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1、88Chapter3trajectoryofthedevelopmentofzhiqingfictionproveshowdifficultitwasforthisgenerationtoletgooftheiridealism.Thewriters’initial,thoroughnegationoftheirlifeaszhiqinginthelate1970swasquicklyreplacedintheearly1980sbymuchmoreupbeatstoriesemphasizingthepositiveinfluencelife
2、inthecountrysidehadhadontheirmoraldevelopmentandmaturation.Allwasnotlost.Theculturefeverinthemid-1980s,withitsstrongutopianbent,offeredthezhiqingwritersasecondchancetoreturntothemainstream,thusreassertingtheirpresenceinsociety.Nowonderthexungenwritersinvariablyidentifiedthe“
3、roots”ofauthenticChinesetraditionandanalternativeroutetoculturalmodernizationintheremotecountryside.HavingbeenfirstcentralizedandlatermarginalizedbyCommunistpoli-tics,thezhiqingwritersturnedtheirperipheralizedexperienceintothecen-teroftheculturalexplorationthroughthexungenpr
4、oject.Inhisarticleonthe“rootsofliterature,”HanShaogong,besideslocatingaspartofChina’sculturalrootsthechucultureinHunan,wherehespentsixyears,alsomen-tionstheTempleofQuYuanandQuYuan’sfamouspoem“Lisao”(Onencounteringsorrow).Wecansensepsychologicalidentificationwiththearchetypal
5、figureofhuaicaibuyu(withtalentandnopositiontouseit)inChinesehistory.20ToHanandtheformersent-downyouths,theidealismandsenseofmissionthatfiredthemintoenthusiasticallyparticipatinginthe“rusticationmovement”(atleastinitsearlystage)remainedasalvage-ableelementthatcouldhelpthemrep
6、ositionthemselvesintheNewEra.Thoughculturalexplorationreplacedsocialistconstructionasthegoalofthexungenproject,themotivationofthewritersstayedthesame.TheCulturalRevolutiondestroyedtheirfaithinMaoism,butitdidlittletoassuagetheirsenseofdutyasintellectualstotheirnationandtheirp
7、eople.Havinghadtheirlivesintimatelyintertwinedwiththeupsanddownsofsocialdevelopment,thezhiqingwriters,likeotherChineseintellectuals,couldnotseparatetheirindividualfatefromthatofthenation.Totheirgeneration,involvementinthewelfareofChinahadanexistentialsignifi-cance.Therealiza
8、tionthatideologicalmonopolywasasocialmechanismofpowercontributingtoMao’sdic
