Writer Jiang Rong won the first Mann Asian Literature Award for his book Wolf Totem, which was based on his real experience of jumping the queue in Inner Mongolia. Entrusted by Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House, Jiang Rong announced that he would donate all the prize money of 1 10,000 US dollars to Inner Mongolia grassland. It is understood that the story of Mongolian grassland wolf described by Jiang Rong in Wolf Totem is an environmental and ecological problem that he has been worried about for many years, and it is also his reflection on China's national character. Jiang Rong was very pleased with the attention of the judges of the Asian Literature Awards, and said, "I always hope that I can not only write beautiful stories, but also surpass the original China literary model and make my works have a broader world perspective and universal value. I will donate all this $10,000 bonus to the Inner Mongolia grassland. " Jiang Rong, who is not a writer, sang with "Wolf Totem" all the way, which not only set a new record for the release of China's novels, but also kept going to the world and won the praise and attention of the world literary world. When China literature was confused about how to go global, Wolf Totem won the Asian Literature Award again, and a series of achievements showed that Wolf Totem has become a successful literary work going global. Why are the works of China's most powerful writers ignored by the world, while those of non-mainstream amateur writers are unpopular? How does Wolf Totem create the abnormal law of China literature? Beating Mo Yan to win the first Asian Literature Prize in 2007 was announced in China on June 1 10. Writer Jiang Rong won the prize for his novel Wolf Totem, and won 1 10,000 USD. Wolf Totem has made amazing sales in China in recent years. Its author Jiang Rong is 62 years old this year. During the Cultural Revolution, he was one of the earliest intellectuals in Inner Mongolia grassland. His experience of jumping the queue is as long as 1 1 year. The book Wolf Totem is based on Jiang Rong's personal experience at that time. This book discusses the position of human beings in nature by describing the stories of herders on the remote grasslands in Inner Mongolia and their relationship with wolves. Due to health reasons, Jiang Rong was unable to attend the awards dinner held in Hong Kong on June 5438+00, but he said in a statement that he was very happy to win the award and hoped that the award would inspire more Asian writers. Jiang Rong said that he spent 30 years thinking and 6 years writing Wolf Totem, and his only wish was to write a fascinating story. It is reported that from June last year 165438+ 10 to the end of March this year, a total of 243 works were submitted by the publishing house to participate in the Mann Asian Literature Award, of which 23 works entered the shortlist. After that, the organizing committee of the contest announced five finalists at the end of June 5438+ 10 this year, and the works of domestic writers Mo Yan and Xiao Guoguo who were shortlisted were eliminated. According to Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House, the publisher of Wolf Totem, the English copyright of the book has been purchased by British Penguin Publishing House, and the English version of the book will be released worldwide in March 2008. Such an achievement is beyond the reach of mainstream writers. The name of amateur Jiang Rong, the magical author of literature, suddenly appeared in front of everyone. Before his works were published, almost no one paid attention to who he was. As Mr. Qian Zhongshu said humorously: If you think taking eggs is delicious, you must look at the chickens that lay eggs. It is after reading this thrilling work that people want to know more about the author's background. And this background makes everyone feel incredible-he is not a professional novelist, and his main business is closely related to novels. It turns out that such a great work is actually the first work of an amateur author. Jiang Rong's resume can't be simpler: 58 years old. Beijingers. A researcher at a university in Beijing. Main business: political economy, mainly political science. 1967 volunteered to jump the queue in Oroqen grassland, Inner Mongolia. 1978 back to the city. 1979 was admitted to the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The work Wolf Totem: 197 1 was written by heart in Dongwuzhumuqin Grassland, Ximeng, Inner Mongolia. The first draft of 1997 is in Beijing. Finalized in Beijing at the end of 2003. Published in April 2004. Wolf Totem was very popular after it was published in 2004. The media used words full of surprises: "It only appeared for five days, and it quickly climbed to the top of the list of major bookstores", "It sold 50,000 copies in half a month", "It was pirated within five days", "Ditan Book Market was the best seller" and "Do you know where Wolf Totem is sold as soon as readers enter Ditan Gate?" "A few days ago, I heard that all the media were discussing and recommending Wolf Totem, and many politicians and business people had one." ... so I can't tell that the source of this news is false, but it did come. Watch the serial on Sina. Com came again, attracting netizens to follow the posts, and the cheers and curses gradually increased, and then they argued clearly with each other. The controversial author became invisible with the hot sale of his works. The controversy first comes from academia. As a part of the novel, everyone unanimously praised its spiritual temperament, grand narrative and language skills. However, everyone doubts the theme of the work. "Wolf Totem" wrote: "Once the Chinese nation weakens in the farming environment, Father Tengger singer, who is strict and loving, will send a wolf-like nomadic people into the Central Plains to give blood transfusion to the farming people like sheep, instilling strong and enterprising wolf blood again and again, so that the Chinese nation can be revived again and again." One post is so sensational and critical: "Wolf Totem" preaches that "nomadic people have donated blood for the Han nationality many times in order to continue Chinese civilization". These remarks are really shameless. It is a blasphemy against civilization and a praise for barbarism! Subverting history and trampling on justice! ! ! /kloc-in the 0/2nd century, Europeans were in a brutal era of darkness and chaos. What Kelpolo saw and praised was not the miracle of civilization established by Mongols, but the lucky legacy of Song civilization. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the British envoy Macartney said in his diary: "China" has not progressed or advanced, or more precisely, has not regressed, since the northern or Manchu Tatar conquest, at least in the past 150 years; When we advance in the field of art and science every day, they are actually becoming semi-barbarians. "The primitive people who were backward at the lower level brought splendid civilization to the upper level only by retrogression and backwardness, not progress and progress. History tells us with facts that the repeated invasions and destruction by nomadic people have set Chinese civilization back. Make the Chinese nation far ahead of the world and far behind the world. The Yuan Dynasty was behind the Song Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty was behind the Ming Dynasty. Some commentators pointed out: "He also expounded some grand historical views and values". For example, "Han people in China are farming and herbivores, and they are afraid of wolves and hate them in their bones. How can they worship the wolf totem? "? The Han people in China worship the dragon totem, and the dragon king is in charge of the lifeblood of agriculture. They can only worship, fear and submit. How dare you learn, protect, worship and kill wolves like Mongols? People's totems can really inspire their national spirit and personality. The national character of farming people and nomadic people is too different. "Such exciting words abound. It is this that leads more and more people to express "disagreement", and even some words: "This statement may only meet the public's demand for a simple and popular view of history, which can be said to be an impassioned kitsch." In the face of controversy, the author still rarely appeared "never interviewed by reporters, never participated in distribution publicity activities", and even the invisible author who was absent from the work seminar has always been a mystery of the wolf totem, only vaguely knowing that he is a scholar and has been an educated youth in Inner Mongolia grassland 1 1 year. "Don't take photos, don't talk about life experiences, and don't provide information other than a wolf totem" is the author's promise. Even at the awarding ceremony of the Asian Literature Prize, the author still chose to avoid it. So low-key, people think of the personality and indifference of literati. This is really something that fits the style of the work. When the real power of human themes locates works, some people attribute them to works of natural ecology, and this classification is still rare. Wolf Totem seems to be difficult to classify with traditional themes. It is more realistic and profound than novels, more grand and vivid than prose, and more detailed, plot and story than reportage. Wolf Totem is a realistic work of natural ecologism. When reading "Wolf Totem", your first impression is true, extremely lifelike and vivid, with thrilling scene description and extraordinary brushwork. This is the greatest charm of Wolf Totem, and it is also a prerequisite for it to become a world literary work. Whether Wolf Totem can be written so vividly is closely related to the author's unique experience. It seems that life experience is always the source of literature. Wolf Totem is a big theme work, which shows the process of harmonious coexistence and mutual game between man and nature, animals and human beings. Symbolism is still the most basic. We can't simply define the theme of the work as an eulogy of the wolf culture, which is just the surface of the work. The deep moral is to show the big theme of the game with human beings through the tenacious struggle of wolves. The theme of Wolf Totem accords with the universal theme of world literature. The success of Wolf Totem shows that literature is not a crash, but the accumulation of life, experience and experience. Literature needs slow cooking. A Dream of Red Mansions is the masterpiece of the author's life, while The Wolf Totem was conceived and written for many years. Accelerated literature has no long-term vitality. I suggest you read the classic American writer Thinking Like a Mountain. The author Orr Doglio's idea of spreading morality has an amazing fit with Wolf Totem. "In the last 30 years, in the United States, from the perspective of awakening people's awareness of environmental protection, it is obvious that there is a book that bears the brunt, because it expresses an almost immortal ecology and ethics about people and land. Aldo leopold's Yearbook of Shaxiang —— A thin booklet published by 1949. This short and concise essay on natural philosophy is the crystallization of aldo's observation, experience and thinking all his life, which contains the essence of the author's land ethics. The articles in the book, by describing their relationship with the land, find more and more readers who are willing to accept his new ideas among those readers who have never been to Shaxiang, Wisconsin and are not familiar with the places described in the book. The American version of this book has sold more than 6.5438+0 million copies, and his land ethics has become the basis for the action purposes of many national environmental protection organizations and government agencies. " The author originally thought that "where there is no wolf, it is a hunter's paradise". When people killed all their wolves state by state, did heaven appear? What happened? The price of mankind is that the destroyed grassland is difficult to recover. Cattle herders kill wolves in the pasture, not wolves, to adjust the number of cattle to suit their pasture work. The article tells the fate of wolves being hunted and the ecological consequences left by wolves being destroyed. The plain narration makes people gradually realize the ecological value and life significance contained in Wolf Howl. The disappearance of wolves means blowing a farewell horn for a certain living condition, which means that our descendants have lost a valuable living experience-human killing animals has caused irreparable degradation of grassland and alpine vegetation. Selfish human beings have paid the price of ecological environment deterioration for the progress of so-called material civilization, but left a scarred earth. Leopold's compassion and anxiety in the article show readers a noble and sensitive heart. After reading this article, you should be able to hear Leopold shout loudly. Writers of different times and different cultural backgrounds are expressing the same theme of mankind. We miss the time when there were wolves. Where have all the wolves gone? Praise for the wolf totem is actually a call for a beautiful natural ecology. Understanding the wolf totem from this new level will be suddenly enlightened. Music is the universal password of people all over the world, and literary spirit is also the common aesthetic spirit beyond the language barrier world. Wolf Totem has become a world work, warning China writers that they need the same forging process and time as Wolf Totem to accumulate life.