{"id":966,"date":"2012-06-08T11:04:31","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T03:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=966"},"modified":"2012-06-08T11:05:48","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T03:05:48","slug":"eric-abrahamsen-on-chinese-writers-remembering-yanan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=966","title":{"rendered":"Eric Abrahamsen on Chinese Writers Remembering Yan’an"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over at the NYTimes blog Eric Abrahamsen<\/a> of Paper Republic<\/a> has, with characteristic sarcasm, written about<\/a> the recent edition of One Hundred Writers\u2019 and Artists\u2019 Hand-Copied Commemorative Edition of the \u201cYan\u2019an Talks.\u201d<\/em> So what were the \u201cYan\u2019an Talks<\/a>\u201d \u5728\u5ef6\u5b89\u6587\u827a\u5ea7\u8c08\u4f1a\u4e0a\u7684\u8bb2\u8bdd? Eric describes:<\/p>\n

The Yan\u2019an Talks on Literature and Art<\/a>, delivered in 1942 by Mao Zedong, laid out his plan for the role of art in Chinese society. Seven years before the establishment of the People\u2019s Republic, Mao was essentially telling artists that in a future Communist paradise they could expect to work solely in the service of the political aims of the party.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well! And?<\/p>\n

This year is the 70th anniversary of the talks, and there\u2019s nothing unusual about state-owned publishers bringing out commemorative editions of political texts. This one would include facsimiles of several historical publications of the talks, as well as a new version pieced together from hand-copied passages by one hundred contemporary Chinese writers. And it was likely to go nowhere but warehouse shelves, next to thousands of commemorative books like it.<\/p>\n

But the hand-copied feature caught the notice of online commentators. Among the hundred calligraphers were most of China\u2019s best-known and respected authors, including Mo Yan, Su Tong, Jia Pingwa and Han Shaogong.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Interestingly, some of the writers who wanted to have nothing to do with this project–I’m thinking of Yan Lianke <\/a>\u960e\u8fde\u79d1–are the writers I consider most interested in “serving the people” \u4e3a\u4eba\u6c11\u670d\u52a1, though perhaps not in the way everyone wants the people to be served. No word on whether Xi Chuan<\/a> took part in this commemoration.<\/p>\n

Read the whole piece here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over at the NYTimes blog Eric Abrahamsen of Paper Republic has, with characteristic sarcasm, written about the recent edition of One Hundred Writers\u2019 and Artists\u2019 Hand-Copied Commemorative Edition of the \u201cYan\u2019an Talks.\u201d So what were the \u201cYan\u2019an Talks\u201d \u5728\u5ef6\u5b89\u6587\u827a\u5ea7\u8c08\u4f1a\u4e0a\u7684\u8bb2\u8bdd? Eric … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[97,286,198,552,189,551,1654,550],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8srwF-fA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1518,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=1518","url_meta":{"origin":966,"position":0},"title":"After Mo Yan: Three Literary Editors on the Latest Crop of Sinophone Writers","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"January 10, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In "Links"","block_context":{"text":"Links","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1123,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=1123","url_meta":{"origin":966,"position":1},"title":"Editing Translations in Chinese and Japanese","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"August 21, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/youtu.be\/c3n7OuLsUAw from the Literary Translation Centre at the London Book Fair in April Chair Kate Griffin, British Centre for Literary Translation Speakers Eric Abrahamsen, Paper Rebulic Michael Emmerich, Translator Elizabeth Foley, Harvill Secker Jo Lusby, Penguin China Xu Zechen, Paper Republic","rel":"","context":"In "Links"","block_context":{"text":"Links","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/c3n7OuLsUAw\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2036,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2036","url_meta":{"origin":966,"position":2},"title":"Even more Mo Yan","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"September 2, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\"An Epic Tale of Comic Realism\": a reader's words on Life & Death are Wearing Me Out. 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