Political Metaphors of Deyun Society (5)

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In the winter of 2011, I had just arrived in Beijing a few months after graduation, and I still had time to travel from Chongwen to Haidian, crossing half of Beijing. Go to Peking University to listen to music and watch a show. That time I was watching TNT's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Before the show started, I saw a comment by a celebrity on the display board at the door that was not very interesting - "Everything is done by masters, and no step is for stability. The whole story is about taking risks, seeking innovation and change while taking risks."

To be honest, people now have many choices to watch Shakespeare dramas in China. How can a small-cost, uninnovative theater company like TNT afford it? Do you deserve such praise? I said at that time that this statement can be applied to any sports and cultural activities, even chess, card and mahjong. There is no need to know what Shakespeare is. Then I had doubts about the reviewer, took a look, and saw "Xu Deliang (cross talk actor)" written on it.

As an incompetent master of foreign literature who has edited, directed and performed "A Midsummer Night's Dream", within the scope of my knowledge, I can count on two hands the number of domestic academic circles who can talk and laugh about Shakespeare's plays. , and I can’t tell what connection Xu Deliang has with this group. It is true that I have occasionally encountered ancient literature or classical philology students who have a good foundation in foreign literature, but in my opinion, Xu Deliang was crushed to death by the aura of "Beijing University's classical literature major" in the end.

Although Xu Deliang joined Deyun Society not too early, his background in the political life of the organization is considered good. Zhang Wenshun, a member of the first "Central Bureau", had two well-known disciples of the "De" generation. One was Zhang Dewu, who passed away at the beginning of this year, and the other was Xu Deliang. As a college student in his early years, Mr. Wenshun indeed attached great importance to cultural and artistic cultivation when recruiting apprentices. Zhang Dewu is a well-known calligrapher. After leaving Deyun Society, he found a job as an art teacher at Fengtai Experimental School. Xu Deliang Needless to say, serious graduates from the Chinese Department of Peking University are nowhere near as good as those who failed the exam.

Xu Deliang is more than ten years younger than Zhang Dewu, but during the period when Deyun Society was gradually developing and reaching its peak, he seemed to have more fun than his senior brother. On the one hand, Wang Wenlin, an old gentleman of the "literary" generation, who is "somewhat interesting", has been praising him for a long time. On the other hand, Deyun Society also needs "ethics" like Xu Deliang in addition to the "ethics" represented by Guo Degang. "Wengui" neutralizes the color and reveals some cultural style.

In the political life of Deyun Society, seniority is not always high, but the preferential treatment Xu Deliang received is evident. In 2006, when the organization was at its peak, it even held a "Peking University Provincial Provincial Concert" for him at the Centennial Auditorium of Peking University (the place mentioned at the beginning of my article), and the "My College Life" about reminiscing about the past was even written by Guo Degang Praise him personally. In my impression, he seemed to only stand in the table when supporting his apprentice and son, which was a big deal.

But it was that cross talk that had more disgusting feelings than artistic connotation, which made me feel endless embarrassment. Not being used to Guo Degang's praise is certainly one of the reasons. It's too much of a show-stealer, even if he didn't mean it himself. On the other hand, Xu Deliang returned to his old place. Except for his unsound singing voice, he seemed to use every over-forced enunciation and pronunciation to declare to the students in the audience, "I am going from here." out". As a result, an awkward power distribution emerged on the stage - a popular actor who had not graduated from junior high school but had absolute say in Deyun Society. Hearing that he graduated from the Chinese Department of Peking University, he felt that he should make great achievements in the organization. The actor rambled on about old stories that were almost boring. Multiple contradictions were melted into one pot. Anyway, I listened to Guo Degang as if he was full of "you are a genius" in the next ten minutes.

However, Xu Deliang’s false sense of superiority has never been the same as those common rookies in the workplace who always wear the halo of a famous school and feel that they are just condescending and that their ability and ambition are not proportional. fade away.

From the time he and Wang Wenlin withdrew from the Deyun Society in 2008, to every subsequent rebellion, he could always hear old stories being brought up again. Even though Xu Deliang always presented himself as a victim of the Deyun Society's political struggle, in the final analysis, the cruel The reason, I guess, is that some people don't say it out of concern for his face -

The job is not good, the work is not good, the work is not good. Important things must be said three times.

This is of course a matter of opinion, but my opinion is no different from the existing mainstream evaluation - Xu Deliang's cross talk creation ability is much higher than his performance level. His creative ability is closely related to his background in classical philology, which is completely different from Guo Degang's wild ways of hanging out in teahouses and secretly learning jokes. Xu's creative ability is at least as good as that of Deyun's class leader based on the sorting, integration and development of existing materials. , and opened up a battlefield with completely different styles. If you really work hard, you can't rule out the possibility of becoming a literary master after Mr. Su Wenmao. But the bad thing is the performance level - as mentioned above, too much force, always holding on, embarrassing from beginning to end.

Guo Degang has remained standing despite constant ups and downs in Deyun Club for 20 years. Although it is due to skill, it is also based on absolute strength. After the basic power system of the organization has been formed, those who can survive are nothing more than one of the following three things: absolute loyalty to meat eaters (take Yue Yunpeng as an example), absolutely reliable background or background (take Hou Zhen as an example) For example), or the absolute strength to stand alone (it seems to be missing at the moment). Unfortunately, Xu Deliang has neither.

If taking the lead in withdrawing from the club would not be completely labeled as a traitor, then Mr. Wenshun’s several statements on the matter completely announced that Xu Deliang’s political status in Deyun Club, and even in the entire cross talk art world The end of life. Even if he came out to cause trouble occasionally in the future, it would just add to the jokes. At least at Zhang Wenshun's memorial service, Guo Degang politely shook hands with Xu Deliang and said "sorrows" to Xu Deliang, who was mourning for his heir. This was enough to give him face.

So I often think about how Xu Deliang’s short political life is summarized and characterized in the official narrative of Deyun Society? I don't want to use the famous line from "Macbeth" to describe it: "a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more". In my opinion, he is more like a scholar who cannot play politics, and should even be insulated from politics. With some pedantic idealism, he wants to practice some false ideals on this sinister stage, and even make some waves. came, but in the end he was knocked down by the waves.

Like Xu Deliang, I am a classical literature major. Teacher Chen Zhenghong from the Chinese Department of my alma mater has a widely circulated message: "Family must be established, money must be earned, and when traveling around the world, don't forget what you once were." Scholar." But Xu Deliang's years in Deyun Society seem to confirm another fact. If he is never willing to let go of his identity as a scholar, but has to forcefully run away from the world, the disillusionment of his faith will be an extremely painful experience.

In fact, among the early leaders of the CPC, I do think of a martyr who rose to a high position as a scholar, although the degree of matching with Xu Deliang is not high. He studied theories, was full of ideals, made mistakes, and never rebelled, but in the end he died before leaving the army. However, not many people know that he also acted as the supreme leader. In order to pass the review, I won’t say any “superfluous words”.

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