Chapter 5 Fei Xiaotong in "Hibernation" was taken aback

After washing off the greasy hands, he ended his career as a cook. Facing the cold wind, he left the "May 7th" Cadre School and returned to the Central University for Nationalities in the western suburbs of Beijing.He was originally so fat that he had two chins, but now his cheeks were as thin as if they had been sliced ​​by a knife. Every morning, he carries a vegetable basket to buy vegetables.After returning home, wash clothes, cook, bring grandchildren... It was 1972. At the age of 62, he had already passed the age of retirement. It was as if the flag had been lowered, the drums had been silenced, and he was in a state of hibernation in the severe cold.

Suddenly, the "military representative" looked for him, with a long face, knowing at a glance that something was wrong.I thought it was some kind of "outside transfer" or interrogation.Fortunately, I just handed him a postal package in person, which has been unpacked. It was sent from America. He hurried home with the postal bag in his hand, opened it, and saw a thick English typescript. Is that a man named David?Graduate student at Agush University, pursuing a Ph.D.That thick English typescript was the first draft of his doctoral dissertation. The title of the paper is:

"Fei XiaoTong and Sociology Revolutionary China" The title startled people: "Fei Xiaotong and Sociology in Revolutionary China"! At that time, the old man wearing big hats such as "ghosts and snake gods" and "big rightist" on his head was Professor Fei Xiaotong. Later, Fei Xiaotong published an article "I See Everyone Sees Me" in the third issue of "Dushu" magazine in 1983, and he truly wrote about his state of mind at that time: "In 1972, I finished my cadre school life. Soon after returning to Beijing, Fairbank and his wife (quote note: Fairbank is a professor at Harvard University in the United States) visited China and asked me to meet. At that time, the leaders of the Central Institute for Nationalities told me not to use Talked in English. The visitor also understood my situation at that time, and there was no mention of Agush writing my biography in the conversation. Soon I received a postal package from the United States from the leader of the Central University for Nationalities. It does not have my name. When I opened it, it was a typed copy of the first draft of my biography. Anyone who has experienced the same experience can imagine how I felt at that time. "Setting up a monument to create a biography" is a heinous crime, not to mention it was written by a foreigner. It's too big. I was worried for a while, but no one came to pursue it. I finally got in the way and didn't dare to show it until I smashed the 'Gang of Four'.

"I have read this biographical manuscript secretly several times...don't worry about him writing that I am still a mystery in the United States. I never thought that such a thing would happen. What interested me in this manuscript is I saw "myself" in other people's writing, and saw how others looked at me. After years of "criticism", reading this manuscript is really a different feeling..." When Fei Xiaotong was in "hibernation" and became an underground "cultural relic", across the vast Pacific Ocean, there were "foreigners" who used "The Biography of Fei Xiaotong" as their doctoral thesis!

Fei Xiaotong's misfortune is indeed deplorable.The eighth chapter of Agush's book describes in detail the misfortunes Fei Xiaotong suffered in the anti-rightist struggle in 1957.At that time, Fei Xiaotong became a "celebrity" in China, and big newspapers and tabloids criticized Fei Xiaotong at length.His "Early Spring Weather of Intellectuals" published in the "People's Daily" was even more intensively criticized.He was reprimanded as "the military adviser of the Zhangluo Alliance". Agush wrote: "These meetings criticizing Fei Xiaotong were really scary. One of his colleagues from the Central University for Nationalities told me after leaving China that Fei Xiaotong lost a lot of weight after being tortured by public accusations and insults...

"In addition to criticizing the Congress, there was also a massive anti-fee movement in the public opinion circle. Newspapers and magazines continued to publish articles criticizing him and other rightists for several months. I saw articles criticizing his life, writings and work. More than 100 articles. In addition, several books criticizing him were published... There are also a few personal attacks. The specific examples are as follows: "Fei Xiaotong is the core figure of the Zhangluo Alliance. He is a bourgeois and an individualist. , a political speculator, under the banner of a "scholar", is actually a loyal lackey of imperialism. In addition, he has always advised the feudal landlord class, and his views on rural issues, whether political or economic, have exposed his Nakedly standing on the standpoint of the feudal landlord class is reactionary.'...

"Many people condemned his article "Early Spring Weather", saying that the article played a role in fueling the flames of those intellectuals who only cared about research, did not care about politics, and did not care about the party's leadership...His speech about fearing the cold wave coming again Seeing it as the second liberation is equivalent to saying that they were not liberated in 1949..." What happened to Zhou Enlai's speech?What kind of article is Fei Xiaotong's "Early Spring Weather of Intellectuals"? Turn back the years and go back to the 1950s more than 30 years ago...