These letters began in 1954 when Fu Cong left home to study in Poland, and ended in 1966 when Fu Lei and his wife committed suicide. Hundreds of letters in 12 run through Fu Cong's growing experience from studying abroad and having a good time to getting married and having children, reflecting Fu Lei's translation work, friends' communication and the ups and downs of Fu Lei's family fate. Fu Lei and his wife are very careful. Their son's letters were properly collected and the key contents were classified and copied into volumes.
Book Introduction
Fu Lei's letter was lost during the Cultural Revolution, when all the property of the Fu family was copied, and his letter was not spared. One day more than ten years later, the Shanghai Conservatory of Music discovered some of Fu Lei's relics, including an exercise book wrapped in black paper, called "Excerpts from Conger's Letters".
1986, Fu Cong resolutely refused to publish these letters after learning about it, because he felt that his thoughts and words were too immature to compare with his father when he was young.
Therefore, the previous version of "Letters from Fu Lei" is often just a monologue of Fu Lei. We can only imagine or guess how Fu Cong responded to his father, which is a great pity.
In the letters from home, we can see that Fu Lei, who is extremely strict with his children's education at ordinary times, expressed his heartfelt feelings and deeply loved his son: "The day after you left, you wanted to write a letter, fearing that you would be bored, that's all." But not a day goes by without thinking about you. "(1954)" You came back and left again; Many new jobs, new busyness and new changes are waiting for you, and you won't feel lonely.
However, we calm down and slowly restore our monotonous life, which is inevitably empty compared with the party and excitement just past. "(1956)" My son has made friends. What else in the world can compare with this happiness! Although you and I will get together less and less in the future, I am at least warm in spirit and not lonely. "
In the letter, the Fu family discussed the depth and height of music art and literary creation. Fu Lei eased Fu Cong's emotional problems on the artistic road: "You said that there are always contradictions and happiness, but I believe that without contradictions, artists will not progress, evolve and go deep." (1955) also excitedly talked about the dramas and movies he just watched. "Chang Xiangyu's voice of nature is so beautiful, with a wide upper and lower range and good acting and writing skills." ( 1956)
These letters from home are even more sad and infectious because of the changes in the fate of the Fu Lei family in the tragedy of the times. In his last letter to his son, Fu Lei said with a heavy heart: "There are many difficulties in life. We must constantly transform ourselves and fight against all traditional, capitalist and non-Marxist ideas, feelings and customs. We must abandon all outlook on life and old social norms. " ( 1966)
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Book evaluation
Letters from Fu Lei is a collection of letters written by literary critics and Fu Lei and his wife to his son. It extracts 186 letters from Mr. Fu Lei from 1954 to 1966. The longest letter has more than 7,000 words. Between the lines, it is full of the father's love and expectation for his son, as well as his lofty feelings for the country and the world.
Fu Lei said that his letter to his son has many functions:
First, discuss art;
Second, stimulate the feelings of young people;
Third, train Fu Cong and Fu Min in writing and thinking;
Fourth, be a faithful "mirror". The content of the letter is more about art and life than trivial matters, instilling the noble sentiments that an artist should have, letting his son know "the honor and disgrace of the country and the dignity of art" and being an "artist with both ability and political integrity and outstanding personality".
It is human nature to love his son, but Fu Lei's love for Fu Cong and Fu Min has not turned into ordinary tenderness. Instead, he always puts morality and art first, and puts the feeling of the calf second. Just like his strict discipline of Fu Cong and Fu Min's Children's Year, although it is not recognized by ordinary people, it really comes from his deeper love for his son.
Because this book is a family letter written by a father to his son, and it is a proverb written on paper. Therefore, it is as pure and simple as a clear spring in a mountain and white clouds in a blue sky.
Since the publication of this book, it has profound and far-reaching enlightenment on people's morality, thought, sentiment and cultural accomplishment. "Letters from Fu Lei" won the first prize of the first national excellent youth reading, and was also listed as one of the large-scale series of "100 excellent books of China literature in the past century". According to statistics, its circulation has reached 165438+ million in the past 20 years, which is enough to prove its great influence.
Letters from Fu Lei is a painstaking teaching article full of father's love, and it is also the best reading for art apprentices. It is a profound portrayal of ordinary typical intellectuals in modern China, and a good book that can make us better improve our self-cultivation and is worth reading by parents and children.
(This book is recommended by Dr. Li Zhongyang, Dr. Liu Zhong from the School of Engineering of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou and Professor Chen Zixuan from the Literature Department of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou. ) This book is epistolary. A Letter from Fu Lei —— A painstaking and conscientious teaching article, which embodies Fu Lei's deep love for his motherland and his son. The first thing emphasized in the letter,
1 is a question of how a young person should behave and how to treat life.
2. Treat people with humility, be rigorous and behave appropriately;
Don't be discouraged when you encounter difficulties, and don't be proud of winning the grand prize;
4. Have the sense of honor and disgrace of the country and the nation, have the dignity of art and personality, and be an "artist with both ability and political integrity and outstanding personality".
At the same time, Fu Lei also gave useful guidance to his son's life. Like a mentor, he put forward opinions and suggestions on how to combine work and rest, manage money correctly, and handle love and marriage correctly in daily life. I love your son beyond words.