In fact, Zhu Jihai once taught academic leaders. In 1990s, he was employed by Suzhou Railway Teachers College to give lectures to leaders of literature, history and fine arts. Nanjing University also asked him to give lessons to teachers.
However, Zhu Jihai did not become a formal employee of any unit after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Why is this? In that case, at least you can ensure that you have enough to eat and wear and don't have to worry about your livelihood.
Zhu Jihai replied: "At that time, I could still do things. I don't need those things. What I need is time. Since before the Cultural Revolution, I have studied politics three times a week, so I have no time for myself. This is a choice. If you do this, you can't do that. I wasn't in the library or museum at the time, but I was watching things at my friend's house. "
He added, "If there had been a position at that time, I might not have seen me today." At that time, from the founding of New China to the end of the Cultural Revolution, cultural celebrities were deposed and persecuted in all previous movements. Zhu Jihai fled to the suburbs of Suzhou twice, and once he got the news that he was going to be criticized.
Zhu Jihai's calligraphy is a must, and many people come to buy it, but it is said that he loves his own handwriting and is even stingy, and refuses to write easily; Even if someone invited him to dinner or helped him, he wouldn't write.
For this statement, Zhu Jihai seems very indifferent. He told reporters that when he was asked to write in his early years, he just raised his pen and wrote, not seriously, but "I won't write now."
"In the 1990s, they asked me to write. In a cemetery in the suburbs of Suzhou, there are three archways, each with four characters on it. One was written by Qi Gong, one was written by Zhao Puchu, and the other was written by me. A thousand dollars a word is easy, but I refused. I said I wouldn't write now. What is the reason? It's not about money. I dare not write ten thousand. I'm going to go over and see for myself. "
Why can't you write? Zhu Jihai is vague. From the words of Yu Ming who has taken care of Zhu Jihai for a long time, we may get part of the answer: Zhu Jihai's hand was injured and almost broke, and there was no money for treatment at that time, leaving a sequela. "He was so poor that he became cotton trousers."
Yu Ming, a former propaganda minister of Suzhou City, has always been very concerned about Zhu Jihai's work and life, and also wrote an article on Zhu Jihai's Idiot. According to Yu Ming, Zhu Jihai's difficulties in life are also related to his own personality. He once asked Suzhou Museum to give Zhu Jihai the title of consultant, so that Zhu Jihai could get a little money every month. But Zhu Jihai didn't come to collect money. "I told the curator that I would send the money to Zhu Jihai's home in the first month and he would collect it himself in the second month. Sure enough. This is the temper of intellectuals. "
Yu Ming said that on another occasion, several enthusiastic people wanted to introduce Zhu Jihai as a member of the Jiangsu Provincial Museum of Literature and History. They recommended Xu Fu, a linguist, and accidentally called Xu Fu Zhu Jihai's brother. Zhu Jihai was unhappy and said, "He is a disciple of my eldest brother Huang Kan. How can he be my brother? "
It is understood that Zhu Jihai's current fixed income is more than 400 yuan per month of the Propaganda Department of Suzhou Municipal Committee, which was originally more than 400 yuan per month 100 yuan, and he was named as a "worker-peasant alliance consultant". "Afraid he starved to death. If this really happens, our sin will be great. " Yu Ming said.
In the 1980s and 1990s, some female scholars and writers spontaneously organized themselves to take care of this cultural old man, invited him out to eat to improve his food, and took him to the hospital for medical treatment. "Zhu Jihai never refuses to treat people to dinner. He likes eating meat. "
It is said that the old people do some proofreading work and get some pocket money from time to time for publishing institutions such as Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House. Zhu Jihai lives at Guanqian Street 1 Suzhou. Guanqian Street is a famous tourist shopping area in Suzhou, with a lot of traffic and people. Zhu Jihai's house is a two-story old blue brick house with a combination of Chinese and western styles, and some places have cracked. There is a river between it and the road. The side of other houses facing the river is painted white, but Zhu Jihai's is still blue, like a beard. This house was left by his old father.
If the noisy environment seriously interferes with his sleep and work, then the disharmony with his family makes Zhu Jihai's old age more difficult to lead a normal family life. He has a son and two daughters. The eldest daughter is in poor health and is ill. My wife is still alive, a simple and kind woman with little education. Although living in a house, Zhu Jihai and his family are strangers. Mr. Ji Ke, who is familiar with their housework, said that instead of eating with his family, he basically solved it himself; But his family helped him wash clothes.
According to Ji Ke's observation and speculation, the root of the contradiction is largely due to economic problems. Although Zhu Jihai has a great reputation, he can't bring practical benefits to his family. The financial burden at home has always been heavy. "On the level of secular life, he is almost a basket case. Can we say that he is an irresponsible man for his wife and children? "
Zhu Guangming, the son of Zhu Jihai, is a simple middle-aged man. His occupation is reading meters. Although living in poverty, he still insists on buying books and reading.
As a book friend from afar, the reporter walked into Guanqian Street 1 in Suzhou to visit Zhu Guangming's book collection. The study is also a bedroom, all the furniture has become bookcases, and even the beds are full of books. Zhu Guangming said that he had to move the books on the table to the bed because he had to practice calligraphy today. He was chosen as a famous bibliophile in Suzhou.
Zhu Guangming's obsession with books is undoubtedly influenced by his father. But he insisted on not saying a word about his father and any topic related to his father. When others were talking about his father, he also looked indifferent and said nothing. He also doesn't like his family talking about his father with outsiders.
Ji Ke said that Zhu Jihai is very demanding of children and rarely gives encouragement or praise. He doesn't like his children to do things outside with their own names; His children have never benefited from his fame.
There is a computer in Zhu Guangming's room, which belongs to the grandson of his son Zhu Jihai. He graduated from college and engaged in gardening, but he was not interested in reading or collecting books at home. Of course, this has also eased the severe domestic economic situation.
Next to Zhu Guangming's bedroom, there is a flight of stairs extending into the darkness. At the end of the stairs is Zhu Jihai's room. No one is allowed to enter this room except Zhu Jihai himself, including his family. No one knows how he spends a long time alone in the house every day and how many academic treasures are hidden inside. According to people who have rarely been to this room, it is just a bed except a pile of books. At the back of Zhu Jihai's room, two windows are open high; The only air conditioner in the house is installed on the front.
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