Chapter 52: Collective Silence

(The original title of this chapter was "Chapter 52 Dust Settles", which feels inconsistent with the content of the chapter and has been revised.) )

What did it all come about?

An old man who digs dung was smoked into the dung pit by the methane gas from the manure tank when digging dung, and then a college student stood up heroically, but unfortunately he who originally wanted to save people not only failed to rescue the old man, but also took his own life.

Then the "Guangming Daily" began to spare no effort to report, perhaps the original intention of the "Guangming Daily" was to promote this kind of righteous and courageous jīng god, but not everyone believed the newspaper's opinion, because the times are different, everyone has their own thoughts, not as a puppet controlled by the remote. Such a discussion about "whether college students are worth their lives to an old man who does not have a long lifespan" began to be discussed in society.

As a result, the Yangcheng Evening News published Gowen's "China Needs to Pay Attention to the Value of Individual Life" in the form of a headline editorial, and the direction of public opinion suddenly changed from a social event to an ideo-political incident in which new ideas and old concepts, humanitarianism and socialism, and individual life values and collective socialism conflicted violently.

And this conflict in the intellectual circles is so fierce and overflowing that the broad masses of the people can't help but have a trace of deep worry while watching the excitement of watching the excitement. They had never seen so many newspapers focus on a certain matter, and the discussion was so jīlie so competitive, which couldn't help but remind them of those past years, and naturally their hearts were full of unease.

Is the policy going to change again? Many people can't help but have such a question in their minds.

Then, the latest issue of the People's Daily finally gave them an accurate answer.

The second edition of the latest issue of the People's Daily expressed its views in the form of editor's notes and two articles: At present, China needs to promote the values of individual life, which is not only to escort the country's reform and opening up policy, but also to the wishes and needs of the broad masses of the people. As for whether the value of individual life and humanitarianism are contrary to Marxism and whether they are advocating capitalism, please see the following article.

In the editor's note of the second edition, the editor of the People's Daily introduced the relevant materials of Ba Jin and Govin in detail, and then expressed the views of the People's Daily very clearly, and highly praised the ideas and values of the two articles by Govin and Ba Jin.

For ordinary people, the name Ba Jin is not unfamiliar, whether they have seen Ba Jin's xiao or not, they all know that this person who often appears in newspapers, magazines and TV broadcasts is the current chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and is an old gentleman with noble character. But what about Govyn? Who the hell is this person? Can he be so praised by the "People's Daily", just the editor of a poem, a short story, and a commentary? His article was actually placed in front of the article of the chairman of the literary world, can it be said that his article is better than that of Ba Jin? But if you really look at his articles, they are so boring and boring, and there are old Mr. Ba Jin's articles written vividly and sincerely.

The hearts of the common people were full of puzzlement, but no matter what, everyone remembered a man named Govin on this day, not because of his dry article, but because this little man actually rode on the head of Ba Jin. A thing of surprise and mystery is always exciting and speculative.

As the common people have seen, on the second page of the People's Daily, after the editor's note, there is an article by Gowen, followed by an argumentative essay written by Ba Jin on the controversy. Compared with Ba Jin's argumentative essays full of personal feelings, Gowen's articles naturally seem boring, you must know that his articles are written to stop this public opinion storm, and they are aimed at all intellectuals, and for the common people who like to make a lot of money, it is naturally a little more esoteric and dull.

So did this article for intellectuals have any effect?

Duan Qigang personally experienced the special period, when he was still a college student, simple and kind. It's just that in those years of great faith and madness in the leader, he lost himself. It was then that he realized the restless, furious true self that lurked in the depths of his soul. He soon became one of the school's Red Guards, and he was the center of attention during those turbulent years. But with the passing of this change, Duan Qigang suddenly realized that his life had plummeted, and he was unaware of everyone.

Just when Duan Qigang was disappointed and unwilling, with the controversy caused by the editorial of "Yangcheng Evening News", an idea that could be exchanged for everyone's attention arose in his psychology, so his article was quite resentful of Gowen. Duan Qigang reaped both money and fame, and then he was even more ambitious to publish a series of articles against "Exhibition China Needs to Value Individual Life".

Today, Duan Qigang was in a very happy mood, and he was walking on the way to the "New Weekly" with another article he had concocted in his hand that opposed "China needs to attach importance to the value of individual life". The events of the past few days have made him a very interesting truth, sometimes grandstanding, not shocking and dying can attract the attention of others, and only in this way can he get better and greater benefits for himself, this era is actually an era of eyeball economy.

When passing by the window of the newspaper reading column on the side of the street, Duan Qigang stopped, and the latest issue of "People's Daily" had been pasted in the window, and he leaned over. For him now, he has not yet subscribed to the economic strength of "People's Daily", but Duan Qigang believes that he will soon be able to read "People's Daily" in the comfort of his own home.

Then Duan Qigang saw the two articles in the "People's Daily". The above article made him secretly surprised in his heart, because this article actually refuted all the views in the articles he had written these days, and more importantly, the author of this article was so knowledgeable about Marxist philosophy, and all the arguments and assertions were based on the historical facts of relevant books, which made people have to change their positions.

It's a pity that this guy named Govyn is obviously too young, he doesn't know that sometimes it's not that you can convince everyone of you because you have a reason, and there is no shortage of unreasonable people in this world, such as himself.

Is it really going to stop this discussion just because of your article? Hmph, this is a dream, my future and future are here!

Thinking of this, Duan Qigang snorted coldly and set his eyes on the second article. Then a cold sweat began to break out on his head.

If the above article by Govin only proves theoretically that all the articles in this discussion that oppose the "China needs to value the value of individual life" are untenable and wrong, then the following article stands on a personal point of view, with real self-analysis and reflection on the past, and proves the correctness of the above article of Govin from the side. At the same time, the article also expressed strong dissatisfaction with some commentators on this incident, and put forward strong criticism in terms of theoretical level and political literacy.

If it were an ordinary person, Duan Qigang would definitely scoff at it, but the author of this article turned out to be Ba Jin! Ba Jin, the chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, his personality charm and long-standing noble character have always been recognized by everyone. In the world, Bajin's remarks can be said to be very influential, and it is an exaggeration to say that it is an ancient holy decree, but every time his remarks will be recognized and learned by most people.

Ba Jin actually stood up to support the views of "Yangcheng Evening News"?!

Looking at the article, Ba Jin's strong dissatisfaction and criticism of some commentators on this incident: the theoretical level is so low, how dare you make nonsense in the newspaper? This is a deliberate attempt to create disputes, míhuo for the broad masses of the people...... Thinking of the slander against the red 1uo1uo in the newspaper that he had expressed in the newspaper these days, the cold sweat on Duan Qigang's forehead unconsciously flowed a neck.

If in this controversy, the "Yangcheng Evening News" as the positive side is the magical boy Zhang Wuji who is alone on the top of the bright light and is besieged by decent martial arts people in turn, then "Guangming Daily" is undoubtedly the initiator of decent martial arts people, and the first negative boss of the horn of public opinion opposition. Although Guangming Ribao hired some well-known scholars and experts throughout the debate to oppose the propagation of humanitarianism and the propagation of personal life values in China, a socialist country, although not a single opposition article representing the official attitude of Guangming Daily was published, and although Guangming Daily noted at the end of all opposition articles that "this opinion only represents the author's point of view" and "has nothing to do with this newspaper", since it was able to publish opposition articles with great fanfare, Then the hat of this urgent pioneer can't be planted.

However, what is strange is that on the very day that the People's Daily published the commentary article by Govin and Ba Jin, the Guangming Daily, which had been closely following this discussion in the past and published articles by opposition parties every day, did not mention this matter in the whole newspaper, as if their uproar and their opposition had not existed in the past few days. Such a coincidence and such a judgment of the situation made many people amazed.

Guangming Ribao was able to stop its opposition offensive on the same day that the People's Daily published an article in support of the Yangcheng Evening News's editorial "China needs to attach importance to the value of individual life", and this was naturally due to the fact that it was the organ of the state party and government organs, like the People's Daily, and was able to learn some information from the inside in a timely manner. And what about those local newspapers?

On the very day that the People's Daily published the opinion pieces of Govin and Ba Jin, both the newspapers that supported the Yangcheng Evening News and those who opposed the Yangcheng Evening News still insisted on their views. Newspapers that support the values of personal life still publish opinion pieces in support of the values of personal life, and newspapers that oppose humanitarianism continue to publish oppositional articles in their newspapers. Then all the news media looked at the two articles on the second page of the People's Daily in amazement. The news media, which had always opposed the editorial of the Yangcheng Evening News, were even more mixed at this time, and they lost the war, which was a far cry from their initial expectations.

Intellectuals also noticed the two articles published on the second page of the People's Daily, whether they were intellectuals who praised humanitarianism and personal life values or intellectuals who opposed humanitarianism and personal life values.

This is not only because everyone has learned about the official views and attitudes from today's "People's Daily", but more importantly, the old man with lofty personal charm wrote in his article: Without investigation, there is no right to speak, and as an intellectual, you must be worthy of your own conscience and sense of social responsibility, and you must have your own independent personality. It is precisely because of the independence of our intellectuals that the words of a scholar have weight. We are willing to believe his words and his research, and believe in the logic of academia itself, with the pursuit of truth as the goal, rather than a large number of people to please the preferences of political figures or the interests of a specific group of people, which is what we often say, 'politics is politics, sports is sports'......

When they really got rid of this hustle and bustle, this impetuousness, and calmed down to study this article quietly, whether it was an intellectual who opposed the editorial views of the "Yangcheng Evening News" or an intellectuals who agreed with the editorial views of the "Yangcheng Evening News", everyone was deeply moved by this article written by Gowen, which contained such profound thoughts and philosophies, and even drew a successful end to the controversy these days!

No wonder this article was selected by the People's Daily to be published together with Ba Jin's article!

Intellectuals who originally opposed the article "Exhibition China Needs to Pay Attention to the Value of Individual Life" learned from Gowen's article that they were wrong and why they were wrong; Intellectuals who agree with the article "China needs to attach importance to the value of individual life" may not really understand the correct reason, but their most simple intuition tells them what is the truth, and at this time, they finally gain the theoretical foundation from Gowen's article, which adds a signpost for future work and study.

So on this day in China, when ordinary people are working hard towards a better life, there is such a group of people who care about the development of the country, pay attention to social and public affairs, and safeguard the interests of the people, out of their persistent pursuit of justice, truth and truth, out of their conscience of being responsible for the truth, telling the truth to power, and being true to the public, they are silently reciting an article, and facing the sentence at the end of the article, "Our eyes have been méng with too much dust, It's time to wipe it down and use it to look out at the road ahead! "Lost in thought.

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ps:

1. Recently, there has been a sudden incident at home, so please forgive me if the update is late or slow. Next week, the mother-in-law will have surgery, and then the update will be stable.

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3. I hurriedly updated half of the chapter yesterday, and today I finally finished this chapter.