Zhao chaogou

Zhao chaogou

Zhao chaogou (1910.5.4-1992.2.13), male, native to Wencheng, Zhejiang Province, was born in Ruian, Zhejiang Province. In his early years, he studied in Shanghai China public school. Famous Chinese journalist and columnist. His pen name is Lin Fang.

After the founding of new China, he presided over the work of Xinmin Evening News. He was vice chairman of the all China Journalists Association and vice chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference. His works include Yan'an January, Weiwan Tan, selected essays of Lin Fang, etc.

Life of the characters

Zhao chaogou (1910-1992), male, pseudonym: Lin Fang. Chinese journalist, columnist. Born on May 4, 1910 in Longchuan village, Dagao Town, Ruian County, Zhejiang Province (now belongs to Dagao Town, Wencheng County). In the early years of the Republic of China, he moved with his father to Yutou village, Yunzhou Township, Ruian county (now Yutou village, Yunzhou Township, Ruian City, Zhejiang Province). Zhao Kuangyin's forty first generation grandson. He died in Shanghai on February 13, 1992. In 1934, he was appointed as "Chao Bao" in Nanjing. In 1938, he was the chief writer of Xinmin daily in Chongqing. In 1944, he participated in a Chinese and foreign press delegation to visit Yan'an and published a series of newsletters "January of Yan'an". In 1946, he was chief writer of Xinmin Evening News in Shanghai, and wrote column essays for human world magazine. He entered the liberated area in March 1949. After the liberation of Shanghai, he continued to preside over the work of Xinmin Evening News. He was vice chairman of the all China Journalists Association and vice chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference. His works include Yan'an January, Weiwan Tan, selected essays of Lin Fang, etc.

In his early years, he studied in Wenzhou arts and culture middle school, Ouhai public school and provincial No.10 middle school, and was forced to drop out of school because of his participation in the patriotic movement. In 1929, he went to Japan. In 1934, he graduated from the Department of politics and economics of the Ministry of China Public University in Shanghai, and served as the "Chao Bao" in Nanjing. In 1938, he was the main writer of Xinmin daily in Chongqing and wrote the Analects of Confucius today. In 1944, he participated in a Chinese and foreign press delegation's visit to Yan'an and published a series of newsletters "January of Yan'an" to introduce the real situation of Yan'an to the people in the rear area.

In 1946, he participated in the preparation of the Shanghai edition of Xinmin daily and was the chief writer. He also wrote column essays for Renshi magazine, which was short but full of pen and ink. As far as the political turmoil and the battlefield around the world, and as far as the streets and alleys, we can see and hear about the society and the trivial things in the market. They often take materials from the public opinion and make comments, which are in line with the current situation. Major social and political events, such as the "Zang Da biting Zi Massacre" in China, Li Gongpu, Wen Yiduo meeting, the street vendor incident, and the murder of persuading workers building, were all published in the Analects of Confucius today, exposing the Kuomintang's perverse behavior and expressing the people's anger.

In May 1947, the Shanghai edition of Xinmin daily was ordered to stop publication permanently. In the winter of 1948, Zhao chaogou was persecuted by the Kuomintang authorities and took refuge in Hong Kong. The next year, he entered the liberated area.

After Shanghai returned to Shanghai after liberation, Zhao chaogou continued to preside over the evening publication of Xinmin daily. In 1958, the newspaper was renamed Xinmin Evening News, focusing on social news and cultural life. Zhao chaogou, as the president, put forward the policy of "wide, short, soft, soft with hard" to make the evening paper meet the needs of readers at all levels. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, a column named "not too late to talk" was set up in the evening paper, often writing articles to comment on new things and new problems in the reform and opening up, which caused great repercussions in the society.

After the founding of new China, Zhao chaogou was successively elected as a deputy to the National People's Congress, a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, a vice chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Committee, a member of the Central Standing Committee of the China Democratic League, a vice chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Committee, and a vice chairman of the all China Journalists Association. In his life, he wrote nearly ten thousand comments and essays, which are deeply loved by readers. The anthologies published include Yan'an January, Shixiang Zatan, Weiwan Tan, Linfang Zawen Xuan, etc.

On February 13, 1992, Zhao chaogou died in Shanghai.

Lin Fang's Essays

On June 18, 1943, Chengdu's Xinmin daily evening magazine was successfully launched, and Zhao chaogou's Weiwan Tan was written. Wei Wan Tan is Zhao chaogou's essay column. His news is often combined with essays, and gradually formed the style of "Lin Fang style essay".

After years of political trials and tribulations, his column focuses on the world phenomena and social criticism. His point of view is the big universe and the end of the micro fly. He expresses his opinions around the hot topics concerned by the masses. His writing is profound and spicy, and the topics involved are also very wide. The main features of the essay are as follows

Rich sense of the times, with timeliness

Talking about "the image of the world"

On the other hand, we can see the big from the small

Pen with emotion, moving with emotion

January in Yan'an

January of Yan'an is a group of news newsletters written by Zhao chaogou. It was serialized in Chongqing and Chengdu Xinmin daily on July 30 and August 30, 1944, and caused a sensation. On October 18 of the same year, after the publication of Xinmin daily, Yan'an January was published in January 1945. It was reprinted three times in five months and sold tens of thousands of copies. Chongqing Xinhua Daily bought 2000 copies and sent them to Yan'an. After reading them, Mao Zedong said, "the author's courage and insight are valuable in publishing such articles in Chongqing." Zhou Enlai called it "a journey to the West written by Chinese journalists.". Japan also immediately translated and published. This book is undoubtedly a rare and rare book for the readers in the Kuomintang ruled areas to break through the news blockade and understand Yan'an and the Communist Party of China. Therefore, it was not long before Yan'an January was banned by the KMT propaganda authorities.

The writing of Yan'an January has its specific background: in 1944, the Japanese invasion army was defeated. The international anti fascist front began to counterattack on the whole line. The US British allied forces were preparing to land on the coast of China to attack the Japanese army, while the Kuomintang troops were all far away from the mountainous areas in the central and western regions of the coast. The only ones who could take over the allied forces were the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army and the vast number of militia who had been fighting against Japan for a long time. The Allies very much hope that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China will cooperate with them to win the final victory. In order to ease and adjust the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the foreign press delegation in Chongqing launched the initiative to visit Yan'an, which was immediately welcomed by the Communist Party of China. Forced by the situation, the Kuomintang had to agree. The delegation of Chinese and foreign journalists left on May 17, 1944, arrived in Yan'an on June 9, and ended its interview activities on July 2. There were 21 reporters in the group, and Zhao chaogou, the chief writer of Xinmin daily, attended. The Kuomintang authorities set many restrictions and changed the name of the press group to "visiting group" with the clear order of "only visiting but not reporting". Reporters from the central news agency put on the posture of monopolizing and unifying the draft everywhere. When they passed through Xi'an, they sent fast telegrams every day, and also published the article "detailed notes on visiting River defense". After arriving in Yan'an, only the numbers of "going to Yan'an immediately after the event" and "Mao Zedong hosted a banquet to welcome the press corps" were issued. After Zhao chaogou left Yan'an, he wrote a hundred thousand words of Yan'an January.

Chen Mingde and Zhang Henshui respectively wrote the preface for Yan'an January. There are 252 Pages in the main body of Yan'an January, which is divided into two parts. In the first part, "Xijing Yan'an" has eight newsletters, which describe the news of the press delegation's journey from Xi'an through Lintong, Tongguan, Dali and Heyang, from Hancheng across the river to Jin, and from Shanxi to Yan'an, with two woodcuts; in the second part, "Yan'an January" has 39 newsletters, which report on the various figures, organizations and events in Yan'an With 10 woodcuts, the woodcut pictures all reflect the life scenes of Yan'an.

The important role of Yan'an January is to break the Kuomintang's news blockade, focus on introducing the masses and leaders in this magical land of Yan'an, and always focus on the theme of "the experimental area of the new society" that the author came to after his visit. The author introduces Mao Zedong and Zhu De, as well as important political figures such as Zhou Enlai, he long, Ye Jianying, Wang Zhen and Wu Yuzhang, as well as famous cultural figures such as Ding Ling, Ai Qing, Fan Wenlan and Wang Shiwei.

January of Yan'an can also be said to be the local chronicle of Yan'an during the Anti Japanese war. It also introduces a wide range of categories: political category includes "new democracy" and "land policy"; economic category includes "about border currency", "labor changing teams and cooperatives"; social category includes "people's Congress" and "new women of Yan'an"; cultural category includes "literature and art policy", "Drama Movement" and "Lu Xun" "A glimpse of Art College" and so on. In particular, it was rumored that "Ding Ling and Chen Bo'er were killed by the Yan'an Rectification Movement" in Chongqing before. The author's interview with Ding Ling and Chen Bo'er is a powerful weapon to smash rumors and clarify facts.

Today, Yan'an January is still an important reference for the study of Yan'an during the Anti Japanese war. This book was reprinted in Shanghai Bookstore in November 1992.

Features of works

January of Yan'an is Zhao chaogou's representative work which is very popular. According to the old newspaperman, under the pressure of the United States, Chiang reluctantly approved the Chinese and foreign press corps to visit Yan'an, but asked that they only visit but not report. The reason why the KMT agreed to Zhao chaogou's going was that he was a little deaf and spoke Wenzhou dialect which was difficult for others to understand. He thought it was difficult for him to interview. However, no one expected that after returning to Chongqing, Zhao chaogou published a long serial communication "Yan'an January" in Xinmin daily for 81 days, with more than 100000 words, writing about Mao Zedong, the Communist Party and a real Yan'an, which opened the eyes of the people in the Kuomintang controlled area under the news blockade. After its publication, Yan'an January was reprinted less than three times in half a year. Economist Wu Jinglian, whose parents are the founders of Xinmin daily, was very excited when he read Yan'an January at the age of 15. He said: "a very bright society has emerged in China, although this place is very small I'm looking forward to this place, of course This story changed his life.

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