Yi Zhongtian, a native of Changsha, Hunan Province, was born in 1947. From 65438 to 0965, Yi Zhongtian, who graduated from high school, jumped the queue in Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and later obtained the postgraduate degree in ancient literature in Chinese Department of Wuhan University.
Yi Zhongtian has been engaged in multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research for a long time, covering literature, art, aesthetics, psychology, anthropology, history and other disciplines. His works include academic papers such as China People Gossip, Reading the City, Pinren Lu, and many essays. He is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Humanities, Xiamen University. The changing history comments on the man of the Han Dynasty in a meaningless way, and then signs a contract with the Centennial Forum for one year based on historical facts-
"Han Xin is an unemployed young man", "Well, it's all right now", "The imperial court sent someone to check the king of Wu and found no weapons of mass destruction" ... Have you ever heard such a history class?
Yi Zhongtian, a professor at Xiamen University, expressed the historical changes in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty. Yi Zhongtian's "The Son of Man" has therefore become a super popular program of CCTV's "Lecture Room".
Recently, Yi Zhongtian signed a contract with Lecture Room to talk about The Three Kingdoms for one year. At noon today, Yi Zhongtian's Three Kingdoms "True and False Cao Cao" has met with the audience, and the reporter interviewed Yi Zhongtian for this purpose.
I plan to talk about "Three Kingdoms" on TV for one year.
Lecture broadcast, join hands with CCTV
As a professor at Xiamen University College of Literature, Yi Zhongtian is good at studying the history of the Han Dynasty. Why should we talk about The Three Kingdoms for another year after The Wind and Cloud of the Han Dynasty was broadcasted on CCTV? In the interview, Yi Zhongtian told the reporter the reason: "After the hit of Man-Han Banquet, the person in charge of CCTV's Lecture Room came to my home. I really hoped to give a lecture at CCTV again, so I accepted the invitation and finally planned to talk about the' Three Kingdoms' in CCTV for one year."
Before the hit, it triggered a battle in the publishing industry.
The speech became a lighthouse.
In an interview, Yi Zhongtian revealed that he had put down all his work in order to prepare the speech of the Three Kingdoms. At present, the program has recorded more than a dozen episodes, and Yi Zhongtian has almost finished half of his speech in 50 episodes, but the speech has not been completed and the battle has begun.
According to Yi Zhongtian, as soon as the news that Yi Zhongtian signed a contract with Lecture Room to talk about Three Kingdoms for another year came out, the publishing industry set off a battle for Three Kingdoms Lectures, and all publishing units offered favorable conditions and signed the contract with high print runs. At present, the first print has been 65438+ 10,000 copies.
Look at this history from a new angle.
Restore historical facts and make a wonderful statement
Yi Zhongtian has always stressed in the interview that his lecture is trying to restore historical facts, and he will not talk about the romance of the Three Kingdoms or the history of the Three Kingdoms, but about the "Three Kingdoms".
Yi Zhongtian explained: "The most routine thing is to tell the truth, such as The History of the Three Kingdoms and The Story of the Western Regions in Datang. Although relatively credible, it is boring to read; The most popular ones are' Duan Zi', such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms and The Journey to the West, but there are too many elements of imagination. "
"Real not good-looking, good-looking is not true. Therefore, there must be a way to solve this problem, and that is' wonderful theory'. The so-called' wonderful theory' means history, literature, historical truth and literary interest. " Yi Zhongtian said.
Choose "interesting theories" to arouse the audience's interest.
It is necessary to add some nonsense.
"Very humorous and often makes people laugh." Many viewers commented on Yi Zhongtian's lecture. At the same time, some people think that Yi Zhongtian's way of telling history is "joking" with history.
Yi Zhongtian seems very dissatisfied with this statement. He said, "I'm not kidding!" Joke "is a kind of game, and the stories told are all fictional and made up." And what I said is based on history, and it's all true. "
"I divide my speech style into three realms: one is' telling the truth', which is based on historical facts; The second is' interesting conversation'. In order to reach this level, I will add some funny language, which is nonsense. Sometimes nonsense is necessary, which can greatly stimulate the audience's interest in listening and speaking. The third is the' wonderful theory', which is to analyze history on the basis of the first two theories and inspire the audience. This is the highest realm. " Yi Zhongtian said.
Yi Zhongtian under the pulpit
It sounds interesting, but it's boring to do.
Yi Zhongtian introduced himself. He has no training and is not bound by historical research routines. His past life experience made him more aware of what ordinary people need and want to see. Therefore, he wanted to tell the true colors of history in plain words and live performances as much as possible.
Although it sounds interesting, when talking about his usual research, Yi Zhongtian said it was "boring". Yi Zhongtian said: "Sitting at a desk for a long time, either reading or writing, is boring, but if you talk about it on TV, the audience will definitely find it interesting." Always reading posts and never replying.
Fans of "Super Girl" call themselves "bean jelly" and "corn". Yi Zhongtian, a "super professor" who is nearly sixty years old, also has a group of loyal fans who call themselves "spaghetti" and "ether", and spontaneously set up "Yi Zhongtian Bar" for idols in Baidu Post Bar. Talking about his fans, Yi Zhongtian said, "I have no communication with spaghetti. Often go to Baidu to read posts. If I have a pertinent suggestion, I will consider it, but I never reply because I am afraid that others will know my IP address. " Yi Zhongtian laughed.
Opposition of views
Be criticized for not being serious about history.
"Three Kingdoms" caused controversy.
Just as Yi Zhongtian's comment on The Three Kingdoms is getting hotter and hotter, there are different voices in academic circles about his way of commenting on history.
Among the opinions with different attitudes, Liang Yong 'an, an associate professor in the Chinese Department of Fudan University, is more representative. He believes: "Professor Yi should maintain a minimum serious attitude, and scholars should not gag like Stephen Chow." Yi Zhongtian responded that history cannot be like an eight-part essay.
In this debate, Yi Zhongtian thought that history should be vivid, and we should not face it rigidly like an eight-part essay, but have a "sense of history" and feel the flesh and blood of history before we can talk about research.
fight only on paper—be an armchair strategist
Yi Zhongtian believes that in the history of the Three Kingdoms, many things are not like that at all. He also has a slogan: "Zhuge Liang is a man, not a god, and Cao Cao is a man, not a ghost." Zhou Yu is not petty, nor is Liu Bei a loser. "
Zhuge Liang is a handsome boy.
Yi Zhongtian said: "There are three images of history: historical image, literary image and folk image. As a scholar, I naturally value the first one. The literary image of the' Three Kingdoms' is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people because the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is very vivid. "
"For example, Zhuge Liang, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, wrote him as a fairy figure wearing a cassock and shaking a feather fan, but in fact he was only 26 years old when he debuted, and his height was 1.84 meters. He can't be an old man with a long mouth, but he is a handsome boy in the current words! Therefore, I feel that as long as the historical human side is displayed and the hero is regarded as an ordinary person with flesh and blood, it can also resonate with the audience. " Yi Zhongtian said.
Borrowing the East Wind didn't do it.
In the history of the Three Kingdoms, there is actually no such thing as borrowing the east wind, and Zhuge Liang did not borrow the arrow of the straw boat and borrowed Zhou Yu from the March 7th.
Zhuge Liang did go to Dongwu when he was in Battle of Red Cliffs. He just sent a letter and came back when it arrived. Liu Bei also directed the burning of Bowangpo and Xinye. As for Sima Qian's evacuation from the empty city and the seven stars' continued life, Zhuge Liang was not that bad at all.
The hero of the mistake of burning red cliff
"In fact, Battle of Red Cliffs and Lu Su played a great role, unlike Zhuge Liang in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms." Yi Zhongtian said, "In the real history of the Three Kingdoms, it was actually Lu Su who persuaded Sun Quan to form an alliance with Liu Bei, but in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Lu Su was too timid. In fact, Lu Su is a hero. "
Yi Zhongtian also said: "In the subsequent war, Zhou Yu led the troops to defeat Cao Cao, and Zhuge Liang did nothing. Zhuge Liang only expressed Liu Bei's sincerity to Sun Quan, which was different from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. I will explain to the audience in the lecture. "