I have heard the works of the four masters of the book, and if I want to say that I love the most, one is Yuan Kuocheng's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and the other is Tian Lianyuan's "Water Margin". However, when it comes to the person I admire most in the book critic industry, it is not Lian Kuo, although I have not heard much of his book (there are only three surviving recordings), but with his book "Jianghu Series", it can be seen that Mr. Lian is a person with a big article and a big pattern in his chest.
First, the golden oil of the book critics
Lian Kuoru's real name is Bi Yuzhen, also known as Bi Lianshou, Guangxu twenty-ninth year (1903) was born in Beijing Andingmen a family of Luolu bannermen, his father was called Ling Bao, Manchurian Yellow Flag people's clan, ancestral surname Bilu. Mr. Lian's life was bitter, his father died a month before he was born, and the family's decline forced Lian Kuoru to drop out of school twice, and he entered the jianghu at the age of ten.
Poor children have long been in charge, starting as an apprentice at the age of 12, Lian Kuoru has started his career, and the author can list the ten industries he has worked in a simple collection.
Photo studio, went to apprentice at the age of 12.
A grocery store, an apprentice in a small grocery store in Tianjin Beikai, he also opened a grocery store in his forties.
Pharmacy, 14 years old in Tianjin Beikai Xianyuan Li Huichuntang pharmacy as an apprentice.
Counting gua, 22 years old in Beijing Tianqiao stall counting gua, number "Lian Zhongsan".
Commentary, 25-year-old li jie'en learned the "Western Han Dynasty", got the stage name Lian Kuoru. Later, because the "Western Han Dynasty" was an ink engraved book, he did not earn money, and then learned from Zhang Chengbin to live the "Eastern Han Dynasty", and thus laid the foundation for lianpai commentaries.
Scholars, who have published research articles such as "The Origin of Commentaries" and "The Difficulty of Commentaries" in newspapers, already belong to the category of qu art scholars.
Editor, at the age of 33, became the editor of the "People's Voice Newspaper" and opened a personal column in the newspaper.
Writers, in addition to publishing various serial commentaries, a divine work "Jianghu Series Of Talks" is enough to stand in the annals of history.
Advertising, Lian Kuoru said in the radio commentary when the implantation of advertising, more importantly, he also opened a special Lian Kuoru advertising agency, is the first person in the music art industry to do advertising industry, the second who is it? It should be Hou Baolin, but Hou Baolin's business of running an advertising agency is much smaller than that of Lian Kuo.
Director, yes, before liberation, he rehearsed "Eastern Han" for Shang Xiaoyun's drama class, and after liberation, he rehearsed "Water Margin" for Wang Yongchang, a serious theater director.
People say that the belly of a cross-talk actor is a grocery store, in fact, Lian Kuoru is not only a grocery store, but his life's experience is simply a department store.
2. Comment on books
Lian Kuoru has been engaged in so many industries, leaving his deepest personal mark is naturally the book industry, he is the ninth generation of book critics, recognized as the founder of Lianpai Book Review.
In addition to the iconic "Eastern Han", "Sui and Tang", "Water Margin", "Yue Fei", "Qin Han", and "Three Kingdoms" are all his best, not to mention those new books after liberation.
The reason why he can be praised as a book critic, Lian Kuoru naturally has his own advantages, in addition to some external such as a thick voice and clear speech, he has other skills.
Commentary, book evaluation, the key is in the evaluation, Lian Kuoru's commentary is unique in the evaluation, his evaluation is deep and easy to understand, such as he said "Three Kingdoms", the characteristics of the review of Lü Bu are "not to be a general, but also not to be handsome", accurate and easy to understand. This is based on his sensitive and studious, bookish desire.
Secondly, Lian Kuoru has a unique skill in opening his face and stature, and he and many famous Peking opera artists such as Tan Fuying, Xiao Changhua and others are friends, and they have learned a lot of Peking Opera kung fu, and they have also learned martial arts from the drunk zhang San, and the martial arts actions in the commentary book are even more exquisite.
In the end, Lian Kuoruo had a nickname called "Running Horse Company", which said that he had a knack for imitating the roar of horses.
Lian Kuoru also has a wonderful personal summary of the book review performance, that is, when performing the book review, we must achieve "five forgetfulness": forget our own things, forget our appearance, forget that there are VIPs in the seat, forget to be in today's day, and forget our names. Incisive!
Third, a strange book offends the jianghu
To say that Lian Kuoru's precious legacy to future generations, in addition to the Lianpai commentaries, belongs to this "Jianghu Series".
"Jianghu Series" was originally serialized in Lian Kuoru's "Shiyan Bao" in Beijing, and later collected and published into a book, in the name of "cloud tourists", the inside story of the various trades of "gold, commentary, color, hanging, commentary, tuan, tune, and willow" on the jianghu was told one by one, there are contents and cases, it can be called a jianghu strange book, and it still has very important documentary value and practical significance (after reading this book, you and Ma Zhiming will not show timidity)
The significance of "Jianghu Series" is not only the popularization of common sense in the jianghu, but also the important one is to expose the truth of many jianghu deceptions, which are still staged in various forms in some places today.
However, "Jianghu Series" is a good book for ordinary people, it is a strange book, but it has been resisted by the Jianghu people, especially the Jianghu people who make a living by cheating, on the one hand, they have to acquire copyrights and write books to try to destroy, on the other hand, they have to do everything possible to find the person of Yun Tourist, and they must cut his corpse into thousands of pieces to relieve the hatred, because in their eyes, the cloud tourists who are also Jianghu people are tantamount to "traitors" in the jianghu.
Fortunately, Lian Kuoru is astute and clever, not only takes the cloud tourist as a pen name, does not reveal his identity in the book, and even "interviews" Lian Kuoru in the book, revealing some of the inside story of Lian Kuoru's commentary, which is very interesting to read now.
In fact, even the things that were as broad as offending the people of the jianghu were not only this one, but also that he published many of the secret books of the Commentary. The law of the book review line is that ink engraved books are not valuable, and the Tao work is attractive. But once Daohuo was published, it became an ink-engraved book again. However, his peers did not criticize him too much, and even the secret book of the Eastern Han Dynasty published by Kuoru did not affect his own book business.
Writing "Jianghu Cong Tan" and publishing the Secret Book of Dao Life, it can be seen that Lian Kuoru is eclectic and does not take the usual path. This is related to the fact that he has been walking in the rivers and lakes since he was a child, he has seen a lot of knowledge and boldness.
4. Patriotic entertainers
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, when quyi artists were generally cautious and self-protective, Lian Kuoru joined the underground anti-Japanese organization, which was indeed rare in quyi.
After the liberation of Peiping, Lian Kuoru, as the only representative of Beijing's music and art circles, participated in the First National Literary Congress, and he said that the commentary "Crossing the Dadu River at Night" was praised by Premier Zhou, and he can be regarded as the second artist in the book critics to say new books (the first should be Yuan Kuocheng, who said "Little Erhei Married" in 1948)
In the years that followed, Lian Kuoru also successively said new books such as "The Red Army Crossed the Wujiang River," "Li Youcai's Words," and "The Storm," and while other old commentators were still struggling with new books and old books, Lian Kuoru and Yuan Kuocheng had already made a scene of the new books.
The author believes that the most colorful stroke of Lian Kuoru's personal career is that in 1951, he participated in the condolence group of Chinese people to the DPRK, he served as the captain of the Quyi Service Brigade, and all the big horns in the quyi circles were under his command, such as Hou Baolin, Cao Baolu, Gao Yuanjun, Chang Baokun, Zhao Peiru and others. He went to the whole country to publicize on the Korean front and after returning to China, and for more than a year he has been contributing to the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
5. Inheritance of Lianpai Commentaries
Lian Kuoru had a son and two daughters, the son failed to inherit the family school, the eldest daughter died early, and the second daughter Lian Liru took over her father's mantle when she was in high school and became the inheritor of the Lianpai commentary. However, the author personally believes that Li Xinquan seems to be more like a true biography, although Li Xinquan's master cheng is Duan Xingyun, but he has indeed learned a lot from Lian Kuoru, and in the treatment of historical details and language study, Li Xinquan and Lian Kuo are the same. A year before Li Xinquan's death, he also taught Lian Liru the Yongzheng Sword Man Diagram from his hospital bed.
Today, Lian Liru has led his apprentices and his righteous son Wang Yuebo Li Jing and others to open three bookstores in Beijing, passing on the flourishing of Lianpai commentaries.