Han Xiaohui’s clarification on the “Shaanxi Army’s Eastern Expedition”

Who first proposed the term "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition"? 》

This is an explanation of the dispute arising from the "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition". The article details the ins and outs of the "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition" and publishes the controversies that arose at that time, which will help It goes without saying that for literature lovers, the significance of understanding the truth is obvious.

Only by chance, I read the July 24 issue of "Shaanxi Daily·Weekend Edition" on October 24, 1998, which contained Gao Jianqun's article "I Encourage God to Be Encouraged". After reading the second section "The Origin of the "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition"", I couldn't help but be stunned: I can't believe that a writer has such "courage" to lie so brazenly when all the parties involved are still alive!

Gao Wen said that the origin of the "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition" was after the "The Last Huns" seminar was held in Beijing on May 19, 1993. "When Han Xiaohui asked me how to write the meeting message, I Say, don't just write "The Last Huns", Mr. Jia Pingwa's "The Abandoned Capital", Mr. Chen Zhongshi's "White Deer Plain", Mr. Jingfu's "Eight Miles of Love and Enmity", Mr. Cheng Hai's "Love of Destiny" are all about to be published or published soon. It has been published in publications in advance. I suggest Xiaohui also mention all of this to give a sense of Shaanxi's overall lineup. Xiaohui's report is called "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition". It was first published in "Guangming Daily" and later by. Comrade Wang Jucai's instructions were reprinted in the Shaanxi Daily. This is the origin of the so-called "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition" phenomenon in the literature of the new era. "

This is simply a lie worse than a fantasy. I immediately called and read Gao Jianqun's words to several critics and reporters who attended the meeting. Some people laughed out loud, some said "Lie! Lie!", and some said, "I really don't dare." Trust your ears." Everyone came to a unanimous conclusion, so I immediately wrote an article to clarify the facts, because the "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition" has indeed become a phenomenon in literature in the new era and will leave a mark in the history of literature. At present, while all the parties involved are still alive, people The evidence and evidence are all available, and it must be clear to avoid causing trouble in the future.

Okay then, I will write. When I started writing, I thought that no matter how hot the "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition" was before, due to some reasons, I had never spoken on the phenomenon of the "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition". Now, I will simply discuss it here. Let’s be clear about this. On the morning of May 19, 1993, I went to the Beijing Air Force Guest House to attend the "The Last Huns" seminar. When I got on the elevator, I remember that there were Mr. Yan Gang, Zhou Ming, Chen Juntao, and perhaps Mr. Tang Dacheng inside. I don’t know who made a joke to Yan Gang and Zhou Ming, saying, "You Shaanxi people are really powerful. I heard that you are all writing long novels. Good guys, do you want to go on a crusade?"

Later in the meeting. When giving a speech, someone mentioned this joke in the elevator, so the speakers all started thinking about the book "The Last Huns" and argued about the literary achievements and characteristics of the Shaanxi army group. At that time, "White Deer Plain" and "Eight Miles of Love" were clearly mentioned, and some people vaguely mentioned "Abandoned Capital" because the book and magazine of "Abandoned Capital" had not yet been released, and the editorial department of "October" was afraid of piracy. , no one was allowed to read it. It is said that at that time, only one reviewer was given a clear sample to invite him to write a review.

That day, because I had something to do, I left without staying to eat after the meeting. After returning home, I flipped through "The Last Hun" and felt that the language was too loose and bland. The second half of the book was completely devoid of energy, and the overall level of the book was average. I understood why the attendees skipped it and talked about it. Shaanxi Army. So, how do I write my report? It is the most trouble-free to write a three-line briefing according to the popular method, but it seems a bit disappointing to the publisher and so many participants. Moreover, after listening to so many speeches, there is indeed content in it. I thought hard. Then suddenly a thought came to my mind: Why not just make a fuss about the four words "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition"?

"White Deer Plain" had been published in "Contemporary" at that time, and "Eight Miles of Love and Enmity" had been published by the Literary and Art Circle Publishing Company, so it is not difficult to find it. The only one I couldn't find was "Abandoned Capital", but it was easy to handle. I am good friends with Ms. Tian Zhenying, the editor of that book, so I called her home phone number.

Lao Tian's answer was still very principled: "The book will be out in a week or so, and no one can read it now." I explained that I wanted to write an overall report on the Shaanxi Army, and asked Lao Tian to introduce "Abandoned Capital" Regarding the general situation, she answered me this way: "Desolated Capital" is Jia Pingwa's first urban-themed work, which reflects the reality of Chinese society undergoing rapid changes. "It is Jia Pingwa's total negation of his past works, total thinking and total development."

Tian Zhenying is a senior editor whom I respect very much. Her characteristics are firstly extremely dedicated and secondly a very high level of literary appreciation. I trust her judgment, so I quoted her words with confidence. .

To be honest, another reason why I wrote the report of "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition" at that time was that I had noticed a change in the national literary world, that is, the prosperity of long novels ——After the profound social changes in the late 1980s, many writers across the country pondered over many issues, and then immersed themselves in writing novels based on these thoughts. By 1993, some fast-writing books had been published. I remember that there were 11 or 13 books in Shanghai such as Zhao Changtian's "Destiny", Lu Tianming's "Mud Sun", Yu Tianbai's "Great Shanghai", etc., and Shanxi had Zhang Ping's "Shanghai". "Skynet", Li Rui's "Old Site" (coming out soon), Zhejiang's "Whose" is very influential (sorry, I didn't find the information at hand, the above examples may be wrong). As a dedicated literary journalist, in 1991, I promptly reported the news of the coming boom of prose writing in our country, which played a small role in fueling the development of prose (see my humble article "The Sun Smiles at Prose"). This time , I also believe that after more than four years of hard work, the creation of novels in our country will also usher in a harvest period. I plan to write about it one province after another, and then play a little role in promoting the prosperity of novels.

This is how the report of "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition" was written. After I finished writing "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition", I handed it to the editor-in-chief's office and started working on other things. To be honest, I have to participate in seminars like "The Last Huns" every year. There are dozens of reports like "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition". Among my reports, it is also a very ordinary one. I didn't expect so many things to happen later.

On May 25, "Guangming Daily" published the article "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition" as the headline on the second page. It was about 2,000 words, which indeed occupied a large part. But for the newspaper, this is not great news. A few days later, it seemed that Mr. Zhou Ming told me that "Shaanxi Daily" had reprinted my article and asked me if I knew about it. I don’t know. No one from Shaanxi Daily notified me, nor did they send me a sample report or royalties. Of course I am happy to be reprinted, but this is also very ordinary, because a lot of my news has been reprinted by various newspapers and periodicals, and it is not new.

New things are coming one after another. One day, my home phone suddenly rang. It was a long-distance caller from Shaanxi Province. The other party said that his name was Cheng Hai, who wrote "Love Destiny", and asked who in Shaanxi was plotting to frame him and prevent his name from appearing in "Shaanxi". In the article "Army on the Eastern Expedition"? As soon as I heard where this was and where it was, I quickly told him that no one had framed him. I wrote the report myself. No one in Shaanxi knew that I wrote this report in advance, and I didn't set the tone. If you don't believe me, please ask someone else. Reporters, there were ten or twenty reporters from various newspapers who attended the meeting. You can ask anyone. The reason why he was not mentioned in the article "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition" was because no one mentioned him (I later learned that "Love of Life" had not been published at all at that time). What I said was absolutely true. Cheng Hai put down the phone. Unexpectedly, two days later, he called again and said, "Our Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department has decided that the Shaanxi Army will submit five books for the Eastern Expedition, including my "Love of Destiny"." I was a little bit Unhappy, thinking that the matter was over long ago, why is it not over yet, so he replied rudely, "It's your province's business to mention it. My report has been published, so it has nothing to do with me." (Looking back now, I had a bad attitude at the time and shouldn't have said such harsh words. But later I was told that the Propaganda Department of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee had not made this decision.

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After a few days, I drank, but it was terrible. I saw many titles, slogans and propaganda words of "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition" appearing on some newspapers and bookstalls on the street. They were everywhere. They are all "speculating" on the Shaanxi Army. Sure enough, a lot of books were sold, the most obvious one being "Eight Miles of Love and Enmity", which increased from 6,750 copies in the first edition to more than 100,000 copies (I don't know how many copies it reached in the end). "The Last Huns" also benefited. Not only did it get reprinted, but the author also became famous. Cheng Hai's "Love Destiny" is also really included. Later, there were many hitchhiking books, all claiming to be the "Shaanxi Army" of the Eastern Expedition. For a time, the Shaanxi Army was really popular and famous all over the world.

At this time, when I met literary friends from Shaanxi or not from Shaanxi, they often mentioned that I had "contributed" to Shaanxi. I didn't understand that some of them were mocking me and implying that I was blind. Why are you speculating on the Shaanxi Army? I could only complain secretly: In fact, my report was really a very ordinary piece of news. What I wrote was really realistic, and I was not the one who was hyping it up. To make matters worse, two critics from two provinces actually started a lawsuit in the newspaper, causing my original plan to write about it one province after another to come to nothing. Later I heard that some people aggressively went to the publishing house to ask for manuscript fees, threatening to fine them any amount if they found out that they had printed an extra copy! The publishing house had no place to vent its anger, so it had no choice but to scold me for speculating. Alas, I have suffered the consequences for others, and I feel very miserable.

This is the main reason why I have been reluctant to speak out about the "Shaanxi Army". After explaining the above background, it seems that there is no need to pay attention to Gao Jianqun's lies, because the most obvious fact is that he takes the "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition" as a credit to himself, but I still can't understand "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition" Is the "Eastern Expedition" a merit or a fault? At least, it remains to be tested over time.

However, it is better to explain things clearly, so as not to cause trouble in the future as literary friends said. Then, I will correct a few of Gao Jianqun's fallacies:

1) I still don't know Gao Jianqun at all, and he doesn't know me either - what I mean by "knowing" here is whether we have any personal contacts. . Before I wrote "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition" in 1993, only Liu Chengzhang, Li Peizhi, He Gu and Zhu Hong knew me among Shaanxi writers, because they were all essayists and the authors of our "Guangming Daily" literary supplement. Others, including Mr. Chen Zhongshi, don’t recognize me. This is not surprising. I am a young reporter and editor.

So far, except for one or two public meetings attended by dozens of people, I have never met Gao Jianqun, let alone spoken to him.

2) In the 16 years since I was a reporter, I have written countless pieces of news, and I have never once "solicited" the parties involved as to how they should write. If Han Xiaohui, as a literary reporter, can attract everyone's attention today, it is precisely because I strive to find a unique angle in every report, and do not want to follow others' opinions and copy the entire story. Therefore, Gao Jianqun said that I asked him "how to write meeting messages", which is completely false.

3) As mentioned before, Mr. Cheng Hai's "Love of Destiny" was not mentioned in the article "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition". Gao Jianqun did not notice this detail, so he Wrong.

4) There is another more important detail that Gao Jianqun still doesn’t know, which is the words "Shaanxi Army's Eastern Expedition". I was not the only one who used it back then. I remember Mr. He Shaojun in " These words were also quoted in the report of "Literary Newspaper", but they were not used in the headline, but in the shoulder title. Therefore, Gao Jianqun never made up the lie that He Shaojun also "solicited" his message on how to write it. This was true or false, and there would always be flaws to be exposed. In the process of writing this article, I reminded myself again and again not to be overly aggressive, to speak calmly, to explain things clearly, to be tolerant, to be generous, and to leave a way for others to advance or retreat.

But when I saw the photo of Gao Jianqun in the Shaanxi newspaper, smiling so brightly and calmly, without any sign of wrongdoing, I felt filled with righteous indignation - if I didn't correct him, could it be that I had been greedy for all these years? Tell a lie? !

I was thinking: Why do some people act so shamelessly in the face of fame and wealth without blinking an eye? The wise man Shani Laner once said, "Reputation is your most effective self-recommendation letter. Your whole life's future depends on it." But why do some people still waste their reputation in order to compete for fame and fortune? What about reputation?

Here, I have only one request, that is, please give Gao Jianqun a formal answer: Are you telling the truth or a lie? If you remember that you have indeed made up that episode, then please correct it publicly, and I will not ask you to explain or apologize; if you insist on what you said, then I will reserve the right to bring out personal and material evidence and challenge Bo in court. .