Jimu News reporter Xu Ying
On March 28, the Chinese Writers Network released an obituary, and Mr. Ma Shitu, a revolutionary and writer, passed away at the age of 110.
Horses know the way
Ma Zhitu, whose real name is Ma Qianmu, was born in Zhong County, Sichuan (now Zhong County, Chongqing). In 1935, he participated in the "December 9" Movement and engaged in the revolutionary activities of the underground organization of the Communist Party of China. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1938 and has been engaged in party organization work for a long time. In 1941, he went to Kunming Southwest Associated University to study Chinese and graduated in 1945. He has successively served as Secretary of the Special Committee of Western Hubei Province, Deputy Secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Special Committee, Director of the Sichuan Provincial Construction Department, Director of the Sichuan Provincial Construction Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Southwest Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Deputy Director of the Propaganda Department of the Southwest Bureau and the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee, Deputy to the Sixth and Seventh National People's Congress, Chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Chairman of the Sichuan Writers Association, Director, Consultant and Honorary Member of the China Writers Association.
Knowing that Ma Lao died, Jiang Wen said that it was reluctant
Mr. Ma began publishing works in 1935 and joined the Chinese Writers Association in 1961. He is the author of the novels "Qingjiang Zhuang Song", "Ten Tales of the Night", "Bashu Heroine", "Ten Years of Demon Caves", "Ten Years of Vicissitudes", etc., the long documentary literature "In the Underground", the novella "Three Wars Huayuan" and "Danxin", the short story collection "Looking for the Red Army", "Ma Zhitu Satirical Novel Collection" and other works. Published "Ma Zhitu Anthology" (12 volumes).
Horses know the way
Director Jiang Wen's popular movie "Let the Bullets Fly" is adapted from Mr. Ma Shitu's novel collection "Ten Tales of the Night". Knowing that Ma Lao died, Jiang Wen said, "110 years old is a happy funeral, but it is still reluctant." The old man is both civil and military. ”
Ma Zhitu once said, "Qingjiang is my second hometown"
Mr. Ma Zhitu also has a relationship with Hubei. The Jimu News reporter inquired that in the book "Smiling Proud Life: Ma Zhitu's 100-year-old Life Perception", Ye Mei, a writer who was born in Badong, Hubei Province, and served as a member of the presidium of the Chinese Writers Association and vice president of the Chinese Prose Literature Association, once recalled, "The old man who is over 100 years old has quick thinking, diligent writing, and chivalrous tenderness, which is simply a miracle." My respect for Ma Lao, in addition to this, is that in his early years, he led the underground party work in Hubei Province (now Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture), where the Qingjiang River flowed for 800 miles, and Ma Lao's wife, Liu Huixin, sacrificed herself to sleep on that land. I grew up in Enshi for many years, reading Ma Lao's "Qingjiang Zhuang Song", those touching plots have been haunting in my heart, the protagonists He Guowei, Liu Yiqing (based on Liu Huixin) The image of the ideal light has illuminated the youth of generations on both sides of the Qingjiang River. When I met Mr. Ma in Beijing that year, he learned that I was from Enshi, and the expression on his face immediately became joyful, and he said in Mandarin with a strong Sichuan accent: 'Oh, that place in Qingjiang is my second hometown. '”
He once wrote a special article on the meaning of "knowing the way".
In 1938, when Ma Zhitu joined the party, he solemnly changed his original name "Ma Qianmu" to "Ma Zhitu", which means "finding the right road and knowing the way of the old horse". In the article "The Dialectic of Knowing the Way and the Way of Tasting Tea" written by Mr. Ma Zhitu, he once explained the meaning of "knowing the way". He wrote: "In the course of the revolution and construction struggle for more than 50 years after I joined the party, I realized that when I found the road, I did not necessarily recognize the road, and I thought I knew the way, but I did not necessarily really know the way. Knowing the way and taking the road of revolution is only one's own subjective motive and desire. In order to truly understand the road, we must rely on our own arduous and repeated revolutionary practice, and only in practice can we change ourselves from ignorance of the path to knowledge of the road. Only in the midst of continuous failures and setbacks, can we constantly sum up lessons and lessons in order to make fewer mistakes, seek true knowledge, and finally know the way. And I know the way in this thing, I don't know the way in another, I know the way today, and I don't know the way in the new tomorrow. Not knowing the way - knowing the way - not knowing the way - knowing the way again - reciprocating and reciprocating, this is the dialectic of knowing the way. ”
The secret of longevity: no regrets, no shame, no fear, do your own thing, do your best
He lived to be 110 years old, and continued to write after the age of 100, Ma Zhitu's longevity and attainment were often praised by the writers' world. Ma Zhitu wrote in the article "My View of Old Age": "The way of my longevity is to be cheerful, have few desires and a pure heart, have no regrets and no shame, and are not afraid of it. Exercise without illness, seek medical treatment when you are sick, don't be self-righteous and don't care, but always be ready and listen to the call. In addition to writing, Mr. Ma also enjoyed writing couplets, limericks and calligraphy as part of his happy old age. "People are not too thin if they have no charming bones, and they are not poor if they have a collection of books", "It is a mediocre talent who can endure the grinding of heaven and steel, and he is not envied by others", the famous writer Wang Meng once praised Ma Zhitu's couplet - "More spoken language, the words of the common people, but extremely neat and high." This is the words of heaven, heaven and man. ”
Ma Zhitu's calligraphy works
Wang Meng also talked about that he has seen many birthday stars, but he has never seen such a moisturized, well-proportioned, and comfortable old man like "Ma Zhitu's seniors, Ma Zhitu teachers, and Ma Zhitu's eldest brother", and he did not give people a feeling of worrying about his old age...... Ma Lao's official book is full of activity, not like the classics, like today's classics, which is very interesting.
(The picture in this article comes from China Writers Network, CCTV Network, etc.)
(Source: Jimu News)
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