Editor's note: Since the publication of the series of columns in Zhang Minggang's self-selected essay collection "Looking Back on Military Performance", it has continued to be well received by readers. As Mr. Fan Xi'an said in the prologue of "Looking Back on Military Performance": "In terms of his writing achievements, I think the highest level is reflected in his theoretical attainments. As a senior cadre of the party, Ming Gang has a very high theoretical attainment, he closely follows the pace of the party's theoretical innovation, closely combines the ideology and work reality, in-depth study, thinking, practice and understanding, many aspects of the insight is unique and profound, and good use of fresh and beautiful language, expound profound and novel truths, so that people are happy to accept, refreshing. Therefore, his articles have been widely used and disseminated, and not only have a large number of Internet readers, but also serve as learning materials for some units and party organizations. At the request of readers, China Shande Network will continue to reprint the series of articles in Zhang Minggang's self-selected anthology "Looking Back on Military Performance", please pay attention to and support!
After the People's Publishing House published and distributed Zhang Minggang, deputy director of a major general of a certain unit of the People's Liberation Army stationed in Beijing, deputy secretary of the party committee, secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, and director of the Supervision Commission, a collection of self-selected essays "Looking Back on Military Performance", it aroused widespread heated discussions among readers and was widely praised by mainstream media such as People's Daily, People's Daily Online, Xinhua News Agency, Military Daily, China News Service, China Youth Daily, and China Youth Network.
(Zhang Minggang, male, Han nationality, from Suizhou, Hubei, postgraduate degree, member of the Communist Party of China, with the rank of major general of the army.) He participated in the war and was awarded the title of "Outstanding Communist Party Member in the Front Line" and was directly promoted to officer by a soldier on the front line)
The book consists of three volumes, "The Light of Theory," "The Voice of the Barracks," and "The Window of the Soul," and contains 183 representative theoretical articles, news works, and literary works published by the author Zhang Minggang over the past 40 years in the army, with a total of 550,000 words. More than 30 of these articles have won awards or been selected as teaching models, and some of them have been reprinted more than 100 times on online platforms with more than 10 million views.
In October 2022, after the first edition of the book came out, it was highly praised and loved by Tie Ning, Shao Huaze, Sun Xiaoyun, Sun Jilian, Xu Guixiang, Fan Xi'an and other masters in the current literary circles in mainland China. The second edition will be released in January 2023, and as of August 2023, it has been the sixth printing of the fourth edition in less than one year, with a cumulative print run of more than 120,000 copies. In February 2023, the Youth Development Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and the People's Publishing House, together with the author Zhang Minggang, jointly donated more than 10,000 copies of "Looking Back on Military Performance" to more than 1,000 high schools across the country, which was warmly welcomed by the majority of young teachers and students across the country.
Tie Ning, chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and chairman of the China Writers Association, said: "Reading "Looking Back on Military Performance", I feel that Comrade Ming Gang writes with sincerity and sincerity the vivid and progressive road from a rural boy to a border soldier to a general of the republic. His extraordinary diligence, his awe, passion, and vigor for his career, as well as his simple and affectionate descriptions of his homeland, relatives, and comrades-in-arms, are permeated in a wide range of themes and chapters, from which readers can see the heroic posture and style of a dreamer of the times with flesh and blood, courage and responsibility. ”
General Sun Jilian, former vice chairman of the China Journalists Association and former editor-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army Daily, said: "Ming Gang is a master of writing, a fast hand, and a generalist, and can be called a miscellaneous family...... The book "Looking Back on Military Performance" is the culmination of Ming Gang's 40 years of hard work, wisdom and sweat. ”
Xu Guixiang, vice chairman of the Chinese Writers Association and director of the Military Literature Committee of the China Writers Association, said: "In my opinion, 'Looking Back on Military Performance' can be used as a teaching material for life, study, and work in the barracks. ”
Fan Xi'an, former counselor of the State Council and former principal person in charge of Sanlian Bookstore, said: "I feel that Ming Gang's anthology has textbook significance, which is not only suitable for ordinary readers, but also suitable for party members and cadres, journalists, theoretical workers, literature lovers, and veteran cadres and workers to read. ”
【Learning Summary】Zhang Minggang's "Military Career Looking Back· Window of the Soul Volume" "On-site Direct Hit" section of "The Righteous and Brave Are No Longer Isolated and Helpless"
(This article was originally published on the front page of Jiangcheng Daily on June 2, 1991, in collaboration with Sui Lianjun)
The righteous and courageous are no longer alone
Time: 13 o'clock on May 25, 1991.
Location: Fengjiatun, a suburb of Jilin City.
Picture 1: Bus No. 8 arrives at its destination, and passengers crowd out of the bus. Suddenly, a young man in jeans was full of anger, flew up and kicked a schoolboy with a school bag, and then slapped him on the head, causing the base of the student's right ear to become red and swollen.
Voiceover: It was later found out that the name of the child who was beaten was Li Ying, who was in the second grade of the No. 2 Primary School in Chuanying District, Jilin City
Student; Zou, who wears jeans, is a worker in a sheet metal factory. Excuse for beating: "He stepped on me!" ”
Picture 2: Seeing this situation, Wei Guofeng, the instructor of the second company of the 81023 garrison unit in military uniform, angrily accused the young man wearing jeans: "How can you beat a child like this?!" The young man in jeans was confident: "I'll just fight, what can I do?" As he spoke, he slapped the elementary school student in the face again, and the beaten person had a blue nose and swollen face, a dazed expression, aggrieved, painful and helpless.
Close-up: Twenty or thirty men, women, and children present all helped Instructor Wei speak and cheer.
Picture 3: "Stop! Instructor Wei couldn't bear it anymore, threw away his bag casually, and grabbed the young man in jeans: "You rascal, in broad daylight, you are still lawless!" If you don't stop, you're welcome! The gangsters were fierce: "As a soldier, you are nosy, and if you want to fight, you are not an opponent!" ”
Voiceover: The decisive battle is on the horizon, and the contest between good and evil has escalated.
Close-up: There are more and more onlookers, and the crowd is angry. The two young men stepped forward and said to Instructor Wei, "Don't be afraid, we will fight with you!" ”
Picture 4: The arrogant and invincible gangsters wilted like frosted eggplants in front of the angry masses. He was taken by the masses to the nearby Jilin City Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, where he had to treat primary school students. Instructor Wei got into an individual taxi parked on the side of the road and went to the Changchun Road Police Station to report the case, and the police station immediately dispatched two police officers to the scene. After that, Instructor Wei took this taxi to the Deshengmen building materials store to find the father of the beaten child.
Voiceover: After the ride, Instructor Wei remembered that all the money he had brought was in his bag, and now he was penniless.
Close-up: The driver's smile on his face: "Even if you have more money in your hand, I can't ask for a penny." I've seen it all, and I'm on your side. This car money is even if I donate money in solidarity. ”
Voiceover: At that time, a sister-in-law picked up Instructor Wei's bag and took care of it carefully. In order to find the owner of the bag, the sister-in-law spent nearly three hours. When the bag was handed over to Instructor Wei, the sister-in-law refused to even say the unit and name.
Close-up: Instructor Wei opened the bag and looked at it, and the bag contained: money, a lot; There is no shortage of things.
Voiceover: Afterwards, the author searched for the units and names of the individual taxi driver, sister-in-law and the two young men, but unfortunately so far I have only found out that the sister-in-law is a worker in the second team of the Jilin City Passenger Transport Company, and the two young men are from Huanxiling on the outskirts of the city......
Conclusion: What a phenomenon! Society has progressed, and the righteous and brave are no longer isolated! ……
Source: "Looking Back at the Military Performance" Zhang Minggang's self-selected collection