文化名人余秋雨和易中天前些日子先后到我國的北疆寧夏訪問，一時間銀川的商場書店掛起大幅廣告，余秋雨所作的《文化苦旅》和易中天的《品三國》當即賣得脫銷，街頭巷尾到處談“余”說“易”，真?zhèn)€熱鬧非凡。

余秋雨在寧夏“人民大會堂”講演，可謂盛況空前，座無虛席。開講之前主辦者要著名作家張賢亮介紹余秋雨，張賢亮覺得任何介紹都可能是畫蛇添足，于是他說：“現(xiàn)在社會上的人可分這樣三種：一種人是必須自我介紹的，走到哪兒都得先掏出名片；另一種人是要別人介紹的，走到哪兒就會有人在一旁介紹，這位是什么老總或是什么長，引得眾人刮目相看；還有一種人是根本無須介紹的，不管走到哪兒人都認識，可說‘天下誰人不識君’，秋雨先生就是這樣的人！”

余秋雨在講演中果然妙語連珠，新穎的理念和觀點讓人耳目一新。演講結(jié)束，余秋雨與張賢亮在華夏西部影視城的“百花堂”，圍繞文化影響力話題進行對話。爾后張賢亮陪同余秋雨在影視城轉(zhuǎn)了一圈，便對余秋雨說：“今天我還要帶你去看個山里來的奇人，他現(xiàn)在是我們影視城的一寶，也是中國的一個文化奇觀?！?/p>

張賢亮所說的山里人其實是我，他說我“奇人”我自感有些慚愧。我出生在干旱貧困的甘肅通渭縣山區(qū)，從小受根土文化熏陶，鐘愛書法和藏頭詩。后來我到銀川打工，在張賢亮的支持下于影視城里為游客寫藏頭詩。5年來我已為8萬多游客寫了藏頭詩，把書法藝術(shù)和快樂帶到我國的四面八方，有許多藏頭詩還流傳到100多個國家，與此同時我的書法作品在國內(nèi)外的書法大賽中也多次獲獎，并被社科院授予中國西部大開發(fā)優(yōu)秀人才。當然我在大師們面前，只能算個從山里來的小學生。

張賢亮陪同余秋雨走進了我的集藝閣，便讓我為余秋雨做藏頭詩。當余秋雨寫下他的名字后，3分鐘之內(nèi)我便為他賦詩一首：“余霞散綺照藝壇，秋水文化苦旅鮮；雨澍蕭蕭澤桃李，?；垭p修天地寬。”我把這首詩寫在古色古香的扇面上，又在另一面用西夏文寫了“厚德載物”四個字。我把扇子贈予余秋雨，他賞看著書法，吟著詩篇，又翻看西夏文，緊緊地握住我的手，驚嘆說：“我該怎么感謝你呢！”我笑著說：“秀才人情一張紙，僅是一把扇子，望老師多多指教?！苯又嗲镉晏峁P要為我題詞，一旁的張賢亮隨口說了句就題“大道無形是自然”吧，余秋雨則說：“不，為這位書法家題詞，我就來個‘大漠孤煙直，長河落日圓’?！碑斢嗲镉陮㈩}詞贈我之后，張賢亮又向余秋雨介紹我說：“他是個打工者，但是個有文化的打工者。他來自甘肅農(nóng)村，是甘肅230萬打工者中的佼佼者和代表，他給8萬多游客寫了藏頭詩，其中包括名家、專家、外交家等。有一次呼啦啦一下子來了28位即將出國赴任的中國大使，這位打工者便在短短的67分鐘作完了28首詩，這樣，每位大使都帶了藏有自己名字的藏頭詩高高興興地走了?！?/p>

余秋雨走了沒幾天，緊接著來寧夏訪問的是文化名人易中天。易中天在寧夏電影院“國際影城”作了講演，然后又與張賢亮圍繞歷史進行對話。張賢亮稱贊易中天用當代人喜聞樂見的表達方式講歷史，激起普通百姓對歷史、進而對中華傳統(tǒng)文化的興趣，是一件功德無量的事。易中天說歷史是民族形成過程中的集體記憶，是一個民族人文精神重要的部分，失落了歷史就是失落人文精神。他所以宣講歷史，就從這個基點出發(fā)。

不用說，這次張賢亮又陪易中天來到我的書畫工作室。我明白客人來意，不待張賢亮開口就揮筆寫了“易中天祥”藏頭詩書法一首：“易禮詩書春秋篇，中華儒道五經(jīng)傳；天相吉人話歷史，詳風和雨潤心田。”隨后又用西夏文在扇子的另一面寫下“仁者壽”三字。這一切都在瞬間之內(nèi)寫成，易中天拿著我贈送的扇子看了一會拍手稱贊，引得在場記者臉露驚訝之色。爾后易中天也題詞贈我，他的題詞是“爾慧我愚，爾惠君一笑?！边@機智題詞引起在場人們一陣議論，我笑著說：“這是易老師夸獎我，說我聰敏，其實易老師才是大智，大智若愚么！”易中天輕聲說：“爾惠真高?！比缓竺鎸τ浾哒f：“人可分三類，一類是野生，一類是圈養(yǎng)，一類是寄生的。像張賢亮、牛爾惠這類走向市場、零距離把中國文化傳播給百姓，能給人們帶來藝術(shù)的快樂，我真佩服、真羨慕！”

這時，張賢亮請易中天為華夏西部影視城題詞，易中天揮筆寫下“鎮(zhèn)北古堡上，建造八陣圖?！睆堎t亮看了連聲說：“這個經(jīng)典?！币字刑煊謱堎t亮說：“張作家，今天我就寫這兩句，待日后我再給你補寫幾句寄來。”時過三個月，易中天果然寄來他的補寫書法作品，上面寫著：“捉刀寫世界，仗劍長江湖，大隱何妨市，立言未必書，壯哉鎮(zhèn)北堡，真是不含糊?！?/p>

Two Scholars Visit Ningxia

By Niu Erhui

Last year， Yu Qiuyu and Yi Zhongtian visited Ningxia， a Hui autonomous region in northwestern China. The celebrated scholars caused a sensation. Their books in the local bookstores were sold out during their stays and the spellbound local residents could not stop talking about the interesting things that came up in their printed essays and nationwide televised lectures on Chinese culture and history.

Yu came to Ningxia in October， 2006. His lecture at the Great Hall of the People in Yinchuan， the capital of the autonomous region， was introduced by Zhang Xianliang， a writer who was famed in the last two decades of the 20th century for exploring complicated relations between man and woman. Zhang began his introduction with these remarks， \"There are three kinds of people in our country: those who need to introduce themselves by dishing out business cards to everyone they meet， those whose official or honorary titles are ingratiatingly mentioned by others， and those who are known everywhere without needing any introduction or business cards. Yu Qiuyu belongs to the last group.\"

In his lecture， Yu Qiuyu offered insights into Chinese culture. After the lecture， Zhang and Yu exchanged their views on the topic of cultural influences. After taking the scholar around the television and film production base which Zhang runs， Zhang introduced me to Yu Qiuyu， saying that I was a rare cultural phenomenon. I have an ability to write the characters of a Chinese name into a classic poem. In such a poem， each character of the name appears at the beginning of a line and becomes a natural part of that line， and all the characters of the name are arranged in the right sequence.

Over the past five years， I have written more than 80，000 such name poems for tourists and visitors， including cultural celebrities and diplomats. The most amazing writing episode occurred when I wrote 28 poems at one sitting in 67 minutes for 28 Chinese diplomats who had just been appointed ambassadors. This time， I wrote a poem including the name of Yu Qiuyu and presented to him the poem and a fan with an inscription penned in the written language of the Western Xia Dynasty (1038-1227) which once ruled today's Ningxia. In return， Yu wrote a poetic inscription for me.

Shortly after Yu's visit to Yinchuan， Yi Zhongtian came to visit. Yi， a high-profiled scholar whose televised lectures on the Three Kingdoms period (220-280) have caused a national sensation， spoke at the International Film City， a facility of the Ningxia Film House. After the lecture， Yi and Zhang Xianliang had a dialogue on history. Zhang praised Yi's efforts to present history in a lucid and understandable way to ordinary people. According to Zhang， Yi has inspired more Chinese people to learn more about the motherland's culture and tradition. Zhang commented that Yi's contribution to the Chinese culture could never be overestimated. Yi observed that history was the collective memory of our nation， an important part of a nation's cultural spirit. He emphasized the importance of history because he believed the loss of history could lead to the loss of our national spirit.

Naturally， Zhang Xianliang took Yi to my studio. I wrote a poem that contained the three characters of Yi's name and also inscribed on a fan. Yi wrote me an inscription in return. He promised to write another inscription afterwards. Three months later， he sent me the promised inscription.

(Translated by David)