Wang Guozhen’s inspirational story

Wang Guozhen is a famous contemporary poet, calligrapher, painter, and composer in mainland China. So do you know his inspiring story? The following is what I have compiled for your reference!

His poems once caused a wave of "Wang Guozhen fever" in the 1990s. His poem "Since I have chosen The distance is far away, so we only care about the wind and rain." "There is no road longer than feet, and there is no mountain higher than people." It has influenced a generation.

Wang Guozhen’s friends said that he could always reach a certain state quickly. For example, when writing poetry, it became a phenomenon and was also included in textbooks; when writing calligraphy, it actually became a national gift; when composing music, the work was included in the collection. Textbook of China Conservatory of Music. In this regard, Wang Guozhen said bluntly: "Some people say that my poetry is not good, so I have to prove that I am not only good at writing poetry, but I am also good in other fields."

Published his debut novel when he was a freshman

Wang Guozhen’s ancestral home is Xiamen, and his parents were assigned to the Ministry of Labor after graduating from Xiamen University. In 1956, Wang Guozhen was born in Beijing. Wang Guozhen grew up in a government compound. Under the influence of his parents, he was exposed to "Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin" and ancient poetry when he was young. Through borrowing books from each other in the compound, he read "Resurrection" and "Anna Karenni". Na".

In 1971, 15-year-old Wang Guozhen graduated from junior high school and spent 7 years as a worker in the Beijing Third Optical Instrument Factory "working three shifts and operating a milling machine."

News of the resumption of the college entrance examination suddenly came in 1977. Unwilling to do so, he intuitively felt that this was an opportunity to "change his destiny." In September 1978, Wang Guozhen was admitted to the Chinese Department of Jinan University at the age of 22. He felt that his best days were coming.

During college, Wang Guozhen’s grades were mediocre. “I do things based on interest, and I don’t pay much attention to scores. I am independent, but not eccentric.” He started writing in the form of poetry.

On April 13, 1979, Wang Guozhen was having lunch in the cafeteria. His classmate Chen Jianping said that "China Youth Daily" had published your poem. He was a little dubious. After dinner he went to the library and learned that "A School Day" had been published. A few days later, he received a letter of encouragement from the editor and a manuscript fee of 2 yuan.

This greatly encouraged Wang Guozhen. From then on, he often went to the reading room, wrote down the addresses of publications at the prefecture level and above, and "cast his works like a net to newspapers and periodicals across the country." 90 means the manuscript will be rejected. After 3 months, the envelope will be changed and submitted to another company. "I wrote and submitted very casually at that time, and I didn't have very high requirements for myself." Some people think that he has a strong "desire to publish," but he considers himself to be a "career-minded" person.

In 1986, already in his thirties, he felt that he had accomplished nothing and had a sense of urgency. "Love Life" was sent to two newspapers in Beijing and Sichuan but was not accepted. It was selected after the third submission. After publication, it was included as the frontispiece of the 10th issue of "Reader" in 1988. He began to receive letters from readers asking where his books could be found.

The "Wang Guozhen Year" that cannot be erased

1990 is the Wang Guozhen Year.

"Young Trend" was first printed with 150,000 copies, and has since been reprinted several times, reaching more than 600,000 copies. The total print run of the "Youth" series exceeds 1 million. He collected more than 40 pirated copies of his books. "Including piracy, the total number of my books exceeds 10 to 20 million."

"Young Trend" sold 5,000 copies in one month at Wangfujing Bookstore in Beijing Book. In Shanghai, Wang Guozhen's poetry collection once had a record of selling more than 4,000 copies in one morning. The inventory is sold out and there are still people queuing up.

"I was fine at the time, but suddenly I became angry. My life is good," he said.

In order to cope with the hundreds of letters sent to Wang Guozhen every day, the Chinese Art Research Institute where he worked increased the number of mailroom staff from one to three. "There are all kinds of people, and there are all kinds of content, those who complain, those who ask for correction, those who seek love. The latter are usually very reserved, holding flowers or folding something, and some also send photos." There are also female officers. The letter informed that on her birthday, she "received 8 collections of Wang Guozhen's poems."

He has been invited to give lectures in more than 40 colleges and universities across the country, including more than 30 in Beijing. "This has nothing to do with economic income." After the speech, students rushed up to ask for signatures, and the school had to organize personnel to form a human wall to escort him through.

A brief revival of misty poetry

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, misty poetry appeared and became popular. Next are post-Mongwu poetry, third-generation poetry and fourth-generation poetry. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Wang Guozhen appeared in the poetry world or outside the poetry world. His poems were easy to understand and blurt out, and they were also criticized.

In terms of influence, Wang Guozhen really accidentally pushed new-style poetry to its peak, which was at least the pinnacle of popularity. As for the level of art, whether to pursue worldly success or the nobility of the soul, that is a matter of opinion and wisdom. Just looking at the formation, it was really shocking. It is difficult to estimate the number of Wang fans and silk fans, but at least the circulation of his collection of poems has probably set a record that will be difficult for future generations to surpass.

After Wang Guozhen’s poetry became famous, it seems that there is no one since, and there is no one before. But thanks to the Internet, aphorism writers have emerged one after another, and latecomers include Annie Baby, Guo Jingming, etc. It’s just that the tastes and trends of modern people have changed drastically. At that time, the works were optimistic, positive, and thought-provoking. Nowadays, most of the works are sad, lonely, and charming. Wang Guozhen said that he had not caught up with the good times. Although he sold a lot of books, he was under the royalties system at that time. Most people only paid 40 yuan for a 10-line poem. The publisher gave him 80 yuan. He already felt like it was pie in the sky.

Later, Wang Guozhen went to calligraphy, painted traditional Chinese paintings, and even turned into a composer. Although he is still known as a poet, his own excitement has little to do with poetry.

In any case, this is the sadness of new poetry.

Since 1992, no one who has written new poetry has made such waves in the past 15 years. Not long ago I heard that someone divided some vernacular into lines and called it pear blossom poetry. I don’t know how long it will be popular. Maybe it won’t be long before everyone no longer knows what pear blossom poetry is. This is an era where talented people emerge from generation to generation, but it is not an era where each has its own profession for hundreds of years. No one can want to occupy the top of a certain field for too long.

Write music as poetry, and write calligraphy and painting as music

After becoming famous, there are many entertainments, not only autographs, but also people often ask for inscriptions. It was hard to reject the warm hospitality and unable to draw the right calligraphy. In 1993, Wang Guozhen began to practice calligraphy. He practiced for one hour a day for a year. "Later, I didn't have time to practice, but there was a big improvement."

He wrote a letter with a brush. Zhang Guizheng of Times Literature and Art Publishing House received it and made an appointment. He published calligraphy collections. "Every book I publish is a best-seller." He still felt that there were not many books he could produce, so he collected poems, essays, and calligraphy together.

From then on, there was no stopping it. So far, Wang Guozhen's ink has spread all over the north and south, especially in Henan and Shanxi. "I have only visited two of the 18 cities in Henan," and has gone deep into various fields. The example he often cited was the Shangri-La Hotel. Some of the managers had read his poetry, and after discussion, they unanimously agreed to ask him to write a label for a red wine.

I also belong to music! In 2001, Wang Guozhen began to learn composition. "I bought some music books and tried to record the melodies while reading them."

In 2003 In October, Wang Guozhen cooperated with Shanxi Wudang Mountain Scenic Area and released 10,000 copies of the dance album "The Name of Happiness is Forever". In 2006, the two parties collaborated again, and the DVD album "Celebrities Praise Northern Wudang" was released, with quite straightforward lyrics.

Since then, Wang Guozhen began to set music to ancient poems, planning to complete 400 poems, and has now completed more than 300 poems. "You see, I have reached a certain level in many fields now: writing poetry, calligraphy, and music. Maybe I will spend some time in the future to delve into painting," he said.

Wang Guozhen is also good at painting Chinese paintings, especially flowers and ink bamboo. His paintings pursue the exquisite and detailed realistic effect of meticulous painting, and also pay attention to the hearty and vivid rendering of freehand painting with splashed ink, giving the works a unique charm. The third cover of the "Writer's Newsletter" published in June 2006 is Wang Guozhen's traditional Chinese painting of peonies. He wrote in the postscript: People say that art is connected. So, I wrote music as poetry, and I wrote calligraphy and painting as music. That's it, how can there be anything else?

As for his unwillingness to cross boundaries, he once expressed his feelings in the song "I Like to Set Out": Every place you arrive belongs to yesterday. No matter how green the mountains are, how beautiful the water is, and how gentle the wind is. Lingering too deeply becomes a kind of fetter, which not only binds your feet, but also the future.

Wang Guozhen's inspirational work "Love Life"

I don't think about it,

Whether it can succeed,

Since I have chosen the distance,

I only care about the wind and rain.

I don’t think about whether I can win love.

Since I am in love with roses,

I will bravely reveal my sincerity.

I don’t think about it,

Will there be cold wind and rain behind me?

Since the target is the horizon,

Stay All you can give to the world is your back.