Chapter 108 my first article

Q: Could you please recall how your first article was published in a newspaper? Answer: Thinking about it now, there is an extremely accidental event in the world, which has influenced your life!Before the "May Fourth Movement", I never dreamed that I would take writing as a career.In 1919, when the May 4th Movement started, I was a secretary of the Student Self-government Association and was sent to join the propaganda group of the Beijing Federation of Women's Scholars. I was in the court of the Beiyang government at that time and tried the students who were arrested for "burning the Zhaojialou". At the time, our group was sent to observe and record.Barrister Liu Chongyou defended the students that day, and there was no gap in the courtroom.Lawyer Liu spoke impassionedly, and I was surrounded by applause.After returning from the court, the head of the publicity team asked us to write down our impressions of the hearing and find a newspaper to publish it in order to expand publicity.

At that time, I was a day student in the pre-science department of Xiehe Women's University. I only went back and forth between home and school every day. At the same time, I only concentrated on studying mathematics, science, and chemistry. .After much deliberation, I thought of my cousin, Mr. Liu Fangyuan, who was the editor of Beijing Morning Post.He is my mother's cousin, almost twenty years older than me, and we all regard him as an elder.Every time my parents' birthday, he would come to celebrate, but he didn't pay much attention to our siblings.At that time, among the newspapers our family read was "Morning News", which was donated by him.I read the comments in the "Morning News" and I still support the student movement, so I gave him a call to try it out.I heard his surprised voice from the phone, as if it seemed that it was an accident that this little cousin who usually just silently offered tea and cigarettes, called the newspaper office to ask him to publish an article.He just said, "Okay, send it to me to see."

My "Hearing and Auditing Notes", which looked like a middle school student's composition, was published in the "Morning News" a few days later. Of course, it was inspired by the May 4th Movement.But since then, my cousin Fangyuan has often sent me publications, such as "Liberation and Reform", "Chinese Youth" and so on.At that time, my own interests also expanded, and I read more books and newspapers. I subscribed to "New Youth" and "New Wave" and so on.My cousin Fangyuan persuaded me to write more, and I also thought: many of the articles written in publications are students, why should I try?In a few days, my first novel "Two Families" signed by Bing Xin will be published.I received eight yuan for the manuscript of this novel, and my younger brothers ripped me off, asking me to invite them to visit "Central Park" and have some refreshments. I had some money left over, so I bought paper and pens.

I have been writing on and off since then until now.I haven't written any amazing works, nor have I written any great novels. I only use this pen to write my thoughts and feelings anytime and anywhere, but now the writing is getting shorter, more casual, and more plain.I am afraid this is also a law of nature.April 10, 1982