The author is a relatively lazy father, other people's fathers sleep with their sons are storytelling, but the author is taking out his mobile phone to play commentaries, good guys, a "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" listened to more than half a year to hear Sima Shi died, and now the son basically developed a habit, when going to bed, only need to say three words on the line: "Yuan Kuocheng".
A commentary, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", began to listen to the author's father, and now I hear the third generation, which is the charm of the art of storytelling, and it is also the miracle of Mr. Yuan Kuocheng.
Now when it comes to book review, everyone always likes to mention the "four masters of book review", Yuan Kuocheng, Shan Tianfang, Liu Lanfang and Tian Lianyuan, and even some people have classified the four with the cross-talk "handsome selling strange bad", Yuan Kuocheng "handsome", Liu Lanfang "selling", Shan Tianfang "strange", Tian Lianyuan "bad", indeed a little bit of that meaning.
The four storytellers have their own advantages in art, and the number of fans is also very large, but if you want to talk about who is the leader of the four, it must be Mr. Yuan Kuocheng, which is not only the author's opinion, many people even include insiders in the storytelling industry, and even Liu Lanfangtian Lianyuan They also think so. The author believes that this statement is well-founded for the following reasons:
First, the generation score is high, the portal is positive
From the portal of the book appraisal industry, strictly speaking, Shan Tian Fang and Tian Lianyuan should belong to the Xihe Dagumen artists, they are not from the traditional storytelling industry, and both belong to Yuan Kuocheng's teachers and nephews.
Liu Lanfang was born in the Northeast Drum Gate to change the commentary, although according to the author's research, Liu Lanfang's master Sun Huiwen also has a traditional book commentary portal, and Liu Lanfang can still be regarded as Yuan Kuocheng's peer if he is from Sun Huiwen's book review, but Liu Lanfang has always considered herself to be a generation lower than Yuan Kuocheng.
Yuan Kuocheng belongs to the ninth generation of artists in the book critic industry, and is the same generation as Lian Kuoru, Lian Liru's father, Liu Jianying, Liu Lifu's father, and Duan Xingyun, Li Xinquan's master.
The Yuan family has been a traditional storyteller since Yuan Kuocheng's grandfather Yuan Caitang, and the two uncles Yuan Jieting and Yuan Jieying and their father Yuan Jiewu are known as the "Three Jies of the Yuan Family" in the book critics circle in Beijing. Yuan Kuocheng is a family heirloom skill, from a young age, he followed his father to the Beijing City Bookstore to receive edification, and later visited Jin Jieli and asked Chen Shihe about the art. Therefore, Yuan Kuocheng belongs to the famous and upright school in the book critics, and the only people in the book critics who can compete with them in art are Chen Shihe, Liu Jianying and Liu Lifu's Chen Pai".
2. Yuan Kuocheng's commentaries are eclectic
The style and characteristics of Yuan Sanjie's book review are originally different, Yuan Jieting's commentary is stable and atmospheric, Yuan Jieying's commentary is dashing and humorous, and Yuan Jiewu's book review rules are porcelain. In particular, Yuan Jieying, who is very famous in Beijing, is called "Mei Lanfang of the Book Critics" by the book holders (there is also a saying that it is Yuan Jieting)
Yuan Kuocheng's commentary can be described as a master of the Yuan family's book review collection, and the family heirloom "Five Daughters and Seven Virgins" is no longer enough for him to show strength, after the guidance of master Jin Jieli and Chen Shihe, Yuan Kuocheng became a hit in the Northeast Book Field at the age of 18.
Yuan Kuocheng's commentary is "clean" in Shan Tianfang's words, there is no fragmentary um, ah pause, a paragraph of commentary in one go without caton, each word can be printed and published. This kind of kung fu is really not something that every reviewer wants to learn and can learn, which is not only talented but also has the sweat of the day after tomorrow and the love in his heart.
Third, the forerunner of keen reform
Although the book critics are the big brothers in the cross-talk industry, they may still be due to their high status, and the industry reform is much later and more difficult than the cross-talk circles, which is also determined by the particularity of the art of book review. After all, many old storytellers generally only talk about one book in their lifetime, and suddenly reform says that it is naturally difficult to turn the corner of the new book, and also made a joke that "Ji Gong Biography" was renamed "Revolutionary Monk". In particular, the reform of the two book evaluations in 1953 and 1962 brought great shocks to the entire industry.
Yuan Kuocheng not only did not have such a problem, but on the contrary, as early as 1948, when the northeast was just liberated, he took the lead in talking about "The Marriage of Little Erhei", which was the first to say a new book. It should be known that the Yuan family is a well-known family of storytellers in the industry, and his leading role is obvious.
In 1958, Yuan Kuocheng was the first to put aside the scene table used for hundreds of years in the book industry, and changed the sitting storytelling to standing performance, and he changed the long shirt into Zhongshan suit and leather shoes, leading the change of the entire industry.
Yuan Kuocheng's contribution to the reform and promotion of the book critics industry is comparable to Hou Baolin in the cross-talk industry, his second uncle is known as Mei Lanfang in the book critics, and Yuan Kuocheng can be called hou Baolin in the book critics.
Fourth, the tidemaker who keeps pace with the times
When the entire book-reviewing industry is struggling to say new books or insist on saying old books, Yuan Kuocheng's new books are one after another, listening to his new books is almost a history of the Chinese revolution, from "The Second Five-Year Long March" to "Fire Golden Steel", "Lü Liang Heroes" to "Stormy" and "Lin Hai Snow Plain", Yuan Kuocheng's new books can not only achieve the popularization of the history of Gaotai education, but also attract the audience. For example, his famous "Xiao Fei Buys Medicine", he can interpret the action expressions of each character from Xiao Fei to traitors to Japanese soldiers, and he can make you listen to it in less than a minute.
After the reform and opening up, with the reappearance of Liu Lanfang, Shan Tianfang and Tian Lianyuan in robes and short books, Yuan Kuocheng recorded a long 365 lecture on the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in 1981, which became a monument in the history of Chinese storytelling.
What surprises Yuan Kuocheng is that although he is a family of high-ranking book critics, he never rejects new things, at the turn of the century, he even accepted the invitation of the securities industry journal to record the "Art of War of Retail Households", the so-called master must have a broad mind, Yuan Kuocheng bravely tried new things with the respect of industry leaders, and even be able to do the work of popularizing children's book reviews.
Fifth, low-key work and humility
Jiang Kun and Shan Tianfang have advised Yuan Kuocheng that he should hold several book review sessions, no matter from any point of view, he is the most important person in the book industry to hold a special session, in terms of his artistic style, the big stage is more suitable for his performance, but Yuan Kuocheng always refuses the kindness of all parties. He once said that the reason why he was reluctant to do it was because he was still dissatisfied with his art of storytelling.
This may also be one of the reasons why Yuan Kuocheng has never formally accepted apprentices, and a heart of love and reverence for storytelling has run through his life.
In summary, no matter from the aspects of character cultivation, artistic standards, industry contributions, and teacher inheritance portals, Yuan Kuocheng is worthy of the name of Taishan Beidou in the book appraisal industry, "There was Liu Jingting in the past, and there is Yuan Kuocheng in the present" is not an exaggeration.