Everyone knows that ** loves to read. From a young age, he could not let go of the papers, and even in his later years, when he was critically ill, he still ordered his secretary to read it aloud to him. At about 5 o'clock in the morning on September 8, 1976, ** listened to the staff read "Rong Zhai's Essays" for 7 minutes. Among the many books he has dabbled in, he often talks about "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". ** I often inspire others with the characters or stories in the book, I know the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" well, I have already understood its wisdom, frequently praised and recognized, and encouraged everyone to read this masterpiece extensively. In 1942, ** clearly called on party comrades to read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin".
The chairman often said to the staff around him: "To do work, you have to watch "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Reading reveals aspects that many people overlook. In 1949, when solving the Suiyuan problem, ** once explained "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to *** and others. The chairman took Guan Yunchang as an example, saying that Guan Yu did not know how to unite the front as a whole, and after the founding of the country, he often used "Guan Yu walking in the wheat city" as a warning to remind cadres to be humble and not to be proud. ** Guan Yu in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has studied a lot, and even asked comrades for advice when he inspected cadres in 1954.
At that time, he inspected Zhejiang and walked with Wang Fang, director of the Zhejiang Public Security Department, in Hangzhou. Wang Fang is an old comrade who has participated in the revolution for a long time, and has been responsible for the defense of the country many times after the founding of the People's Republic of China. ** I admired the comrades who liked to learn, so I chatted with Wang Fang about many topics outside of work. When he swam to the Jade Emperor Mountain, he asked curiously: "Do you know all the gods here?"
Wang Fang replied: "Chairman, the temple is mainly composed of statues of characters in "Romance of the Gods".
The chairman was pleasantly surprised to learn of Wang Fang's extensive knowledge, and then asked, "Have you read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?Wang Fang replied: "Chairman, I have not only read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but also "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". After hearing this, he was very happy, so he asked Wang Fang to investigate: "Then I will test you now, Guan Yu in the Three Kingdoms, what is his surname?"Wang Fang was stunned for a moment, thinking that she had misheard, and thought that Guan Yu was not surnamed Guan, but she was embarrassed to ask the chairman, so she replied: "Chairman, of course Guan Yu is surnamed Guan." * smiled and said, "You got it wrong this time, Guan Yu is not surnamed Guan."
Wang Fang was surprised, although she knew that the chairman was erudite and talented, and what he said must be reasonable, she still couldn't help but ask about the source. ** smiled and replied: "You can find it if you look everywhere." *The intention of the words is to encourage Wang Fang to read more. Afterwards, Wang Fang really fulfilled his mission, read a lot of books, and served as the deputy secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee until his death in 2009 at the age of 90. According to expert research, the allusion mentioned by ** comes from the Qing Dynasty scholar Liang Zhangju's "Returning to the Field".