Lin Chaoyang's previous work, "Ambren, the Hunter" was first released in the third issue of "Contemporary", in 1993. It has been nearly two and a half years since the publication of "The Right Way on Earth is Vicissitudes".

For other writers, the two long works are only two and a half years apart, which is definitely a highly efficient creation.

But Lin Chaoyang is different. Since he entered the literary world, he has been famous for his high productivity. A novel has almost become the norm every year, and readers have long been accustomed to his efficiency.

This time, "The Right Way on Earth is Vicissitudes" was published for two and a half years, and readers have long been looking forward to it.

In order to prepare for this special account, "People's Literature" not only launched an advertisement in advance, but also specially made an appointment with several well-known critics to comment.

To comment, you must first read the manuscript. This is equivalent to holding a private seminar in advance, which shows the importance and recognition of this novel in "People's Literature".

Facts have proved that the approach of "People's Literature" is extremely correct.

Only five days after this special issue was launched, the 400,000 magazines printed first were sold out by readers from all over the country, and bookstores from all over the country.

Post office order news continues to pour into magazines.

The domestic literary journal industry has been on the decline since 1985 years. Even representative literary journals like "People's Literature" have only sold 300,000 or 400,000 copies per issue.

And there is another difference between this special account, because it is published in one issue of more than 800,000 words, the pricing of the special account is much more expensive than the previous period, which is equivalent to the price of many large novels.

It took more than a month to sell 300,000 to 400,000 copies, but now it only has 400,000 copies in the first print. Cheng Shuzhen felt that his decision was already quite bold.

But reality still gave him a surprise. 400,000 magazines sold out in less than a week, once again proving Lin Chaoyang's appeal among readers.

The printed magazines were sent to various places one after another, and the People's Literature magazine was filled with joy.

Not to mention anything such as illusory influence, after this special account was launched, millions of sales were only guaranteed, and the benefits created were probably worth a year of hard work of their magazine.

How can this make everyone not happy! How can they not be excited!

As happy as the People's Literature magazine, domestic literary critics were also excited.

"The Right Way on Earth is Vicissitudes" has been published for more than half a month. Apart from a few commentary articles on the special account, there has not been a large-scale evaluation in the media, but the preliminaries made by some media are enough to attract the attention of the literary community.

On October 27, the issue of "Literary and Art News" was published, and the well-known critic Chen Yong published commentary articles one by one - "If the sky has feelings and the sky is old, the "Epic of Human Nature" higher than history"

The article says that "The Right Way on Earth is Vicissitudes" is an epic work with Chinese GM history as the line and family destiny as the line. Through the entanglement between Yang and Qu families, personal destiny and great changes in family and country are formed into a magnificent and desolate symphony of the times, and its artistic value and ideological depth are the most outstanding in the contemporary era.

Chen Yong was an old literary and artistic worker in the Yan AN period and had a very high status in the domestic criticism circle. He has been engaged in literary and artistic criticism for more than half a century and rarely published such unreserved praise for a certain work.

After this article was published, it quickly attracted discussion and attention from the domestic literary community.

Three days later, Guangming Daily published an article by commentator "Ideals shine on China and read it one by one" and 1t; the right way in the world is vicissitudes> Thoughts".

The article says:

The wonderful thing about "The Right Way on Earth is Vicissitudes" is that it writes of countless heroic figures who charge for their ideals.

In these heroic figures, some people fell to reality and became tools of power and scheming;

Some people are martyred for faith, but although the flesh disappears, it becomes the eternal symbol of GM;

Some people stick to their ideals and beliefs from beginning to end, break through the sea of ​​swords and fires, and lead the weak China to the other side of victory.

The high evaluation of authoritative media is not only an affirmation of the novel "The Right Way on Earth is Vicissitudes" itself, but also an affirmation of the historical views and values ​​expressed in the novel.

It is worth noting that the description of GM history in "The Right Way on Earth is Vicissitudes" is not like many literary and artistic works after the founding of the People's Republic of China, but it stereotypes KMT into a complete villain.

For example, Yang Liren in the novel, he assassinated the warlords with the enthusiasm of saving the country in his early years, but became a tool of power scheming in the alienation of power.

The complexity of his characters completely subverts the traditional modern war of resistance. The stereotyped villain in novels on the theme of the War of Liberation allows readers to empathize with his persistence and regret his class limitations.

The novel uses delicate and profound writing to create a group of characters who have initially thoughts and then lose themselves in the struggle for power, which makes people sigh after reading it.

In addition to the image of a senior KMT official in Yang Liren's school, the novel also creates idealists like Qu En who are martyred for faith, and there are also so many three-dimensional, plump, flesh-and-blood characters like Dong Jianchang, who are "wonderful, helping" and so many three-dimensional, plump, flesh-and-blood characters that run through the entire novel, connecting the torrents of the modern Chinese era with the ups and downs of the characters' destiny, making the novel full of humanistic feelings independent of history.

As a keen reader emphasized in his letter written by the People's Literature magazine after the novel was published: its value is not to retell history, but to allow readers to see the warmth of people in history.

Two consecutive heavyweight media highly praised "The Right Way on Earth is Vicissitudes" and attracted the attention of the literary community to this novel.

After that, many literary magazines and literary review magazines published comments on this novel, all of which were well-received, and many critics praised the novel without hesitation.

Not only in the literary world, "The Right Way on Earth is Vicissitudes" has also caused a strong response in the literary world and official media.

When the famous painter Wu Guanzhong gave a speech at the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts, he specifically mentioned this novel and commented on "Fang Zhiou West, although there is Balzac, Stendhal did not give in to it."

As soon as these words were spoken, many students present were uproared.

Balzac and Stendantar are the top literary masters in France, a literary powerhouse. Wu Guanzhong compared these two literary masters recognized by the international literary world with Lin Chaoyang, and his high evaluation is shocking.

Some students think that Wu Guanzhong's words are exaggerated. Although Lin Chaoyang is a first-class writer in China, he is still indefinitely different from those real writers in history. At least his works have not yet been tested for hundreds of years.

Some students have read Lin Chaoyang's "The Right Way on Earth is Vicissitudes" and are very acknowledging Wu Guanzhong's statement. The emperor's masterpiece "The Right Way on Earth is Vicissitudes" is shocked by the profound artistic charm.

Wu Guanzhong's high evaluation of "The Right Way on Earth is Vicissitudes" has caused quite a lot of controversy among the students, but it is nothing to do with the literary and artistic circles' evaluation of this novel.

More than a month after its publication, the waves triggered by "The Right Way on Earth is Vicissitudes" in the domestic cultural circles began to spread to the cultural circles of Xiangjiang, Wandao, as well as overseas Chinese and international students.

In early December, "Xiangjiang Literature" was the first to publish an article in a magazine to recommend this novel to readers in Xiangjiang.

The novel is evaluated in this article:

The fate of the characters in "The Right Way on Earth is Vicissitudes" always sways between the rift between political beliefs and blood ethics.

When Yang Liqing joined the GCD, he said to Qu En, "I believe inism, but I believe in you more." He expressed the core theory of this novel: When abstract ideology requires a concrete body as a carrier, faith will inevitably be kidnapped by emotions.

This modern dilemma has led the novel to transcend the dichotomy of good and evil in traditional revolutionary narratives, enter the fatalism category of ancient Greek tragedy, and also elevate the novel's realm to a state of greatness and immortality.

The overseas distribution area of ​​"People's Literature" covers Xiangjiang, but apart from some practitioners who specialize in literary creation and research, few readers of Xiangjiang have always paid attention to it.

"The Right Way on Earth is Vicissitudes" became popular in the mainland in a short period of time, with rave reviews, which has attracted many cultural figures in Xiangjiang to read this novel.

Through media dissemination, many readers have learned that Lin Chaoyang's new work was published in the latest "People's Literature", which quickly boosted the sales of "People's Literature" in the Xiangjiang area.

In less than a week, the sales of "People's Literature" in Xiangjiang exceeded 20,000 copies in October.

In normal times, "People's Literature" only sells a few hundred copies every month in Xiangjiang, and the "The Right Way on Earth is Vicissitudes"

Let the magazine sell for two years directly.

Xiangjiang and Wandao have always had close cultural and economic relations. Many people purchased the People's Literature issued by Xiangjiang.

Among the readers of the special account, there are also many Bay Island readers.

"The Right Way on Earth is Vicissitudes" tells the modern history from the Republic of China to the War of Resistance Against Japan to the War of Liberation, many readers of Wandao,

Especially the cultural community is actually very interested in such content.

Through the private inclusion of these readers, "The Right Way on Earth is Vicissitudes" was soon introduced to Bay Island.

Lin Chaoyang's works have been introduced to the island for many years, and have accumulated a group of loyal readers, not only in the ordinary reader class, but also in the cultural circle on the island.

In addition, the content of the novel itself is closely related to the historical development of Wandao over the past half century. In mid-December, the supplement of Wandao's United Daily News published two consecutive commentary articles about "The Right Way on Earth is Vicissitudes".

Later, many media on the island, such as the Supplement of "Human World", published positive comments on "The Right Way of Human World is Vicissitudes".

Call it "a strange book of a generation".

Subsequently, these remarks continued to spread in the cultural circles on the island. "The Right Way on Earth is Vicissitudes" also attracted the attention of the Wandao authorities, and soon a soft ban was imposed on the novel.

This incident quickly aroused dissatisfaction among many cultural figures on the island.

Many people in the cultural circle knew that this novel was definitely hopeless to introduce, and they wanted to take a look at it, which directly led to the trend of the October special issue of "People's Literature" being brought into the island.

During this period, the enthusiastic response caused by "The Right Way on Earth is Vicissitudes" in Hong Kong and Taiwan was reprinted back to the mainland by the media, which encouraged the already hot public opinion influence of the novel in the mainland.

More than two months after its publication, "The Right Way on Earth is Vicissitudes" successfully caused a sensation in both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the Three Places.

New Year's Day has passed in a blink of an eye, and Lin Chaoyang sets off for Tokyo, Japan.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Literary Research Association of Lin Chaoyang (Japan). The research association holds a conference every year after New Year's Day. Naoko Kondo contacted Lin Chaoyang as early as October, hoping that he could attend this year's conference.

The plane landed at Tokyo Haneda Airport. Naoko Kondo and Shizumi Fujii led several veterans from the research association to pick up the plane at the entrance of the passage, and specially prepared flowers, and the scene was lively.

Naoko Kondo and others picked up the plane and drove a Coaster. They got on the car and chatted on the road. Fujitosa mentioned "The Right Way on Earth is Vicissitudes".

After bringing back the manuscript of this novel, Hachichou studied prepared the translation of the novel. They handed over the work to Teng Bingsan, who has been studying the novel recently.

"Lin Sang's new book is amazing, with a vast and 800,000 words. It is not only an epic writing history, but also completes self-transcendence.

The last time I read your work, I felt this way when I was in "Crossing Guandong".

I even think that the artistic charm of "The Right Way on Earth is Vicissitudes" is stronger than "Crossing the Guandong". Your novel seems to be about the great changes in the country and the prosperity of the nation, but in fact it hides a deeper proposition. The fate of all characters ultimately points to a Habwah-style collective memory problem.

When everything becomes the past, everything changes, the temple of all-ism and ideals will eventually collapse, and only the instinctive will of human existence will be endless on the ruins.

This is a tragic memorial to the 20th century China and a monument erected for all individual souls crushed by the times.”

Teng Bingsan eagerly explained his understanding of "The Right Way on Earth is Vicissitudes", which not only brought his love for the novel itself, but also because he was rare to see Lin Chaoyang, and he couldn't wait to share his ideas with him, the author.

He had a high evaluation of the novel, but it was very different from the voice Lin Chaoyang heard in China. Therefore, Lin Chaoyang chatted with him with interest for a while, and Teng Bingsan asked some questions about what he was confused about the content in the novel.

"The Right Way on Earth is Vicissitudes" uses a plain description of modern Chinese history, and most characters do have their own prototypes.

The modern historical figures, events and the hidden contexts involved in the novel are indeed a bit difficult for the foreigner Teng Bingsan.

After Lin Chaoyang briefly explained a few questions to him, Fujii Shizuo sighed and said, "It's not easy to read this novel thoroughly. The more you understand it, the more you realize it is profound."

Lin Chaoyang smiled and said, "Actually, it's nothing, it's mainly because you lack an understanding of modern Chinese history."

His attitude was relaxed, but Fujii Shizuo seemed to have received some instructions and bowed down and said, "Thank you Linsang's advice,

I will study the modern history of China seriously and translate this novel perfectly."
To be continued...