Yu Xuntan
In the past there was the Du Gong Department, but now there is the Liusha River.
Introduction to Liushahe:
Liushahe (1931-), formerly known as Yu Xuntan, was born in Jintang, Sichuan, a contemporary poet, director of the Chinese Writers Association, and vice chairman of the Sichuan Writers Association. He began publishing works in high school in 1948. In the early 1950s, he became an editor and began to write poems. Among them, "Six Odes of My Hometown" won the National Outstanding New Poetry Award from 1979 to 1980. In 1956, he published his first collection of poems, "Rural Nocturnes". In January 1957, he participated in the founding of the poetry magazine "Stars" and published the prose poem "Grass and Trees", which attracted attention in the poetry and literary circles. However, the latter was soon openly criticized and was considered to be "standing on the standpoint of a class that has been eliminated" and "a challenge to the people". As a result, he was labeled as a rightist and sent back to his place of origin to work. He returned to the literary world at the end of the 1970s, still focusing on poetry, describing his past life encounters and psychological experiences, which were later collected into "Liusha River Poetry Collection" (1982), "Farewell to My Hometown" (1983), and "Traveling" (1983). wait.
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★Attachment 1 The wild water in the mountains is naturally clear - Chronicle of Liusha River★
Being famous because of his talent and knowledge, and being respected by others for his purity
Being famous because of his talent and knowledge, because of his purity Qingtuo is respected by others and loved for his modesty. This is the famous poet Liushahe in people's minds.
Liushahe once made a name for himself in the Chinese poetry circle and was well-known at home and abroad. Ten years ago, my husband suddenly "changed his mind" and abandoned poetry for composition. He encouraged cross-strait cultural exchanges and created a whirlpool that attracted worldwide attention. In recent years, things have suddenly become turbulent again, and for a while, cultural people are asking about his "flow". The literary circle of the Shu Kingdom simply disappeared from the shadow of his skinny figure, his irresistible humility, and his humor that made people laugh and talk whenever he pleased. How is your husband doing? Is it true that "the sunset is infinitely beautiful, but it's almost dusk"?
The gentleman is over seventy years old. He is 1.7 meters tall and weighs only more than 90 kilograms. How can he be called "thin"? His appearance reminds people of a jujube tree after frost. The remaining lotus in the pond. Time flies by and makes people grow old. My husband's temples are already as frosty as frost, but his eyes are still wise and profound, and his expression is still calm and detached.
How are you doing, sir? He said he was in good health and had no serious illnesses. He ate three meals a day and was a vegetarian. He did not drink alcohol and had quit smoking for 10 years. Mr. Suwen only had one hobby: smoking. Why did he quit? For health? For a living? My husband joked about this: I have always been a low-end smoker. I bought a pack of cheap cigarettes at a cigarette stall 10 years ago. When I got home and took them apart, I found they were fake. It cannot be returned, and it would be a pity to throw it away. So, I just tried to finish it one by one over and over again. Unexpectedly, the pleasure and pleasure of smoking for many years also disappeared with this smoke.
Mr.’s speech is vast, elegant and popular, both solemn and humorous. The quality of his humor can be described as a masterpiece, spanning five thousand years and tens of thousands of miles, quoting from classics, "quiet" from morning to night. The teacher said: Two people were visiting a bookstore and saw rows of beautifully packaged books. While they marveled at the profoundness of the motherland’s culture, they each had a great talk. One person said that the writer was so proud that he published a book and printed "Written by Lao Tzu" on the cover; another said that the writer was too humble and signed it "Written by Sun Tzu" in a self-deprecating way. The husband said: One day a visitor came to his home. After talking for a while, he discovered that the visitor was incoherent and confused. It turned out to be a mentally ill person, so he was quickly coaxed out of the house. After that, a door mirror was installed. Whenever there was a knock on the door, he would lean on the door mirror and observe carefully, and ask questions loudly to make sure that the person who came was normal, and then open the door to welcome the guest.
Mr. was born in Jintang, Sichuan on November 11, 1931. He studied ancient Chinese and wrote classical Chinese essays at a young age. In 1947, he entered the senior high school of Chengdu Provincial Middle School. In 1949, he entered the Department of Agricultural Chemistry of Sichuan University. In 1952, he was transferred to the Sichuan Federation of Literary and Art Circles and served successively as a creative writer and editor of the poetry magazines "Sichuan Masses" and "Stars". During the "anti-rightist" movement in 1957, Chairman Mao personally called out "Grass and Trees" for "the false name of a hundred flowers blooming, but the reality is that it is just throwing away dead rats." Liushahe was criticized throughout the country and subsequently underwent various types of "reform through labor" for a total of 20 years. In 1979, he was transferred back to the Sichuan Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and has been writing full-time since 1985. He has successively published "The Record of Saw Teeth", "Solo", "Twelve Middle-aged Poets in Taiwan", "Essays on Liusha River", "Liushahe" and "Liushahe". "Shahe Poetry", "Farewell to Hometown", "Travel", "Modern Edition of Zhuangzi", "Mr. Y's Quotations" and other works. So far, 22 kinds of works have been published, including novels, poems, poetic theories, essays, translated novels, and research monographs.
Mr.'s original name is Yu Xuntan. The word "Liusha" in "Liusha River" is taken from the words "East to the sea" and west to "Liusha" in "Shang Shu? 6? 1 Yu Gong". This is because the Chinese people are accustomed to their names. Three characters, then "river" was added. The teacher said that the three words "Liusha River" contain water, but he was destined to have nothing to do with the river. When I was 8 years old, my mother asked a fortune teller to tell me my fortune, and he told me that I would drown in the river when I was 26 years old. My mother strictly controlled me, and I was careful and never played by the river. Unexpectedly, disaster could not escape me. In 1957, when I was just 26 years old, I was drowned in the Liusha River.
At that time, I was frightened when I saw the "Liusha River" in the newspapers. Once, there was an article in the "People's Daily" with the headline: "Resolutely Fight against the Liusha River." I was shocked. After reading the article, I realized that there was a Liusha River in Hebei that needed to be managed. Later, I also learned that there are five quicksand rivers in the country. In that era, there was no real literary criticism, only political criticism of “learning and applying”. The "Grass and Trees" I published was originally an insignificant thing. Borrowing plants and trees to express aspirations has been around since ancient times. For thousands of years, no one has criticized it as a poisonous weed in Bai Juyi's poems such as "Those who send words to establish themselves should not imitate weak seedlings." However, I was labeled as a "counterrevolutionary" because of a few small poems, which attracted denunciation from all over the country. Why choose "Grass and Trees" as a typical example of poisonous weeds? Because it is short in length, it is in line with the spirit of "frugality and revolution" at that time. The poisonous weeds are so long that it takes a long time to look at them, and it is too troublesome to criticize them. All other poisonous weeds are long, but "Grass and Trees" is short. Colleges and universities across the country and the CPPCC committees of all provinces, cities and counties have printed out this poisonous weed, and everyone has a copy to criticize. How much "revolutionary" paper and time has been saved? Because of the poisonous weed "Grass and Trees", "more, faster, better, and less" has attracted more than 25,000 rightists. This is short, flat and fast, can other poisonous weeds work? The great criticism made me a "celebrity" throughout the country. After I was rehabilitated, people's rebellious mentality began to think that my poetry was of great quality. In fact, now I feel ashamed when I read it myself. After reading the poems I wrote before, my son also said: Dad, I don’t see what’s so special about the poems you wrote. This assessment is quite fair.
Du Men avoids the clamor of Zhuangzi's spiritual realm
The vicissitudes of experience and the erosion of time are like a distant song of "The Questions and Answers of Fishermen and Woodcutter" to Mr. Du Men, filtering out the noise and leaving only What remains is the tranquility of water. In recent years, he has been living in his study, avoiding the crowds and immersing himself in the broad-minded spiritual realm of Zhuangzi. It is worth mentioning that as early as 1958, my husband had developed feelings for Zhuangzi, a book with profound profound knowledge and eccentric writing. He believed that among the pre-Qin scholars, Zhuangzi was the most outstanding in thought. Even Miaoyu in "A Dream of Red Mansions" also believed that The best article in the world belongs to Zhuangzi. Therefore, after exhausting efforts and nearly two years of hard work and wisdom, the 300,000-word "Modern Edition of Zhuangzi" was finally presented to readers.
The concept of Zhuangzi is mysterious, and it is difficult for ordinary people to understand its main points. On the basis of being faithful to the original work, Mr. Zhuangzi used popular writing to narrate the full text of "Zhuangzi". In the article "Mr. Zhuang's Story" at the beginning of the chapter, he explained Zhuangzi's thoughts and philosophical views. At the same time, before each chapter in the article Thousands of words of "introduction" have been added to make it easier for readers to understand "Zhuangzi". "Modern Edition of Zhuangzi" is relaunched by Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House.
The "Liusha River Essays" published by Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House in the 1990s is the essence of the essays written by Mr. Wang in the past 10 years. For example, in the book "The Terrible Zeng Guofan", after obviously writing and reading "The Family Letter of Zeng Wenzhenggong", he re-evaluated the value of Zeng Guofan, a historical figure who was once characterized as a "current counterrevolutionary element", but he chose to use irony to describe Zeng Guofan. Wearing a hat and hitting a stick makes people laugh. In the article "This Guy", I drew a cartoon of myself in the third person, which goes like this: "This guy is as thin as an old cowpea dangling in the autumn wind. Don't pity him, he is in good spirits and talks nonsense all day long. , a lot of nonsense. His bird's mouth caused trouble in 1957, and he still refuses to be in confinement. He will not give up until he reaches the Yellow River! Laughing at a foreigner eating glutinous rice balls, "The hooked nose gently bit open it, and he stared at it for a long time. Seeing that there were no traces of wrapping inside and outside the skin of the glutinous rice balls, he asked how the heart of the glutinous rice balls was got in." After laughing, he became serious. Make glutinous rice balls on the ground. "It is said that the glutinous rice balls sink immediately after being put into the pot. They sink to the bottom and remain motionless like lurking spies. When the heat is up, they float to the surface one after another, swimming around in circles and bumping into each other. It is lively and fun. But if you don't turn over, the northern hemisphere is always on top and the southern hemisphere is always on the bottom. This way. If it goes on, the temperature in the northern hemisphere is low, and it will always be cooked. The temperature in the southern hemisphere is high, and it must be overcooked. Suddenly, one by one, they turned over. It turns out that the glutinous rice balls have a spirit and know how to turn over. From "shameful words and benefits" to "natural principles", everything has been cooked together; so a bowl of sweet and delicious glutinous rice balls with the heart of Dao wrapped in them and dipped in sugar and sesame sauce was carefully prepared by Mr. himself and served to you. In front of you, let you taste it slowly...
In the book "Jaw Tooth Marks", Mr. Wang narrated the difficult years of his 20-year rightist career in plain words, talking about his family, relatives, neighbors, and friends. It radiated the same fate of the entire Chinese nation in that catastrophe. The various people recorded in the article are all described in white, but the characters are highlighted, and it is quite possible to read the conscience and "coolness" of people in that specific era. Although "The Record of Saw Tooth Marks" is full of ridicule and playfulness, its keynote is sadness and heaviness, which is: "With the sadness of invisible tears, it inspires the people of the country" (Lu Xun's words).
"Mr. Y's Quotes", a collection of 400 exquisite short essays by Mr. Y, is truly a masterpiece. It is true that all the laughter, anger and curses can be translated into articles. Mr. is a rare living dictionary, unconventional, well-spoken and well-reasoned. The widely circulated "Modern Edition of Zhuangzi" is evidence of this, which fully reflects his scholarly style.
Nowadays, my husband doesn’t write much poetry anymore. “As people get older, their passion for writing poetry dries up and they prefer to think philosophically.” The teacher lamented that the current level of editing of books and periodicals is deteriorating.
His articles are often mistakenly corrected by editors who "do not know what they know" or "have good intentions but do bad things". For example, in a poem about Beidaihe, "the waves are like the sound of snow" was taken for granted and changed to "the sound of thunder". Little did they know that "the stormy waves crashed on the shore, rolling up thousands of piles of snow" and other poems that use snow to describe the waves have been around since ancient times. How to change it? When it comes to current poetry creation, after all, he has the temperament of a poet, and finally expressed some insightful opinions: In the climate of commodity economy, due to many factors such as the renewal and diversion of people's values, cultural life, and aesthetic orientation, poetry creation and even the whole Literary creation has shown a trough phenomenon, which is an inevitable trend in historical development. But now many of our poems are empty, empty, and have no substance. They cannot face reality and are far from people's lives. This should be one of the important factors why today's poems are not popular with readers.
Detach yourself from things and seek peace of mind
Today is the era of making money. Talking about the poverty of literati, Mr. Wang said frankly: "The way to live rich is to be rich, and the joy of being poor is to be poor." To make a living, he also sold his writing. Write your own couplets on rice paper and sell them to customers, or have a friend frame them and sell them. This friend once opened a calligraphy and painting shop called "Xiyuxuan" in Du Fu's Thatched Cottage. Mr. Wang's couplets always reveal his true temperament, such as "The wind and rain in the four directions write history, and the reading lamp on the 100-foot balcony", "The lonely pine after the snow is particularly green, and the wild water in the mountains is naturally clear", "Occasionally there are articles to entertain me, "I have no interest in seeing adults", "Artistic thoughts go deep into the sea and the moon, my fantasy reaches as far as the stars in the sky", etc. Mr. Wang's couplets are creative and ingenious, his words are alluring, his ideas are strange, and his interests are lively. He has a needle wrapped in cotton, and everything he says hits the mark. Mr. Mr.'s calligraphy, just like his character, is pure and calm, quiet and gentle; it is graceful in the ancient clumsiness, revealing an air of elegance, purity, tranquility and indifference.
Mr.’s bookcases, tables and chairs are all old-fashioned household items, and there is no hint of the atmosphere of a modern literati’s room. Moreover, the study room faces the noisy street, and the sound of the city is already there before opening the window. But he could sit in the cold room and read some strange books with concentration. Is this the detachment of the poet Tao Yuanming? Is it the ancient sage Yan Hui’s approach to poverty? Or is it a kind of transcendental enlightenment and sublimation after Mr. Wang has experienced the ups and downs of the world? But one thing that is certain is that he is a person who cultivates his moral character and cultivates his character. Self-cultivation emphasizes the quality of spiritual feelings in order to achieve the ideal self-image in his heart. People who are good at cultivating their moral character are all thinkers. Their spiritual realm, soul quality, and social behavior are beyond the reach of ordinary people. He knows that living peacefully is the true purpose of life.
Mr.’s walking gait is different from ordinary people’s. His feet seem to be a little off the ground, giving him a sense of elegance, but not in an airy way. His body is as thin as a kite. The kite flies high in the blue sky, gently and diffusely, attracting people to look up. Mr. Wang only traveled to Sichuan a limited number of times in his life, and the farthest one was to Yugoslavia. Although his footsteps have not been far, although he is over seventy years old, he is enough to assume the title of an "old talent". He writes articles with great talent, wit, humor, irony and even cunning, which can be seen everywhere in the words.
In his spare time, he likes to raise trees. His house is covered with various small trees, but there is no pot of flowers. The tallest one was an oak tree, and he seemed quite proud of it. The oak tree stood in front of the window, blocking him from the dust and sounds of the city. When the sun came out, his desk was filled with swaying leaf shadows.
Mr. has a strong preference for the dishes from his hometown. He praised the inscription on the wall of a Sichuan restaurant in Chengdu: "Food is the most important thing for the people, and food is the mainstay of the people. It is praised by the people for its high quality and low price." White meat mixed with minced garlic, stir-fried pork liver with kidneys, you can eat it as soon as you sit down. The diced chicken is called Kung Pao, the tofu is called Huainan, and the braised pork slices with crispy rice are fried loudly and the whole house is full of joy..." Highly praised. When friends came from far away, such as the Taiwanese poet Yu Guangzhong, they entertained the guests with sesame-seed pancakes, steamed beef, and couple's lung slices, etc. The host and guest enjoyed themselves and never forgot them. Mr. Y also said in "Mr. Y's Quotes": "In spring, there are wild spinach, Chinese toon mixed with tender beans, summer jelly, sour cowpea stir-fried minced beef, autumn soaked sea pepper, and dry stir-fried dog claw beans. Oh, pickled vegetables in winter, and bacon stewed with black bean paste." It makes readers salivate and look for plum blossoms to quench their thirst.
My husband likes to meditate at home and likes to read. In addition, he also encourages underachievers and supports newcomers, and basically refuses to socialize. Often in the state of spring silkworms spinning silk, they pour out every word and pearl for the treasure house of Chinese literature. The vicissitudes of life have not dried up this river. On the contrary, it is filled with extremely clear and pure water, quietly flowing into the endless river of our national cultural history with its own unique flow direction.
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★Attachment 2 Liushahe's recent works★
Retirement poems
The professional writer's clothes are slowly falling off.
The identity of traditional literati has been returning slowly.
Change your appearance and look like your old self.
Reborn and happy to be a new person.
Don’t attend meetings, don’t go to work, stay away from the literary world, and don’t compete with each other.
Only reading and writing, only shopping at the vegetable market.
We are struggling to survive, with ants and bees busy, and we are tired of running for our lives every day.
Look at them rising up, devouring themselves, and daring to make a fortune everywhere.
Moreover, I punish people and my son punishes money. The family implements two systems.
How can there be no small thieves to cut off the bags, big thieves to cut the paths, and the common people to be frightened?
Fang Xintian’s way is good, but he can’t sing high-profile for a long time.
I realized that human nature is inherently evil, and the magic box cannot be opened lightly.
Comparing with ideals and looking back at reality, I often sigh deeply.
Facing reality, reading back history, and always smiling in front of the lamp.
And when you are half-deaf, it is impossible to hear the sound of wind, rain, and fighting.
Since we are all retired, there is no need to care about worldly affairs, national affairs, fame and fortune.
I feel that life is short and everything is gone.
Knowing the vastness of the universe, one can forget about one’s gains and losses.
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