General poet Zhu Zengquan studied in Waseda and joked that he was farming in rice fields

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Lu Jin, a famous poetry critic, honorary chairman of Chongqing Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and doctoral supervisor at Southwest University.

"It is better to be a general!" "Not everyone can be a general, and not every general can become a poet."

Among the military poets of the People's Liberation Army , the person who received the highest military rank was Lieutenant General Zhu Zengquan, who is the deputy political commissar of the General Armament Department of the People's Liberation Army. I have had many contacts with Zhu Zengquan and we have a good conversation. In the words of his secretary: "Every time we meet, you two always talk very lively and lively. I have rarely seen the chief so happy."

In September last year, Peking University established the Poetry Research Institute and sent a letter asking me to attend the opening ceremony and speak on behalf of the national poetry research institute. There are too many things to do, and it’s hard to keep busy, but we still need to support Peking University. I decided to go the first day and return to Chongqing after the meeting the next day, staying only in Beijing for one night. I have too many friends and students in Beijing. Who should I visit this night? The final decision: Zhu Zengquan. Zhu Zengquan replied to my mobile phone text message and said: "Have a dinner and find all the people you want to find." Zhu Zengquan is the one who really knows me!

So that night in the Wangyuan Building of the General Armament Department, there was a large table of my students, all of whom were studying new poetry. The students respect him very much. Some students want to bring him gifts but are afraid of appearing tacky, so they call me first to ask. At this gathering, there was less talk about poetry, because the general had retired and was immersed in writing the large "History of War", which spanned several volumes from ancient times to the present. Because of the hard work of writing, when I saw him, his eyes were inflamed and he looked tired. His home is in Space City, where he lives with astronauts. Looking down at the war on earth from space, maybe you have a different experience? I'm looking forward to his "History of War". According to foreign reports, there was a lot of blood on Yang Liwei's face when he returned to Earth and exited the flight capsule. When Yang Liwei came out, Zhu Zengquan was standing next to the hatch. So I asked him, is this report true or false? He said it was true. Because of the violent rebound of the spacecraft when it landed, the space hat that was tightly buckled on the astronaut's head injured the astronaut's face. It is now technically improved.

Zhu Zengquan rarely goes out to participate in poetry circles, but when Southwest University held an international forum of famous Chinese poets, he made a special trip to inaugurate the forum. Before leaving, Wang Xiaojia, president of Southwest University, invited the general to dinner at Beibei Wright Hotel. Although Principal Wang is a gardening expert, he is also a poet, so poetry made both the host and the guest very happy.

After the meal, I saw the guests off downstairs. The motorcade in the security area was already waiting downstairs. I joked to Principal Wang: "It's better to be a general!" Principal Wang smiled: "Not everyone can be a general, let alone every general can become a poet." Yes, Zhu Zengquan's poems It is so well written, with the chicness of a soldier, the magnanimity of a general, and the thoughts of a poet. He truly deserves the Lu Xun Literature Award. Together with his predecessor, the military poet Li Ying, and his descendant, the military poet Liu Liyun, he constitutes the sequence of military poets in China.

Looking back, I met Zhu Zengquan in the early 1990s. At that time, he was a very handsome political commissar and major general of the group army, stationed in Shijiazhuang. I went to Shijiazhuang to attend a symposium on the poet Liu Zhang. After hearing the news, he invited several of our poetry critics who were present to visit the military headquarters. Although it was my first time meeting him, I had read a lot of his poems. I was respectful and curious about him, so I asked him: "Political Commissar Zhu, which university did you graduate from?" He smiled: " Waseda!" I said, "Ah, I came back from studying in Japan." Hearing this, Zhu Zengquan laughed and said, "I was farming in rice fields in my early years!" I was embarrassed, surprised, and happy.