Feng Jicai: True love is not to be swayed by other things

Recently, Feng Jicai, a famous chinese contemporary writer, painter and cultural scholar, won the "Outstanding Writer of the Year" at the 2021 Southern Literature Festival with his "Artists" published in 2020.

On the day of the grand ceremony, Teacher Feng Jicai was interviewed by The Southern Network and talked about his literary views. He said that literary artistic creation is spiritual, if a person loves literature very much and has a strong desire to create, he will not be affected by some factors in front of him, and will definitely do it naturally. "I think if you really have a pursuit, if you really love one thing, you won't be swayed by other things."

The jury wrote in its recommendation to Feng Jicai:

Feng Ji is a name, but also a cultural feeling. He asked for beauty from art, legend from the world, evidence of civilization from the dying cultural heritage and ancient villages, and the future from the past. His devotion and rescue of the cultural status quo have translated the conscience of intellectuals into a kind of action with inspiration and reflective spirit. His novel The Artists, published in 2020, is a remembrance and coronation of a cultural personality. In the world of those artists, desire and ideals go hand in hand, despair and hope coexist, but behind the glitz, the most important remnant of memory is still the search for beauty and truth, the attachment to the good and the good. This solemn book written to oneself is also full of sincere praise for spiritual colleagues.

Southern Network reporter Zhou Cun Zhang Ruilin