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Yu Qiuyu - the founder of cultural prose, China's number one literary star in the nineties.
He is one of the best essayists in theatre and has been praised as the "most" successful essayist.
Even the most discerning Professor Sun Shaozhen on the Internet praised his work as one of the few chapters in modern prose.
But in the past ten years, Yu Qiuyu has closed his pen and closed his pen, and he has not been able to stop the continuous scolding on the Internet.
What exactly made him fall from the altar?
Perhaps we can find the answer from Li Hong's "rogue ex-husband" and "hypocrite".
l Abandon your wife and son to find another beautiful person
In 1992, after Li Hong finished a day's work, she was supposed to visit her mother, but she changed her mind halfway and decided to go home first to prepare dinner for her husband.
But while tidying up her desk, she saw a love letter that said "To Maran."
So the two divorced, and the only daughter, her husband, also seemed to be in a hurry to push Li Hong.
This is the end of Yu Qiuyu's first marriage.
Obviously, "cheating in marriage", whether it is physical or not, his spiritual derailment has also been put on the surface.
It is hard to imagine that this is the work of a "serious literati", Yu Qiuyu, who prides himself on being a literati and a scholar, and who has moved to the people, seems to be just a stop and stop for his feelings.
It is said that it is not easy for the two to fall in love, and from the time of first acquaintance, Li Hong's family was very optimistic about this kid who called himself a literati.
Even if he is talented, even if he graduated from Shanghai opera and stayed on as an excellent graduate to teach, the sour smell of literati in him has long been seen through.
But Li Hong, who was sentimental and naïve at that time, could only see his excellence and literary temperament.
So a 'free love' that broke through the opposition of parents began, and even the two went directly into married life and began to live together.
Needless to say, you can also think that the consequences of such recklessness are mostly full of unhappiness, but these two seem to be able to break through such an inherent impression.
At that time, Yu Qiuyu's academic level in drama was very high, and soon after his marriage, he published his first book on theater theory, and was promoted to vice dean.
Their daily routine is to attend classes, eat, walk, sleep. Although it is boring, it is also calm and warm.
But the happiness did not last long, Yu Qiuyu was resigned by the school because of the incident, and he also fell ill with pneumonia.
In this way, the burden of life all fell on Li Hong alone, and she really had no choice, so she had to put this man in her parents' house to take care of her, and she went out to work.
She worked two jobs a day, ate the cheapest meal each, and slept in a cramped bed every night, but she didn't feel pain, just thought that life would be fine and her husband would be cured.
During the time when she was desperately trying to make money, Yu Qiuyu began his prose life, and he traveled around to find the literary touch in his heart.
He was initially published in a magazine, and later spent money to publish, but he did not expect that the effect after publication was amazing, and he became famous in one fell swoop.
The most vivid version is that there was a news at the time that during a Shanghai police sweep, the police found three things from the bag of a woman involved:
Lipstick, a small umbrella and a book by Yu Qiuyu.
In this way, Li Hong was also happy to think that their life would get better soon.
But a dramatic twist came, and this is the opening scene - Li Hong discovers the "love letter".
As the saying goes, 'marriage is like drinking water, cold and warm self-knowledge', and the happiness and pain in it can only be judged by Li Hong.
That being the case, it seems that it is not excessive to call Teacher Yu a "rogue ex-husband" and a "hypocrite".
However, it is precisely because of this experience that Li Hong is devoted to her career, she only has her daughter in her heart, and she must forget her pain and face life alone.
Now she has become a big boss worth tens of thousands, perhaps the decision to divorce was the most correct, Li Hong should leave him, so that she can achieve something.
But this divorce and remarriage are destined to attract infamy for Yu Qiuyu, and some people call him the contemporary 'Chen Shimei'.
Yu Qiuyu himself disagreed with these criticisms, instead feeling that outsiders should not focus on his private life, but pay more attention to his articles.
So let's talk about the article of this "most" cow prose master.
l The famous "Cultural Journey"
To say that Yu Qiuyu is a rogue ex-husband, he is also called a "rogue" literati.
But where exactly the hooligans are, let's not list for the time being, let's take a look at the history of people's fame.
To say that at the beginning, when Yu Qiuyu wanted to compile "Cultural Hardship Journey" into a book, he was not less looked at by the publishing house.
Even the publishers of the time thought that the sales of prose books were too small, and prepared to make large-scale cuts and changes to his works and turn them into travel brochures.
But how could Yu Qiuyu, who all called himself a literati 'high and cold', be willing to be treated like this.
Unexpectedly, the essay collection "Cultural Hardship Journey" really slapped those 'visionless' publications.
As soon as it was published, the book immediately became a hot work at the time, and Yu Qiuyu's name was spreading everywhere.
At this time, many literati praised it, and also gave Yu Qiuyu a soaring whirlwind.
When Yu Guangzhong evaluated him, he put him together with Zhu Ziqing and Qian Zhongshu;
Bai Xianyong said even more exaggeratedly, this one awakened the cultural atmosphere of the Tang and Song Dynasties;
This shows how much celebrity benefits "Cultural Hardship Journey" has brought to Yuguang.
To say that this book would have been popular and widely respected at that time is deeply due to its time.
In the nineties of the last century, when the tide of reform and opening up in China was constantly advancing and urbanization was constantly developing, economic achievements were constantly showing.
In the case of economic development in many regions that are in full swing, and the economic level of the local people far exceeds the previous level, the new needs that the people crave most have emerged:
The demand for highly developed and unbalanced knowledge and culture has increased greatly.
This also formed the cultural boom wave of the nineties.
It is not an exaggeration to say that at that time, even street gangsters were holding books all day and nibbling on them, and they read a small poem when they had nothing to do.
In this context, Yu Qiuyu's prose was born, and the reason why he is called "cultural" prose is obvious.
In the past, prose such as Zhu Ziqing's prose was more called pure literary prose, often winning with a single lyricism.
And Yu Qiuyu's prose began to be different.
He not only added flowery rhetoric, tirelessly embellished the text, but also connected many historical stories and articles, which made people interested in reading.
Another outstanding feature is that he likes to add grand perspectives, such as thinking about the course of history from the perspective of China.
Such prose has changed from the previous simple and delicate to a very pressing "big" article.
This is also the reason why Yu Qiuyu's works can be welcomed by the market, and it is also the reason why all walks of life like to read.
But as his works continue to evolve, social sales also increase tremendously.
Yu Qiuyu seems to have turned into a sage model of 'ancient saints', and began to put on a sad scholarly posture.
At this time, the criticism of him began to fall to the ground like a drizzle, and then slowly rose into a downpour.
l "Clear money road" under the criticism
The most likable thing is Dai Jinhua's dialogue in his early interviews with social commentary.
A netizen asked Dai Jinhua that he liked Yu Qiuyu's articles and felt that he was a 'living art'. Because everyone can understand what he says. He asked Teacher Dai if he liked Yu Qiuyu.
Teacher Dai expressed his views on the spot: "I hate Yu Qiuyu."
Such a statement is undoubtedly sharp, if you don't like it, forget it, you still say that you hate people?
No, Mr. Dai immediately explained that he was a very "symptomatic" cultural phenomenon in the nineties.
As soon as these words came out, Mr. Dai's position was obvious, symptomatic is the medical 'symptom of illness', so since Yu Qiuyu represents the 'symptom' of the nineties, he must be full of 'denigration'.
Similarly, Wang Shuo and Chen Danqing, a nail household in the literary world and a combination of artistic mudslides, also made almost severe complaints about Yu Qiuyu.
"Pretend to be a master and not into the flow" "This guy has an official smell on him"
Under the rain of many criticisms, there are even many works dedicated to Yu Qiuyu.
But these critical works are not all the kind of bad books that only cheat money by rubbing popularity, but works that really have content and dry goods.
For example, Mr. Jin Wenming once published a book called "Stone Breaking the Sky and Teasing Autumn Rain".
You must know that Mr. Jin Wenming served as the editorial board member of the "Great Chinese Dictionary", and the literary rhyme in his stomach can be deep.
And his work details more than a hundred errors in Yu Qiuyu's many cultural essays.
This is not rhetoric, but every mistake and error is verified and discussed.
Such a prolific 'cognitive' mistake, but I don't know how many Chinese young people have misled.
It is also because of this that it is despised by many ink literati.
But what is even more bizarre is that someone raised some common sense errors and typos in his article to Teacher Yu, but Teacher Yu not only did not admit it, but also became angry and cursed the reader.
This is not good-looking, well-known star scholars dare not admit it at all to correct their mistakes, which really makes people laugh out of their big teeth.
Another thing that is more despised is that Yu Qiuyu, with the title of a master of essays, constantly attends various commercial activities, even singing competitions.
It seems that he is not only a cultural person, but also a 'perfect' master, proficient in eighteen martial arts.
He even discussed why he liked the "singer" of 'Hua Chenyu' the most at a book club.
Gao claimed that Zanhua Chenyu was singing with the inner rhythm of life, and said that he was the one who should become a teacher.
Of course, such praise is a personal preference, but there is no need to say that it is not necessary to step on older musicians like Jay Chou.
l Conclusion
Although the scolding of Yu Qiuyu has never stopped, this does not affect people's money at all.
In '06, the Financial Times launched a rich list of Chinese writers, with the headline "Yu Qiuyu February River Han Han can make the most money." ”
Among them, Yu Qiuyu's financial strength really crushed Mr. February Hong, the author of "Kangxi Dynasty".
Although the list is controversial, it is really 'insulting' to put Yu Qiuyu and Guo Jingming together in a scolding.
Of course, these are also the product of personal opinions, and this article is far from being able to talk about his "fraudulent donation" after the earthquake disaster.
Not to mention a certain job during his turbulent times, or his own strong psychological qualities that are more gifted than writing, or whether he is "showing off" achievements and boastful speeches.
It can only be said that there are really a lot of stories on this 'literati', and friends who know can also talk about "Do you like Yu Qiuyu?" ”