Cheng Wenxian: A admirable old man

Speaking of Cheng Wenxian's name, many people will feel strange. However, when it comes to "Farmers' Textbook" (Zhuangwen Edition) and "Cadre Textbook" (Zhuangwen Edition), in Guangxi, especially middle -aged and elderly people aged 50 or 60, they are no stranger to them, because many people are many people The readers of these two books were entered into the door of Zhuangwen through these two books. Cheng Wenxian is the writer, tutor, and editor of these two books.

Teacher Cheng Wenxian and I met in 2017. That year was the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Guangxi National Publishing House. At that time, I first learned Zhuangwen, and a knowledgeable colleague pointed at a simple old man wearing a simple old man and introduced me: "Xiao Lu, this is the old director and editor of the Zhuangwen editor room. You have to ask him more. "I walked in front of Teacher Cheng, and said," Hello Teacher Cheng! I am a beginner of Zhuangwen, please give me more advice. "Teacher Cheng said kindly," Learn well and publish our Zhuangwen books well. " With the encouragement of Teacher Cheng, I simply sang the Zhuangyu children's song "Fishing Frog" in the lobby on the first floor of the unit. Immediately, Teacher Cheng took the lead in applauding me, which inspired me to learn a good job.

Teacher Cheng Wenxian's recent photos

Time turns to Yoyo to April 18, 2022, so I have the opportunity to visit Teacher Cheng. Although he was nearly a hundred years old, Teacher Cheng was still mentally spiritual. Referring to the story of his and Zhuangwen, he can still talk about it. In 1953, he graduated from Guangxi University and stayed in school to work in Chinese teaching. In 1954, at that time, Qin Ying, chairman of the Guixi Zhuang Autonomous Prefecture, had the opportunity to meet him and asked him to participate in the Zhuang language investigation led by experts and professors of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He is a Zhuang people who have lived in Zhuangxiang since he was a child. From a young age, he was a careless person who focused on the historical and culture of the Zhuang people. Therefore, he immediately obeyed the organization arrangement, transferred to the language committee, participated in the working group of Zhuangyu South Road, and arrived at Longzhou, Ningming, Chongzuo, Daxin, Tian, ​​etc. Bao, Jingxi and Shangsi and other counties have overcome all kinds of difficulties, collect Zhuang language vocabulary (notes), and record mountain songs, stories, etc. In March 1955, he discussed the formulation of the "Zhuangwen Plan" with experts and professors to write "Zhuang Han Vocabulary" and "Zhuang language and grammar". This is just as he wrote in a poem: "Recalling the year/we carried a card/with a recorder/under the leadership of a professor and experts/traveled to the north and south of Zhuangxiang/recorded more than 3,000 strong words vocabulary/recorded More than five hundred sentences of strong language dialects/and mountain song stories/where we go/someone understands/some people support/some people white eyes/some people ridicule/we do not shake/work silently/more than a year/collect and organize The information out/laying the foundation for the development of a scientific sturdy text. "Subsequently, he opened a class to taught Zhuang Wen in the nearby martial arts county at the time. In order to promote Zhuangwen and train cadres, in March 1956, Guixi Zhuangwen School was established. He obeyed the organization arrangements and came to school to teach. There, he and the teachers wrote their own textbooks, studied teaching methods by themselves, and taught themselves. It can be said that at that time, all this work was in a difficult exploration stage.

However, a person's life is not smooth sailing, and there will always be difficult frustrations. For historical reasons, he was forced to leave the teaching altar and move towards the "new" life. In August 1958, he was sent to the farm for education, and then stayed for employment. Since 1966, he was sent back to his hometown to produce labor. It is commendable that in the twenty years from 1958 to 1978, he made a sunrise every day, and he went to the sun and went to the sun. He still did not forget to learn strong text. At that time, the conditions were very difficult, and it was difficult for him to get a piece of paper and a pen. However, he was still not overwhelmed by the very unfavorable environment at the time. As long as he is a little idle every day, he takes stones or branches as a pen, and writes strong text on the ground or slate. He wrote and wiped, wiped and wrote, wrote wipes, and silently learned Zhuang Wen, and was always ready to return to the platform of Zhuangwen's promotion.

Opportunities are only those who are prepared. In the late 1970s, he was vindicated and arranged to teach a middle school in a middle school. At that time, he used the multilingual comparative method of Zhuanghan to teach Chinese lessons. The students understood better and received well. In 1981, he obeyed the arrangement and came to work in Guangxi National Publishing House. Because he has been working hard to learn Zhuangwen and Chinese for more than 20 years, and to lay a solid foundation for the bilingual of Zhuang Han, as soon as he returns to the post of Zhuangwen, he can fully preside over translation of primary and secondary school textbooks. In the same year, he edited and published the "Farmers' Textbook" (Zhuangwen) (Zhuangwen Edition), etc., based on the self -edited textbooks at Guixi Zhuangwen School and the valuable experience of self -taught teaching. welcome. From 1981 to 1988, he achieved extraordinary results in Guangxi National Publishing House. According to statistics, he has translated more than 5 million words, more than 8 million words of review, more than 50 editors, and sorting out the folk song "Bitter Song" (Zhuangwen), compiled the Chinese teacher's textbook "Translation and Writing" with people, and also "translation and writing". The National Daily, "March 3", wrote more than 50 folk songs and more than 10 folk stories, and made due contributions to the promotion of Zhuangwen.

The author interviews in the old man of Cheng Wenxian

The ancients said: "Lao Zheng is strong, poor and strong." In 1988, after the retirement of Teacher Cheng, he could have enjoyed his old age, but he still loved the Zhuangwen book publishing business.Ye Ye was busy working for Zhuangwen.It wasn't until 1990 that he went to the Guangxi National Printing Factory to lead the school to the backdrop. On the way back, he unfortunately encountered a car accident and caused a fracture of the leg. He had to leave his job reluctantly and retired "formally".Although some people can't meet often, we will often miss it.Teacher Cheng Wenxian is such a person.Although he didn't meet many, whenever he thought of obeying the organization arrangement, he was a public life, regardless of his personal gains and losses, and worked hard to overcome difficulties, and worked hard for the creation and promotion of Zhuangwen.

Source: Guangxi Ethnic Daily | Author: Lu Xiuchun | Capture: Chen Xiaoyu

Responsible editor: Huang Yun | Audit: Wei Yingchen | Review: Liang Qing | Supervision: Wei Xiuan

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