education. My requirement for students is that this person should be honest. tomfeitomfei: Teacher Chen, have you ever thought about putting humor into art? Chen Danqing: Humor is a virtue. guest: Can someone who is not crazy be considered an artist? Chen Danqing: Yes, of course, art is not crazy.Otherwise a madhouse would be an art academy. Douzi: As far as you are concerned, what kind of doctoral students do you want to lead (aside from social factors)? Chen Danqing: I want to bring in PhD students who look down on PhD students. 11: I think people nowadays deify Van Gogh, what do you think? Chen Danqing: People need myths. Clay: What are your hobbies? Chen Danqing: In a daze. tomfeitomfei: Doesn't it seem that your requirements for students are very high?You don't value drawing skills and imagination? Chen Danqing: Honesty is a very high requirement.Honesty is a virtue. iqeqverylow: Some of our classmates don't pay much attention to art history. What do you think is wrong? Chen Danqing: Some people don't value it, so don't value it, I can't help it.If you don't pay attention to him, you will suffer.However, many people who value art history also suffer, and suffer from art history. Angel's Melancholy: But if Xie Hongjun hadn't met you, he would have suffered miserably under the request of the state, but your personal strength is still not enough. Should you unite with most people who are really engaged in art to do more for the art world? ? Chen Danqing: Do not unite people.Everyone should do it well, do it bit by bit, don't change anything, it's good if you can change yourself. Taichi: Atheism castrates the souls of Chinese people!What do you think? Chen Danqing: But 1.3 billion people were born.