The Nobel Prize is an award established in 1895 based on the will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel to recognize those who have made outstanding contributions to society or who have made outstanding research, inventions and experiments.
The Nobel Prize established six prizes in physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, literature, peace, and later economics, which slowly evolved over the long term into the highest academic (highest contribution) awards.
So far, more than 590 awards have been awarded, a total of more than 935 people and organizations have won Nobel Prizes, and so far a total of three Chinese have won Nobel Prizes: Mr. Yang Zhenning (Nobel Prize in Physics), Ms. Tu Youyou (Nobel Prize in Medicine) and Mo Yan (Nobel Prize in Literature), of which Mr. Yang Zhenning did not win during his time in China, so the honor is not entirely Chinese life.
Because the number of Nobel Prizes in China is small, it has long been the so-called important basis for the Chinese people or other forces to slander the mainland's scientific research standards.
As the first Nobel Prize winner in literature in the mainland, Mo Yan should have been a matter worthy of the happiness of the Chinese people, but since he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012, there have been many voices in China that oppose Mo Yan's Nobel Prize, and the main point of the opponents is that Mo Yan's works cannot represent modern Chinese, but are suspected of catering to foreigners, and believe that the Chinese works that can win the Nobel Prize in Literature should be works that describe the powerful China in the new era, not like Mo Yan's works.
The controversy over whether Mo Yan deserves the Nobel Prize for Literature continues to this day.
Life of Mo Yan
Born on February 17, 1955 in Ping'an Village, Dalan Township, Gaomi County, Shandong Province, Mo Yan's childhood was a difficult period of three years in China, and the experience of the same year also influenced Mo Yan's writing style to a certain extent.
In the 1960s, Mo Yan dropped out of school due to ten years of turmoil, and at this time, Mo Yan's time in addition to helping his family complete farm work was reading, and Mo Yan relied on the Xinhua Dictionary and the Compendium of General History of China to survive that period, which also became Mo Yan's literary enlightenment.
In 1976, Mo Yan joined the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and during his time in the army, he read almost all the books in the military library, including Hegel's "Logic" and Marx's "Capital".
In May 1981, Mo Yan presented his first novel "Spring Night Rain and Misty Lightning" in Baoding, Hebei Province, and in 1987, the famous writer founded the Department of Literature at the PLA Academy of Arts, and after he saw Mo Yan's ", he was very appreciative, and gave Mo Yan the opportunity to participate in the examination, Mo Yan was successfully admitted to the Literature Department of the PLA Academy of Arts, and since then Mo Yan has begun his own literary creation journey.
In 1986, Mo Yan's "Red Sorghum" caused a sensation in the Chinese literary circles, and Mo Yan gradually became known to the Chinese people.
In 2012, Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his works such as "Red Sorghum" and "Sandalwood Punishment", becoming the first person in mainland China to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (before Mo Yan, Mr. Lao She had been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, but on the eve of the award, Mr. Lao She and his suicide did not win the prize).
Voices of opponents
Since Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature, his voice has always existed, and there is no shortage of those literary voices in the voices against Mo Yan, such as the joint criticism of Mo Yan by 15 writers such as Furukawa and Beifeng, which is the voice of the domestic literary circles against Mo Yan.
The reason for their opposition is that the attitude of the Nobel Prize in Literature has always been very ambiguous, those that cater to Western culture, or the reviews that Western culture likes can often win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and Mo Yan's works describe the tragic life of the past Chinese, and have never described the theme of the strength and prosperity of new China, so they believe that Mo Yan is suspected of catering to foreigners, and they think that his writing position is not Chinese position, and some people even call Mo Yan a "traitor". And similar rhetoric continues to this day.
Of course, in addition to the voices of opponents, voices supporting Mo Yan have always existed, for example, the literary giant Yu Hua has publicly supported Mo Yan, but the voices opposing Mo Yan are too strong to cover up those who support him.
Of course, although most writers criticize Mo Yan for their own seemingly reasonable reasons, many writers have said that they have not actually read Mo Yan's works, and have never heard of Mo Yan, and did not know about Mo Yan until he won the Nobel Prize, so he believes that Mo Yan is not eligible to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Such a view is necessarily irrational, and the voice of opposition should be voiced at least after a deep understanding, rather than simply relying on one's own impression to make a statement of opposition.
Follow-up to opposition
The opposition to Mo Yan has not made the organization that awarded the Nobel Prize withdraw its decision, but through this controversy over whether Mo Yan is eligible to win the Nobel Prize, more people have recognized Mo Yan and read Mo Yan's works.
When more and more Chinese people really opened Mo Yan's book and felt his words, their voices against him slowly began to decrease, presumably more and more people recognized Mo Yan.
As for Mo Yan himself in this protracted scolding war, he rarely spoke out, and the few statements were only a sentence: "From learning that I won the Nobel Prize to today, I seem to have experienced a baptism, like a mirror, seeing people's hearts, and seeing myself!" ”
And released a new work "The Late Ripper", for the writer the real way to refute is not to start a scolding war, but to come up with a work and let the facts speak, just as Mo Yan did.
Brief summary:
Just as there are a thousand Hamlets in the hearts of a thousand people, everyone has their own different views on whether Mo Yan's works are eligible to win the Nobel Literature Prize, but the author believes that opinions should appear after reading Mo Yan's articles, rather than speaking out against them because of public opinion guides or simple disobedience.
The mainland has entered a stage of rapid development, compared with the emergence of a large number of people or organizations that have won the Nobel Prize in the next period of time, I hope that the future winners can take the posture of a big country to face the international community, and also hope that the Chinese people can respect and love those talents who have won glory for the country.