1932 65438+1On October 28th, the Japanese invaders launched a war in Wusongkou, madly bombing Shanghai, causing large-scale damage to the economy, culture and people's livelihood facilities of this metropolis. Shanghai's book publishing industry has not been spared. At that time, the commercial press, which dominated the book industry in Shanghai, suffered the most. Not only the Chinese and western libraries with rich collections were destroyed by gunfire, but also the printing equipment of the publishing house was almost paralyzed.
During those days, I held red and blue pencils in my hand, and wrote novellas such as The Son of the Hua Family and Children under the Fire. The son of the Chinese family is a very combative work, and the "Hua Er" in the novel is
The image of the people of China who rose up in humiliation, he wanted to awaken the children of the whole country through this image, to be strong and United, not to be a conquered person, but to be a "China person" with indomitable spirit. The novel was serialized in the then Pupils magazine and published in a separate volume. It is not only an important work in Chen Bochui's creative career, but also a masterpiece in the history of modern children's literature in China. Later, in some schools in the anti-Japanese areas led by the New Fourth Army, this book became a supplementary textbook for students' extracurricular reading. In addition to The Son of the Chinese Family, two other famous fairy tales, Miss Alice and Master Polo, were written in 1932 and 1934 respectively. After the signing of the armistice agreement between Songhu and Shanghai, the war was temporarily ended, social order was gradually restored, and books and periodicals were published in ruins. Starting from 1934, Chen Bochui served as the editorial director of children's bookstore, editing three magazines: Children's Magazine, Children's Common Sense Pictorial and Little Pictorial. At the same time, he and his colleagues in the Children's Library edited a set of children's half-angle series with as many as 200 books, as well as 120 books of our center. Andersen, the master of fairy tales, said in his autobiography that his efforts for fairy tales when he was young were "like mountaineers digging stone steps on hard granite". So is Chen Bochui. At the same time of busy and heavy editing work, I studied in the School of Education of Daxia University from 1940 to 194 1 and got a bachelor's degree in education.
The Japanese launched Pearl Harbor in the Pacific Ocean, and the last "island" Shanghai sank. 1942 10, Chen Bochui, disguised as a businessman, quietly left Shanghai and went to Beibei, Sichuan, where he served as the editor of the textbook department of Beibei National Compilation Hall, responsible for the compilation of putonghua textbooks for primary schools. At that time, Zhonghua Bookstore also moved there. Children's Magazine, founded by Zhonghua Book Company, was founded on April 6, 1922 1937, and was forced to stop publishing in the August 13th incident. More than 50,000 copies are issued in each issue, ranking first among national publications. Soon, Chen Bochui was hired to prepare for the reissue of Children's Magazine. After more than four months' efforts, this magazine with the longest seniority and the greatest influence in the history of children's periodicals in China finally met its readers again on April 1945. Chen Bochui, as the editor-in-chief of Children, devoted almost all his energy to the editing, editing, writing and peer review of this publication. A small red and blue pencil depicts all the colors of his life. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he returned to Shanghai and was still editing Children's Magazine. 1947 also served as editor-in-chief of Modern Children, a supplement to Ta Kung Pao. After the founding of New China, Chen Bochui felt that the spring of children's literature in China had arrived! He devoted himself to education and literature in this new country with great enthusiasm. At this time, he still served as the editor-in-chief of children's magazine of Zhonghua Book Company, and was also employed as an adjunct professor by Daxia University, St. John's University and Aurora Women's College of Literature. He offered courses such as "textbook teaching method" and "children's literature" in these universities.
195212 on February 28th, the first children's publishing house in new China was announced, and Chen Bochui was appointed as the vice president. Children's magazines were merged into Children's Publishing House and continued to be published. 1954 10 in the afternoon, Chen Bochui was transferred to Beijing as an editor of People's Education Publishing House and a professor at Beijing Normal University. 1May, 957, transferred to the Chinese Writers Association and became a professional writer.
During this period, he not only wrote many beautiful fairy tales, poems and novels for children in New China, such as Timur China, Fantasy with Colorful Wings, Children Running Down from the Mountain and On Children's Literature. I often go to primary and secondary schools and youth palaces to discuss with children, make friends and attend summer and winter camps for young pioneers. Chen Jiaer, the son of Chen Burao, is a famous nuclear physicist in China. 1954 graduated from the Physics Department of Jilin University. In the 1960s, he studied at Oxford University. After returning to China, he studied particle accelerators and worked as a professor in Peking University. 1993 was elected as an academician of China Academy of Sciences. 1996, president of Peking University, served as deputy director of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, chairman of the Chinese Physical Society, chairman of the Asia-Pacific Federation of Physical Societies and director of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
The heart of fatherly love and the personality power of setting an example not only have a great influence on his son, but Mr. Chen Bochui, as a sincere elder brother, also sets an example and trains his younger brother Ru Chen Hui into a professor and scholar at Xiamen University. Chen Zuoer, a son of Mr. Ru Chen Hui, like his cousin Chen Jiaer, has become a pillar of the country. He was the deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council and played an important role in the Hong Kong-UK negotiations. Chen Zuohuang, another nephew of Chen Burao, is a well-known music conductor in the East and West.