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題 名 | Lao She's Children Talk about Their Father |
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作 者 | LeMaster, J. R.; | 書刊名 | Tamkang Review |
卷 期 | 32:2 民90.冬 |
頁 次 | 頁175-199 |
分類號 | 823.6 |
關鍵詞 | Lao She; Shu Yi; Thunderstorm; The collected writings of Lao She; Dragon-beard ditch; Camel xiangzi; Ba Jin; |
語 文 | 英文(English) |
英文摘要 | My paper consists of a discussion of the life and writings of Lao She-a discussion held with Lao She’s son, Shu Yi, on may 15, 1994, and with Lao She’s daughter, Shu Yu, held on June 27, 1994. The discussion with Lao She’s children resulted from my longstanding interest in Lao She and the fact that I was at the time interested in a long-lost speech that Lao She had reportedly given on Mark Twain in 1960. As it turned out, I found the speech and had it published in the US-China Review. Since Shu Yi is himself a writer, and since he has done much research on his late father’s life and writings, I started with him. We discussed many incidents in Lao She’s life, as well as the seemingly mysterious circumstances surrounding his death. We talked about Lao She’s social status, his political standing, and his life outside of China-particularly the time he spent in England and the United States. We talked about Lao She’s fondness for opera, his hobbies, and his interest in art. We talked about a number of Lao She’s work-both plays and fiction-particularly Camel Xiangzi. Of great interest, of course, was Lao She’s relationship to the Communist Party. As for Shu Yu, she and I talked about Lao She as a family man-a husband and a father. We talked about the various places the family lived during the war with Japan, about the separation of the family from the father, and about the fact that the children were not allowed to speak of him in public because he was considered a dangerous man. We talked about literacy in the Chinese population and why Lao She wrote plays to accommodate that population. We talked about Lao She during the Anti-Rightest Movement and the Cultural Revolution. Finally, we talked about Lao She’s belief in democracy and how he practiced democracy in his own family. My discussion with Shu Yi and Shu Yu, I hope, is a tribute to a fine writer whose life was cut short by the prevailing system. |
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