Shi Zhongyuan: The Birth of "Yuchuan Literature"

Opening Quote: Concubine...

According to the "Zuo Biography" and other documents, the eight surnames in ancient times were "Ji, Jiang, 姒, 嬴, 妘, 妫, 姚, 姞", and concubines accounted for one of them. The ancestor of the concubine surname can be traced back to Yu Shun. Shun's seventh ancestral name was Changyi, Changyi's son was 颛顼, the son of 颛顼 was poor cicada, the son of poor cicada Jingkang, the son of Jingkang was Shuwang, the son of Juwang was Qiao Niu, the son of Qiao Niu was Shu Shu, and the son of Shu Shu was Shun. Concubine was a descendant of Shun, and Yao married Emperor E and Lady Ying to Shun. Let Shun live on the edge of the water.

After Shun, Yu succeeded to the throne. Yu's son Qi jian xia dynasty, Feng Shun's eldest son Shang was in Yu (虞, in modern Yucheng, Henan), and the Yu surname originated from this. Later in the Shang Dynasty, Shun's descendant Fu Father (also known as Shu Father) surrendered to King Wen of Zhou and served as an official of Tao Zheng. After the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang, King Wu of Zhou married his eldest daughter Daji to Fu's son Concubine Man (Shun's 33rd grandson), who was given the title of Marquis of Chen,whose seat was Chen (present-day Huaiyang County, Zhoukou, Henan), the capital of Wanqiu. The history of Concubine Manchu was called Hu Gongman and Chen Hugong, and his descendants took the state as their surname, thus giving rise to the Chen surname.

How could such a prominent concubine surname disappear? According to the New Book of Tang dynasty, during the reign of King Wu of Zhou, the people with the surname of Concubine were divided into Chen. Later, the people with the surname of Concubine merged with the people surnamed Chen, married and had children, and were gradually assimilated, so the surname of Concubine slowly changed to the surname of Chen. Due to the chaos of the war, some people with the surname of Concubine fled to the State of Qi, and changed their surnames to Tian in anonymity. The war was endless, the surname was changed continuously, and many concubines changed their surnames to other surnames, so the concubine surname gradually disappeared. After thousands of years of breeding and propagation, the Shun family of concubines and wang clans derived more than 60 kinds of surnames, such as Chen, Tian, Yao, Hu, Sun, Yuan, Xia, Lu and so on.

Nowadays, the Yanshui River is the largest river in Yanqing, the scenery on both sides is beautiful, resembling Jiangnan, from east to west across the Yanqingchuan District Baili Basin, along the way there are 9 tributaries into the Yanqing Southwest Road Village into the Guanting Reservoir, and then into the Yongding River, the basin area of more than 1,000 square kilometers. Therefore, Yanqing has the saying of "Baili Concubine River".

Do you want to cultivate the aura of the haoran? With a long roar, the mountain chirped in agreement; looking around, the sea and the sky were wide. Standing in Beijing Yanqing Xiaohaituo Mountain to the south, Yanqing FeiChuan land panoramic view. In order to create a good atmosphere for the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Group of Writers of Yanqing District, Beijing has made unremitting efforts. Edited by Mr. Qiao Yu, the Collected Works of Fei Chuan (Beijing Publishing House, January 2022 edition) is a collective tribute from Beijing Publishing Group and Yanqing Yuchuan writers to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and is a cultural gift to the Winter Olympics.

The Collected Works of Yukawa selects 11 writers and publishes 12 works, covering poetry, prose, novels, classical poetry, reportage, photography and other genres. With delicate brushstrokes, The writers of Yuchuan spread Chinese culture and wrote the literature of the people. Muya Lanxiang's "Yu chuan anthology" series of books has both small family jasper and atmospheric articles. Good words make people open-minded, and good works make people full of reverence for the world and gratitude for their ancestors. With a grateful heart, there is a heart of compassion, living authentically, indifferently, and transparently.

I. "Yuchuan Literature and the Construction of the Great Wall Cultural Belt" Forum

"In today's world, when people mention China, they will think of the Great Wall; when they mention Chinese civilization, they will also think of the Great Wall. The Great Wall, the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, etc. are all important symbols of the Chinese nation and an important symbol of the spirit of the Chinese nation." In order to protect the endless roots of the Chinese nation's spirit, in the golden autumn of 2021, the 6th "Beijing October Literature Month" series of activities with the theme of "New Era, New Literature and New Mission" sponsored by the Propaganda Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, the Cyberspace Office of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, the Beijing Federation of Literary and Art Circles and other units was successfully held in the "Yuechuan Literature and the Construction of the Great Wall Cultural Belt" (Note: hereinafter referred to as the "Forum").

The Great Wall Cultural Belt, the Canal Cultural Belt and the Xishan Yongdinghe Cultural Belt carry beijing's natural cultural resources and urban development history of "rigidity and softness, and interdependence of mountains and rivers", and are the essence and symbol of Beijing culture and even Chinese civilization. Then, Yuchuan literature is a pearl embedded in the Great Wall cultural belt; the "Yuechuan Anthology" is a fruitful result of the construction of the Great Wall Cultural Belt and promotes the cultural construction of Beijing.

At the "Forum", Qiu Huadong, secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Writers Association and a famous writer, pointed out that the mountains and rivers of Yanqing are magnificent, with a rough, bold, fierce, atmospheric, deep and open beauty. The unique natural features will inevitably affect the writing style of writers. The Collected Works of Yanchuan is a collective presentation of Yanqing's literary achievements and a major initiative of the Beijing Publishing Group to help Beijing's local culture and literature. Most of the works included in the "Yuchuan Anthology" have been published in national literary journals and newspapers, and also include works that have won various national literary awards, and some works have reached the artistic level of contemporary literary circles.

At the "Forum", Mr. Qiao Yu said to me: Please remember that on October 29, 2021, "Yuchuan Literature", as a cultural concept and regional cultural symbol, officially entered the Chinese literary circle today! Thanks to Teacher Zhao Anliang, thanks to Zhou Jianqiang, Lin Yao, Zhou Baoping and Xu Qingshan, thanks to all the people who struggled for The Literature of Yanchuan, Yanqing History will remember this moment! To this end, Mr. Guo Dongliang gave a poem: "The leaves of the Yuchuan River are yellow in October, and the Great Wall culture geese are in line." Don't forget the original spring and autumn pen, the depths of literature are hometown."

The new word "Yuchuan Literature" conforms to the four-character format of the Chinese idiom. Idioms, especially four-character idioms, are a unique treasure house in Han culture. The short four sentences condense rich meanings, reflecting almost all the excellent historical allusions in ancient Chinese culture, and embodying various major grammatical phenomena of the Chinese language. In addition to the need for syllables and duality, the four-word idiom is also because the four-word structure is precisely the simplest form that can constitute any kind of single-sentence sentence pattern.

The connotation and extension of the term "Yanchuan literature" compiled in this article are different from the term "Yanqing literature" due to the limitations of time and space, but they are closely related. The new word "Yuchuan Literature" has Chinese style and regional characteristics, and is a language trend that readers like to hear. "Ideographic lyricism, narrative of objects, can be applied as appropriate, and can be used continuously, with a wide range of effects." (Shi Yunsun's "Rhetoric").

Four-character language is one of the characteristics of Chinese and Chinese, which wins with repeated semantics, and is not suspected of repeating words. Idioms such as "easy to come by hand" and "lifting heavy weights" show the infinite chinese characters to the world, adding to the charm of Chinese culture. The four words of "Yuchuan Literature" with exquisite choice of words may be the icing on the cake for Chinese idioms in the future.

The author has a soft spot for the character 妫, because concubine is a descendant of Shun. Etiquette. The Zhongyong has the sentence "Zhongni Zushu Yao Shun, Charter Wenwu, Shanglu Tianshi, Descending On Water and Soil". The Confucian school founded by Confucius advocated the way of the first kings, especially praising the traditional culture since Yao Shun. Du Fu's poem "To Jun Yao Shun, and then to make the customs pure". The poem Saint Du Fu, the context continues, endlessly.

The author's affection for "Yuchuan literature" overflows into the table: when the heavens are up, the water and soil are attacked, such as the sequence of the four hours, such as the generation of the sun and the moon, all things are born together without harming each other, and the Tao is parallel but not contradictory. "Yuchuan literature" conceals the xiao Tokugawa stream, the great detunhua of the text; it is obvious that the political people and customs are pure and thick.

After several generations and decades of hard work and struggle, Yuchuan literature has finally ushered in a new era of literature. Taking the "Forum" as a watershed, "Yuchuan Literature" officially debuted in the Chinese literary circle as a cultural concept and regional cultural symbol! Marked by the "Yuchuan Anthology" which was launched into a group of writers and 12 works in sets at a time, the "Yuchuan Literature" brand officially entered the public vision and the book market.

Since the founding of New China, Yanqing writers represented by Mr. Meng Guangchen have guided a group of young writers to embark on the road of literary creation, stepping out of qiao Yu, Yuanshan, Zhou Yi, Zhang Heping, Lin Yao, Lian He, Xie Jiuzhong, Huaxia, Shi Zhongyuan, Sun Guangxun, Zhang Yi, Wu Guang, Yao Erlin, Sun Zhao, Chen Chao, Qian Dai (in the order of members of the Chinese Writers Association and the Beijing Writers Association), and more than 80 writers, constantly composing the chapters of Yanchuan literature with their deep love in their hearts and the flexible pen in their hands. "Yuchuan literature" is no longer just the literature of the Yuchuan people themselves, but is moving towards the whole country with an open and calm attitude, gradually forming a cultural concept and regional cultural symbols, becoming a unique literary phenomenon. The birth of "Yuchuan Literature" is the result of the dedicated writing of many writers in Yanqing, of which three characters have to be mentioned: Meng Guangchen is the "lantern bearer" of Yuchuan literature, Qiao Yu is the "navigator" of Yuchuan literature, and Zhou Yi is the "flag-bearer" of Yuchuan literature.

Second, the "lantern bearer" of Yuchuan literature - Meng Guangchen

Haoran, a famous writer and former chairman of the Beijing Writers Association (March 25, 1932 to February 20, 2008), took "writing about farmers and writing for farmers" as his creative purpose. Haoran was good friends with Meng Guangchen before his death. Haoran wrote in "Essay on The Writing of the Clay Nest" that the first Yanqing person I knew was Meng Guangchen. Meng Guangchen is a wise man, who can write poetry and novels, and it is said that he can also play the huqin and play on the stage to accompany his wife who plays the show. Therefore, I decided that Yanqing County must be a rich place with developed culture. In the early 1970s, When Old Meng really led me to Yanqing outside the Badaling Great Wall, I found that it was quite closed by the high mountains and rivers, resulting in the construction and development of many aspects being relatively backward, and the literary garden was even more barren and desolate. In addition to Lao Meng, there is also a hao lianhe who often writes poetry and a middle school teacher Liu Guochun who is trying to take a step toward literature. It can be said that the three of them were the "literary circles" of Yanqing in that era...

The young writer Lin Yao (vice chairman of the Beijing Yanqing District Writers Association and representative of the 11th National Literary Congress), in his article "The Soul Rooted in the Soil - Remembering the Chinese Vernacular Literature Writer Meng Guangchen", wrote that Mr. Meng Guangchen began to write in the late 1950s and spent more than half a century in the cultivation of pen and ink. He is not only one of the oldest writers in the suburbs of Beijing, but also one of the most arduous and tenacious writers in the suburbs of Beijing. In 2003, Mr. Meng Guangchen, who was too old to write, learned to write by computer; in 2005, he published two novels, "Children of Hanquan" and "Pioneering", rewriting the history of Yanqing without writers writing long stories; in 2015, he spared no effort to publish a thick "Wu tu wen xin - sixty years of Yanqing literature miscellaneous memories", reviewing the development of Yanqing's literary undertakings in the past 60 years. In this book, which took two years to complete, he took the history of the development of poetry, prose, novels, qu art and folk literature as the outline, classified according to the typical characters of different periods, and took a panoramic inventory of more than 50 more accomplished writers and literary lovers in Yanqing since the founding of New China, and sorted out the influential literary activities in Yanqing. He introduced and commented on each author's masterpieces and wonderful chapters, and reviewed his own creative process, humbly calling himself a "veteran" who trekked the literary world... Mr. Meng Guangchen is a banner of The Literary Circle of Yanqing, and he is gone, as if taking away a literary era.....

Third, the "navigator" of Yuchuan literature - Qiao Yu

If Mr. Meng Guangchen is the "lantern bearer" of Yuchuan literature, then Mr. Qiao Yu is the "navigator" of Feichuan literature. In August 1996, together with Mr. Cao Jingang, he edited The Selected Literary Works of Yanqing (Chinese Publishing House, 1996 edition), which was the first anthology of literary works in the history of Yanqing literature and the first time that the author of Yanqing was publicly displayed in the society; fortunately, the author was the responsible editor of the book. In August 2001, Qiao Yu edited the 2001 edition of "Selected Works of Yuchuan Literature 1950-2001" (upper and lower volumes) by Writers Publishing House. In December 2012, he edited the "Selected Works of Yanchuan Literature 2001-2011" (three volumes), December 2012 edition of China Federation of Literary and Art Publishing House. This year, he is the chief editor of the 12-volume "Collected Works of Yu Chuan", which was published by Beijing Publishing House in January 2022.

The "Yuchuan Literature Development Fund" initiated by Qiao Yu was officially launched in July 2018 to fund the publication of literary works by Yanqing authors. Mr. Qiao Yu's "Yuechuan Literature" complex is just like what Mr. Chen Chao said at the symposium of the 2021 Mid-Autumn Festival": "Urging the planting of cuckoos is heartfelt, and the reward is the Wu Que language." Yukawa was fortunate to have an army leader who led the Hongqun to the bullfight. ”

From 1995 to today, Qiao Yu has worked quietly for decades to promote the development of Yuchuan's literary career. He inspired Yanqing's literary creation; encouraged local writers to create fine works; raised funds to publish books for them; and held symposiums, seminars, and forums on Yanchuan literature. Under his unremitting impetus, "Yuchuan Literature" entered the Chinese literary world as a cultural concept and regional cultural symbol. He actively campaigned to set up the Yuchuan Literature Development Fund to ensure the sustainability of the development of Yuchuan literature; set up the "Yuechuan Literature Award" to push the Yuechuan Literature to a new height; joined hands with the Beijing Publishing Group to bring the Group of Yuchuan Writers to the market on a large scale; and compiled the Yuchuan Anthology, filling the gap in the publishing regional anthologies in various districts of Beijing.

On October 16, 2021, Qiao Yu delivered a speech at the ceremony of being appointed honorary chairman of the Yanqing District Writers Association: It is not easy for Yuchuan literature to achieve today's achievements. We need to be grateful. Here are Meng Guangchen, Liu Mingyao, Chen Chao, Sun Zhao, Lian He, Zhang Suqi, the older generation of writers with hard work and bitter persistence. There is the persistence of Xie Jiuzhong, Shi Zhongyuan, Liu Lihua, Huaxia, Zhang Heping, and You Enze, who are the backbone of the Generation of Concubine Chuan literature. There are the glory of Guo Dongliang, Zhou Yi, and Lin Yao. There are also the hardships of Zhao Anliang, Zhao Wanli, Zhu Lin, Sun Shoukai, Xu Qingshan, Zhou Baoping, who are the escorts who silently dedicate themselves to writers while creating. Here we must not forget the care and support of Haoran, Shu Yi, Liu Heng, Yang Qingxiang, Yang Xiaosheng, Ma Junjun, these great writers for the development of Yuchuan literature for many years. And the best way for us to express our gratitude is to produce more works, to produce good works, to create excellent works worthy of our great nation.

Fourth, the "flag-raising man" of Yuchuan literature - Zhou Interpretation

Mo Runfei Chuan's feelings, pen with the voice of the people. On June 3, 2016, the inaugural meeting and the first member congress of the Beijing Yanqing District Writers Association were held, and Zhou Jianqiang was elected as the chairman of the Writers Association. Since then, Yanqing has entered a new era of Yuchuan literature, and Zhou Yi has become the "flag bearer" of Yanchuan literature. To this end, Liu Heng, chairman of the Beijing Writers Association, sent a congratulatory letter to yanqing colleagues: Everyone is the same kind, there is no need to say polite words, let alone empty words. Getting together and doing things is indispensable to ambition. However, no matter what kind of origins and ambitions each other have, they must not overestimate themselves. Where we and the pen in our hands are, and how much energy we have, you must have a number in your hearts. Nevertheless, it seems that there is no need to underestimate ourselves, every word we write is like a drop of sweat or a tear, or even a drop of blood, which will eventually leave traces in the annual rings of the national spiritual world, even if they are humble traces. Our lives will be proud of it. Not redundant. Liu Heng dun head. Summer in Hangzhou.

Over the past few years, the Yanqing Writers Association has done a good job. In 2018, the Yanqing District Writers Association organized more than 10 literary training, exchanges and style collection activities throughout the year, with nearly 1,000 participants. In the first Yuchuan Literature Award in 2018, a total of 6 works won the Yuchuan Literature Award. In 2019, the works of 6 Yanqing writers, including Zhang Heping and Lin Yao, won 4 awards, the golden shield literature award-winning work "Dark Fight" won the provincial and ministerial awards of the Impact Domestic and Foreign Literature Awards, and 3 works were funded by the publication of the Yanchuan Literature Development Fund. With literary friends, compose life, invite domestic famous artists to serve as consultants for the literary journal "Yuchuan", and hold the "Reading and Enjoying Readers Salon" activity, in 2019, more than 200 (first) member works were published in publications inside and outside the region.

Under the leadership of Zhou Jianqiang (pen name Zhou Yi), the Yanqing Writers Association rejected the worldly hustle and bustle and pursued the aesthetic realm, and together with vice chairmen Guo Qiang, Zhou Baoping, secretary general Xu Qingshan and others, he worked together to build a romantic valley of "Yuchuan literature". The "2020-2021 Yuchuan Literature Development Fund Awards Ceremony" was held, and the results of the third Yuchuan Literature Development Fund Project and the second Yuechuan Literature Award were announced and the winners were awarded. A total of 12 works participated in the Yuchuan Literature Award, and 4 writers' portfolios applied for funding for publication. The 8 works that won the award are the novel "Bai Yihua" (Zhou Interpretation), the novella "Wang Dongfang Enters the City" (Zhang Heping), the short story "Lao Du's New House" (Xia Xuefei), "Lao Bai" (Zhao Wenxin), "God Calculates Geng Half Immortal" (Yuanshan), the prose and reportage "Dongmen Camp To Retain Nostalgia" (Sun Guangxun), the "Mian Mian Zi Love" (Jin Guizhi), and the poem "Eight Poems" (Lin Yao). Guo Dongliang's essay collection "Yanqing Dialect in Yuan, Ming and Qing Literature", Liang Xiaolan's poetry collection "Dust in the Mirror", and Shen Runmin's poetry collection "Tribute to Sunshine" were funded for publication in 2021.

"Concubine" has become a landmark cultural symbol in Yanqing and used, such as "Yuchuan Academy", "Feishui Renjia", "Feihe Forest Park" and other titles with the word "妫", and there are more thick and thin "Feichuan Literature" writers. The Tang Dynasty set up Feichuan County, and the "Battle of Hanquan" between the Yandi Emperor and the Yellow Emperor's tribe in the "Records of History" took place in the Yanhuai Basin, which is the area around today's Yanqing. As a result, Yanqing Yuchuan has a long historical meaning; therefore, the "Yanqing Literature" of the past has become today's "Yanqing Literature".

V. Appendix: The Collected Works of Yu Chuan, 11 writers, 12 titles (Beijing Publishing House, January 2022 edition):

Shi Zhongyuan's "Light of the White River" (documentary literature collection);

Guo Dongliang's "Proud Son of Concubine Chuan" (a collection of reportage);

Yuanshan", "Mountain One Journey, Water One Journey" (poetry collection);

Huaxia "Ordinary Life Always Has Unexpected Touches" (collection of essays);

Xie Jiuzhong's "Great Wall Assertions" (literary self-selected collection);

Chen Chao's "Rhymes with The Water" (collection of ancient poems);

Zhang Heping, The Call of Haituo Mountain (a collection of prose poems);

Shallow Dai "Flowing Years of Deep Love" (collection of essays);

Zhou Interpretation of the Battle of Longguan (novel collection);

Lin Yao's "BingCang Xing yin" (collection of essays);

Qiao Yu's "Crossing the Heart Wall - Selected Poems of Qiao Yu"; Qiao Yu's "Days in the Lens - Qiao Yu Documentary Portrait Photography Collection".

Note: The author of this article is Shi Zhongyuan, a Beijing writer, an advisor to the Beijing Yanqing District Writers Association, a senior editor in the publishing industry, and a former director of the editorial office of Chinese Publishing House, and has authored more than 30 kinds of works such as "Report from the Global Village".

On March 10, 2022, Shi Zhongyuan wrote in Yanqing Hot Spring Xili, Beijing