Who is the invisible person that Xiao Yin is sincerely grateful for in his life?
Chan Ka Kee
Beginning in 1935, Xiao Yin submitted 20 essays, including essays and novels, to the supplement of the Guangzhou Republic of China Daily, East, West, South, and South, all of which were adopted and published in seven months from July 1935 to February 1936.
Xiao Yin said in his memoir "How I Embarked on the Road of Literature":
"I have never met with the editors of East, West, South, North and South, nor have I passed letters, but the works I sent to East, West, South, North and South have never been rejected and all of them have been published. ”
Xiao Yin didn't know who the editor's surname was until he died.
When the author was looking for information about Lou Qi, a writer who was the same age as Xiao Yin and threw his essays to Hong Kong's "Pearl River Daily", about their common combat experience, I came across Lou Qi's "Lou Qi's Selected Works". In the preface to "Lou Qi's Selected Works", it is mentioned: "I began to publish literary works in the early thirties, but as a literary career, it began in the autumn of 1934. In the summer of that year, I went back to Shantou and my hometown to live for a while, where I came into contact with some characters and accumulated materials for life. When college started, I was cut off from my financial resources and wanted to find a way out of climbing the lattice. The supplement of "Guangzhou Republic of China Daily" "Huanghua" was renamed "East, West, South and South". I have published several manuscripts in the past, and the editor-in-chief, Li Changqiao, is no stranger to me. I wrote eight or nine essays in a row and sent them in, and they came out one after another. ”
According to this one clue. The author began to search for information about Li Changqiao on the Internet. I don't know if I don't check, I'm shocked when I check! This Li Changqiao is really not simple!
Li Changqiao (1901-1960) was a little-mentioned essayist. In the 1920s, he often wrote for newspapers and periodicals, and was a "Lu man" himself, but he liked to play tricks, and used the feminine pen names Wanrong and Ms. Su Qiu. Li Changqiao is a straightforward and rude man, his pen has the courage to pierce the darkness, the courage to cry out for injustice, and his articles often have a mocking style.
Li Changqiao graduated from the Department of Chinese Literature of Shanghai University. I have lived in Guangzhou all my life. In October 1924, the 23-year-old Li Changqiao served as the supplement editor of the "Guangzhou Republic of China Daily".
According to Wen Zichuan (1911-1986), "At that time, there were only two supplements to the newspapers, the Republic of China Daily and the National News, which had a strong new literary and artistic atmosphere, and were completely vernacular...... As a result, "Minguo Daily" and "National News" have become a reading material for young students. However, the names that often appear in these two newspapers are Li Changqiao and Rosie (note: that is, Ouyang Shan). Li Changqiao is a native of Zhejiang and is the supplement editor of the "Republic of China Daily". He writes a miscellaneous essay every day, which is quite appealing to readers."
Li Changqiao's article "Becoming a Father" published in the 364th issue of "East, West, South, South and South" on August 4, 1935, and Zheng Wensheng's novel "The Madman" was published on the same page
Li Changqiao has published several books, including The Prisoner (Shanghai Central Book Company, 1927). "The Prisoner" is a novella of about 50,000 words, composed of letters between the two men and women, Hou Qing and Yichen, which Li Changqiao called "miscellaneous love letters", which was a very popular form of writing at that time.
Li Changqiao's novella "The Prisoner"
Li Changqiao's other work "Pushing the Window Collection"
Although Xiao Yin may not have known that the editor of "East, West, South, South and South", who compiled and distributed all his works, was Li Changqiao, he was grateful to this editor throughout his life. In "How I Got Started on the Road to Literature", he said:
"The reason why I embarked on the path of literature and continued to work hard is inseparable from an editor who has a discerning eye for literary works. I thank them from the bottom of my heart. ”
Xiao Yin realized the importance of a discerning editor of literary works for the growth of young authors from his own growth experience, and in most of his life, he found batch after batch of good works in his post as an editor, and cultivated one after another excellent young authors!
Postscript: It is a pity that although many searches have been made, no photos of Li Changqiao have been found.