"My Magistrate's Father" leads to hot discussion Author: The article commemorates my father who did not expect to win the award


  On September 18, the Dezhou Writers Association of Shandong Province released a list of winners of the literary works on the theme of honesty and culture on its official WeChat account. The eldest father's name is Yu Zhiming, and the author's name is Yu Zhongdong.

  Some netizens believe that this is the reappearance of "My District Mayor's Father" in the comedy movie "Charlotte Trouble", which caused doubts. The Texas Writers Association also deleted the dynamic on the evening of the 18th; In the original text, the writing is simple, thinking of the style of the older generation of my grandparents." "The laughter of comedy movies should not affect the creation of literary works" "You should not be cynical when you see the title."

  On the afternoon of September 19, the reporter contacted the author of the article, Yu Zhongdong. She told the reporter that the award-winning article was a shortened version. She had previously written a 10,000-character long article on Father’s Day, and the article was written to commemorate her father who had passed away for more than 30 years. , did not expect to win the award.

"The old man has written all his life. I am the youngest daughter. As his descendant, I think it should be sorted out. I am in my 60s this year, and the next generation may not have such deep emotions, and I am afraid that these things will be destroyed. , when the waste paper is sold, it will be a pity.”

  Father has been dead for more than 30 years "I wrote this article in memory of my father"

  On the afternoon of September 19, Yu Zhongdong, who was still taking care of people in the hospital, recalled to reporters the reason for her writing.

Yu Zhongdong introduced that her father passed away when she was just married at the age of 25, and has been dead for more than 30 years.

She is 60 years old this year and has passed her sixtieth birthday.

"My father died when he was 60 years old. At the beginning, I wrote this article in time for Father's Day, in memory of my father."

  "Before, we donated the work log written by my father to the local Party History Research Center to see if it could be used. It was also an explanation to my father. When the Party History Research Center felt that this thing was very precious, it prepared Sorting out the book. So I wrote this article because I had some emotions while doing this sorting work." Yu Zhongdong said.

  According to Qilu.com · Lightning News reported on March 31 last year, the Dezhou Yucheng Party History Research Center received a precious gift donated by enthusiastic citizens-91 work diaries from the last century.

The author of the diary is Yu Zhiming, an old party member who participated in the Anti-Japanese War at the age of 14.

Yu Zhiming used to be the county magistrate of Yucheng. Yu Zhiming's youngest daughter Yu Zhongdong introduced that every time he moved, his father would carry two large wooden boxes with him.

Inside, there are books and stacks of work diaries.

Each page is numbered, and each book is numbered.

Today, Yu Zhongdong donated these 91 diaries to the Yucheng Party History Research Center.

  Li Bo, director of the Party History Research Center of the Yucheng Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, said that the 91 diaries are historical and precious materials of great value to the Yucheng Party history.

For this purpose, they set up a special class for work to sort out and make good use of the historical materials, and enriched them into the "Local History of the Communist Party of Yucheng" (Volume II) being compiled.

  The reporter combed and found that the original text of "My Magistrate's Father" was first published on the official Wechat "Yucheng Literature" of the Shandong Yucheng Writers Association four times.

On June 19, 2022, Yucheng Literature published the article "Missing My Magistrate Father (1)" by Yu Zhongdong.

In the article, Yu Zhongdong wrote, "My mother said: When your father was alive, he said that he did not leave any material wealth to his children in his life, but left two boxes of books and a work log for a lifetime. Five of you sisters, see who has the future, 'know him' and 'know the goods', this is a precious wealth; if not, this is a pile of waste paper. Now your father can rest assured..."

  The author claims that the article is "100%" true and afraid that "the next generation will not know"

  According to public information, in June this year, the Dezhou Writers Association of Shandong Province held an essay contest for literary works on the theme of clean culture.

Yu Zhongdong told reporters that at the suggestion of a friend, she shortened the article and submitted it according to the essay format, "I am a retired old lady. The list of winners was announced on the official WeChat account of the Writers Association of Dezhou City, Shandong Province, and the title of the article sparked heated discussions.

  Regarding the recent public opinion on the Internet, Yu Zhongdong told reporters, "I have been taking care of people in the hospital recently. I have not been online, and I have heard about it. Others can say whatever they want, and we can't stop them, because these are all Seeking truth from facts, I am very calm in my heart." Regarding whether the article questioned by netizens is true, Yu Zhongdong emphasized, "Absolutely, it is 100%, and you can swear to God."

  Yu Zhongdong told reporters that she also learned about her father's work by sorting out his diary.

"At that time, he was busy all day, and we didn't know what he was busy with all day, and I was still young at that time." Yu Zhongdong introduced, "Since last year, I began to organize my father's work notes. The old man wrote all his life. , I am the youngest daughter. As his descendant, I think it should be sorted out. I am over 60 years old this year, and the next generation may not have such deep emotions. I am also afraid that these things will be destroyed and sold as waste paper. It's a pity."

  Yu Zhongdong finally told reporters, "I am also a member of the Communist Party. When the old man did these things, when I was sorting them out, I was also very moved. That generation was like this, cadres like Jiao Yulu, This spirit should be carried forward. If our generation does not speak, the next generation will not know.”

  Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star News reporter Cai Xiaoyi

  Sun Zhao Yan Mochen