Chapter 11 "Fu Lei's Family Letter" has become a true record of history

The spring of 1957 was indeed an unusual spring.On June 22, 1957, "People's Daily" published an editorial entitled "An Unusual Spring".At the beginning, just write the first sentence: "The spring of 1957 was an unusual time for the political and intellectual circles of our country..." Just as Fei Xiaotong was writing an article, "retracting and releasing" there, in the dead of night in Wanwanzhuang, Beijing, another senior intellectual was also scribbling. This person's face is like a square with an equilateral triangle under it, and a pair of myopia glasses adds two circles to the square.His name is printed on every Chinese translation of "John Christophe" - Fu Lei.Although he studied art history in France when he studied abroad, his proficiency in French and profound knowledge in Chinese literature enabled him to embark on the road of French literature translation after returning to China.He translated the French writer Romain?A series of famous works by Roland, Balzac, Fleur de Merimee.His rigorous working attitude and fluent writing style have earned him a high reputation in the Chinese translation industry.

It is well known that Fu Lei is meticulous in translation; he is meticulous in another "great career", which was little known at the time-he devoted all his father's love and worked hard to train his son to become a useful person.His eldest son is Fu Cong.Under Fu Lei's meticulous training, he became an outstanding pianist. He won the third place in the first International Chopin Piano Competition held in 1955, and also won the "Mazurka" ("Mazurka" is a Polish folk pianist). Dance Music) Best Award.This is the first time a Chinese musician has won an award in an international piano competition.Fu Cong also got the opportunity to study in Poland.

His son is thousands of miles away, and Fu Lei's family writes frequently, pouring his love for his son into his pen, and still nurturing him meticulously. He is usually reclusive.The ground floor of a three-story English-style garden house on Jiangsu Road in Shanghai is his home.Sitting at the large writing desk, turning the dictionary shelf beside the desk (which he designed himself) from time to time, translating one French literary classic after another, this is his daily "homework". At this moment, he is on a business trip to Beijing suddenly.This time, those who came to Beijing with him by train were almost all celebrities in the cultural circles of Shanghai. Among them were Chen Wangdao, the first Chinese translator of the "Communist Manifesto", the president of Fudan University, the deputy mayor of Shanghai, and a famous democrat. Jin Zhonghua, Beijing opera master Zhou Xinfang, film artists Wu Yonggang and Shi Hui, Xu Zhucheng, president and editor-in-chief of Shanghai "Wen Wei Po", Zhao Chaogou (pen name Lin Fang), editor-in-chief of Shanghai "Xinmin Evening News", Yang Yongzhi, editor-in-chief of Shanghai "Liberation Daily", " Shu Xincheng, editor-in-chief of Ci Hai, vice chairman of the Shanghai CPPCC, Zhou Xuliang, a famous translator and professor.

Unexpectedly, among this group of experts, professors, scholars, and editor-in-chief, there is a young man who is 26 years old.This person has a small round face and goldfish eyes. His name is Yao Wenyuan. After arriving in Beijing, these people were busy with meetings. When Fu Lei left the meeting, at 11 o'clock in the night on March 17, 1957, he had time to write to his son Fu Cong far away: "Dear child, I answered the phone on March 2. The Shanghai Municipal Party Committee wanted me to attend the National Propaganda Work Conference of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. I left on the 4th and arrived in Beijing on the evening of the 5th. On the morning of the 6th, I listened to the recording of Chairman Mao's report at Huairen Hall. The group (meeting) held for two days the local group (meeting), and then the professional group (meeting). I participated in the literature group. Discussing and speaking every day, speaking at the general meeting all day on the 11th, and speaking at the general meeting in the afternoon on the 12th. From 5:00 onwards, Chairman Mao gave another speech in person until 6:50. On the afternoon of the 13th, Comrade Lu Dingyi (quote's note: he was the head of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China) made a summary and announced the end of the meeting. The meeting is an internal party meeting, and it is the first time that people outside the party participated together. Chairman Mao summoned some representatives of various professional groups to talk every day, and recruited people from each group to report to him every night. It is conceivable that the nature is important. Main It was because the "contending of schools of thought" was not carried out, and dogmatism was stubborn, so the Chairman had spoken at the Supreme State Council, and the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee immediately summoned the cultural and educational leaders of the provincial party committees across the country and representatives of higher education, science, literature and art, press and publication inside and outside the party. Come to Beijing to hold the "National Propaganda Work Conference"... We non-Party people (quote note: Fu Lei joined the "China Association for the Promotion of Democracy" at first, then quit and became non-partisan people) Most of us speak freely without any scruples, but insiders Still a little timid. Everyone has gained a lot, and I plan to talk about it in detail in the next letter."

What Fu Lei said in his letter to Fu Cong "listen to the recording of Chairman Mao's report" was Mao Zedong, as the chairman of the People's Republic of China, on February 27, 1957, at the tenth session of the Supreme State Council. A long speech given at a (enlarged) conference.The record of this speech was sorted out, and many deletions and additions were made, and it was published in the "People's Daily" on June 19, 1957, under the title "On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People".This article had a profound impact on China in 1957 and after 1957, and it is one of the famous articles in Mao Zedong's writings.

Fu Lei mentioned in his letter that from 5:00 p.m. to 6:50 p.m. on March 12, "Chairman Mao gave another speech in person."The record of Mao Zedong's speech was sorted out and later included in the fifth volume of "Selected Works of Mao Zedong", titled "Speech at the Chinese Communist Party Propaganda Work Conference".This article is also one of the famous articles in Mao Zedong's writings. Fu Lei, a translator who is usually buried in his study and has no party or affiliation, suddenly came to the capital Beijing, was able to attend the CCP’s National Propaganda Conference, and was able to listen to the two extremely important speeches of the Supreme Leader (although one of them was a recording). ), caught in a long time of excitement.The sense of knowing and encountering made him feel more cordial to the CCP and great to Mao Zedong.During the busy time between the conference and the symposium, and the symposium and the small meeting, he squeezed out time to sort out Mao Zedong's speech, wrote it into a "communication report", and sent it to his beloved son far away.

In his letter to Fu Cong in Beijing late at night on March 18, 1957, Fu Lei poured out his real excitement at that time: "Dear child, I sent a letter yesterday, with seven pages of the delivery report attached. I'm sending another four pages of the delivery report, and other materials. I'll sort it out and send it after I get back to Shanghai. I really don't have time in Beijing, so I'm running around here and there. Running, even with a car, is very tiring. The two letters were written by force. "Chairman Mao's speech, the tone and tone, are very friendly and easy-going, with a great sense of humor, and there is no teaching tone, the speed is appropriate, with appropriate pauses (pauses), and the notes cannot be conveyed. His Marxism has reached the peak Yes, they are all wonderful truths, and they come out with a very natural attitude, which invisibly penetrates the hearts of the audience. The logic of the speech is hidden but not revealed. He is really a master of art. The literary and art circles in Shanghai have been depressed for half a year. There is more and more emphasis on "certainty" in the Internet, and they always talk about "achievement is the main thing, and shortcomings are secondary" and so on (this is not bad, but it is often repeated, and it becomes stereotyped). Aware of this smell, from January 18th to 27th, the issue of contention among a hundred schools of thought was mentioned at the National Conference of Provincial and Municipal Party Committee Secretaries. The Supreme State Council in February made it more clear that the Our speech was more specific, which shows that his thinking is also gradually developing in depth. He repeatedly said that how to deal with conflicts among the people is also a new issue for the party, which needs to be studied together with people outside the party; In the next three to five years, it will be held once a year. He also asked the provincial and municipal committees to call people from outside the party to discuss matters within the party. He is broad-minded and free-thinking, no different from our old intellectuals. The extremely flexible use of dialectics, of course, has a good grasp of national affairs. Chairman Mao is a person who has truly integrated ancient and modern Chinese and foreign philosophies."

Fu Lei's praise of Mao Zedong was entirely out of his heart.He was writing these words in a letter to his son's home, so there was no need for duplicity, and there was no need to play tricks on occasion.He was indeed conquered by Mao Zedong's two speeches. Fu Lei is just one of many senior intellectuals and democrats in China.Fu Lei's sincere and convincing voice in his family letter represents the aspirations of his peers. It was precisely because of the encouragement of Mao Zedong's two speeches that Fei Xiaotong finally sent out the article he held in his hand...