Zhang Qinghua

Are there any classics in contemporary Chinese literature? The answer, of course, is yes. However, compared with the classics left over thousands of years in ancient times, and compared with the essence of the national literature of many European and American countries, the classics of contemporary China have not been eliminated and tested for a longer time, and are more "in the process of classicization". However, this does not mean that contemporary literature does not have works that can be proud of itself, on the contrary, contemporary literature is perhaps more important to us, because the people and things it writes about are closer to us. 1,800 years ago, Cao Pi said in his "Treatise on Classics": "Ordinary people are far away and low, and they are true to the voice." It means that the logic of ordinary people's thinking is to be thick of the past and thin the present, to advocate fame and despise facts, and to believe that "monks from afar can recite scriptures". There may be some reason for this, but it is not always right to despise the near and the present, because after all, each of us lives in the present day, and the literature of antiquity was once the "contemporary literature" of that era.

Therefore, it is very necessary to look for classics in contemporary literature, and it is also important for our young readers. As contemporary people, it is worth taking the time to read and understand these works, because they carry the history, politics and culture of our contemporary society, the complexity of reality, and the human and spiritual conditions. To read them is to read ourselves, and to read them is to perceive our time. This may not be obtained from ancient and foreign scriptures.

In this spirit, we have curated this series of "Everybody's Award-winning novels", which naturally refers to the selected writers, all of whom are accomplished and well-known, and who occupy a classic and important position in the genealogy of contemporary literature; The "Grand Prize" refers to the degree of recognition that these writers have received at home and abroad, as a sign that they have won various literary awards, which shows that their works have indeed had a wide dissemination and impact. Based on this criterion, we have selected the most suitable for teenagers to read, the most representative of the appearance and achievements of contemporary literature, and the part that can best reflect the creative style and achievements of these writers from the vast number of writers' works, and presented them in front of the readers' eyes in turn, hoping to dedicate a set of trustworthy series of books to the majority of teenagers.

"You are in the forest of articles, and you are polite." There is such a sentence in Lu Ji's "Wenfu", which is wonderful and beautiful, which makes people happy and excited, lingering and forgetting. I believe that these works that we have released one after another will allow young readers who love literature to appreciate the essence of literature in recent decades, read its great changes like vicissitudes, and feel its sublimation and transformation in thought and form, language and art. In short, it will be of real help to their language learning, because only by reading a large number of excellent works can they really improve their language level; Generally speaking, it will also imperceptibly promote the improvement of their aesthetic ability, the cultivation of humanistic spirit, and the accumulation of comprehensive quality.

January 20, 2015, Qingheju, Beijing

Snow began to fall in the sky. The school is still raising the national flag, Zhang Yingcai asked Principal Yu to let him raise the national flag with his own hands, he pulled the rope one by one in the sound of the flute, and suddenly heard the sound of the phoenix piano behind him. He couldn't help but look back and saw that his uncle and Principal Yu were working together, playing the "National Anthem".

- "Phoenix Piano"

The phoenix, an image that runs throughout,

Raising the national flag, a scene that keeps coming.

The phoenix qin whispered the warm soothing of the barren reality,

Raising the national flag is a silent awaiting for lofty ideals.

In that forgotten corner of prosperity,

A group of rural teachers are struggling.

Poverty and loneliness are their thin cloaks,

Waiting and persisting are their backs in the sunset.

Although "our lives" have never been "full of sunshine",

But they have never given up the pursuit of their own value.

And when the long-awaited opportunity comes,

But they found that the long-awaited hope,

It doesn't mean much to me anymore.

There are only a few important choices in life,

Sometimes, a choice is morally successful,

Measured by everyday life, it is a failure.

The characters in the novel have handed in their answers,

They chose to take a step back and stick to their fate.

Silent devotion,

Let their lives shine with a rustic glow.

Zhao is the same