懷念世紀(jì)人瑞王家揚(yáng)

傅通先

2020年1月19日是個(gè)悲傷的日子。

德高望重的百歲人瑞王家揚(yáng)走了！

與魯迅有過(guò)密切交往的最后一位見(jiàn)證人走了！

關(guān)愛(ài)我退休后十年工作的慈祥的長(zhǎng)者走了！

1918年生于浙江寧海一個(gè)貧苦農(nóng)家的王家揚(yáng)，11歲隨長(zhǎng)兄王育和到上海讀書，與作家柔石一同居住在橫浜路景云里23號(hào)。這本是魯迅租住的房子。魯迅搬離后仍舊住在不遠(yuǎn)處，所以王家揚(yáng)常去魯迅家串門，魯迅和柔石都很喜歡這個(gè)聰明乖巧的少年，常給他講江西紅軍反“圍剿”斗爭(zhēng)的消息，點(diǎn)燃少年心中的紅色火苗。1931年1月17日，柔石在王家揚(yáng)家里吃過(guò)中飯后出去開會(huì)，從此再也沒(méi)有回來(lái)。原來(lái)是身為共產(chǎn)黨員的柔石，在與一些進(jìn)步青年作家開會(huì)時(shí)被國(guó)民黨當(dāng)局逮捕。柔石在獄中寫了兩封信給王家揚(yáng)大哥，王育和當(dāng)即把信轉(zhuǎn)交給魯迅看。僅僅過(guò)了20天，柔石與另四位青年作家就被秘密槍殺于上海龍華。

魯迅先生聽到噩耗，極其悲憤，寫詩(shī)表達(dá)內(nèi)心的憤慨：“忍看朋輩成新鬼，怒向刀叢覓小詩(shī)?！?3歲的王家揚(yáng)失去了朝夕相處的親密老師，內(nèi)心也十分沉痛。

魯迅、王育和與一些浙江同鄉(xiāng)為了幫助柔石三個(gè)遺孤，決定成立一個(gè)教育基金會(huì)。一日，王家揚(yáng)聽到敲門聲，急忙開門，竟是魯迅來(lái)了。他照例穿著長(zhǎng)袍，親切而慈祥地摸摸王家揚(yáng)的頭，然后拿出100塊銀元作為教育基金。

魯迅先生逝世兩年后，胸懷紅色火苗的王家揚(yáng)參加了新四軍，翌年又加入了中國(guó)共產(chǎn)黨。新中國(guó)成立后，歷任全國(guó)總工會(huì)書記處書記、浙江省政協(xié)主席等職，直至1994年離休。

離休前后，王家揚(yáng)同志做了三件名垂青史的好事。

第一，牽頭創(chuàng)辦了樹人大學(xué)。

1984年，接到創(chuàng)辦民辦大學(xué)的倡議，王家揚(yáng)即四處奔波，考察實(shí)地，八方納賢，克難履艱，主持創(chuàng)辦了這所全日制民辦高校。他倡導(dǎo)“樹人為興國(guó)之本”，并拿出自己的積蓄設(shè)立了“王家揚(yáng)獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金”，厚德育人，播恩勵(lì)學(xué)。如今，樹人大學(xué)已經(jīng)從最初的“三無(wú)”窘境中脫穎而出，發(fā)展為一所頗有名氣的民辦大學(xué)。

第二，參與創(chuàng)辦了中國(guó)國(guó)際茶文化研究會(huì)。

王家揚(yáng)本不嗜茶，自從調(diào)回浙江工作，在全國(guó)首屈一指的茶鄉(xiāng)接觸茶藝多了，深感茶作為一種世界性的健康飲料，尚缺少國(guó)際間的交流與合作。浙江是茶圣陸羽晚年的居住地，是他寫作世界上首部茶學(xué)專著《茶經(jīng)》的地方，最有資格和條件完成這一前所未有的使命。于是，在王家揚(yáng)的倡議下，由杭州8家涉茶單位經(jīng)過(guò)一年半的籌備，1990年10月，有中、日、韓、美等國(guó)和我國(guó)港、澳、臺(tái)地區(qū)茶人參與的中國(guó)國(guó)際茶文化研討會(huì)首次在杭州召開。王家揚(yáng)主持會(huì)議，揭開了中國(guó)當(dāng)代茶文化復(fù)興的序幕。三年后，王家揚(yáng)又倡議成立中國(guó)國(guó)際茶文化研究會(huì)，并得到國(guó)家民政部批準(zhǔn)，王家揚(yáng)眾望所歸，被推選為會(huì)長(zhǎng)。他先后主持了浙江杭州、湖南常德、云南昆明、韓國(guó)漢城、浙江杭州、廣東廣州六屆國(guó)際茶文化研討會(huì)，又倡導(dǎo)樹人大學(xué)設(shè)立我國(guó)首個(gè)茶文化專業(yè)。他以自己的執(zhí)著和人格魅力讓中國(guó)茶文化得到空前的發(fā)展和傳播。2013年，王家揚(yáng)被授予“世界杰出茶人貢獻(xiàn)獎(jiǎng)”。

第三，振興了《文化交流》雜志。

1985年，浙江大學(xué)名譽(yù)校長(zhǎng)、時(shí)任浙江省人大常委會(huì)副主任的劉丹創(chuàng)辦了《文化交流》雜志，后因種種原因難以為繼。1987年，王家揚(yáng)同志覺(jué)得這樣一本溝通海內(nèi)外的雜志就此中斷可惜，便接手過(guò)來(lái)，請(qǐng)浙江省對(duì)外文化交流協(xié)會(huì)、浙江省人民對(duì)外友好協(xié)會(huì)主辦，并請(qǐng)剛從新聞崗位卸任的吳堯民任總編輯。王家揚(yáng)同志親自籌經(jīng)費(fèi)、搭班子、議選題，使這本中英文雙語(yǔ)刊成了定期出版的雙月刊。到了2000年，年事已高的吳堯民動(dòng)員我接替他的工作，而我的直接領(lǐng)導(dǎo)便是劉楓、沈祖?zhèn)?、王家揚(yáng)三位。連續(xù)10年，每年的工作總結(jié)匯報(bào)會(huì)，三位領(lǐng)導(dǎo)都蒞臨會(huì)議，分別提出辦刊意見(jiàn)和報(bào)道選題。

頭三年，我尚處在報(bào)社返聘期，社會(huì)工作較多。一天王老把我召去，與我促膝談心，并久久抓住我的手和顏悅色地說(shuō)：“通先同志，多花一點(diǎn)精力辦雜志！”我知道，這是在批評(píng)我投入《文化交流》的精力太少。但他的這種批評(píng)語(yǔ)氣和方法讓人暖心。

2005年10月，在《文化交流》雜志創(chuàng)刊20周年時(shí)，雜志獲得了上級(jí)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)發(fā)來(lái)的賀信，刊登在第6期雜志的頭條位置。王家揚(yáng)同志很高興，囑咐我們要好好貫徹執(zhí)行“充分發(fā)揮對(duì)外交流的窗口作用，把刊物越辦越好”的指示。這年底，當(dāng)我們報(bào)告想將雜志由雙月刊改為月刊時(shí)，獲得三位老領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的一致支持，并通過(guò)各種渠道增加了辦刊經(jīng)費(fèi)。

2007年10月25日，我去王家揚(yáng)同志住宅匯報(bào)工作時(shí)，聽他回憶當(dāng)年與魯迅、柔石相處的情景，并據(jù)此整理出《王家揚(yáng)憶魯迅、柔石》一文。老人仔細(xì)審閱，親筆改動(dòng)了20多處。文章在《文化交流》雜志發(fā)表后，幾家報(bào)刊轉(zhuǎn)載，引起讀者的廣泛關(guān)注。

2020年年初，我在新書《天堂探花》出版后特地選取一冊(cè)寫上“敬呈王家揚(yáng)同志教正”，可是在投遞途中驚聞老人逝世的噩耗，再也無(wú)法聆聽這位慈祥領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的教誨了！1月22日，我的手機(jī)上收到王家揚(yáng)子女的《答謝辭》。其中有一段非常感人的話：“遵父親‘后事從簡(jiǎn)，不打擾人，不留骨灰，撒到茶園的遺囑，我們已經(jīng)送父親去了他想要去的地方”。

一個(gè)高尚的靈魂將永運(yùn)伴隨他鐘愛(ài)的茶香而流芳千古。

Wang Jiayang passed away on January 19， 2020 at 102. I worked as editor-in-chief of Cultural Dialogue under his guidance for ten years after I stepped down from the leadership of Zhejiang Daily Press Group.

Born into a poor rural family in Ninghai in 1918， Wang Jiayang arrived in Shanghai and went to school there when he was 11 years old. His elder brother Wang Yuhe， 15 years senior， took care of him. They lived in a house in Jinyun Lane. Lu Xun had used to live in the same house before he moved somewhere not far from the lane. As his big brother was a friend of Rou Shi （1902-1931）， an author who was a friend of Lu Xun， Wang Jiayang knew Lu Xun personally. On January 17， 1931， Rou Shi had lunch at Wangs home and then left. But he never came back. A member of the Communist Party of China， Rou Shi was arrested with some young writers. Rou Shi wrote Wang Yuhe two letters from jail. The letters were actually meant for Lu Xun. The elder brother delivered them to Lu. Rou and four other young writers were secretly executed 20 days later. After Rou died， Lu Xun， Wang Yuhe， and some natives of Zhejiang set up an education fund for the three children of Rou Shi. One day， Lu Xun came to visit Wang Yuhe. Wang Jiayang opened the door to the visitor. As his elder brother was not home， Lu Xun didnt stay. He left 100 silver dollars and asked him to pass them on to his elder brother.

In the first three years of the decade I worked as editor-in-chief， I was also engaged in some work at Zhejiang Daily Press Group. One day， Wang Jiayang asked me to visit him. We had a conversation. He held my hand for a long time and asked me to focus on Cultural Dialogue. I immediately realized that he was criticizing me for not spending adequate time on running Cultural Dialogue. I was deeply touched by his gentle approach.

October 2005 saw the 20th anniversary of Cultural Dialogue， which was still a bimonthly then. We received a letter of congratulation from the chief of the CPC committee of the province. The letter was reprinted in the sixth issue of the year. Wang was very happy and urged us to “give full play to the window on international exchanges and keep improving the publication”， as instructed in the letter of congratulation. At the year end of 2005， we proposed to upgrade the bimonthly to monthly. Liu Feng， Shen Zulun and Wang Jiayang supported the proposal. They helped make financial arrangements so that the monthly had adequate funds.

On October 25， 2007， I visited Wang and reported my work at Cultural Dialogue. After the report， Wang reminisced about Lu Xun and Rou Shi he met when he was very young. I jotted down the details and later fleshed them out in a report. Wang proofread the manuscript and made 20 plus corrections. It was printed in the January 2008 issue of Cultural Dialogue and caused a stir among readers. It was reprinted in other publications.

In early 2020， I was about to send out a copy of my new book to Wang when I learned that he had just passed away. How grieved I was！ On January 22， I received a text from the children of Wang Jiayang. They followed their fathers will that partly reads “Simplify funeral arrangements. Disturb nobody. Dont keep bone ashes and scatter them in a tea plantation.”