Chapter 52 editorial chatter

Editor's Notes from a Young Editor Two years ago, when I just started working and became an editor, I read Teacher Yue Nan's masterpiece "Chen Yinke and Fu Sinian".Since then, "Yuenan" has become a name that I admire. Because of this, I was a little excited when I met Teacher Yue Nan for the first time.It was a day in mid-April 2010. The company leader introduced me to a middle-aged scholar, who was Teacher Yue Nan.Before Teacher Yue Nan could speak, I eagerly stepped forward and shook his hand and said that I had read your "Chen Yinke and Fu Sinian", liked it very much, and even wrote a book review and so on.

Mr. Yue Nan spoke with a strong Shandong accent, and I couldn’t fully understand it at first, but he noticed it later, so he slowed down his speech in a considerate manner, and would stop from time to time to ask me if I understood?We chatted for a long time that day, and I learned that Mr. Yue Nan regards "Crossing South and Returning North" as his most important work. To write this book, he spent eight years of hard work, and went to the south of the Yangtze River and the southwestern border three times to conduct on-site interviews and investigations. I collected thousands of photos and searched over tens of millions of words of rare information, and thus described for the first time the drastic changes in the fate of the last group of masters in China in the 20th century... That afternoon, I had a reverent mood and a solemn mission Feeling, became the editor of "Crossing South and Returning North".

Soon after, all relevant materials of the trilogy of "Crossing the South and Returning to the North" (Part 1: Crossing the South; Part 2: Returning to the North; Part 3: Farewell), including the manuscript text of 1.2 million words, notes of 400,000 words and More than 500 precious pictures have been stored on my computer hard drive.A sweet mountain came over.Although I had made psychological preparations in advance, I was still a little flustered at the moment I received the manuscript—can I do a good job of such a large-scale work with such a grand meaning? Fortunately, the company leaders and Mr. Yue Nan found me a master "helper" - Mr. Wang Shimin, a senior researcher at the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The historical and archaeological part of "Crossing the South and Returning to the North" is mainly reviewed by Mr. Wang Shimin and put forward many wonderful and professional revision suggestions.

Every time Mr. Yue Nan writes me an email, the address at the beginning must be "Brother Kang" or "Brother Kangyi".At first I was not used to it, because I was more than 20 years younger than Teacher Yue Nan, how dare I bear such a title?Later, with the in-depth understanding of "Crossing the South and Returning to the North", I learned that the academic masters of the Republic of China, no matter how different their ages were, called each other "brother" and "brother". Republic style".Furthermore, I also understand this title as a kind of encouragement from Teacher Yue Nan. It seems to mean that no matter how young you are, there is no generational gap between you in career, but equality.

For a while, I was so deeply immersed in the world of "Crossing the South and Returning to the North" that I couldn't extricate myself, so much so that every day when I was eating, walking, and even dreaming, I was talking about the deeds of those masters—when I read During this period, a large number of intellectuals, including Feng Youlan, Mei Yiqi, Liang Sicheng, Jin Yuelin, and Lin Huiyin, braved the artillery fire of the Japanese army, trekked to the southwest to run schools, and reaped academic achievements with great spiritual strength; when reading that during the Cultural Revolution, The poet Mu Dan risked his life in the cold winter night to escape from the reformed farm and walked 30 miles just to send a piece of candy to his wife; When I run around shouting to boost the strength of the national spirit... I can't help but be moved.I also believe that any reader who reads these contents will be deeply moved.

Due to work needs, I have visited Teacher Yue Nan many times.Teacher Yuenan and his wife are very hospitable. Every time I go to them, they will specially prepare a hearty meal, which makes me very flattered.When it comes to manuscripts, Mr. Yue Nan is always full of passion and eloquence.Once when he talked about Mu Dan's poems and life, at the end of the conversation, we were all so sad that we were on the verge of tears.It was late at night, but we didn't realize it until my family called, and I found out that it was past 11 o'clock... CCTV bought the TV copyright of "Crossing South and Returning North", and started to adapt the script and prepare to shoot the TV series. End of the month thing.When I got the news, I was really excited for a while.When I think that such a work will be promoted to the people of the whole country through TV dramas, and that there will be people reading this book in 30 or 50 years, I can't help but feel a great happiness and pride.On the occasion that "Crossing the South and Returning to the North" has been edited and is about to be published, I would like to share with you two sentences written by a reader who has read "Crossing the North" in advance:

Read historical materials to restore the historical truth that was deliberately concealed, and reproduce the vicissitudes and glory that were hastily forgotten. A century and a half ago, the young Nietzsche was struggling to find a work that could "live and die for it".Compared with Nietzsche, I am lucky, because at least in the past half a year, I have found a work that has been integrated into my whole life. return". Kang Ti, editor of "Crossing South and Returning North"