On the 28th local time, the well-known Chinese pianist Fu Cong died in the United Kingdom on the same day due to infection with the new crown virus, at the age of 86. Fu Cong is known as a "piano poet" and was once praised by Time Magazine as one of the greatest musicians today. Fu Cong is the eldest son of Fu Lei, a well-known Chinese translator, and the compilation of fu lei's family letters has influenced generations of Chinese readers. Over the years, however, his admission to the United Kingdom caused much controversy. Even after the news of his death, some netizens still called him a "traitor".
Naturalization in the United Kingdom caused his father to be dissatisfied, and he was instructed by Deng Xiaoping to "agree to return to China"
China News Service reported that in August 1954, Fu Cong was sent by the Chinese government to study in Poland. In 1955, at the Fifth Chopin International Piano Competition, Fu Cong won the third place, becoming the first new Chinese musician to win an award in an international piano competition. Just when Fu Cong's ears were ringing with praise, Fu Lei sounded the alarm bell for his son in his family letter: "When encountering extremely grand things, we must have a particularly solemn feeling of danger and vigilance like being on the verge of the abyss and walking on thin ice." In his reply to his parents, Fu Cong also told his deep affection for the motherland: I am in Poland, and poles love me so deeply and so hotly; I also love Poland, I love as deeply, as hot as I do. They all said that I was a Polished Chinese, a Pole of Chinese nationality, but I still belonged to my dearest motherland. I miss the motherland, think of its beautiful mountains and rivers...
According to the book "Interpreting the Fu Lei Family" written by the well-known writer Ye Yonglie, when Fu Lei was beaten into a rightist faction, Fu Cong fled the United Kingdom around 1959, which not only made Fu Lei bear a greater burden politically, but also separated the father and son from the end of the world. In 1964, Fu Cong said in a letter to his father Fu Lei that he decided to become a British citizen, because he was a pianist, and he had to "run the dock" all year round, not to become a British citizen, and there were many inconveniences in signing a passport abroad. Fu Lei was distraught and did not reply to Fu Cong for several months. It was not until the birth of Fu Cong's eldest son, Ling Xiao, that Fu Lei replied on October 31, 1964.
Later, Fu Cong wanted to return to China to see, and on December 28, 1978, Deng Xiaoping wrote an instruction on Fu Cong's letter: "Fu can agree to return to China to visit relatives or work back to China, and the Ministry of Culture will handle it." "He finally got forgiveness.
Since then, Fu Cong has returned to China almost once a year, lecturing, playing, and doing everything in his power to do a little useful work for China.
(Chinese pianist Fu Cong.) Image source: Mainland CCTV News Weibo)
I like to read Chinese books, once said that "Chinese culture is a part of me"
When he was young, Fu Lei told Fu Cong that the development of Chinese music should be carried out from the language, which had a great influence on Fu Cong, so that no matter where he went, he never left Chinese culture.
Fu Cong once said: "In fact, the music of all countries is inseparable from its language. When he lectured overseas, he often used Chinese Tang and Song poems to interpret Western music, which Westerners were very interested in, and felt very strongly after listening to the explanations. Fu Cong believes that only in this way can the essence of Chinese culture be perfectly reflected.
For many years, Fu Cong has been reading Chinese books, and there are many traditional Chinese cultural works such as Chinese paintings at home, but he feels that these are not the main ones, the most important thing is that he has Chinese culture in his mind.
Fu Cong once said: "Chinese culture is a part of me, many years of overseas life experience has not changed this, if there is no Chinese culture is not me, Chinese culture and I am completely one." Chinese culture is so great, it contains too much power, at this point I may feel much stronger than the average person, sometimes I even feel that I can't bear the impact of this culture on my heart emotionally. The most impressive thing is Zhuge Liang's "Former Master Table" and "Later Master Table", and the character is revealed between the lines, which is very touching. (End)
![Fu Cong, who died at the age of 86, was famous all over the world for his "Fu Lei Family Letter", and his life was full of glorious emotional twists and turns[fig]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)