Yun Yiqun 1926 joined the China * * * Production Party. During the democratic revolution, he actively publicized the anti-Japanese national salvation movement in the cultural circles and the press. At that time, many of his comments and editorials were praised as "comets" by the media because of their accurate foresight and sharp writing.
After 1949, he participated in the establishment of Shanghai Liberation Daily and served as editor-in-chief, president and director of East China Press and Publication Bureau. But since 195 1, he has been repeatedly hit by mistakes. 1955, he even went to prison because of the "Pan Hannian case", and was released on parole and transferred to a middle school library in northern Jiangsu as an administrator.
It is precisely because of this peculiar experience that Yun Yiqun, under the condition of long-term independent thinking, took the lead in questioning and criticizing the atmosphere of "personality worship" within the party and in society, and was not afraid of power.
1In August, 973, he wrote his political essay "Ordinary Truth-On" Personality Worship ".
At the beginning of the article, it is clearly stated: "No matter who deifies the supreme leader of the country (whether he is named emperor, king, head of state, president, chairman, prime minister, general secretary or first secretary) (whether he is a' saint', a' savior-savior' or a' genius that only appears once in a thousand years'), there must be traitors playing politics. This is a universal law in ancient and modern times, at home and abroad. Only people who are extremely confused will believe that they are born saints, know everything, know everything, will not make mistakes, and will not be deceived and fooled by others. So they have been fooled by traitors for a long time and will never realize it. "
At that time, Yun Yiqun's remarks were groundbreaking. The historical influence of feudal autocratic society and the rampant ultra-left ideological trend for many years have made people lose their normal judgment and cognitive ability. In addition to the simple reverence for the leaders, they will consciously or unconsciously deify each other. Even the "feat" launched by the leaders in their later years (Cultural Revolution) made the whole society tend to be politically crazy, economically depressed and people's livelihood difficult. Fools don't know, and people of insight don't know.
Yun Yiqun showed great courage and insight. At that time, he was sent to Funing County Middle School in the corner of Su Beihai. In that dark and humid stairwell, he supported his weak body with faint candlelight, and wrote this article (later at the beginning of 1980) which was praised by later generations as "with deafening effect and great historical significance and literary value"
Like many intellectuals attracted by grand ideals, Yun Yiqun thought that he had found the road to success and that heaven was ahead. He enthusiastically devoted himself to the grand narrative of fighting violence with violence, and even was ordered to break into the enemy's heart and risk his life in dancing with the devil.
But the revolution often devours his own children, and he has not escaped the fate of being swallowed up by the grand narrative. Xu Zhucheng said that he "suffered a lot of grievances and pains, especially under his own regime, and suffered" bumps and boils "for more than 20 years.
Twenty-five years after Yun Yiqun's death, I read his legacy and relived his bumpy footprints in China in the 20th century. I thought of Qu Yuan on the Miluo River, Yue Fei in the pavilion in Fengbo, and Yuan Chonghuan who was chopped to pieces in Beijing ... I thought of the fate of all kinds of traitors throughout the ages, who were brilliant and radiant in the history of China journalism.