Text/Li Lin Lei Yang
Recently, Haitian Publishing House and Yuelu Book Club jointly published Luo Hong's new work "Ancestors' Huxiang: The He Family". Famous scholars Liu Sifen, Qian Liqun, Zheng Dahua, Ma Yong, and Wang Luxiang praised the book and jointly recommended it.
The author Luo Hong lasted six years, based on a large number of precious historical documents such as poetry manuscripts, recital letters, genealogical fangzhi, and memoirs of posterity, to conduct rigorous examinations, showing the development of the Changsha Shanhua He family, important figures and key events. (For more news, please pay attention to Yangcheng Pie pai.ycwb.com)
The narrative of the He family in the book "Ancestors of Huxiang: Shanhua He", in fact, is a unique exposition of the modern history of Huxiang and even the modern history of China, which not only reproduces the rise and fall of the He family, but also involves the reform and renewal of Huxiang society, so that readers can see Huxiang from the family and China from Huxiang, and can glimpse the little-known side of Huxiang history and even modern Chinese history.
In the book, the author adopts a research method that combines official historical materials with private family rides, focuses on the He family in Changsha, Hunan, and analyzes the rise and fall of this family; and in terms of vision, he adopts the observation method of big history, placing this family in the great changes of modern history, seeing the details in the grandeur and the general trend in the details.
Interpret the Chinese code of the home country structure
First of all, from the Shanhua He clan to the Huxiang Xian, the He clan, as a "specimen", reveals the general fate of the Shijia Xian in modern Chinese society, and shows the social relationship network between the Xian clan through in-laws, teachers, etc. Through in-laws, I have you, and the social relationship network that lasts for generations.
The author keenly grasps the network of in-laws and teachers and friends of the He family, so that the family narrative enters the more open Huxiang Yingjie and even the modern Chinese Yingjie narrative, Tao Shu, Tang Jian, Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, Hu Linyi, Lao Chongguang, Zheng Dunjin, Lin Zexu, Wei Yuan, Guo Songtao, Li Xingyuan, He Shaoji, Wu Qitao, Huang Xing and other historical figures have appeared, and a symphony of historical ups and downs has been played together.
From the author's description of the He clan and most of the Huxiang society linked by the He clan, we can get a glimpse of "the structural form of traditional Chinese society and the mysteries of the formation of mainstream culture", and understand the unique social organization role played by in-law politics at that time.
In this way, the author moved from private history writing to public sharing. The author puts the family figures into the background of China's modern and contemporary history, takes major historical events as coordinates, directly twists the reproduction of a family with the historical ups and downs of a country, and completes the expansion of the vision and pattern improvement of the Huxiang society from the family clan to the Huxiang society and from the Huxiang society to modern China.
Provides a new perspective for interpreting the history of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China
As one of the leaders of the Huxiang people, He Changling used his forty years of eunuch cultivation to make the Huxiang bureaucracy condense into the core group of the Jingshi faction during the Jiadao period, and opened the historical prelude for Hunan people to enter the Chinese political stage and shine brilliantly, laying the cornerstone for the situation in which Hunan people profoundly influenced China's political arena for a hundred years.
Judging from the history of Chinese thought and scholarship, "the emergence of the bureaucratic group of the Jingshi faction also marks a major change in the ideological and academic atmosphere in China." This pragmatic and inquisitive spirit and practice of the Huxiang Jingshi School constituted and inspired Huxiang's reading manpower to turn the tide and even change the dynasty.
The author spent six years searching for information, rigorously examining and delineating, outlining a vast and floating historical silhouette, pushing historical figures that had been ignored by mainstream historians for a long time to the forefront, providing a new perspective for multi-faceted interpretation of important historical events in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, and enriching the historical image.
On the one hand, the Shanhua He clan has been passed down for hundreds of years, and the brothers He Changling and He Xiling have left more traces in the main history, and others may only say a few words or even be completely invisible. But in fact, there are many more historical merits of the descendants of the He clan who should also be seen, such as He Shizhen, the earliest generation of Chinese diplomats and counselors stationed in the United States; He Jiadong, who was an official to the prefect of Ili and raised an army in The Year of Xinhai to open the title page of the history of the Republic of China in Xinjiang; He Shanwen, the first generation of agronomists in New China; and so on.
On the other hand, for some historical events, the author tries to restore the truth of history by combing through historical materials.
The history of writing in writing is highly readable
In addition, the author's literary narrative skills revealed in historical writing are particularly noteworthy. Compared with the popular history of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, the history of the ShanhuaHe clan is still a niche private history, but the author writes history in text, and the text is not obscure, but has a strong readability. The author is good at creating a sense of historical scene, enhancing the storytelling and readability of the text, so that the appearance of historical figures who are not well known to the public is both unique and interesting, and impressive.
Before entering the field of historical writing, the author Luo Hong was better known as a writer and screenwriter, and his ability to control stories and excavate and use materials was first-class. In this history of the Shanhua He clan, Luo Hong brings readers a novel-like reading experience with solid historical details and literary imagination based on historical materials.
The 18 far-reaching ancestors in family history are noted in the author's deep review of the real life experience, and the vicissitudes of fate are reflected on the waves of history, providing a thought-provoking prequel for the life choices of future generations.
The author Luo Hong clearly stated in the afterword that the purpose of family history writing is not to appeal to the ancestors of the Guangzong Yaozu, and future generations should be inspired and inspired in the reputation of their ancestors, rather than shade.
About the Author
Luo Hong, Master of Arts of Nanjing University, is currently a professor at Guangzhou University, vice president of the Guangdong Provincial Cultural Society, and a well-known critic and writer in Guangdong. Won the title of "Excellent Expert of Guangzhou".
He has published and published more than one million words of monographs, more than 400 collections of film and television works, and more than one million words of literary works, and as the main creator, he has participated in the lu xun literary and art award of Guangdong Province, the "Five Ones Project" award of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee, the "Five Ones Project" award of the Central Propaganda Department (nominated), and the National Art Exhibition Excellent Work Award (comic strip) and other awards.
Representative works include the historical treatise "The Spirit of Hunan People: Huxiang Elite and Modern China", "Huxiang Shijia: Drum AndyZhou Luoshi", and the novel "Mule and Gold" (later participated in adapting it into a TV series).
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