【新唐人2013年11月16日訊】有人說，現今的中國，是一個善於遺忘的國度。但也有這樣一批人，拒絕遺忘。四川老人李盛照就是其中一個。他在監獄裏度過了20年最為珍貴的青春年華，出獄後仍繼續追求那一段不被中共當局承認的歷史真相。當法院開庭審判他時，他說：「我不是被告而是原告﹔我控告餓死四川1000萬人的罪惡。」今年11月11號下午5點，老人因腦溢血逝世，享年83歲。這位身刻「大饑荒」傷痕的倔老頭，他的生平故事，再次被外界關注。

「越反抗越打壓，越打壓越反抗」，這是李盛照老人一生的寫照。他被不同的人冠以「中國脊樑」、「中國良心」、「瘋子」等各種稱呼，而他自稱「倔老頭」。

去年5月，《南方人物週刊》刊文《倔強的「大饑荒」上書者》，介紹了李盛照。大饑荒發生在上個世紀的中葉。大饑荒結束至今已經50年了。

回顧這一生，李盛照說，自己始終沒有消沉的情感。他的故事，從上世紀50年代開始。考上「四川大學」經濟系的李盛照，在1957年中共的所謂言論「春天」中，痛斥斯大林為封建暴君，於是被打成「極右份子」﹔被遣送回鄉後，他又成了一名「大饑荒」的上書者。

原四川成都市政府工業局一秘書彭慕陶：「毛澤東57年的整風運動，他（李盛照）提了一些意見，現在看來都是正確的。他是學經濟的，根據經濟的原理，按照正常規律進行的生產指導。也提了一些關於蘇修的問題，這樣一來就被劃成右派。」

1958年，李盛照在四川德昌看到為鍊鋼鐵抽空勞動力、燒光樹林的荒誕，也看到了路邊餓得哭泣的小姑娘。1961年，他在被押送回家的火車上，餓死人的消息不絕於耳。

於是，一回到家，他就到各個生產隊調查。寫了3篇報告。作為一個右派份子，李盛照自然知道他反映意見的危險，但他把報告抄了一遍又一遍，從地方到中央領導人，一封又一封的往外寄。

他收到了時任國務院副總理的鄧子恢回信，被告知已將信件轉交給當時的西南局書記李井泉。誰知，這封信成了李盛照入獄的通行證。

1962年3月，李盛照被綁架勞教。1964年9月，他被正式逮捕。

當第一次審判以15年有期徒刑判決時，李盛照堅持上訴，這招來更嚴厲的打壓，他被處以20年有期徒刑。

李盛照戴著手銬和28斤的腳鐐，在一間小監裡待了7年。在那些幽閉的日子裡，他寫道：「為民請命痴愚笨，弔民伐罪抓禍首。我灑熱血荒山野，正氣天地就長留。」

四川老人李盛照難友劉光澤：「他到晚年的最近這10年，腦殼就已經有一點不好，遠遠關了7年半的黑牢、獨居黑牢，而且腳鐐手銬，那簡直是沒法用言語形容。73年退出來的時候，精神症狀就逐漸加重，言語說不清楚。罄竹難書，共產黨的罪惡。」

1980年，他剛獲得平反。已經50歲的李盛照，人生似乎才剛剛開始。他將第一次參加工作，第一次戀愛。但是，他沒有忘記這個國度經歷過的傷痕。

彭慕陶：「他認為對的東西他就堅持到底，一直堅持。受了很多迫害。我們和他是難友，很多都很支持他，很敬仰他。我也給他幫忙，找了個姓謝的女同志，給他拍了電視記錄片。」

在出獄後的30年裡，他一次又一次向法院索要他那些被沒收的書信和手稿，卻舉步維艱。

而昔日同學似乎大多善於遺忘，紛紛表示對李盛照的話題不感興趣。對他們而言，安度晚年才是最好的選擇。就連他的妻子都無法理解，費時、費勁、費錢去調查這些事是為了甚麼。

但是，李盛照絲毫不在意別人的看法，他說他就是要做反抗者！他生前的大部分時間，都是在書桌上靜靜書寫著。他對妻子說，他死後，這些文字不要扔掉。他相信會有人找到這些文字，看到這段嵌入個人生命的民族歷史，也看到他一生的反抗。

採訪/易如 編輯/王子琦 後製/李勇

A Story About a Tenacious Old Man Li Shengzhao

Someone said, today’s China is an oblivious country.

However, there is a group of people refusing to forget.

Mr Li Shengzhao, an old man from Sichuan Province,

is one of them.

He was confined to prison for 20 years of his

most precious time as a youth.

After jail, he had continued his search for the historical truth,

which is denied by the Chinese Communist Party Authorities.

When he was trialled in court he said,

“I am not a defendantbut rather a plaintiff.

I am suing the crime of 10 million people dying of hunger

in the Sichuan Province area."

5pm of November 11, the old man died of cerebral

apoplexy when he was the ripe old age of 83.

The tenacious old man, imprinted with the scar of the Great

Famine, is again highlighted for his unusual personal story.

The saying goes, “The more resistance causes more suppression,

the more suppression triggers stronger resistance".

This expression truly describes Mr Li Shengzhao’s

lifetime of experience.

He is entitled to the citizenship “Chinese Spine", “the Conscience

of China", “Mad Man" and so on, by various people, though

he called himself “a tenacious old man".

May of last year, Southern People’s Weekly

published an article titled “A Tenacious Appealer

for the Great Famine", introducing Mr Li Shengzhao.

The Great Famine took place in the middle of the last century,

spanning 50 years since its demise.

When looking back on his lifetime, Mr Li said, he himself

has never had a depressed feeling,

In 1957, when Mr Li was a college student of

Economics Department of Sichuan University,

he was identified as a “Extreme Rightist" due to his

statement that Stalin was a feudal tyrant during

his Speech “Spring" Movement.

He was escorted to his hometown only to then

become an appealer for the Great Famine.

Peng Mutao, ex-secretary of the Industry Bureau of Chengdu

Municipal Government of Sichuan Province says,

“Mao Zedong launched the Rectification Movement in 1957,

and he (Li) gave some comments, which now prove correct.

He was studying economics in College. According to the principles

of economics, he advised the production should be instructed

by the common economic rules,

as well as some comments about the Soviet Union.

It was at this moment that he became identified as a rightist."

In 1958, Li Shengzhao had witnessed in Dechang County

of Sichuan Province,

producing steel and iron had imposed upon all local labour forces

and consumed all of the trees.

He also saw a little girl crying on the road side

due to extreme hunger.

In 1961 when he was escorted to his hometown by train,

he heard a lot of news about people dying of hunger.

Therefore, once back home, he conducted his own investigation

in to the many rural farm production villages.

He wrote three reports.

As a rightist, Li knew the dangers of sending out such letters,

describing the real situation in rural areas.

However, he transcribed the reports repeatedly, sending

them to local and central governments via mail.

He received a reply from Deng Zihui, Deputy Premier of

State Council,

stating that the letter and reports had been transferred to Li Jingquan,

the CCP head of Southwest China.

However, the reply later became Li’s Shengzhao’s

unfortunate prison sentence.

In March of 1962, Li Shengzhao was sentenced to re-education.

In September 1964, he was officially arrested.

He was initially sentenced to a jail term of 15 years.

Li Shengzhao insisted on appealing this, which

later became an even harsher punishment.

He was eventually sentenced to a jail term of 20 years.

With handcuffs and 14 kilogram shackles, Li was confined

to a small cell for a total of 7 years.

During his confinement he wrote the words,

“I appeal for the people, but am looked upon as a fool.

I show concern for the people and questioned the

government, yet am punished as a criminal.

I can sacrifice myself and die in the wild,

but the uprightness will forever remain in this world."

Li’s fellow sufferer Liu Guangze says, “During the past decade,

his brain is not so good, a result I feel coming

from his seven and a half years’ confinement

in a small prison cell with nothing but handcuffs and shackles.

This is beyond all words.

When he was finally released in 1973,

his mental state gradually worsened, he could

barely speak a clear word.

All of these sufferings are difficult to describe yet they are

all the misdeeds of CCP."

In 1980 at the age of 50, he was redeemed with fame.

From that time on did his life then truly start.

He worked for the country for the first time,

and fell in love for the first time.

However, he could not forget the scars left by the nation.

Peng Mutao says, “He insisted on what he thinks was right

without compromise, he even suffered a lot for his insistence.

Many of us were his fellow sufferers,

supported him and admired him.

I also did him a favour by introducing Ms Xie

to make a TV documentary of him."

30 year after his time in prison, he repeatedly requested the

return of his confiscated letters and reports

again and again, but to no avail.

Most of his past fellow students were absent-minded and did not

really understand Li Shengzhao, saying they were

not interested in his topics and stories.

For them, to live a secure retirement life was the best choice.

Even his wife could not understand his actions.

She did not know what he pursued nor why he spent so

much of his time, effort and

money investigating these past things.

But, Mr Li Shengzhao did not care to others’ views. He said,

he was determined to be a protester!

Most of his lifetime he silently wrote something on his desk.

He told his wife, after my death,

these texts cannot be thrown away.

He believes someone will look for these texts,

which reflect a nation’s history embedded with his personal life,

and his personal rebellion during his lifetime.

Interview/YiRu Edit/WangZiqi Post-Production/LiYong