Chapter 39 1986 "Ancient Ship"

Genre: Novel Author: Zhang Wei Original publication: "Contemporary" Published time: Issue 5, 1986 About the author: Zhang Wei, male, Han nationality, was born in Longkou City, Shandong Province in November 1956, originally from Qixia County. In 1975 began to publish works.In his more than 30 years of literary creation career, Zhang Wei has published more than 12 million words of works, published hundreds of booklets at home and abroad, won more than 50 awards, and his works have been translated into English, German, Japanese, French, Korean and other languages, becoming one of the most representative Chinese powerful writers since the new era.

Since 1982, Zhang Wei's creation has entered a vigorous period, becoming one of the most active young writers in China, and has won the National Literary Award twice in succession. The novel "Ancient Ship" published in 1986 aroused strong repercussions at home and abroad; the novel "September Fable" published in 1993 won great honor again.These two novels have always been regarded as Zhang Wei's masterpieces in the last century.After entering the 20th century, Zhang Wei's creation ushered in a new climax period, and successively published "Zhang Wei Library" (10 volumes), "Zhang Wei Series" (10 volumes), the novel "Books from Other Provinces", There are more than 30 booklets of "Can Not Remember Hollyhock", "Ugly Behavior or Romance", "Hedgehog Song", literary essay collection "The Corner of the World and You", "A Heart Like Fire" and other works; published in some countries and regions More than thirty.In particular, "A Heart Like Fire" has aroused enthusiastic responses from the reading circles.

Brief introduction: "Ancient Boat" describes the 40-year history of Wali Town, a small town in Jiaodong, from the land reform to the reform and opening up, and tells the story of the grievances and hatreds among the three families of Sui, Zhao, and Li. It reproduces the distortion and alienation of human nature in that special era and the changes of the land under the impact of the reform tide.It expresses the writer's heavy consciousness of suffering. "Ancient Ship" was written in 1983 and published in the fifth issue of "Contemporary" in 1986. It unfolds the story centering on Wali Town in the Shandong Peninsula area, describes the reality and history of China, spans 40 years of time and space, and reflects From the land reform in mainland China to the age of hunger, as well as the social turmoil and psychological impact experienced by the reform and development, it is known as "a masterpiece with profound artistic charm". "Ancient Ship" is one of the most powerful and in-depth literary masterpieces in contemporary China, and it is "a heavy stele of the national history".It reflects the whole of China with an ancient town, symbolizes endless life with a river, and expresses the plight and struggle of the soul with the vicissitudes of a family.

For the description of the character image, Sui Baopu plays the role of a confessor. Sui Baopu is one of the important characters in "Ancient Ship". The writer Zhang Wei portrays Sui Baopu as a confessor. Through Sui Baopu From the perspective of intellectuals, they examine traditional Chinese culture, reflect deeply on history, and express their deep sense of suffering.Sui Baopu was the bearer of the suffering of his family and country.So he occupies an indisputable important position in "The Ancient Ship". Zhang Wei endowed Sui Baopu with a profound sense of suffering, and he embodies a deep moral spirit.The name of Baopu in the Sui Dynasty comes from Lao Tzu: "See the simple and embrace the simplicity, less selfishness and few desires." "See the simple and embrace the simplicity, no worries about learning, less selfishness and few desires" are the three specific measures proposed by Laozi to govern the country.But at the same time, the author portrays Sui Baopu as the shadow of Confucianism, and he regards "no intention, no need, no solid, no self" as the motto of life.And this sentence comes from Confucianism.Sui Baopu is a bearer of the sufferings of his family and country, and his body and spirit are enduring hardships that ordinary people cannot deeply understand.At the age of six or seven, Sui Baopu experienced harsh house raids and was kicked out of the house. He witnessed the tragic death of his parents and the scenes of brothers and sisters being arrested and beaten. A sense of fear arose in his young heart; The atrocities of massacres of the regiment and the mutilation of women intensified this sense of fear, which caused great mental pressure on Sui Baopu.Later, the death of his wife, the downfall of his uncle, the disappointment of his younger brother, and the illness of his younger sister made him feel a strong sense of original guilt in the family. He thought that the members of the Sui family were destined to end badly.Due to his special family background, Sui Baopu, who survived in the cracks of society, formed his unique philosophy of survival - forbearance and compromise. At the same time, he created a character image for him, which is also the so-called "cowardice" expressed in the article. .Sui Baopu has a deep sense of suffering. He is a person who has experienced the hardships of life and the vicissitudes of life. He has witnessed all kinds of inhuman sufferings suffered by his relatives and fellow villagers since he was a child. It can be said that the writer Zhang Wei put his personal and family Sui Baopu suffered all the sufferings of the nation, the nation, and the country.In this way, Sui Baopu has sufficient reasons to fight against injustice, against fate, and return the suffering to the perpetrators. Must, don't be solid, don't be me", fully expresses Zhang Wei's inner moral ideal: the pursuit of the humanistic spirit, and the call for a free personality.This is also what Confucianism emphasizes, don't do to others what you don't want yourself to do. Sui Baopu's worries and introspection made him the confessor of the family, a "sitting giant".Since the fan factory was contracted, he has been sitting in the old house all day long, with a silence that does not match his age, silent and silent... He is looking for a way out for the suffering and hard-working people. The Manifesto made Sui Baopu see hope. From the theories of Marx and Engels, he began to "think about the bourgeoisie, the feudal class, the relationship between man and social development, and man." Sui Baopu finally understood why we suffer The suffering is due to not being united to fight for a common goal. When he understood, he took the initiative to serve as the general manager of the vermicelli factory, leading everyone to work hard to get rich and overcome the "sickness".

Sui Baopu's transition from thinking to action is the result of his thinking about human beings, society, and the nation. It is also based on a full understanding of himself and the realization of his own value.Baopu endured various sufferings, family responsibilities and spiritual burdens, but he was not crushed by the sufferings. It is precisely because he deeply experienced the sufferings that he understood the necessity of getting rid of the sufferings and realizing his ideals. Sui Hanzhang, Sui Hanzhang is the youngest daughter of the old Sui family, and also the most pitiful woman in the book.If Sui Baopu is the confessor of suffering, then Sui Hanzhang is the bearer of suffering.Sui Baopu chose to overcome his "cowardice" when he understood it, while Sui Hanzhang had been enduring suffering and was severely tortured by suffering.

The author is deeply influenced by Confucian culture, so this can be seen in the writing of the names of the characters. The word "Hanzhang" in the Sui Hanzhang is taken from the "Xiang" in "Hanzhang": "Hanzhang can be chaste, and it can be issued according to the time. Or from the king's affairs, Zhi Guangda also. The hexagram of "Hanzhang Kezhen" is to deal with things implicitly, maintain good virtues, have virtues but not show off, if you go to politics, do not claim credit, have virtues but not show off, you will have a good result. So Han As the name suggests, Zhangren also used her life to practice the profound connotation of the word "Hanzhang".

Hanzhang is the one who has the most reasons and is most entitled to happiness, but she has become the most pitiful woman in the whole novel.Hanzhang's suffering stems from the fact that she was born in the unfortunate family of the old Sui family. Hanzhang's suffering is multiple, life cannot be guaranteed, love cannot be echoed, and dignity cannot be protected.Hanzhang’s misery is also the misery of the times. During the Cultural Revolution, her two elder brothers were taken away because they were descendants of capitalists. She was caught by Zhao Duoduo in the cellar. The appearance of rescued her.This may not be a good thing for Hanzhang. For her, Fourth Grandpa's rescue means escaping from the wolf's mouth and entering the tiger's mouth.Hanzhang is beautiful, she has slender eyebrows, tall and thin waist, and makes the boys at a loss wherever she goes.But this beauty did not bring her happiness, but instead brought deep suffering, pushing her into the abyss preset by the fourth grandfather.Since she was eighteen years old, she was forced to fall under the claws of the fourth grandfather, and was ravaged by him for more than ten years.When her uncle made the decision to marry her to Li Zhichang, she first agreed, but before the marriage she went back on it.Although she also loves Li Zhichang, she knows that her body is no longer pure and is no longer worthy of the love in her heart.When she wanted to die like this, and lived a boring life, the seeds of resistance and revenge also quietly germinated.A person's ability to endure suffering is limited, so much suffering added to Hanzhang has reached her limit, so she picked up the scissors and pointed the tip of the knife at Fourth Grandpa.When she stabbed the scissors into Zhao Bing's body, she also found an outlet for her humiliation and suffering over the years.Rural-themed novels can’t do without the kind of men and women stealing sex. The love of the simple rural people is not pure, and the emotional affairs are too chaotic. The writing is like a land that is becoming more and more dirty. The simple folk customs are very different.The writer Zhang Wei arranged for Hanzhang when he was describing Hanzhang's preparation to assassinate Zhao Bing, and was "asked" by the fourth grandfather once.This kind of description is not only a harmless image, but because of the revelation of human's own weaknesses, this deformed relationship that has lasted for more than ten years has gained a more solid foundation and is more critical.

Every character in the novel permeates the writer's inner sense of suffering, Sui Baopu and Xiaokui, Sui Hanzhang and Li Zhichang, etc., all sacrificed their love in suffering. The "ancient ship" is a ship of misery, and no one on board can escape the clutches of fate.Even Zhao Bing, a ghost who relied on his clan's seniority and conspiracy to steal high positions, even if his breath can affect the normal operation of the town, he is also suffering tremendously in his heart, and he regrets what he did to Hanzhang more than once. It's too much, but he has a deformed love for Hanzhang in his heart, and he has been tortured by it.When Hanzhang found that she was no longer young and could no longer accept Li Zhichang's love, she completely collapsed.Hanzhang's assassination of Zhao Bing was to relieve both of them from suffering.What impressed me the most in this book was following the author's description, the protagonist's journey along the way, my initial doubts were: why did I look like a person who was not motivated at first, but was eventually praised by the author and the world, such as Uncle Sui Bu The success and decline of Zhaobu’s family followed Zheng He to go out to sea privately. After returning to his hometown, he did not marry and have children. He had no business and loved to drink. The worldly people like me seem to be idlers, but he died in the end. The scene of mourning He is very big, it seems that people miss him; Baopu is simply a big elm lump, he lives in the mill all day long, just like growing in it, ignoring the love of women, ignoring the downfall of his family, feeling his chest No ambition, but I was wrong. I answered the phrase "if you don't explode in silence, you will die in silence". It turned out that he exploded in silence. He almost lost his life because of his desire to attack his heart, but he just lived with ease and cultivated in meditation.

Slowly realized: Zhao Duoduo and Zhao Bing dominated for a while, but their means were bad, and the success was only short-lived, with cause and effect, just like what the silent Baopu said: The vermicelli factory does not belong to anyone, it belongs to everyone. Is it like businessmen in the society now have to repay the society after they succeed? Think about it, they have also realized this truth! People in the world fight back and forth, whether they are sad or happy, but in the end they are all empty-handed.If you don't bring it with you in life, you don't take it with you in death, what is life for, just to have a clear conscience!