Spring Steps
I love vanity, and I don't like to mention that I was born in a small village, afraid of being looked down upon. For example, when people ask me where I am from, I always say without hesitation that I was born in Jingzhi Town. Even "Anqiu County, Weifang City" didn't bother to say it, because Jingzhi was famous. People say that Jingzhi is the place where the wine is produced. I was overjoyed, and I was busy climbing along the pole with two sentences: In Gu Yanwu's "Book of Tianxia County's National Interests", it is recorded that Jingzhi was one of the four major towns in Shandong during the Ming and Qing dynasties... This area is what Su Dongpo called "the wilderness of sangma". Chun Wei was probably infected by me, and even introduced himself in this way, and his resume on his blog also said that he was born in Jingzhi. In fact, the two of us were born in a small village about five miles southwest of Jingzhi Town. The small village belongs to the management of Jingzhi Town, saying that we are Jingzhi people are also good, just like we are both Chinese. Ignoring the small village, afraid of people looking down, is actually not confident. Chairman Mao never neglected Shaoshan Chong.
The small village is quiet and quiet, called Qijiazhuang, the rock ridge is barrier to the west, and the east of the village is surrounded by water. In the second year of Ming Hongwu, our ancestor Qiyou Jinggong traveled thousands of miles from Zaoqiang County in Zhili Province (present-day Hebei) to build a natural village, then known as Qudi Village. The descendants of the Kui clan have continued for more than 640 years. The village was the starting point of my life and that of Chun Wei. How can we be worthy of her when we despise her so much and ignore her? Saying that I count the classics and forget my ancestors is a bit serious, but it is also almost the same. And Chunwei has not "forgotten", how to say it? Because he mastered the art of calligraphy. From the age of seven, he studied calligraphy with Mr. Li Zihou. Starting from Tang Yan and Ou, we abide by the law in strictness and lay a solid foundation. Mr. Li Zihou was my uncle, who had followed my grandfather's Calligraphy school, chunwei, who was my grandfather's re-disciple. And me? I couldn't even take up the brush. I once wrote a preface to Mr. Li Jianli's calligraphy research treatise "The Flow of Calligraphy" of Weifang University, in which it was written: "My great-grandfather and grandfather were both Chinese medicine practitioners and knew calligraphy. However, I don't understand these two things, and I am not a descendant. About the reason why the family tradition has been infiltrated for a long time, I love to smell the medicinal incense in the Chinese medicine shop; when I go to the calligraphy exhibition, I love to smell the ink incense. Among the friends we interact with, those who understand calligraphy are regarded as guests, and Jianli is one of them, and we have known each other for nearly twenty years. To my feeling, Jianli has been immersed in the calligraphy garden, and has already harvested the leaves and leaves. Now, he has sent over the "Book Style Rhyme" that has just been completed. I had a sneak peek. This book made me look back, look back at the shining figures of our ancestors; this book also made me warm, and I still faintly flashed in my mind the smile of my grandfather's drunken ink treasure. "This is my real feeling, this feeling, when I watch Chunwei's calligraphy, it comes to my heart again." Chunwei makes me feel relieved that our family pen and ink have been inherited, and we have already increased the glory of things!
Chun Wei studied well at Weifang Art School, and if the family could come up with about 10,000 yuan of tuition fees at that time, he could become a regular student. But where is the money in the family? Chun Wei said that the most valuable thing in the family is a stack of dried sweet potatoes in the patio, that is, even if the stack is sold, it can sell for less than a thousand yuan (the so-called stack is a foil strung with straw and erected into a warehouse). As for me, at that time, the salary of a college graduate was more than fifty yuan, and my daughter-in-law was pulling back, and the job had not yet landed. So, there's nothing I can do about it. I had to watch Chun Wei go home in a daze.
Later, Chun Wei went to Jingzhi Distillery as a worker. At the beginning of the manual work in the workshop, he was never lazy or slippery. Sometimes tired, others chat, play poker, he does not like, just walk around the workshop alone, the workshop fell on the big iron plate a lot of dust. Chun Wei's hands itched, and he used his fingers as a pen to write on the dusty iron plate, often writing with a sticky face, and he was completely unaware. The workers continued to chat and play poker, while Chun Wei's calligraphy grew greatly in the nourishment of dust. Coincidentally, Li Furen, the director of the Chinese Department of Shandong University, came to the workshop to check the work, and when he saw the words on the iron plate, he was shocked. Who wrote it? The co-worker pointed to the small fat mound. Li Furen raised his long face, supported his glasses, and stared at the little fat mound carefully: "Child, what did you write?" Chun Wei nodded. The next day, he threw the shovel and went to work at the factory.
As for me, in April 1992, I was transferred to the newspaper as a reporter and editor, and went to the Jingzhi Distillery to interview, and sometimes Feng Jinyu, the director of the factory office, asked Chunwei to accompany me, but halfway through the accompaniment, I was drunk, and every time he put me in the hotel. He always said: "Pot and pan, after the less Ha (meaning to drink)". But I always drank a lot and never got a chance to talk to him. Later, he resigned from the distillery and started his own liquor business. But, fortunately, he has not forgotten his calligraphy, no matter what state it is, he has been silently writing, the real grass is attached to the seal, all dabbled, but the hardest work on the small kai. He began to win awards, and people in the circle began to recognize him. I am happy. His progress, I think, is related to the hard work of the book theory, which gives him skills and gives him the Tao.
Chun Wei wants to come up with a calligraphy collection and wants me to say a few words. I don't know calligraphy, what qualifications do I have to say? But I think my brother is going to publish a book, or say two sentences, I think I know a little about literature, and I use the principle that art is the same to convince myself that it is quite good to satisfy the desire to be a good teacher. Therefore, I will talk to Chunwei in the form of writing.
One is that we must remember our roots deep down. We were born in a small village that didn't even overlook the map, but we couldn't ignore her. That's the beginning of our lives, and without that beginning we would be different. Remembering the small village, we remember our humility, Confucius said: "I am a little and a lowly, so I can despise things." Only when a person remembers humility and pursues art, he will not float, and he will be as heavy as a scale and solid. Writer Lu Yao has a creative talk about "Morning Starts at Noon", I like it very much, the following text, I can recite, I am willing to pass it on to my brother: "Treat your work, not only serious, but also demanding." A profound impetus comes from the recollection and review of the past. From time to time, I think of the fragmented life of adolescence, the absurd behavior dominated by blind fanatical emotions, the sadness of loss and the vague ignorance of the future. Everything doesn't seem far away, it happened yesterday. How fortunate it is to be able to do a job that is related to millions of people with a sense of responsibility and mission at the moment. Therefore, it is necessary to nervously grasp every minute and second of the golden passage of life, no matter what the cost, and now I have fully understood that a person of humble origin like me may be buried worthlessly in the journey of life if he takes a wrong step or misses an opportunity; or he may become an insignificant victim in the rapidly changing tide of society. Life has saved me, and I must repay the favor and live up to its love. Take extra serious care of your work and labor. You have come to this day with nothing, and for the gift of life, even if you fall down at any time in the process of hard work, you have no remorse. You have not inherited anyone's altar jars, and so far everything has been obtained by your own labor. We should be pleased with that.".
Second, the purpose should be high. That is to say, to go beyond the small village, or in our hearts, the small village is the center of the earth, standing at this center, let the radius of thinking, like a ripple, expand outward little by little, to have this courage, can not be trivial, especially in the personality can not be trivial, at any time, we must stand straight, nod and waist posture the less the better. Because you are a maker of spiritual products, the spiritual realm should be higher than ordinary people, and you should have more concerns and thoughts about human beings and the world. I often think of Mencius's words: All things are prepared for me. I think that as a calligrapher, holding a pen in your hand, you must have the feeling of all things to help, all the power accumulated at the bottom of the wrist, he worries that the book cannot be seen by everyone!
The third is to be patient. Extraordinary achievements are achieved with patience. And I have achieved nothing, but also because of old impatience. Writer Wang Zengqi said of his teacher, Shen Congwen, a literary titan, who said: "Mr. Shen loves to use a word that is not commonly used by others: 'patience'. He said he wasn't a genius (he should be a genius), just patient. He also used to say to others, 'Be patient'. When he saw his son Xiaohu engaged in machine tool design, he said ' to be patient'. When I saw my granddaughter Xiaohong doing her homework, I also said, "Be patient." His 'patience' means to be relentless and not afraid to work hard." I also gave the word "patience" to Chunwei to encourage me, can be patient, not impatient, close to genius.
Fourth, be honest. Honestly speaking here, the attitude of being a human being. Why be honest? Because we can't afford to lose. We also want to make mistakes, we want to make some flowers, we want to think about it, but we absolutely can't do it, because we don't have the background to shield us from the wind and rain, and we are not qualified to make mistakes. It's so easy to live out a personal look, and then plant a heel, can't cross, can't make a mistake, the price is too high, so be a person, so is winemaking, in art, the confidence also comes from honesty.
Fifth, be calm. Find your place and don't listen to the flickering. Making friends, to be intimate, intimate, is dangerous, easy to be burned by the heat. Send you Mr. Sun Li's words: "People always like others to praise." However, if at every hour of the day, someone takes turns to tout the end, and the tone of the praise becomes higher and higher, it will make them lose their conscience and will do ridiculous and even dangerous things. When defeated, the touter laughs and disperses, like a child blowing a balloon. The same is true of the firing of firecrackers. ”
There are many more, not to mention. I congratulate Chunwei on publishing the book, and I hope that you will brew good wine and write good words. When, all worthy of our town our village.
On December 8, 2010, it was rescheduled in Jinan, when the seventy-year-old mother was on the side, feeling extremely warm, and the mother brought the breath of the small village.
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