劉釗林
前不久,在浙江慈溪舉行的第二屆網(wǎng)絡(luò)文學(xué)雙年獎(jiǎng)?lì)C獎(jiǎng)大會(huì)上,網(wǎng)絡(luò)文學(xué)新銳、紹興籍作家蓮青漪原創(chuàng)的《狼毫小筆》,因歷史與現(xiàn)實(shí)、山水與玄幻結(jié)合完美,使中國優(yōu)秀傳統(tǒng)文化在小說中大放異彩,一舉摘得優(yōu)秀獎(jiǎng)。
雙年獎(jiǎng)是目前全國網(wǎng)絡(luò)文學(xué)最高獎(jiǎng),兩年評一次?!独呛列」P》是蓮青漪的首部網(wǎng)絡(luò)小說,一參賽就獲此殊榮,很難得,蓮青漪因此被邀入駐位于杭州的中國網(wǎng)絡(luò)作家村。
站在弘揚(yáng)中華傳統(tǒng)文化的風(fēng)口
中共中央、國務(wù)院2017年出臺(tái)了《關(guān)于實(shí)施中華優(yōu)秀傳統(tǒng)文化傳承發(fā)展工程的意見》,提出要豐富中國特色、中國風(fēng)格、中國氣派的文化產(chǎn)品,實(shí)施網(wǎng)絡(luò)文藝創(chuàng)作傳播計(jì)劃,推動(dòng)網(wǎng)絡(luò)文學(xué)、網(wǎng)絡(luò)劇等傳承發(fā)展中華優(yōu)秀傳統(tǒng)文化。
《狼毫小筆》無疑站在了弘揚(yáng)優(yōu)秀中華傳統(tǒng)文化的風(fēng)口,它承載的思想正好契合了國家大政方針,它表達(dá)的方式正是時(shí)代所好。因?yàn)橹袊W(wǎng)絡(luò)文學(xué)近年雖然發(fā)展快速,但缺少精品化、深內(nèi)涵、有思想、有文采的作品,大部分作品同質(zhì)化嚴(yán)重,套路文居多,缺乏文化承載的能力。所以,《狼毫小筆》,就是網(wǎng)絡(luò)文學(xué)的發(fā)展方向。
前不久,中國作協(xié)原副主席、網(wǎng)絡(luò)文學(xué)委員會(huì)主任陳崎嶸特意趕到紹興,參加《狼毫小筆》的媒體采訪座談會(huì)。他說,《狼毫小筆》是一部文化內(nèi)涵豐富的山水玄幻作品,作者以欣賞的目光,來撰寫自己對歷史文化和稽山鑒水的獨(dú)特感受,文筆靈動(dòng),情懷濃郁,鄉(xiāng)愁無限,有點(diǎn)小清新,充滿淡淡的憂傷,思想性和可讀性都極強(qiáng),為網(wǎng)絡(luò)文學(xué)吹來了一股清新之風(fēng)。
他說,《狼毫小筆》既有大容量的中國傳統(tǒng)文化承載,又有時(shí)尚的傳播模式,是中華民族在這個(gè)時(shí)代最需要的文學(xué),希望更多這樣的好網(wǎng)絡(luò)作品和新生代網(wǎng)絡(luò)作家加快冒出來,引領(lǐng)網(wǎng)絡(luò)文學(xué)的主旋律。
深研史學(xué)踏勘現(xiàn)場打磨精品
蓮青漪,紹興長大,杭州讀高中,新西蘭上大學(xué),曾經(jīng)在上海工作過,現(xiàn)就職于香港一家出版社。這次獲獎(jiǎng)的奇幻小說《狼毫小筆之云門香雪1》,總字?jǐn)?shù)約50余萬字。
小說的故事脈絡(luò)為:年輕的插畫家宋思源,在父母離世后,聽從父親遺訓(xùn),帶著遺產(chǎn),離開居住已久的上海,回到紹興老家的平水鎮(zhèn)。由于他的到來,觸發(fā)了自己家族遠(yuǎn)在宋代結(jié)下的人仙契約。當(dāng)他從爺爺手中接過可以自由穿越時(shí)空的狼毫小筆時(shí),才明白了自己家族的特殊性。于是,在鄉(xiāng)間,他為保護(hù)家鄉(xiāng)山水靈脈,經(jīng)歷了一系列奇怪的靈異事件,與狼毫小筆的仙靈諸夏、好友許誠,以及若耶洞天眾多仙靈一起,穿越六朝,縱橫九州,撥開歷史迷霧尋求真相。
小說的最大亮點(diǎn)是突破了穿越小說的套路限制,從年輕人喜歡的視角出發(fā),巧妙地以紹興平水宋家店、云門寺、蘭亭、會(huì)稽湖等地為背景,通過穿越、神化等表現(xiàn)手法,將古代紹興深厚的歷史文化、民間風(fēng)情、人文掌故等,融于故事情節(jié)中,通篇流淌著紹興傳統(tǒng)文化的清泉,讓人身臨其境。在小說中,王獻(xiàn)之、謝靈運(yùn)、皎然、秦系、晏殊、趙構(gòu)、陸游、辛棄疾、劉伯溫等歷史人物,一一呈現(xiàn),真正重講紹興故事,書寫歷史文化傳奇,讓人產(chǎn)生共鳴。
蓮青漪是一個(gè)踐行“讀萬卷書、行萬里路”的人。她寫《狼毫小筆》,大部分時(shí)間不是在寫作,而是在研究史料和現(xiàn)場踏勘,所以才有那打動(dòng)人心的張力和深度。蓮青漪不僅在詩詞歌賦、名人史料上發(fā)力,她對天文歷法、五行星宿、中醫(yī)導(dǎo)理、佛道修行等領(lǐng)域,都廣泛涉獵,深入研究。
動(dòng)筆之前,在2014年和2015年兩年時(shí)間里,蓮青漪都在拼命精研史學(xué)。她把小說要涉及的相關(guān)市志、縣志、村志都收齊了,再把家里兩萬多冊藏書中的相關(guān)章節(jié)都挑出來,又購買了兩萬多元的新書,精研深讀,勤做筆記。所以,她寫出的小說,關(guān)鍵的歷史章節(jié),經(jīng)得起史家的檢驗(yàn),絕不胡編亂造。紹興有一位陸游研究會(huì)的老前輩,與蓮青漪交流時(shí)贊嘆說:你對陸游的鉆研,有不少領(lǐng)域,已經(jīng)超過我了。
蓮青漪很注重實(shí)地考察,她歷盡千辛萬苦,跋涉千山萬水,去憑吊歷史遺跡,考察真實(shí)現(xiàn)場,探求歷史真相,目的只有一個(gè),不僅要寫出小說的時(shí)代夢幻感,更要寫出小說的歷史真實(shí)感。
紹興云門寺,在唐宋時(shí)期極度輝煌,為了展示其雄壯,蓮青漪一遍一遍地細(xì)讀陸游的《壽圣院記》,從中找靈感;并且到國清寺、靈隱寺、普陀山等地游覽參觀,諳熟佛寺文化。到云門寺考察時(shí),周邊荒煙蔓草,有的地坎很高,她一個(gè)纖纖女子,就靠同行的人拉手、搬腿,翻山越嶺。在《狼毫小筆》中,宋家店是江南古宅,為了把中國園林和庭院文化描摹到位,蓮青漪特意趕赴東陽盧宅,踏勘建筑布局與構(gòu)造。
網(wǎng)絡(luò)作家大多以點(diǎn)擊量和賺快錢為衡量標(biāo)準(zhǔn),為此每日更新超萬字的人也不在少數(shù)。蓮青漪不一樣,她每天創(chuàng)作7小時(shí),有5小時(shí)是在學(xué)習(xí)打磨,2小時(shí)才是付諸寫作,每天更新僅2000字。她說,要學(xué)習(xí)杜甫,嚴(yán)苛文字,語不驚人死不休。
蓮青漪這種精神,為她小說的現(xiàn)實(shí)主義風(fēng)格奠定了堅(jiān)實(shí)基礎(chǔ)。正因如此,《狼毫小筆》一問世,就作為精品被列入浙江省網(wǎng)絡(luò)作協(xié)十大重點(diǎn)扶持產(chǎn)品。浙江省網(wǎng)絡(luò)作家協(xié)會(huì)主席曹啟文、常務(wù)副主席夏烈,著名文學(xué)評論家駱寒超、魯迅文學(xué)院教授王祥等名家,都稱贊《狼毫小筆》一反穿越小說常態(tài),創(chuàng)造了一種全新的文學(xué)口味。紹興市、柯橋區(qū)的文化界領(lǐng)導(dǎo),對《狼毫小筆》亦是關(guān)愛有加,表示要大力扶持。
詩意表達(dá)山水玄幻激蕩人心
《狼毫小筆》創(chuàng)出了詩意的山水玄幻風(fēng)格,激蕩人心。
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“我喜歡精讀酈道元的《水經(jīng)注》、徐霞客的人生游記、謝靈運(yùn)的山水詩、曹雪芹的《紅樓夢》等作品,這些先賢的創(chuàng)作精神、文化功力,給我的創(chuàng)作啟發(fā)很大。”蓮青漪說,她要立志打造“新山水派”文學(xué)流派。
《狼毫小筆》創(chuàng)造了風(fēng)雅唯美的獨(dú)特風(fēng)格,融合歷史文化和現(xiàn)代時(shí)尚,亦詩亦幻,亦景亦奇,以地域?yàn)橹骶€,以家國為情懷,自由穿越時(shí)空,重講中國故事,深受年輕人喜歡。
古典詩詞、精妙書法、深家大宅、山水情懷、儒釋道思想……這些深深打著傳統(tǒng)文化烙印的中國元素,在《狼毫小筆》中,通篇都是。因?yàn)樯钪灿趥鹘y(tǒng)文化,這部小說才情畢現(xiàn),超凡脫俗,光芒四射。
蓮青漪酷愛中國古典詩詞,從詩經(jīng)、楚辭、漢樂府,到建安詩歌、南北朝民歌,再到唐詩、宋詞、元曲和明清詩歌,她系統(tǒng)通讀,并嫻熟運(yùn)用于小說中,在她筆下,詩詞歌賦信手拈來,文化典故俯拾皆是。讀《狼毫小筆》,詩意拂人。
“網(wǎng)絡(luò)小說寫作時(shí),很多人都以為古代詩歌太高雅,大家看不懂,不利于傳播,所以很少有人常用。我覺得這是一種理念的誤解,中國詩歌意境很美,用活了,全文皆活?!鄙徢噤粽f。
蓮青漪寫小說,有個(gè)習(xí)慣,與別人不一樣。一般人是先有故事情節(jié),再嵌入詩歌,比較生硬。而她呢,往往是先有詩歌,再構(gòu)思情節(jié),所以顯得天衣無縫?!拔蚁矚g讀詩詞,找靈感,很多精彩情節(jié)都源于古圣先賢的詩詞?!?/p>
“稚子唯能覓梨栗,逸妻相共老煙霞。高吟麗句驚巢鶴,閑閉春風(fēng)看落花……這些句子閃著銀光,輾轉(zhuǎn)飛到眼前,供人誦讀,一個(gè)個(gè)優(yōu)雅的漢字懸空而立……”
這是《狼毫小筆》主人公穿越到云門寺麗句亭時(shí),蓮青漪的描寫。類似于這樣的描述,在她筆下,俯拾皆是,瑰偉奇特,風(fēng)雅唯美。有人評價(jià),《狼毫小筆》蔓藻詞華,如夢似幻,讀之心生蓮花。
紹興,因蘭亭而成為中國書法圣地?!独呛列」P》中,因主人公的穿越,王羲之、王獻(xiàn)之等歷史書家和他們的曼妙書法,也精彩呈現(xiàn)。在后續(xù)創(chuàng)作中,將重點(diǎn)突出王謝風(fēng)流,特別是王羲之的書法,將著力渲染。
根據(jù)蓮青漪的寫作計(jì)劃,《狼毫小筆》系列包括四部作品,大約300萬字。這次獲獎(jiǎng)作品是第一部《狼毫小筆之云門香雪1》,接下來她還將創(chuàng)作《狼毫小筆之云門香雪2》,屆時(shí),秦觀、王羲之、王獻(xiàn)之、郗道茂、丹丘子、李白、賀知章、白居易、元稹、趙孟、蘇東坡等眾多名人,都將聚于此書中,星光燦爛。
蓮青漪說,我要通過作品,重新?lián)焓皻v史的碎片,巧妙串聯(lián),讓大家發(fā)現(xiàn)遺失的美好。
紹興是文化古城,這里的山水、磚瓦、街巷,都充滿著故事,蓮青漪熱愛家鄉(xiāng)的情感,在她胸中激蕩,紹興的景色和風(fēng)物,都在她筆端精彩呈現(xiàn)。小說重要場景地平水王化宋家店、東晉古剎云門寺等,都引起了游客和投資商的關(guān)注。
現(xiàn)在,在紹興古城區(qū)書圣故里西街117號,蓮青漪工作室已成為了這里的一片新風(fēng)景。新加入工作室的一名合作伙伴,放棄數(shù)十萬元年薪,全心全意來開發(fā)《狼毫小筆》IP,一條與網(wǎng)絡(luò)小說相關(guān)的旅游、休閑、文創(chuàng)產(chǎn)業(yè)鏈正在形成。
Lian Qingyi grabbed Excellence Award of China Web Literature Prize in November 2017. Founded in 2015 and issued every two years, the prize is sponsored by Zhejiang Writers Association, Ningbo Federation of Literature and Art Circles, the Publicity Department of Cixi CPC Committee, and operated by Zhejiang Web Fiction Writers Association, Ningbo Web Fiction Writers Association and Cixi Web Fiction Writers Association.
The award-ceremony in 2017 was the second of the biennial web literature celebration. Though fourteen other novelists were honored in the same category and ten others bagged gold, silver and bronze medals respectively, Shaoxing, a well known city of history and culture in eastern Zhejiang, is very proud of by Lian Qingyi.
Like many other web novels, is a fantasy. The story is about a young illustrator who leaves his job in Shanghai after his father passes away and comes back to his birthplace in a rural town in Shaoxing. His arrival at home wakes up a sleeping contract that his ancestors made with an immortal in ancient times. The brush pen he receives from his grandfather helps him travel in time. With the help of his friends, the illustrator travels back to the past in search of truth.endprint
The novelist explores the beauty of calligraphy and poetry, bringing back many well known historical personages including poets, calligraphers, painters including Wang Xianzhi, Xie Lingyun, Jiao Ran, Qin Xi, Yan Shu, Zhao Gou, Lu You, Xin Qiji, Liu Bowen. Moreover, the novelist nimbly integrates the history, culture, lifestyle, folklore, and anecdotes of Shaoxing into the story. The author writes in a realist style. The fantasy gives local readers a brand new perspective to look at historical people and places they are familiar with.
Unlike some web novelists who mostly stay at home and fantasize freely, Lian Qingyi does a lot of research and field studies. In writing this fantasy, she studied history arduously from 2014 to 2015. She built up a complete collection of annals of the cities, counties and villages that appear in her fantasy and studied them carefully. She also went through the books in her 20,000-title private library and made thorough notes of relevant information. She followed history faithfully and got all her facts right. In a conversation with the novelist, a scholar specialized in the studies of Lu You, a prolific poet of the Song Dynasty, confessed that the novelist knew more about Lu You in some aspects than he did.
Again unlike some fellow web novelists who write fast and update 10,000 words per day, Lian Qingyi worked at a comparatively slow pace in writing her first fantasy. She paced herself with a rigorous schedule: she worked seven hours a day. She spent five hours reading and thinking and rewriting, and two hours writing. She updated 2,000 words a day.
The novel, shortly after it went online and began serializing regularly at a web fiction website, caught the attention of readers as well as Zhejiang Web Fiction Writers Association. The novel was endorsed by the association as one of the top ten works it supported. The leadership of the association and some literary critics in the province think highly of the fantasy. They say that it creates something brand new. The cultural authorities of Shaoxing City and Keqiao District love it.
Lian Qingyi gives general readers nationwide, these experts with the association, and government officials in Shaoxing an adequate reason to like the novel. It is more than about Shaoxing. The fantasy is really marvelous in its own right. For example, the language is beautiful. A passionate reader of ancient poems, Lian Qingyi is able to deftly apply poetic images and phrases as well as backgrounds to the story. Some readers enjoy the fantasy simply because the writing is poetic and the reading experience is really delightful.
Lian Qingyi plans to write four books in this series. The prize-winner is book one in about 500,000 words. The four books are scheduled to be about three million words.
Lian Qingyi is a native of Shaoxing. She grew up in Shaoxing and went to high school in Hangzhou. She went to college in New Zealand. Now she works for a publisher based in Hong Kong.
The popularity of the fantasy is attracting the attention of some investors. Some investors are looking at the places mentioned in the novel to see whether they can be developed into tourism attractions. Lian Qingyi has set up a studio to translate the novel into a line of side products.endprint