[Liu Xue'an] One of his songs during the Anti-Japanese War, has been banned from singing in the Japanese and Kuomintang controlled areas, New China and Taiwan

刘雪庵 ​​(Liu Xuean), formerly named Ting Da, under the pen names Yan Ru, Wu Qing, and Su Ya, is a modern and modern Chinese composer, music theorist, and music educator.

Liu Xue'an is a master figure in the music history of the 20th century in my country. His songs such as "The Great Wall Ballad", "Red Bean Ci", "Falling Falling Flowers", "Leaving Home" and "Going to the Front Line" in the "Exile Trilogy" have been sung unfailingly and become classics.

Among all Liu Xue'an's works, the one that people are most familiar with is "When the Lord Comes Back", this song is also the most ill-fated song among all his works.

Liu Xue'an and his wife Qiao Jingyun

In 1905, Liu Xue'an was born in a gentleman's family in Dongmen Yandian, Bachuan Town, Tongliang, Chongqing. He lost his parents since he was a child, and was educated in traditional Chinese culture in the private school of his half-brothers, and concurrently studied Kunqu Opera.

He is clever and easy to learn, and has been admitted to Tongliang County Middle School (now Tongliang Middle School) and Chengdu Private Art College. In 1929, Liu Xue'an went to Shanghai to study at the China Art University founded by Chen Wangdao and was taught by literary celebrities such as Ouyang Yuqian and Hong Shen.

The following year, he was admitted to the Shanghai National Music College. He learned theory composition from Xiao Youmei and Huang Zizhi, piano from Russian teacher Mrs. Lv Weidian, pipa from Zhu Ying, conductor from Wu Bochao, and Chinese verse and poetry from Long Yu. , From Li Weining to learn Fu and free composition. It can be said that "learning Chinese and Western, learning through ancient and modern".

In 1936, Shanghai Yihua Film Company, which had made progressive films such as "National Survival" and "The Rage of the Sea of ​​China", wanted to shoot a song and dance film "Samsung Moon with the Moon" to promote national industrial and commercial workers.

In the 1930s, Liu Xue'an had already composed a lot of patriotic anti-Japanese war songs. At that time, just like a music superstar, it began to rise. At the invitation of the film’s director Fang Peilin, Liu Xue’an wrote a tango dance for the film.

As a result, Fang Peilin did not discuss with Liu Xue'an, so he asked the director Huang Jiamo to fill in the lyrics for this song. Although Liu Xue'an was dissatisfied, he did not protest publicly due to his friends.

In the movie, the actress who played the heroine was Zhou Xuan, who was well-known in the film and music circles at that time. She sang in the movie "Here You Are Again", which deeply moved the audience and then spread like wildfire.

In 1939, in the Anti-Japanese War movie "Island Paradise" directed by Cai Chusheng, the dance girl played by Li Lili sang "When the King Comes Back" became the secret code for the patriotic youth to take action. Li Lili is the daughter of Qian Zhuangfei, an underground worker of the Communist Party known as the "Three Great Dragons".

This song also spread to Japan, Watanabe Hamako and Yamaguchi Shuko recorded records successively. Ms. Yamaguchi is Li Xianglan. She also sang this song in the Japanese-Manchu movie "Song of Bailan" and "Symphony of Adversity".

Later, this song was first banned by the Japanese army. The reason is that the sluggish voice will loosen the Japanese military discipline; there is a more important reason, that is, the Chinese people in the Japanese-occupied area are suspected of using "when the king will come again" to express their expectations for the Chinese army's counterattack.

In the late period of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Japanese troops in Nanjing and Shanghai were unwilling to retreat steadily, so they moved their minds on the song "When the Lord Comes Back".

Military writer Duan Caihua said that when he was 11 years old, he personally saw the Japanese change the "He" in "Hey Jun comes again" to "He" and "Jun" to "Army". In this way, "He Rijun comes again" becomes "He Japanese army comes again"!

The Japanese army's tampering with the lyrics was quickly discovered by the national government intelligence personnel. Chairman Chiang, who was as far away as Chongqing, was very angry and personally ordered a nationwide ban on singing the song. The record companies will not sell it. All records containing this song were recovered and destroyed.

After the founding of New China, some people with ulterior motives filled this song with political lyrics. It became popular for a while, and Liu Xuean was wronged for many years.

Liu Xue'an's works are not all lingering like "When the Lord Comes Back", in his creation, there are other works of various styles.

RUKDuring the war, he composed a large number of anti-Japanese songs represented by "Trilogy in Exile" and "The Ballad of the Great Wall", which inspired countless patriotic youths on both sides of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River to march forward desperately.

He has conducted the "Yellow River Cantata" with Xian Xinghai, and has also composed all episodes for Guo Moruo's historical drama "Qu Yuan".

On March 15, 1985, Liu Xue'an passed away in the First Affiliated Hospital of Beijing Medical College. After all these years, I wish Mr. Liu Xue'an rest in peace!