Chapter 18 recalled from a picture

recalled from a picture I saw Jiang Guangci's anthology published by People's Literature Publishing House. There is a pencil sketch attached to the book. It was noted who painted this portrait, but I knew it was painted by Guangci's lover Wu Sihong, because The original manuscript for this pencil sketch is still with me. This portrait was originally published in the monthly magazine "Pioneer", which was edited by Jiang Guangci at the time A literary publication centered on the people of the Sun Club.I was working in the bookstore that published this publication I handle the original manuscripts and the typesetting and printing of the pictures. I have always been fond of collecting pictures, so this

This portrait is preserved by me.In these decades, experienced many wars and personnel changes, the old Few books and drawings have survived, but somehow this portrait was caught in a bag of miscellaneous objects. In fact, I brought it from Shanghai to Hong Kong and kept it until today. When Ms. Wu Sihong drew this sketch of Guangci, she had already lived with him.This is drawn on a picture Penciled paper the size of a 32-mo book, drawn with a six-B pencil, signed in a very bright color It is light, so after the plate making, it is impossible to tell who painted it.It's not a good portrait, but I think it's

Those who knew Jiang Guangci would recognize it as his portrait at a glance.In the environment at that time, most writers They lived a persecuted and unfree life, and they were rarely photographed, especially those like Guangci who stayed in Russia. Writers who have returned have always lived a semi-underground life, and they may be "inquired" at any time. Gu's danger.Therefore, such a portrait can be handed down, giving today's young literary and artistic people a vague understanding of it. It is really rare to see his face. Guangci's first two novels, "Young Wanderer" and "On the Yalu River", are the most important works of today's literature and art youth.

In 1999, the titles of these two books were known from the history of new literature, but those who have read these two books are afraid There must be very few.However, at that time, they were extremely popular novels for young literary and artistic youths. The title of the book is already attractive.In the environment at that time, most of the young people who loved literature and art were Those who refuse to bow to the reactionary forces and feudal families, so who doesn't call themselves a "young drifter"?At least Spiritually so.The word count of these two books is not much, two thin volumes, the cover of the red paper,

The titles of the books are arranged horizontally in large square type, and the publisher was the one who published "New Youth" and "Duxiu Wen" at that time. "Cun" and Hu Shi's punctuated version, "Water Margin" Yadong Library.This bookstore relied on This batch of bestsellers made a lot of money. At that time, Jiang Guangci was still called "Jiang Guangchi" (Guangci's name was changed later. For a period of time, in In the eyes of the party masters and book reviewers of the Kuomintang at that time, let alone the content of Jiang Guangchi's works

Rong, just this name, can not be passed, all books are banned, so later the bookstore passed his Agree, change the deficit to the word ci, for example, "Lisa's Sorrow" was published under Jiang Guangci's name, but this The blindfold method was okay at first, but later it was still banned.Many young people often want to have a copy of "Small" by their side. "The Wanderer" was arrested and died), and his two novels were obviously written before returning to China. Well written, because I had already read his works when I first met him around 1926. I still remember the situation clearly: I was living at Quanping’s house in Fuminli, South City, Shanghai.

It was the preparatory office of the publishing department of the Creation Society. On a snowy winter night, someone knocked on the door, and I went to open the office. Outside the door is an unknown man wearing a low felt hat and wrapping his chin with a gray-black scarf, About ten years older than us.After he introduced himself, we knew that he was Jiang Guangchi. Author of the famous "Young Drifters".He had just returned from the Soviet Union, and he spoke with an Anhui accent. Since then we have seen each other often. During the Anti-Japanese War, Sihong once came to Hong Kong, but never saw her again.