第一次见到向启军是一九九五年十一月左右,湖南省召开第四次青年作家代表大会,我有幸忝列。因为第一次参加这样的会议,诚惶诚恐之极。我们一行从吉首出发,火车哐当哐当地钻过一个又一个山洞,在黑暗的夜里向山外的世界奔突,一路上他都在勉励我,告诉我要有基本的自信,不仅是对自己的信心,更是对湘西的信心。“坦率地说,我们并不比别人差。”这是他反复说 The first time I saw that Xiang Qijun was the fourth youth writer congress held in Hunan Province in November 1995 or so and I was fortunate to have it listed. For the first time to attend such a meeting, there is trepidation. When our train departed from Jishou, the train suddenly went through caves one after another, bolted to the world outside in the dark night, and encouraged me along the way to tell me that we should have basic self-confidence, not only confidence in ourselves, More is the confidence of Xiangxi. “Frankly, we are no worse than others.” This is what he repeated