According to the obituary of the Museum of Modern Chinese Literature on April 21, Shu Yi, former director of the museum, honorary member of the National Committee of the Chinese Writers Association, and librarian of the Central Research Museum of Literature and History, died in Beijing at the age of 86 at 14:16 on April 21 due to ineffective medical treatment.
Shu Yi is a native of Beijing, Manchu, born in 1935, the son of the famous writer Lao She, graduated from the Leningrad Kirov Forestry Technical University in the Soviet Union. Nandu reporter learned that he is often known as a social activist and has made important contributions to the preparation, construction and development of the Museum of Modern Chinese Literature. At the same time, Shu Yi is also a writer, publishing works from 1978 and joining the China Writers Association in 1986. In the past 40 years, he has published monographs such as "Lao She", "Treasures of modern literature", "Into the Museum of Modern Literature", "The Civilian Life of Lao She", "Boundless Love", "Love and Thinking- A CPPCC Member's Four Grand Canal Expeditions", "Discovering Beijing" and other monographs, involving essays, biographies, literary academic research papers and other aspects.
In his later years, Shu Yi wrote the article "Father-Son Love", fondly recalling his father Lao She's concern and teaching for himself. The text reads: "My father Lao She is neither a typical loving father, nor the kind of person who is so strict that children are afraid to see him, so he is a complicated father. After Shu Yi got married, Lao She once gave him a large autographed banner with the words "Diligent and thrifty family, health is a blessing", which he regarded as a treasure and hung it in front of his bed.
Lao She with children. (The third from the left in the picture is Lao She, and the second from the right is Shu Yi)
According to the Chinese Writers Association, Shu Yi once served as the curator of the Museum of Modern Chinese Literature, a research librarian, a doctoral supervisor, a member of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the Ninth and Tenth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a member of the Fifth Plenary Committee of the China Writers Association, an honorary member of the Sixth and Seventh Sessions, and a librarian of the Central Research Museum of Literature and History.
At a forum event in Guangzhou in 2002, when Shu Yi was asked "how to view the future development of Guangzhou, which has a history of more than 2,000 years", he said that Guangzhou does play a very important role in the process of China's modernization, but Guangzhou should not just position itself on a window of opening up to the outside world, Guangzhou also has a lot of cultural things to explore, and it is a pity that these essences have been lost.
Written by: Nandu reporter Hou Jingjing