China News Service Client, Beijing, May 17 (Reporter Zhang Xishangguanyun) "The stars in the sky do not speak, the dolls on the ground miss their mother, and the mother's words every night, the shining tears Lu Binghua ..."

　　Remember this classic song "Lu Binghua"? Comprehensive Taiwan media reports that the famous Taiwanese writer Zhong Zhaozheng passed away in his sleep on the 16th at the age of 96.

　　The first novel he wrote was "Lu Binghua". This book was later adapted into a movie, and the theme song became popular on both sides of the Taiwan Straits, and once appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Evening, becoming a classic song celebrating maternal love.

Once a primary school teacher

　　Zhong Zhaozheng is a Taiwanese novel writer who was born in Longtan, Taoyuan in 1925. He entered Danjiang Middle School and Changhua Youth Normal School in his early years. When studying at university, he dropped out of school due to hearing impairment.

Zhong Zhaozheng. Image source: video screenshot

　　Through hard work, he read many classic Chinese literary works and new literary works since the May Fourth Movement, and slowly developed the idea of ​​trying to write.

　　In 1951, Zhong Zhaozheng wrote the first novel "After Marriage", which was soon published. Through this incident, Zhong Zhaozheng was greatly encouraged, and he has been working hard ever since.

　　Throughout his life, Zhong Zhaozheng was a primary school teacher, lecturer in the Department of Eastern Languages ​​at Soochow University, and the chairman of the Taiwan Hakka Public Affairs Association. .

　　Regarding writing, Zhong Zhaozheng once said that farmers work on agriculture and live life, but they have studied ancient pen writing and wrote articles on manuscripts for life.

The story of "Lu Binghua"

　　According to media reports, Zhong Zhaozheng wrote more than 20 million words in his life, but the most popular is the first novel "Lu Binghua" published in 1960.

　　When Lu Binghua was in full bloom, Guo Yuntian moved from a big city to an elementary school as an art teacher. He found that although Gu Aming, a student in the class, was naughty, he was a genius for painting.

　　Aming's family is poor and his academic performance is not very good, but he is very talented in painting. Guo Yuntian is determined to train A Ming, but when selecting representatives to participate in the competition, other teachers in the school recommended a child of a wealthy family for all kinds of considerations. Out of anger, Guo Yuntian himself sent Aming's work to the International Children's Painting Exhibition.

　　Aming's paintings finally won the international prize. Guo Yuntian rushed to tell the Amin family the good news, but found that the teenager had already died of a serious illness.

Zhen Ni covers the song of the same name at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. Image source: video screenshot

　　After this work was published, it caused great repercussions. Later, "Lu Binghua" was adapted into a movie of the same name, and the song of the same name "Lu Binghua" became a hit. Zhen Ni sang this song on CCTV's spring evening and became a common memory for generations of compatriots on both sides of the strait.

　　Today, many people still can't help crying when thinking of the melody of "Lu Binghua" and the stories in the book.

Spare no effort to promote the personality and humor of the younger writers

　　After writing "Lu Binghua", Zhong Zhaozheng has successively created many works. In Taiwan's literary world, he is the same as Ye Shitao, and they are collectively known as "North Bell South Leaf"; in 2015, he was awarded the Outstanding Alumni Award in Humanities and Arts by the University of Taiwan for his long-term contribution to society, and is respected as "Taiwan Mother of Literature ".

　　To this honorary title, Zhong Zhaozheng explained with a smile: "'Mother of Taiwan Literature' will have all kinds of explanations, the real meaning is because Hakka Culture Museum already has a 'Father of Taiwan Literature', he is Lai He of Changhua."

　　He respected Lai He very much and said, "I am an old man, but I also cultivated many disciples in literary activities. The work has some influence. It is said to be the" Mother of Literature ". It doesn't matter. I also want to thank you. This is for me. Compliment. "

The novel "Lu Binghua". Author: Chung Chao-cheng

　　Zhong Zhaozheng spared no effort to encourage the promotion of junior writers. After the opening of the Taiwan Literature Museum, he donated nearly a thousand life-long manuscripts, books, and ink treasures, and was an important supporter of the opening of the Literature Museum.

　　He was very demanding when he was a judge of the literary award. He once said, "When reading novels, I attach great importance to the overall impression. Therefore, during the judging process, I particularly prefer novels with spiritual exploration and adventure. And its expression The form should be heavy and not frivolous, but the technique should be novel and unconventional. "

　　In life, Zhong Zhaozheng has a humorous personality, and he plans to smoke a few cigarettes and drink a little wine every day. Because he likes music, he learns the piano by himself, sometimes humming. He even stated that if he didn't listen hard, he might have developed his way to music.

　　Over the years, Zhong Zhaozheng is most happy when his old friends come to visit. Occasionally the old friends are gradually dying, and I always feel sad for a long time. Usually life is relatively simple. I wake up at 7 or 8 every day to eat breakfast, read the newspaper, watch TV, and enjoy watching baseball.

　　In terms of literature, Zhong Zhaozheng is well-known, but he has always remained humble, "I never felt that I was great." (End)