Chapter 44 1988 "Rose Gate"

Genre: Novel Author: Tie Ning Original publication: The first issue of the large-scale publication "Four Seasons of Literature" of Writers Press Release time: 1988 Story summary: Su Mei lived in her grandmother Si Qiwen's house since she was a child, so she knew or witnessed all the pain and misfortunes of Si Qiwen, Zhuxi, and her uncle. From this, she knew how life is full of variables and helplessness. Began to fear, fear of life.So she was tired of life from the very beginning and started to rebel, she didn't want to see herself as a copy of Si, she wanted to grow up freely, but everything failed.

But in the end she saw hope from Zhuxi and Ye Beilong, and lived well.After deeply feeling the tragedy of their elder women, Su Mei's generation of women persistently pursues the truth, goodness and beauty of life after deeply feeling the old life trajectory of women.They let people see hope, let people see the overall growth and difficulty of women, and the painful price paid in the process, as well as the inevitable trend of women's growth.Although this hope is very meager, it is hard-won after all. This hope truly exists and reflects life itself, and brings people infinite hope. Evaluation: It is the most important novel by the female writer Tie Ning so far. The protagonists in the book are all women, old women or young women.Company Yiwen, the protagonist of the novel, is a newcomer with peculiar brilliance that the writer has contributed to the Chinese Literature Gallery in the New Era.The book describes a series of contests and struggles between women and women, and between women and men.

It can be called a thrilling "War of the Roses".The content is impressive and provides new research possibilities for female psychology and female sociology. Characters: The novel uses the thoughts of the adult female Su Mei and the eyes of the underage Su Mei as a precocious girl to unfold the trivial gray life stories that happened among several citizens in an alley in Beijing during the "Cultural Revolution" period .The central character of the novel is Si Yiwen, a woman who has never left the family all her life. Her long and tortuous life course runs through the whole novel.

Surrounding Si Yiwen, the novel portrays several other women with distinctive and vivid personalities: Aunt with a perverted personality, Zhuxi with strong vitality and unrestrained vitality, and Aunt Luo, a "revolutionary" petty citizen.All these characters are active, arguing, expressing, and speaking with the behavior and language habits of the specific era in the background and atmosphere of life with the characteristics of the times, and make themselves alive on paper.When Tie Ning endowed this group of creatures with artistic life, she strictly complied with the realistic requirements of art, and wrote about their existence as a part of the gray ecological circle of the deformed era.Si Yiwen experienced the impact of the "May 4th" new trend of thought, and had his first love with the revolutionary Hua Zhiyuan; he also walked through the living graves of old families and dealt with the husband of the prodigal son.She even once lived with her lover, forced her father-in-law to submit, and ignored the charges of bigamy and incest.

The long and ever-changing social life after Liberation has all left a mark on her character: the solemn performance of pursuing progress during the "Cultural Revolution", the endless entanglement of probing people's privacy after the "Cultural Revolution", all of these , so that the social connotation of this character is rich and complex. It can be said that she has brought together an unknown aspect of the changes of Chinese society in the past 70 years.A kind of contempt and even avoidance of human beings, a kind of ruthless exposure of the roots of human nature, a kind of knocking on the door of the soul that everyone has, which is often sealed and locked by lies, confessions or norms Questioning, a thorough and ruthless exploration from people's social behavior and daily language to the life instinct, endows this novel with an extraordinary depth of theme: this is also a different interpretation of human life instinct and the original meaning of survival. A form of approximation.As for Si Yiwen's incredible performance of survival—from sexually promiscuously forcing her father-in-law late at night to handing over furniture, handing over gold and silver, handing over real estate, and spying on the privacy of her daughter-in-law and granddaughter—everything is deeply rooted in her. The abyss-like life instinct and the tenacious will that is almost cruel and absurd to ask others to recognize her existence and vitality.

For the continuation and dignity of this existence, she has been fighting with all her strength in life.Tie Ning used a pen like a crowbar to pry open Si Yiwen's door of soul, door of life little by little, and did not hesitate to make a sound that sounded dull and dull.Tie Ning staring at the eyes of the kind Xiangxue, and Tie Ning staring at the figure of the pure and natural red-clothed girl An Ran, this time became a warrior who challenged God, who is the gatekeeper of the gate of human soul and life. The awakening of Su Mei's youthful life is described very realistically in this novel. The life journey of this young man is not part of the novel's intentional description, so there are inevitably many gaps and jumps.But her existence, and the comparison between her and her grandmother's long life course, are by no means dispensable in the novel, and the author's meaning is deeply hidden here.In that special spring of roses, when Su Mei stared at her developing life with uneasy, self-ashamed and proud girlish psychology, she would appreciate the mystery of life and the rose door in life. The splendor or chlorosis of life in my life is probably only a hazy guess and a sense of ecstasy.Only after she witnessed the whole life process of her grandmother and helped her get rid of the heavy yoke of life with a seemingly unintentional suffocation, did she understand that the most precious life in the world can sometimes become a very terrible thing.Any boy or girl has a special rose moment in the first journey of life, but when the flower of life gradually blooms, what you may see is no longer a red rose but a pale yellow, gray, diseased, Even the black petals and the fruitless Ruddy after the petals fall off, this may be the mystery and horror of "Rose Gate".

About the author: Tie Ning, female, was born in Beijing in September 1957, originally from Zhao County, Hebei Province, and returned to Baoding when she was four years old.His father is Tie Yang, a famous oil painter and watercolor painter, and graduated from the Central Academy of Drama; his mother is a professor of vocal music, and graduated from Tianjin Conservatory of Music.Tie Ning is the eldest daughter.He is currently the chairman of the Chinese Writers Association. Graduated from high school in 1975. Because of his passion for literature, he gave up staying in the city and joining the army, and voluntarily went to the rural village of Boye County, Hebei Province to join the team.In the same year, "The Flying Scythe" was included in the collection of children's literature published by Beijing Publishing House.This novel is a composition written by Tie Ning when she was in high school, and it was later considered to be her debut novel.

From 1975 to 1978, he worked as a farmer in the countryside for 4 years. During this time, he wrote short stories such as "Night Road", "Funeral Event", and "Ruizi's Team", which were published in literary journals such as "Shanghai Literature and Art" and "Hebei Literature and Art". In 1979, he was transferred to the editorial department of "Huashan" of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles in Baoding area, and served as the editor of novels.In winter, I participated in the National Symposium on Children's Literature Creation. During the meeting, I visited Mao Dun, Zhang Tianyi and other seniors.

In 1980, he participated in the Hebei Provincial Literature Workshop.In the same year, the short story "The Story of the Kitchen Fire" was published in the "Literary Supplement" of "Tianjin Daily" hosted by Sun Li, and reprinted in "Fiction Monthly", which aroused controversy.The first novel collection "Night Road" was published by Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House. In the summer of 1982, he participated in the pen meeting held by the editorial department of "Youth Literature" in Qingdao, during which he wrote the short story "Oh, Xiangxue" (published in the ninth issue of "Youth Literature" that year).In the same year, he joined the Chinese Writers Association.

In 1983, "Oh, Xiangxue" won the National Excellent Short Story Award.In the same year, the first novella "Red Shirt Without Buttons" was published in "October". In 1984, the short story "The Topic of June" was published in "Huashan" and was adapted into a TV drama.In the same year, the Hebei Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles was assigned by the Baoding District Federation of Literary and Art Circles to engage in professional creation, and was elected as the vice chairman of the Hebei Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles at the Fourth Hebei Provincial Literary and Cultural Congress held that year.

In 1985, "Red Shirt Without Buttons" and "Topics in June" respectively won the third National Award for Excellent Novels and Short Stories.The movie "Girl in Red" based on "The Red Shirt Without Buttons" won the Best Feature Film Award at the "Golden Rooster Award" and "Hundred Flowers Award" of Chinese film this year.At the beginning of the year, he was elected as a director of the Chinese Writers Association at the 4th member representative meeting of the Chinese Writers Association, becoming the youngest director in the history of the association. In May, at the invitation of the US-China Art Exchange Center of Columbia University, visited the United States with a delegation of Chinese writers.During the period, at Columbia University, Harvard University, Stanford University and the American Club of the International PEN Center, he held discussions with American writers and scholars and exchanged views on the current situation of Chinese and American contemporary literature. In 1986, she was invited to Norway to participate in the Second International Women Writers Book Fair.Give a speech on "Chinese Women Writers and Contemporary Literature" at the "Chinese Writers Report Day" held exclusively for Chinese writers at the book fair.In the same year, the novella "Stack of Wheat Straw" was published, and the Hebei Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles held a seminar on Tie Ning's works. In 1987, at the invitation of Mr. Huo Yingdong, he visited Hong Kong and Macao with a delegation of Chinese writers.The novella "The Village Road Takes Me Home" was adapted into a film of the same name, which was shot by Beijing Film Studio. In 1988, the first novel was published as the headline in the inaugural issue of the large-scale publication "Literature Four Seasons" of Writers Publishing House, and published by Writers Publishing House the following year.The Taiwan version of the novel collection "Red Shirt Without Buttons", published by Taipei Xindi Publishing House.The English version of the novel collection "Stacks of Wheat Straw", published by China Literature Publishing House.The Spanish version of "The Red Shirt Without Buttons" was published in Madrid, Spain by Education Press. In February 1989, "Literary News", Writers Publishing House, and Hebei Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles jointly held a seminar in Beijing.In the same year, the novella was published in "People's Literature". From 1990 to 1991, wrote novels such as "Pregnant Woman and Cow", "Road Action", "Smashing Bones" and "Buried People", and adapted "Oh, Xiangxue" into a movie of the same name, which was shot by China Children's Film Studio and won the 41st prize. The highest award for youth films at the Berlin International Film Festival.As the first batch of state management experts, he will enjoy the special allowance of the State Council for life.During the past two years, actively assisted the local government in establishing projects and applying for funds for the development of Yesanpo Tourist Scenic Area. Published two collections of essays in 1992 (Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House), (Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House). In 1993, published the novella "Opposite".Received the "Zhuang Zhongwen Literature Award" issued by the Chinese Writers Association that year. In 1994, the novel "City Without Rain" was published by Chunfeng Literature and Art Publishing House, and it ranked first in the bestseller lists in Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Beijing for 4 consecutive months.Tie Ning believes that this book was not written for best-selling.Was named "China's Top Ten Writers" by "Girlfriend" magazine. In the spring of 1995, at the invitation of the U.S. government, he participated in the "International Visitor Program" to visit 13 states in the United States, and accepted the certificate of "Honorary Lieutenant Governor" of Oklahoma.Xia, at the invitation of Kaohsiung Literary Artists Association, visited Taiwan with a delegation of mainland writers and met Mr. Lin Haiyin in Taipei. In September, participated in the non-governmental forum of the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing.Tie Ning's collection of novels "Give Me Saturday" published by Tokyo Modern Literature and Art Society, Japan, translated by Miyoshi Ikezawa.The TV series "Encounter on Friday" (Part 2) was broadcast. In October 1996, the Hebei Provincial Writers Association was established independently from the Hebei Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and Tie Ning was elected as the chairman of the Hebei Provincial Writers Association.At the end of the same year, at the 5th National Congress of the Chinese Writers Association, Tie Ning was elected as the vice chairman of the Chinese Writers Association.In the same year, Jiangsu Literature and Art Publishing House published 5 volumes of "Collected Works of Tie Ning". In the autumn of 1997, at the invitation of the U.S. State Department, he visited the U.S. with the Intellectual Property Investigation Team of the State Council of China.The short story "Andre's Evening" was published in "Youth Literature", reprinted in many publications, and won the annual award of "Selected Fiction".Afterwards, the film of the same name adapted from it was shot by the Youth Film Studio.He was employed as a visiting professor by the Chinese Department of Hebei Normal University.A collection of essays won the first "Lu Xun Literature Award" in China. In February 1998, went to Hong Kong to participate in the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Writers Association. In March, at the invitation of the Israel Hebrew Writers Association, led a delegation of Chinese writers to visit Israel. In May, at the invitation of the Asian Art Museum in Korea, he accompanied his father to visit Korea.In the selection of the 7th Hebei Provincial Art Revitalization Award, he won the highest award in the award, the "Guan Hanqing Award", which is the "Personal Lifetime Achievement Award".Employed by the "Sprout" magazine as a judge of the "New Concept Composition Contest".Editor-in-chief of 10-person volume "Photography of Female Writers", published by Hebei Education Publishing House. In early 1999, the novella was published in "October". In May, he participated in the Norwegian Chinese Literature Symposium in Beijing and made a special speech entitled "Inescapable Good Luck".At the end of the year, the novel was completed. At the beginning of 2000, the novel was published by Chunfeng Literature and Art Publishing House, and at the same time, a seminar on the work was held in Beijing. In September, participated in the seminar on the works of Japanese writer Kenzaburo Oe organized by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. In the spring of 2001, the film of the same name adapted from the novel "Andre's Evening" was filmed by the Youth Film Studio and broadcast on the CCTV Movie Channel. In April 2001, at the invitation of Japan-China Cultural Exchange Association, he led a delegation of Chinese writers to visit Japan. In August, served as the chairman of the short story selection committee of the second Lu Xun Literature Award.The novella won the second "Lu Xun Literature Award".At the same time, this article also won the first "Lao She Literature Award", "October" Literature Award, "Fiction Selection" Annual Award, "Fiction Monthly" Hundred Flowers Award, Beijing Literary Creation Award, etc.At the end of the year, at the 6th Congress of the Chinese Writers Association, he was re-elected as the vice chairman of the Chinese Writers Association. At the beginning of 2002, he was hired as a visiting professor by the School of Humanities of Shanghai University and the School of Humanities of Hebei University. In July, at the invitation of the Canadian World Chinese Writing Association, he participated in the "Chinese Literature - The 6th Symposium on Overseas and China".In the seminar on "Civilization and Violence in Literature", he gave a special speech entitled "Starting from Dreams". In August, at the Fourth Congress of the Hebei Writers Association, he was re-elected as the chairman of the Hebei Writers Association.The art essay collection "Distant Perfection" is finished.Tie Ning's novel collection "Girl in Red" published by Tokyo Modern Literature and Art Society, Japan, translated by Miyoshi Ikezawa.The French version is published by the French Biquier publishing house.The 15-episode TV series of the same name adapted from the TV series was broadcast on more than 40 domestic TV stations. 5 kinds of novels and collections of essays, "Who Can Make Me Shy", "Back to Joy", etc., were published by New World Publishing House, Jiangsu Literature and Art Publishing House, Henan Literature and Art Publishing House, etc. In 2003, "Distant Perfection" was published by Guangxi Fine Arts Publishing House.At the invitation of Hebei Juvenile and Children's Publishing House, edited the 5-volume "Selected Works of Lu Xun Literature Award Winners".At the invitation of the Singapore Ministry of Education, he went to Singapore to teach in the "Writing Camp".The Japanese version of the novel collection "Stacks of Wheat Straw" is published by Tokyo Modern Literature and Art Society. At the end of 2005, after six years of precipitation, Tie Ning released another masterpiece-the novel.This nearly 450,000-word novel was published by People's Literature Publishing House, and the first printing reached 200,000 copies. On November 12, 2006, at the first plenary meeting of the 7th National Committee of the Chinese Writers Association, he was elected as the chairman of the 7th National Committee of the Chinese Writers Association, succeeding the late writer Ba Jin, and became the new head of the Chinese Writers Association Door. On September 2, 2010, Tie Ning's "Irina's Top Hat" won the first Yu Dafu Short Story Award. On November 14, 2012, he was elected as a member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.