After all, Duhe is a reporter

◆ Jiang Yan

First of all, a famous story in cultural history: In 1932, when Mr. Chen Yinke was enrolling in Tsinghua, he came up with a couplet with only three words: "Sun Xinger". It is said that those who produce "Zu Chongzhi" and "Hu Shizhi" are fully scored. The grandchildren are relatively ironed, but the "monkey" is the monkey, and it is even more absolute. According to this line of thinking, if the title is "Yan Duhe", it is also wonderful for "Zhou Slender Crane".

At that time, the two major newspapers in Shanghai, Zhou edited the supplement of "Declaration" "Freedom Talk", and Yan edited the supplement of "News Daily" "Happy Forest", with unlimited scenery, so it was called "one crane and one crane". The two did not write newspapers alone, but also wrote novels. At that time, the writers of newspapers abounded, and the "three Zhangs" of xinmin bao— Zhang Hexhui, Zhang Huijian, and Zhang Youluan, were all good at writing novels, and Mr. Zhang Hexhui was the first person to write novels in the new chapter, and his fame for writing novels far exceeded that of running a newspaper. Interestingly, Mr. Zhang's most famous novel, "The Cause of Laughter", was written by Mr. Yan Duhe and published in his "Happy Forest". Therefore, writing novels and running newspapers, it is really you who have me, I have you. To understand Mr. Yan Duhe, we cannot but understand this background. The wheels of the times are advancing rapidly, and today, there is very little knowledge of Mr. Yan Duhe, a prominent figure in the newspaper world at that time. In the early winter of Xin Ugly, the three-volume "Yan Duhe Anthology" came out, giving me the opportunity to read, understand and learn Mr. Yan Duhe more comprehensively.

The three volumes of Yan Duhe's Collected Writings are divided into "prose volumes", "essay volumes" and "novel volumes". I think it is precisely the two appendices of the "novel volume" that say "heavenly chance". Both articles were written by Mr. Zhao Yuanfan. One is the preface to the "Duhe Novel Collection", Zhao said: "The novelist, gai take a small word to satirize the world." Although its merits are not obvious, those who have been created by the world are not only at the end of literature and art. "A good one" is not only the end of the bureau in literature and art." The other is the "Biography of Yan Duhejun", which is more explicit. This short biography of a few hundred words says that Yan's novel "can melt the old and the new and become a family of its own." Scattered in newspapers and magazines, he immediately turned his words around and said, "However, in his mind, Ya does not want to devote himself to novels." He has lived in the press for ten years, and every time he publishes a political opinion, he upholds justice more often, which is particularly important in the world. The biography ends here. Press, Zhao Yuan, also popular novelist. After reading these two short articles, I can't help but look at the "popular novelist". And press not table. It should be said that Zhao is Mr. Yan Duhe's colleague and confidant. He said that what Mr. Yan valued in the world was his political theory and his evaluation. After reading the three volumes of the anthology, I also covered up the scroll: after all, Duhe is a newspaperman.

At this point, the readers must have a clear understanding, and my opinion is that of the three volumes, the "miscellaneous volumes" are the most important. Most of these essays are published in the "Talk" column of "Happy Forest", which is short in length and simple in text, but it is also like shooting guns, needles and needles, and guns and guns. In historical events such as Yuan Shikai's claim to the throne, Zhang Xun's restoration, the May Fourth Movement, and the Great Massacre of the Female Teacher, Mr. Yan spoke bluntly and loudly, and he faced the targets of criticism, whether it was the ruling authorities or the dignitaries and nobles, all of them were upright and awe-inspiring, and they had no fear. Mr. Yan has compassion and concern for the people, and has written a large number of articles asking for the people's lives. He is also close to reality, telling the bad habits and shortcomings of the citizens, and the wind and rain. Just one example: in the spring of 1929, there was an outbreak of meningoccal meningitis in Shanghai, and masks were sold in various pharmacies. Mr. Yan issued two opinions: First, the mask is sold in a triangle, which is too expensive. He said, "Epidemic prevention appliances, since the Puli masses, should not contain the slightest nature of profit"; second, there are too few people wearing masks on the road, "women's especially none", probably the fashionable Mrs. Miss feels unsightly, Mr. Yan follows the temptation: "Compared with the two things of 'life' and 'elegance', which one is important?" "In this winter when you still need to wear a mask to go out, reading the words written by Mr. Yan 92 years ago, I can't help but wonder. According to Mr. Fan Jingyi, the former editor-in-chief of the People's Daily, "my interest in journalism is indiscriminately 'induced' by Mr. Yan Duhe; Mr. Yan is a guide I have never met in my journalistic life." Later, Mr. Yan's ideas, style, and characteristics of running the newspaper have always influenced me like a shadow everywhere... "If Mr. Yan has heavenly knowledge, reading this section, it will be a big white.

Finally, if we want to talk about the "prose volume", it is worth noting that many of Mr. Yan Duhe's newspaper ideas are "hidden" in his prose. For example, he proposed that newspaper reporters should be "clean", "cautious" and "diligent"; for example, he believes that there should be four criteria for supplementary articles: elegant but not profound, shallow but not vulgar, relaxed but not superficial, sharp and not sharp. These are the words of everyone, and today we still have to remember the newspaper.

Mr. Fang Hanqi, a 95-year-old veteran of Chinese journalism historiography, heard the publication of the "Collected Works of Yan Duhe", helped him to lay out a pen and paper, and wrote a paragraph full of feelings: "Mr. Yan Duhe, we call him Hegong, is a famous newspaperman who was well-known in the newspaper circles in the early years of the last century. I had the privilege of working with him for three years at the newly established Shanghai News Library in the early days of New China, and under his guidance, I was deeply educated in the collation of journalism history books and materials. I am pleased to hear that his collection of essays has been published publicly under the compilation of Jianping and Chunxiang, and I hereby congratulate him! The study of the history of Chinese journalism and the history of modern Chinese literature, and the publication of this collection of essays, will be a matter worthy of attention! ”

This late study experience ends with Mr. Fang's words.

Source: Xinmin Evening News