Early in the morning, I walked into my husband's study. There are books everywhere, and there is almost no place to waste. My husband is over eighty years old, and his eyes are merciful and modest. Listen to me quietly.
I first asked Mr. Zhu to explain a big puzzle to me: "You wrote so many plain, simple, fresh and beautiful works, but after your good friend and Wen Yiduo were killed one after another, you bravely attended the memorial service and reported Wen Yiduo's life story at the meeting." Where did you get such great strength and courage? " Where is Mr Wang from? In the case of serious illness, you not only participated in the anti-hunger struggle and civil war, but also told your family not to buy American relief food? Mr. Wang will say softly, "Nothing, nothing, these are the duties of a China person!" ""Mr. Wang's voice is so calm, without any passion.
My husband and I were reading books and practicing calligraphy all morning. I sometimes accompany him, say nothing, and read my own books.
After a nap, I saw my husband in the study. I asked him another question. I said, I remember when I first became a teacher, the first class was to teach you the composition "Spring". I was so excited at that time that I was moved by the beautiful words and surging passion in the text, but I just didn't know how to tell my classmates. Later, after reading your essays and other works, I gradually learned about your language style and spiritual realm, especially your deeds, and your hopes for spring. At that time, I thought, why do you have such a surging mood as a refined scholar? Teacher Zhu will definitely say: "My article is to pursue a true word, to write what I see, hear, think and feel with sincere feelings, and to obtain realistic artistic effects. Teach students to read prose, write prose, nothing else, tell the truth and describe the real situation. " Think about your "Hui" again, which contains complex and intertwined feelings of guilt, repentance and nostalgia, and can only be summarized in one real word.
Mr. Wang's words touched me deeply. Because in this world, it is not easy to write a photo; It's harder to be a real person.
Listening to the teacher's instructions, it doesn't feel like night. My husband and I were hanging out on the campus in Tsinghua University. My husband said to me, "Xu Ming, articles are written one by one, and words are tempered one by one. It doesn't matter. The most important thing is to maintain the dignity and backbone of a scholar. " Then, he told me the origin of his name. He quoted a sentence from Chu Ci Bu Ju: "I'd rather be honest and clean, but I'd better be clean and honest", which means to be honest and clean, so as to keep my innocence. Mr. Zhu said: Choosing the name of "self-purification" is to encourage yourself not to lose heart in difficulties, not to go with the flow, and to remain innocent.
One day passed in a hurry, and Mr. Zhu drifted away, but in my heart, it became an eternal moment. Some people say that there are no heroes in peacetime, but I disagree. In peacetime, we still admire the heroes on the battlefield, and we also need heroes with national integrity and backbone, in the spring breeze and rain, in the plain life.