On the afternoon of August 17, the China Writers Association announced the list of 2022 member development, and planned to develop 994 members. Among them, Jia Qianqian, the daughter of the famous writer Jia Pingwo, in the list of members to be developed, because some of his works were accused of low literary level, which caused controversy among netizens, questioning the membership criteria of the China Writers Association. On the afternoon of the 23rd, the staff of the Member Work Office of the Creative Liaison Department of the China Writers Association said that 944 members who intend to develop, including Jia Qianqian, were reviewed and reported in accordance with the procedures. For the questions questioned by netizens, it will be recorded and verified.
At present, the doubts of netizens mainly include two aspects: First, the literary level of Jia Qianqian's works is controversial, and the text poetry has also been accused of being synonymous with vulgarity and boredom; Second, the criteria for the selection of members of the Chinese Writers Association have been questioned, and everyone is very concerned about what level is needed to enter the Writers Association? These two kinds of questions seem to be a discussion of the rationality of Jia Qianqian's selection of the writers' association, but they are actually questions of social fairness and rules.
Similar to the controversy caused by the previous compilation of some star examinations, Jia Qianqian, as the daughter of Jia Pingwo, will itself be labeled with a certain label and placed on a higher platform to examine. But the problem is that the judgment of the level of literary works should never be based on the authorship of the preset position, even if different people will have different interpretations, but the evaluation criteria should still be limited to the scope of literary works, not subjective or emotional criticism.
Obviously, some of the doubting voices that appear in the field of public opinion at present are mixed with the color of "black and black", extracting some of Jia Qianqian's poetry fragments, and then taking them out of context, believing that they are vulgar and vulgar, while some are with preconceived perspectives, questioning the reasons for his selection with the motives of "resource theory" and "relationship theory". Putting aside these noisy sounds, it is worth asking whether there is a transparent, open and common sense mechanism for the selection criteria of the Writers' Association. If public concerns are merely "reported according to procedures," then the standardization of the review and escalation process will become a new problem.
Doubts are good, but they are also an opportunity to clarify doubts and improve processes. In fact, the list of members to be developed by the Writers' Association was announced as early as a few days ago, and there were also doubts at the beginning of the announcement. As we all know, the significance of publicity is to absorb social opinions, and in this process, there are naturally supports and oppositions. Just as the so-called "indistinct" is unknown, since a member of the list has been questioned, then for the Writers Association, some judgment details should be presented to show the reasonable legitimacy of the selection.
If Jia Qianqian ushered in his own career by working his own and relying on solid literary attainments, naturally he should not be greatly attacked, but if he is doing something "unworthy of the name" and squeezing the living space of others with the aura and resources, then it is another matter. Because, compared with ordinary writers, Jia Qianqian's words and deeds and life encounters will inevitably be linked to his father who has long become famous, and the daughter of a famous writer will have a problem of interest relations and relatives avoidance in order to develop in the field of literature. This is a matter of procedural norms in the Writers' Association and institutions such as universities, and it will often stir up the sensitive nerves of the public.
Of course, the literary quality of a certain writer has its own basis for judging, and it cannot be based on whether it is selected for the Writers' Association or is respected by a certain group, and as a public, it should not be examined with prejudice. However, it needs to be emphasized that the public discussion caused by the controversy over the selection of members of the writers' association is essentially to promote a more fair and transparent environment for literary creation, and professional matters should naturally be handed over to professionals to interpret, but regardless of whether the member is the daughter of a famous writer or an ordinary author with no name, since there is indeed a traceability of "publicity" and "social value" in the dispute, it should be used by institutions or functional departments to respond to public opinion concerns with a transparent and credible process.