Chapter 12 treat soldiers as human beings

Yan Lianke Speaking of military literature, vertical and horizontal, from the ancient times to the present, no matter domestic or foreign, good military literature works can be described as like a forest like a sea, with turbulent waves.Not to mention the batch after batch of military literature masterpieces that have been verified by history, even the excellent military literature works since the new era are also a magnificent team.He mentioned that in this team, he was probably an extremely inconspicuous pawn who was determined to be eliminated. Yet every writer has something to say about every one of his books, even the flops.Sometimes, though, they tell people that I have nothing to say when they don't want to talk.The same is true.I have something to say, and I'm not too lazy to say it.Although I really asked me to say it, I couldn't help but tremble with fear.

In fact, I don't think I have the right to say anything about military literature.As a soldier who works with writing, on the one hand, I am not a good writer, on the other hand, I have never written a work that satisfies myself and readers.As for novels with military themes, I am even more ashamed.And this novel is nothing, and I can't talk about it, but I thought of a serious topic, namely: Please treat soldiers as human beings first. These words are aimed at three aspects.For readers, I mean you must never think of war, bloodshed, sacrifice, heroes, etc. when you talk about soldiers, which will embarrass the author; People, but when I write those so-called military-themed novels, my shortcomings in this aspect are relatively large.Third, when I said that soldiers should be treated as human beings first, I definitely do not mean that soldiers have already been treated as human beings, and there is still a long way to go.Its main meaning is that if you are a human being, you must live first.Live to talk about war, bloodshed, sacrifice, heroes.

But "alive" is also a problem that is unclear. If you don't understand it, it's better not to say it, because it also seems unfathomable.But I have to be honest with myself: even the mediocre statement about treating soldiers as human beings first came to mind before, during, and after I wrote it, and I dare not make any assertions. January 19, 1993