Chapter 116 Gu Zhizhong became "stubborn"

I often read articles by Mr. Gu Zhizhong in the newspapers, and not long ago I saw a thick collection of Gu Zhizhong's news works.When I came to Beijing in the summer of 1991, I went to visit Mr. Gu.That day, I had dinner and went to search according to the communication office, but I was a little worried because I wanted to call him in advance.Without the phone number, there is no way of knowing if he is at home. His home is hard to find.Turning left and right in Beijing's hutongs, I found a large courtyard.When I inquired about Mr. Gu, everyone in the neighborhood knew about it and pointed me to a room.I went to knock on the door, and it was Mrs. Gu Cheng Huimin who opened the door.She said, Elder Gu has already gone to bed!I looked at my watch, it was not yet seven o'clock.

Hearing the sound, a thin elderly man came out from the back room. He was Mr. Gu.Three times out of ninety, he is one of the oldest journalists in China today.He talked with me in Shanghai dialect, with sharp eyes and ears, quick thinking, and articulate speech.He told me about his daily habits, going to bed at 6:00 pm, going to bed at 10:00 pm, getting up at 3:30 am, and doing "work breaks".My wife gets up at 5:15 a.m. and eats Paofan together.At half past six, listen to the weather forecast... I don't understand how "work break exercises" can be done early in the morning.It was his own adaptation of gymnastics that he used to work out, he said.He had a heart attack many years ago, and the doctor wanted him to be hospitalized for surgery, but he refused.He got up at dawn, wielded swords and swords in the living room, and actually drove away the illness.Not only is the heart disease cured, but even the trigeminal neuralgia is cured.From then on, he insisted on exercising early, but as he grew older, he changed from wielding a sword to "work-time exercises".

With so many new buildings built in Beijing, he still lives in the old house—he has lived in this large compound since 1961.At that time, he had just taken off his "rightist" hat.Retired in 1963.His home doesn't have a phone, no wonder I can't find his home phone number. He said he was invincible.At that time, his father named him Zhizhong, which originated from "Tang Zhizhong has no way to speak".He never used a pseudonym in his life.However, he said that he is often not "persistent".Because of this, the bullet from the Wang Puppet Secret Service Headquarters shot into the right neck of this progressive reporter, which almost killed him;Therefore, friends laughed and called him "stubborn"!

Among the old newspapermen, Gu Zhizhong was the one who was attacked most violently in 1957.When I wrote about Lu Yi in the previous painting, I mentioned his teacher Gu Zhizhong.In 1930, Lu Yi worked as a primary school teacher in Shanghai, and at night he went to study at the Minzhi Journalism Institute run by Gu Zhizhong—this is enough to show how old Gu Zhizhong's qualifications are! Gu Zhizhong was born in Shanghai in 1898 in Zhoupu Town, Pudong, Shanghai.In his early twenties, he entered the newspaper office as a reporter.A few years later, he became the director of the interview department of Shanghai "News".

On June 3, 1928, Shanghai's "News" published an exclusive headline: "Zhang Zuolin and his family fled Beijing this morning." The next day, Zhang Zuolin was bombed by the Japanese in Huanggutun. Zhang Zuolin's whereabouts are secretive. How could "News" publish the exclusive news about his leaving Beijing with his family? This news was sent out in Beijing's Guzhi.It turned out that when Zhang Zuolin was defeated, Gu Zhizhong observed the situation at the Beijing Railway Station. On June 2, he found that Zhang Zuolin's luggage had arrived at the station and was being loaded.This indicated that Zhang Zuolin was about to flee Beijing.

Gu Zhizhong hurried to the telegraph office to send a telegram.However, the telegraph office was still under the control of Zhang Zuolin, and it was difficult for Gu Zhizhong to issue a press release directly.He had to use "cryptic language" to issue: "...Second brother plans to leave Beijing with his concubine this evening. All housework will be entrusted to Mr. Guo Wuyuan." Chen Dayzai, editor of Shanghai News, received this strange telegram from Gu Zhizhong. Because he was concerned about the current situation in Beijing every day, he guessed the hidden language of the telegram: "Second brother" is Zhang Zuolin, and "little concubine" of course refers to the family members. , "Guo Wuyuan" is a homonym for the State Council.

So, "News" published the exclusive news on June 3rd... Gu Zhizhong also founded the Minzhi Journalism College in Shanghai and trained many journalists. During the Anti-Japanese War, Gu Zhizhong ran on the battlefield and conducted interviews... He and Wang Zaoshi once organized the "Salvation of the National Congress". Gu Zhizhong was transferred to Beijing in 1954 and worked as an editor at the Higher Education Press.He is an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Jiusan Society and the director of the Propaganda Department of the Beijing Branch. In the "Anti-Rightist Movement", Gu Zhizhong was initially only involved in the problems of Wang Zaoshi and Lu Yi.The Jiusan Society and the Beijing branch once held a symposium to criticize Gu Zhizhong.

Gu Zhizhong's problem suddenly became serious because it was published in an editorial in the "People's Daily" and attracted widespread attention. On June 29, 1957, the "People's Daily" published an editorial "Re-discussing the Issue of Position." This editorial was written to refute a sentence in Gu Zhizhong. Gu Zhizhong, who is "stubborn", once said this to the "Anti-Rightist Movement": "The masses are somewhat left, and the People's Daily is somewhat right." In fact, the masses that Gu Zhizhong refers to are those friends who have been labeled as "rightists".Of course, the concepts of "left" and "right" he mentioned are exactly the opposite of those of "People's Daily".If it is replaced by "usual", it means that "the 'rightists' are somewhat right, and the People's Daily is somewhat left." Gu Zhizhong's original meaning is "holding the center", speaking from the center.

Gu Zhizhong actually mentioned "People's Daily", which caused "People's Daily" to fight back.According to "People's Daily", Gu Zhizhong's "left-right view" is so reversed, but it is a matter of "position".Therefore, an editorial was published, talking about the "position" issue. The editorial reads: The attitude of the broad masses towards rightists is firm and their position is clear.They read the newspaper's series of editorials against the rightists since the 8th of this month, and they felt as happy as the rain after a long drought, because these editorials supported the righteousness of the revolution and attacked the evil spirit of anti-socialism.But some people take a completely different tone.When they saw letters from readers, workers’ discussions, and editorials countering rightists in the newspapers, they immediately started fussing, saying that the attitude of the newspapers had changed, that threatening letters were worth fussing about, and that they didn’t know whether the threatening letters and letters from readers were true or not. Ge Peiqi's attitude is extreme, Chu Anping's words are nothing more than shocking, even anti-socialism should not be beaten to death with a stick, and so on.Among these arguments, two sentences by Mr. Gu Zhizhong are particularly interesting: "The masses are somewhat left, and the People's Daily is somewhat right." These two sentences are particularly interesting because the "mass" mentioned in it is The meanings of "left" and "right" are completely opposite to what ordinary people understand.Here, it can be said that there is no common language.

Then, the "People's Daily" editorial criticized Gu Zhizhong: From the perspective of Gu Zhizhong and his like, what is the "mass"?That is a small group of rightists who are anti-mass, and there are also a small number of people who follow the rightists for a while; as for the people who rise up to criticize the rightists, they have been disqualified from being called "the masses". of.As for what is "left" and what is "right"?From the perspective of Gu Zhizhong and others, the remarks of Chu Anping, Ge Peiqi and others are "Left", while criticizing these remarks is "Right", or "not very generous".What Gu Zhizhong said next can be used as a footnote. Some people "although they know that Da'ming' Da'fang' should not go beyond the track of supporting the Communist Party and building socialism, but when they speak, they cannot control their emotions and inevitably A place that strays off the track.” What does it mean to go off the track of socialism?He didn't say it.Perhaps it is not always the case that we have passed the current stage of socialist development and went to the stage of communism in the distant future.Then, the "uncontrollable" "feelings" mentioned by Gu Zhizhong, don't they refer to anti-socialist feelings?However, he said that this is "left"!

Since he appeared in the editorial of "People's Daily", Gu Zhizhong has "undoubtedly" entered the ranks of "rightists". Fortunately, Gu Zhizhong was able to think about it, so he practiced sword dancing every day at dawn to exercise his body.He is ninety years old, chatting with me, laughing from time to time. He used to wear myopia glasses, but now he doesn't wear glasses when writing manuscripts.He wrote the manuscripts in his own handwriting, and even wrote the envelopes himself.His wife is his first reader, helping him proofread, correct typos, and fill in missing words.Still writing at such an advanced age, only Zheng Yimei can match her in Shanghai.When he was writing, he was still in the old habit of not drafting, and finishing it in one go, which can be described as "the sword is not old". He looks like he eats two taels at every meal, or a slice of cake.There are still seven or eight real teeth.I seldom go out and rarely participate in social activities.He grows flowers and loofahs in the yard. The old newspaper man is still addicted to reading newspapers every day.He was given newspapers by five evening newspapers—"Beijing Evening News", "Tonight News", "Xinmin Evening News", "Wuhan Evening News", "Chongqing Evening News", and the English newspaper "China Daily".In addition, he also subscribed to "People's Daily" at his own expense.Every day, he would read these seven newspapers, and that was his happiest time. He has three sons and two daughters, some are in other places and some are in Beijing.It is quite interesting that he named his children: the three sons are all "Zhen", that is, Zhenyi, Zhenmei, and Zhendi.Both women are "Ling", namely Ling Ying and Ling Su.His patriotism is evident from this.The children are all married and independent, and they come to visit the elders on holidays or on Sundays. As a veteran reporter, Mr. Gu has a lot of friends.However, most of his old friends have entered the "underworld" now, and he couldn't help but sigh.Fortunately, he has always been in a cheerful mood, and happy people live long, so he continues to write and forge ahead.