Pine rhyme bells
Preface to Yu Tiansong's "Old Pine Reading the World" poetry collection.
Author: Lu Dejun.
A few days ago, when the old chief Yu Tiansong was chatting privately on WeChat, he suddenly said to me: "I have written more than 100 poems, and everyone is looking for enough to publish a book of poems, please write a preface." I was pleasantly surprised at first glance, and suddenly I was "confused" again. I am glad that the old chief's cultivation has been fruitful, but I am stunned that I am a shallow and non-celebrity, and I have not done this "work", and I am not enough to write a preface to his poetry collection; Besides, he was also the "teacher" when I was learning to "climb the lattice" in the teacher's reporting group, and the students only had to read Mr. 's masterpiece, so how dare they write a preface for it. However, I was well aware of his unconventional temperament, but he repeatedly "ordered", so I had to "obey the order" to try to write.
The old chief of Tiansong is seventy-eight years old, and he is more than ten years older than me. We have known each other for more than 40 years. He was born in a poor mountain village in Laiyang, Shandong, with a primary school education, and joined the army at the age of 18; because of his hard work, eagerness to learn and forge ahead, and tenacious struggle, he gradually grew from a soldier to a leading cadre at the division level, and from a company battalion to a large military region organ, and later transferred to a city-level organ to do management work. In the 60s, he was a well-known model of learning from Mao in the whole army, and he was cordially received by *** twice.
Rich experience, extensive reading, coupled with diligent study and good thinking, have become the source of his writing. When he was in the army, he often wrote some discussions and essays in conjunction with his work, which were published in newspapers and periodicals at all levels. In recent years, although he is close to old age, he is still active in the online platform and the WeChat group of his comrades-in-arms, with amazing memory, rich accumulation and strong thinking, he has been working hard, sending hundreds of thousands of words of essays and essays like a silkworm spinning silk (the collection "No Love in This Life" has been published, with a preface by the famous reportage writer Li Yanguo), which not only regurgitates his own life, but also chews and writes the life of today's society; Although he claims to be a "lower riba people" of the grass people, he is unanimously praised by everyone as a beautiful article of "Yu's style".
Unexpectedly, this year, the old leader of Tiansong, who is good at essays and prose, suddenly had a great poetic glow, and his talent burst out again, and he improvised and wrote more than 100 popular free poems one after another, which was admired by everyone. At present, the book "Lao Song Reading the World" in front of readers is the presentation of his painstaking poems. These poems, because of my similar hobbies to him, naturally often have a sneak peek and become the "appetizer" of our conversation. Today's collection is published, I am happy to read it, meditate on it, recall the long life course of the old chief, recall his character, and feel his poetic feelings, and I can't help but sigh: The old leader's name is Tiansong, and he is really like his person, isn't it as good as a pine that towers over the sky! It is really as straight as the pine, as simple as the pine, as strong as the pine, and as old and fresh as the pine. Thinking about it, I don't feel that my ears are accompanied by the pine wind, and the sound of pine is bursting, like the rhythm of bells and drums, echoing in my ears and shaking my heart.
Ru pine straight. The old leader of Tiansong is upright, honest, straightforward, does not tell lies, lies and clichés, and tells the truth and local words. In his words, "I blush when I tell a lie, my heart is awkward, and my tongue is not bent". In the past, he once suffered ups and downs in his career because he was unwilling to tell lies and speak against his will, against the wishes of a person in power, but he has always been "easy to change, and his nature is difficult to change". Literature is like character. He writes poems for the text, but also tells the truth and tells his own words, expressing his true thoughts and opinions in his heart. Therefore, most of his poems are straightforward and straightforward. For example, he wrote poems about historical figures "Chen Duxiu" and "Qu Qiubai", etc., and had the courage to seek truth from facts, directly stating their merits and demerits, which was objective and true; The deliberative poem "Recuperation" describes the original intention of building a sanatorium, and clearly reveals the later development and mutation, forming a kind of privilege enjoyment and disguised corruption that few people can recognize, which violates the original intention and purpose of our party. There is also "Marquee", which bluntly talks about the disadvantages of some local leaders adjusting too quickly; "Three Strange Things" directly refers to the bad habits of bureaucracy and formalism. Similar to poetry, the content is short and vivid, the ideas and views are clear, the language is concise and clear, and it does not drag on the mud; It's mostly one thing, one thing, one person, one feeling, one discussion, one song. In this collection of his poems, more than 100 free poems are selected, most of which are more than 100 or a few hundred words long. There is no pretentious vague language, no hazy ideological cognition, and they are all directly expressed with true feelings, sincere thoughts and emotions. It can be said that poetry is him, and he is poetry; He writes poems, and poems carry him; People and poems are the inside and the outside, and the inside and the outside are the same. Perhaps from the eyes of some connoisseurs, this is not like poetry, and he himself said that this is more "smooth" and "straightforward". However, it is indeed expressed in the form of modern free verse, in rhyming and compliant sentences, and it cannot be denied that it is poetry. Or maybe it's an innovative exploration of free verse. But "whether it's a mule or a horse", after pulling it out and "kicking", the group members really liked it.
Such as pine rustic. The comrades-in-arms said that being down-to-earth, through the earth's veins, simple and unpretentious, and easy to understand is a major feature of the poems of the old leader of Tiansong. This is closely related to the fact that he was born in a farming family, grew up in a crop field, went to school in a mountain village, and was in the barracks. He always regarded himself as a member of the ordinary people's soldiers, and his feet were always on the dirt; roots, always rooted in the common people; The heart is always tied to the barracks; Love, always tied to the villagers and comrades-in-arms. Because of this kind of heart-to-heart connection, affection, and connection, caring for the common people in the world, paying attention to the people's lives, observing the people's opinions, expressing the life of the countryside and the military camp, reflecting the voices of the people and soldiers, and expressing the true feelings of the heart, has become the main content of his poems. Open this collection of poems, what is displayed in front of you seems to be a vivid picture of the lives of ordinary people and soldiers, surging with firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, pots and pans, one, two, three, four footsteps, tick tick and tick military horn. For example, "Returning to Hometown", "Hot Pengtou", "Rushing to the Temple Fair", "My Grandma", "Grandpa's Flat Dan", "Aunt Square", as well as "Autumn Harvest" and "Autumn Rain" and other series of poems about autumn, all of which describe the past and present living conditions of ordinary people in villages and towns, as well as the constant feelings and thoughts of the hometown and villagers, are full of nostalgia and nostalgia, and have a strong smell of fireworks in the world. "Old Barracks", "I Hang the Military Uniform on the Head of the Bed", "Comradeship, Look at Nantong", "Wang Ke Chops Chicken Vegetables", etc., express his deep attachment to the life of the military camp, the bitter nostalgia for the plot of the army's tempering, and the strong adherence to the friendship of comrades-in-arms, showing the pure, honest and gentle feelings of a retired veteran revolutionary soldier. His free verse language still retains the "Yu style style" in his prose, which is very free and popular, and the reader will know when he opens the book, there are no strange words that are pretended to be profound and difficult to understand, there are no ornate sentences, most of them are the language of the masses, lively, simple and vivid, concise and easy to understand. In his own words, it is "the soil has to get rid of the scum", "writing things is for the public to see, and you can't write words that no one understands". In the words of his comrades-in-arms, it is full of earthy smell, villager flavor, and military flavor. Commander Sun Mingyong, an old comrade-in-arms, commented that the poetry of the old leader of Tiansong is like Jiaodong's famous "sliced fish" (a famous dish in the restaurant is called "fish pot slices"), which looks inconspicuous, but tastes very fragrant, which is very suitable for the public's appetite. And all this, in the final analysis, is that his works have a profound people's nature, that his environment has changed, the essence of people has not changed, and his true colors have not faded; The position and status have changed, the original intention has not been forgotten, the purpose has not been lost, and the ideology has always been the supremacy of the people and serving the people. To summarize the logic of his writing, the food of the people in his mouth, the blood of Li Min in his body, the family affairs in his heart, and the love of the common people in his arms, what he writes in his pen is naturally written in the popular language, and of course it is the taste of the public.
It is as strong as a pine. People who have read the poems of the old leader of Tiansong have a common feeling, that is, there is not only affection and love, but also love and hatred, full of righteousness, righteousness, righteousness, and strength. This is mainly due to the fact that he has been educated, cultivated, and tempered in the melting pot of the people's army for a long time, and has been influenced by the advanced political ideology and glorious traditional style of our party and our army, which has tempered the party spirit in his bones and the bloody nature of his character, which is further reflected in the fighting spirit in his poems. This fighting spirit, fighting style, is embedded in many of his poems, gathering into their shining points.
Point 1: Express the enthusiasm of loving the party and the country. From the poems of the old leader of Tiansong, I strongly felt a little bit, there is faith in my heart, there is warmth in my arms, and there is an aura in my pen. On the 100th anniversary of the founding of the party, the excitement when he wore the party organization to award the commemorative medal to the veteran party members with more than 50 years of party experience expressed the firm will to fight for the party's cause all his life, and was full of pride and pride. In "Idol" and "Shrapnel", he enthusiastically eulogized the noble quality of the prime minister, and generously expressed his reverence for the founding generals and revolutionaries of the older generation; "I Wish to Be a Little River" and so on, vividly and truly show his enthusiasm for the benefit of the people and dedication to the country. Poems such as "Qu Yuan" and "Chen Jiageng" are his passionate praise for the loyalty, strength and fearlessness of Chinese sons and daughters in different eras. There are also many lyrical poems in the book that praise the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, such as "The Great Wall", "Yantai Mountain", "Shimen Red Leaves" and so on. These passionate and heroic poems praising the patriotism of the predecessors and the present and the scenery of the mountains and rivers are a vivid portrayal of his steadfast patriotic spirit and feelings.
Point 2: Carry forward the fine traditional culture and morality. For example, "Lotus" praises the traditional pure discipline of "getting out of the sludge without staining"; "I Have an Umbrella" sings about the benevolence of cherishing things and knowing kindness; "Dumplings", "Order Takeout" and "New Year's Flavor" call for inheriting national family life and food culture; In particular, "Filial Piety" and "Hope for Jackie Chan" strongly criticized the various phenomena of unfilial piety today, and called for the promotion of filial piety. These poems highlight the careful protection of the spiritual roots of China by an old man nurtured by Chinese tradition and Qilu culture, and the ardent expectation that the descendants of Yan and Huang will not forget their roots.
Point 3: Acura calls for truth, goodness and beauty in the new era. The old leaders of Tiansong have the characteristics of keen vision and unique perspective, and can always discover and capture the new situations, new problems and new phenomena in the environment of the new era in a timely manner, or call new people, new things and new ideas, and discover the truth, goodness and beauty from them, and praise and praise them. In August this year, he saw the 12-year-old champion Quan Hongchan's innocent acceptance speech at the Olympic Games, and immediately wrote the poem "Innocence is Lovely". And "Shandong People" timely praised the generous donations of Shandong villagers to fight floods and provide disaster relief after Henan suffered a rare flood in July and August this year. The poem "Toilet" is that he witnessed the market economy environment, some people do everything possible to seek personal interests and greedy for pleasure, and from the toilet, which can be seen every day and is used by everyone, he feels its noble quality of silent dedication, no regrets and no complaints, and praises it, in order to remind people to base themselves on ordinary posts and serve and contribute to the public. "The Responsibility of the First Rich" is his heartfelt appeal to the first rich people because of the extreme widening gap between the rich and the poor over the years, and the suspension of "the first rich lead the latter to become rich".
Point 4: Whipping the fake ugliness in reality. People who are familiar with the old leader of Tiansong deeply feel that he has a sense of justice. Because of his nature, he sees fake, ugly, and corrupt things, and sees bad people, bad things, and bad phenomena, and is often filled with righteous indignation, not vomiting or unhappy, and not writing endlessly, which is also in line with the sentence "anger out of poets". Therefore, his poems are full of warrior spirit and strong fighting spirit, often like "throwing spears and daggers", killing all kinds of ugly and corrupt phenomena. For example, "Heart Eye" praises the famous private entrepreneur Cao Dewang for selflessly rescuing women who ask for help, and at the same time denounces the bad behavior of the recipients who do not know kindness and righteousness and are insatiable; "The Dog "Master" Sits in a Sedan Chair" angrily whipped the ugly style of holding wealth for the rich, arrogant and self-plattering, and disqualified. If the above-mentioned work is that he wants to use poetry to strive to split the evil and correct the bad atmosphere of civil society, then his "Jumping off the Building", "The Secretary's "Slap" and "Two-faced Man", which describe the ugly people and things that were popular and familiar to everyone not long ago, are the angry and angry attacks on the corrupt phenomena and unhealthy trends within the party and the country.
As old as the pine, strong and fresh. Here it is said that Tiansong Lao Leader is old and strong, not only about his old Ji and his writing, but also about his poetry and writing, and his poetry and writing are old, and he is getting stronger and stronger as he gets older, and he is old and spicy. Reading his poems, I can't feel the student's tone, the angry and youthful tone, and the little pedantic, what I feel is full of emotion, lofty and broad, righteous words, and open-mindedness. In the analysis, in addition to the above, the main thing is that he has a solid foundation in two aspects: on the one hand, he has a strong cultural accumulation. Although he only attended the school for a few years when he was young, he loved reading for a long time, almost to the point of reading books. Especially after becoming a soldier, he almost read all kinds of works of the founding leaders and Marxist-Leninist classics, and even familiarized himself with "Mao Xuan", memorized many chapters in *** quotations and poems, and wrote down hundreds of thousands of words of experience. At the same time, he also likes to read historical classics, Tang and Song poems, etc., and read the works of modern cultural celebrities such as Lu Xun. Later, he entered the military higher education institution for the second time to study and further his studies, and he was even more comfortable with a fish in water. His long-term unremitting reading has accumulated his profound cultural literacy. The so-called "reading more than 10,000 volumes, writing like a god", he is a living sample. On the other hand, it is his ability to think. He has served as a leading cadre for many years, and has paid attention to conscientiously studying the leaders' speeches and organizational documents at all levels, and has a deep understanding of the spiritual essence. At the same time, attention should be paid to analyzing, thinking, and studying various problems in social work and life in connection with reality, giving perspective and dissection, clarifying the crux of the problem, finding solutions and ways to solve them, and implementing them in practice. In this way, over time, he has formed a keen observation eye, a quick thinking mind, and a sensitive ideological antennae, and can always see things that others cannot see from the things that others are accustomed to; From the complex phenomena, we can see the inner essence, and then condense it into poetry. In short, he has firm ideals and beliefs, strong political ideology, is good at dialectical thinking, and is full of pride and confidence, which is the root of his poetry.
To say that his poems are fresh is mainly to say that reading his poems has a refreshing atmosphere and freshness. The freshness lies in the fact that most of his poems follow the rhythm of the times and are synchronously chanted with time and space, which has a strong sense of the times, news, and instant improvisation. He pays close attention to all kinds of ** news, often watches popular film and television dramas, and then participates in WeChat chats. Thus guaranteeing the freshness of his poems. Refreshing, reflected in the connotation of its poetry is upright, pure, clear, and approachable, natural and friendly, reading makes people feel like drinking nectar, dripping with joy; Let people solve their doubts and relieve boredom, and their ears and eyes are clear. For example, he writes "Breeding" that pays attention to food safety, "Health Products", "Mentality" and "Yang Therapy" that pay attention to health care, and "Ping Pong" that he has long insisted on strengthening his body, etc., both seeing things and people; There is both reason and affection; There is both stillness and movement; There are both depreciation and promotion; Both from and above the practice of life. When people read it, they seem to feel the breeze blowing, and then they clearly understand what to do and what not to do.
The above are my thoughts on reading the poems of the old leaders of Tiansong. Generally speaking, his poems are elegant hidden in the vulgar, philosophical in straightforwardness, wisdom in vigor, and profundity in simplicity. The beauty of this "Yu-style style" is that after years of wind and frost, the white head is dyed, and "the yellow sand is exhausted to get gold". However, he humbled himself and said, "When I am older, I am afraid that it will be troublesome to write words, so I choose to express my thoughts with a smooth mouth, and it is easy to write with few words." I didn't understand the rhythmic requirements of poetry, so I wrote like this uninhibited, like a wild child with no education, no edges, no informality, and a gray face. Let's just see. "That's true, too. I believe that with the old leader's strong body and brain, diligent and enterprising personality, and the "accumulated habit" of writing habits, with the passage of time, he will definitely write a large number of more perfect free verses.
At this point, it suddenly occurred to me that the old man of Tiansong had spent most of his life in Kunyu Mountain, and I had worked there for several years, and I had a strong affection for Kunyu Mountain, especially the lush pine trees in the mountain. His poetry collection is entitled "Lao Song Reading the World", why don't I use "Song Song" as a poem and write a clumsy essay. A thought moves, and the meaning rhymes:
The iron-boned Qiong needle is proud of the heroes, and the frost and snow are in the sky.
The embrace of Vientiane is evergreen, and the charm is unique and clear.
Read all the worries and joys of the building, and know the life and death of the grass and trees.
Willing to cleanse the earth for the earth, Yuyu clarifies thousands of miles.
Note: This preface refers to and extracts the "Reading Yu Tiansong Poems" written by the old leader Sun Mingyong and the information provided. Modified on November 12, 2021 in Wolong Garden, Jinan.
About author】Lu Dejun (male), calligraphy name Yixing, member of China Financial Calligraphers Association, member of Shandong Poetry Society. Born in Dancheng, Henan, he lives in Jinan, Shandong. Graduated from the Department of Chinese of Shandong University. After nearly 20 years in the army, he has been engaged in news reporting, theoretical research, propaganda and education work in the propaganda departments of divisions, group armies, and large military regions, and later transferred to work in the provincial branch of a state-controlled commercial bank. He has published nearly 1,000 news reports, theoretical research, business, speeches, essays, and literary reviews in journals at all levels inside and outside the military, and 10 ancient poems (couplets) and modern poems; He is the author of books such as "The Art of Lecturing on Ideological Education at the Grassroots Level". The rich cultural accumulation and the enduring interest in calligraphy have laid a solid foundation for him to learn and comprehend calligraphy and create calligraphy works, and provided an inexhaustible source of motivation. Since childhood, he has devoted himself to studying Wang Xizhi, Ouyang Xun, Zhao Mengfu, Wu Changshuo, Qi Gong, Jiang Weisong and other famous calligraphers of the past dynasties, and the art of calligraphy has gradually improved, in recent years, he has participated in many national and local book fair competitions and won awards, especially Qigong calligraphy has been praised by all walks of life.