Chapter 549: Giving in to others?
Chen Yingzhen established the "China Unification Alliance" in 1988 and served as its first chairman. Renjian Publishing House was established in July of the following year. As a literary theorist, Chen Yingzhen is best known for his "On the History of Chinese Literature" and is known as Taiwan's "Lu Xun"
He advocates that Taiwan's modern literature is China's new The extension and development of literature in Taiwan is an integral and important part of Chinese literature. He is a very staunch patriotic writer who often visits the mainland, and this time he happened to be in Yanjing.
In a guest room of Jianguo Hotel, Fang Minghua met Chen Yingzhen and talked about inviting him to serve as a member of the World Chinese Literature Award jury. The other party readily agreed and took the initiative to contact Yu Guangzhong and Lin Haiyin to invite him. them.
Fang Minghua quickly expressed his thanks.
After visiting Chen Yingzhen, Fang Minghua prepared to visit Qian Zhongshu, first going to Yan University to meet Xu Yuanchong.
Xu Yuanchong is 70 this year. When Fang Minghua saw him in the office of a teacher in the Department of International Politics at Yanda University, he knocked on the door and introduced himself. Xu Yuanchong greeted him with a smile.
"Are you Fang Minghua? Sit, sit."
Fang Minghua sat on the chair very politely.
"Li Li praised you very highly in her letter to me, and even sent me a special translation of the "Collected Prose" you wrote. She has just finished translating the English version of your "Collected Prose" and it has not yet been published."< br>
Xu Yuanchong said, and took out a stack of manuscripts from the drawer, "I read it carefully, of course, mainly to see how well she translated it."
"Overall, it is good. My suggestions for literary translation "The theory of three beauties of poetry translation" and "the theory of giving full play to the advantages of the translation language" are both very good at what Li Li said," Xu Yuanchong said in the end.
"Li Li is a top student brought out by you." Fang Minghua said with a smile: "I have also read your "The Art of Translation" and heard Li Li talk about your three beauties, which is music. Beauty, form, and meaning." Fang Minghua continued: "In fact, I think that not only the translation, but also the poetry we write should respect this principle."
"Oh?"
“When I served as the deputy editor and chief editor of Yanhe, I was involved in modern poetry and wrote a theoretical article on “Poetic Imagery in the Post-Misty Poetry Era”, some of which were borrowed from your work. Viewpoint.”
"Modern poetry is free, but that doesn't mean that phonology is unimportant. The length changes or neatness of sentence patterns and the harmony of rhymes are part of the beauty. This is the wealth gained from old poetry."
Verse The role of style length in poetry makes the poetry rhythmic. Even if the singing method of the words is lost, it still reads catchy. This is the beauty of art. "
After listening to Fang Minghua's words, Xu Yuan smiled, and the wrinkles on his face suddenly relaxed:
"If you don't say this, I will forget it. I have seen you before. In the theoretical article I wrote, although I mainly studied the translation of ancient poetry, I also paid close attention to modern poetry. I think what you said makes sense. Look at what modern poetry is about, it’s heartbreaking. ”
Speaking of this, Xu Wishong sighed.
"But there are also better ones that follow your principle, such as the poems of Haizi and the poems written by Zhang Zao, a poet from Sichuan Province a few years ago. They can be said to be "three beauties". "Fang Minghua said.
The two chatted about modern poetry. After a while, Xu Chong suddenly said: "Look at my memory, I have forgotten the purpose of your coming. "
"Xiao Fang, Li Li also told me about you in the letter. If you want to visit my teacher Qian Zhongshu, I can give you a call and tell my teacher in advance, but My teacher has been living in seclusion for many years and pays little attention to the literary world and his temper. Therefore, as a student, I may not be able to persuade him to come out. "
Hearing this, Fang Minghua hurriedly said: "Mr. Xu, I am very grateful that you can help me introduce him. But whether it can be done depends on the person. ”
After coming out of Yan University, Fang Minghua was not in a hurry to visit Qian Zhongshu, but returned to the General Political Courtyard. If he wanted to visit these people, he had to do his homework in advance. Of course, it was not a gift or anything like that. No need to be particular, just carry some fruit with your hands empty.
At least after going there, the two of them will have something in common, just like they did with Mr. Xu.
Most people are familiar with Qian Zhongshu's novel "Fortress Besieged".
As a realistic satirical novel, "Fortress Besieged" is known as the "New Confucian Foreign History" of the 1940s.
The work centers on Fang Hongjian, who returned from studying abroad in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War. It depicts the struggles of a group of intellectuals who are far away from the times and the people in love, marriage, career and life in the war-torn era. Fighting and intrigue reveal their inner poverty, emptiness and humbleness, criticize the dark reality of the Kuomintang-controlled areas, and reveal the crisis of modern civilization and the dilemma of modern life.
Last year (1990) The Siege was adapted into a TV series starring Chen Daoming, Yingda and others, which attracted widespread attention.
This book includes the person Qian Zhongshu, and ordinary people began to become familiar with him.
In fact, this book "Fortress Besieged" is just Qian Zhongshu's spare time work. His real work is literary research. He has a deep understanding of traditional Chinese academics, modern Chinese academics and modern Western academics. He studied Chinese history, philosophy, and literary classics in depth. At the same time, he never stopped reading and researching new and old Western literature, philosophy, psychology, etc. One of his representative works is the "Guan Zhui Bian".
"Guan Zui Bian" is a masterpiece written by Mr. Qian Zhongshu during his lifetime. The scope of the discussion is from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty. It is written in classical Chinese in the form of reading notes. The book quotes tens of thousands of documentary evidences from tens of thousands of works by four thousand authors. In addition to literature, it also covers almost all aspects of literature. In the social sciences and humanities, this book can be called the "Chinese Studies Classic". It is an academic work written by Mr. Qian Zhongshu with a lot of hard work.
The word "Guanzui" comes from "Zhuangzi Qiu Shui". In "Han Shi Wai Zhuan" there is: "It's like using a tube to peer into the sky, and using a cone to pierce the earth - what you peek into is big, what you see is small, what you pierce is huge, and what you hit is small."
In the evening, Fang Minghua was in the living room reading the first volume of this set of books, "Guan Zuibian·Mao Shi Zhengyi", which was an interpretation of "Mao Shi Zhengyi".
"Mao Shi Zhengyi" is a research work on "The Book of Songs" and also "Confucius". Fang Minghua is more interested in the "Book of Songs".
Unfortunately, the traditional Chinese version published by Zhonghua Book Company is in vertical format, which is a bit uncomfortable.
The problem is that there is no simplified version of Qian Zhongshu's "Guan Zuibian"!
This set of books was collected by Song Tangtang’s grandmother, so take it out and read it if you have nothing to do.
Grandma was knitting a sweater. When she saw Fang Minghua reading the book non-stop, she smiled and asked, "Xiaohua, why are you suddenly interested in this book?"
"I'm not going to visit Qian. Mr. Zhongshu? Pick up his book and read it first." Fang Minghua replied.
Grandma laughed after hearing this, "Xiaohua, you are ready to surrender."
Fang Minghua chuckled twice but did not answer.
"Actually, Xiaohua, I don't think it's necessary. Maybe Mr. Qian doesn't value these things." Grandma replied leisurely.
(End of this chapter)