text | Li Peishu
edit | Sun Dasheng
talks about Chinese movies, Xie Jin is a giant that cannot be avoided.
He has been in the film industry for more than 50 years and has left behind more than 30 classic works.
The influence on Chinese movies and Chinese audiences, Yu Qiuyu once commented on this:
"If we divide the 20th century into two halves, we should name some of the most influential Chinese cultural people in the second half of the century, then even if the list is reduced to the minimum, Xie Jin will definitely be indispensable."
Xie Jin spent more than 50 years to create an independent and huge art world. He was respected and deserved.
is just outside the art world. When he returns home, it is a world that ordinary people cannot imagine.
Both parents died one after another.
Two of the four children are mentally retarded, and their normal eldest son died of cancer.
Xie Jin paid too much for his small family, and the bitterness and tears behind it were unable to speak to outsiders.
Today, let’s talk about Xie Jin’s story.
01
Xie Jin is a descendant of a famous family. He is the 53rd generation grandson of the prime minister of Eastern Jin Xie An .
1923 Xie Jin was born in a scholarly family in Shangyu County, Zhejiang Province. His father Xie Chunpu once worked in the Ministry of Transportation. Later, he went to Shanghai University to teach and worked as an accountant. His mother Chen Zhenmei was born in a prominent family in Yuyao, Zhejiang. When she married Xie Chunpu, she loaded several boats with her dowry alone.
The family was very happy with Xie Jin's arrival. His grandfather Xie Zuoqing named him Jin and named him Feijie, in order to commemorate Xie An and the Feishui victory he won.
The family attaches great importance to the education of Xie Jin. On Xie Jin's 10th birthday, his father specially gave him a set of 500 volumes of "Primary School Student Library". His father hoped that he would gain the power of knowledge and bring glory to his family when he grew up.
Xie Jin couldn't put down these books. He read the books "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", " Water Margin ", " Dream of Red Mansions ", "Robinson Crusoe", " Andersen's Fairy Tale ", and other books over and over again, and he opened up one magical world after another.
Outside the book, contacting movies made his magical world more concrete.
In 1931, 8-year-old Xie Jin moved to Shanghai with his family and moved into two-story Shikumen .
At that time, because his mother liked to watch movies, Xie Jin often followed his mother to watch movies, so that he almost watched all the movies that could be seen in the 1930s.
In this process, Xie Jin was conquered by the movie and wanted to engage in film art in the future.
However, it is not easy for Xie Jin to take this path.
Firstly because his grandfather left his ancestral teachings when he was alive:
"The descendants of the Xie family are not allowed to touch stocks or gambling, and secondly, they are not allowed to get involved in actors and any related industries."
Secondly, because of his father's objection. In the era when Xie Jin's father lived, actors were considered inferior and could not be respected by others. He did not want his son to be actors.
so much that when Xie Jin asked him to do acting work, he was very angry. He also suspected that his family's ancestral grave had been moved by someone else, so his son wanted to be an actor.
However, once the direction of life is firmly firm, Xie Jin will no longer waver.
In the summer of 1941, 18-year-old Xie Jin applied for National Drama College despite his father's strong opposition.
So he went south alone and went to the National Drama College that had moved from Nanjing to Jiang'an County, Sichuan.
Here, he met the drama masters such as Hongshen , Cao Yu , Jiao Juyin , and studied under the movie predecessors such as Zhou Yibai , Huang Zuolin , and Zhou Jianyun.
is also here, Xie Jin met love.
02
In the National Drama College, Xie Jin studied eagerly. In the school's troupe, he did all kinds of work, including supporting roles, live-action, drama , he would go wherever he needed.
This made him deeply recognized by his teachers and classmates, and also laid the groundwork for his encounter with love.
text | Li Peishu
edit | Sun Dasheng
talks about Chinese movies, Xie Jin is a giant that cannot be avoided.
He has been in the film industry for more than 50 years and has left behind more than 30 classic works.
The influence on Chinese movies and Chinese audiences, Yu Qiuyu once commented on this:
"If we divide the 20th century into two halves, we should name some of the most influential Chinese cultural people in the second half of the century, then even if the list is reduced to the minimum, Xie Jin will definitely be indispensable."
Xie Jin spent more than 50 years to create an independent and huge art world. He was respected and deserved.
is just outside the art world. When he returns home, it is a world that ordinary people cannot imagine.
Both parents died one after another.
Two of the four children are mentally retarded, and their normal eldest son died of cancer.
Xie Jin paid too much for his small family, and the bitterness and tears behind it were unable to speak to outsiders.
Today, let’s talk about Xie Jin’s story.
01
Xie Jin is a descendant of a famous family. He is the 53rd generation grandson of the prime minister of Eastern Jin Xie An .
1923 Xie Jin was born in a scholarly family in Shangyu County, Zhejiang Province. His father Xie Chunpu once worked in the Ministry of Transportation. Later, he went to Shanghai University to teach and worked as an accountant. His mother Chen Zhenmei was born in a prominent family in Yuyao, Zhejiang. When she married Xie Chunpu, she loaded several boats with her dowry alone.
The family was very happy with Xie Jin's arrival. His grandfather Xie Zuoqing named him Jin and named him Feijie, in order to commemorate Xie An and the Feishui victory he won.
The family attaches great importance to the education of Xie Jin. On Xie Jin's 10th birthday, his father specially gave him a set of 500 volumes of "Primary School Student Library". His father hoped that he would gain the power of knowledge and bring glory to his family when he grew up.
Xie Jin couldn't put down these books. He read the books "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", " Water Margin ", " Dream of Red Mansions ", "Robinson Crusoe", " Andersen's Fairy Tale ", and other books over and over again, and he opened up one magical world after another.
Outside the book, contacting movies made his magical world more concrete.
In 1931, 8-year-old Xie Jin moved to Shanghai with his family and moved into two-story Shikumen .
At that time, because his mother liked to watch movies, Xie Jin often followed his mother to watch movies, so that he almost watched all the movies that could be seen in the 1930s.
In this process, Xie Jin was conquered by the movie and wanted to engage in film art in the future.
However, it is not easy for Xie Jin to take this path.
Firstly because his grandfather left his ancestral teachings when he was alive:
"The descendants of the Xie family are not allowed to touch stocks or gambling, and secondly, they are not allowed to get involved in actors and any related industries."
Secondly, because of his father's objection. In the era when Xie Jin's father lived, actors were considered inferior and could not be respected by others. He did not want his son to be actors.
so much that when Xie Jin asked him to do acting work, he was very angry. He also suspected that his family's ancestral grave had been moved by someone else, so his son wanted to be an actor.
However, once the direction of life is firmly firm, Xie Jin will no longer waver.
In the summer of 1941, 18-year-old Xie Jin applied for National Drama College despite his father's strong opposition.
So he went south alone and went to the National Drama College that had moved from Nanjing to Jiang'an County, Sichuan.
Here, he met the drama masters such as Hongshen , Cao Yu , Jiao Juyin , and studied under the movie predecessors such as Zhou Yibai , Huang Zuolin , and Zhou Jianyun.
is also here, Xie Jin met love.
02
In the National Drama College, Xie Jin studied eagerly. In the school's troupe, he did all kinds of work, including supporting roles, live-action, drama , he would go wherever he needed.
This made him deeply recognized by his teachers and classmates, and also laid the groundwork for his encounter with love.
At that time, Jiang'an Women's Middle School and the National Drama College were separated by a wall. There were many progressive students in this girls' middle school, and Xu Dawen was one of them.
Xu Dawen is the only daughter in the family and lost her father at the age of 12. She was obsessed with drama and was considered a "rebellious" young literary woman in many people at that time.
In 1942, 16-year-old Xu Dawen rehearsed the Tian Han drama "The Song of Rejuvenation" with her classmates, and she played the heroine.
At that time, some teachers from the National Drama College had part-time classes at Jiang'an Women's Middle School. Xu Dawen and his classmates asked these teachers to guide them, but the teachers were too busy, so they sent very professional students to help with tutoring, including Xie Jin.
Thanks to this opportunity, Xie Jin and Xu Dawen met.
As we keep getting along, Xu Dawen found that Xie Jin was very charming.
Xie Jin was full of energy at that time and loved to stand up for justice. When I saw someone bullying a female student, no matter what the other party was, I rushed up and beat her. He dares to do things that others dare not stand out. More than 0 years later, when recalling these years, Xu Dawen admitted:
"One of the reasons why I feel good about him is because he has a sense of justice, and is straight and tells the truth!"
Slowly, Xie Jin and Xu Dawen became good friends.
At that time, because of the hard life, Xie Jin often couldn't eat enough. Xu Dawen would join him with his father Chen Huaikai, classmate Wang Dehong and others in .
The relationship between Xu Dawen and Xie Jin was sublimated in the second year of their acquaintance.
On November 21, 1943, Xie Jin celebrated his 20th birthday. Because he had no money to invite everyone to a restaurant for a meal, he invited a few friends to celebrate briefly in a teahouse, and Xu Dawen received the invitation.
What Xu Dawen didn't expect was that just when everyone was celebrating Xie Jin's birthday in the teahouse, the teaching director of her school came.
The director of teaching asked Xu Dawen to return to school immediately. When Xu Dawen arrived at the school, the teaching director told her that she had been removed from the school and asked her to notify her mother and ask her to take her home.
Xu Dawen then realized that Xie Jin's birthday party was regarded as a gathering of progressive students by the relevant local departments at that time and was regarded as a dangerous move.
After Xu Dawen left, Xie Jin was arrested and arrested in the police station.
After learning that Xie Jin was arrested, Xu Dawen broke into the police station without saying a word, and asked to exchange herself for Xie Jin out.
She said loudly at the police station:
"I learn opera all by relying on the teacher who specializes in drama to take me in. It has nothing to do with Xie Jin. You can let him out first, I will change him, one by one."
In the end, because the police station did not want to make things worse, Xie Jin was released.
After leaving the police station, Xie Jin and Xu Dawen had to think about their future prospects.
Because he has been removed from Jiang'an Girls' Middle School, under the arrangement of his mother, Xu Dawen decided to defect to her uncle in Chongqing and continue her studies in Chongqing.
Learning about Xu Dawen’s decision, Xie Jin also made a major decision.
He told Xu Dawen that after experiencing this arrest, he could not stay in Jiang'an , so he decided to drop out of school and go to Chongqing with Xu Dawen.
So, Xie Jin sold the suit he brought from Shanghai for travel expenses, and he and Xu Dawen also became boyfriend and girlfriend.
03
After arriving in Chongqing, Xu Dawen was admitted to Wende Girls' High School to study in high school, while Xie Jin chose to follow Ma Yanxiang , Hong Shen, Jiao Juyin and others to film at the China Youth Drama Club.
In this process, Xie Jin and Xu Dawen talked about a sweet and romantic relationship.
At that time, every weekend, Xie Jin would go to Xu Dawen's school to wait for her.
In order to date Xie Jin on the weekend, Xu Dawen insisted on not participating in the school’s choir.
However, sweet time is always so short. With the victory of Anti-Japanese War in 1945, Xu Dawen and Xie Jin had to go through a separation.
At that time, Xie Jin had to leave Chongqing and return to Shanghai because of some things.
On the day of farewell, at Chaotianmen Wharf , Xie Jin told Xu Dawen that he would go back to Chongqing to pick her up after he had settled there.
At that time, some of Xu Dawen's relatives and friends did not believe that Xie Jin would come back. They said to Xu Dawen:
"You let him go, what should he do if he doesn't come back?"
Xu Dawen said firmly:
"If you don't come, don't come, don't worry!"
Xu Dawen did not misunderstand. This summer, with Xu Dawen graduating from high school, Xie Jin came back, and he also brought a betrothal gift: gold bracelet , a pair of gold rings, and a watch.
In the autumn of 1946, Xie Jin and Xu Dawen held their wedding in Shanghai.
1947, their daughter Xie Qingqing was born.
1949, their eldest son Xie Yan was born.
In 1953, their second son "Asan" Xie Jianqing was born.
1956, their youngest son, "A Si" Xie Jiaqing was born.
In the second year of A San's birth, Xie Jin directed the short film " Blue Bridge Meeting ", officially starting his directorial career.
When A Si was one year old, Xie Jin directed the movie " Women's Basketball No. 5 " and became famous.
Immediately afterwards, he released movies such as " Red Detachment of Women " and " Stage Sisters ", becoming a well-known director in the country.
At that time, many people didn't know that Xie Jin was in great glory outside, but was worried at home.
When A San was born, Xu Dawen was in poor health and had to go to work. The couple hired a nurse to take care of A San from Shangyu .
What they didn't expect was that the nurse actually suffered from asthma . They found out that half a year later, and Ah San had already contracted asthma.
In addition, A San has been weak in physical condition for a long time and his intellectual development is not sound.
However, fate's blow to Xie Jin and Xu Dawen did not end there, and their A Si also had problems.
A Si suffered from epilepsy at the age of 7 and had intellectual disabilities.
1989, A Si was also lost once. Xie Jin and Xu Dawen searched for him for a night but couldn't find him. Early the next morning, they went to the newspaper to publish a "missing notice": looking for Xie Jiaqing, male, 33 years old, dementia and epilepsy... If you find any, please call Xie Jin and Xu Dawen to notify him.
Fortunately, 27 hours later, A Si was discovered at the location of "Women's Basketball No. 5".
Compared with the scare incident like missing, there is one thing that Xie Jin can't bear.
One day in a year, he finished his work and went home. He saw several children stuffing A San and A Si into the trash can and filling in their mouths with garbage.
Seeing this scene, Xie Jin was almost collapsed. He drove away the children who were causing trouble and rescued two poor sons.
He loves his children, he cannot accept that the children are bullied like this.
So later, he would go home to accompany his children whenever he had time. He never lost his temper with A San and A Si at home, and did his best to make the two children live a happy life.
However, things are unpredictable. While Xie Jin was working hard for his film career and family, difficult times have arrived. He couldn't make movies, and his parents have had trouble one after another.
04
During the days when we couldn't make movies, Xie Jin learned about his bad news about his father.
Because he could not accept the drastic changes in fate, Xie Jin's father swallowed a bottle of sleeping pills and ended his life.
At that time, Xie Jin's mother was deaf. In order not to make her mother sad, Xie Jin and Xu Dawen chose to hide the news of her father's death from her.
However, Xie Jin's mother is very smart. Although she can't hear it, she can see her mouth. She finally learned about her husband's death.
Two years after Xie’s father passed away, Xie Jin’s mother jumped down from the 6th floor of her home and ended her life.
When Xie Jin came back, he saw his mother lying on the concrete floor with a white cloth covered with her body.
He picked up his mother and walked to the 6th floor without a sound.
During this period of time, Xie Jin's mind was blank and he wanted to cry without tears.
Parents died one after another, which was a burden that life could not bear for the filial son Xie Jin.
At this time, Xie Jin would not have thought that he not only wanted a black-haired man to send a white-haired man to send a white-haired man to send a white-haired man to send a white-haired man to the world.
With the end of the difficult times, Xie Jin can make movies again.
He has successively launched classic movies such as " Tianyun Mountain Legend ", " Wrangler ", " Garland under the Mountain ", "Furong Town", " Qingliang Temple Bells ", and has become internationally famous.
At that time, he was praised by overseas film critics as "the most famous Chinese in the international film industry today."
Xie Jin has always been serious about film creation. He said:
"I firmly believe that a film must pour into the director's greatest passion, it is the crystallization of the artist's character and cultivation, and it is also the burning of life."
He also said:
"I make videos more to pursue the role of aesthetic education and the role of , and hope to contribute beauty to the motherland and mankind!"
It is precisely because of making many good movies that Xie Jin received a lot of royalties and bonuses.
However, in order to treat A San's illness, the money was spent very little.
Unfortunately, this money did not allow A San to recover. In 1991, A San died of illness at the age of 38.
On the day Ah San passed away, Xie Jin immediately put down the academic conference in South Korea and rushed to the hospital.
When he arrived at the hospital, Ah San had not yet died. He turned to look at his father, unable to speak.
That day, Xie Jin said painfully:
"Asan in his thirties have lungs in his 80s."
Before Ah San passed away, once while drinking with his friends, Xie Jin murmured at the table:
"Asan got asthma at the age of two. For many years, whenever the night is late and people are quiet, I feel uncomfortable when I hear the strange sound in his throat. I wish I could have the power to turn the world back and cure his illness."
After Ah San passed away, Xie Jin took care of Ah Si and cared for him, for fear that something would happen to him.
What makes Xie Jin feel a little relaxed is that his eldest son Xie Yan also helped him take care of A Si.
05
Xie Yan is the only child who inherited Xie Jin's legacy.
Xie Yan graduated from the Film Department of New York University. He is a low-key and calm person and never shows off his father's title as a famous director to the public.
Like his father, he is very talented in directorship. His two films, "Hidden Daughter Red " and "The Legend of the Seal" directed by him are deeply loved by the audience. Among them, "Daughter Red" is also the screen debut of Zhou Xun .
However, as he grew older, in order to take care of his elderly parents and his sick younger brother, he faded out of his creative stage and contributed more to some of the movies directed by Xie Jin.
Among them, during the stage play "Hi Jin Daban's Last Night " directed by Xie Jin and starring Liu Xiaoqing , Xie Yan provided great help to his father.
Like many eldest sons in the family, Xie Yan has been very sensible since he was a child. In the difficult years, he not only had to care about his parents, but also take care of the elderly in the family, and protect his ignorant younger brothers.
even chose not to get married for the rest of his life in order to take care of his younger brothers.
is such an excellent person, and fate is too unkind to him.
In the summer of 2008, Xie Yan was diagnosed with advanced liver cancer. After
was diagnosed, he concealed his condition from his parents. He personally went to Fushouyuan to select a "three acupoint" cemetery.
This "three acupoint" cemetery is left for himself and A San who had been storing the ashes since his death in 1991, and there is also a point for A Si.
In the last time of his life, he gave up all his work and stayed at home to accompany his parents.
Later, he went to the hospital alone to treat his illness. He told the doctor not to tell his parents, because he was worried that his current appearance of being destroyed by the disease would make his parents sad.
It was not until a week before Xie Yan's death that Xie Jin learned about Xie Yan's cancer.
When Xie Jin saw his eldest son who was tortured by the disease in the hospital, he felt very distressed.
Lie on the hospital bed Xie Yan said to Xie Jin with difficulty:
"Dad, I'm causing trouble for you!"
Xie Jin said to him tremblingly:
"Let's treat, child, it doesn't matter, we treat..."
Regrettably, Xie Yan failed to overcome the disease. On August 23, 2008, Xie Yan died of illness at the age of 59.
After Xie Yan's death, Pan Hong commented on him and said:
"Xie Yan's life is really a life of selfless dedication. He is a great son and a great brother."
Losing the best and healthiest son, Xie Jin and Xu Dawen were deeply saddened.
Xie Jin didn't sleep much for a week, and Xu Dawen fainted on the day Xie Yan's ashes were buried.
Then she was taken to the hospital, had a heart surgery, and was equipped with pacemaker .
Later she said:
"I can't stand it when I saw my tall and smart son turning into such a pack of ashes!"
06
October 17, 2008, was the day when Xu Dawen was discharged from the hospital. Before this, Xie Jin was invited to attend the 100th anniversary of the alma mater, Shangyu Chunhui Middle School in Zhejiang.
For this event, Xu Dawen urged him to participate. He felt that Xie Jin was too tired and in a bad state since Xie Yan passed away. She hopes that he can attend the alma mater’s anniversary and relax.
Xie Jin adopted Xu Dawen's suggestion. Before leaving, he said to Xu Dawen:
"I'll go back the next day."
What Xu Dawen didn’t expect was that this farewell was actually a farewell forever.
After Xie Jin arrived in Shangyu, he moved into the hotel arranged by the school. He closed his eyes and never woke up again.
On October 18, 2008, Xie Jin passed away at the age of 85.
At that time, it was only 56 days before his eldest son Xie Yan passed away.
The news of Xie Jin's sudden death shocked the whole country.
On the day of Xie Jin's memorial service, performing artists and tens of thousands of people came to see off the legendary director.
It is worth mentioning that at the memorial service at that time, Liu Xiaoqing, who had received help from Xie Jin, walked to Xu Dawen with a bag of cash.
Xu Dawen chose to refuse Liu Xiaoqing's kindness and expressed her gratitude.
Liu Xiaoqing did not take back a bag of cash because of Xu Dawen's refusal. She told Xu Dawen that she would have to do it for her children in the future, and money is the most practical.
In order to make Xu Dawen accept the money, Liu Xiaoqing deliberately raised her tone and said that if she didn't want the money, she would spread the money in the hall of the memorial service.
Liu Xiaoqing also said that she will be paid to the Xie family for her future performance in the drama "The Last Night of Jin Daban" directed by Xie Jin.
In the end, Xu Dawen was unable to refuse her affection and could only accept a bag of cash brought by Liu Xiaoqing.
After Xie Jin's funeral, Xu Dawen took on the heavy responsibility of taking care of A Si. She knew that she could not fall down and she had a child to take care of.
On February 16, 2016, Xu Dawen died of illness in Shanghai at the age of 90.
She and her husband, eldest son, and A San were reunited in another world.
Now A Si lives with his sister, I wish A Si a safe and happy journey to his life.
A Si's life is unfortunate, but it is also lucky because he has his parents and brothers and sisters who love him deeply.
At that time, some of Xu Dawen's relatives and friends did not believe that Xie Jin would come back. They said to Xu Dawen:
"You let him go, what should he do if he doesn't come back?"
Xu Dawen said firmly:
"If you don't come, don't come, don't worry!"
Xu Dawen did not misunderstand. This summer, with Xu Dawen graduating from high school, Xie Jin came back, and he also brought a betrothal gift: gold bracelet , a pair of gold rings, and a watch.
In the autumn of 1946, Xie Jin and Xu Dawen held their wedding in Shanghai.
1947, their daughter Xie Qingqing was born.
1949, their eldest son Xie Yan was born.
In 1953, their second son "Asan" Xie Jianqing was born.
1956, their youngest son, "A Si" Xie Jiaqing was born.
In the second year of A San's birth, Xie Jin directed the short film " Blue Bridge Meeting ", officially starting his directorial career.
When A Si was one year old, Xie Jin directed the movie " Women's Basketball No. 5 " and became famous.
Immediately afterwards, he released movies such as " Red Detachment of Women " and " Stage Sisters ", becoming a well-known director in the country.
At that time, many people didn't know that Xie Jin was in great glory outside, but was worried at home.
When A San was born, Xu Dawen was in poor health and had to go to work. The couple hired a nurse to take care of A San from Shangyu .
What they didn't expect was that the nurse actually suffered from asthma . They found out that half a year later, and Ah San had already contracted asthma.
In addition, A San has been weak in physical condition for a long time and his intellectual development is not sound.
However, fate's blow to Xie Jin and Xu Dawen did not end there, and their A Si also had problems.
A Si suffered from epilepsy at the age of 7 and had intellectual disabilities.
1989, A Si was also lost once. Xie Jin and Xu Dawen searched for him for a night but couldn't find him. Early the next morning, they went to the newspaper to publish a "missing notice": looking for Xie Jiaqing, male, 33 years old, dementia and epilepsy... If you find any, please call Xie Jin and Xu Dawen to notify him.
Fortunately, 27 hours later, A Si was discovered at the location of "Women's Basketball No. 5".
Compared with the scare incident like missing, there is one thing that Xie Jin can't bear.
One day in a year, he finished his work and went home. He saw several children stuffing A San and A Si into the trash can and filling in their mouths with garbage.
Seeing this scene, Xie Jin was almost collapsed. He drove away the children who were causing trouble and rescued two poor sons.
He loves his children, he cannot accept that the children are bullied like this.
So later, he would go home to accompany his children whenever he had time. He never lost his temper with A San and A Si at home, and did his best to make the two children live a happy life.
However, things are unpredictable. While Xie Jin was working hard for his film career and family, difficult times have arrived. He couldn't make movies, and his parents have had trouble one after another.
04
During the days when we couldn't make movies, Xie Jin learned about his bad news about his father.
Because he could not accept the drastic changes in fate, Xie Jin's father swallowed a bottle of sleeping pills and ended his life.
At that time, Xie Jin's mother was deaf. In order not to make her mother sad, Xie Jin and Xu Dawen chose to hide the news of her father's death from her.
However, Xie Jin's mother is very smart. Although she can't hear it, she can see her mouth. She finally learned about her husband's death.
Two years after Xie’s father passed away, Xie Jin’s mother jumped down from the 6th floor of her home and ended her life.
When Xie Jin came back, he saw his mother lying on the concrete floor with a white cloth covered with her body.
He picked up his mother and walked to the 6th floor without a sound.
During this period of time, Xie Jin's mind was blank and he wanted to cry without tears.
Parents died one after another, which was a burden that life could not bear for the filial son Xie Jin.
At this time, Xie Jin would not have thought that he not only wanted a black-haired man to send a white-haired man to send a white-haired man to send a white-haired man to send a white-haired man to the world.
With the end of the difficult times, Xie Jin can make movies again.
He has successively launched classic movies such as " Tianyun Mountain Legend ", " Wrangler ", " Garland under the Mountain ", "Furong Town", " Qingliang Temple Bells ", and has become internationally famous.
At that time, he was praised by overseas film critics as "the most famous Chinese in the international film industry today."
Xie Jin has always been serious about film creation. He said:
"I firmly believe that a film must pour into the director's greatest passion, it is the crystallization of the artist's character and cultivation, and it is also the burning of life."
He also said:
"I make videos more to pursue the role of aesthetic education and the role of , and hope to contribute beauty to the motherland and mankind!"
It is precisely because of making many good movies that Xie Jin received a lot of royalties and bonuses.
However, in order to treat A San's illness, the money was spent very little.
Unfortunately, this money did not allow A San to recover. In 1991, A San died of illness at the age of 38.
On the day Ah San passed away, Xie Jin immediately put down the academic conference in South Korea and rushed to the hospital.
When he arrived at the hospital, Ah San had not yet died. He turned to look at his father, unable to speak.
That day, Xie Jin said painfully:
"Asan in his thirties have lungs in his 80s."
Before Ah San passed away, once while drinking with his friends, Xie Jin murmured at the table:
"Asan got asthma at the age of two. For many years, whenever the night is late and people are quiet, I feel uncomfortable when I hear the strange sound in his throat. I wish I could have the power to turn the world back and cure his illness."
After Ah San passed away, Xie Jin took care of Ah Si and cared for him, for fear that something would happen to him.
What makes Xie Jin feel a little relaxed is that his eldest son Xie Yan also helped him take care of A Si.
05
Xie Yan is the only child who inherited Xie Jin's legacy.
Xie Yan graduated from the Film Department of New York University. He is a low-key and calm person and never shows off his father's title as a famous director to the public.
Like his father, he is very talented in directorship. His two films, "Hidden Daughter Red " and "The Legend of the Seal" directed by him are deeply loved by the audience. Among them, "Daughter Red" is also the screen debut of Zhou Xun .
However, as he grew older, in order to take care of his elderly parents and his sick younger brother, he faded out of his creative stage and contributed more to some of the movies directed by Xie Jin.
Among them, during the stage play "Hi Jin Daban's Last Night " directed by Xie Jin and starring Liu Xiaoqing , Xie Yan provided great help to his father.
Like many eldest sons in the family, Xie Yan has been very sensible since he was a child. In the difficult years, he not only had to care about his parents, but also take care of the elderly in the family, and protect his ignorant younger brothers.
even chose not to get married for the rest of his life in order to take care of his younger brothers.
is such an excellent person, and fate is too unkind to him.
In the summer of 2008, Xie Yan was diagnosed with advanced liver cancer. After
was diagnosed, he concealed his condition from his parents. He personally went to Fushouyuan to select a "three acupoint" cemetery.
This "three acupoint" cemetery is left for himself and A San who had been storing the ashes since his death in 1991, and there is also a point for A Si.
In the last time of his life, he gave up all his work and stayed at home to accompany his parents.
Later, he went to the hospital alone to treat his illness. He told the doctor not to tell his parents, because he was worried that his current appearance of being destroyed by the disease would make his parents sad.
It was not until a week before Xie Yan's death that Xie Jin learned about Xie Yan's cancer.
When Xie Jin saw his eldest son who was tortured by the disease in the hospital, he felt very distressed.
Lie on the hospital bed Xie Yan said to Xie Jin with difficulty:
"Dad, I'm causing trouble for you!"
Xie Jin said to him tremblingly:
"Let's treat, child, it doesn't matter, we treat..."
Regrettably, Xie Yan failed to overcome the disease. On August 23, 2008, Xie Yan died of illness at the age of 59.
After Xie Yan's death, Pan Hong commented on him and said:
"Xie Yan's life is really a life of selfless dedication. He is a great son and a great brother."
Losing the best and healthiest son, Xie Jin and Xu Dawen were deeply saddened.
Xie Jin didn't sleep much for a week, and Xu Dawen fainted on the day Xie Yan's ashes were buried.
Then she was taken to the hospital, had a heart surgery, and was equipped with pacemaker .
Later she said:
"I can't stand it when I saw my tall and smart son turning into such a pack of ashes!"
06
October 17, 2008, was the day when Xu Dawen was discharged from the hospital. Before this, Xie Jin was invited to attend the 100th anniversary of the alma mater, Shangyu Chunhui Middle School in Zhejiang.
For this event, Xu Dawen urged him to participate. He felt that Xie Jin was too tired and in a bad state since Xie Yan passed away. She hopes that he can attend the alma mater’s anniversary and relax.
Xie Jin adopted Xu Dawen's suggestion. Before leaving, he said to Xu Dawen:
"I'll go back the next day."
What Xu Dawen didn’t expect was that this farewell was actually a farewell forever.
After Xie Jin arrived in Shangyu, he moved into the hotel arranged by the school. He closed his eyes and never woke up again.
On October 18, 2008, Xie Jin passed away at the age of 85.
At that time, it was only 56 days before his eldest son Xie Yan passed away.
The news of Xie Jin's sudden death shocked the whole country.
On the day of Xie Jin's memorial service, performing artists and tens of thousands of people came to see off the legendary director.
It is worth mentioning that at the memorial service at that time, Liu Xiaoqing, who had received help from Xie Jin, walked to Xu Dawen with a bag of cash.
Xu Dawen chose to refuse Liu Xiaoqing's kindness and expressed her gratitude.
Liu Xiaoqing did not take back a bag of cash because of Xu Dawen's refusal. She told Xu Dawen that she would have to do it for her children in the future, and money is the most practical.
In order to make Xu Dawen accept the money, Liu Xiaoqing deliberately raised her tone and said that if she didn't want the money, she would spread the money in the hall of the memorial service.
Liu Xiaoqing also said that she will be paid to the Xie family for her future performance in the drama "The Last Night of Jin Daban" directed by Xie Jin.
In the end, Xu Dawen was unable to refuse her affection and could only accept a bag of cash brought by Liu Xiaoqing.
After Xie Jin's funeral, Xu Dawen took on the heavy responsibility of taking care of A Si. She knew that she could not fall down and she had a child to take care of.
On February 16, 2016, Xu Dawen died of illness in Shanghai at the age of 90.
She and her husband, eldest son, and A San were reunited in another world.
Now A Si lives with his sister, I wish A Si a safe and happy journey to his life.
A Si's life is unfortunate, but it is also lucky because he has his parents and brothers and sisters who love him deeply.
