Zhang Yang's "Second Handshake" is a representative of the "underground literature" and "manuscript novel" of the 1960s and 1970s, which is not well written, and some narratives are still accustomed to the political context of the time, but they have "touched a generation" and have had a huge impact on the growth of a generation of young people at that time. The reason why it is valuable is because in the social environment at that time, writing about intellectuals and love was not allowed, but Zhang Yang resolutely expressed some heterogeneous voices, even today, it is also something very worthy of attention.
I found the book at the old book market in Shiwat Garden, Weifang in April this year, and it said the time and place where its original owner bought it, "Purchased in December 1979 at Weifang Xinhua Bookstore." 1979 was the year the book was published for the third time, and the book was revised several times to become the last appearance of the 1979 edition.
I suddenly realized that in fact, human culture is like this, even if it experiences difficulties and twists, it can not be exhausted, which will produce eternal moving power.
The protagonists in the book are three people who are also scientists, Ding Jieqiong, Su Guanlan and Ye Yuhan, reading their lives, as if walking into a labyrinth covered with thorns but elegant and pure. On the trajectory of life, they strive to absorb knowledge, shape valuable values, and develop the ability to distinguish between right and wrong, so that one day they can stand shoulder to shoulder with the people they passionately love, which is not ordinary perseverance.
The love of scientists, restraint and forbearance, perseverance, this love like Ding Jieqiong and Su Guanlan, more like Omseus to Ding, Ye Yuhan to Su, nine deaths without remorse. Su Guanlan said, "Because I love her and love her sincerely." Because I love her, I hope that she has a better future and greater achievements in her career. If I love her, the purpose is only to get a wife for myself, then doesn't it become love for myself---- this kind of motivation and feelings, it is inevitably too narrow, too despicable", their love is so pure, not possessive, not selfish, but really love this person, I hope she is good, and I hope that she has a bright future, I admire it immensely. For a long time, they kept this feeling, and nothing could move it.
Of course, the combination of Su Guanlan and Ye Yuhan was out of emotion, out of waiting for the lamp to run out, and there were some inexplicable and wonderful political factors. But what cannot be denied is that Su Guanlan's heart has always belonged to Ding Jieqiong. On Ding Jieqiong's finger, she has been wearing the "comet" ring given to her by Su Guanlan forever and ever.
People who have gone all the way to the black in love will still grasp a reason in their careers. These three people let people know that science has no borders, but scientists have nationalities.
I admire Ye Yuhan for destroying the laboratory and rescuing the little star when she found the "P.U.S-001" experiment of the American Church organization, she always used her profession and devoted herself to the "PG501" experiment and used it to benefit mankind rather than harm mankind; I admired Su Guanlan's dedication to the research of plant preparations and drugs; but what moved me most was Ding Jieqiong, her outstanding contribution to physics was famous, and the US military asked her and some other scholars to develop the atomic bomb. When the United States could not wait to go to Nagasaki in Hiroshima to do the experimental explosion, and she collected some materials from the scene of the explosion, she solemnly issued a statement against the inhumanity of the United States. Later, she realized that she wanted to return to her country and build her motherland. She could accurately realize that "the US government did not bomb the Imperial Palace, cabinet, staff, and supervision department in Tokyo, did not bomb the Japanese fascist airports, military ports, warehouses, training centers, and railway hubs, but bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, small and medium-sized cities with relatively developed educational and cultural undertakings." Millions of fascist armies are preserved, not a single war criminal has been punished, and hundreds of thousands of ordinary people, including a large number of the elderly, children, and women, have been deprived of the right to live" Such things are the proper thinking of intelligent people, justice is to protect innocent people, to eliminate real evils from the world, not to take the words of the authority in power as justice, let alone to enjoy the status and honor brought by knowledge.
The same intelligent person is Lu Ning, and in the life scene of Lu Ning and his wife Luo Yumei, it is mentioned that Lu Ning and Su Guanlan Ye Yuhan are together, that is, they are close to intellectuals and there is a risk of making mistakes. Upon hearing this, Lu Ning said to his wife, "The tendency and phenomenon of belittling, rejecting, and attacking intellectuals that have existed several times in the Party and in the revolutionary ranks is the real mistake," and "Countless risks and repetitions can only make me more and more discern what is true and what is false and what is false..." Such a voice is simply astonishing. In that historical environment, it is really necessary to give people a thumbs up for such thinking. His rational thinking reminds me of Zhao Gang in "Bright Sword", they are just straight and the same, thinking about such people, I feel that people's ability to think and distinguish between right and wrong is precious. In our lives, if we can think more of this, we may be able to figure out many, many truths and phenomena. Seeing through the truth, reasoning through the reasons, and expressing your attitude is what you must do.
The world is not black and white, and everything is treated dialectically. Therefore, even Su Guanlan's stubborn father, Su Fengqi, finally changed his own concept at the time of his death; even if it was an American, there were people with unhealthy hearts, and there were also righteous scholars with upright hearts; even if the "PG501" experimental mutation could produce both destructive and beneficial effects on mankind, Ye Yuhan was also trying his best to make it only go in a good direction.
Therefore, Zhang Yang's "Second Handshake" should not only refer to the second reunion between Su Guanlan and Ding Jieqiong spanning twenty or thirty years, but more importantly, to pay tribute to intellectuals and pay tribute to people with wisdom and thinking. He expressed the rare heterogeneous voices of that era, and this is an example to which we should always learn.
Even after 40 years, that mellow force is constantly approaching us, even if it crosses thousands of mountains and rivers, as long as the original intention does not change, I want to come, there will be a day when I will return from defending my title!
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