Global Celebrity Tan Shibo (Ten)

Wang Anyi is the chairman of Shanghai Writers Association, vice chairman of China Writers Association and professor of Chinese Department of Fudan University. One of the most influential writers in Contemporary Chinese literary world. In 1987, he entered the Shanghai Writers Association to engage in professional creation. He wrote "Xiao Sha Sha Sha", "passing away", "Xiao Bao Zhuang", "love of barren hills", "thirteen chapters of flowing water", "mini", "everlasting regret", "Tao Zhi Yao", "all over the land", "Moonlight tantalizing" and so on. The song of eternal regret was awarded the fifth Mao Dun prize in literature.

The coming of World Expo is a joyous day for the international community to give to Shanghai. At the same time, it is also handed over to a test paper in Shanghai. The wonder of this examination paper is that we set out our own questions, and then answer it by ourselves. The request is clear, that is to add new contents to the spirit of human life. Our topic is "Better City, better life". I think this is a good topic, but it is also a difficult problem. In the twenty-first Century, the industrial revolution, the development of science and technology, the continuous progress of production relations, the accumulation of wealth, the expansion of entities from the entity to the virtual body, it seems that human civilization is omnipotent, many myths and fables become reality, and dreams come true. Speed and efficiency almost increase to infinity, and the possibility of time and space will be exhausted. When we overcome inertia and calm down, there may be a bit of a blank. What is happiness? Thank you for giving us a moment of thinking in World Expo, looking at our goals and ideals, testing our original intentions and reintroducing the concept of happiness. In the ancient legends of different nationalities, when the protagonist experienced ups and downs, struggled, plus good luck, he finally turned his back on danger, or had a hard time coming to his home. Now, many primitive hardships no longer become hardships, so the primitive vocabulary of happiness has become blurred. Let us trace to the source and find the most basic value in life.

In the course of civilization, human beings gradually roam to settle down, and from lax together. This gathering place is called "city". The invention of machines reduces heavy physical labor, trades all kinds of needs, and social division of labor balances the difference of people's abilities, so that each one can do his best and get what he wants. The city gives the possibility of equality of existence. My career is writing novels, so I am used to finding social life materials in novels and other fictional art. Mr. Xiangzi, a camel named by Lao She, is a farmer who lost his parents and a few acres of thin land. How did he lose it? Lao She did not say that the era was nothing but famine and military disaster. So what did he do in Beijing and to Beijing? Pull a rickshaw, with a good effort, singles alone can still survive; Mao Dun's "Lin family shop", in the south of the Yangtze River town, facing the four villages and eight fields of low consumption, the agricultural depression makes this tiny consumption is compressed, huge capital to enter, fundamentally subverted the small Ben business, finally closed down, bankrupt Lin boss went where? Mr. Mao Dun did not say, I think probably to go to Shanghai, Shanghai is large, the demand is also large, the outlet is also many; Ba Jin's "home", the new youth chuehui, with a full of enthusiasm, to save the early century of rotten society, and even the close relatives can not save, even his own little love has not been saved, disappointed Chueh Hui left the iron wall home, boat boat upstream, the novel wrote: "this water is just moving forward, it will carry him to an unknown big city." The name of the city, the author did not say, but we all know that Mr. Ba Jin came to Shanghai; Mr. Lu Xun's novel "mourning", the free combination of Zi Jun and Juan Sheng happened in Beijing. Their little cohabitation in the auspicious Hutong lane, although there is no gossip in the marketplace, they can not interfere too much. The final failure is defeated by the failure of Juan Sheng himself. He can not afford the expectation of Mr. Lu Xun for love. After many years, in the song of youth, Lin Daojing and Yu Yongze live together in Beijing, a small apartment in Chinese style. Unfortunately, because of their different political views, they have not persisted in this new love. What I want to say is that the city's production structure and way of life enable people to go out of the traditional ethical order, abandon all material and spiritual heritage, and live independently. In other words, the city is a relatively fair space, not only the strong, but also the weak can obtain and realize their value to a certain extent.

We can briefly review the transformation of women's status. In 1900, the international women's clothing trade union, founded in New York, USA, advocated power for women workers. It was the origin of the international "38" women's day. The background of this initial equality treaty between men and women is industrialization. The physical strength of women and men of different magnitude has eliminated differences in machines. I once read a ballad in the folk custom of Shanghai in the folk custom of that year: "gardenia flowers bloom everywhere, the big field faces south to Shanghai, Shanghai faces south to the Bund, the silk reeling women dress up, Liu Haifa, short sleeved shirts, pink trousers, flesh colored socks, butterfly shoes are blue, left hand carries a gold ring, and the right hand carries a rice basket......" You can see how the women who are self reliant are self satisfied. Compare the other folk songs in the North China Plain: "cabbage, land yellow, 32 years old without a mother, followed by Dad, but I'm afraid dad will marry her." Women who are not economically capable are pathetic. The modernization of society can be said to be carried out with the development of the city. Women are enlightened by education, and in this world of physical strength, they are increasingly capable of competing with men.

Again, the rights and interests of the disabled. This group needs a highly cooperative structure to stand alone and to embody dignity. In 2007, Shanghai hosted a special Olympic Games. At the opening ceremony, there was a program which was connected with a lot of human body into a flesh and blood the Great Wall. Two cerebral palsy disabled people climbed the the Great Wall from both ends. They climbed forward and trudged. Under the walls, they repeatedly stretched out their arms to help them, and pushed them, not to fall down, to join forces, and finally reached the summit. It can be seen as a symbol of collaboration, interaction, energy addition, redistribution, and full use. By inference, old age, physical decline, illness, failure of competition, and so on, and so on, vulnerable groups may also have the guarantee of survival. The city can concentrate social resources on a large scale and allocate rationally so that everyone can share the same world and dream in theory and in practice. I think this is the scientific spirit and humanitarian significance of the city. Our theme "Better City, better life" should be the spirit and significance of the development.

I have participated in the theme discussion of the Expo China Pavilion. There is an interesting and moving fact. It is all kinds of schemes and suggestions, no matter how different the angles and forms are, but it seems that thousands of rivers go to the sea. When describing the ideals of the city, they invariably portray the sight of people's happiness and prosperity, a vivid picture of a well-off society. I can not help remembering the family life picture of the leader of the country that he read and saw in the day of Deng Xiaoping's birthday. It is how to warm and blend the smell of home, the sweet and the grandchildren. The goal of a well-off society comes from the old man's understanding of life and life. He had gone through a brutal war, a fierce political struggle, a family separation, and enjoying a happy family life in his old age. He knows best what is happiness. In this era when things are very dizzy everywhere, people do not lose consciousness and maintain a simple concept of happiness. This is the beginning of things, and it determines our future direction. Thanks to World Expo, it gives us a chance to sort out the path of human civilization, examine the purpose, and remind us again of what we really want. World Expo is a big holiday in the world. Both the guests and the guests will give the best gifts and make the best of everything.