Zhang Henshui

Zhang Henshui

Zhang Henshui (May 18, 1895 - February 15, 1967), formerly known as Zhang Xinyuan, was born in Qianshan City, Anqing, Anhui Province. He is a Chinese Chapter novelist and a representative writer of the school of mandarin duck and butterfly. He is honored as a "chapter novelist" in the history of modern literature.

In 1911, Zhang Henshui began to publish his works; in 1924, Zhang Henshui became famous by virtue of his 900000 words chapter novel Chunming waishi; since then, Zhang Henshui's popularity has reached its peak with the publication of novels Jinfen aristocratic family and tixiao Yinyuan. Zhang Henshui's works inherit the chapter novels and the popular novels. They are both refined and popular. They innovate the old chapter novels and promote the integration of new literature and popular literature.

In 1967, Zhang Henshui died in Beijing and finished his life.

Character experience

Youth

In 1905, when ten year old Zhang Henshui was studying in Lichuan, Jiangxi Province, he read novels such as the romance of the can Tang Dynasty and the romance of the Three Kingdoms. From then on, he "fell into the circle of novels".

In 1912, because of the decline of his family, Zhang Henshui went back to the buried hill with his mother and was admitted to Suzhou Mongolian Tibetan reclamation school at the end of the same year.

In September 1913, because the reclamation school was forced to disband, Zhang Henshui, who had dropped out of school, began to make a living on his own.

Journalist career

New to newspaper

In 1914, at the age of 19, Zhang Henshui went to Hankou to take refuge with his Uncle Zhang Xicao, who worked in a newspaper office. He began his media career and took his pseudonym "Henshui".

In 1918, Zhang Henshui served as the general manager and literary supplement of Wanjiang daily in Wuhu, Anhui Province. In the same year, he created a novella in classical Chinese, Ziyu Chengyan, which is also Zhang Henshui's real maiden work.

In 1919, Zhang Henshui published his novel Acacia in the south.

In 1920, Zhang Henshui was a Beijing correspondent of Tianjin Yishi daily and Wuhu industrial and Commercial Daily. He also served as the general manager of the world news agency and was invited to write news reports for Shanghai Shenbao and Xinbao.

The road to fame

In 1924, hate water began to serialize the first later influential novel "spring Ming foreign history" in "night light", which deeply exposed, ridiculed and condemned the anecdotes of officialdom and society at that time. The novel has been published for five years, until the end of January 1929. Zhang Henshui became famous.

In 1925, Zhang Henshui was the main writer of the supplement to the world daily, and his novels the biography of the new beheading ghost and the family of the golden fans were serialized in the supplement to the world daily. Among them, "Jinfen aristocratic family" has 1 million words, revealing the greed, hypocrisy and corruption of the upper class society and officialdom at that time. This work further expanded the influence of Zhang Henshui.

In 1930, Zhang Henshui serialized the novel "the cause of crying and laughing", which is a combination of love, condemnation and martial arts, in the Shanghai news supplement "Happy Forest". The novel is adapted from many artistic styles, such as opera, film, television, and so on. The number of sequels to the novel is the largest in the novels of the Republic of China. At this point, Zhang Henshui's reputation is booming.

Change the style of writing

In 1931, due to the fall of the three eastern provinces. In order to express his inner indignation, Zhang Henshui added the Anti Japanese war content to the novel "taipinghua" serialized in the news. This is Zhang Henshui's first work to publicize the Anti Japanese war. Since then, he has published a series of Anti Japanese War works, such as flowers of blood, four company commanders in Northeast China, blood of buried hill, etc. in 1932, he published the collection of short stories about Anti Japanese War, bent bow collection.

Zhang Beiping traveled to the northwest in 1934. Based on the life of the northwest people, he created two novels, the return of the swallow and the little west sky, which were published in Shanghai news and Shenbao respectively.

In 1936, Zhang Henshui went to Nanjing and founded Nanjing People's daily with Zhang youluan, a supplement to Nanhua classic. After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, Zhang Henshui was the main writer and editor in chief of the supplement of Xinmin daily in Chongqing, during which he wrote many novels and poems.

In 1937, Zhang Henshui was hospitalized in Wuhu. After he recovered, he went back to his hometown with his family. At the end of the year, Zhang Henshui went to Chongqing to work for Xinmin daily. He was the chief writer, the assistant manager of the head office and the manager of Chongqing edition. He edited the literary supplement of Chongqing edition, the last minute.

In 1939, Zhang Henshui serialized the allegorical novel 81 dreams in Xinmin daily. Because this work castigates corrupt officials and offends the powerful people in the society at that time, Zhang Henshui is closely monitored. Therefore, Zhang Henshui was forced to stop writing after only 14 dreams.

In 1945, Zhang Henshui wrote a novel long live Huben, which directly describes the battle of Changde, the front battlefield of the Kuomintang. This novel is the first modern war history novel in China.

In 1948, Zhang Henshui resigned from all the posts of Xinmin daily in Beiping for some reason, ending his 40 year journalism career.

Old age

In 1949, Zhang Henshui published his writing career memories. After that, he served as a consultant of the Ministry of culture, a librarian of the Central Library of culture and history, and a director of the Chinese Writers Association. His novels, such as Qiujiang, Peacock Flying Southeast and Phoenix courtship, have been published in newspapers and magazines in Hong Kong and Shanghai.

In 1955, when Zhang Henshui's health began to improve, he resigned as a consultant to the Ministry of culture and specialized in writing.

In 1956, Zhang Henshui wrote his travel notes "journey to the northwest", which was published in Shanghai news daily.

In 1967, Zhang Henshui died of cerebral hemorrhage in Beijing.

Anecdotes of characters

Pseudonym

In his early years, Zhang Henshui often wrote poems when he worked in tabloids. When he posted poems to the newspaper, he had to sign his name. He thought of his father's teaching, the way of poetry and novels, the skill of carving insects, and the pastime after dinner, so he didn't want to have the name of shangxinyuan. At this time, Zhang Henshui thought of the withering osmanthus flowers in his courtyard, and his favorite Li Yu's words: "I have always hated shuichangdong". He thought of his unsuccessful career, ill fated life, and cold and hot world. Therefore, Zhang Henshui wrote the pseudonym "hate water" on his signature.

Three wonders

Besides his works, Zhang Henshui also has "three unique skills". First, Zhang Henshui can write many novels at the same time, and the highest record is that seven novels are written at the same time; second, he never makes a draft in his writing, and often does it at a stroke, even without any alteration; third, he is proficient in poetry and ode, and interspersed in novels.

Main works

Major novels

Other works

reference material

Adaptation of works

Personal life

family background

Zhang Henshui was born in a family of military generals. His grandfather once served as a general, and his father Zhang Yu also knew martial arts.

Love and marriage

Zhang Henshui married three times, the first time was arranged marriage. When he was still studying in Suzhou mengzang reclamation school, his mother hired Xu Wenshu as his daughter-in-law. The second time is that Zhang Henshui married Qiuxia (formerly Zhaodi) under the introduction of his friends. For the third time, Zhang Henshui met a girl student named Zhou Shuyun in Chunming girls' middle school. She loved reading Zhang Henshui's novels, and Zhang Henshui also liked her very much, so he married her and made an outer room. Zhang Henshui changed the name of Zhou Shuyun to Zhou Nan.

Creative features

Theme

1、 Dreamy mood

The unique "modernity factor" in Zhang Henshui's novels is mainly reflected in the hero's spiritual temperament, that is, their relatively weak psychological structure and the helpless sentimental mood reflected in their mental state. Because, in essence, the sentimental temperament of the protagonist can be regarded as a kind of mood of the times, consciousness of the times and public emotion. In Zhang Henshui's novels, this kind of "Sadness" and "Weeping" become some kind of aesthetic sentimental feelings permeated in the text, which are fully "poetic". This kind of helpless and sentimental mood of the times does not exist as a "composition" of the text, but is treated as a kind of illusion. Many characters in Zhang Henshui's novels embody this kind of "dream" quality. Most of them belong to the same spiritual type. They are generally emotional and talented. They are sentimental and charming "gifted men" or "gifted women". They are sentimental and slightly neurotic. Most of them suffer from "tuberculosis" and depression. Their personal efforts can not be integrated into the times. Lonely, sad, melancholy, helpless, full of resentment and exclamation. However, their individual spiritual quality endows them with an obvious "dreamy color" and a strong atmosphere of "romantic sentimentalism". For the readers at that time, what they agree with is the romantic thought of "realistic illusion with safety significance" in the fantasy, seeking temporary "dreamy" relief in the boundless depression. Therefore, the "romantic sentimentalism" in Zhang Henshui's novels is not only a vivid expression of the mood of the times, but also the charm of the novel itself.

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Desire narration

This kind of theme is not only reflected in the description of trivial things in Zhang Henshui's works, but also reflected in the way of love between men and women at that time. In many of his romantic novels, the plot of his mother selling her daughter in disguise is written. Many of the heroines in Zhang Henshui's novels are "women of the times" from the perspective of social value. The "women of the times" in Zhang Henshui's works are more secular, more real, more universal, and therefore more representative. They are the embodiment of times value and public desire: the betrayal of money to love. This theme of money betraying love is deeply expressed in Zhang Henshui's novels. In fact, in this novel mode, there is Dang

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