About Lee Kyung-taek
He is a famous critic and essayist, and vice chairman of the Chinese Writers Association.
He has won the Lu Xun Literature Award literary theory criticism award, the Chinese Literature and Media Award of the Year Literary Critic Award, the Essayist Award, the Huadi Literature List Annual Critic Gold Award, the October Literature Award, etc.
He is the author of "Blue Bird Story Collection", "Yong and Return", "Drinking Memories", "Conference Room and Hill" and so on.
Answer to the Future Questionnaire
Excerpt from Li Jingze's "Running Collection"
#1
Which book had the most profound impact on you, even making you feel that it changed the trajectory of your life? Remember the first time you came into contact with a book?
It's a really hell-hot question. For some people, they actually need only a few or even one book in their lives, and with these few books or one book, they build a tank or a fortress for themselves: as a tank, he can attack and change the world; as a fortress, he can defend and reject the world. I don't have a problem with that. I'm a wanderer myself, and I need so many, many books that it's hard to say which one has had the "most" profound impact.
I don't remember the first time I came into contact with a book. My parents were both liberal arts students, and there was a bookcase full of books in the house. Books are a given, original background for me in life. Not to mention that my mother was a rarely interested reader of that era—the 1960s and 1970s. At that time, it was not easy to find an interesting book, and it was almost possible to measure a person's curiosity, curiosity and social communication ability, her curiosity, curiosity, and wide range of friends, always through a variety of mysterious ways to find interesting books.
Therefore, the best way for children to read is for parents to read by themselves.
Which was the first book you paid for? What kind of good feelings or ill feelings has it given you?
#2
I don't remember it at all. It should be after going to college, in 1980, when I had money, the monthly bursary plus the money given by the family was more than thirty yuan, which was really rich! In the Long March canteen outside the south gate of Peking University, a bottle of beer plus a large plate of fish and liver tips, a total of two pieces of three, after eating, sneaked to the nearby bookstore to buy books.
#3
Who are the writers who have influenced you the most so far? Who ever served as your literary "godfather"?
If you list the names of writers, there will be many: Zuo Qiuming, Sima Qian, Bangu, Borges, Foucault, Brodère, Sven Hedin, etc., as well as a large group of note-taking authors of the Tang, Song, and Ming dynasties. It's hard to say who had the biggest impact, they guided my vision and interest at different times.
Who is the "Godfather"? I never thought about it, a whole bunch of people.
Did you lack books in your childhood?
#4
There is no shortage. When I was in the third grade of elementary school, I was 9 years old, and our family moved to Shijiazhuang. My mother worked in the provincial publishing bureau, which had a reference room that had survived the Cultural Revolution, and in a huge warehouse, I felt that the books in it were endless. My mother and my aunt in the reference room were girlfriends, and then I could wander around and see whatever I wanted. Well, it occurred to me that I had once brought home a copy of The Bama Abbey, when I was about 10 years old and didn't know who Stendhal was, but I think I was fascinated by the story of Fabris and Duchess of Gina, the first time I had grasped such a deep emotion in literature. And then for a long time, I thought the most beautiful woman in the world was Duchess Gina.
#5
Which books have you reread repeatedly? How many times have you reread it at most?
Some books, such as Zuo Biao, have been reread three or four times and are still reading. Aside from the writing needs, I don't really like to reread a book. But the thing is, some books are also very naughty, and you think that if you put it down, it will always come out of the shadows. For example, Qian Zhongshu's "Pipe Cone Compilation" is turned over and put down every time, and there is no intention of reading it again; after a year or two, I suddenly remembered, picked it up and read dozens of pages, and then put it down again; if it is more than twenty years. There are several such books, such as Zhou Zuoren's translation of "Pillow Grass", Lu Zhan'an's "Glossary of Novel Words", Persians' "Governing The Strategy", etc., which are not reasonable, but they are related to them.
What period did you read the most?
#6
If you must find a marker, it should be before 2000, before the age of 36, when the days were really simple, work, life and other aspects are not panicked or busy, it is simply a bit idle, I read a lot of idle books.
#7
If there is a heaven, Borges said, it is what a library looks like. Are you familiar with the location of the library in your area? How far away are they from you? Do you still go to the library a lot?
I'm ashamed that I never liked to go to the library. I haven't been to the library since graduating from college. My bad habit of being a loser is to buy back the books I want to read. Reading is about living for me, and I don't like the public, private life in the library. You can't drink tea, you can't smoke, you can't lie down, how can you read?
As for Heaven, I suppose that Borges's library certainly had no one else but him, and I have no problem with that.
Please describe your study. Some people's bedrooms are also full of books, and if you're willing to describe your bedroom at the same time, then we're welcome...
#8
The study and office were piled high with books. Bookshelves, on the floor, in cardboard boxes. I was originally a paranoid librarian, the desire to organize is very strong, the books are classified on the shelves, the order is in order, which makes me feel that the world is set, and the haiyan river is clear. But now it can't be done, so we have to let it be "chaotic". But there weren't any books in the bedroom, and I didn't want to sleep in the "chaos."
#9
What was your pillow book during the week of the interview? If you're on a business trip, which one are you taking with you?
I am now in Chengdu, bringing a copy of Zhang Dai's "Fast Garden Road Ancient". At home, these days, there are Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale", Naipaul's "The Great River Bend" and Puckner's "The Power of Words", all of which are related to the work at hand.
It is said that everyone has their own most comfortable reading posture, do you nestle in the sofa, or lie on the bed?
#10
Couch to lie on.
#11
If the earth were to perish and there were ten books that would "survive", which ten would you hope?
I'm a choice dysmerism. I really don't want to suffer this sin in my imagination right now. But rest assured, if the Earth is really going to perish, I will make a decision before I flee. But I don't think I would have brought a few literature books with me, and I might have chosen books that I would never have understood on Earth, such as an Einstein treatise or a math book or something.
If there were a memory chip in the future that could implant books into your head, would you be willing to accept it? What kind of books are you going to accept if you want?
#12
I don't like the idea. My study was messy enough, and I didn't want to make my head look like a study. I wish my head were more than just a database, it could be very willful to choose what to remember, what to forget, what to like, what to dislike.
#13
Do you think the future of literary creation will be replaced or partially replaced by robots like Microsoft Xiaoice? Do you look at the work of those robots?
Out of curiosity, I've read poems about Microsoft Robotics Xiaoice. But soon I wasn't interested. I guess the question is not whether it's well written or bad, but fundamentally, I'm willing to read a book or a poem because it came from another person, a "man" who is essentially the same as me.
If there was a machine that could "translate" or record your dreams last night, would you be willing to try? Because you are likely to encounter a wonderful story or a long list of beautiful words in your dreams.
#14
- Then you are most likely deceived by your dreams, and the stories in the dreams are usually fundamentally clichéd. Freud told us long ago that the subconscious mind, the author, is not so remarkable, and that its concerns are limited. As for beautiful words, they can only be written when they are awake and their minds are as clear and sharp as a blade.
#15
How much do you spend on books each year?
I don't have the habit of keeping books, like Lu Xun did. Now, friends and publishers have sent a lot of books, and they have to find a way to send some books out, because they really can't put them down. I often remind myself that your existing books cannot be read or put down in your lifetime. But at the same time, it still costs a lot of money to buy books every year, just like some women buy bags, not because you need them, but because you feel you need them, and some books you can't help but buy.
What do you hope to gain from reading? Social survival? Wisdom in dealing with people? Intellectually satisfied? The perception of emotion? Or the answer to the ultimate question of life and death?
#16
I don't have such a clear purpose. I know this answer sheet is for children, who may be 10 years old, maybe 16 years old. I just want to say that books will not solve many of your future problems in life, because the person who writes the book cannot go through your life; but reading books can make us understand in detail how others have lived, which is a good thing and beneficial to life in any case.
#17
Will reading bring you joy? If so, is this happiness shallow or deep?
Reading is like life, not only has happiness, but everything. But reading is not really life, so it is safe, safe joy, safe sadness, safe madness...
Do you recommend bibliographies to each other when chatting with friends? Do you trust your friends' recommendations in this regard?
#18
This is rare now, and as you get older, you'll find that some books are just yours, and it's like privacy that you don't intend to, and probably can't share, with people. Of course, you don't plan to listen to recommendations from others.
#19
Please make a list of future books for your children's reading, recommend books that you think are suitable for children to read, and tell me why you chose these books.
I'm sorry, but I don't want to recommend such a book list. As I just recalled, don't think that children are children, don't underestimate children's understanding and sensitivity, there is no book that children can't read, they are great readers, they will read the book they find in wonderful ways and paths.
Editor: Xu Yangsha
Review: Du Xiaoye
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