One hundred years, many people, many things

"I don't know how many people and things I encounter in my life. At my age, I have experienced the warlords' scuffle, the War of Resistance Against Japan, the War of Liberation, and all kinds of things that happened after the founding of New China. Although I am an ordinary person, there are still many There are so many people to read and many things to say.”

This book is the only oral autobiography of Yang Yi, a fellow of the May Fourth Movement, a progressive student of Southwest Associated University, a famous translator, and a centenarian. From 1919 to today, Yang Yi's 100 years of life is exactly the 100 years of China's vicissitudes and vicissitudes. The refinement of time and life condenses into a song of innocence and romance of a generation of intellectual women.

Looking back at the century, Yang Yi pays more attention to her "life" than to legends and achievements, and the family, friendship, love and worldly feelings it carries: in the deep house of her childhood, the grandeur of her ancestors, the vicissitudes of the political and business circles in Beiyang, her Those who don’t make a lot of noise and never forget it are the circumstances of ordinary people; the friendship between classmates, girls’ thoughts, poetry and drama, “Chinese and Western” have been riding on the wings of singing for ten years, and they are the most carefree; when the nation is in peril, From Tianjin, Shanghai, Hong Kong to Kunming, singing "On the Songhua River" on the way westward, the flame of civilization is not extinguished; from Southwest Associated University to Central University, there is still a young figure in my memory - the first time I met the "literary idol" Ba Jin , Wen Yiduo, who was covered in dust after the bombing, Wu Mi, who tapped his cane on the stone road, Shen Congwen, the mentor who "praises us as brave girls", and Yue Xia who talked on the edge of the Dian River, and the girl on the bank of the Jialing River. Reunion and farewell...

Scholar Yu Bin has spent ten years resisting oblivion by listening and leading to the truth of history with details. Family history, emerald years, the road to school, old friends in the mountains and rivers, people and events of a century are slowly unfolded in the narration. "Intentionally or unintentionally, I acted as a middleman between Mr. Yang and readers. It should be an oral history that can be aimed at ordinary readers."

【Editor's Choice】

1. Yang Yi, a peer of the May Fourth Movement, a progressive student of Southwest Associated University, a famous translator who pioneered the translation of "Wuthering Heights", and a centenarian, is the only oral autobiography.

From "Dream of Red Mansions" and "The Scholars" to "Red and Black" and "Wuthering Heights", Mr. Yang Yi, his elder brother Yang Xianyi and his lover Zhao Ruihong jointly promoted the dialogue between Chinese and the world, making literary classics like seeds take root and blossom in the soil of different civilizations , Achieved one peak after another in the cause of Chinese literature translation.

2. A century of family and country history: The era is not the background of her life, her life is the era itself.

Warlords' melee, Anti-Japanese War, War of Liberation, founding of New China... From 1919 to the present, China has undergone tremendous changes in the past century, with ups and downs between families and countries, individuals and society. What she provides is a special witness to history, conveying "Echoes of Universal Life".

3. The romantic life of a generation of intellectual women: the years are whizzing by, and the beauty is never tired.

"I was born on May 4th, and when I was growing up, it was the most difficult period for our country. But even under such difficult conditions, the younger generation's vitality, enthusiasm and sense of responsibility have not been lost at all." Patriotism, progress, and truth The pursuit of justice and justice are integrated into Mr. Yang Yi's life choices like blood, and his bright personality allows the world to see how full and clean, elegant and tenacious, optimistic and calm a life infiltrated by literary life, literary career and literary pursuit is.

4. Optimistic and open-minded view of people and the world: life is worth living, and to live is to win.

Because of her longevity, she has seen almost everyone's ending. The ups and downs of honor and disgrace, life, old age, sickness and death have become stories with beginning and end. However, behind the calm narrative, we can still feel the weight of the word "fate" unexpectedly. One of the words she often talks about is "fun". "Fun" affects her memory and screening of memories.

5. An oral history for ordinary readers: Scholar Yu Bin lasted ten years, using listening to resist forgetting, and using details to lead to the warmth and truth of history. Attached is "Shucheng Manji" with ten thousand characters.

The auspicious light and feathers of family memories, the traces of old people who never forget, the secrets of girls in their hearts, the torrent of the times that they have personally experienced... In a small living room of less than ten square meters, a conversation that resisted forgetting by listening lasted for more than ten years, and finally into a book. "What I want to achieve is the first is the truth, the second is the truth, the third is the truth, and the way to this truth is the first is the details, the second is the details, and the third is the details." The history with temperature is countless The collection and symphony of individual "destiny", witnessing individual destiny, is also "witnessing history".

6. Contains 150 precious historical photos, and the whole book is printed in color; the stitching and bare ridges show the beauty of the years; the pages are exquisitely drawn, and the frames are fixed for 10 ten years.

Due to his family background, Mr. Yang has kept a large number of photos since the beginning of the 20th century. This book contains more than 150 precious historical photos, which are printed in color and supplemented with detailed illustrations as an extension and supplement to the oral narration. Zhou Weiwei, the winner of the "Most Beautiful Book in China" award, is in charge of the design and planning. The blue color scheme implies evergreen life. The text is printed on pure wood pulp paper, which is suitable for both Tibetan and reading; the pictures are printed on classical art paper to restore the true colors. The naked ridge of the lock line, the elegant binding, fully shows the beauty of the years. Attached are exquisite pull-out pages, 10 ten years, and a century-old history frozen in the blink of an eye.

【Comment & Voice】

Bi Feiyu | Zhang Lixian | Lu Yu | Recommended by Xu Bei

Mr. Yang Yi is a peer of the May 4th Movement, a progressive student from Southwest Associated University to a broad life, and an important translator who first created the translation of "Wuthering Heights" and made the translation a classic. , Diligent writer of children's literature creation. When the mountains and rivers fell, Mr. Yang Yi was unwilling to stay in the shelter of his family, and devoted himself to the torrent of the times with his youthful blood to share the fate of the motherland; I Come Naked: The Biography of Rodin and other works are still full of vigor.

——Tie Ning, chairman of the Chinese Writers Association and chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and Zhang Hongsen, secretary of the party group and vice chairman of the Chinese Writers Association

Every time I visit Mr. Yang Yi, I can feel her tranquility and at the same time feel her impact. She can quietly inspire and inspire others. She is critical, and even more respectable. In her home, I have experienced the happiness that comes from Yang Yi countless times. I believe that it is absolutely impossible for me to be the only one who has experienced this kind of happiness.

——Bi Feiyu, Vice Chairman of Chinese Writers Association and Chairman of Jiangsu Writers Association

This article is in the form of an oral record, and the subject is Yang Yi, a translator who is already a hundred years old. The value of the article does not lie in the external things such as age and identity, but in its spiritual core: this is a good article for "dispelling evil spirits" , it breaks our usual worship and eulogy of the so-called "last noble" and "House of Hairpin".

——Zhang Lixian, editor-in-chief of "Reading Library"

Mr. Yang Yi is not an ordinary centenarian. Among her family and teachers and friends, there are many star-studded figures in modern Chinese history; her classmates at Southwest Associated University and Central University—those young lives with different beliefs, different family backgrounds, and different temperaments have their own embarrassing destinies ——This is destined to be the oral autobiography of Mr. Yang Yi, and it is also the history of the family and country in the past hundred years. The era is not the background of her life, her life is the era itself.

——Xu Bei, director of "Southwest Associated University" and "Post-90s"