The First Release of Complete Works of Wang Zengqi: It took eight years to collect all the written works of Wang Zengqi

People's Daily Online, Beijing, January 14 The Complete Works of Wang Zengqi, created by the People's Literature Society after eight years of passion, was recently released.

Wang Zengqi (1920-1997), born in Gaoyou, Jiangsu Province, is a famous contemporary Chinese writer. He began to publish his works in 1940. His creative career has lasted for half a century and spanned two eras. He inherited the new cultural tradition of the May 4th Movement, learned from Shen Congwen, and later started the trend of thought of root seeking literature returning to national tradition. His creation involves novels, essays, dramas, literary theories, poems in both old and new styles, and has achieved high artistic achievements. The works are deeply loved by Chinese and foreign readers, and are also the object of general concern of literary researchers.

At the new book press conference, Mr. Wang Zengqi's fans lined up to buy books. Mr. Wang Lang, the son of Mr. Wang Zengqi, also brought Mr. Wang Zengqi's seal to seal for the readers who bought books on the spot. On behalf of Mr. Wang Zengqi's descendants, Wang Lang expressed his gratitude to the Humanities Society and "Wang fans". "It is because so many readers love Wang Zengqi's works that the publication of this series of books has higher value and stronger practical significance."

Sun Yu, Dean of the School of Literature of Renmin University of China, believes that Wang Zengqi's works summon the warmest part of Chinese culture and are the most urgently needed spiritual nutrition in our society. His writing is full of wisdom and charm, finding beauty from the secular society, and transcending the secular. The publication of Complete Works will not only promote the development of modern and contemporary literature discipline, but also enable young people, as well as generations of people, to enter his world through reading his works, so as to love our culture more.

The editing and proofreading team of Wang Zengqi's Complete Works is determined to create high-quality works, mobilize social forces, organize experts and scholars, and carefully compile the lost, identify the true and false, collate and annotate. There are three highlights of Complete Works: first, the most collected works. There are not only new lost articles and letters, but also the manuscripts published by Mr. Wang Zengqi for the first time, as well as the folk literature works processed by him. All of Wang Zengqi's written works have been collected. Secondly, pay attention to the basic copy and collate well. The literary works in the complete works shall be collated on the basis of the originally published newspaper version (unpublished works and letters shall be based on manuscripts and mimeographed copies), and on the basis of the better works or manuscripts compiled and published by the author himself or others before his death. Strive to create a new "good book" of Wang Zengqi's works. Thirdly, each article has a caption. The Complete Works annotates the version information for each work of Mr. Wang Zengqi. The caption explains the original and included works, text changes, pen names and other version information; The letter caption introduces the recipient's profile; Some poems have explained the necessary creation background and poem title in the notes. Through the caption, Mr. Wang Zengqi has basically clarified the version of each work.

It is reported that the Complete Works of Wang Zengqi has collected all of Mr. Wang Zengqi's literary works, letters, postscripts and other daily documents, totaling more than 4 million words. (Zhong Ni)