大雨刷盡泥濘，本心方現真跡。對作家而言，能夠恆存於世間的，就是作品。但在過去，作家唯有依靠紙與筆，才能在有限的紙面上耕耘文學的無垠。稿紙上的真跡，見證了作家的靈思運動；紙與筆則為真跡的降生賦予實存的骨肉。在臺灣文學史上，鍾理和先生的故事為人所動，他在肺疾復發臥病在床時，仍悉心修改中篇小說〈雨〉，以致肺疾發作，咳血殘稿而終。然而，在其重謄稿上，字跡溫潤清秀，彷彿仍可見農村經歷雨後的氣味與溼潤景色。
我們透過「鋼筆」重新轉譯這篇在鍾理和生命中別具意義的遺稿，挑選〈雨〉的段落真跡銘刻於筆身，成為文學的符號與圖騰，並融合包裝設計，再現作家眼中所見的農村雨景，引領讀者走進小說中的人情悲喜，以及鍾理和在最困頓的時代裡，留下作品時不改不悔的初心。
尺寸｜137 x 14 mm
材質｜黃銅、蝕刻填色、臺灣製筆尖組 筆幅寬:F
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Manuscript Fountain Pen
Inspired by National Museum of Taiwan Literature collection of Fair copy of novella “Rain” by Zhong Lihe.
Rain washes away the grime to reveal the true self. For Chung Li-ho, survival itself was a work of literary merit. It used to be that a writer set out to face the boundless potentials of literature with the most meager of tools - pen and paper. Words on paper testify to the writer’s spirit. Pen and paper are life incarnate. In the annals of Taiwan literature, Chung Li-ho’s story is one of the most touching. He spent his final days on earth in poor health writing his final work, Rain. However, in spite of it all, his words ring elegantly crisp and true, surrounding the reader in the sights and smells of a countryside village after a refreshing rain.
NMTL Archive Select reinterprets Rain and the life of Li-ho through the simplicity of a writer’s pen. This pen, imprinted with a passage from Rain, is both a literary symbol and a statement. Together with its elegant package, this item encapsulates the author’s idyllic image of a rain-quenched farming village and invites the reader in to enjoy the moment. Moreover, it celebrates the rarity of this pure, unaffected work, created during the author’s final, difficult moments.
Size｜137 x 14 mm
Material｜Brass, colored etching, fine nibs made in Taiwan