Writing historical fiction has the difficulty of writing historical fiction.If you are not familiar with historical facts, you will not be able to write a well-organized and detailed article.Comrade Yao Xueyin's "Li Zicheng" was based on assiduous research, collected a large amount of information, and used the scientific research methods of eliminating the false and preserving the true, and picking out differences to seek common ground to sort out a clue. Therefore, historical knowledge is the most basic necessary condition .However, this cannot be regarded as creation. The so-called creation means "making out of nothing". The Western term is called making out of nothing, which shows that creation is different from writing, and writing is one level lower than art , creation is much higher.This is the most difficult point in writing historical novels, yet Yao Shi wrote them vividly and vividly with his own unique and rich imagination.Therefore, I would like to add one more sentence now, not only "come into being from nothing", but also "come into motion from tranquility".The so-called "to move" is what most people mean to "write vividly".Yao Shi was able to do this again, so "Li Zicheng" became a sensation when it was published.

Now I have discovered another writer who is comparable to Yao Shi, that is Comrade Xu Xingye.In the first issue of 1980, I read Comrade Xu Xingye's article "Cold Encounter", and I felt that Xu's knowledge and talent were not weaker than Yao's.This is another good example of educating talents in a flourishing age. Later I learned that this article was only a fragment of "Jin Ou Que" written by Xu, which increased my admiration for Xu.He has a passion to describe the death of the Northern Song Dynasty and the peaceful corner of the Southern Song Dynasty, so as to explain the internal and external causes of politics, military affairs, palace and social style at that time.Therefore, the name "Jin Ou Que" shows its deep meaning, not just describing some trivial matters of the palace.

This is a major event in history and a major event in the nation.Yue Wumu's "Manjianghong" lyrics: "To clean up the old mountains and rivers from the beginning, to the sky."Lu Fangweng said on his deathbed, "Wang Shibei set the Central Plains Day, and family sacrifices should not be forgotten to tell Naiweng."Chen Tongfu's "Shui Tiao Ge Tou": "The capital of Yao, the land of Shun, and the feudal title of Yu, there should be one and a half ashamed ministers and Rong."All the heartfelt thoughts of loyal ministers and righteous men are revealed in Xu's pen. In today's words, it represents the will of the people, so it is a meaningful historical novel.

When the "Gang of Four" was rampant, I don't know if Yao's family was strongly impacted, and Xu's family was criticized for writing the book "Ancient Chinese History".Being criticized during the day and writing this novel behind closed doors at night, his situation may be more difficult than that of Yao.In those horrible ten years, he was able to write half of the 1.2 million-word novel. His courage and perseverance are admirable enough, not to mention his talent is enough to complement it, and the writing is so profound and moving! A glimpse of the leopard, although I have only read his "Cold Encounter", I am enthusiastically willing to recommend the work "Jin Ou Que", because Xu wrote the common wish of the loyal ministers and righteous people at that time, with meticulous brushstrokes, Expressing the righteousness of the nation is worth introducing to our readers.

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