China News Service Client, April 21. The Museum of Modern Chinese Literature issued an obituary on the 21st, honorary member of the National Committee of the Chinese Writers Association, former curator of the Museum of Modern Chinese Literature, librarian of the Central Museum of Literature and History, famous social activist, son of Mr. Lao She Shu Yi died of illness at the age of 86 at 14:16 on April 21, 2021 in Beijing.

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  Although his father is Lao She, Shu Yi once said that his childhood life was no different from ordinary people.

  Shu Yi was born in 1935, and the "July 7 Incident" broke out two years later.

In Shu Yi's own words, "Two years have passed since the good days". After that, like all Chinese people, they suffered poverty, skyrocketing prices, and displacement...

  But as the only son of Lao She, Shu Yi was also deeply influenced by the family atmosphere when he was growing up: Although the material conditions were very bad, the thoughts of the people he came into contact with were active.

  He once recalled that when he was a child, he liked to scribble like all children, and his mother took two or three Qi Baishi's paintings when he fled in Beiping. He thought it might be a very good thing, and wanted to follow along with it.

My father appreciates this interest, but my father won't give any guidance in his homework.

My father felt that no matter what, people must have their own specialties.

  Shu Yi, who spent his childhood in turmoil, studied in the Soviet Union in the 1950s to study chemical technology and wood hydrolysis.

  He once bluntly stated to the media that learning such a major is completely subject to the distribution of the state. At that time, the domestic situation was very poor, but the state provided a lot of funds for students studying abroad. Many of the students studying here were selected domestically. Of outstanding students, so when they came to the Soviet Union, they all studied very hard, just to serve the motherland wholeheartedly and achieve something in their studies.

"At that time, except for Sunday, there will be a short period of free time, and the rest of the time is to spend the whole day reading in the library."

  When the five-year study abroad career came to an end, the principal looked at the transcript and flipped through every page. Except for 5 points, which was excellent, the surprised principal always praised it.

  In 1959, Shu Yi returned to China to engage in scientific research.

After the reform and opening up, he began to collect data and provided the most direct and true historical data for the study of Lao She.

  After that, Shu Yi seemed to gradually devote himself to the hobbies he cultivated in his childhood: writing, painting, screenwriting...

  In 2000, facing the rapid demise of the hutongs and courtyard houses in the old city of Beijing, he and several members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference jointly proposed "Ten Urgent Suggestions for the Protection of Beijing's Historic and Cultural City" and assumed the historical responsibility of protecting the old Beijing.

For many years thereafter, he devoted himself to the protection of urban cultural relics and cultural heritage.

Data map: Shu Yi.

Photo by Hou Yu issued by China News Service

  In 2013, Mr. Lao She’s children Shu Yi, Shu Ji, Shu Yu, and Shu Li collected Qi Baishi’s "Frog Sound Ten Miles Out of the Mountain Spring" collected by Lao She and Hu Jiqing during his lifetime, Fu Baoshi's "Tongyin Picture", and Lin Fengmian's "Chuanjiang Picture". 》 Etc. 20 fine calligraphy and paintings were donated to the Museum of Modern Chinese Literature.

  Shu Yi was 78 years old that year.

He said at the time, “When we are old, we must consider the ownership of these paintings.”

  The famous writer Ba Jin once said: "Lao She is a person who will always share with others." Shu Yi said bluntly, "Now, we donate these national treasures, so that the original works of Qi Baishi, Fu Baoshi, and Lin Fengmian will become public, so that the public can Appreciation, study, research, inheritance. Artists belong to the people, and works of art should belong to the people.” (End)