The dream of deaf professor Zheng Xuan and partners: Let the hearing impaired children read the Analects of the Analects of Tang Poems ｜ Grassland Weekly

"It's too tired, I can't do it next!"

When saying this, Zheng Xuan was a bit out of force. He leaned his shoulders on the back of the wooden chair of the cafe, showing a bitter smile with a little childish. During the interview for more than 3 hours, she always wrote a righteous and rounded neck. This is the only time. Zheng Xuan has been gently and waxy. Essence

Zheng Xuan, a professor at Beijing Normal University, has a lot of halo on his head: the first doctorate in the language of deaf in my country, the "most beautiful teacher" in 2018 ... But Zheng Xuan does not want to talk about these. The reasons are all the books edited by her- "Chinese Sign Language Department (Audiovisual Edition)" (first series).

"A total of three departments in the first series -'Sign language Chinese characters'' 'sign language reading" The Analects of Confucius "' 'Sign language chanting Tang poetry', the selection is relatively basic, it is considered to be an entry level. Not too high, but they also have the need to learn traditional culture. I hope that our book can provide a window, or it can also be used as a teaching and auxiliary reading of deaf schools to give the hearing impaired children with more learning resources. "Talking about it The purpose of publishing this set of books was calm.

But in fact, this is not a "small goal". There are more than 27 million hearing impaired people in my country. A considerable part of them must rely on sign language communication and expression and acquisition of knowledge. The sign language books on the market are rare, and the learning channels for deafness of sign language are quite limited. Zheng Xuan once participated in the topic of hearing impairment students' single test papers. The deaf people who came to the exam were high school graduates, but filled the second half of the sentence to "Li Yuan Gao". There are not a few people who do not come out.

Therefore, through the "Chinese Sign Language Department", Zheng Xuan tried to introduce the form of hand -language videos in words to tell readers the "one, two three" oracle bone characters and daily usage; Sign language play; talk about the image and rhythm of "bright moonlight in front of the bed" ... This attempt is almost filled with a blank.

Zheng Xuan still has a greater goal in his heart. He hopes that the sign language can get rid of the stereotype of "niche language", embrace the mainstream culture through various forms, let the deaf naturally use it, listen to people (listening and sound people for abbreviated people for abbreviations , Also known as Jian Listen) Learn it generously, let the sign language "out of the circle", like other languages, become a tool for equal expression and free communication.

Before this round of epidemic, this set of books and this goal "led" Zheng Xuan to run back and forth in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, and Wuhan, occupying most of her spare time last year. More than her busy for it. The head of the Chinese Disabled Art Troupe, Li Lihua, Zhang Xueli, editor of Fudan University Press, Chen Lianwen, a teacher of Wuhan University School of Arts, Chen Yuanqing, President of Nanjing Deaf School ... The handicraftsmiths are average, with words and rhymes, plus sign language movements, "pulling" the final results.

Zheng Xuan's description reminds reporters of the plot of the movie "Editing Boat": a publishing house, several generations of editors, one by one notes, "grinding" a dictionary "Daduhai". Zheng Xuan has never seen this movie, and self -modest dictionaries, they have created a small leaf boat, equipped with limited number of passengers. But now that you want to "cross people", whether "big ships" or "carving boats" must be responsible for your own crafts ...

The first editor of this book Zheng Xuan

"blueprint"

"Chinese Sign language" comes from a long -lost phone between Zheng Xuan and Zhang Xueli.

They are Dr. Fudan, and they are both Chinese students. When they are reading, they are girlfriends. In Zhang Xueli's eyes, Zheng Xuan is not a "inspirational model of disabled people", just a kind and sincere friend, a romantic and persistent literary youth. Zheng Xuan was obsessed with dance. Zhang Xueli was a young student of Yue opera. They performed and performed together. Zhang Xueli felt that Zheng Xuan was almost childlike sincerely about literature and dance. Zheng Xuan started her special education career at Chongqing Normal University, and then boarded the podium of Beijing Normal University to transfer her sincerity to the education and sign language research. And Zhang Xueli became editors of Fudan University Press, and a pair of partners appeared on the new stage.

After many years of contact, Zhang Xueli used a set of traditional cultural children to read as a gift to share with girlfriends. After reading it, Zheng Xuan bluntly said: "This set of books is deep, and the selection is very deep."

"If you change you to make a book about Chinese excellent traditional culture, what would you do?" Zhang Xueli asked Zheng Xuan.

"If you let me come," Zheng Xuan replied, "I want to make a set of sign language for the deaf children." Putting down the phone, those ideas that hovered in Zheng Xuan for a long time could no longer be closed again:

If you do this set of books, you must have Tang poetry.

At the age of two, Zheng Xuan was taken away by a high fever, and he could not break the silencer. After practicing lips and sounds, reading poems and writing poems has become a gentle exit surrounded by loneliness. She likes "Pipa" and can memorize "The Song of Everlasting". At the age of 9, she wrote the verses of Yongying in a clever way: "I don't know where to go, and find the stars in the depths of the Xinghe." A little light in the boundless night is like a short poetry, but it is a comfort between the storms of life. Zheng Xuan is eager to let more children feel this comfort.

If you do this set of books, you must ask a professional hearing impaired artist to record the video explanation video. Zheng Xuan remembered her Hubei fellow Xun Lihua. Li Lihua is the head of the Chinese Disabled Art Troupe with a stunning Chinese disabled art group with "Thousand Hands Guanyin". Zheng Xuan often talks with Li Lihua while studying in Wuhan University, and also talks about the artistic expression of hand language.

If you do this set of books, you must use the sign language play that deaf people can understand and accept to accurately express the charm of traditional Chinese culture.

With a solid ability of linguistics, Zheng Xuan is sure that "sign language has the entire potential of human natural language." As long as you get home, the historical heritage of Chinese characters, the philosophical speculation of the Analects of Confucius, and the rhythm of the Tang poetry can be interpreted in sign language.

If you do this set of books, you must ask friends to recite deaf friends to recite, illustrate, and complete the post -production of audio and video ...

Zheng Xuan thinks more and more and thinner. This set of "non -existent" sign language has become the most unprecedented thing in her heart. Old friends are always tacit, Zheng Xuan can't let go, Zhang Xueli can't let go.

"Maybe we can try, first report a topic?" Three months later, Zhang Xueli contacted Zheng Xuan again. Although she did not understand the sign language, she believed that Zheng Xuan's judgment also had the feelings and intuition of editors: it is meaningful to publish this set of sign language! After passing the topic, Zhang Xueli was responsible, and the "If" of "Chinese Sign language Department" and Zheng Xuan got the "admission ticket".

"Select Material"

Zhang Xueli summarized her three -year classmates in Fudan: "It has nothing to do with professionalism, has nothing to do with the dissertation, and has nothing to do with utilitarian."

From Wuhan to Beijing, from asking for teaching, Zheng Xuan was making friends with the same pure friends as her. When she started the book, she first thought of them.

Chen Lianwen

Chen Lianwen is a classmate of Zheng Xuan during the postgraduate study in Wuhan University. In Zheng Xuan's mind, Chen Lianwen is the best candidate for choosing Chinese characters, interpreting the glyphs, and selection of "The Analects of Confucius" and writing translations.

The only problem is that a doctor of linguistics and a famous school teacher refuse to squeeze time and spend a "foundation" to do not match academic achievements.

"She told me the idea of ​​the sign language and asked if I would like to participate." When I received Zheng Xuan's call, Chen Lianwen agreed quickly. She did not think that the invitation of the old classmate was a "big material".

Prior to the "Pass" of the publishing house, the two had begun to discuss which Chinese characters and what Chinese characters should be selected. The choice of the Analects of Confucius was first completed. "Teacher Chen helped a lot!" Zheng Xuan happily told reporters that Chen Lianwen's professional and investment helped her with a lot of energy.

During the interview, when he heard the praise of the old friend, Chen Lianwen was unwilling to live in. Speaking of the process of selection, she also described it lightly, but in fact, every step and even each sentence came out, she could see Chen Lianwen's thoughts about the thoughts of Essence

If you search for the second half of the "rotten wood cannot be carved" on the Internet, most of the pop -up results are "the wall of the dung soil is not too much." However, in the first draft of Chen Lianwen to Zheng Xuan, the default "圬" of the Pinyin input method was replaced with a more remote "杇". That's because she was selected as a reference, which was published by the Chinese Book Company and the "Analects of Analects" by Mr. Yang Bojun, a famous linguist in my country. According to Mr. Yang's translation, 杇 refers to a wooden handle tool for a muddy wall, so it is more accurate from the wooden characters. As for the "圬", the dictionary is written in the dictionary that it is a fake word of "杇".

During that time, Chen Lianwen "do not take a little bit when not in class during the day and night." It took several months to grind the first draft of two scholarship. In April 2021, Zheng Xuan returned to Fudan University to visit the teacher and friends, and also brought a small part of the manuscript to Zhang Xueli to see it. After reading the first draft of the "Sign Language Chinese Character" classification, Zhang Xueli, the responsible editor of "more true", suggested that Zheng Xuan contacted the experts from Fudan's unearthed literature and the ancient text research center to put more levels for the glyph. Zheng Xuan was in trouble. Professor Liu Zhao, director of the Research Center, enjoys reputation in the academic community. be a volunteer"?

Zhang Xueli understood Zheng Xuan's difficulties. "Chinese Sign Language Department" has just passed the topic, manpower, funds, sign language discussions, cooperative units ... There are a lot of unresolved specific links, and Zheng Xuan needs to go to Zhang Luo. People with high demand. But Zhang Xueli also insisted: "We are all so difficult, so why not improve the difficulty?"

They all have groups of false readers in their hearts, that is, those children who have just begun to ring the traditional cultural treasure galaxy door in the traditional culture. With our book to the teacher, 'Look at it, this book is written like this!' "Zhang Xueli described the imagination scene, and the speed of speech accelerated a lot. "Ask for advice to be shameless, if the reader misleads, it is really shameful!" Thinking about this, Zheng Xuan took the courage and carefully worded, and wrote an email to Professor Liu Zhao. It didn't take long before she received a reply.

In the reply, Professor Liu Zhao was humble and frank. He browsed the first draft and discovered some questions in Chinese characters, and quickly agreed to wait until the complete manuscript was completely completed. There are only a few lines of mail content, but Liu Zhao did not forget to write down at the beginning of the letter: "Express and respect the spirit and contribution of dedication to your special education cause."

"Teacher Liu is really good!" Speaking of this letter, Zheng Xuan repeated over and over again. She has a strong ability to express, but when talking about people and things that move her, there will be a child like a child.

Because of Zheng Xuan's persistence and sincerity, professionals from various related fields agreed, and they agreed regardless of their rewards to add good materials and parts to the "small boat" who are still in the prototype.

Li Lihua didn't mind writing her name behind Zheng Xuan, and she was happy to serve as the second editor of the book. With the support of the Chinese Disabled Special Art Guidance Center, the three backbone actors of the Disabled Art Troupe, the dancer Guo Jiaju, Chen Jing, and Zhu Yue, as a sign language model, recorded the explanation video of the "Chinese Sign language Department".

From top to bottom, Guo Jiaju, Chen Jing, and Zhuyue

The "good voice" responsible for recitation was also found. They are "post -90s" Cao Qingguan and the ancient literature department of the ancient literature at the Hong Kong Baptist University. Cao Qingwan was 3rd, but his sign language and speaking were good. In 2008, he participated in the performance of sign language dance at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Paralympic Games. In 2013, he won the runner -up of "Super speaker". Zheng Xuan insisted on inviting these two hearing impaired young people to "voiced", that is, to prove: Except for "listening" in the general sense, deaf people can do everything, including passing the first -class exam of Mandarin.

The master of sign language in the hearing impaired painter, the master of the deaf group, the editor and consultant team with the experience of deaf basic education ... heard the blueprint painted by Zheng Xuan, learned the ambitions in her heart, like -minded people from Come in all directions. At the beginning of the "Chinese Sign language Department", everyone's names are listed one by one, full of three pages of paper.

"Talk about money"

Although Fudan University Publishing House has tried its best to help Zheng Xuan compress the cost, she still has to find a suitable funder to cover the entire cost of compiling recording, post -production and publishing and distribution links. After listening to Zheng Xuan's introduction, many commercial institutions have questioned the necessity of the book. "Who will buy a set of sign language books?"

Even some of the deaf friends around me did not understand her attachment to this set of books and promoting sign language. "You don't use sign language, orally?" Isn't the sign language pretty good?

Zheng Xuan was helpless but not annoyed. She said with a smile and said, "I was the same when I first learned. I deliberately spoke loudly while playing sign language, for fear that others thought I couldn't speak."

For Zheng Xuan, the process of thoroughly accepting the sign language is also the process of gradually identifying her deaf identity. The increasingly deeper research and understanding of the opponent's language allows her to completely reconcile her hearing impairment.

No one is an islands, among more than 27 million deaf people, and many of them need to rely on the sign language "Rush out of the island and integrate the crowd". It is still necessary to touch more nails.

Zheng Xuan, who was defeated repeatedly, called Zhang Xueli and discussed and "spit." At the time of the exhibition, they even started to think about it, or did they make up for them together?

Fortunately, there is a goal in front and a teammate in the rear. In the end, a public special education institution agreed with Zheng Xuan's concept of popularizing traditional culture and decided to provide financial support for the "Chinese Sign language Department". At the same time, Zheng Xuan's deaf friends and deaf students who worked in Chongqing that year, through a science and technology company, undertake the post -production business of sign language video less than half of the market price.

"manual"

Recalling the process of finding funding, Zheng Xuan's tone was a bit low. When it comes to translating Tang Shi in a sign language, her voice still raised unconsciously, and her eyes clearly lit up.

"Translation will definitely lose something. We chose 55 poems in the" sign language recitation Tang poem ', all of which are more specific. s work, We can only cut love. However, the charm of Tang Shi must not be lost, and he must also take the rhyme in sign language. "

In terms of linguistics, there are four major elements of sign language, hand shape, direction, location, and movement. Zheng Xuan and her team also proceed from these four elements. Rhythm.

The most intuitive is the rhyme with hand. Zheng Xuan adjusted the sitting position, opened his right hand five fingers, and compared the basic gesture of a number 5. "For example, this 5 -handed shape can express the meaning of" tree "," Zheng Xuan put his left hand under the elbow of his right arm, and gently shaking his right hand, the five fingers simulated the leaves in the wind, trembling slightly, "Also, too. It can be fog. "She opened her palms in her hands and shook in front of her eyes. "It can also be water waves." She pushed her right arm across her chest to the left, and her right palm was down. Let the same verses of the rhyme ended with the same hand shape, and the rhyme of the sign language is achieved.

In the 55 works included in the "Sign language recitation Tang poetry", Zheng Xuan "played" to the extreme through Jia Dao's "Finding Finder" rhyme.

"Panasonic asked the boy, and the romance took medicine. Only in this mountain, Yunshen did not know." The original poem 4 sentences and 20 words were all transformed into 5 hands and its variants -except Zheng Xuan demonstrated (Pan pine (Songs of Song Dynasty (Songtian (Songtian ) The clouds and clouds around the mountains can also be pressed in front of the body, representing a short boy; bending five fingers on the basis of the original hand shape, the palm of the palm out, and pushing forward from the ears, it means the meaning of inquiries; both hands are hit by both hands. The curved 5 -handed shape, grabbing the two "invisible" straps in the front of the shoulders, can also refer to the hermit master who is carrying the bamboo basket on the mountain; finally spread out his hands, shook his head and shook his shoulders confused. People can also see that that is, "I don't know".

Sign language rhyme is originally a rare creation for reference. It is difficult to compose a poem with a hand shape, and the difficulty is above the simple rhyme. Zheng Xuan told reporters that the creativity of "same -shaped poems" originated from the famous linguist in our country and the "father of modern linguistics" Mr. Zhao Yuan Ren written by Mr. Zhao Yuan Ren in the 1930s- "The History of Shi Shi Lion" Essence The full text, together with a total of more than 100 words, is pronounced in each word.

"I tried many times, and in the end I only made the same poem" The Hidden Finder "." Zheng Xuan said a little embarrassedly, in fact, this is beyond the category of "translation with poetry", which is more similar to In text games. "But a hand shape can fully reproduce the scene in the poem. This is very interesting!" Her face showed the joy of the artist to engrave the satisfactory work. During the period of translation, Zheng Xuan was really like Jia Dao who knocked on a poem with a donkey. Every time she had a leisure time, she was full of poems and hands ...

In order to make this set of books better serve the teachers and students of deaf schools, Zheng Xuan contacted Nanjing Deaf School. The deaf school founded in 1927 was the first public special education school in my country's history. "This is a good thing." The principal Chen Yuanqing nodded again and again. The school decided to provide teachers and technical support.

In order to ensure the accuracy of the translation, Nanjing Deaf School has repeatedly organized front -line teachers, senior experts and social deaf people to participate in the discussion. On a photo of the discussion, the participants sat in a circle. The former vice president Zhu Juling stayed with short hair and wore a blue jacket, and his two hands had one hand shape.

The second right is Zhu Juling

"President Zhu has retired, and he also made a special trip back to the school to participate in the discussion." Zheng Xuan repeatedly told reporters that she should have thanked to Nanjing to thank the deaf educated predecessors. But during that time, she was busy in Beijing, and she was too busy.

Zheng Xuan also formed a small "sign language guidance group" to consider and optimize the sign language explanations of each volume. The team members are deaf teachers from all over the world. They interpret a sign language of an ancient text and a Tang poem. They give each other to give Zheng Xuan separately according to their own understanding. The best version.

In charge of "The Analects of Reading" The Analects of Confucius ", the deaf teacher Yang Ling was demonstrated. During the editing process, she and Zheng Xuan communicated in the form of video and play again and again. After doing a book, Zheng Xuan checked the online disk transmission records and found that "our video files, there will Thousands of times! "

"Test water"

At the end of August 2021, Zheng Xuan was also pierced in the studio of the Chinese Disabled Art Troupe. The bad news from the Nanjing Deaf School suddenly came. The old principal Zhu Juling died of emergency illness. Add black boxes. "

Zheng Xuan posted in the circle of friends to mourn. The "thank you" who failed to declare it, which became the pain in her heart, and an important reason for her to make the "Chinese Sign Language Department".

In September of the same year, the book was not yet come out. Nearly in front of it, a certain amount of sales must be reached within the pre -sale period.

Zheng Xuan and her editorial team are facing tremendous pressure: no matter how well you do, no matter how beautiful the sign language is, it is difficult to become a need for a sign language.

"Will anyone come to buy it? Will anyone click on booking?" Zhang Xueli said, she can feel that, like her, "without confidence, there is really no confidence."

During the three months of "flush", Zheng Xuan's state returned to the days when he "talked about money" with people, and he must persist in difficulties. "When pre -sale to 800 books, I can't get it."

It was a deaf friend of Zheng Xuan who brought a transfer to the entire pre -sale. "He thinks the book is very practical, so he has made two recommended videos. His video audience mainly deaf deaf people relying on sign language communication, and the rest of the books are sold at once."

Because of the strict school review process and fine audio and video post -production, it has been delayed. In December last year, the "Chinese Sign language Department" failed to come out as scheduled.

Zheng Xuan is a heavy person. She feels that she is "not efficient enough" to delay the "construction period" and be ashamed of readers. Probably because of self -blame. In an interview with a reporter, Zheng Xuan would be angry and throwing out the phrase "the next one can't do it."

"She can't." Zhang Xueli knew her girlfriend best. If she was a person who could give up and said no, she would not become Zheng Xuan today.

In January of this year, after finishing the final publishing process, after recording the promotional videos, and finishing various tribute and thanks, Zheng Xuan finally accompanied the "Chinese Sign Language Department" to the reader. Linguist Li Yuming was moved by the rigorous persistence of the editors, and was glad to preface the book.

Xu is all the pressure and exhaustion. After the book was officially released, a heavy cold made Teacher Zheng, who was unable to stay idle, had to "lie down" for a month. Ping is a "likes" of friends, students, scholars, and even strange readers.

"In the future class, there are ancient poems, and there will be reference information!" A deaf school teacher sent a circle of friends and said that the picture was the book of "Chinese Sign language".

On the National Disabled Day in May, a traditional cultural classic reading sharing activity of hearing impaired people was held in Wuhan.

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