Chapter 114 "Weeping Willow Collection" Preface

Comrade Liu Xinwu showed me his collection of essays "Weeping Willow Collection" and asked me to write a preface. I would like to take this opportunity to say a few words about my views on some of the current essays. I have always believed that prose is the most convenient and free tool for a person who can express or express his thoughts and feelings in words.When his emotions are overflowing, he writes what is in his heart; he writes the words as he says;In this way, whether it is a letter, a comment, a lyric, or a narrative, the articles he writes should all be the simplest and most simple cheers or sighs from the heart, like a flower rising from the clear water. Naturally uncarved" hibiscus.

Over the years, I have seen a lot of prose, which seem to have been "carved", especially the lyrical or scenic ones, which like to pile up with gorgeous words.Although the paper is full of powder and jade carvings, surrounded by pearls and emerald greens, people can't "see" the scene after reading it, but also "feel" it. not love.I just feel like seeing a "gold-plated lotus flower" as Westerners say. It is brilliant and cold, without any natural interest in life. It is only suitable as an offering on the Buddha's table! I myself have written this kind of gilded lotus-like, flashy things "hardly trying to show the edge, and intentionally". Looking back at it now, it makes me feel ashamed.

I sincerely hope that my young and promising friends will cherish their true feelings and writing time, and not take the thankless road I have walked. The prose in "Weeping Willow Collection", whether it is memories, travel notes, essays, or comments, does not have the above problems, which is commendable!Although the author said modestly: I flew earlier and progressed very slowly, but I feel that a young man like him has a pair of wings that can fly. Taking advantage of the spring and the spring breeze is just right, let's fly hard and fly to Go to the most spacious and freest realm!July 20, 1982