So what level? Chen Danqing's evaluation is slightly superficial, not as good as Wang Shuo's.

He lives in a special era, and it is difficult for you to find your definition of normality in that era. Under the background of crazy times, it seems difficult for people to think calmly about this matter. Once a person has a tiny stain, a group of people waving the banner of justice will come with a magnifying glass. At this time, it seems that every good thing that this person has done can be ignored, and one evil thing is enough to ruin his life. Abandoned by an era, this is an irrefutable injustice.

In this era, there is a person who is in deep trouble and is reviled. The world doesn't understand him and he doesn't understand the world. That man is Yu. At that time, he was criticized like a bullet, and two very famous figures gave sharp comments. How do they evaluate Yu?

Chen Danqing commented in an interview that there was a sentence in Chen Danqing's answer, "This made my last respect for him disappear." Countless people wondered why Chen Danqing was so angry. Later, Chen Danqing mentioned that in the Wenchuan earthquake, some people would have a lot of troubles, but as a literary scholar, Yu tried his best to dissuade them.

In Chen Danqing's eyes, he thinks that these are not the fields that I should set foot in, because I am a literary writer, and these should be within the jurisdiction of the government and the police. Therefore, he feels that I am bent on being an official and want to enjoy the pleasure of power. He is not in his position, but his hands are so long. This is an extremely ridiculous and intriguing statement.

But facts can explain everything for Yu, sweep away all injustice, and keep him from being defeated by rumors. 1985, Yu became the youngest liberal arts professor at that time. Soon, Yu was appointed president of Shanghai Theatre Academy. As the dean of Shanghai Theatre Academy, he has an administrative level. If Yu really wanted to be an official in some disgusting and dirty way, he wouldn't have applied for resignation at 1992, so Chen Danqing's evaluation was a bit superficial.

Compared with Wang Shuo's evaluation, Chen Danqing's evaluation is slightly superficial. Wang Shuo is a outspoken person, similar to Li Ao's personality. Li Ao scolded Jin Yong at that time. He scolded Jin Yong for being hypocritical for more than 20 years. Wang Shuo thinks that Yu's travel notes are nothing more than that. He can't be called a real scholar, but a "pretend scholar".

Wang Shuo's statement clearly pointed out that Yu's essence was not pure enough. A scholar is a real scholar only if he keeps the essence, does his duty and studies both inside and outside. In Wang Shuo's mind, Yu's level is still imprisoned in the big framework of travel notes and can't get rid of it, so it is a fake.

Criticism and suggestions can often make a person go faster and further on his own road. Yu's achievements are so dazzling that a series of "black materials" of Yu have been stripped out in addition to public comments. Some of these comments are worthy of recognition, while others are debatable. We can analyze them from the following three points:

Judging from literary works, everyone in the world says that Yu's prose should be written, while Yu's Great Goodness and Beauty is not well written and emotionally beautiful. But this is what its article really looks like. It should be written in words, fresh and refined, and gorgeous. Some people also say that Yu's article is old-fashioned and too rigid, and the article can't keep up with the trend. This is really indisputable. Will pop words be popular for a while? It's a bit like pop songs. What is popular now will not be popular for some time. These things can only show that Yu's words can't stand the long test of time and are easily surpassed by others.

In dealing with people and things, some people live in a daze, while others see the world thoroughly. This is just a gesture of people living in the world. Chen Danqing said he was an official, which was flattering. Actually, it is not. As an official, if he can't even handle interpersonal relationships well and make his office look like a battlefield, he will really be laughed at by the world.

Wang Shuo's demand to be a pure scholar is also biased. There are always some people who think that literati should stand on the humanistic highland and study in the ivory tower with peace of mind in order to remain noble and noble. In fact, no matter where you and I are, no matter how long we have been immersed in secular fireworks, no matter how long we have been immersed in the world of mortals, as long as we keep a peace in our hearts, it will always be like seeing life at first sight.

In private life, some people say that Yu divorced and remarried. In the vast history, there are countless talented people like stars, some are elegant and interesting, some are decadent and dirty, and there is no light without darkness. Yuan Zhen once forgot his vows of eternal love with his cousin, but his "once the sea was difficult for water, amber forever" is also highly respected by the world;

Zhu Koukou, a master of Confucianism, kept saying that "justice should be preserved and human desires should be destroyed", but Zhu had an affair with a nun and his wife. "The heart is always twisted, and the article would rather see people again." That's what I said. We can't explain the private life of literati. There are many ups and downs in the world, and people always have to go all the way. It is meaningless for you and me to discuss others. Forget it.

In 1980s, Yu stood out in the literary world with his prose collection "Cultural Journey". Later, his works, such as A Millennium Sigh, first frost River and Travelers Without Borders, spread the ripples layer by layer and turned them into choppy waves.

You have a unique breeze and bright moon, and I have a unique grass growing and dancing. Life gains and losses coexist. Yu was criticized for conceptual reasons, and later gradually escalated into a personal attack. There are a thousand hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people. Chen Danqing's evaluation is a bit superficial, not as sharp as Wang Shuo's, but their evaluation is one-sided. Although extreme, how many people can really look at everything in the world impartially?

Aside from all the criticisms in this world, no one in this world can deny Yu's achievements in literature and scholarship. As far as academic achievements are concerned, Yu's History of Chinese Drama and History of World Drama filled the gap in this field at that time, which is recognized by the whole academic community, and not all outstanding essayists can write academic works. This will be worthy of being the youngest liberal arts professor and the youngest university dean in mainland China.

Bai Xianyong, a writer in Taiwan Province, once said, "Mr. Yu once again awakened the dignity of prose established by the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties. In other words, he recast the soul of the eight poets in Tang and Song Dynasties who thought about the world poetically. " We can't deny that Yu occupies a very important position in the literary world. Although his article has flaws, it does not hide his own flaws. Just like Yu himself, no one is perfect.

Text/Zhao Hezhen