Xu Zhiyuan

Xu Zhiyuan

Xu Zhiyuan, male, born in 1976 in Guannan, Jiangsu Province, graduated from the Department of computer science, Peking University in 2000, majoring in microelectronics, and now works in life magazine.

Since 1998, he has written for Sanlian Life Weekly, Xinzhou, Shucheng, 21st century economic report and other newspapers with sharp writing style. He was the executive editor of pclife, the editor of Mr. china.com, and the content director of elong.com. He was one of the founders of unidirectional Street Bookstore and the chief writer of the economic observer. He is a columnist of the Chinese website of the financial times. He has published young reformers: Liang Qichao (1873-1898), those sad young people, China chronicle, I want to be a part of the world, turning times, the generation of NASDAQ, yesterday and tomorrow, the adventure of thought, nostalgia of journalism, and China consciousness of this generation.

In 2017, Xu Zhiyuan make complaints about dragonfly FM's exclusive audio video program "Xu Zhiyuan: the library of love"; in February 2021, he joined Tencent's video talk show "Tucao fifth session."

Character experience

Xu Zhiyuan was born in Liutang Town, Guannan County, Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province in 1976. He lived here until he was 7 years old.

In 1983, Deng Xiaoping decided to lay off one million troops, and his father's railway soldier was the first to bear the brunt. So Xu Zhiyuan followed his father to Beijing.

In 1995, Xu Zhiyuan, who was worried about whether he could enter the University, entered Peking University. The era of Cai Yuanpei was a legend of the past, and the University became an assembly line processing factory. So, when he graduated, Xu Zhiyuan became a successful person. His first month's salary was equivalent to his mother's one year's income.

When the Internet bubble burst, he became a journalist. At that time, Chinese publications were gradually spoken. Some market based media were learning to report China in the tone of China's New York Times. From 1999 to 2003, Xu Zhiyuan was influenced by a strong optimism.

In March 2002, Xu Zhiyuan went abroad for the first time to the United States. In one month, he transferred from the east coast to the west coast, interviewed 20 people, and seemed to realize the literary wandering career he learned from the return of the exiles when he was young.

In 2010, when Hu Shuli and Caijing became the epitome of the evolution of China's media era, Xu Zhiyuan, who was far away in the UK, was quite sad. He wrote down thousands of words in one breath, counting the similarities and fates of the fate of China's media.

Writing process

Xu Zhiyuan's appearance can never be separated from books.

Even before taking the subway or being interviewed by the media, there will always be a book, an English magazine or a heavy English dictionary in front of him.

He works in bookstores, columns and books.

In eight years, from those sad young people to I want to be a part of the world, from the economic observer to life magazine, this man who decided to be a writer at the age of 23 has influenced a new group of young people.

From the age of 24 to 31, Xu Zhiyuan said that his writing has changed from pursuing magnificence to focusing on the real experience of life. "I want to find peace and beauty in my writing." Although he also thinks that writing should not be a casual thing, expressing opinions should be a kind of obligation.

Xu Zhiyuan's articles are full of the names of many famous Western intellectuals. His column in the economic observer, entitled yesterday and tomorrow, imitates Lipman's column today and tomorrow. Moreover, his reference system has a strong British and American Color: "especially in high school, he was influenced by a lot of Li Ao at that time. He didn't say in the article, "everything is western, OK?" But for the traditional culture, he has "no understanding". Friends said he talked about China "like an outsider.".

In high school and University, foreign books translated into Chinese became Xu Zhiyuan's main reading source. The back issue of time, which was handled by Peking University Library for three or five yuan, became his main way to know the West. This reading experience has a profound impact on his thinking system. "For a long time, my views on people, things and countries were derived from western experience. For example, I thought individualism was the best."

In 2002, Xu Zhiyuan went abroad for the first time. "In the past, we learned more about the West from books. This is a more emotional contact between people. It is also the first time to really communicate with people who only appeared in teaching reference books before. Like Galbraith and shearer, they are very typical American intellectuals. You can learn from them in their way of life, their way of thinking about the world, and even their way of talking, and gradually form your own attitude. When I met Galbraith, he was 92 years old and still writing a new book. At that time, I felt that I wanted to be such a person and do something new. "

In 2004, Xu Zhiyuan wrote his first column for the magazine Tianxia outside the mainland. A Taiwanese student said that he saw for the first time articles written by mainlanders from this influential magazine in the Chinese world. This is also the beginning of Xu Zhiyuan's "discovery of China": "at that time, it was very vague, I didn't know how to write about China. But writing and talking is a way of exploration. During the discussion, I found a gap in my awareness of China. I don't know how to write about China. I can only read how fortune and the New York Times write about it. It's a strange area of knowledge and emotion. "

From introducing the west to China to introducing the mainland to Taiwan, Xu Zhiyuan's biggest difference is that "the more you describe your country, the more you realize your feelings with her. The so-called coldness is pretended. It's OK to be warm and not abusive. "

After that, in Xu Zhiyuan's article, "China" is no longer a simple geographical concept, "now it is clearer.". He began to explore the Chinese consciousness of this generation and the task of contemporary Chinese intellectuals. In his value system, he also began to add some non British and American systems. In the last year or two, he began to write more about China. The column in the Chinese edition of the financial times aims to help overseas readers understand what is happening in China.

He has never read Lu Xun. In recent months, he began to read Lu Xun. Moreover, he plans to travel all over China and express what he sees and hears through talking with local people. He still can't read the ancient Chinese prose, and what he read more is the Chinese articles written by sinologists.

However, the background of microelectronics major has frequently spoken in the economic field, and the excessive quotations in articles have become people's biggest doubts about Xu Zhiyuan. "What a stupid Title An expert is!" Xu Zhiyuan retorted. "My major is people, which is a more macro concept. And I use a lot of quotations when I was in my twenties. Using quotation is a process of learning, a process of connecting, connecting the past and the present, and providing inspiration for readers. That's the way I try to analyze and reason. In Western tradition, this is normal. But our country is too anti intellectual, people like direct things. And I pass more information and reasoning, not a certain point of view. I don't have to have a point of view. The conclusion must be based on facts in order to reach an opinion. When I have an opinion, I will express it. "

Xu Zhiyuan said he began to pay more attention to small changes. "The process of growth is not only the accumulation of knowledge, but also the accumulation of experience. It is also the process of inner confirmation of what one has done." This young man, who used to be infatuated with Su Xiaokang's lyric style and used Li Ao and Kong Qingdong as spiritual weapons, has passed his 30 years: "there are many reference systems in the world. You should try to learn from different experiences from different places. I haven't formed my own system yet, so they are all part of me. Knowledge can be constantly replaced and subverted, but the shaping of character can bring stability to life. There is no special turning point in my life, but it is accumulated by daily work. Realizing this is a sign of my own maturity. "

Main works

Those sad young people

2 "turning times"

3 the generation of NASDAQ

4 yesterday and tomorrow

5 The Adventure of thought

6 nostalgia of Journalism

The Chinese consciousness of this generation

8 wake up: 110 years of China's change

I want to be a part of the world

10 China Chronicle

The stranger of the motherland

12 gilded China (traditional)

13 the temptation of totalitarianism (traditional)

14. The immature country: a century of changing China (traditional)

15 a world of wanderers

16 the age of disguise

17 the protester

18 young reformers: Liang Qichao (1873-1898), may 2019

Shelling of Han Han incident

after

In May 2010, after Han Han was selected into time magazine's annual list of 100 people, he was suddenly "bombarded". Xu Zhiyuan, a famous writer, wrote an article "victory of mediocrity", criticizing Han Han's "public intellectual image".

viewpoint

"In China at the moment, everyone is talking about Han Han. He is like the last straw of an increasingly depressed and confused era. The aged intellectuals said he was clear headed. The media hailed him as a "youth leader" and "person of the year". Young people thought he was not good

Chinese PinYin : Xu Zhi Yuan