In 1984, a well-known literary magazine "United Literature" published an article entitled "Wooden Heart, a Literary Robinson" in a journal called "Wooden Heart, a Literary Robinson", which was strongly resented by the majority of readers as soon as it was launched, from literary everyone to readers and students, everyone began to search for the works created by this writer with the pen name "Wooden Heart", and the word "Wooden Heart" quickly set off a huge wave in the literary world like a fire scroll.
As people read more and more deeply, the works created by this writer named "Wooden Heart" are more and more able to find that the deep meaning contained in them is addictive and difficult to extricate. Qian Zhongshu, who is also a great contemporary literary hero, once said:
"Mu Xin's works are completely dusty, beyond what ordinary people think, not in harmony with the world, and rejecting the vulgar is a rare and excellent work in the literary world."
In addition, Mu Xin's disciple Chen Danqing also said: "Mu Xin, he is the contemporary Hamlet, he tries not to be engulfed by the times." ”
So where did Mu Xin come from, what prompted him to write such an excellent work, and what happened to him that was different from ordinary people's stories?
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="5" >01 Born in Shuxiangmendi, he loves to draw</h1>
Mu Xin, whose original name was Sun Pu, was born in 1927 and was a native of Wuzhen, Zhejiang.
He was born in a scholarly mendi, and his mother met The famous Chinese literary hero Mr. Lu Xun and had a very good friendship.
Sun Pu received private school education since childhood, and under the leadership of his parents, he planned his future life ideals early on - to be an oil painter.
Sun Pu has a great talent in painting, and his paintings have been widely praised since childhood. In 1946, his parents spent money to send him to the "Shanghai Meizhuan" founded by the famous painter Liu Haisu to study oil painting in order to give him more professional guidance.
I thought that Sun Pu would go down the road of oil painting, but Sun Pu gave up the oil painting that he insisted on since he was a child, beyond everyone's expectations.
It turned out that Sun Pu thought that his art concept was closer to Lin Fengmian, so he was determined to enter the "Hangzhou National Art College" founded by Lin Fengmian and began to explore the techniques of Chinese and Western painting.
Sun Pu gained profound knowledge during the years he studied painting with Lin Fengmian and opened his eyes, which laid a solid foundation for his future literary creation.
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After four or five years of painting study, Sun Pu at this time not only did not have a stronger interest in painting, but began to gradually become confused and depressed. According to Sun Pu's disciple, the famous painter Chen Danxin recalled:
"Sir often said that during the time he was painting, he often lost his mind when he painted, and his mind was full of poems and novels."
Sun Pu has serious doubts about whether he should continue on the road of painting, on the one hand, painting is an area of deep study since he was a child, he has invested a lot of time and money in painting, and his parents have great expectations for themselves. On the other hand, at this time, Sun Pu is close to thirty years old, and changing careers at this time is tantamount to begging for food.
Sun Pu was very confused, and finally under the persuasion of a group of friends, Sun Pu strengthened his determination to become a writer.
Since deciding to become a writer, Sun Pu began to think of a pen name for himself, but many names were given, and Sun Pu was not satisfied.
Until one afternoon Sun Pu accidentally saw a magazine, idle Sun Pu casually flipped it up, saw that there was such a word "Mu Duo Heart" meaning the original heart that will never change, Sun Pu suddenly realized, immediately copied this sentence and took it as his pen name "Mu Xin".
Since then, a generation of literary heroes has officially appeared in the public's vision.
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After the pen name "Mu Xin" was finalized, the thirty-year-old Mu Xin decisively quit his painting job and became an author, and he began to try to submit articles to some small editorial departments, but as an initial newcomer, it was obvious that his manuscripts were rarely noticed.
In the first two or three months, Mu Xin's manuscripts were almost always repeating the process of pushing and returning, but he did not give up, but instead identified himself as the material of literary creation, believing that he was on the right path.
Mu Xin's student Chen Danqing recalled in his old age that after Mu Xin decided to become an author, he quit his job at the Academy of Painting and Art, and Mu Xin rented a single hut in Minxiang to live again, and Mu Xin, who had lost his financial resources, lived in poverty.
In the past few months, Mu Xin even needed Chen Danxin's financial support or eat and pay rent was a problem, but under such a dilemma, Mu Xin's attitude was unusual, he was not worried about his livelihood but very happy, he felt that he had finally found the meaning of his existence.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="17" >04 The work became famous and did not forget its original intention</h1>
After Mu Xin resolutely embarked on the road of writers, he continued to submit articles to major literary journals, although almost no one cared, but Mu Xin himself still enjoyed it. In this regard, his apprentice Chen Danxin also recalled:
"The teacher's enthusiasm for literary creation is so great that he does not forget to think about the use of sentences even in his daily meals."
The Emperor did not pay off, and finally submitted the article again and again and got the reward.
The editor in charge of Taiwan's famous magazine "United Literature" saw Mu Xin's submission, but just browsed hastily and did not feel a cold sweat, and repeatedly called this a great talent.
The editor-in-chief of "United Literature" at the time, after seeing the article "Qiongmeika Caprice" submitted by Mu Xin, personally went to Mu Xin's residence to visit this literary master.
In fact, it is worth mentioning that the style of Mu Xin's articles is very different from that of the giants of the literary world at that time, and this is due to Mu Xin's decades-long painting experience, Mu Xin has a unique understanding of some things, Mu Xin is very good at discovering the beauty of life, and there are often some subtle sub-plots in Mu Xin's literary works.
For example, the in-depth description of a coffee table, the profound introduction of a pot of flowers, etc., can be slightly observed from it, while The wooden heart is different, because the characteristic of the writing of the wooden heart is that his description of things is very profound, and the details are very in place.
Mu Xin is good at expressing the beauty around him, and reflects the characteristic style of his life from the details around him, which makes people feel peaceful and simple, but also does not lose the style of the times.
Since Mu Xin's article became a hit in United Literature, Mu Xin's reputation has become bigger and bigger, and Mu Xin's salary has naturally risen, but Mu Xin is still the same as when he first started writing.
Mu Xin has always carried a small book and a small pen, Mu Xin will often take out his own book in daily life to record, once he has any good inspiration, or friends visit, what gossip and interesting things, Mu Xin will carefully record it as his own writing theme.
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As Mu Xin's reputation grew, his position in the literary world also became higher and higher, Mu Xin every day in addition to painting and writing, is to collect inspiration, life is very leisurely, I thought I would spend the rest of my life in peace, but what Mu Xin did not expect was that his suffering had just begun.
Shortly after Mu Xin became famous, because his works were different from the mainstream ideas prevalent in the literary circles at that time, he was attacked by many famous literary figures from the literary world, and some even maliciously referred to Mu Xin as a "restorer".
In the face of the sudden insults and ridicule in the literary world, Mu Xin did not argue too much, from beginning to end, Mu Xin always firmly believed that his literary creation was correct and in line with the existence of popular concepts.
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Through Mu Xin's efforts, he won the recognition of the public, and since then, Mr. Mu Xin's literary and painting creations have also been re-known to everyone.
After experiencing many great joys and sorrows, Mr. Mu Xin did not have much psychological fluctuations, he chose to immigrate to the United States in his later years, and still insisted on his own creation in the United States, until the age of eighty, he still wrote every day.
Mu Xin has said more than once to the people around him that to live to be old and learn to be old, and he is also using his life to confirm, it is said that Mu Xin still held his own literary exhibition with illness at the age of seventy-six.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="25" >07 summary</h1>
As a famous contemporary painter and literary creator, Mu Xin's famous works have played an immeasurable role in the development of literary painting in later generations.
Mu Xin's life can be said to be full of ups and downs and tribulations, but Mu Xin did not give up his ideals, Mu Xin through his first half of the growth of decades of painting summary, integrated with the creation of the second half of his life, his works can be said to reflect the corner of the era he was in.
To this day, people who read Mu Xin's articles abound, and people who browse Mu Xin's paintings are also like carp across the river, but there are very few people who can really read the meaning of his works, and the era in which modern people live and the era in which Mu Xin is located are already worlds apart, and it is difficult to truly understand the original meaning of Mu Xin when creating.
Mu Xin's paintings and writing works reflect his own era, and Mu Xin wants to display the characteristics of his own era in his works, and his works contain the unique artistic atmosphere of his time.
Until his death, Mu Xin is still recalling his own era, recalling his youth bit by bit, for Mu Xin he is most proud of recording the unique style of his own era through his own pen and ink.
Mu Xin did his best to depict the characteristic style of his own era for the public, and he was like his pen name, and his original intention did not change for decades. As his apprentice said, Mu Xin was hamlet of that era, and he tried not to be engulfed by the times.