Chapter 694 693 "The Battle Between the Two Kings" And "The Resonance of the Two Zhangs"

He attended the "Literary Seminar of the 1990s" held by the Chinese Writers Association in Hangzhou this year according to the arrangement of the Provincial Writers Association. In addition to famous domestic writers, literary theorists, and editors-in-chief of major magazines, the leaders of the provincial writers associations also attended.

The "four horses" of the Qin Provincial Writers Association were all dispatched, including Chen Zhongshi, Lu Yao, Jia Pingwa and Fang Minghua.

Although Fang Minghua was reluctant to travel thousands of miles to Hangzhou, which was hotter than Xijing, to attend the meeting in the hot summer, he had no reason to refuse the arrangement of the Writers Association.

There was another reason. Zhao Hongjun in Shanghai called a few days ago and said, "Didn't you ask me to help you keep an eye out for old houses when you came to Shanghai last year? Now there is a house for sale. Come and have a look when you have time."

In this case, Fang Minghua decided to go to the meeting first, and then go to Shanghai to look at houses after the meeting. Anyway, Hangzhou is not far from Shanghai.

The train was running in the south of the Yangtze River.

Unlike the northern plains, the fields outside were planted with green rice, one after another, and it looked full of summer.

The four-person berth is a soft sleeper - according to regulations, department-level cadres can enjoy soft sleeper treatment when they are on business trips, so of course everyone will not be too harsh on themselves.

Not to mention that the soft sleeper bed space is larger than the hard sleeper, and there are four people in a private room, with a door, so it is private and safe to chat.

Several people looked at the summer scenery of Jiangnan outside the window, drank the special Longjing tea that Fang Minghua brought from home, and chatted.

"Hey, don't you know? I heard that there is a very important topic in this seminar, which is a big discussion on humanistic spirit."

The speaker was Jia Pingwa.

He sat on the lower bunk with a cigarette in his hand.

There were three heavy smokers among the four people, so Fang Minghua had to endure it silently. Fortunately, although he didn't smoke, he was not like a woman who was sensitive to the smell of cigarettes.

He was now lying on the upper bunk with headphones listening to a new song, which was "Alian", one of the "four major village flowers" in the 1990s, sung by Dai Jun, and it sounds quite tasteful now.

While listening and humming, he suddenly heard Jia Pingwa on the lower bunk say this, and immediately took off his headphones and turned over to look at him.

"Brother Jia, isn't this item on the agenda for this meeting?"

"It was added temporarily. I heard that many literati and writers called for further discussion at this meeting, and the leaders of the Writers Association agreed."

Fuck!

It's that great discussion on humanistic spirit again!

The great discussion on humanistic spirit started in the second half of 1993. It has been two years and there seems to be no sign of abating. It is even getting more intense. Some scholars outside the humanities have also started to join.

Famous economist Fan Gang also participated in the discussion. There was a big headline in the "China Reading Newspaper": "Humanistic spirit, economists speak up". Among these economists, there are those who basically agree, those who analyze, and those who criticize. There are all kinds of voices.

Of course, the most famous in the past two years are the "Two Wangs' Dispute" (Wang Meng and Wang Binbin) and the "Two Zhangs' Resonance" (Zhang Chengzhi and Zhang Wei). These are particularly attractive voices in the chorus of discussions on humanistic spirit.

"Two Zhangs Resonance" refers to the article "Using the Pen as a Flag" published by writer Zhang Chengzhi in October in 1993, and the article "The Habit of Resistance" published by Zhang Wei in Wenhui Daily on March 2, 1993, which jointly expressed dissatisfaction and worry about the current state of literature, advocating to raise the spiritual banner and promote ideals and beliefs.

After that, Zhang Chengzhi published articles such as "The Method of Tearing Business Cards", "Clean Spirit", and "Tearing Your Business Card", and Zhang Wei published "The Worried and Angry Return", "Night Thoughts", "Soliloquy", etc. At the same time, writers such as Han Shaogong and Li Rui also published articles in response. This group of writers discussed "moral idealism" and caused a strong response in the intellectual community.

But Wang Meng is unique.

Wang Meng opposed those young scholars' criticism of Wang Shuo!

Wang Meng once published an article "Avoiding the Sublime" in Reading in 1993 to defend the "Wang Shuo phenomenon". Later, Wang Meng criticized the "Humanistic Spirit Discussion".

Wang Binbin is a doctor of literature from Fudan University. After graduation, he returned to the Nanjing Military Region because of his military status. He worked in the Art Creation Office of the Military Region Political Department and was one of the scholars who first participated in the discussion of humanistic spirit. After seeing the article written by Wang Meng, he immediately wrote an article entitled "Too Smart Writer" to criticize Wang Meng.

Wang Meng responded with another article entitled "Black Horse and Black Pony" without hesitation. Wang Binbin was not to be outdone. He simply called himself "Black Pony Studio" and published two articles in a row to refute with more intense words.

Writer Liu Xinwu, who was once Wang Meng's subordinate and friend, published an article entitled "The Annihilation of Gao Changhong" in the second issue of "Contemporary Writer Review" this year, "advising some young people not to repeat Gao Changhong's mistakes and become famous by scolding people."

" Wang Binbin immediately wrote an article in "China Reading Newspaper" to refute Liu Xinwu.

Fang Minghua read these publicly published articles. To put it bluntly, they were still discussing the humanistic spirit at the beginning, but in the end they had gone beyond the academic scope and became a dispute of will.

The matter was originally over, but Wang Shuo, who was unwilling to be lonely or could not swallow his anger, published "Scholar Wang Shuo Talks about the Literary World" in the fourth edition of "Cultural Guide" this spring, accusing Wang Binbin, Zhang Chengzhi, Zhang Wei and others, causing the "Two Wangs Dispute" that had been calming down to stir up waves again.

The literary world suddenly became lively again.

In this atmosphere, this literary seminar was held, and someone must have wanted to bring this topic to the meeting.

But Fang Minghua really didn't like to talk about this.

Both sides are influential figures in the literary world, who can convince whom?

Of course, it is a good thing to discuss this issue in depth, but the most feared thing is that it will become a verbal dispute between the two sides, with impulsiveness and opposition for the sake of opposition.

The "two Wangs' dispute" ended with this result.

Now Fang Minghua heard Jia Pingwa say this, and Chen Zhongshi smoked his Bashan cigar and sighed: "It seems that this meeting is full of gunpowder."

"I don't think it's too intense, just say what needs to be said!" Jia Pingwa said with a smile.

Lu Yao and Chen Zhongshi, who were sitting on the lower bunk, looked at each other.

It seems that Jia Pingwa will be in the limelight at the meeting.

When the great humanities discussion began the year before last, young scholars gathered their firepower to fire at Wang Shuo, and Jia Pingwa was eager to try and prepare to avenge Wang Shuo's scolding of him.

But he was persuaded by Fang Minghua, saying that your novel "Wasteland" is also considered "spiritual pollution" by those young scholars. Once you open your mouth, won't you be a shield for Wang Shuo and attract fire?

He held back.

Two years later, the book "Wasteland" is not only a bestseller in China, but has also been translated into English and French and published abroad. Jia Pingwa has also made a lot of money from royalties.

Taking this opportunity, it's time to take revenge!

"Minghua."

Chen Zhongshi suddenly thought of Fang Minghua lying on the upper bunk. When he looked up, he found that he had put on his headphones and was lying on the bed listening to music.