Bing Xin (October 5, 1900 - February 28, 1999) was 99 years old. She was born in Hengling Village, Changle, Fuzhou, Fujian. Her original name was Xie Wanying and her pen name was Bing Xin. It means "a piece of ice with a heart in a jade pot". Known as the "Old Man of the Century". Famous modern poet, writer, translator, and children's writer. He has served as the honorary chairman of the Central Committee of the China Association for the Promotion of Democracy, vice chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, honorary chairman and consultant of the Chinese Writers Association, and honorary director of the China Translators Association.
Chinese name: Xie Wanying
Nationality: Chinese
Ethnicity: Han
Birthplace: Hengling Village, Changle, Fuzhou, Fujian
p>Date of birth: October 5, 1900
Date of death: February 28, 1999
Occupation: Poet, writer, translator, children's writer< /p>
Graduation institution: Wellesley Women's University in the United States
Representative works: "Stars", "Spring Water", "For Young Readers", etc.
Pen name: Bing Xin< /p>
18-year-old Bing Xin with her mother and third brother
In 1926, after receiving a Master of Arts degree, Bing Xin returned to China and taught at Yenching University and Tsinghua University. After that, he wrote the prose "Returning to the South", the novels "Fen" and "Dong'er Girl", etc., which showed a deeper social connotation. During the Anti-Japanese War, he was engaged in creation and cultural salvation activities in Kunming, Chongqing and other places. He went to Japan in 1946 and served as a professor at the University of Tokyo. He returned to China in 1951 and successively served as an editorial board member of "People's Literature", a director of the Chinese Writers Association, and vice chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. Her works include prose collections such as "After Returning", "We Wake Up in the Spring", "Ode to Cherry Blossoms", "Xiaozha Gleaners" and "Collection of Wanqing", etc. They show her colorful life and still maintain her artistic integrity. Unique style. Among them, "Send to Little Readers", "Send Again to Little Readers" and "Three Sends to Little Readers" show her love for children and she hopes that children will have a beautiful heart. Her works also include "Stars and Spring Water", which uses "love" and "maternal love" as the themes to express her love for her mother. Her short story "Empty Nest" won the 1980 Outstanding Short Story Award. The anthology of children's literature "Little Orange Lamp" won the honorary award in the National Children's Literary Creation Awards in the same year. In addition to the works mentioned above, Bing Xin has also published novels such as "Superman", "Going to the Country", "Dong'er Girl", novels and essays such as "The Past", "Returning to the South", essays "About Women", and "The Complete Works of Bing Xin". ""Collected Works of Bing Xin", "Selected Translations of Bing Xin", etc. Her works have been translated into and published in many foreign languages. Bing Xin advocates the "philosophy of love". "Motherly love, innocence, and nature" are the main themes of his works. She loves children very much and regards them as the "most sacred people". She believes that they are the flowers of the motherland and should be well cared for and deeply respected by the people. Her works are full of love for nature, as well as praise and praise of maternal love and innocence.
Boyhood: Entered school with his father
Bing Xin (October 5, 1900 - February 28, 1999) was 99 years old. He was born in Hengling Village, Changle, Fuzhou, Fujian. Her original name is Xie Wanying, and her pen name is Bing Xin. It means "a piece of ice with a heart in a jade pot", which means "a heart of pure ice and jade". Known as the "Old Man of the Century". Famous contemporary poet, writer, translator, and children's writer. He has served as the honorary chairman of the Central Committee of the China Association for the Promotion of Democracy, vice chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, honorary chairman and consultant of the Chinese Writers Association, and honorary director of the China Translators Association. She was born in Fuzhou on October 5, 1900, into a family of naval officers with a love for China and reform ideas. Her father, Xie Baozhang, participated in the Sino-Japanese War of 1898-88, fought against the Japanese invading army, and later founded a naval school in Yantai. Serve as principal. Bing Xin moved to Shanghai with her family 7 months after she was born. He moved to Yantai, Shandong Province when he was 4 years old, and lived by the sea in Yantai for a long time. The sea cultivated her temperament and broadened her mind; and her father's patriotism and ambition to strengthen the country also deeply affected her young mind. One summer evening, Bing Xin walked with her father on the beach. On the beach, facing the red sky under the setting sun, Bing Xin asked her father to talk about the sea in Yantai. At this time, her father told her little daughter: the beautiful harbor on the northern coast of China. Many of them, such as Weihaiwei, Dalian, and Qingdao, are all beautiful, but they are all occupied by foreigners. "None of them belong to us Chinese." "Only Yantai belongs to us!" My father's words are deeply imprinted on my mind. The heart of young Bing Xin.
In Yantai, Bing Xin began to study. During her enlightenment studies at home, she was exposed to Chinese classical literature. At the age of 7, she read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin". At the same time, I also read the "Shuo Bu Series" published by the Commercial Press, which includes the famous British writer Dickens's "David Copperfield" and other nineteenth-century critical realist works. I am currently reading "David Copperfield". Phil", when she read about poor David, who ran away from the abusive shopkeeper's house and went to live with his aunt, he was hungry and distressed. Bing Xin shed tears while breaking off the small bread that his mother gave her as a snack. , stuffing piece by piece into your mouth to prove and experience that you are happy! After the Revolution of 1911, Bing Xin returned to Fuzhou with her father and lived in a compound behind the Wanxing Tongshi Store at the entrance of Yangqiao Lane on Nanhou Street. A large family of my grandfather lived here, and there were many couplets on the pillars in the house, all written by Bing Xin's uncles. This house was originally the residence of Lin Juemin, one of the seventy-two martyrs in Huanghuagang. After Lin's accident, the Lin family sold their house and fled to the countryside for fear of being punished. The person who bought this house was Bing Xin. Grandfather Xie Luanen. Here, Bing Xin was admitted to the preparatory course of Fuzhou Women's Normal School in 1912, becoming the first girl in the Xie family to officially enter the school. In 1913, her father Xie Baozhang went to the National Government in Beijing to serve as the Director of the Military Science Department of the Navy. Bing Xin moved to Beijing with her father and lived in Jianzi Lane in Tieshihutong. The next year, she entered Beiman Girls' High School. In 1918, she was promoted to the preparatory department of Concordia Women's University. Become a life-saving doctor.
Youth: Joining the trend of the patriotic student movement
The rise of the New Culture Movement and the outbreak of the May 4th Movement made Bing Xin closely link her destiny with the revitalization of the nation. . She devoted herself wholeheartedly to the trend of the times and was elected as secretary of the university student union, and therefore participated in the work of the publicity unit of the Beijing Women's Academies Federation. Under the agitation of the patriotic student movement, she published her first essay "Reflections on the 21st Hearing" and her first novel "Two Families" in the "Morning Post" in August 1919. The latter used the pen name "Bing Xin" for the first time. Because the work directly involves major social issues, it quickly has an impact. Bing Xin said that it was the thunder of the May 4th Movement that "shocked" her onto the path of writing. The "problem novels" written after that, such as "The Man Is Alone and Haggard", "Going to the Country", "Autumn Wind and Autumn Rain, Sorrowful", highlighted the destruction of human nature by feudal families, the fierce conflict between two generations in the new world, and the The warlords' melee brought suffering to the people. During this period, Union Women's University merged into Yenching University, and Bing Xin joined the then famous Literature Research Society as a young student. Her creations flowed out under the banner of "For Life", and she published the novel "Superman" which attracted the attention of critics, and the short poems "Stars" and "Spring Water" which aroused repercussions in the social and literary circles, and thus promoted the "little novel" in the early stage of new poetry. The trend of poetry writing. "Bing Xin's Handwriting" recalls the May 4th Movement in 1979.3.2
Joined the Literary Research Association in 1921. At that time, his works mostly revolved around the three major themes of maternal love, childlike innocence and nature, constructing the core of Bing Xin's thought "philosophy of love" ". His representative works include "Superman", "Bored", "Stars", "Spring Water", etc.
Goed to study in the United States and taught in the Chinese Language Department of Tsinghua University after returning to China
In 1923, Bing Xin received a scholarship from Wellesley Women's University in the United States with excellent results. Before and after studying abroad, he began to publish newsletters and essays under the general title "For Young Readers", which became the foundation of Chinese children's literature. Bing Xin, who was in her early 20s, was already well-known in the Chinese literary world. Bing Xin and Wu Wenzao met on the President Jackson cruise ship to the United States. Bing Xin was studying for a literature degree at Wellesley Women's College in Boston, and Wu Wenzao was studying sociology at Dartmouth College. They gradually deepened their understanding through mutual correspondence. In the summer of 1925, Bing Xin and Wu Wenzao came to Cornell by chance. Tutoring French in college, beautiful campus, quiet environment, they fell in love. In 1926, Bing Xin received a Master of Arts degree and returned to China, while Wu Wenzao continued to study for a PhD in sociology at Columbia University in the United States. After Bing Xin returned to China, she successively taught at Yenching University, Peking Women's College of Arts and Sciences, and the Chinese Department of Tsinghua University.
After getting married and starting a family, he continued to create a large number of excellent works
On June 15, 1929, Bing Xin and Wu Wenzao, who had returned from school, held a wedding in Linhuxuan of Yanjing University, with Stuart Leighton presiding. their wedding.
After getting married, Bing Xin continued to create. Her works fully praised maternal love, childlike innocence, and nature. They also reflected careful observation of social inequality and the lives of different classes. Her innocent and timeless writing also revealed a hint of irony. Representative works of novels include "Fen" in 1931 and "Dong'er Girl" in 1933. Excellent prose works include "Returning to the South - The Spirit in Heaven Dedicated to Mother" in 1933. In 1932, "The Complete Works of Bing Xin" was published by Beixin Book Company in three volumes (one volume each for novels, prose, and poetry). This is the first complete collection of writers in modern Chinese literature. In 1936, Bing Xin went to Europe and the United States with her husband Wu Wenzao for a year to study. They made extensive visits to Japan, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, the Soviet Union and other places. In the United Kingdom, Bing Xin worked with a group of pioneer writers in the creation of stream-of-consciousness novels. They had a conversation with Wolf, and they talked about literature and China while drinking afternoon tea. In 1938, Wu Wenzao and Bing Xin and their children left Peiping in the midst of the war of resistance against Japan, and traveled through Shanghai and Hong Kong to Kunming, Yunnan, the rear area. Bing Xin once went to Chenggong Simple Normal School to teach on a voluntary basis, and experienced the hardships and hardships brought about by the war together with the whole nation. In 1940, he moved to Chongqing and served as a political councilor of the National Political Participation Association. Soon he joined the Chinese Literary and Art Circles Anti-Enemy Association, and was enthusiastically engaged in cultural salvation activities. He also wrote influential prose chapters such as "About Women" and "Remail to Little Readers".
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he went to Japan with her husband
In the autumn of 1951, he returned to China. In 1966, Bing Xin was creating
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, she went to Japan with her husband, sociologist Wu Wenzao, in November 1946. She gave lectures at the Japanese Oriental Society and the Faculty of Literature of the University of Tokyo, and was later hired as the first professor of the University of Tokyo. A foreign female professor teaches the course "New Chinese Literature". While in Japan, Bing Xin and Wu Wenzao united and influenced overseas intellectuals under complex conditions and actively engaged in patriotic, peaceful and progressive activities. As a loyal patriotic intellectual, Bing Xin inherited the fine tradition of Chinese intellectuals. When the world rises and falls, everyone is responsible, and the pursuit of light will never end. During the Anti-Japanese War, she had contact with Zhou Enlai and was invited to publish articles in progressive publications. Zhou Enlai once invited her to visit Yan'an. Although the trip failed, their hearts were connected. During the War of Liberation, Bing Xin refused to participate in the election for National Congress representatives and supported her relatives to defect to the liberated areas. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, she was living in Japan, caring for the motherland, and firmly supported Wu Wenzao's just move to get rid of the Kuomintang clique.
After the founding of New China, he returned to China and devoted himself to various cultural undertakings
After the Cultural Revolution began, Bing Xin was shocked. His home was ransacked and he was put into a "cow shed". Next, accept criticism from the rebels. In early 1970, Bing Xin, who was 70 years old, was sent to the May 7th Cadre School in Xianning, Hubei Province to undergo labor reform. It was not until 1971, when US President Nixon was about to visit China, that Bing Xin and Wu Wenzao returned to Beijing to accept the relevant translation tasks assigned by the party and the government. . At this time, she, Wu Wenzao, Fei Xiaotong and others worked together to complete the translation of "Outline of World History" and "World History". During this period of extremely abnormal economic construction and political life in the country, Bing Xin, like her people, fell into trouble and reflection. In the turmoil of the "Cultural Revolution" for ten years, despite being treated unfairly, she faced everything calmly and calmly, firmly believing that the truth would win. She always pays close attention to the progress of the socialist motherland and the improvement of people's lives. She once wrote in the article "Impressions of the Century": "In the past ninety years... my love for the motherland and the people has always been as solid as gold and stone." Practice has proved that Bing Xin is a close friend who has been with the party through thick and thin for a long time.
The second creative climax after the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
After the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the motherland entered a new historical period, and Bing Xin ushered in A miraculous second creative climax in his life. She didn't know that she was approaching old age, but she always maintained the noble qualities of constant thinking, always making progress, and selfless dedication. Fujian representative to the 1954 National People's Congress, Bing Xin, fourth from right in the back row
In June 1980, Bing Xin first suffered from cerebral thrombosis and then fractured her bones. The pain could not make her put down the pen in her hand. She said "life begins at the age of eighty". The short story "Empty Nest" she published that year won the National Outstanding Short Story Award. Then he created masterpieces such as "Everything is of the Top Quality..." and "The Monk from Away".
In terms of prose, in addition to "Three Letters to Little Readers", he has created four series of articles in succession, namely "Written as I Think", "My Autobiography", "About Men" and "Fufeng Miscellaneous Notes". Their large number, rich content, and unique creative style have brought her literary achievements to a new level and created a magnificent landscape in her later years. "I Request", "I Thank You" and "Letter to a Reader" published when she was nearly ninety years old, all spoke true words with integrity, frankness and enthusiasm, showing her deep love for the motherland and the people. Deep love. She followed her example and donated more than 100,000 yuan in royalties to the primary school in her hometown, the Hope Project across the country, the China Rural Women's Education and Development Fund, and people in disaster-stricken areas such as Anhui. She enthusiastically responded to Ba Jin's initiative to establish a modern Chinese literature museum, donated a large number of books, manuscripts, calligraphy and paintings in her collection, and took the lead in establishing the "Bing Xin Library". As a non-governmental diplomatic envoy, Bing Xin often traveled around the world, bringing Chinese literature, culture and the friendship of the Chinese people to every corner of the world. She has made outstanding contributions to the unification of the country and the promotion of friendly exchanges with people from all over the world. She is a shining example of our country's patriotic intellectuals. On December 24, 1992, the Bing Xin Research Society, a national social academic group, was established in Fuzhou. The famous writer Ba Jin served as the president. Since then, a series of research and activities have been carried out. In 1995, Strait Literature and Art Publishing House published the eight-volume "The Complete Works of Bing Xin". In the same year, a publishing symposium was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Zhao Puchu, Lei Jieqiong, Fei Xiaotong, Han Suyin, Wang Meng, Xiao Qian, Xie Mian and other publishing symposiums He also spoke at the meeting and spoke highly of Bing Xin’s great literary achievements and broad loving spirit. In order to promote Bing Xin's literary achievements and literary spirit, it was proposed by the Standing Council of Bing Xin Research Association, approved by the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and the provincial government, and under the direct leadership of the Fujian Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Bing Xin was established in Bing Xin's hometown Changle. Literary Museum. It houses the large-scale "Bing Xin's Life and Creation Exhibition", Bing Xin Research Center, conference hall, reception room, etc. It covers an area of ??13 acres and has a construction area of ??4,500 square meters. It was officially completed and opened on August 25, 1997.
After Bing Xin’s death, all walks of life expressed deep condolences
Bing Xin passed away at 21:00 on February 28, 1999 in Beijing Hospital at the age of 99. Edit this section of family members
The love story with Wu Wenzao
1. An encounter in the infinite On August 17, 1923, with a long whistle, the train departed from Shanghai The "Yorkson" cruise ship bound for Seattle on the west coast of the United States slowly sailed out of the Huangpu River. The first-class seats on the cruise ship are all occupied by Chinese students, including 23-year-old Bing Xin. On August 18, 1923, the novelty of boarding the cruise ship on the first day had worn off, and Bing Xin suddenly remembered something asked by her classmate Wu Rumei. "She wrote and asked me to find her younger brother and Tsinghua student Wu Zhuo on this ship. The second day after I arrived on the ship, I asked my classmate Xu Dishan to find Wu Zhuo, and he brought Wu Wenzao. Asked I realized I had found the wrong person when I named him! At that time, some of our classmates from Yan University were playing a sandbag throwing game, so we invited him to join in. From then on, we leaned on the boat rail and talked about what he wanted to learn in the United States. He said he wanted to study sociology. He also asked me, and I said that of course I wanted to study literature and take some elective courses on British nineteenth-century poets. He listed several books written by famous British and American critics on Byron and Shelley. Asked me if I had read it, but I hadn’t. He said: If you don’t take advantage of your time abroad to read more extracurricular books, then your visit to the United States will be in vain! It stung me! This time on the ship, the friends I met through introductions usually said politely: "I have known you for a long time, I have known you for a long time." He was willing to speak so frankly when we met for the first time, which made me regard him as my own with horror. Bing Xin's first critic and fearful friend! After hearing these words, Bing Xin felt extremely uneasy. Maybe the advice was really offensive. At that time, she remembered it deeply. The name "Wu Wenzao". It's just that this boy with "文" in his name doesn't have much interest in literature and art. Wu Wenzao was admitted to Tsinghua University when he was sixteen. This time he is studying in the United States and is going to Dart, New Hampshire. Studying sociology at Mercy College. Compared with other international students at Tsinghua University, he doesn't talk much and is more calm. Bing Xin, who has both good looks and good looks, has always been surrounded by suitors. When he was studying at Yenching University, Bing Xin was known as "Jingru." The water is still, the silence is like the autumn wind" which makes people stop.
The two-week cruise life was no exception. At Wellesley University in Boston, Bing Xin received a lot of letters all of a sudden. The contents of the letters seemed to have been collectively discussed. In addition to expressing goodwill and hoping to interact more, Bing Xin also said that they met on the ship. You are very honored and so on. But at this time, there was only one person who didn't write to her, and that person was Wu Wenzao. He only politely wrote a postcard to Bing Xin. Faced with a lot of enthusiastic letters and a short postcard, Bing Xin immediately felt? Wu Wenzao is really special. Bing Xin was also a person who liked to go against the grain, so she responded with postcards to everyone who wrote to her at that time, but only this person who wrote postcards, she wrote a letter to him. 2. Love is on the right, sympathy is on the left. Boston and New Hampshire are far apart. It takes about seven or eight hours to take a train. The two rarely have the opportunity to meet, but they often exchange letters. It was at this time that Bingxin's lung disease recurred and he was admitted to Sharan Nursing Home. Being in a foreign country, Bing Xin's mood was as low as the pain of the illness. Although teachers from Wellesley University, Chinese and American classmates, and male classmates in Boston often came to see her, Bing Xin still felt that she could not be comforted. Maybe she should really believe in telepathy. That Christmas, Wu Wenzao wanted to take advantage of his annual vacation to visit New York. When he passed by Boston, he stopped. He wanted to have a happy reunion with Bing Xin, but unexpectedly heard the news that she was ill and hospitalized. Without thinking too much, he and Gu Yiqiao and several other friends made a special trip to the nursing home. Bing Xin on the hospital bed looked gloomy, completely different from the pretty woman on the cruise ship. Illness comes from the heart. Wu Wenzao knew this very well, so he specifically told her that she should cooperate with the doctor and take medicine on time. If other people said this, Bing Xin would probably think it was normal, but Wu Wenzao was not in Boston, but I was passing through Boston and made a special trip to see what she said, so it was very meaningful. From a certain perspective, Bing Xin began to like and accept this man from the bottom of her heart. After half a year of recuperation, with Wu Wenzao's comfort and encouragement, Bing Xin finally recovered and was discharged from the hospital the following summer, and returned to Wellesley Women's University, which she had longed for. The power of love can undoubtedly be estimated. During her illness, Bing Xin not only did not delay her studies, but also created many excellent children's literature works. In "For Young Readers·Nineteen", she wrote: "Love is on the right, sympathy is on the left, walking on both sides of the road of life, sowing seeds at any time, blooming at any time, decorating this long path with fragrant flowers, making it Pedestrians walking through the branches and leaves do not feel pain, there are tears to shed, and they are not desolate. "Yes, from now on, she is willing to bloom like a flower in his love at any time. In 1925, Chinese students headed by Liang Shiqiu decided to perform a Chinese drama "The Story of Pipa" in Boston and invited Bing Xin to play a role. Bing Xin was so excited that she wanted to share the news with Wu Wenzao, so she sent a performance ticket with the letter. At this time, they had been exchanging letters for more than a year. Wu Wenzao admired Bing Xin's elegance, and Bing Xin liked his erudition, but no one clearly revealed this further relationship. Bing Xin was too shy to speak out about her daughter's family, while Wu Wenzao was worried that his poverty would not guarantee the other's happiness. Therefore, upon receiving such a letter from Bing Xin, Wu Wenzao hesitated for a while, and finally decided to decline on the grounds that he was busy with studies. On March 28, "Pipa Story" was performed at the Boston Fine Arts Theater. Although Wu Wenzao had made it clear that he could not come to watch, Bing Xin still hoped for a miracle to happen, hoping that Wu Wenzao could suddenly and unexpectedly appear in her like when she was sick. in front of. On the stage, she looked towards the audience several times. When she was about to cry out of despair, Bing Xin found that familiar figure in the stands. Even though he couldn't say it, he came anyway. In the final analysis, he couldn't bear to break her heart. Bing Xin's surprise was beyond words. 3. A broad life-and-death bond, with Zi Chengyue "Love is not one heart beating another heart, but the spark of two hearts colliding together." Bing Xin and Wu Wenzao were destined to meet and know each other, but they didn't They know how to grasp and continue this fate. What they lack is staying together. Opportunities are prepared for lovers. During this summer vacation, an unexpected encounter made their love blossom instantly. At that time, the graduate schools of American universities stipulated that in addition to mastering the language of their own country, students must also master two foreign languages ??to graduate. Bing Xin took French as an elective. So in the summer of 1925, Bing Xin met Wu Wenzao, who was also taking French as an elective, in a French cram school at the Cornell University Summer School in Qisejia.
Their eyes met, and they smiled knowingly. This should be the legendary "you can't even hide". The beauty of summer is a world of pink and green, which is most suitable for the growth of vigorous love. This time, Wu Wenzao and Bing Xin never wanted to miss it again. On the picturesque Keyoujia Lake, one day, they swung their oars as usual and floated quietly in the water, but Wu Wenzao no longer had the intention to linger on the lake and mountains. He hesitated to speak, repeated several times, and finally He mustered up the courage and solemnly said to Bing Xin: "Can we live together in the most intimate way? Being your lifelong partner is my greatest wish. Of course, you may not answer immediately. Please consider it." Is this an imaginary courtship? Bing Xin felt that her heart had never been faster, and her face turned into a red-hot cloud. But this man is really good, has good character, and has learned well. If he gives up, where will he go to entrust him with his life? After thinking about it all night, Bing Xin frankly told Wu Wenzao the next day: "I have no opinion myself, but I can't make the final decision. I have to get the consent of my parents before I can make a final decision." Faced with Bing Xin's serious and cautious attitude, Wu Wenzao expressed his understanding. After harvesting the red roses of love as expected, Bing Xin wrote a love poem that was rare in her life: Avoid lovesickness/Put on your fur/Go out of the bright and quiet house/The moon peeks through the path/Withered branches/On the snow/ I wrote about lovesickness all over the place. In July 1926, Bing Xin successfully completed her studies in the United States and accepted Leighton Stuart's invitation to return to China and teach at Yenching University. Wu Wenzao decided to continue studying for a doctorate at Columbia University. Before Bing Xin returned to China, Wu Wenzao rushed to Boston and handed Bing Xin a long letter. This was Wu Wenzao's formal proposal letter, but it was not for Bing Xin. Instead, he asked Bing Xin to take it back to China and report it to Bing Xin's parents, asking for Xie Baozhang's permission. The couple's answer. In this marriage proposal letter, Wu Wenzao first wrote affectionately: "When you love someone, you will never change. Your wife is a perfect person with both new ideas and old morals. I know that I can't be virtuous, so I shouldn't I am in love with your daughter. But it is human nature to love beauty. My eyes have been attracted by the beauty of her personality, and my inspired soul has long been seeking refuge in the beauty of her spirit... I admire and fall in love with her. From admiration to true love, from true love to proposal, there is so much sincerity." The true feelings between the lines are moving. That's not all. Then, he made a solemn vow to the two elders and wrote: "I vow to work hard for her and sacrifice everything, and then I dare to dedicate my incompetent self to the two elders. I beg you." Accept it!" No matter how you look at it, this is a serious and carefully worded proposal. The two enlightened old people read Wu Wenzao's sincerity and simplicity and readily agreed to their marriage. On June 15, 1929, Bing Xin and Wu Wenzao held a Western-style wedding at Linhuxuan of Yenching University. The officiant was the president Leighton Stuart, who was wearing a black robe. On that day, by the tender Weiming Lake, the groom Wu Wenzao was wearing a dark suit and tortoiseshell round glasses of the same color. He was elegant yet handsome. The bride Bing Xin, who was surrounded by flower girls and bridesmaids, was dressed in white. Wearing a wedding dress, a flower crown on her head, and a delicate rose bouquet in her hand, she snuggled up to Wu Wenzao with an unconcealable happy smile on her face. All the guests present praised them as a pair made in heaven. This year, Bing Xin was 29 years old and Wu Wenzao was 28 years old. 4. Together in this life and this life. After marriage, Yan Yuan's life of daily necessities and daily necessities was dull but happy. Wu Wenzao was obsessed with academic research, while Bing Xin devoted herself to taking care of their small family and raising their children. It's just that "on the road of life, there are not only family difficulties! There are also national worries." In April 1958, Wu Wenzao was wrongly classified as a rightist. This unexpected disaster was a serious blow to him and Bing Xin! Later, Bing Xin wrote in the article: Because one of his charges was "anti-Party and anti-socialism", when he was asked to write inspection materials, he dug into his thoughts very seriously and wrote many articles. Paper! While he was digging painfully, he looked at me with confused and doubtful eyes and said, "If I were anti-Party and anti-socialist, it would be better for me to go abroad to do the opposite. Why go through so much trouble to return to the motherland in the name of going to the United States?" What's the opposite?" I also felt "aggrieved and depressed" like him, but I didn't express my thoughts. I just encouraged him to "dig!" because he is a very serious person. If you are with him, Suspicions arose in his heart, and his mind became even more confused. It was precisely because of Bing Xin's understanding and fearlessness in the face of danger that in December 1959, Wu Wenzao was removed from the label of a rightist.
In 1983, they moved into a new residence in the newly built Kochi Building of the Nationalities College. It was a relaxing and good time. "We looked at each other across the table all day long. He wrote his and I wrote mine. When acquaintances and students came, they would sit between us. , chatting and laughing, enjoying the fun of "growing old together" in the world. Something unexpected happened. On June 27, 1985, Wu Wenzao was admitted to Beijing Hospital for the last time due to cerebral thrombosis. He did not know that he was in a coma. How heartbroken and helpless Ying felt, maybe he also felt that he was helpless. On September 24, Wu Wenzao passed away in Beijing with his attachment and love for Bing Xin at the age of 84. The hand he held was never seen again. We can't go together. Bing Xin is most afraid of loneliness. On February 28, 1999, Bing Xin, who lived alone for 15 more years, passed away at the age of 99. After his death, their ashes were buried together, fulfilling Bing Xin's last wish of "die in the same cave". On the urn are written in parallel: Jiangyin Wu Wenzao, Changle Xie Wanying. This is probably a beautiful but unreplicable love legend in the world. Even if they become bones in the wind, they will be together in this life.
Catalog of works
Name of works Category Year Publisher
1. "Spring Water with Stars" (Collection of Poems) 1923, Business. 2 "Superman" (Collection of Novels and Prose) 1920, Business. 3. "Send to Little Readers" (correspondence collection), 1978, Beixin. 4. "The Past" (novel and essay collection), 1931, Kaiming. 5 "Return to the South" (prose collection), 1945, Beixin. 6. "Aunt" (novel collection) ) 1987, Beixin. 7. "The Complete Works of Bing Xin Part 1 - Collected Novels of Bing Xin" 1932, Beixin. 8 "The Complete Works of Bing Xin Part 2 - Collected Poems of Bing Xin" 1932, Beixin. 9. "The Complete Works of Bing Xin Part 3 - Collected Prose of Bing Xin" 1932, Beixin. 10. "Leisure" (Collection of Poems and Prose), 1922, Beixin. 11. "Going to the Country" (Collection of Novels), 1933, Beixin. 12. "Travel Notes along the Pingsui-Sui Line" (Collection of Prose), 1935, Beixin Sui Railway Administration. 13. "Dong'er Girl" (Novel Collection) 1935, Beixin. 14. "Bing Xin's Works Collection One - Bing Xin's Novels" (Novel Collection) 1943, Kaiming. 15. "Bing Xin's Works Collection Two" ——Collection of Bing Xin's Prose" (Collection of Prose) 1943, Kaiming. 16. "Collection of Bing Xin's Writings Part Three - Collected Poems of Bing Xin" (Collection of Poetry) 1943, Kaiming. 17. "About Women" (Collection of Prose) 1943, Tiandi. 18. "Selected Novels and Essays of Bing Xin" 1954, Humanities. 19. "Tao Qi's Summer Diary" (novel) 1956, Shanghai Children's. 20. "Miscellaneous Notes on Returning Home" (collection of essays) 1957, Shanghai Children's. 21. "After Returning" ( Collection of essays) 1958, writer. 22. "Remail to Little Readers" (Collection of Correspondence) From March 11, 1958, to 1960, *** wrote 21 articles and published them in "People's Daily" and "Children's Times". 23. "We Awakened the Spring" (collection of essays) 1960, Baihua. 24. "Little Orange Lantern" (collection of novels, essays and poems) 1960, writer. 25. "Ode to Cherry Blossoms" (collection of essays) 1962, Baihua . 26. "The Gleaning Notes" (a collection of essays), 1964, writer. 27. "The Collection of Wanqing" (a collection of essays and novels), 1980, Baihua. 28. "Three Posts to Little Readers" (a collection of correspondence), 1981, children. 29. "Memory Beads" (Creation Talk) 1982, Humanities. 30. "Bing Xin on Creation" 1982, Shanghai Literature and Art. 31. "Selected Works of Bing Xin" 1982, Children's. 32. "Selected Prose of Bing Xin" 1983, Humanities. 33. "Selected Works of Bing Xin" (1-2) 1983, Sichuan People (not published in Qi). 34. "Collected Works of Bing Xin" (1-3) 1983, Shanghai Literature and Art (not published in Qi). 35. "The Complete Works of Bing Xin" (1-8) ) 1994, Straits Literature and Art. 36. "Only Select Children and Travel Many Places" 1981, children, compiled into primary school Chinese textbooks. 37 "My Secret" 1957 In terms of prose, he created four series of articles in succession, namely "Write as I Think", "My Autobiography", "About Men" and "Fufeng Miscellaneous Notes", 2000. "Miscellaneous Notes from the Mountains" was written while I was studying in the United States, I fell ill and spent time recuperating in the mountains.
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