Wu Qiang
Wu Qiang
Wu Qiang (1910-1990), formerly known as Wang Datong, was born in Gaogou Town, Lianshui County, Jiangsu Province. His brother Wang Haiqing is a famous painter. When he was young, Wu Qiang used to amuse himself with literature. He couldn't put down such books as journey to the west, romance of the Three Kingdoms, outlaws of the marsh, three heroes and five righteousness.
On September 23, 2019, Wu Qiang's novel the red sun was selected into the "collection of 70 novels in 70 years of new China".
Character experience
In 1933, he joined the left wing writers' League in Shanghai. After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, he joined the New Fourth Army in 1938 and the Communist Party of China in 1939. During the war of liberation, he took part in famous battles such as Laiwu and Huaihai. After liberation, he successively served as vice minister of the Culture Department of the Political Department of the East China military region. After 1952, he worked in Shanghai. He was vice chairman of Shanghai Federation of literary and art circles, vice chairman of Shanghai Branch of China Writers Association, and President of Shanghai novelist Association. He died in 1990 at the age of 80.
Creative achievements
When he was young, Wu Qiang used to amuse himself with literature. He couldn't put down such books as journey to the west, romance of the Three Kingdoms, outlaws of the marsh, three heroes and five righteousness. Every night, his friends always pester him to tell stories like "Monkey King makes havoc in heaven" and "three dozen Baigujing". He tells them vividly and happily. When he was in middle school, he began to write literature. In Huai'an middle school, he wrote: "there are guests in the city of Chu, and they are too worried. They are just a few poplars. In my dream, my mother was weeping, and my boat was lost in Yangzhou. I also collected money with my classmates to circulate the verses from Shanghai mail order books such as the true story of Ah Q, the end of Ah Q, and before and after anyhow. I founded the mimeograph magazine "gale" and published poems, essays, and current affairs reviews written by him and his classmates. However, after only two issues of "gale", it was sealed up by the Huai'an county Party headquarters of the Kuomintang. Later, he sent his articles such as "Wang Zhengting's no smoking policy" to Zhang Naiqi's "new review", which was published one after another.
In Shanghai Zhengfeng middle school, Wu Qiang became a member of the "New Poetry Society" hosted by Pu Feng and the "anonymous literature and Art Society" hosted by Ye Zi and Chen Qixia. In February 1933, he joined the left wing writers' League of China under the leadership of the party and served as the group leader of Huxi Zhengfeng middle school. From then on, he began his revolutionary literature career. In September 1935, Wu Qiang published his first short story telegraph pole in Taibai magazine sponsored by Chen Wangdao. In the same year, he won the essay prize of the big evening news for his short story bitter face.
When he was studying in Henan University, his family no longer sent him money, and his father had a big headache for his son, who was "wrong tube", and no longer expected him to shine. Wu Qiang also served as the principal of a primary school and the supplement of Henan evening news to meet the needs of life. Under the pseudonyms of Wu Qiang and ye Rutong, he frequently published short stories "under the torrent" and prose "at night" reflecting the life of the Anti Japanese war in Shanghai Ta Kung Pao and Mao Dun's "literary front". In 1937, Wu Qiang, together with Wang Linxi and Yao xueyin, founded the Anti Japanese and national salvation magazine "storm weekly". Thus, his literary career is closely linked with the liberation and construction of the Chinese nation.
After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, Wu Qiang joined the army. On August 15, 1938, he joined the New Fourth Army in Yunling village, Jingxian County, Southern Anhui Province, and joined the Communist Party of China in October the next year. He successively served as the director and section chief of the propaganda and Education Department of the Political Department of the New Fourth Army, and vice minister of the enemy Work Department of the Political Department of the second division of Central Jiangsu. Under the leadership of the party, Wu Qiang fought bravely against the enemy with his gun. At the same time, he used his pen to reflect the hot life of the army and the base area. He wrote more than ten works, such as one act drama "a front", "cataclysm" and "a family in southern Anhui", and created short stories such as "the collection of Ye family" and "little horse joining the army".
He has been engaged in literary creation for more than 50 years, and has written novels such as red sun, Fortress (upper part), prose collection heart tide collection, etc. his representative novel, red sun, was published in 1957, which has a great influence on the creation of contemporary Chinese military literature. "Red sun" has also become one of the textbooks for unit 3 of grade 6 of primary school.
Main works
Ding zanting (drama script, also known as arrest), CO authored by Xu Pingyu and Lin Guo, 1946, Taofen bookstore, central China
The achievements of Heroes (long reportage), also known as the Huaihai front documentary, 1950, new literature and art
San Zhan San Jie (Novella) and Song Jie, 1952, new literature and art
"He held up his shining lance" (Novella), 1954, new literature and art
The horse keeper (Novella) 1955, new literature and art
Literary life (Literary Criticism) 1956, new literature and art
Red sun (novel) 1957, young and middle-aged
Tui Si Kou (Novella), 1958, Shanghai Literature and art
Two Scouts (children's Literature) 1959, children
Xinchao collection (prose and reportage Collection), 1965, humanities Shanghai Branch
Fortress (novel) 1979, new literature and art
Wu Qiang's recent works (collection of short stories, essays, etc.) 1982, Sichuan people's Republic of China
The horse keeper (collection of short stories) 1982, Sichuan people
Roaring Yanwei harbor (Essays) 1985, Shanghai Literature and art museum
Talk about early life
As a child, Wu Qiang embarked on a bumpy and difficult road to study in a poor family. He was very smart. After only six years in seven-year primary school, he graduated second in his class. His father, Wang Yuqi, was a very literate man. He once set up the "Tongmao grass factory" and worked as an employee of the Caofeng. He has been supporting the family of nine with his meager income. His father advised him to give up his studies and become an apprentice because his family was difficult to sustain. Wu Qiang had no intention of continuing his father's career, so he stayed in bed for three days without any water coming in and threatened him with death. Finally, the father softened his heart and gave his son three yuan in advance. Wu Qiang came to Banpu Town, Guanyun County, a hundred miles away from home, and was admitted to the eighth Normal University of Jiangsu Province. Unexpectedly, his father splashed cold water on his head: "if you have money to pay the tuition, you can go to school?" Wu Qiang was determined to study, so he slowly "whetted" until his father gave him 50 yuan of usury at a monthly interest rate of 5%. In 1924, Wu Qiang entered the secondary school.
In just over a year, the eighth division of Banpu province witnessed a wave of students fighting against school corruption, expelling and beating principals. Wu Qiang was also involved in it and was removed from the school. Back in Gaogou, Wu Qiang had to follow his father's will to start his apprenticeship in Yongquan Caofeng, the East Street of the town. I get up early every day to make charcoal stove, clean tables and stools, clean the yard and pour urinals for the boss. Sometimes when he gets up late, he will be punished by the spanking of hemp rope. The pain in his heart is beyond description.
After standing at the counter for more than a year, the storm of the great revolution brought life to Gaogou Town, and the hazy revolutionary consciousness once again inspired his heart of reading. Determined to get out of Gaogou, he said to his father, "as long as you give me another 10 yuan, if I can't pass the exam, I promise I will always stand at the counter." his father, who knows his son's obstinacy, doesn't believe that Wu Qiang, who has only been in junior high school for more than years, can pass the exam. He gritted his teeth and once again met his son's requirements. Wu Qiang went to Huaiyin Qingjiang middle school to study English, mathematics and other subjects for more than a month. He borrowed his brother Wang Zaoxiang's junior high school diploma. Unexpectedly, he won the exam and was accepted by Huaian middle school in Jiangsu Province.
Before graduating from high school, Wu Qiang was forced to leave Huai'an middle school because he was against Zhou Fohai, director of Jiangsu Provincial Department of education. He came to xiangshuikou Central Primary School in Guanyun and worked as a teacher for more than a year. He was dismissed and returned to Gaogou primary school to make a living because he opposed the Kuomintang and took part in the uprising. After a short time, Wu Qiang went to Shanghai Huxi private Zhengfeng middle school for senior three. Two years later, he was admitted to the Department of public education of Wuxi Provincial Institute of education. With the outbreak of the "12.9" movement, Wu Qiang was once again removed from the school. In early 1936, Wu Qiang entered the gate of national Henan University.
Recalling two years of life in Kaifeng, Wu Qiang said: "during this period of time, there were not many works written, but it was an important milestone in my life and literary creation. Life made me have a better understanding of people and society. As a young intellectual, a literary worker should shoulder the responsibility of transforming that society and saving the country and the people, which is very important to me Later on, the creation career and the change of outlook on life played a certain role. "
Marriage history
In the creation of the one act drama "a family in southern Anhui", he got the powerful help of Yin Buzhen, a female college student who joined the army in Wuhan. At that time, he was busy with his work, and most of his manuscripts were transcribed by Yin Buzhen. Yin Buzhen often burst into tears because of the tragic experience of the protagonists in the play, and the tears soaked the manuscript paper From then on, Yin Buzhen had a deep understanding of Wu Qiang's intelligence and character, and gradually developed an admiration for him. He took the initiative to wash clothes and mend trousers for Wu Qiang and had a heart to heart talk with him. Wu Qiang also liked this cheerful intellectual woman. However, because Wu Qiang and Meng had not yet dissolved their arranged marriage at that time, they could only maintain a friend relationship.
Wu Qiang and Meng's marriage is a dead marriage. At the beginning, his parents forced him to marry Meng in order to restrain his "wild nature" and prevent him from making any revolution outside. But Wu Qiang had no feelings for Meng and refused to get married, which made his grandmother cry: "if you don't get married, I will die in front of you!" When he was a child, his grandmother loved him the most. He could not resist his feelings for his grandmother and reluctantly agreed. On the third day after marriage, Wu Qiang left the bridal chamber, which made him disgusted, and left alone. After falling in love with Yin Bu and Zhen Meng, Wu Qiang finally worked with his ex-wife Meng through the then Lianshui County Party committee to communicate with him
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