Chapter 56: The Aftermath
On February 4, 1983, an American singer died. Her name is Karen Carpenter, and she is a world-renowned American pop singer. This popular singer, who has no love for professional training, has influenced the world with her unique mellow voice. The songs she sang "The Past Comes Again" and "Top of the World" have become classics. At a time when newspapers around the world were lamenting, Chinese newspapers only published a short piece of cultural news in the corner, and they focused on the 1oo anniversary of Marx's death.
On March 8, 1983, Hollywood actor-turned-U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly called the Soviet Union an "evil empire." In the same month, President Reagan launched the famous Star Wars program. A few months later, the Soviets responded by shooting down Korean Air Lines OO7 civilian flight with missiles from Su-15 fighter jets, killing all 269 passengers and crew on board. As the global news media revived the Cold War news like a hungry shark, Chinese newspapers began to focus on one man, calling him the "new Lei Feng of the '80s" China's "modern-day Paul," a man named Zhang Haidi, who was a disabled person.
In 1983, China had already implemented a policy of reform and opening up, and Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou and Xiamen had become special economic zones. Shenzhen's "Shatoujiao" is such a place name, and it can also be famous all over the country overnight. However, China's media is still not in line with the outside world, and when Americans begin to hype that the TcP/IP protocol is about to replace the old network protocol and become the cornerstone of the Internet, Chinese are discussing personal life values and discussing the difference between humanitarianism and **.
Ten years of movement and 1uan have caused deep psychological trauma to a generation. The sincerity and faith of those years were washed away like an avalanche almost overnight. The difficulties of life are placed in front of everyone, even to the point where they can't get rid of it. This kind of pain is the pain of a generation. However, before the pain could be healed, China began to reform and open up, and sun umbrellas, nylon socks, denim kù, toad mirrors, electronic watches, audio tapes, lighters, as well as Jian Pai, Marlboro, and camel cigarettes suddenly broke into everyone's life. All kinds of changes in society and the influx of various cultural ideas have made everyone fall into a state of confusion.
How to grasp the direction of policy development, how to prevent all kinds of external interference, and how to let China move forward smoothly have become the top priorities of the government. And this may be the deep-seated reason why the domestic media focus on reporting Zhang Haidi's deeds. Zhang Haidi's greatest value seems to be her sentence "To live is to be a person who is beneficial to society". This firm belief is a positive answer to the questions of outlook on life and values that Chinese young people are very concerned about at this time.
But does this method really work? Not necessarily. Otherwise, how could there be a discussion about whether college students are worth their lives to save an old man who digs dung? China's politicians hoped that Zhang Haidi would become a social and moral force that would influence a large number of Chinese young people who were confused by the westerly wind, just like Lei Feng and Lai Ning in those days, but their efforts did not succeed in a sense.
At this time, Gowen's two commentaries came out, not indoctrination and coercion, but fundamentally let everyone know what is the truth, what is the real independence, what is the real goodness and social morality...... What he put forward is the resistance and struggle in the hearts of every Chinese young person, the value of personal life, the feelings of individuals, and the destiny of individuals......
So he set off a social thought that was evaluated by later generations as the most important social thought in the 8o years; A social flow of ideas has definitely had a huge impact on the political, cultural, and economic fields. Often, a thought will affect the country and society. On the other hand, social thought is generally a movement of ideas and views that have been advocated by thinkers and continue to be popular among the public, and are more systematic and concentrated in relation to the important issues of the times and society.
This social thought on humanism and the value of individual life, quoted by Gowen, involves the intellectual, theoretical, educational, and journalistic circles...... The involvement of almost all intellectuals undoubtedly propelled Govin to a glorious position, and there were so many university students who regarded him as idols and godfathers of enlightenment, and there was no shortage of admirers in those intellectual circles. But is that really a good thing? There is an old saying in China since ancient times, "The wood shows in the forest and the wind will destroy it", does this sentence apply to Govyn?
These innate qiē are like dreams, with strange peaks and high chaos, which makes Govin a little overwhelmed while being happy. For the sake of his dream, he wanted to become famous and expand his influence, but this sudden surprise really made him a little unable to come back to his senses.
Just two articles made him a young scholar in the world of thought?!
Just two articles have led some media to comment that these two comments of theirs are listed as the "four profound ideological emancipation movements" in modern China along with the "May Fourth Movement", "Yan'an Rectification Movement", and "Practice is the Only Criterion for Testing Truth".
One day, Mr. Ba Jin happened to be in the editorial department, and after seeing Govine, he patted him on the shoulder and said cordially: "Govin, you are very good!" The literati relied on nothing more than talent, learning, and literacy. It's innate, and you can't teach it no matter how you teach it. Learning is an acquired effort, just be diligent, and it's not a big deal. Only knowledge is the most important. Whether you do research or any other ideological study, if you don't have knowledge, you will be doing it in vain. And it's rare that you can have a higher insight than others and your own unique point of view! I hope you don't be proud, and you must put down your body and continue to work hard! You still have a long way to go! ……”
It's incredible, still in a dream, maybe that's Govyn's current state.
Fortunately, Govin is not completely carried away, he still remembers his dreams and knows that in order to achieve them, he will have to lay a solid foundation. Therefore, the library and self-study room of Fudan University can often see Gewen's figure, and the newspaper and periodical reading room of the editorial department of "Harvest" is also a good place for him to enrich his knowledge.
Although the outside world still reports on his two comments are endless, the coverage is gradually spreading, and even the economic and legal circles are also involved. But Gowen's life seems to have turned into a normal track.
Is it just that it really ended with a happy ending?
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PS1: This morning, my mother-in-law had surgery, it was successful, and the rest is to recuperate.
I've gone back to my hometown, and when I go back to the unit tomorrow, I'll be able to code words normally. The updates of the past few days are not satisfactory.,Please forgive me.,Let's look at my next table.。
ps2: Thank you Long Shao LL1 and other people for their daily tips, thank you!