Chapter 694 693 "The Battle of Two Kings" and "The Resonance of Two Zhangs"
He participated in the "Nineties Literature Seminar" held by the Chinese Writers Association in Hangzhou this year in accordance with the arrangements of the Provincial Writers Association. In addition to famous domestic writers , literary theorists, editors-in-chief of major magazines, and leaders of the provincial writers' associations also need to participate.
The "four carriages" of the Qin Provincial Writers Association were dispatched, including Chen Zhongshi, Lu Yao, Jia Pingwa and Fang Minghua.
Although Fang Minghua was unwilling to go all the way to Hangzhou, which was hotter than Xijing, for a meeting on a hot day, it was arranged by the Writers Association and he had no reason to refuse.
There is another reason. Zhao Hongjun, who is in Shanghai, called me a few days ago and said, last year when you came to Shanghai, didn’t you ask me to help you pay attention to old bungalows? There is a bungalow for sale now, you have time to come and take a look.
In this case, Fang Minghua decided to go to the meeting first, and then go to Shanghai to view houses after the meeting. Hangzhou was not far from Shanghai anyway.
The train is traveling in Jiangnan.
Unlike the northern plains, the fields outside are planted with green rice, one after another, looking full of summer.
The four-seater is a soft sleeper - according to regulations, department-level cadres can enjoy soft sleeper treatment when traveling on business. Of course, everyone will not be harsh on themselves.
Not to mention that the bed space of the soft sleeper is larger than that of the hard sleeper, and they are all private rooms for four people, and there are doors, which makes chatting private and safe.
Several people looked at the summer scenery of Jiangnan outside the window, drank the special Longjing that Fang Minghua brought from home, and chatted.
"Hey, don't you know? I heard that this seminar has a very important topic, which is the discussion of humanistic spirit."
The speaker was Jia Pingwa.
He was sitting on the lower bunk with a cigarette in his hand.
Among the four people, there were three big smokers, so Fang Minghua had to endure it silently. Fortunately, although he did not smoke, he was not as sensitive to the smell of smoke as women.
He is currently lying on the upper bunk with earphones listening to a new song. It is the song "Alian" known as one of the "Four Village Flowers" in the 1990s. It was sung by Dai Jun. It sounds quite delicious now.
While listening and humming, I suddenly heard these words coming from Jia Pingwa on the lower bunk. She immediately took off her headphones and turned over to look at him.
“Brother Jia, isn’t this content not on the agenda of this meeting?”
“It was added temporarily. I heard that many literary writers called for further discussion at this meeting. , the leaders of the Writers Association agreed.”
Holy shit!
It’s that big discussion on humanistic spirit again!
The great discussion on the humanistic spirit that started in the second half of 1993 has been going on for two years and there seems to be no sign of subsidence. It is also getting more intense, and some scholars outside the humanities community have begun to join in.
The famous economist Fan Gang also participated in the discussion. There was a big headline in "China Reading News": "Humanistic Spirit, Economists Speak." Among these economists, some are basically in favor, some are analytical, and some are critical, with all kinds of voices.
Of course, the most famous ones in the past two years are the "Controversy of the Two Kings" (Wang Meng and Wang Binbin) and the "Resonance of the Two Zhangs" (Zhang Chengzhi and Zhang Wei). This is especially true in the chorus of discussions on the humanistic spirit. Attractive sound.
"Two Zhangs Resonance" refers to the article "Using the Pen as a Flag" published by the writer Zhang Chengzhi in "October" in 1993, and the article "Habit of Resistance" published by Zhang Wei in Wenhuipao on March 2, 1993 , jointly expressed dissatisfaction and worries about the current situation of literature, advocated setting up a spiritual banner, and promoting ideals and beliefs.
After that, Zhang Chengzhi published "How to Tear a Business Card", "Clean Spirit", "Tear Your Business Card" and other articles, and Zhang Wei published "The Return of Worry and Anger", "Night Thoughts", "Soliloquy", etc. At the same time, writers such as Han Shaogong and Li Rui also published articles in response. This group of writers discussed "moral idealism" and aroused strong repercussions in the intellectual community.
But Wang Meng is unique.
Wang Meng has objections to the criticism of Wang Shuo by those young scholars! Wang Meng once published an article "Escape from the Sublime" in "Dushu" in 1993, defending the "Wang Shuo phenomenon". Later, Wang Meng criticized the "humanistic spirit discussion".
Wang Binbin received a doctorate in literature from Fudan University. After graduation, due to his military status, he returned to the Nanjing Military Region and worked in the Literary and Art Creation Office of the Political Department of the Military Region. He was one of the first scholars to participate in discussions on the humanistic spirit. . After seeing this article written by Wang Meng, I immediately wrote an article called "The Too Smart Writer" to criticize Wang Meng.
Wang Meng unceremoniously wrote the article "Dark Horse and Black Colt" again in response. Not to be outdone, Wang Binbin simply called himself "Heiju Zhai" and published two articles in a row to refute with more fierce words.
Writer Liu Xinwu, who was once Wang Meng's subordinate and good friend, published an article "The Annihilation of Gao Changhong" in the second issue of "Contemporary Writers Review" this year, "advising some young people not to make the same mistake as Gao Changhong" He became famous by criticizing celebrities.
" Wang Binbin immediately wrote an article in "China Reading News" to refute Liu Xinwu.
Fang Minghua read these published articles, and to put it bluntly, at the beginning it was still a discussion of the humanistic spirit, but in the end it was out of academic scope and turned into a battle of spirits.
Originally, this matter was over, but Wang Shuo didn’t know whether he was unwilling to be lonely or couldn’t swallow this breath. Just this spring, the fourth edition of "Cultural Guide" published "The scholar Wang Shuo talks about the situation in the literary world" in installments. ”, accusing Wang Binbin, Zhang Chengzhi, Zhang Wei and others of causing another disturbance in the “controversy between the two kings” that had calmed down.
The literary world suddenly became lively again.
With this literary seminar held in this atmosphere, someone must want to bring this topic to the meeting.
But Fang Minghua really doesn’t like to talk about this.
Both parties are influential figures in the literary world. Who can convince whom?
Of course, it is also a good thing to discuss this issue in depth, but the biggest fear is that it will turn into a war of words between the two sides, motivated by emotions, and opposition for the sake of opposition.
This is the final result of the "War of Two Kings".
Now that Fang Minghua heard Jia Pingwa say this, Chen Zhongshi smoked his Bashan cigar and sighed: "It seems that this meeting has a strong smell of gunpowder."
"I don't think it is strong at all. If it’s not strong, just say it!” Jia Pingwa said with a smile.
Lu Yao and Chen Zhongshi, who were sitting on the lower bunk, looked at each other.
It seems that Jia Pingwa is going to steal the show at the meeting.
The year before last, when the great humanities discussion began, young scholars gathered together to attack Wang Shuo. Jia Pingwa was eager to take revenge on Wang Shuo for scolding her.
But I was persuaded by Fang Minghua, saying that your novel "The Wasted City" was regarded as "spiritual pollution" by those young scholars. Didn't you block Wang Shuo's gun and attract firepower as soon as you opened your mouth? ?
He held back.
Two years later, the book "The Wasted City" was not only a best-seller in China but also translated into English and French and published abroad. Jia Pingwa also made a lot of money from royalties.
Take this opportunity, it’s time to take revenge!
"Minghua."
Chen Zhongshi suddenly thought of Fang Minghua lying on the upper bunk. When he looked up, he found that he was lying on the bed listening to music with his headphones on again.
(End of this chapter)