I love Mengfuzi, and the world hears of it. ——Li Ao commented on Meng Haoran
Life is always wonderful, and life will always bloom more dazzlingly because of difficulties. In his life, all the magnates, fame and fortune, and the world are eclipsed; moderation, modesty, and compromise are nowhere to be seen. Li Ao, a madman who passionately pointed out the country in his youth, was also a glimpse of the history of modern Chinese thought, and he also witnessed the controversy of the era of mass entertainment.
Li Ao's life seems to be a professional "scolding" life, in the literary world, he caught who scolded whom, even if that person's reputation is all over the world, can not stop Li Ao's passion for cursing people. And Li Ao's arrogance began when he was a student.
Li Ao was born in Harbin, Heilongjiang in 1935, and when he was two years old, he moved to Beijing with his family. In Beijing, Li Ao studied at Beijing No. 4 Middle School, where he laid his interest and foundation in knowledge. Even though he later transferred to Taichung No. 1 Middle School, he still remembers his life in Beijing. In 1949, when Li Ao was 14 years old, he fled to Taipei with his father, who graduated from Peking University, to attend Taichung No. 1 Middle School, where his father served as the director of Chinese literature at Taichung No. 1.
Li Ao has been talented since he was a child, starting to skip grades since junior high school, and often participates in extracurricular activities and competitions. But at the same time, he is also an outlaw, a thorn in the teacher's eye. When he was in his third year of high school, Li Ao learned that his mentor had been arrested, and Li Ao, who was upset with his mentor, simply stopped going to school and directly took a break from school to study at home. His father was still quite enlightened, so he allowed Li Ao to teach himself at home.
Li Ao, who studied at home, was admitted to the law department of National Taiwan University at the age of 20, but to the teacher's helplessness, Li Ao felt that the law department was not suitable for him after a few days of school. So I dropped out. After resting at home for a while, Li Ao was admitted to the history department of National Taiwan University with excellent results. I thought that this was Li Ao's favorite major, and Li Ao could study well, but Li Ao was different from ordinary students, and he often fought with the teacher in the classroom.
Li Ao likes to pick the teacher's fault when he is in class, and in the dispute with the teacher, in most cases, the teacher "raises his hand and surrenders". And Li Ao's reputation is also widely spread among teachers, in the graduation defense Li Ao and the three professors face to face for half an hour but did not say a word, and finally a direct sentence "pass", Li Ao ended his university life.
Stepping out of the ivory tower of the school, Li Ao entered the society. Li Ao, who entered the society, did not restrain his sharp edge, he was as arrogant as ever, but he was able to end it decently every time. Li Ao never feared power and scolded "stupid". Moreover, Li Ao scolded people with dirty words. He once said, "I don't have the avant-garde, the avant-garde is my hammer; I don't have a backstage, and backstage is my backbone." ”
Li Ao, who dared to speak and scolded people unscrupulously, was the most backbone Chinese writer in many people's hearts, and he used to curse the world to save the country. But it is precisely because of Li Ao's personality and behavior that he has also become a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh in the hearts of many people, and hates him to the bone.
In March 1971, Li Ao suffered a lot because of his stinky temper. Li Ao was arrested and imprisoned and greatly tortured. But Li Ao never restrained his temper because of setbacks, and he went to prison a total of three times before and after, and Li Ao stayed in prison for a total of seven years. As long as he thinks it is right, Li Ao will defend it, which is his life creed.
The warrior Li Ao is also a lover, and he never hides his lust. From the age of 13, Li Ao began to chase girls. When he met Luo Junruo in the library, he fell in love at first sight, and Li Ao chased the girl to write love letters to others, the text was extremely beautiful, and the literary style was flying. Li Ao wrote a total of 83 love letters to Luo Junruo to express his feelings, and each time he personally handed it to Luo Junruo at the school gate, but did not say a word. Li Ao has been playing a trick since he was 13 years old, and he has experienced many relationships in this life, and Li Ao is most well known for his marriage with Hu Yinmeng.
Li Ao first met Hu Yinmeng in 1979, Li Ao was already 44 years old, Hu Yinmeng was only in his twenties, and at this time he already had a girlfriend, Miss Liu. Hu Yinmeng was the dream lover of all Taiwanese men at that time, she was beautiful and charming, sad and sexy.
Falling in love, Li Ao began to pursue Hu Yinmeng fiercely, drinking coffee with Hu Yinmeng, or Li Ao took Hu Yinmeng to the A of the Jinlan Mansion to visit his collection of 100,000 books. In the end, he forcefully pushed down Hu Yinmeng...
Hu Yinmeng and Li Ao are both reds in Taiwan, and the news of their love affair exploded throughout Taiwan in an instant, causing an uproar. Soon, the two were married. But the splendid marriage lasted only three months before it ended. But Li Ao's feelings have no window period, and his last woman is Wang Xiaotun, who is 30 years younger than him.
Li Ao and Wang Xiaotun met on the bus, and in the crowd Li Ao saw the stunning student at a glance, and began an eight-year pursuit. In the end, the prodigal son of the love scene moved Wang Xiaotun to a mess, and Li Ao did not marry. Li Ao's life was unruly, clearly wandering under the peony flowers, and when he was 80 years old, he also published a book: "Li Ao Wind Circulation".
Li Ao was arrogant and arrogant all his life, and Li Ao said that if he admired anyone, he would look in the mirror, and if I admired anyone, I would look at Li Ao. Nowadays, Master Li Ao has gone, and looking back at the master's life, it cannot be said that it is not wonderful, it cannot be said that it is not dashing. The master has been through the ages, and he is ignorant of himself, and no one in the world knows the king. Since the passing of a generation of "madmen", we have not only wondered whether there will be such a person in the journey of "freedom".
Some people remember his warrior-like spirit and words, and some people criticize his arrogant and arrogant life; for better or worse, we cannot deny the significance of the existence of a figure like Li Ao for any world that has been blinded. The so-called big husband stands between heaven and earth, and what he pursues is to be able to tell the truth and do real things.
In Li Ao we can see the elements that an intellectual should have. On this point, I strongly agree with the view in the article written by the People's Literature Publishing House: "Intellectuals are not intellectuals, nor are they simple scholars, writers, critics, and media people. And today's generation of swordsmen have passed away, and we must know how much we need such a sharp sword figure in such an era.
Text/Yu Xin