Yang Jiang is one of the most eye-catching female writers in the contemporary literary world and a typical representative of scholars and writers. Yang Jiang, whose real name is Yang Jikang, is from Wuxi, Jiangsu. Born in Beijing in July 1911. Later, Soochow University entered Tsinghua University to study further, and in 1935 he went to study in Britain and France. After returning to China, he taught at the Zhendan Women's Arts and Science College in Shanghai and Tsinghua University. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he worked in the Institute of Literature of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Foreign Literature.
Yang Jiang was born in a scholarly family. She has a gentle face and a quiet personality. She likes to study and has excellent grades. At the gate of Guyuetang of Tsinghua University, she met Qian Zhongshu. A talented man and beautiful woman fell in love with her at first sight. She entered the marriage hall in 1935. In the same year, she went to study in Britain and France. Her daughter Qian Yuan was born in 1938, and the two returned to China in the same year. From the happy times in the war to the deaths of the husband and daughter one after another, all of them are recorded in "We Three".
"We Three" is an essay published by Mr. Yang Jiang at the age of 93. According to the editor of the book, Dong Xiuyu, the original idea of the book was that the family of three wrote part of it, but it was not realized. This popular work at home and abroad records Mr. Yang Jiang's 63 years of joy and little-known ups and downs in the past, with sincere emotions and concise and beautiful words. There is a passage in it that I am particularly impressed by: the good things in the world are not firm, the colorful clouds are easy to disperse and the glass is crisp, and now I am the only one left, and I don't know where my home is.
works complement each other's real and real, sketching with real pens, and writing with virtual pens. Emotional expression is restrained and implicit. The book is divided into three parts. The first part kicks off the full text of Yang Jiang’s dream when she was old. The second part uses the form of a dream to tell the emotion of a family of three dependent on each other in the last stage of their lives, and recalls the process of their daughter and husband leaving one after another. The third part uses the style of memoirs and starts from small things in life, recording the death of the daughter and husband from 1935 to the death of their daughter and husband in 1998.
1935, 25-year-old Qian Zhongshu and Yang Jiang got married and went abroad to study. During their study abroad, the main thing they do every day was to read in the library. When it comes to holidays, they still put everything on reading even during holidays, read from beginning to end, read English and French, read German and Italian. During study abroad. The two of them read a lot of books, laying a very solid foundation for their future development.
After the three returned to China, the country was in the War of Resistance for a long time, and the couple also lived in two places and taught in different schools. Someone once asked Qian Zhongshu that he did not regret not staying abroad. Qian Zhongshu said, "I am still the same when I go back time." Later, due to social unrest, their family had to complete the tasks arranged by the relevant departments while hiding from Tibet on the other side. Qian Zhongshu endured various illnesses caused by old age and continued to write, while Yang Jiang also translated her Don Quixote. Qian Yuan often came to take care of her, and the family finally got together. Life is also a joyful one.
But Qian Zhongshu's health is getting worse and worse, and his daughter also suffered from spondylitis. The two died one after another in 1997 and 1998 respectively. At this time, there were only two families and one person left. "The three of us" became her own return. "The past cannot be kept, the dead cannot be pursued. I can never find the rest of me." The reason why this book touched many people is that I think it is not just about being interested in the private lives of celebrity families, but the real life state of a literati in an era.
Yang Jiang, she is the most virtuous wife and the most talented woman in the eyes of Mr. Qian Zhongshu. Their love story has always been praised, and their concepts of the world are more detached than those of ordinary scholars. When her husband passed away, Yang Jiang did not shed tears hysterically. She leaned into her husband's ear and said, "Don't worry." Yang Jiang said, Zhongshu escaped, and I also want to escape, but I can't escape at all. I have to stay in the world to clean the scene and do my best to do my duty. Three years later, Yang Jiang appeared in the public eye again, donating a "good study scholarship" at Tsinghua University.Qian Zhongshu and Yang Jiang were poor for half their lives. After the reform and opening up, their works were constantly published at home and abroad, and reprinted translations of different languages emerged one after another.
So, Mr. Yang Jiang, as agreed by the "three of us", donated all the royalties in the couple's name without reservation. "The Three of Us" demonstrates the intellectual humanistic feelings among modern Chinese society and culture from beginning to end, as well as the affection of beloved family, patriotic sentiments, and the personality and spirit of intellectuals. The simple and delicate language reveals a kind and beautiful family world, leading readers to experience the joys and sorrows of the world.
This is a very heavy story, but there are happiness, happiness and surprises in this story. This story is the history of Yang Jiang's family and the ups and downs of intellectuals in the context of that era. But today we have to sincerely sigh for the intellectuals at that time. The editor is reluctant to read contemporary literature because whether those tragedies are in words or in reality, the editor always feels that they are very close to me. The editor feels humiliated, depressed, and powerless. But the editor has read this book - "We Three", several times. Those warm words and stories give people the courage to face and feel.
