n Many years ago, there was an article in "Reader" called "I Speak for the Tiger Catcher", in which an old man beat tigers, leopards, etc. with his bare hands. It was awesome!

I speak for the tiger catcher

Author: Li Cunbao

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Writing this topic makes me feel sad. At a time when hunting civilization has long been a relic of history, humankind's pseudo-industrial civilization has made elephants, lions, tigers and leopards enslaved, and many wild animals are of great concern because they are on the verge of extinction. Cheetah

Those who assert their authority are really contrary to the trend of the times.

In April of this year, several literary friends and I went to Mengxian County, Henan Province, Han Yu’s hometown, to open up the literary heart and poetic soul of Mongolia. As the unparalleled literary sect, Han retired

his poems were much more brilliant. The mind of a generation. Han Wengong's wise head and clanking iron bones have long belonged to the entire Chinese nation and even all mankind, which can make the people of Mengxian County glorious for thousands of generations. The meaning of being civilized but not martial is still not exhausted, and it seems that it cannot be fully displayed

The land and water are full of outstanding people, and the hospitable host showed us another trump card of Meng County-"Contemporary Wusong"

He Guangwei.

When utilitarianism and worldly thoughts expand rapidly, when the transcendent cultural imagination shrinks, when the heroic spirit

has been regarded by some people as the smoke of a liar, When the tragic story has become yesterday's yellow flowers, "Marshal Zhao" and "Brother Kong

Brother Fang" are bound to become a powerful "magnetic field" that attracts thousands of people. In an ordinary farmyard in Wuqiao Village, Meng County, we

we were deeply attracted by another kind of "magnetic field":

This is the man who played tiger with bare hands. A hero with unparalleled strength, with leopards, wolves and jackals in the palm of his hand?

Is this the strong man who eats a staggering amount of food and drinks an astonishing amount of alcohol?

I looked up and down, left and right, but it didn’t feel like it.

He Guang is in his eighty-sixth year, above average height, with a loose body and crane bones, frosty eyebrows and snowy hair, a face like a jujube, a white beard floating on his chest,

a pair of His sharp eyes are bright, and if he wasn't wearing a suit, he would look like a distinguished Chinese medicine practitioner from Xinglin Xuanhu, or a young alchemist who cultivates both fortune and wisdom.

But when you listen to the old man talking, the energy comes from his Dantian, and the sound is like a loud bell; when you look at his movements, he is still as flexible and vigorous as an ape, and his vitality is dripping, making it easy for people to find the vigorous style of this man who catches tigers and leopards. .

I had a chat with Mr. He. The old man himself is an amazing book. By reading this big book, we

can not only appreciate the conquest of power and the charm of beauty, but also overcome the times, interpret destiny, and understand life...

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Even fair-minded historical figures often make omissions. There are countless people at home and abroad who have fought with ferocious beasts in ancient and modern times, but He Guangwei has captured so many ferocious beasts with his bare hands that he can be called the best in the world. But there is no such old gentleman's name in the Guinness Book of Records.

Mr. He captured 7 tigers, 9 bison, more than 260 leopards, subdued more than 800 wild boars,

more than a thousand wolves, and pythons in his lifetime. The fox and badger are even more unyielding.

Due to different nationalities, circumstances, and identities, the methods and purposes of capturing beasts of many beast fighters recorded in classics and literary works are also very different

. In the "Colosseum" of ancient Rome, Spartacus fought with ferocious beasts and staged a slave society

Scenes of bloodthirsty tragedies, gladiators became the game board of the nobles A bloody human chess piece, Spartacus

the whole value of their lives can only win the favor of noble gentlemen and ladies with fresh clothes and delicious food. After the British colonialists occupied India, the descendants of those seemingly elegant knights competed by shooting Bengal tigers in a competition. In only one collective hunt, More than 360 tigers were killed. The colorful and beautiful tiger skins on the high-backed chairs became a symbol of the occupiers' display of conquest.

There is an ancient custom in Tanzania. Only when an adult man kills a beast with his own hands can he be eligible for marriage. Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty

In his lifetime, Emperor Xi hunted 153 tigers, 12 bears, and 25 leopards in the "Mulan Paddock". Surrounded by the three gongs, nine ministers, and forest warriors, he used Shotguns and arrows were fired, accompanied by the sound of the mountains shouting "Long Live Long Live". While Long Yan was overjoyed, the emperor not only strengthened the muscles and bones of the Eight Banners, but also strengthened the national prestige of the Qing Dynasty. There are probably three tiger-fighting heroes that Chinese people are familiar with:

Wu Song attacked the tiger because of the eye-catching white-fronted giant insect that endangered his own life, Li Kui stabbed the tiger with a simple knife to avenge his mother, and Yang Zi

Rong shot the tiger not only because the tiger collided with the gun, but also had an obvious political intention. A tiger provided this witty hero with a generous gift of meeting the "mountain eagle" ...

In history, the hunting methods of beast hunters are probably only the same between Wu Song and He Guangwei. They relied on the "Sa family's fists

"; while He Guangwei The purpose of catching tigers and cheetahs is simple - to fill their stomachs.

Filling one’s stomach was once the highest luxury of Chinese farmers in the past dynasties.

In 1909, He Guangwei was born in an extremely poor family in Suxian County, Anhui Province. The family relied on renting a few acres of Susukaku farmland to make a living. Brothers

Three brothers, the broadest is the elder. Guangwei has eaten an astonishing amount since he was a child and was born with an unfathomable "rubber belly" that can stretch and shrink.

When he was nine years old, his parents asked him to keep an eye on the three kilograms of wheat seeds that he borrowed one for ten, but he actually ate them all. When my parents came back, they were as anxious as an ant. When asked about the reason, they choked up and told the truth. My father was half convinced, so he borrowed more than ten vegetable dumplings, which were quickly devoured by Guangzhou. At that time, the army was in trouble, and the big belly brought extraordinary misfortune to Guangwei. When he was 12 years old, his father was beaten to death by a wealthy man. From then on, He Guang moved around, working as a servant and a servant for landlords and property owners. Although he was stronger than a strong man,

he was often expelled and fired because of his huge appetite. When he was 14 years old, he moved to eastern Henan, where he became a disciple of a knight-errant and righteous man, and practiced sticks and fists. When he was 17 years old, he went to Changsha, Hunan as a performer with his teacher. One day, the people in the city were watching the superb skills of his master and apprentice. Suddenly, a group of soldiers rushed in, drove away the civilians, and forced them to practice. Asking for money from a performer is a natural thing, but instead of giving it, the soldiers scolded him.

In anger, He Guangwei danced with his sticks and flew them. More than 20 Qiu Baxiang suddenly fell to the ground. He blocked with his left and right, and in an instant he protected his division and escaped from the tight encirclement. While escaping, master and apprentice got separated. He Guangwei was running day and night. When he reached Yuping Mountain in Taoyuan County, the wind was high and the moon was already dark. Suddenly he felt a hairy claw touch his shoulder and back. He immediately clamped the animal's claw with both hands and fiercely The ground was thrown in front of him, and an old wolf was thrown out more than ten feet. He stepped forward and punched a few more times, and the wolf was killed immediately... As a farmer, He Guangwei only prayed for honesty. Labor

In exchange for vegetables and rice, we can satisfy our hunger. He wandered from southern Hunan to northern Hubei, looking for a skill in the foothills of the Dabie Mountains. One day, when the sky was dim

he was walking hurriedly on the forest path, and suddenly he heard a few tiger roars. He saw the trees moving and the mountains shaking, and a tiger rushed towards him.

Before he could think about it carefully, he unleashed his iron fist, exerted all his strength, and struck the tiger's head. This punch hit the tiger's nose, and the vicious insect fainted immediately.

He then kicked the tiger's belly fiercely, and the tiger's heart was broken. Death. He put the tiger on his shoulders and went to the foot of the mountain to exchange for more than 100 yuan...

While wandering, he killed a wolf and a tiger with his bare fists. He Guangwei was surprised to find that he had the special ability to capture ferocious beasts with his bare hands.

Skills.

With a body as agile as an ape and the strength to lift mountains and carry cauldrons, in those days when "heroes arose from all directions in troubled times", there were many kinds of lives

What paths are available? Broad position selection: He can break into a house and become a gentleman; he can also dominate the mountain and become the king of the forest; he can also

lead the crowd to rebel and dominate the country... But his father had a legacy before his death: "Don't be a thief if you starve to death, don't be a bandit if you freeze to death." In order not to violate his father's orders, He Guang thought carefully and resolutely chose a hunting career.

The reason why he chose this most primitive and barbaric way of making a living was simply to satisfy the highest extravagant desire of Chinese farmers of all generations to "fill their stomachs." This is undoubtedly an innocent and clean choice for He Guangwei

of Si Shi.

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Primitive hunting is undoubtedly the business of the stoic.

When Father Time had switched to a steam train and traveled across the country, He Guangwei actually traveled against time and left his modern body

in ancient times. He is bound to fall into the ups and downs of life and the black hole of fate. He is destined to chew the loneliness that is difficult for modern people to swallow in the steep mountains; to sip the misery that his contemporaries dare not touch their lips on the promontory of the creek.

He is isolated from the world in the forest and spring, and he has no disputes with others. However, the "two-legged beast" holding a "hot weapon" often did not let go of this "ancient man": In 1943, in Guangxi County, He Guangwei killed a tiger. For sale in the market

Four Japanese soldiers with guns and ammunition want to take the prey for themselves. How can He Guangwei, who has always had a sense of justice, tolerate foreigners

was bullied, and in a rage, he chopped down three Japanese soldiers with a sword. When he and his wife escaped over the wall and through the alley, the remaining Japanese soldier opened fire and hit him twice in the right leg. Because of the traitor's informant, the Japanese invaders destroyed the small house where he stayed. One and three years old,

his two infant sons were beaten to death by the Japanese invaders...

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, He Guangwei still made a career of catching animals and traveled all over the country. 32 mountain ranges in 21 provinces. He is still floating like a broken stem, with no fixed home. As his reputation spread among the people, when tigers, leopards, wolves and jackals were harming a party, the local leaders sent an invitation, and he generously went there. He often lives in wolf dens, tiger caves, and ancient temples. Most of the time he captured wild beasts in winter and spring. In order to be physically and mentally agile, he often went into battle in single clothes. In order to lure the animals out of their holes, he used sheep as bait. When the tape recorder appeared in China, he

fang bought one and recorded the sound of chickens and sheep, which was played frequently in places where beasts roamed. This is what modern civilization has given to this "ancient time

The only beast-catching weapons and equipment provided by "people"... In the early 1950s, he was invited to go to Qishan, Shaanxi Province to eliminate leopards, and hid in a ravine

For two days and nights, no leopard emerged. At dusk that day, there was a faint howl of wolves. In an instant, more than 500 wild wolves came from all directions. He Guangwei jumped into an open area beside the river. At this time, under the leadership of the two wolves, more than 500 wolves surrounded He Guang

in circles. Kissed by a wolf, He Guangwei was calm and composed. He kicked one of the wolves into the ditch, stepped on it with his feet and drowned him, and then freed his hand to kill the other wolf. The leader of the wolf was knocked down with one punch, and when the group of wolves saw this, they fled one after another

Xun... This kind of risking one's life, such bravery and wisdom, was passed down as a good story by the locals.

He Guangwei’s secret trick for catching tigers and cheetahs is: punch quickly, accurately and hard, and the first punch must hit the tiger and leopard’s nose, causing it to faint

and then After a few punches to make it difficult for him to wake up for a while, he tied his limbs with ropes behind his back and put them into a special large bag. He carried the tiger and leopard down the mountain as quickly as possible... He also had uncanny skills in hunting wild boars. Qiao: The fur on the back of the wild boar has a thick protective layer made of rosin gravel. It is as hard as iron, but the weak link is under its belly. Whenever he meets a wild boar, He Guangwei always kicks it in the belly. He once gutted a wild boar to death with three kicks. If you want to catch a wild boar alive, you need to master the strength of your feet...

Having experienced many battles, He Guangwei has perfected the skill of catching wild boars alive. In 1966 in Zhongtiao Mountain, He Guangwei, who was in his sixties

, caught eight live leopards in six days. At present, almost all major zoos in my country have leopards hunted by He.

In the past, when Wu Song was hunting a tiger on the Jingyang Hill, he wanted to drag the tiger to the bottom of the hill. Unexpectedly, when he used both hands to lift the tiger, his arms were soft and his feet were weak.

Can be mentioned. It seems that Wu Song's power is not comparable to He's.

"Spring ice at the tiger's tail", "The tiger's butt cannot be touched", "Eating the gall of a leopard", "Being with the king is like being with a tiger"... the words left by our ancestors

Ji Yan talks about the difficulty, cruelty and danger of seeking skin from a tiger. Even though He Guangwei was extremely powerful and intelligent, he almost gave in to a leopard on one occasion. In 1976, a group of leopards appeared in a village at the foot of Taiyue Mountain. The roads were deserted and the people were sparse. He Guangwei was called to go there, and the next day he captured an old leopard who was the culprit. Just as he When the leopard man was caged, the captain of the village came to express his thanks. When he spoke to him, he let go of his hand. The old leopard came out of the cage and pounced on his forehead. He punched the old leopard and smashed the old leopard's head with one punch. Four fangs

interrupted and kicked the old leopard to death. But there were scars on his head and hands. Yu Yongkejia recovered ten days later.

He came here alone to catch three wild leopards and sent them to Anyang People's Park in Henan...

There is no need to fear the thorns on the road, nor the tigers and leopards, but the "rubber belly" that we are born with is always tormenting us like a demon

He Guangwei. According to my husband, he rarely had a full stomach before the age of 60. Therefore, those days of having plenty of wine

and plenty of food will always be deeply embedded in his memory. In 1955, in Luoshan Village, Yongshou County, Shanxi Province, the simple mountain people expressed their gratitude

He eliminated harm for the public, held a big banquet, and drank happily, setting a record of drinking 17 kilograms of Xifeng wine in one sitting; in 1966, Jiyuan

The county leaders decided to provide him with a full meal because of his achievements in catching leopards, but they also said that the food was difficult to reimburse, so he could enjoy the steamed buns as much as he wanted.

Mr. He swallowed 62 steamed buns without even a pickle...

In 1983, Mr. He was recommended by Tianmeng County and became a member of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference . From then on, Mr.'s "rubber belly" was able to expand and contract freely. Especially every spring meeting, Mr. will have a feast. In order to show respect to "contemporary Wusong", the person in charge of catering at the conference gave Mr. a table of meals for ten people exclusively...

Although Mr. is a trapper, His experience is a microcosm of the fate of farmers in modern China.

I am sad that Mr. was born at the wrong time. If in the "cold weapon" era, Mr. may be Dian Wei and Xu Chu under Cao Cao;

Maybe the drunk man under Yue Fei can also be Niu Gao, who defeated the enemy, Gao Chong, who bravely challenged the "Tiehua chariot" with a spear... If Mr.

was born late, he might be the top seed of the Zhongrun boxing team. I think, Forman, Tyson and Holyfield may not be able to defeat Mr. Tiger's punch...

I curse the God of fate for being so cruel. Since you gave He Guangwei a "rubber belly", why did you let him break through the iron?

It is hard to find a full shoe, so that such a powerful leader has to worry about his stomach all his life!

I admire how great the God of Destiny is. If you let He Guangwei be reincarnated in a wealthy family, even though he has the power to conquer mountains and seas,

How would he dare to sacrifice his own flesh and blood? Go and fight the beast? It was the god of fate who used suffering to forge He Guangwei, so that the original power of human life was displayed so freely and vividly in He Guangwei!

It is understandable for people to lament their fate, but it is praiseworthy for people to fight against their fate. It is in this sense that Beethoven's "Symphony of Destiny" has achieved eternity beyond time and space.

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The development of modern science and technology has ruthlessly denied the practical value of human power. A rubber bullet, an anesthetic

and a beautiful trap full of wisdom are all enough to make elephants, lions, tigers and leopards bow before humans. Humans have already become this

The "True Dragon Emperor" who rules all life on this planet.

However, the worship of power is the unchanging nature of human beings throughout the ages.

Nuwo, Kuafu, Xingtian, Jingwei, Hercules, David, Samson... With their rich imagination, human beings have weaved myths that symbolize "power"; and Caesar , Hanwu,

The images of conquerors such as Genghis Khan, Peter the Great, and Napoleon have stirred the hearts of many people. After people use their wisdom to negate the practical value of their own power, their aesthetic value becomes more and more prominent. With its beautiful magic wand, it often

makes people all over the world feel happy, ecstatic, obsessed, and crazy...

It is also considered lucky that the "ancient people" It was only in his later years that He Guangwei had the opportunity to use his "power" in the form of aesthetics to please people's senses. In July 1985, the Japanese, who were good at capturing information, learned that there was a "Living Wusong" in Meng County, and they were able to get there first. A group of five people from TV Tokyo, headed by Gao Liu, came to Wuqiao Village and met He Guangwei, who was 76 years old at the time.

Gao Liu was suspicious and found it hard to believe that the old man could still catch tigers and leopards. When Mr. He moved a prefabricated board weighing more than 700 kilograms

to a one-meter-high brick wall, the Japanese were so shocked that they were tongue-tied and went from Heguang to Qinbao in person. At the scene, a TV documentary about capturing wild leopards alive was recorded. Two years later, Zhang Shuren, director of the Audiovisual Department of the China News Agency, led a film crew to Meng County to film a newsreel of Mr. He capturing a leopard with his bare hands and send it to overseas broadcasts. It was the middle of winter, the ground was covered with heavy snow, and wild leopards were hard to find. Fortunately, more than ten days ago, the old man captured a leopard and put it in a cage, preparing to donate it to the National Children's Foundation. The leopard became a display A prop of strength

and beauty. When a leopard comes out of its cage, it is often worse than a wild leopard, and the husband is nearly 80 years old. County leaders and family members advise the old man to think twice before he acts. The old man was so generous. To prevent any eventuality, the armed department sent a group of soldiers to protect them with guns. The prisoner leopard was released in the Taihang Mountains, and a fierce battle quickly began. The trapped leopard came out of the cage, roared wildly, rolled up snow flakes and rushed towards He Guangwei. After a few turns, the old man captured the leopard and took it into his lap. Unexpectedly, the photographer was too frightened and hurriedly missed the key shot. So

the leopard was released from the cage again. The leopard must have hated He Guangwei so much. Instead of running away into the mountains, it stood up angrily, its eyes flashing fiercely, and with a roar, it rushed towards He Guangwei like a mountain. Swallowing the old man in one gulp, the old man dodged.

The evil leopard pounced in the air. The leopard looked back and jumped again. The old man squatted on the spot. The ferocious leopard pounced again. The old man took advantage of the leopard's three pounces.

Clenched his fist to meet the attack, and the punch hit the leopard's nose. The leopard roared and rolled on the snow. The old man stepped forward and added a few punches to complete the shot.

...He Guangwei is able to capture tigers and leopards, as Maradona is to football, as Jordan is to backboards, as Deng Yaping

is to table tennis, showing strength and beauty to the ultimate perfection...

The philosopher said: Human beings can only carry out activities such as religion, science and art if they have a full stomach. The words of a philosopher can always be explained in one sentence. If people in the past were like He Guangwei, they were always busy with "stomach troubles" and had no time to pay attention to He Guangwei's power and beauty, then today, many hotels and restaurants are drinking like crazy Even though the place was dim and dark, there were still no more people casting affectionate glances at Mr. He. Not to mention that the existence of Mr. He has provided new research topics for genetics, nutrition, etc. His ability to capture tigers and leopards with his bare hands is enough to make him famous in China. At present, He's reputation abroad

is even greater than at home. I dare say that among the 1.2 billion compatriots in the country, less than one in 10,000 people know what kind of position they have. Is it because the Olympics does not have a competition for catching tigers and leopards, or is it because there are too few political elements in Mr. He's behavior? All of this should lead us into deeper cultural thinking.

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In history, most of the strong men were brave swordsmen. But it is not uncommon for people like Ximen Qing to bully the weak with his fancy fists and embroidered legs.

Even heroes and righteous men often have human weaknesses. Wu Song once boasted: "With the skills in my heart, I have only fought against the tough guys in the world and those who don't know morals in my life." However, when he was "splattered with blood in the Yuanyang Tower", he went on a killing spree, killing the grooms, horsemen, and others.

The maid and the dirty official Zhang Dujian were all beheaded. On his way back to his hometown to welcome his mother, Li Feng captured and released the fake Li Feng, Li Gui.

He was so hungry that he strayed into Li Gui's house and asked Li's wife to cook three liters of rice. There was a plan to murder Li Kui, but Li Kui killed Li Gui in anger. There were no vegetables to go with the rice, so Li Kui actually cut two pieces of meat from Li Gui's legs, roasted them and ate them. In "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Liu Bei is a benevolent man. On his way to Cao Cao after being driven out of Peicheng by Lu Bu, he broke into the house of Orion Liu An. Liu An wanted to find wild game to entertain the Yuzhou shepherds, but he couldn't do it for a while, so he killed his wife and cooked it, pretending to be wolf meat for Liu Bei to chew. Later, when Liu Bei learned about it, he not only did not blame Liu An, but instead showed off to Cao Cao. Cao Cao also felt Liu An's righteousness and sent someone to give him a hundred taels of gold... These stories are heart-pounding to read.

Stomach upset, when humans bid farewell to the blood of raw food and the crawling of animals, even these heroes have not completely abandoned the savagery of

the beasts!

Contemporary people can ignore He Guangwei's legendary animal hunting story, but they cannot ignore the kindhearted

and pure heart of this great husband.

Originally, He Guangwei could have changed his living environment long ago with his "intelligence in mind". The delicacies and wines showed his affection

and the wealth and splendor also showed him frequent glances. During the Kuomintang period, military commanders and division commanders often asked him to serve, or appointed him as an adjutant, perhaps with a generous reward. What they valued was He's skills. Tiger bones soaked in wine can activate blood circulation, tiger whip used as medicine can aphrodisiac, musk can make a golden house smell fragrant, and leopard skin and fox clothes can make the teeth of a beautiful wife and baby look beautiful... He Guangwei believes that, Doing such things

is not a way for ordinary people to live, so they often refuse. In 1948, a wealthy British man heard about the great reputation of He Guangwei and felt that he was a rare commodity. He sent people to persuade him many times to invite him to the UK, saying that they had the conditions to let He Guangwei catch tigers and leopards. His skills are popular all over the world, and he is allowed to buy bungalows, cars and even private jets. He Guangwei simply felt that no dignified Chinese man could look up to foreigners, let alone allow foreign devils to play like monkeys, so he flatly refused...

In front of the beast , He Guangwei was so strong, but in the face of the court, his family, and the villagers, this "five feet of strength" turned into "softness around the fingers." Among his brothers and sisters, he was the only one who lived all over the world, but he shouldered the heavy responsibility of supporting his old mother. Everywhere he went, he always arranged for her to be well-dressed, even though He rarely had time to fill his stomach, but my mother could always eat.

Look twice and see three. His late wife was a kind-hearted farm girl. The couple had a passionate love affair with each other, and they never had a single quarrel in their entire lives. No matter where he went, he shared the joys and sorrows with the local mountain people and got along well with each other. His two sons,

although they are not tall, are very strong, they have both caught dozens of leopards alone. When my son was young, there were often some tall and strong "wild calves" with whom he had to compete for strength. Once, the second son He Zhenxiang was entangled by a barbarian man in a wrestling competition. The barbarian man was thrown several feet away by Zhenxiang and his ankle was sprained. He Guangwei gave a great lesson to his son: If you have the ability to fight a tiger, don't hurt anyone. If someone else insists on you, you must pretend to be defeated and return...

The importance of money For people in the commodity society, it is like the "spiritual treasure" around Jia Baoyu's neck. Once lost, it will lose its owner. Money is often a measure of personality. In order to feed his family and fill his "rubber belly", He Guangwei needed more money than ordinary people to buy firewood and rice. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was not without opportunities to make a fortune, but he insisted not to Take the money from your heart

. Although he is a hunter, he is unwilling to kill. Whenever he catches tigers and leopards, he always sells them to the park.

In the early 1950s, I caught an old tiger and brought it to the park. The price was only 300 yuan, and a leopard was only about 80 yuan. If I killed it, I would sell the skin and bones to fur traders and

Drug dealers often earn several times more money. In 1972, He Guangwei and his family settled in Meng County, where they continued to hunt. Before and after the Wild Animal Law was promulgated, animal photographers often came to Meng County and offered He Wenwei and his son a high price to hunt leopards. They promised 30,000 to 50,000 at the first asking price. He Guangwei was not one of those people who abandoned public service for personal gain. He gave all the beasts he hunted to the park. After the country strictly prohibited the hunting of tigers and cheetahs, He Guangwei asked his eldest son to work on the farm. Although he and his second son still lived in the mountains and forests, they instead made a living by picking medicines. ......

He Guangwei, a man who can get money with just a little effort, has never let the ax of money or the claws of lust leave any mark on his heart

in his whole life. It's really rare.

I was surprised: He Guangwei, a powerful martial artist, could understand the world without going to school, and could be well-versed in human feelings without being enlightened by famous people. China

The virtues nurtured by farmers through hardships shine in him, but the inherent bad qualities of farmers are difficult to see. I found out why.

The old man stroked his beard and told him: Storytelling, singing and opera are good ways to persuade people. He has liked to hear people talking about the past and the present since he was a child. ...Oh, but it turns out that Chinese traditional culture is everywhere, it is not only written in books. It flows in the ancestral precepts passed down by Xin Jinhuo, and is also spread in restaurants, teahouses, theaters and bookstores, and in everyone’s understanding of life...

Facing the fierceness He Guangwei can capture all kinds of beasts, which can be called a "fair competition of strength"; but facing some sanctimonious people, He Guangwei often struggles, like a watermelon meeting a kitchen knife. . In the late 1980s, an old man named He Guangwei from a county park went to catch wolves somewhere in Shanxi. As a result, the money he got from the three wolves he caught was far from the fees charged by various checkpoints.

Two years ago, He Guangwei asked his son He Zhenxiang to carry with him the precious medicinal herbs such as Cordyceps sinensis collected in the mountains of Yunnan, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Long and Qinghai over the past few years. Medicinal materials are sold at the Anguo Medicinal Materials Market in Hebei. In order to prove the authenticity of the medicinal materials, the old man simply asked his son to go to Beijing to find the relevant departments to write a certification letter. Unexpectedly, these medicinal materials worth more than 200,000 yuan were confiscated by local city management personnel on the grounds that they were counterfeit, and they did not even issue a receipt. After He Zhenxiang returned home angrily, he discussed with the old man and decided to go to court to redress his grievances.

There was a cadre in the village who worked for the Supreme Court of the country, and the old man asked Zhenxiang to go to Beijing to find out. The fellow countryman said that it is difficult to fight a lawsuit across provinces. From a nationwide perspective, this is a small case that needs to be tried step by step by county, prefecture, and provincial courts. If a verdict cannot be reached, it can be decided by the country's Supreme Court. If you want to figure out something, say less. It will take two years... After listening to his son's words, the old man sighed: "If you can fight with a tiger, don't fight with a human. Some people's hearts are more ruthless than wolves, so let's say 'it's a blessing to suffer a loss'..." ”

When the old man talked about this matter with me, there was a hint of helplessness and a bit of sadness in his eyes. The old man's words of disdain to fight with others,

How much melancholy and indignation surged in my heart...

If the development of the commodity economy must come at the cost of the degradation of personality, If the noble must accommodate and tolerate the despicable, then it is undoubtedly a great tragedy for a nation.

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The old man came from "ancient times".

The old man came from the depths of the mountain.

Like Zhuangzi walking in the wind, like Bodhidharma facing the wall and meditating, like Tao Yuanming picking chrysanthemums on the east fence, like Li Taibai holding a sword at the end of the world... old people stay away from the "siege of life" throughout their lives. , exchanging the hardship of life for freedom of mind and independence of personality. The thick soil of the mountains replenishes the old man's vitality, the sun's essence and moonlight strengthen the old man's muscles and bones, the chirping of birds and the fragrance of flowers make the old man's chest feel refreshed with the sounds of nature, and the clear water

clear waves bring joy to the old man. Wash away the hustle and bustle of the world... Since ancient times, benevolent people have lived longer, and the elderly have no chance of illness in their lives.

Although the old man lives at the bottom of society, he dances with the great colors of life and composes a poem about the great realm of life.

The dawn of modern civilization finally favored this octogenarian. The old man has become another source of pride for Mengxian people. The county provides a certain living allowance to the elderly every month, and Wuqiao Village provides one pound of liquor to the elderly every day. The old man plays with his grandson happily and enjoys the family relationship. Whenever there is an official dinner, the old man always walks quickly and happily, looking at the old man with admiration.

Recently, people from Guangzhou and Shenzhen who regard "time as life and money" came to visit him one after another after seeing the report about the elderly man in the local evening newspaper

. It is difficult for me to guess what kind of "magnetic field" attracts them, but one thing is certain: they are not here to dig for gold...

June 18, 1995 in Jinan