Jennifer’s Photo Stories (9) 曾錚的圖片故事（9） — Jennifer’s World
Criticizing without Knowing or Understanding 小學生的無知批判
This photo was taken I believe when I was in my fourth grade of elementary school. I was obviously making a speech. At that time the “Criticize Lin [Biao], critics Kong[Confucius], counter the right-deviationist reactionaries” campaign was in full swing. Even though I had not quite figured out who Lin Biao and “Kong Number Two”[Confucius) were, I did what my teachers told me and threw myself into the movement. I copied critical articles from newspapers and modeled speeches on them, and I even wrote some derivative doggerel. So this photo was taken when I read one of my critical articles. I later won a “Criticize Lin, Criticize Confucius, Counter the Right-deviationist Reactionaries” activist award that was up on the wall at home for years.
這張照片應該是我小學四年級時照的。那時「批林批孔 反擊右傾翻案風」運動正如火如荼地開展。雖然我連林彪、「孔老二」是誰也沒有十分搞清楚，卻在學校老師的帶領下積極地投身於這場運動，從報紙上抄了許多批判文章作發言稿，還寫過幾首象模象樣的打油詩。這張照片就是我上臺念批判稿時照的。為此，我得了一張「批林批孔、反擊右傾翻案風」運動積極分子的獎狀，掛在家裡許多年。
Many years later, when I was already in university, I read the Three-character Classic for the first time. And I exclaimed in my heart: “Heavens! This is so good! And as a child I was forever criticizing it-how absurd!”
多年以後，當我上大學時第一次讀到《三字經》時，我才在心裡感歎：天哪！原來《三字經》寫得這麼好！我小時候「批林批孔」時卻天天都在批判它！多麼荒謬！
And sadly…
