Chapter 101 Liushahe failed to "reverse the verdict" and was classified as a "rightist"

Since Ai Qing's fable poems were labeled as "poisonous weeds" like "Grass and Trees", people can't help but think of Liushahe. As mentioned above, "Grass and Trees" was "revealed" in early 1957, and later "reversed" in the great publicity. In the "Sichuan Daily" of June 5, 1957, you can also read Liu Shahe's "reversal" speech at the symposium of the Sichuan Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles: "When discussing "Grass and Trees", the newspapers did it like that, and the rebuttal articles could not be published, and they were more and more drawn to the political fringes. I was not afraid personally, but I was very angry..."

Three days later—on June 8, the People’s Daily published an editorial titled “Why? "The "Anti-Rightist Movement" began. With a series of criticisms of "Cao Mu Pian" at the beginning of the year, and the "counterattack" by Liushahe and others a few days ago, it goes without saying that "Cao Mu Pian" has become the number one target of criticism in Sichuan's literary and art circles. The wave of criticism quickly spread from Sichuan to the whole country.Various newspapers in Beijing also published articles one after another, criticizing the "big poisonous weed" "Grass and Trees".

On August 16, "People's Daily" published an article "Behind the "Grass and Trees"" signed by our reporter Yao Dan, calling the editorial department of "Xingxing" an "anti-Party group headed by Shi Tianhe" and clicked " A large group of rightists".In addition to the "notorious" Liushahe, there is also a "well-known rightist general" standing behind this "anti-party group", that is, Professor Zhang Mosheng.Those who have spoken fair words for "Grass and Trees" were also named one by one: Although "Grass and Trees" written by Liushahe has long been notorious, rightists have tried their best to paint it, saying that it is a "fragrant flower" released in response to the call of the Party Central Committee. Headed by Shi Tianhe (i.e. Zhou Tianzhe, editor of "Xingxing"), including Liushahe (a member of the league, editor of "Xingxing"), Bai Hang (a party member, director of the editorial department of "Xingxing"), Qiu Yuan (i.e. Qiu Yang, a cadre of the Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles) , Chu Yitian (member of the group, editor of "Grassland"), Chen Qian (ie Qianzi, editor of "Grassland"), Yao Pan (Editor of "Grassland"), Bai Di (Editor of "Lyrics Creation"), Xiaofeng (ie Huang Zerong, editor of "Grassland") Chengdu Daily editor), Xu Hang (that is, Xu Rongzhong, students of Chengdu Second Normal School) and a large group of rightists, indeed there enthusiastically "responded" to the call of the Party Central Committee, and worked hard to put a hundred "flowers" into bloom! "Grass and Trees" is just one of them.

Since then, "Grass and Trees" has become a "big poisonous weed" known all over the country. As "Grass and Trees" was labeled as a "poisonous weed", Liushahe was also designated as a "rightist", expelled from the Communist Youth League, dismissed from public office, and supervised labor.He spent six years sawing and nailing wooden boxes for six years... During the "Cultural Revolution", in 1975, although Liushahe was already a "dead tiger", the "golden stick of the proletariat" Yao Wenyuan still did not let him go-as early as 1957, Yao Wenyuan ruthlessly After criticizing "Grass and Trees", now we need to engage in so-called "re-criticism".As Liushahe said:

In the autumn of 1975, when the dark clouds were really turning around, he (quote's note: referring to Yao Wenyuan) beat me again, and he wanted to put me to death and then hurry.This is not to feel sorry for me, a "dead tiger". At that time, he obviously wanted to engage in a re-criticism of "Grass and Trees", and used this as an excuse to once again cruelly harm the vast number of intellectuals who have not lost their conscience! ① Although Liushahe has gone through all kinds of disasters, he is still as humorous as Ai Qing. He said to me: "I was announced to officially wear the hat of 'Rightist' at 3 pm on May 6, 1958, and was announced to remove the 'Rightist' hat at 9 am on May 6, 1978. My hat. Counting on my fingers, I've been wearing a hat for twenty years and I'm still six hours away!" ①

He talked about "Grass and Trees" with me humorously.He said that it is certainly wrong to define "Grass and Trees" as a "big poisonous weed", and it is also an exaggeration for some people to say how excellent "Grass and Woods" is.He thinks that the most correct evaluation of "Grass and Trees" so far is his son! Since his son was born in 1967, he has been immersed in the bitter water of "Grass and Trees".The son knew a little about the world, and he heard people say that his father was the "big rightist" who wrote the "Great Poisonous Weed" and "Grass and Trees".In this way, in his young mind, the "Grass and Trees" can be described as "like thunder".After my son could read a few words, he wanted to read "Grass and Trees", but he never had the chance to see it.In 1978, at the age of eleven, when he was looking through old books at home, he finally saw the "Grass and Trees" he had dreamed of!He read it with bated breath, only to be disappointed.He said to Liushahe: "What's the matter?! I thought "Grass and Trees" must be amazing!"

"Grass and Trees" was later included in the book "Flowers Replayed".Liushahe wrote: Twenty years later, the soldiers and horses of Zuojiazhuang were defeated... The beacon smoke that has become history is finally no longer poisonous, and it is said to be some kind of "replaying flowers". Fresh or not, it's hard to say.Say they are flowers, I don't think so.In any case, the article I wrote is not pleasing to the eyes, smells, or nose. It cannot provide "beautiful enjoyment".It is fire, it is smoke, it is the ignition of wolf dung, it is not vase, potted, garden, wild, it is neither.It can't make people entertain and forget worries, it can only make people think and forget play. ②

This can be said to be Liushahe's self-comment on "Grass and Trees".