Reading the manuscript of Bu Gu's "Women Left by the Red Army", tears welled up in my eyes from time to time, and I couldn't help it.After reading the cover book, my heart is very dignified. "Women are made of water." "A woman's name is the weak." - These are the words that used to exist. The former has multiple connotations, such as referring to the purity and beauty of women, but it also has the meaning of being soft and watery; the latter refers to the fragility of women.In the division of gender temperament, there has always been a distinction between masculinity for men and femininity for women, and femininity and fragility are often equated.This cannot but be said to be a kind of prejudice.It should also be said that compared with men, women have different and even heavier responsibilities in the family and society due to their particularities in terms of physical and social roles.This is true in normal life, and even more so in abnormal life.

This book tells the story of how women bear the ups and downs and sufferings in special circumstances. Most of the stories started in the 1930s. After the "Zhu Mao" Red Army went down to Jinggangshan, they moved to southern Jiangxi and western Fujian to establish revolutionary bases.The revolution at that time was in full swing, "crossing half the wall, it became popular in the southern country".However, due to well-known reasons, in October 1934, the main force of the Central Red Army had to withdraw from the Central Soviet Area and embarked on a difficult and dangerous Long March. As a result, the Central Soviet Area was finally lost.

After the main force of the Red Army left, many people in the revolutionary ranks stayed behind for various reasons, staying in this land that was about to face bloodbath and suppression. Many of the "people who stayed" were women. "The Women Left by the Red Army" shows us the fate of more than a dozen women after such a major life change.Among them, some are Red Army soldiers themselves, some are Red Army wives, some are both soldiers and wives, and some are immature children.Many of them originally had a flowery youth, a fiery struggle life, and beautiful love and marriage.The main force of the Red Army left, and they were left behind, like stray geese, like leaves falling in the wind, and life suddenly experienced major ups and downs.After they stayed, they faced an extremely dangerous, extremely difficult, and even extremely helpless situation: here was the predicament of survival. In the frantic clamor and cruel killing of "cutting grass and roots, killing families and genocide" and "replacing houses for stones, people want to change their species", if they want to survive, or even continue to fight, they have to go through hardships that ordinary people cannot experience: either fighting around, or Displaced, or lived in seclusion in the mountains, or hid among the people, or ordained as a nun, and some died heroically in the struggle.Here is the embarrassment of sex and marriage: some couples are separated and have not heard from each other for a long time. When they find out that their husband is alive, they are already married to others, so they can only regret it for the rest of their lives; some are bought by bullies many times and become sex commodities. and a tool to carry on the family line; some marriages that have been made in adversity bring unspeakable bitterness to future life; sacrificed.There are misunderstandings in complex struggles here, but in the end they sit in their own prison and suffer innocent injustice for a long time.There are joys and sorrows between the flesh and blood: there are "sad happy events" that reunite after decades of separation, and there are also elderly orphans who are still fantasizing about their childhood...

A woman made of water, a woman called the weak, is thus pushed into the roughest life to suffer.Weakness and roughness, women and suffering illuminate each other, the suffering is more prominent, and the weak also shows resilience.Softness can overcome rigidity. In the face of suffering, women often show greater tolerance than men.Like the grass in the wilderness, it can withstand the wind that even the big trees are subdued.Yes, they are grasses that grow in the dry and barren sand and gravel. The habitat is harsh, lonely and helpless, without strong roots, bodies and branches. How can they resist the onslaught of violence?It just depends on flexibility.But to do all this, what kind of effort and price must be paid.Where can the strength of these women come from - is it because of faith?Is it because of love and infatuation?Or is it because of the nature of women? —I still don't understand.We sigh for the fate of these women, and we are even more shocked by their spirit and temperament in the face of suffering—whether it is because of faith, love and infatuation, or nature.

The grass in the gravel can bloom beautiful flowers.Women in suffering, with their perseverance, perseverance, dedication, and their calmness, no regrets, and indifference in the face of ups and downs, tribulations, and helplessness, release the inner beauty of women: Ma Qian Tuo Gu, imprisoned, Li Meiqun continued to struggle until the last moment of her life; she did not intend to enter the nunnery as a nun, and firmly believed that the Red Army would come to pick her up, but at the end of her life she was unable to do so, but she still had a verse: "Life is the Red Army, and death is the Red Army. In the future, I will be reincarnated under the name of the Dharma." Hong Jing, the "Red Army nun" of the Red Army; during the long wait, because she was too worried and didn't know how her behavior would be evaluated, she died of depression and did not dare to contact the organization after liberation. Liao Xiugu, a "female red bandit" with a Soviet red seal for many years beside her; more than 70 years of revolution, she was still a temporary worker until her death, and was blamed and tortured because of her husband who was a Kuomintang soldier Peng Guotao, who has no complaints or regrets; Chi Yuhua, who has waited for more than 50 years for her husband not to return, and in order to continue the fire of the family, has gone through all kinds of hardships to adopt two disabled people as sons and daughters-in-law to carry on the family line... Their personalities and character are all incomparable. People are moved, they are the flowers of women blooming in the gravel of suffering.

Southern Jiangxi is a red land with exceptionally rich historical accumulation. The writer Bu Gu has been rooted here for a long time, digging in the deep red soil, and dedicating his achievements to the world from time to time.A few years ago, his novel "The International Division of the Young Communist Party" not only reflected the severe combat life, but also showed the innocence, fun and wisdom of the young Communist fighters.But in this heavy book, what makes people feel deep and dignified.The simple writing style, the original ecological history and realism of life with regional characteristics, let the little-known stories hidden in the mountains and folds of southern Jiangxi present to the world, and witness the dignity of suffering and the love of women who endured suffering The tenacity of vitality and the beauty of character are the charm of this book.

It is also worth mentioning that Bu Gu's legs and feet are not very agile, and he is a bit lame, but he is thinking about these people and things that are about to be forgotten by others, or he is moved by these people and things, and he also wants to let them go. I moved others, so I limped and walked in the wrinkles of the mountains in southern Jiangxi with a limp. Of course, I also traveled across the state, went to other provinces and the capital, and spent more than ten years collecting materials for these stories.He is not satisfied with hearsay, he insists on seeing the protagonist, and if the protagonist is gone, he also needs to find witnesses, so as to be true and subtle.His love and deeds are also touching.

Thank you Bu Gu for letting us remember those that have been forgotten. Ms. Yu Dan, the editor of this book, asked me to write a preface for this book.When I was moved, I wrote down a little post-reading impression, could it be a "preface"?