韓寒時代

韓寒，一個響亮的名字，因為“新概念作文大賽”，因為《三重門》，因為他輟學的經歷和早期的叛逆，因為作家和賽車手的雙重身份，因為他對社會弊端的直言不諱，因為他超越同齡人的社會責任感……說不清楚他受人追捧的原因到底是哪個，但可以肯定的是，他已成為一代人的偶像、新銳作家的代表。

n December， 1999， a publisher in Shanghai received a handwritten manuscript by a first-time author named Han Han， who had recently dropped out1) of tenth grade. Han had spent more than a year writing a novel， Triple Door， in the back of the classroom， on his way to flunking2) seven courses. An editor was enthusiastic and printed thirty thousand copies. They sold out in three days. Another thirty thousand copies were printed， and they sold out， too.

1999年12月，上海的一家出版社收到一份手寫的書稿，作者名叫韓寒，彼時剛從高一退學，這部作品是他的處女作。韓寒花了一年多時間在教室后排的座位上寫出了這部名叫《三重門》的小說，在此期間他的七門功課一路“紅燈高掛”。該出版社的一位編輯對這本小說很感興趣，于是印了三萬冊，三天之內便銷售一空。隨后加印了三萬冊，也售罄。

Before Han's parents knew if they were having a boy or a girl， they agreed to name the baby Han Han， the father's abandoned pen name. Han was a fidgety3)， outdoorsy child， but his father stacked the household's best literature on low shelves， where the boy could reach it. \"I usually tell people that I don't read， but of course that's impossible，\" he said. \"I also tell other race-car drivers that I never practice， but I do， secretly.\" It was reading the Chinese classics that alienated4) him from his school curriculum.

He wrote occasionally， and when he was sixteen he heard that a Shanghai magazine was looking for young writers to enter the New Concept Essay Contest. He entered and took first place. The essay still circulates among fans.

The year Han won the essay contest， he failed his courses and was held back5). On the verge of failing again， he dropped out， which made him desperate to publish his manuscript， \"to prove myself.\" He said， \"I had told my classmates and teacher that I was a good writer and I could make a living from it， but they said I was crazy.\"

Triple Door was a scathingly6) realistic satire of education and authority， written by a nobody. China Central Television held an hour-long discussion on its national broadcast. But on TV Han projected insolent7) glamour8)， with a boy-band shag9) haircut that swept down and across his left eye. When educators in suits and ties criticized \"rebelliousness\"， Han smiled， cut them off， and said， \"From the sound of it， your life experience has been even shallower than mine.\" He was instantly famous—a spokesman for a new brand of youthful defiance10)， which the Chinese press called \"Han Han fever\". Triple Door went on to sell more than two million copies， putting it among China's best-selling novels of the past two decades. In the next several years， Han published four more novels and several essay collections which have sold millions more.

Five years ago， Han started blogging， and his focus took an unmistakable turn toward some of the society's most sensitive matters. It was as if Stephenie Meyer11) had abandoned the Twilight series and started directing fans' attention to the misuse of public funds.

Han proved even more successful online than in print. In 2008， he surpassed a movie star to become China's most popular personal blogger. Han's site—a simple chronicle in the style of a diary， on a blue background with a photograph of a yellow puppy in the corner—has had nearly half a billion visitors since it began.

\"As soon as I started making money from writing， I started buying sports cars and racing\"， he said. \"Other drivers looked down on me， because they thought， 'You're a writer; you're supposed to be driving into walls.'\" Han silenced doubts about his seriousness as a driver in 2007， when he won the China Circuit Car Championship. For nearly a decade， Han Han has maintained a parallel career as a race-car driver， with a respectable record in circuit competition and in off-road rally12) races.

He began a television interview by saying \"If you speak Chinese， you know who I am.\"—a boast not quite as ridiculous as it sounds.

Han long ago recognized his \"rebel\" identity as a cliché. The racer lived as rebels， but with limits. After midnight， he'd speed down， stopping at every red light. Actually， when he isn't racing， the rebel keeps quiet rhythms: he doesn't smoke， barely drinks， and has no interest in night-clubs. On the days that Han writes， he sleeps until midday and usually works-fast and alone—into the predawn hours. He is a proudly self-described \"country bumpkin13)\". In person， he is warm and laconic14)， and speaks through a smile that tends to camouflage15) the searing16) edge of his comments. Once or twice a week， Han takes the highway from downtown Shanghai to the suburban village where he grew up in a farmhouse now occupied by his grandparents.

\"I always feel like I'm scared in some way—scared of having too little to offer，\" he said. \"I always think I should be doing more—writing more， winning more.\" One area in which he has permitted himself to slow down lately is his fiction. His latest novel， 1988: I Want to Talk with the World， is more focused and compassionate than previous work， and was warmly received. His latest narrator speaks admiringly of \"hot-blooded people\" who exude17) intensity18) and never shy from responsibilities. Han acknowledges a change in tone. \"In previous books， I wanted my readers to love every single page， to laugh at the jokes， to be impressed with every detail，\" he said. \"I've done enough of that. I'm starting to write real fiction.\"

Han's visibility reflected how much wider the realm19) of Chinese intellectual life had become over the past decade. Many Chinese people understand that what you say and what you think often don't match up20). But Han Han isn't like this. He just says what's on his mind， or he'll say nothing. If Han Han says， \"This is true，\" then ten million fans will say， \"This is true.\" If he says \"this is fake\"， then it's fake. \"If we wanted a better China， we couldn't sit around and wait，\" he said.

He has advertising contracts with Johnnie Walker21)， which pairs his brooding22) image with the line \"Dreaming is realizing every idea that flashes through one's mind.\"

韓寒的父母在不知道生男生女的情況下，就商量好給孩子取名“韓寒”——他父親曾用過的一個筆名。韓寒幼時生性好動，在家里待不住，不過他的父親還是把家里的文學藏書擺放在書架的下面幾層，讓年少的韓寒能夠拿到。“我常對別人說我不讀書，但這當然不可能，”他說，“我也對別的賽車手說我從不練車，但我其實練車，偷偷練。”正是閱讀這些國學經典讓他與學校的課程漸行漸遠。

他偶爾也寫點什么。16歲那年，他聽說上海某雜志在征召青少年寫手參加“新概念作文大賽”。他報名參加了比賽，并一舉奪魁。他當年的獲獎作文至今仍在粉絲中廣為流傳。

韓寒贏得征文比賽的那一年，他在學校的課程門門紅燈，他也因此被迫留級。當再次瀕臨掛科時，韓寒選擇了退學，這使他拼了命地想要出版他的書稿，“以證明自己”。他說：“我曾對同學和老師說，我文章寫得好，能以此為生，但他們都說我瘋了。”

這位無名小卒所著的小說《三重門》是一部現實主義作品，對教育和權威進行了尖刻的諷刺。中國中央電視臺為此在央視頻道播出了長達一個小時的討論。不過，電視上的韓寒留著常見于男孩偶像組合的蓬亂發型，劉海掃過前額，遮住了他的左眼，整個人散發著一股桀驁不馴的魅力。當西裝革履的教育家們聲討他的“反叛行為”時，韓寒笑了笑，打斷他們說：“從你們的口氣看，你們的生活積淀甚至還沒我厚。”他就此一舉成名，成為新生代青少年反叛者的代言人，引發了一股中國媒體所謂的“韓寒熱”。《三重門》繼續熱銷，賣出了兩百多萬冊，躋身中國20年來最暢銷的小說之列。之后幾年，韓寒又出版了四部小說和數本雜文集，銷量也達百萬之多。

五年前，韓寒開始寫博客，將注意力很明顯地轉到那些社會最敏感的問題上。這就好比是斯蒂芬妮·梅爾放棄《暮光之城》系列，著手將粉絲的視線導向公共基金的濫用問題一樣。

事實證明，韓寒在網上比在紙上更加成功。 2008年，他超過一位電影明星，成為中國最受歡迎的博主。韓寒的博客采取日記體的簡單記錄形式，藍色的背景，左上角有一只小黃狗的照片。自開博以來，他的博客已有近五億人次的瀏覽量(編者注：本文寫于2011年7月，現已超過五億)。

“我寫書剛一賺錢，就開始買賽車跑比賽，”他說，“別的車手都看不起我，因為他們覺得‘你只會寫書，開起車來不撞墻才怪。’” 2007年，韓寒贏得了“中國汽車場地錦標賽”總冠軍，讓那些懷疑他是否誠心想當車手的人啞口無言。近十年來，韓寒一直維持著與寫作齊頭并進的賽車生涯，在錦標賽和越野拉力賽上都取得了驕人的成績。

他曾在一次電視采訪時作開場白說：“只要你講中文，你就知道我是誰。” 雖然有些自吹自擂，但也并非狂言。

韓寒很早以前就不再視“叛逆”為新鮮玩意兒了。這位車手雖然活得叛逆，但頗有分寸。午夜過后，他會放慢車速，遇紅燈就停。事實上，不賽車時，這位叛逆者過著平靜而規律的生活：他不抽煙，很少喝酒，對夜總會毫無興趣。寫作的日子里，他會睡到中午，然后一個人奮筆疾書，直到天將破曉。他自豪地稱自己為“鄉巴佬”。私下里，他為人熱心，言簡意賅，說話時常一臉微笑，這樣往往易于掩飾其言論的鋒利之處。韓寒每個星期都會開車從上海市中心沿高速公路回市郊的農村老家一兩次。他在那里的農舍中長大，現在那里住著他的祖父母。

“我總會有誠惶誠恐的感覺，害怕自己能得拿出手的東西太少，”他說，“我總在想我應該做得更多些——寫更多的書，贏更多的比賽。” 最近，他允許自己在小說創作這一塊兒放慢了步伐。他最新的小說《1988：我想和這個世界談談》比他以往的作品主旨更明確、更富同情心，備受好評。小說中的敘述者大加贊揚了“熱血之士”——那些情感熱烈、從不回避責任的人。韓寒承認新書在筆調上有所改變。“在以前寫的幾本書中，我希望我的讀者能對每頁愛不釋手，能被每個笑話逗樂，能對每個細節印象深刻，”他說，“那些我已經做得夠多了。現在我要開始寫真正的小說。”

韓寒的知名度表明，在過去十年里，中國知識分子的活動領域已大大擴展。很多中國人都知道，人們的所言和所想往往并不一致。但韓寒卻不是這樣。他腦子里想什么嘴里就說什么，不然就干脆緘口不言。如果韓寒說“這是真的”，那么就會有一億粉絲跟著說“這是真的”；如果他說“這是假的”，那就是假的。“要想讓中國變得更好，我們就不能坐著干等。”他說。

韓寒與尊尼獲加威士忌簽有廣告合同，廣告中，他一副沉思的樣子，旁邊配有一句廣告語——“夢想就是實現腦海里閃過的每個想法。”

經典語錄

將一句話謹獻給所有正春風得意或秋風不得意的人們，非常平凡，但你一定要堅信自己：我是金子，我要閃光的。

我在上學的時候喜歡踢球。有人諷刺我說再踢也踢不到國家隊，踢再好也好不過羅納爾多，踢了有什么意思，不許踢了。那么，如果你自己喜歡開車，我對你說，你再開也開不到麥克拉倫車隊去，開再快也快不過舒馬赫，開了有什么意思，駕照沒收了。

如果現在這個時代能出全才，那便是應試教育的幸運和這個時代的不幸。如果有，他便是人中之王，可惜沒有，所以我們只好把“全”字“人”下的“王”給拿掉。時代需要的只是人才。

一個鋼琴彈得不錯的朋友說教我彈鋼琴，我說算了。朋友說沒關系，可以強行記一兩首歌就行了，比如《兩只老虎》和《兩只蝴蝶》什么的。我想了想，覺得還是算了，一件事，弄得一知半解最沒意思，要么就做一出場別人就全歇了的那種，要么還是觀賞別的強人得了。如果搞半天，讓人知道我會彈鋼琴，但只會彈四只動物，那也太難為情了。

1.drop out: 退出；退學

2.flunk [fl#652;#331;k] vt. 通不過(考試等)

3.fidgety [#712;f#618;d#658;#618;ti] adj. 坐立不安的

4.alienate [#712;e#618;li#601;ne#618;t] vt. 使疏遠

5.be held back: 留級

6.scathingly [#712;ske#618;eth;#618;#331;li] adv. 嚴厲地，尖銳地，刻薄地

7.insolent [#712;#618;ns#601;l#601;nt] adj. 無禮的；傲慢的

8.glamour [#712;ɡlaelig;m#601;(r)] n. 魅力；誘惑力

9.shag [#643;aelig;ɡ] adj. (毛發等)蓬亂的

10.defiance [d#618;#712;fa#618;#601;ns] n. 反抗；蔑視

11.Stephenie Meyer: 斯蒂芬妮·梅爾(1973~)，暢銷小說《暮光之城》(The Twilight Saga)系列的作者

12.rally [#712;raelig;li] n. 汽車拉力賽

13.country bumpkin: = bumpkin [#712;b#652;mpk#618;n] n. 鄉下人，土包子

14.laconic [l#601;#712;k#594;n#618;k] adj. (話語、文章等)簡潔的，精練的

15.camouflage [#712;kaelig;m#601;flɑ#720;#658;] vt. 偽裝；掩飾

16.searing [#712;s#618;#601;r#618;#331;] adj. (言論、演講等)批判有力的

17.exude [#618;ɡ#712;zju#720;d] vt. 充分顯露(喜、怒等)

18.intensity [#618;n#712;tens#601;ti] n. (思想、感情、活動等的)強烈，劇烈，緊張

19.realm [relm] n. 領域；范圍

20.match up: 一致，一樣

21.Johnnie Walker: 尊尼獲加，暢銷全球的蘇格蘭威士忌品牌，創立于1820年。

22.brooding [#712;bru#720;d#618;#331;] adj. 沉思的；憂思的