Source: lukewen studio (ID: lukewen1982)
Author: Captain Xinghai
On the afternoon of August 17, the Chinese writers’ Association announced the list of member development in 2022, with a total of 994 people.
Originally, few people would pay attention to the marginalized organization of the Writers Association, but since the Netizens found the name of Jia Jianqian, the daughter of Jia Pingwa, in the list, things have changed.
Many netizens turned out some of Jia’s “Poems” describing “shit, urine, fart” and “three vulgar” and began to question the entry threshold of the Writers Association: is this TM also called poetry?
This incident caused a tidal wave of criticism from the public, and Jia Qianqian and the Writers Association were directly criticized on the hot search.
So what is the public angry about?
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If we want to thoroughly understand this matter, we must first find out what the collaborators are.
In fact, the pattern of the writers’ association can be traced back to Gorky. Gorky organized the first Congress of Soviet writers that year, which also made the pattern of the writers’ Association heavily imprinted with the Soviet Union. At that time, there was a Chinese writer named Xiao San who brought this model back after returning to China.
In July 1949, the Literary Association, the predecessor of the Chinese writers’ Association, was established. At that time, new China was not established. In that era when there were not many literate people in the country, intellectuals were very valuable resources, especially writers. They controlled newspapers, books and other public opinion positions, and had high united front value.
Therefore, the state has set up a writers’ Association. The government pays money to raise writers. On the one hand, it can enable them to concentrate on their creation, meet the cultural needs of the people, and make contributions to the literary and art cause of new China. On the other hand, it can also promote exchanges in the industry, such as holding some meetings, training, competitions, etc. every three to five days to help find and cultivate some new literary talents.
Realistically speaking, in a long period of time, the Writers Association has played a role in cultivating a large number of new literary talents, such as Jia Pingwa, who wrote the abandoned capital, Chen Zhongshi, who wrote the White Deer Plain, Lu Yao, who wrote the ordinary world, and so on. Their works have defended the last position of Chinese literature in the invasion of Western literature after the reform and opening up.
However, people engaged in literature themselves have some problems brought about by their careers, such as high self-esteem and ambition. In addition, literati tend to belittle each other, and a group of writers get together, so it is normal for all kinds of things to happen.
Of course, the biggest problem is inbreeding. In fact, the threshold for writing is very low. Unlike learning music requires musical instruments, learning painting requires painting materials. Writing only requires a piece of paper and a pen. As long as you can write, everyone can dream of being a writer. But who can really be a writer?
You should know that being a writer also requires resources. It is useless to write your articles. You have to publish them, award them, and publish them. If you can’t get the approval of the Writers Association, you can only be a “wild writer”, and you have to pay for the book you want to publish. This forces many people to go around to worship the wharf and try every means to enter the circle of writers’ Association. Only in this way can you get more publishing and publishing resources, and your fame will have a chance to grow and earn more money.
Once a circle or faction is formed, it will be followed by exclusiveness and closeness. This is the same as marriage, starting a business depends on the relationship between teachers and brothers, and publishing a paper depends on the reputation of the tutor. In the literary circle, professors of the College of liberal arts, editors in chief of literary journals, and bureaucratic writers’ associations at all levels firmly control several journals. If you want to publish an article, you can find a way to enter the circle first!
However, what the traditional writers never expected is that they have caught up with the Internet age. Everyone is watching official account and short videos. How many people still watch traditional literature? The writers of the writers’ Association have written books for several years, which is not as much as the money made by the head gods of some novel websites in one day. They have nothing to do about this. They can only circle the land and sprout their own ideas. Some even demote online literature as inferior goods to maintain their sense of superiority.
Of course, for some literature lovers who are not suitable for online literature or are infatuated with the system, joining the writers’ Association is still a shortcut to get more resources and opportunities and realize their dream of being a writer. In addition, the Writers Association also has certain administrative power. For example, if your works want to participate in provincial or national social science funds or literary awards, they must be reported from the Writers Association. Otherwise, even if you are Liu Cixin, you will not get the award.
Therefore, although traditional literature has declined, many people still want to join the Writers Association.
However, the problem is that the criteria for the association to recruit members have always been metaphysics.
On the face of it, there are strict requirements for joining the writers’ Association. For example, applicants must publish a certain number and quality of literary works on literary journals, newspapers or influential literary websites that are publicly distributed throughout the country, and then submit the works to the writers’ Association for review.
However, the subjective factors in judging literary works are too great. I said a novel was well written, but you said it was boring. Who did you listen to? Of course, the reviewers of the writers’ Association have the final say, because they have the right to interpret the level of literature.
At this time, the circle will play a great role. If you are a disciple of a big man or have a big man’s endorsement, and the reviewers don’t look at the monk’s face and the Buddha’s face, naturally it won’t be too difficult for you. But if you have nothing to do with it, the reviewers may not even have the patience to read it.
Even if you join the writers’ Association, you must learn to be a person. For example, if you are asked to comment, you must learn to carry a sedan chair. Because today you help others carry sedan chairs, others will carry them for you later. For example, Yu Xiuhua, vice chairman of the writers’ Association of Zhongxiang City, Hubei Province, asked the director of the writers’ Association to get out of the program. Soon, her works were criticized by Shen Haobo, Wang Jiaxin and other leading figures in the poetry circle. As a result, the position of vice chairman was lost.
Although many of Jia Jianqian’s poems have been criticized and searched, she is still highly praised by many “predecessors” and “literary celebrities”. This is not just an evaluation, but an endorsement. Just as Liang Qichao once said, “all my works are not as valuable as Chen Yinque’s 300 words”. In fact, she is endorsing Chen Yinque with her own Jianghu status, but Chen Yinque is really talented, But Jia Qianqian is not worthy of his name.
This kind of endorsement is reflected in the literary world, which is an attitude. Anyway, there is no standard in literature. All the industry leaders say it is good. Can you judge it?
To put it bluntly, this is to sell Jia Pingwa’s face. Today, you praise his daughter’s poems for their spirituality. Tomorrow, maybe you or your disciples’ works, Jia Pingwa will say a sentence that will last forever. We will praise each other, make progress, have the opportunity to use them together, and enjoy fame and wealth in turn. This is the hidden rule of the circle.
As for what outsiders say, who cares?
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The public’s anger at Jia shallow is not because she writes poems poorly, but because of the “hidden rules” of “inheriting” social status through the resources of her parents.
To put it bluntly, the public’s anger comes from unfairness. This anger is the same as that of the previous “Zhou Gongzi”.
This kind of thing was not a big deal before. After all, the members of the writers’ association do not have any salary (only a few of the staff on the staff have salary), so the social attention is not high. Even if the writers’ Association is self initiated, it has no impact on the public. Everyone’s well water does not interfere with the river water.
However, since the outbreak of the epidemic, the economic growth rate has declined, the number of unemployed people has expanded, and more and more ordinary people have joined forces to test the system. However, this is too difficult. Thousands of troops have rushed to the bridge, and the “most difficult season in history”, “the most difficult employment season in history” and “the largest graduation season in history” are superimposed on each other, resulting in the narrowing of the social channel and the increasingly slim opportunities for ordinary people to make their mark.
Under such collective anxiety, all topics related to the “system” and “future” will explode as soon as they are touched.
Why is it that some people work hard to prepare for the exam for a post, while Zhou Jie can enter the local well-known state-owned enterprises with three books?
How can Jia Qianqian, who can write poems about shit and urine, become an associate professor?
There are so many social resources. If they eat more, the general public will eat less. The public can accept that they can not pass the examination, but they do not accept that they undermine the principle of fairness by using the power of their parents.
What makes the public more vigilant is that this kind of unfairness in the eyes of the public is often disguised as “legal”.
In the past, when I met a child who was a father of a lot of luxuries such as LV, Dior, chanel and so on, netizens could often find out the real identity from the clues, and then follow the clues to find out some of the black stuff of their parents, and then the parents were dealt with. The netizens were angry, and the matter was finally over.
However, Jia Jianqian’s affairs are different. It is difficult to find out how much power Jia Pingwa has used for Jia Jianqian. It is also possible that Jia Pingwa has not moved at all, or even hinted. Other people have taken the initiative to pave the way for Jia Jianqian.
That is to say, Jia’s joining the writers’ Association is apparently in line with the procedures, but can you say that it is fair?
Jia was born in a literary family. She has more opportunities and earlier opportunities to contact literature than ordinary people, and is easier to make achievements. Perhaps when ordinary children have not even heard of the Writers Association, Jia has followed his father, met with the main leaders at all levels of the Writers Association, and called “uncle uncle”. When the children wrote poems, the “Uncle Uncle” gave praise, which is to sell face.
This is a kind of recessive inheritance. The parents use all kinds of contacts to benefit their children and make this inheritance more legal. Everything is within the rules and in line with procedural justice. Therefore, theoretically speaking, the anger of netizens can not cause any substantial harm to Jia Qianqian. If you can’t find enough suitable reasons to take Jia Qianqian, Jia can still smoothly enter the writers’ Association.
Therefore, this kind of reality, which clearly knows that it is unfair, but can not make the unfair beneficiaries pay the “price” and let them export their bad feelings, will make netizens more angry. Therefore, the Jia Qianqian incident is an event that stimulates the public’s nerves more than other showcases of wealth.
In fact, this phenomenon does not only exist in the literary circle, but also in the academic circle, the art circle, the photography circle and the sculpture circle. For example, the toxic teaching material incident that caused a great deal of controversy not long ago is very circumscribed. The general consultant of the overall design art of the teaching material is LV Jingren, the winning illustrator is Wu Yong, the disciple of LV Jingren, and the cover illustrator is LV min, the son of LV Jingren. Although there are also tenders in this process, Even the bidding procedures are very complete. You can’t find anything wrong, nor can you say that people abuse their power for personal gain. Because the power to explain what is “beauty” is in the hands of the circle. Even if the investigation team turns upside down and faces the circle with the power to explain, what is the use? Therefore, we can only deal with people from the people’s education society, but there is nothing we can do with Lu Jingren.
After the exposure of this illustration incident, many professional painters have come up with their own excellent works, but is it useful? It’s no use. No matter how good your painting is, without the affirmation and support of the industry leaders, you will not be given the opportunity to participate.
As long as the culture of the circle does not change, there will be Jia shallow today and Zhen shallow tomorrow. Perhaps, only by breaking the inbreeding of these circles and allowing all participants to compete fairly can public anger be really reduced.