MY YOUNG FRIEND, I WILL CROSS MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS TO SEE YOU!
Mr 李天时 Li Tian Shi, 51 yrs old, very active in speaking out against CAPA, same batch of muted wb accounts as our dear Mr 李学政 Li Xue Zheng.
Perhaps he was also very emotional after reading ZSJ’s brave and heartfelt post yesterday, because this Mr Li posted an open letter on his own public weixin blog this afternoon.
Mr Li’s Feb 17 post:
( Its a long post, I will only translate parts that I feel is relevant or what ZZH fans would be interested in )
Disclaimer : I may get meanings, context wrong, pls forgive any shortcomings in translation.
Part 1
生命中有许多突如其来，生命中有许多不期而遇。( 不期而遇 ! This kind gent has been reading ZSJ’s blog, remembering every word! )
Life has many things happening out of the blue, life also has many chance encounters.
[ Quick summary: Mr Li has taken a hiatus from his profession – a teacher, in hopes to see the world. He wants to hear his inner voice, to re-evaluate what is true ‘education’. The trip did not go to plan, and due to health issues caused by stress of relocating and responsibilities to his kids, he suffered a relapse of a long dormant illness and had to recuperate in his hometown, watching days go by. ]
理想中从A点到B点，结局是在C点绝望中诞生。
The ideal is from Point A to Point B, Point C is an ending borne from despair.
前途是光明的，道路是曲折的。
The future is bright, the path is winding.
读书让人宁静。
Reading makes a person feel tranquil.
抬头看天的时候，被一个想法击中：
重新做一遍“教育”，可能时机还没有成熟。
Doing another round of ‘educating’, maybe the time is not yet ripe.
那就重新做一遍“媒体”，手把手带出来一批90后，把20年的传媒经验和10年的高校历程、对移动互联网的思考和实践结合在一起，耐心打磨一个“数字传媒产业研究院”。
In that case, I will do another round of ‘mass media’, hands-on teaching to a bunch of Gen Z, putting my experience of 20 years in mass communication and 10 years of high school, towards the ever changing internet, to patiently build a ‘ Digital Media Research Institute ‘.
从那时，才开始认认真真地在抖音上做起“院长请回答”，和一直陪伴的小朋友们说，大手拉小手，一起微创业。
From then on, I started to seriously work on Douyin “院长请回答” “Dean, pls answer”, guiding a bunch of young folks, embarking on Micro-entrepreneurship.
[……. I think he said something about taking 13 months to set up some tech business ]
当时根本想不到，一个月之后，和你的不期而遇又开始让我转变，自从关注了那起著名的栽赃陷害开始。
I could not have thought at that time, one month later, a chance encounter with you begun another change in me, since I started to pay attention to the infamous frame-up case.
Part 2
知天命之年，追剧总和《无悔追踪》、《征服》、《大明王朝1566》、《风筝》、《皇城根儿》、《茶馆》、《大宅门》、《我爱我家》、《编辑部故事》、《六人行》……类型相关，所以抱歉，此前确实很难和你的世界交集。
Mr Li lists a different genre of dramas that he watches, so he says “ I’m sorry, before this it was truly difficult to have intersected with your world.”
之所以当时高度关注，焦点只有一个：
在现代社会，一个人“数字化消失”是极为严重的后果。
有确凿无疑的证据吗？有媒体独立调查吗？有权威部门核定吗？有复议通道吗？
何况，罪名是一项几乎每一个国人都难以承受的极限打击。
As for why I had paid close attention back then, I was only focused on one thing:
In modern society, for someone to ‘digitally disappear’ is an extremely serious consequence.
Was there irrefutable evidence? Was there independant mass media investigations? Was there an assessment done by the relevant authorities? Were there appeals channels available?
连续50天的观察和讨论，让我的认知更加清晰坚定：
After observing and discussion continuously for 50 days, my perception is clear and firm:
1，把三年前的境外旅游图片随意加工故事，涉嫌上纲上线，“泛ZZ化”个人生活，容易冲击安定团结的大好局面；
- To use 3 year old travel photos outside perimeters to generate stories, making mountains out of mole hills, ‘politicizing’ personal life, assaulting a peaceful united situation in the country.
2，黑公关是社会公害，集中踩踏中设计之复杂超出想象，水军黑产已经留下足够的作恶痕迹，必须严查严惩。
2. Black public relations is a menace to society, the organization and coordination of the focused attack is more complicated than we can imagine, the illicit productions of the water armies have left enough evil traces of their crimes, and should be investigated thoroughly and punished severely.
难道话语权要从此掌控在伪造民意的不法资本手里？
Will the right to speak now be held in the hands of lawless Capital who falsifies public opinion?
此风一开，任何行业和个人都将随时被以各种意想不到的角度“揪斗”，互害可能会成为一种习惯。
Once this becomes a norm, any trade and person can be ‘grappled’ from any angle at any time, harming one another may become a habit.
难道人人自危是我们希望的？
Will we hope to live in apprehensive insecurity?
3，一定要警惕不法资本与权力寻租的勾结，以更隐蔽的手段谋求垄断利益。涉嫌违法违纪，谁来监察？
3. We must be vigilant against lawless capital colluding with powerful positions, covertly creating profit from monopoly. Alleged violation of laws and disciplines, who will monitor this?
4，谣言满天飞，甚至荒诞到极致处，依然一路绿灯；澄清却如此艰难，哪怕黑白分明，一旦发声就又被扣上这样那样的帽子。网络清朗真的这么难？
4. Rumors flying all over, going so far to the point of ludicrousy, yet gets green-lit all the way; clarification work is in turn very difficult, anyone who speaks up will be branded as this and that. Is it really so difficult to achieve a ‘clean’ internet?
无处申诉，无法申诉，不知道怎么才算合理合法申诉。为什么？
Nowhere to appeal, no way to appeal, no information to know what is a reasonable and legal appeal. Why?
都是爱国的有生力量，何必呢？
All are patriotic living beings, why become this way?
倾听、核查、再盖棺定论，仅此而已的要求。
Listen attentively, inspect, then come to a conclusion, that is all we ask for.
有一种道义，比利益更重要。
There is a principle, that should be more important than profit.
一个老教师，一个老媒体工作者，只想从观察者，到关注者，到关心者，求一条明路。
A teacher, an ‘old-press’ professional, only hope for a clear path from an observer, to a follower, to a concerned party.
谁来指引一下？
Who can guide me?
Part 3
感谢突如其来，感谢不期而遇，让我成长。
Thank you unexpected, thank you for chance encounters, to let me grow.
逆旅如修行，从善如登。
A difficult journey is like training, doing good is as difficult as getting to greater heights.
我知道所有安慰的言语，和你的痛苦相比都轻如鸿毛。
I know every comforting word, are light as a feather compared to your pain and suffering.
哪有那么多感同身受？因为我未曾经历你的磨难，我根本没有你的漫漫长夜和无比的坚强、坚信、坚持。
How can I fully empathize? I never went through the hardship that you have experienced, I don’t have your long, endless nights and incomparable strength, faith and persistence.
只是，**“当你穿过了暴风雨，你就不再是原来那个人。”还是祝福，在迷惘时，坚定地对自己说，当时的梦想我记得。
But, ” When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in.” Still I wish you well, when you are at a loss, tell yourself firmly, you still remember the dreams that you had.
** Quote from 村上春树 / Haruki Murakami
回头望，一身旧衫，无数光亮。
Looking back, dressed in old clothes, but immeasurably bright.
毕竟，“受苦的人没有悲伤的权利”。我希望自己如你，有些热爱如若无法替代，那么有些坚强必将绝处逢生。
Afterall, “The suffering has no right to be sad”. I hope that I can be like you, if there are some passions that cannot be replaced , then some strength will have to spring up from desperation.
( I think he quoted 尼采 Nietzsche – which is weird for me the right quote seems to be 受苦的人，没有悲观的权利 – The suffering does not have a right to be pessimistic )
一定要好好吃饭啊，换着花样，用美食治愈青春；一定要到户外去，看山有多高，天有多蓝，看海的辽阔，看大河奔流，看五彩缤纷，尽情地去唱、去跳、去呐喊、去奔跑，让汗水来得更猛烈一些；一定要好好睡觉啊，睡一觉海阔天空。
You must eat well, have a variety, heal your youth with delicious foods; you have to go outdoors, look at how high the mountains are, how blue the skies are, see how vast the seas are, the flowing rivers and the amazing colors. Sing, dance, cry out, run to your heart’s content, let the sweat flow fiercely; You must sleep well, a good sleep will give you an open mind.
真君子利人利己，大丈夫多友多敌。
A true gentlemen benefits others and himself, a man of integrity has many friends and enemies. ( Another quote- used during Reporter’s Day )
一切没有什么了不起，人生百年，俯视万物如尘埃，淡淡一笑，当做生命中必不可少的碰撞、擦伤。
Its all not that big a deal, a human life span of a hundred years, gazing upon everything as dust, smile lightly, and take it as life’s unavoidable bumps and scrapes.
徐悲鸿说，拔山盖世之气，长山大海为悲。静默如雷。
Xu Beihong said, ” Might that can level mountains, sadness as deep as the mountains and the seas…Silence like thunder???
( quote from 《垓下歌》Song of Gaixia ???)
陈寅恪说，读史早知今日事，看花犹是去年人。沉吟似水。
Chen Yinke said, read history to know the present, ….some clever idiom I can’t translate
年轻的朋友啊，守望阳光；善良的脸庞，莫相忘。我承诺，春暖花开，跋山涉水去看你：
My young friend, look towards the sunlight; don’t forget a kind face. I promise, when spring comes and flowers bloom, I will make the trip over mountains and rivers to see you:
食知味，寝能安，微笑在唇边。
Taste your food, restful sleep, always have a smile on your lips.
Ft image credit @Zac Durant from Unsplash
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