Zhang Qipeng, author of "Zhang Wei's Commentary": Zhang Wei is "the most Chinese style and Chinese style writer in contemporary China"

Qilu Network Lightning News, March 31 Recently, the "Commentary on Zhang Wei" written by Jinan cultural scholars Zhang Qipeng and Qi Fengzhen was published by Henan Literature and Art Publishing House. The book traces Zhang Wei's literary roots, analyzes his literary ideals and feelings, reveals the twists and turns before and after the advent of his important works, and presents the spiritual world of a literary giant. The reporter interviewed Zhang Wei, one of the authors of the book, Zhang Zhipeng, and a number of literary critics.

The system reviews Zhang Wei's main life experience and literary creation process from birth in 1956 to the present

The book is the first commentary on the famous contemporary writer Zhang Wei. The works systematically review Zhang Wei's main life experience and literary creation process from his birth in 1956 to the present, dig deep into his literary roots and spiritual background, vividly show the literary evolution trajectory of the writer since his literary creation in 1973, re-evaluate Zhang Wei's literary thought, literary spirit and main literary works, and condense a history of contemporary Chinese literary development, ideological change and spiritual flow from one angle.

Zhang Wei is a contemporary writer and vice chairman of the China Writers Association. He is the author of 21 novels such as "Ancient Boat", "Fables of September", "Hedgehog Song", "Book of Other Provinces", "You are on the Plateau", "Du Pharmacist", "Secret History of Aiyobao", etc., many essay collections such as "Into the Wild Land", "Tao Yuanming's Legacy", "Ban Huan Zhi", "Wan Songpu Chronicle: Zhang Wei's Prose Essay Yearbook" in 20 volumes, poetry collections "The Road of Refuge", "Night Stay in Bay Garden", "Return to travel", "Book of Non-practice", "Letter of Friendship" and many others, and has won many awards such as Mao Dun Literature Award, China Publishing Government Award, 100 Outstanding Chinese Literature Books in a Hundred Years, and Chinese Good Books.

In the autumn of 2018, after the publication of the "Long Edition of Zhang Wei's Research Materials (1956-2017)", Zhang Qipeng and Qi Fengzhen accepted the invitation of Chen Jing and Zhang Juan of Henan Literature and Art Publishing House to begin to write this "Zhang Wei Commentary".

Zhang Qipeng, a member of the Chinese Writers Association and a member of the China Essay Literature Association, and Qi Fengzhen, a professor at the School of Literature and Journalism and Communication of Shandong University of Finance and Economics, co-authored "The Long Compilation of Zhang Wei's Research Materials", "The Initial Compilation of Zhao Defa's Literary Chronology", and "Li Xintian's Annals". Zhang Zhipeng introduced that since the early 1980s, they began to pay attention to Zhang Wei's literary creation, and in more than 30 years, they collected tens of thousands of works and research materials about Zhang Wei, but in the face of such a work as writing "Zhang Wei's Commentary", they still encountered many difficulties, and even had the idea of giving up many times in the middle. Zhang Zhipeng said: "Zhang Wei is a heavyweight writer with a writing process of nearly 50 years and a total of nearly 20 million words, and he is walking on the long road of literature, with vigorous creative vitality and new works, so it may be too early to write such a commentary." Therefore, they prefer to see their works as "throwing bricks and leading jade".

The writer's work is large in size and deep in thought, which makes it difficult to write a commentary

Wei Jian, a senior professor at Shandong Normal University, a doctoral supervisor of modern and contemporary Chinese literature, and president of the Shandong Modern Chinese Literature Society, said that it is a very difficult job to do commentaries for Zhang Wei. First of all, Zhang Wei's works are large in volume and the types of creation are also very rich, involving novels, essays, poetry, academic essays, children's literature, etc.; secondly, Zhang Wei's works are deeply thoughtful, and he turns his thinking on the fate of mankind into literary works, which increases the difficulty of interpreting the works. In the actual writing process, Zhang Qipeng also found that there were fewer documentary texts in Zhang Wei's works, which also increased the difficulty of writing and commenting.

On the other hand, there are certain advantages in writing by Zhang Qipeng and Qi Fengzhen. They are collectors and researchers of Zhang Wei's works and materials, and have authored many treatises such as "Zhang Wei's Long Compilation of Research Materials". At the same time, Qi Fengzhen is a university literature teacher, Zhang Zhipeng is a highly accomplished cultural scholar and prose writer, they have made long-term preparations for writing this book, carried out a large number of data accumulation and field visits, so that this work has a strong historical, authoritative and readable.

In the interview, Zhang Wei and many critics affirmed the rich and solid use of materials in zhang wei's commentary. According to Zhang Wei, in the past three years, Zhang Qipeng and Qi Fengzhen have spent many weekends in archives and libraries, staying for a day, and filling their hunger with bread at noon. Zhang Wei's writings are nearly 20 million words, and there are more than 20 million words of research texts about him, and to sort out this vast sea of words, the writer himself also sighed that "I can't do it." Zhang Wei also proposed that the book presents a large number of independent opinions that are different from previous authors, which may be controversial after the figure is written, but Zhang Qipeng and Qi Fengzhen do not blindly follow Yu Cheng's theory and insist on their own views, which is very courageous.

Zhang Wei is "the most Chinese style and Chinese style writer in contemporary China"

In the interview, Zhang Qipeng called Zhang Wei "the most Chinese style and Chinese style writer in contemporary China", "which is reflected in his profound traditional cultural literacy, inclusive broad mind, and extraordinary grace and nobility." He carries the cultural accumulation of the Chinese nation for thousands of years, and never rejects the nourishment of the world's excellent culture, but also has his own unique understanding and thinking and personalized expression. These are indispensable to The reason why Zhang Wei can become Zhang Wei. ”

As a writer who has been famous for a long time, some critics in the past have labeled Zhang Wei a lot, such as moral idealism, conservatism, anti-modernization, shaping utopia, etc. In the Biography of Zhang Wei, Zhang Zhipeng and Qi Fengzhen did not argue or refute, but used a large number of detailed materials to express their views. Zhang Zhipeng introduced that Zhang Wei once said that "a writer is writing a work in his lifetime", "This sentence also applies to Zhang Wei". Zhang Zhipeng said that Zhang Wei, who was born in the 1950s, has actually been writing for their generation and for his birthplace, which is the "unified ideological core" of all his works.

It is a must-read book for studying Zhang Wei

As soon as the "Commentary on Zhang Wei" was published, it caused great repercussions in society, especially in the literary circles, critics, and reading circles. Song Suiliang, a famous scholar and professor at Shandong Normal University, commented that the book is a meticulous, diligent, and laborious work. In the book, we try our best to use Zhang Wei's own explanations, memories, and conversations, and to quote from the side, quote from the meaning, and eclectically explain the causes, backgrounds, regional scenery, and cultural customs of the works, and strive to accurately, thoughtfully, and meticulously comment on them, without losing the truth of history. It is the "History of Letters" and a must-read book for studying Zhang Wei.

Zhao Hexiang, a famous literary critic and writer, said that the Biography of Zhang Wei is rich in information and "very accurately presents a circular and three-dimensional Zhang Wei to the reader, which is a successful work."

Zhang Wei Profile:

Zhang Wei, Contemporary Writer, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Writers Association, Chairman of the 5th and 6th Shandong Writers Association, Honorary President of Wansongpu College. Qixia, Shandong, was born in Longkou on November 7, 1956. He began writing in 1973 and published his works in 1975.

He is the author of 21 novels, including "Ancient Ship", "September Fable", "Hedgehog Song", "Book of Other Provinces", "You are in the Plateau", "The Lone Medicine Man", "The Secret History of Aiyobao", etc.; the poetry collection "The Road to Refuge", "The Family Lives in Wansongpu", "Overnight Stay in Bay Garden", "The Journey of Returning", "The Book of Not Fulfilling the Covenant", "The Message of a Close Friend", etc.; "Zhang Wei's Collected Works" in 50 volumes. "Ancient Ships" and others were selected into the "New Chinese Literature Series". His works have won the Mao Dun Literature Award, the National Outstanding Short Story Award, the China Publishing Government Award, the China Excellent Publication Award, the China Writers Publishing Group Special Award, the 100 Outstanding Chinese Literature Books in 100 Years, the World Top 100 Chinese Novels in 100 Years, the Chinese Literature and Media Award, the Outstanding Writer of the Year, and the China Good Book Award.

His works have been translated into dozens of languages, including English, Japanese, French, Korean, German, Russian, Italian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Arabic, Turkish, and Romanian.

Introduction to "Zhang Wei's Commentary":

This is the first commentary on the famous contemporary writer Zhang Wei. The works systematically review Zhang Wei's main life experience and literary creation process from his birth in 1956 to the present, dig deep into his literary roots and spiritual background, vividly show the literary evolution trajectory of the writer since his literary creation in 1973, re-evaluate Zhang Wei's literary thought, literary spirit and main literary works, and condense a history of contemporary Chinese literary development, ideological change and spiritual flow from one angle.

The author of the commentary is not only a collector and researcher of Zhang Wei's works and materials, but also a long compilation of Zhang Wei's research materials (1956-2017) and many other treatises, as well as a highly accomplished cultural scholar and prose author, and has made many years of preparation for writing this book, accumulating a lot of materials and field visits, so that this work has a strong historical, authoritative and readable.