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The author:(作者)aaapublished in(发表于) 2014/12/14 9:05:00 Civil investigators of the Nanjing massacre： compatriots suffered restore
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Fei Zhongxing
Born in 1944 in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province in 1966 graduated from the East China Institute of water conservancy specialized in applied mathematics. Enlisted in 1968, 1983, transferred to Nanjing artillery Institute, since in mathematics laboratory taught his retirement in 2004.
Fei Zhongxing another identity is perhaps more widely known, he is considered by many media and scholars known as the "Nanjing massacre civil investigation first person".
Since 2001, spontaneous investigation Fei Zhongxing, trying to restore the East suburb of Tangshan area of Nanjing civilians are slaughtered by the Japanese army. In 2008, he will research and information gathering, East of the city of life and death was published, a list of 834 people in Tangshan, the victims were restored, and fill the gaps in research in Tangshan, the history in the history of the Nanjing massacre.
Two years ago, Fei Zhongxing investigation was first reported in the Beijing News "Tangshan list" experience. Fei Zhongxing has now moved away from Tangshan, moved from the city of Nanjing. He said survivors of the year in the past decade have left, now Nanjing massacre witness oral investigation work more difficult, also makes the list hard to come by in Tangshan, which is even more precious.
"Live to be 70 years old, has seen ups and downs, as calm as possible in Tangshan, and research. But history is a sad history of the fall of Tangshan, study the history of mourning, heart was bleak. "Fei Zhongxing said.
Tangshan is a category of the Nanjing massacre have disputed
A: you how to think to investigate lists of Tangshan?
Fei Zhongxing: since 1983, I have been teaching in Nanjing artillery Institute, the school is located in Tangshan. Holidays I often ride out and look at the fields scenery, put thoughts into words. In April 2001, the students suggested that I write about soup Shanbao school history. In this regard, I know almost nothing, and I went outside to local elderly people in rural areas for advice. Run a couple of times, and by the summer of 2001, access to oodles of information, particularly with regard to violence in rural areas near the Japanese army artillery of various historical facts.
A: when this period of history was blank? Little information?
Fei Zhongxing: Yes, I learned that the Japanese troops in China carried out atrocities, these tragic events have been no investigation. 8 years in Tangshan, about how many people were killed during the fall? Can not find in the literature, I thought to single-handedly conducted the investigation, to obtain reliable data.
The Beijing News: I heard that academia in Tangshan, whether it belongs to the Nanjing massacre was controversial?
Fei Zhongxing: Yes, someone once told me, after the fall of Nanjing, Nanjing massacre refers to the urban areas and the Yangtze River, killing, Tangshan is in Jiangning County, not within the urban area of Nanjing, words are understood. Subsequently, spatial and temporal scope gradually expanded the Nanjing massacre, Japanese both inside and outside the city before and after the fall of Nanjing city to lay down their arms and military of atrocities and the execution of innocent people, belonged to the category of the Nanjing massacre. In this way, I'm a researcher of the history of the Nanjing massacre.
A: your research has received some support from the Fund, is how to get the financing it?
Fei Zhongxing: in 2004, I read in the newspaper published in the Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing massacre Research Center information, said they have to a Nanjing massacre Research Fund project. Is a group of Japan overseas Chinese donated 300,000 dollars to the Research Center, hopes to fund the research of Nanjing massacre. I applied for this project, has been approved. At that time received the first grant is 5000 Yuan, I bought a digital camera, continued to visit the Holocaust witness in Tangshan region.
Elderly people are reluctant to talk about the Holocaust called "unlucky in the future"
Newspaper: what is the attitude of the elderly interviewed during the investigation?
Fei Zhongxing: some seniors are willing to speak, some are not willing to speak. Many people speak the first words are "what use is it to tell it? "I would say, to record their bitter, for young people to look at.
A: not willing to tell the old man have any concerns?
Fei Zhongxing: there are reluctant to speak of different occasions. When team officials said, history may not say, declined to be interviewed, some old people believe it speaks of peace, talk about friendship, any more of that bloody period of history will not fit some of the older people don't want to recall the terrible experience, and still some old man all over and asked him to sign, but he would not, after that I fear bad luck.
The Beijing News: old people are there any things that you forget about it?
Fei Zhongxing: eighty or ninety years old now, when teen-agers and remember it well. Speaking of sad, some choking tears; some indignation excited pulled up the pants let you see scars; advice site, telling you where the Japanese assault.
Several people have told the same story: on December 6, 1937, the Tangshan SI Zhuang seventy or eighty villagers dug a deep ditch in the woods of drilling An Jishan, ditch digging, covered with pine branches, hiding refuge. Villager Hou Yugao's wife holding a newborn daughter unlock clothes, feeding, but kid crying in a few bites, sounding extremely loud in the night. Villagers are worried about the crying bring bad luck. No. 780 people, Japanese have heard, we all die. Waited for about ten minutes, Hou Yugao took the shovel out and dug a hole on the outside, and quietly returned to the cave, hugged her daughter and buried her. Hou Yugao wives face in hands and crying, afraid to look out at a glance. Other villagers can only be silent, sit beside her with her crying.
"Name and number of the victims, there is no temperature"
Newspaper: access to a wealth of bloody history, your emotions will be excited?
Fei Zhongxing: I still, after all these many years, through all kinds of ups and downs. Old man I listen to, tell them I'll write it down. I saw some journalist wrote: "when the number into the name, there will be a temperature and history. "Mean the victims list is more important than the number of victims. In my opinion, true name and number, there is no temperature, even the story behind the victims, it was dreary.
The Beijing News: response to the East of the book of life and death?
Fei Zhongxing: I self-published the book, paid 20,000 yuan. In Nanjing, the effect has been negligible, mostly artillery and digests. Once I went back to artillery walk, one student told me that he stayed up all night long breath after reading the book, I was very moved.
The Beijing News: did Japan readers have expressed their views?
Fei Zhongxing: I dictated into the survivors of the Nanjing massacre historical data sets. I once saw a special reader, a Japan correspondent, he asked me the way to Kirin town village visit survivors. Into the survivors home, he picked up the collection of historical materials of the Nanjing massacre, carefully checked. All morning, he kept silent, his face showed no emotion. In December 2011, I in Japan 8 8 cities took part in the civil society organizations "testimony meetings", disclosed Japanese forces atrocities in Tangshan. Translate and tell me, a professor at Kanazawa University read my book, think is one of the most detailed written.
Nanjing population flow, is not conducive to list statistics
The Beijing News: Nanjing massacre victims a total of more than 300,000 people, currently counted just more than 16,000 people, restore this list is so difficult because you feel that where is it?
Fei Zhongxing: my experience in Tangshan to visit rural population mobility is relatively weak, the old man live in a village. Usually find three or four old people, will be able to feel out a village massacre. Population movements are frequent in the city of Nanjing, it is difficult to find insiders. Even the neighbors living in a building, don't know about someone else's situation, this may be the victims of the Nanjing city investigations more difficult, the main reason.
A: do you think restoring 834-what is the meaning of the name list of the victims?
Fei Zhongxing: just simply wants to know that history and the suffering of the victims, survivors trying to restore it. For those interested in history, so he can look at my research. I think I'm going to do has already been done, surveys, research, collated information, published as a book. I'm so little power, so little can do.
A: do you have any plans in the future?
Fei Zhongxing: in June this year I completed the purple Japanese pillboxes in the study, wrote of the purple mountain bunker, but not intended for publication, no one will buy it. The East of the city of life and death I think seriously revised in a few years, and then printed 1000 copies. Dreams can come true, right now to predict.
Tangshan fell to history of JEREMIAD studied JEREMIAD, inevitably miserable. But remember friends concern for me over the years, encouragement, support and help, hearts warm. Anyway, retired after having such experiences, there is something to be proud of. --Fei Zhongxing
This version of the write/Beijing News reporter Zhang Ting
(Original title: "restore compatriots suffered, I can")
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