On July 28, the long-form documentary literature "Father's Military Uniform" was first released in Xi'an Book Market. This "non-fiction" work set during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation is the first time to record in detail the growth and transformation of an ordinary military doctor in the army, and for the first time to tell the details of the Songhu War of Resistance and the details of advancing into Dabie Mountain from the perspective of witnesses and witnesses. The protagonist of the book is 103-year-old Xu Chenghu, a recipient of the Anti-Japanese War Medal and Xu Jinglei's grandfather. Zang Yongqing, president of the People's Literature Publishing House, said that the book that had just been released would certainly be able to "impress Xi'an with the truth."
The book is the first part of the family trilogy "Homeland Xu Wang". The author is Xu Jinglei's father, Xu Zijian. The talented woman Xu Jinglei studied calligraphy under his training, entered film school, and later showed her talents in acting and directing. Previously, his identity was Xu Jinglei's father, and this time, he was more willing to introduce himself as Xu Chengwei's son.
▲The scene of the event
Originally, he wrote to write about his own struggle, and later, after a casual chat, he found that his father, who was over 100 years old, began to be willing to tell his experience as a Kuomintang military doctor. After listening to it many times, he had the idea of writing a book with his father as the protagonist. Therefore, while recording his father's memories, he also went to the place where his father had fought and lived, and at the same time, he did not forget to go to the archives in various places to find information. The family history thus slowly unfolded before him, his pen.
The Xu family is a Wang family, the family business was once prosperous in Xiangtan, Hunan, and later, due to the failure of the ancestors' business, the family fell. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, 11 members of the family successively participated in the War of Resistance, and the highest ranking was Xu Zhiqian, a lieutenant general of the Kuomintang Army.
▲ Xu Jinglei's father Xu Zijian
His father, Xu Chenghu, joined the Kuomintang troops as a military doctor, participated in the Songhu War of Resistance, captured Japanese officers, and made military achievements, for which Chiang Kai-shek signed a transfer order for him. Soon, Xu Chenghu quit the Kuomintang because of his involvement in the "Peach Incident". After that, he joined the Communist Party, advanced into the Dabie Mountains, saw Zhao Xitian captured, and healed Liu Bocheng's eyes. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as the leader of the health system in Chongqing. In 2005, he was awarded the National Gold Medal at a celebration to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan.
Xu Zijian, who wrote this book, is also over seventy years old, from his father leaving home at about one year old to reuniting more than thirty years later, he said that he knew very little about his father, through this writing, he walked into his father's years of fighting and life, but also into his emotional world, and more understanding of his self-preservation philosophy of "never saying missed words at a critical moment in his life". He used his own experience and understanding to faithfully record, so that the historical materials of the whole book were solid, emotionally restrained, and the words were endless and endless.
Li Xiuwen, the guest of honor, chairman of the Hubei Writers Association and a famous writer, said: "'Father's Uniform' has a rare simplicity and truth, which is very smooth to read, the characters are vivid, and the story is vivid. Let people feel the power of 'non-fiction'. ”
Author Xu Zijian said in his own creative experience: "Truth is the life of memoirs, and exploring history in the field is my responsibility to readers. ”
Red Star News reporter Chen Mou
Editor Guan Li