Chapter six hundred and eighty second: Water Margin turmoil
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Some people may cite the example of Gao E's continuation of "Dream of Red Mansions" being considered the original version, but Cao Xueqin's "Dream of Red Mansions" is indeed unreliable, and someone must help him continue it, and even though Water Margin is a seventy-chapter version, although
Can do it later
It’s not a bad idea to pick up the plot again, but to end it abruptly here. At this time, if you insist on continuing a paragraph of text that is obviously not well connected with the previous text, it will inevitably be suspected of continuing the story. If you insist on calling it the original, it will be even more slippery.
The world is in ruins
As for the statement that Mei Jihe was the author of "Guben Water Margin", Hu Weidong found it even more difficult to believe it, because the high level of the next fifty chapters was definitely beyond the ability of an amateur literature lover to write. If Mei Jihe was the author of "Guben Water Margin" during the Republic of China
A great writer may have this ability, but he is just a famous doctor in the county and not a writer. Although he has some works, he is still pretty good among amateur writers. He can't even make a living by writing.
If you can't do it, how can you possibly have that ability?
Some people may say that "The Ancient Water Margin" may just be liked by Hu Weidong, just like "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". He just thinks it is good, and it is not really of such a high level. Otherwise, why would the first publication during the Republic of China fail?
Halberd Sinking in the Sand, when it was republished in 1985, the sales volume was far less than that of the 120 pieces that were pieced together?
But Hu Weidong is still somewhat confident in his appreciation ability. As for the historical setbacks in the publication of "Ancient Water Margin", it is actually not difficult to explain. The failure of the publication of "Ancient Water Margin" during the Republic of China was entirely due to the publisher's mistake. That idiot actually
Publish the next fifty chapters directly instead of printing the first seventy chapters together into a book
For readers who have never read Water Margin before, this approach directly prevents them from reading. And those who have read the first seventy chapters before may not be interested in the last fifty chapters whose authenticity is unknown. More importantly,
This stupid approach will also give readers the psychological hint that "this is a sequel". In addition, the printing volume of "Ancient Water Margin" at that time was very small.
The Anti-Japanese War is imminent, and there are not many Chinese people who still have the heart to read leisure books. This book was published at the wrong time and in the wrong way. It is no wonder that the sales volume is not dismal, and the number of copies of the book printed at that time was too high.
There are only a few books, and there are no famous people who are enthusiastic about them. It is natural that the influence is not great. This cannot be regarded as the book's low standard.
As for the one published in 1985. At that time, the sales volume of the 100-chapter edition and the assembled 120-chapter edition were already huge. In addition, Taizu's comment on the Water Margin in his later years caused the "Water Margin fever" in mainland China, which caused most Chinese people to
They all had a preconceived impression of the plot of Song Jiang surrendering and fighting Fang La, and then
It is difficult to accept the completely different plot in "Ancient Water Margin". What's more, even under such unfavorable circumstances, "Ancient Water Margin" sold hundreds of thousands of copies in just the first batch of publication, which is not a good result.
, and it definitely cannot be considered bad. This can also reflect the standard of the book to a certain extent.
Even so, there are many words and phrases in the last fifty chapters of "Guben Water Margin" that are obviously more like the language of the Republic of China, which is still a problem. Therefore, although Hu Weidong likes this version, he cannot be sure whether it is Shi Naian's original work.
You must know that historically Mei Jihe passed away in 1969, but the "Ancient Water Margin" that Hu Weidong saw was in 1985
The published version, that is to say, when he saw "The Ancient Water Margin". Mr. Mei Jihe had passed away many years ago, so it was naturally difficult to verify the truth. Moreover, Hu Weidong was working in the military industry department with a strict confidentiality system at that time.
He was usually busy with things and could not be as free as ordinary people, so until the day he traveled through time, he had no time to investigate this matter.
Even after time travel, Hu Weidong, who was shouldering heavy responsibilities, could not find time to deal with such trivial matters. It was not until after his leg was broken that he had time to send someone to invite Mei Jihe to ask about the matter. Mei Jihe was mentioned in "The Ancient Water Margin"
I was deeply shocked after the failure of the first publication of "The Biography". After that, I no longer talked about it even to my children and grandchildren.
After the strange Vice-Premier Hu was invited over, the other party actually kindly said that he had read "The Water Margin" published in 1933 and liked it very much. His eyes were brightened and his hope was rekindled. But it was the first time to face a person of Hu Weidong's level.
Mei Jihe, the leader of the Central Committee of the Red Party, is still a little trembling. How can he dare to tell a lie? [
It turned out that due to the wars during the Republic of China, the original collection in Mei Jihe's home had been destroyed as early as the Northern Expedition. The "Ancient Water Margin" published in 1933 was written by Mei Jihe based on his own memory.
He tried his best to copy the original, but after all, Mei Jihe was not Mao Dun who could recite Dream of Red Mansions. He could only remember the general plot, but the specific language habits, especially the details of words and sentences.
The plots cannot be exactly the same, so it is inevitable that many words and sentences are more like the "flaws" written by the authors of the Republic of China. And because there is an original plot framework to rely on, writing is more difficult than completely creating it yourself.
Much smaller, with Mei Jihe's level as a leader among amateur writers, it is enough to complete it. Hu Weidong's doubts at that time have finally been completely solved.
Although Mei Jihe rewrote according to his memory, he still inevitably added some of his own things. Moreover, the original copy collected by his family was not definitely Shi Naian's original. It might have been a forgery by someone else during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Therefore, it is called
It is not very clear that it was Shi Naian.
However, "The Ancient Water Margin" is at least better written than the 100-chapter version, and is more in line with Shi Naian's purpose expressed in the first 70 chapters. Since the 100-chapter version and even the 120-chapter version put together by later generations are all
If the "Water Margin" writers can call it the original version, why can't "The Ancient Version of Water Margin" be called the original?
At this time, Hu Weidong finally realized the benefits of power. At that time, he could only talk to his relatives and friends about "Ancient Water Margin", but now he can directly talk to the leaders of the publishing house, and then he doesn't need to worry about it.
The 120th chapter of "The Ancient Water Margin" has begun to be revised and edited, and will be published in the near future.
But this does not satisfy Hu Weidong completely, because the editor-in-chief of the People's Education Publishing House does not agree to print too many copies. Under the influence of hundreds of chapters and hundreds of years of development, it may be difficult for "Ancient Water Margin" to completely shake its status.
However, although Hu Weidong currently has a high status within the party, he is not in charge of this area and can ask the publishing house to agree to publish it.
"The Ancient Water Margin" has reached its limit. If you insist on forcing it, it will inevitably make the leaders in charge dissatisfied and affect unity. So Hu Weidong thought of Taizu, who loved books as much as his life. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome.
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