On the differences of artistic editing thoughts between Wang, Yun Tieqiao and Fiction Monthly.

The monthly novel is divided into two parts: the first part was founded in 19 10 to 1920, and the second part was destroyed in the war of 192 12. Wang Yu 19 10 to 19 12 was the chief editor. After studying in Nanyang, he proposed that Yun Tieqiao take over from Wang as the second editor-in-chief of Novel Monthly. He edited the third to eighth volumes of Novel Monthly from 19 12 to 19 17. After returning from studying abroad, Wang continued to edit the ninth, tenth and eleventh volumes of Novel Monthly, and was forced to resign from Novel Monthly on 1920. Because of their different editing ideas and periods, their editing styles are also different.

1. The editor disagrees.

The first editor-in-chief of Novel Monthly was Wang. His name was Yong Nong, and he was nicknamed "Western God's Handicapped Guest". In the 28th year of Guangxu (1902), he was a juren, good at calligraphy, verses, elegant couplets, and good at writing novels. He has published novels, such as The Story of Green Blood Flowers and The Story of Sweet Bone Peach. His editorial thoughts are mainly reflected in the editorial gist of the first issue of Novel Monthly, namely, VolumeNo. 19 10. The monthly novel he expects is a further development of Xiu Xiang's novels, isn't it? The purpose is to translate headlines, tell old stories, instill new ideas and enhance common sense? Rich and interesting material? A magazine? Broaden the scope of the Ministry and help the newspaper collect the rest? . But it is not fully realized in the actual editing process. Because of his love and the popular atmosphere at that time, which works did he choose in his later period? Sad? 、? Bitter? 、? Love? what's up Saturday? Novels and? Is going to pay, the wind will rest to the end? Poetry.

The second editor is Yuntie Bridge, alias Huangshan, Lengfeng and Jiaomu. He has a solid foundation in both Chinese and English, and he has a certain influence in translating English novels in his spare time. 1909, Zhang Yuanji, the head of the Commercial Press, appreciated his ability to translate ancient Chinese and hired him to the Compilation Institute of the Commercial Press. After taking over the Novel Monthly, he made great efforts to reform it. He expressed his literary thoughts in the special advertisement of Volume 3, Issue 7 of Our Society, 19 12. The content is mainly literature, including poetry, ancient prose and ci. Long and short stories, legends and new plays are carefully selected to make them fresh and meaningful. There is no peace between us, and we all give up our love. So it can be elegant but not difficult, simple but not vulgar, and can be used for leisure and after-school subsidies. ? Reflected in the content of Novel Monthly, the proportion of romance novels has been greatly reduced, and the moral and ethical themes have been greatly increased, some of which have broken through the traditional novels? Persuade good and punish evil? The theme of the novel turned his vision to the grand theme of social change, and with his own creation of Scenery of Blood Flowers and Workers' Official as evidence, it also established the serious position of pure literature of Novel Monthly. It is under the guidance of this editorial policy of paying attention to real life and pursuing elegance and integrity that on the one hand, he published works of various literary genres to meet the reading needs of readers at all levels in their leisure time, on the other hand, the obvious increase of ancient poems satisfied the reading of some conservative literati and old people, and finally the Novel Monthly entered a prosperous period. This shows that the editorial opinions of the two are different. Wang pursues fun and entertainment; Yuntie Bridge pursues purity, seriousness and simplicity.

2. Different editing forms

(1) The cover and illustrations of the magazine are different.

As far as magazines in the early years of the Republic of China are concerned, such as Fiction Times and Saturday, photos of fashionable beauties and even prostitutes are popular as covers and illustrations. Wang, editor-in-chief of Novel Monthly, is a member of Nanshe Society. He is knowledgeable, good at parallel prose and calligraphy, and likes to write novels with lyrics, especially legends and miscellaneous notes. From the beginning, he advocated the importance of cover? Those who choose to be rigorous, flashy and named after people's paintings and places of interest are enough to arouse special ideas. Most of the first two volumes are based on elegant Chinese paintings, so that when Zheng was a student, he got the watercolor painting of Novel Monthly and felt it? Pen and ink are smooth and interesting? , immediately? As a treasure? , became the beginning of his reading novels and magazines, reflecting the unique positioning of Novel Monthly. However, influenced by the prevailing atmosphere at that time, Wang gradually adopted such things as? Xie and Li Yinlan Xiaoying, famous prostitutes in Beijing? As an illustrator, he even issued a notice: We are not impressed by those who send poems, travel notes, beautiful photos and scenic photos. Once adopted, we will give several copies of this newspaper as a courtesy, but the original will not be returned. ? By the time he was editor-in-chief again, the illustrations of Novel Monthly had changed again, and calligraphy, ancient paintings and rubbings appeared, which reflected the strong aesthetic consciousness of literati and attracted the strong love of old people.

Moreover, after Yun Tieqiao took over as editor-in-chief of Novel Monthly, he made an announcement in our special advertisement. Since this issue, the cover illustrations of this newspaper have used photos of scenic spots and historical sites of beautiful women and celebrities, or small pictures of men and women in the East and West. Although the photos of prostitutes are beautiful, they are not recorded. ? The cover and illustrations of Novel Monthly are more photos of Chinese and western literary giants and celebrities such as Hugo, Scott, Dickens and Zhang, the editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper, which closely follows the current situation and reflects reality. The difference between the illustrations and covers used by the two editors before and after shows that one tends to be between popular and elegant, and the other insists on elegance.

(2) Different column settings.

Wang clearly pointed out in the inaugural issue of Novel Monthly 19 10/volume 1? All kinds of novels in this newspaper urge celebrities to serve separately, with rich materials and strong interest. The genres are long, short, classical Chinese, vernacular, works and translations, and there is no beauty and no search; Its contents include detective, love, politics, history, science and society. At the end, there are translations, miscellaneous articles, notes, Wen Yuan's new wisdom and knowledge, legends and improved new dramas, which broaden the scope of the department and help newspapers collect more information. Each item is limited in space, and although it cannot be published one by one, it must be at least eight items. ? Because I am interested in drama, I arranged it in the first issue of the magazine? Improve drama? Column, and kept until the end of the first issue of the magazine he edited (Volume 2,No. 12). When he re-edited, he reset it in volumes 9 and 10? Novel club? Novel painting? 、? Novel supplement? 、? Game text? Column, published a large number of mandarin duck butterfly novel. It is for this reason that later generations accused him of belonging to the Yuanyang Butterfly School.

Compared with the Novel Monthly edited by Wang, the Novel Monthly edited by Yun Tieqiao has changed a lot in column setting. He canceled? Translation? Column, and increased? Legend? 、? Appendix? 、? Anecdote? 、? Travel notes? 、? Poetry talk? 、? Miscellaneous? 、? Chess? 、? A summary of our letter? Wait column. By 19 16, Yun Tieqiao thought: The style of this volume has been revised, but it is actually better than before. First, the columns are called novels and short stories, and the rest are called notes and miscellaneous notes. This cover is based on short stories and long stories, and the rest are appendices. However, there are always fewer texts and more appendices, which makes readers suspicious. Miscellaneous, note classification is not allowed. While novels and short stories are called novels, how can they be called non-novels? The label is "Novel Monthly", both novels and non-novels, which are indispensable. ? 19 16 the first 1 volume 7 adjusts the genre classification name of long and short stories to? Nonsense? , 19 17 Volume 8 1 1 Novel column? Fable? Was replaced? Nonsense? ; 1965438+deleted in July 2007? Fable? ,? New book? And then what? Easy to follow? Began to appear, emphasizing the distinction between novel translation and creation. Judging from the column settings of the two editors, Wang's column is more complicated and can be said to have a wide range; Yun Tieqiao's column setting is relatively concentrated, but his column setting has been changing, which mainly reflects the change of his understanding of novel concepts. And this kind of column setting and change is also closely related to the editor's ideological change. In terms of content and form, Wang showed it to the editor during the editing of Novel Monthly. An attempt to use magazines as encyclopedic universal education? At present? Consumerization of modern knowledge and information consultation? With the traditional? Entertainment of moral education? Pictures with two characteristics reveal the tendency of editors' personal nostalgic taste; In the process of editing Novel Monthly, Yun Tieqiao showed a tendency to pay attention to social reality and life and pursue the education and elegance of the magazine.

3. Pay different attention to readers.

After its publication, Novel Monthly 19 10 was well received by readers and became a literary publication with great influence in the early Republic of China. As the advertisement before the magazine was founded said, literate people can read vernacular fluently and have a rough understanding of arts and sciences, so that arts and sciences can make progress? . Wang paid little attention to readers during his editor-in-chief period. He pays more attention to the role of the novel monthly report? Instill new ideas and enhance common sense? . In his later editing career, influenced by Yun Tieqiao, he paid attention to communicating with readers. Comrade? Chorus, and? Encourage novelists' associations and increase reading interest? For the purpose. Created in Volume 9, No.4? Novel club? , but also launched a sequel to the novel and other forms, in the ninth issue of volume 9, there is such a notice: Starting from the ninth issue of the ninth volume, this newspaper has added various materials such as history, English talk, poetry talk, game talk, romance, miscellaneous talk and so on to assist readers' interest. ? Created on volume 9No. 1 1? Hanshan Society Poetry Clock? . Since then, some writers and readers have been linked through some columns, which greatly mobilized their enthusiasm.

Comparatively speaking, Yun Tieqiao, editor of Novel Monthly, pays more attention to readers' participation. He published an article "Answer a certain gentleman" in Volume 7, Issue 2 of Novel Monthly, saying: What kind of readers are there in the publication of novels by Di Siyi? Tathagata teaches the so-called Lin Xiagong; Children from aristocratic families are proficient in art and science; Third, young people who are coeducated. ? It is precisely because students are readers of publications that they are particularly strict. Can it be used for leisure and after-school subsidies? . During his tenure as editor-in-chief, temporarily? A summary of our letter? Facilitate the communication between readers and editors and promote the reform of publications. Readers also put forward suggestions on column setting. So why don't you create other styles of romance novels to save the disadvantages of popular books? ,? Should we pay attention to China's science fiction? ,? Should funny history be added? , novel monthly report? Should we expand the space? . ? Short stories should be eclectic and fu should be comprehensive? , column? Classification should have rules, especially not too many. ? The reason is? Recently, novel magazines are the most boring because they are divided into many categories, boasting more and playing more, boasting about money? . It is with the active participation of readers that the contents of the monthly novel report are constantly changing, and it is precisely because Yuntieqiao pays special attention to readers' opinions and reforms the column setting according to readers' opinions that the sales volume of the monthly novel report is greatly increased. This has also become an important experience in the later study of Novel Monthly.

4. Different editing consciousness.

In the process of editing Novel Monthly, Yuntieqiao strictly controls the quality, rewards the excellent and punishes the bad. He is meticulous in selecting manuscripts, editing, replying letters and examining and approving manuscript fees. Liantieqiao pays special attention to the quality of literature. Good people can get rich rewards even if they are unknown and young, otherwise, even celebrities will be shut out and not recorded? What does he think? A novel is a thing, and its power is ten times greater than the school curriculum. Young people's brains are as good as silk for China literature, and novels are very powerful, so some people in the field of novels should be cautious about how to do things. ? He edits according to the seriousness and strictness of students' choice of Chinese textbooks, so that readers can feel it? After Mr. Wang presided over the writing of Novel Monthly, the tone of the novel suddenly changed. Seeing what Mr. Wang means seems to attract the audience to gradually have the idea of aristocratic literature, so as to save the declining style of writing in the novel. ? This is a counterattack against the platitudes and moaning novels of Yuanyang Butterfly School, which is very helpful to improve the value and prosperity of novel creation.

In addition, he found talents in his contributions, and there was no concept of sects. In addition to deciding to publish the manuscript, he quickly wrote back to encourage him. Young people's creation has been strongly rewarded, and Lu Xun's first China ancient novel "Homesickness" received many comments and was highly praised. Ye Shengtao, Zhang Henshui and other writers were also encouraged by him in their creation and became famous writers. It can be seen that Yun Tieqiao's literary talent highlights his distinct editing consciousness and strong professional ethics.

Of course, the changes of these two editors' styles are closely related to the times and editing ideas. When Wang edited Novel Monthly, most of the main creators were purely old-school literati, members of the Southern Society and novelists, and most of the readers were feudal elders with relatively conservative cultural ideas. Therefore, the binding design and editing content of Novel Monthly more reflect the interest and leisure of traditional literati, as well as their complacent mentality of learning some foreign things from foreign countries. Aware of the development of the times and the changes of readers, the creators take Yuntie Bridge as the core, Guan Daru, Sun Zi and others as members, and most of them are advocates who care about reality. Yun Tieqiao pays strict attention to quality control and advocates that novel translation should be based on? Change national customs? For the purpose, choose the manuscript to use? Yajie? As a standard. Just considering the monthly novel? Can it be used for leisure and after-school subsidies? So he gave consideration to entertainment, education and aesthetics to a certain extent, which also reflected the different editing styles of the two editors.