"Mighty River" is a work that Qi Bangyuan told himself that he must complete in his lifetime. At the age of 80, he picked up the pen, recalled and wrote in tears at night, for a total of five years, it took his eyes and shaking his hands to complete the masterpiece. Books are like stacked dead leavesEvery paragraph is the sorrow of the Chinese!
In the political history of these years, certain characters and events have been deliberately hollowed out because of the needs of different regimes for the editing of history. With the help of Qi Bangyuan's pen, the characters of a certain era began to have a real life style.
In "The Mighty River", Mr. Qi recalls the post-war years in China, and how many people's longing has been replaced by despair. Victory: Void, the vanity of all.
At the beginning of June 1947, Professor Qi witnessed Professor Miao Langshan, who was scolding the current situation in Wuhan University's famous "June 1st Lecture" and Literary Scolding, was arrested by the garrison headquarters on campus. At 6 o'clock in the morning, the soldiers with loaded guns forcibly took Professor Miao away, and the students rushed forward to stop him, and the soldiers opened fire, and three students were shot in the head and killed on the spot. The deceased was moved to the Great Hall and covered with a sheet; The 25-year-old Qi Bangyuan witnessed a page of history. The teachers and students of the whole school cried in unison, crying for the dead students, and also crying for the sorrow that China had just finished fighting a war of resistance and fell into another war.
In the book "Mighty River", she asked Mao several times: If China did not fall into a civil war after the war in 1945, but the two parties worked together to rebuild, would China's fate be different?
At night, I read the life chronicle of Teacher Qi Bangyuan, and watched it for 6 hours, and I didn't take a nap until early in the morning.
She wrote so unemotionally, but I was shocked to see it. That period of history that we mistakenly thought we were familiar with turned out to be buried with so many tragedies of different characters and different corners. And everyone, but thought that their own tragedy, in that era, was only the only one.
This article is too short to tell the full story of the book. I would like to pay tribute to Mr. Qi.
After the publication of Mighty River, Mr. Qi received hundreds of letters, several of whom were in their 90s. They talked about the events of the year in tears, although it was a sad era, it was also a nostalgic and backbone era. Her student, the famous writer Jian Yuan, described the weight of the book as "a shot, the mountains and rivers shook". BecauseWhat she has experienced is not only a personal fate, but also the fate of a nation, the most backbone China that Mr. Qi is proud of and has truly existed.
For mainland readers, "Mighty River" is an extremely rare reading experience, because few people in the mainland tell history like this. Mr. Qi Bangyuan is a master of words, she is like an experienced and experienced commander, wielding thousands of troops and horses to rebuke words, showing us a picture of the blood and tears of the little people, life and death in the context of the tragic and strong era.
In fact, we know this nearly 100-year history written by Mr. Qi; However, it is theoretical, detached, conceptual, and cold; The century-old history composed of the cries, sufferings, wars, and struggles of her characters is vivid, flesh and blood, and touchable. Mr. Qi let us truly touch this extraordinary and painful century-old history.
Mr. Qi's personal abundant feelings just fill the gap of many mainland works, and an era that cannot be seen in textbooks. Many memories are different from the perceptions established in textbooks. A lot of questions seem to be answered here...
Qi Bangyuan:I was 80 years old when I published the book, and I knew that no one after me knew about it, and that people before me died, so I was going to say something that no one else knew. The book "Mighty River" dared to be published on the mainland, which is quite brave. I am quite happy for mainland readers to read it, maybe the times are different, and they also want to hear something other than the official statement.
Yu Minhong said that when he was tired, he could calm his heart by watching "Mighty River". Lu Yuegang described, "This is a book that I dare not open easily when I hold it in my hand, I can't close it easily when I open it, and I can't let go of it when I close it in my heart." ”
Wang Dewei saidThe book is "so sad, so joyful, so unique". There are many books that record that war-torn era, but it is still very rare to be able to completely record this historical change with a unique family background and life experience. Douban score 91. Excellent reputation, has been out of stock for many years. It is not easy to resurrect a small number now.
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