Liu Xiange - The fly in the ointment of "Huang Yanpei's Diary"

Liu Xiange

Author's Note: On the morning of December 24, 2020, I met a well-known scholar in an academic group by chance. After adding WeChat friends, I learned that this humble manuscript that was almost forgotten in the computer was not published in time ten years ago (2010). As part of news production, similar stories in the newsroom can and should be included in the history of news dissemination in the future. In order to commemorate the table, the current one is still issued in its old form (both the beginning and the end are polished by the brother of the editor of a newspaper).

Many people know Huang Yanpei, probably because of his famous "cave pair" with Mao Zedong. In fact, this activist is inextricably linked to political forces such as the Kuomintang, the Communist Party, and even the Beiyang warlords. In particular, the large number of diaries he left behind is a valuable record of this history. Although often only a few words, very brief, it is a true record of Huang Yanpei and the various people he came into contact with, as well as their observations on the security of the nation, the fate of the country and the future of the situation. Most of these diaries, with the exception of the "Diary of Huang Yanpei's Investigation and Education" launched by the Commercial Press in 1914, the "Diary of Holding a Diary" published in the "Education Magazine" in 1916, and the "Extract of Huang Yanpei's Diary" selected in the "Supplement to the History of the Republic of China" in the late 1970s, have not been published publicly.

Huang Yanpei's Diary, Chinese Publishing House, 2008

In 2008, the Chinese Publishing House published the 10-volume, 4-million-word Huang Yanpei Diary (1911-1949), which has great historical significance and reference value. However, because some of the handwriting of the original manuscript of the diary is not easy to read, involving many people and events, although the collators have made many efforts, they have left a small amount of regret. The following is to take the fifth, sixth, and seventh volumes (this volume was read until the end of 1941) as an example, from the two major aspects of personal name errors and other typos, I hope to play a role in correcting.

1. With regard to personal names

April 24, 1935 Kong Lixi, head of the engineering team of the Yellow River Flood Relief Committee. It should be Kong Xiangxi (vol. V, p. 40).

May 24, 1938 "Mr. Dong Zi Memorial Service". It is believed that Mr. Huang Zi, composer and music educator, has just died (vol. V, p. 302).

On July 12, 1938, the Drafting Committee of the Declaration was held at Wang Jingwei's residence. Selected Zhang Jiluan (Blazing Zhang) as a writer. Zhang Junjie, Zeng Muhan, Wu Yuzhang, Hu Jianzhong, Tao Xisheng, Zhou Binglin, Chen Yuguang and Yu were present, a total of nine people. According to Hu Jianzhong, a CC newspaperman, he has presided over the Southeast Daily and the Central Daily, the former of which is comparable to the Ta Kung Pao (p. 322 in the fifth volume).

On the evening of July 23, 1938, The Current Affairs News, Choi Wei-woo entertained Luo Dunwei and Xiu Liangdong. According to the respective should be Cui Weiwu and Li Liangtong, both of whom were reported at the time (vol. V, p. 327).

On February 23, 1938, he visited Ma Yifei with Shao Lizi. It should be Ma Yifu (book VI, p. 82).

On July 9, 1939, the same people at the table were Xian Langxuan (brother of Zhexian) and Zang Zhexian. According to Zang Zhexian, that is, Zang Qifang, xianlangxuan should be Zang Langxuan (book VI, p. 153).

August 29, 1939 The meeting was attended by Kong Gangfu (now Kan) and others. According to Kong Lingkan, the character Gang Father, is often written in this book Lingkan (book VI, p. 173).

On September 6, 1939, he wrote an article for Guo Xun, mourning Mr. Zhu Qigong and Mr. Wang Lixi. Supposedly Mr. Zhu Yigong, a patriot newspaperman, had just been assassinated by the enemy in Shanghai (p. 176 in book VI).

On October 11, 1939, he cooperated with Li Huang to visit Chen Wuhong's house to visit Chen Bray. It should be Chen Wuming, that is, Chen Succession (book VI, p. 187).

January 6, 1940 Letter Ofs. It should be Shao Lizi (book VI, p. 229).

November 1, 1940 Japan is poor and strong, not rich; I am not weak but weak. The enemy suffers in a poor word; I have strength in a big word. ——Wang Fansheng said. Wang Pengsheng was an expert on the Japanese question and former director of the Institute of International Studies of the Kuomintang Military Commission (vol. VII, p. 24).

On December 6, 1940, the reception was attended by Shen Yanshui (Mao Dun), Li Gonggong, Tao Xingzhi, etc. According to Shen Yanbing and Li Gongpu (book VII, p. 38).

On February 14, 1941, at the dinner party, there were Gu Shuchang (正纫), Liang Saicao and so on. According to the respective should be Gu Shuchang (正 Gang) and Liang Hancao (book VII, p. 66).

On March 19, 1941, at the plenary meeting of the NLD, thirteen people attended. Among them are "Jiang YunSI" and so on. Among the several members of the Standing Committee elected were "encouragements" and so on. According to Jiang Yuntian, an important political figure during the Republic of China period, he was the leader of the Kuomintang and an advisor to Taiwan's national policy;

April 17, 1941 At eleven o'clock in the morning, Zhou Enlai and Dong Biwu were invited to talk. Shunsheng and Bo jun also arrived. I would like to ask the CCP to express its attitude. "Insisting that this treaty of the Soviet Union is its consistent policy and has nothing to do with China. As for the ATTITUDE OF the CCP, we will never change the clouds because of this. Dong Liutong. "It should be a mistake of Zhou (Enlai) according to the fixation (book VII, p. 90).

May 12, 1941 Suffragettes in Hong Kong have dinner. Zhang Zhongren, Yan Junren and so on. Zhang Zhongren, or Zhang Yilu, is sometimes written as Zhang Yilin, an important political figure during the Republic of China and a former aide to Yuan Shikai (p. 102 in book VII).

June 29, 1941 Evening reception of journalists. Among those who arrived were Sheng Qiping (Ta Kung Pao) and others. Zhu Qiping, a reporter for the Ta Kung Pao, wrote famous works such as "Sunset" (p. 121 in book VII).

In addition to these individual errors, there are also some names that are multiplely wrong. Such as Wu Dingchang, the word Da interpretation. He cooperated with Hu Zhengzhi and Zhang Jiluan to take over the new "Ta Kung Pao". At that time and now, there were always people who mistaken "interpretation" for "quan". Wu is said to have joked that these people were "money worshippers". He said: "I am not short of gold, I am going to make a statement." "In some places in Huang Yanpei's Diary, the collation of "DaYi" is correct, but some are mistaken for "Da Quan". For example, July 13, 1936 (page 183), December 4 (page 224), March 7, 1938 (page 270), April 23 (page 289, all of the above are the fifth book), August 17, 1938 (page 6), August 18 (page 7), August 19 (page 7), January 19, 1940 (page 234), January 27 (page 235, the sixth book above), etc.

How incorruptible, the word is incorruptible. He is known as the "first investigator to introduce market indices" and "the earliest economist to pay attention to agriculture" in China. In Huang Yanpei's Diary, the compilers occasionally mistook his words for drunken lian, such as February 15, 1938 (page 261 of the fifth volume), and sometimes mistakenly as pure lian, such as June 1, 1938 (page 305 of the fifth volume), June 11 (page 309 of the fifth volume), December 27, 1938 (page 59 of the sixth volume), and January 3, 1939 (page 64 of the sixth volume).

There are some similar situations. For example, the jurist Zhou Binglin, whose character is a sun, is often mistaken for a grandson. Further examples are given.

Second, typos in other aspects

In addition to the poor editing of personal names, there are also some typos in Huang Yanpei's Diary. Here are some examples.

On April 39, 1935, Shao Lizi and his wife watched the Qin song of "Butterfly Cup" of Yi Folk Society. Please watch by clear (book V, p. 43).

May 21, 1935 Lao Tzu has two famous and nameless sentences, "Two foreigners can't say." It is not supposed to be spoken of by the Westerners (book V, p. 54).

On December 3, 1935, the Yangtze River that was composed of "Lan Ji xing" was Fan Xitian. It should be "the Yangtze River of the Chenglan Chronicle" (vol. V, p. 98).

May 23, 1938 was the Japanese enemy point Xuzhou. It is believed that the enemy occupied Xuzhou (vol. V, p. 302).

June 3, 1938 The origin of the national disaster is due to the reverence of the upper row. It should be the one in the upper row (p. 306 of book V).

On June 20, 1938, the sword was drawn out of its sheath, and the non-blood refused to be recovered. Press should be a splash of blood (book V, p. 313).

On July 23, 1938, a reporter from the National Newspaper visited. It should be the National Gazette (vol. V, p. 327).

On July 31, 1938, Zhou Yiyun sent it to the People's Daily to the People's Daily on the indomitable martyrdom of Yao Moumou in Changshu. According to how can there be a People's Daily in 1938 that was only launched after 1946? To be examined (book V, p. 330).

On August 18, 1938, Qi Zhiguang (Chang Cheng), the head of the Ta Kung Pao Office in Qian, came to talk. The head of office shall be the head of office (vol. VI, p. 7).

On December 16, 1938, director of the Resident Committee of the Suffragettes, Director Wang Liangzu gave a report on the current state of diplomacy. He should be the Foreign Minister of Wang Liang domain (book VI, p. 55).

December 31, 1938 The four principles of mobilization and organization: unified leadership, unified planning, joint organization, and cooperative work. Division of labour as it should be (vol. VI, p. 61).

On May 7, 1939, the public telegraph Yuhui was attacked. As the answer should be asked about the tragic situation of the attack (book VI, p. 115).

On July 15, 1939, Liu Siying recruited Rong Leguo. According to the should be the recruitment of dining rong paradise (book VI, page 156).

On the afternoon of July 23, 1939, Zhang Bojun invited Zhang Biaofang's home for dinner, and before he was seated, he was Zhao Junjie and the public power family. It is believed that he will go to the throne and the public power before he is seated (book VI, p. 159).

August 7, 1940 It is still necessary to admit that this is an enemy warlord and not a national of Japan. It is supposed to be clear that this is the enemy warlord (book VI, p. 321).

January 19, 1941 Hu Zijing self-helped: After the year of Zeng Qiuque's death, he will be safe and reasonable; he is willing to pass on the learning of Wang Yangming's conscience and carry on the past and open up the future. It is safe to be at ease (book VI, p. 57).

January 26, 1941 Classmates are teenagers. According to the students should be classmates teenagers are not mean (book VI, p. 60).

February 28, 1941 On the afternoon of the same day, the National People's Constant summoned the permanent members as suffragettes and proposed five candidates for the chairman... If Gong Chang does not attend, Wu Yifang will be elected instead. According to these, these should often be the mistakes of the Party, so they are the Kuomintang, the Party members, and the Communist Party (Vol. VI, p. 71).

On April 14, 1941, Xu Ying and his wife came. Talking about the Japan-Soviet agreement in today's newspaper, we have found out about the internal guests from the Allied Agency. As it should be (vol. VI, p. 89).

Judging from some of the notes and instructions attached to the book, the collators are still cautious about some doubts and difficulties. For example, the 97-page commentary in book VII deals with the writing of Bei Songsun and says, "As the diary is, Besson Sun should be Bei Song Sun, the same below." However, there are still some places where the review is not very rigorous. For example, the commentary on page 324 of book V is about "establishing a banner and arguing with one's heart". First of all, the original diary is like this, that is, the writing is "discerning"; then the "Huang Yanpei Poetry Collection" is used as an example to prove that it is inaccurate, and it should be "debated". Unfortunately, the latter one in the commentary is still written as "discerning", which cannot be distinguished from the former.

The collation of historical documents such as diary letters is particularly difficult, and it is difficult to ensure that there will be no mistakes at all. This is not to harshly rebuke the compilers of Huang Yanpei's Diary. I just hope that if he has the opportunity to reprint this book in the future, he can make further efforts to strive for fewer mistakes or no errors.

Editor-in-Charge: Zheng Shiliang

Proofreader: Zhang Liangliang