"The last time that （似乎用once比较好，“上次”在口语里似乎并不强调是最后一次。）I got on the Internet to search for information, a web page popped up suddenly.  It was very yellow (i.e. erotic), very violent.  I hastily closed the page."  This is what Beijing elementary school student Zhang Shufan said during an interview that was broadcast on the CCTV news program <Joint News Broadcast> at 19:00, December 27, 2007.

“上次我上网查资料，突然弹出来一个网页，很黄很暴力，我赶紧把它给关了。”这是13岁的北京小学生张殊凡，在去年12月27日19时新闻联播一则关于净化网络视听的新闻里接受采访时说的话。

On account of the phrase "very yellow, very violent", videos, photographs, spoof cartoons and comments flooded the Internet overnight.  At Baidu Post, there is even a post especially for Zhang Shufan known as the "very yellow, very violent" post（似与原文有出入，“贴吧”最好不要处理成post）.  MOP featured the video clip prominently and issued a "human flesh search engine" call to track down everything about her ... Some netizens said that this was the first popular saying of year 2008.

只因这一句“很黄很暴力”，关于张殊凡的视频、图片、恶搞漫画、帖子一夜泛滥成灾；百度贴吧突然出现了张殊凡吧、很黄很暴力吧；猫扑网更是把其视频截图放在显著位置，发帖号召人肉搜索……比起猫扑网友“很好很强大”的广告语，“很黄很暴力”以其强悍的火爆程度和迅猛的传播速度在几天内闹得满“网”风雨，有网友戏称“开创了2008年首句流行语”。

The first one to comment was "mopper" (i.e. a member of the MOP forum) Gegege.  At 7:40pm that evening, she wrote a post titled "Tonight's Joint News Broadcast was awesome":  "Did you see that?  The news item about deleterious videocasts on the Internet.  A cute elementary Beijing school girl was interviewed and she said, 'The last time that I got on the Internet to search for information, a web page popped up suddenly.  It was very yellow, very violent.  I hastily closed the page.'  At that time, I was having dining and I could not help but laugh.  Very yellow, very violent.  That is like the MOP slogan of Very Good, Very Powerful（“很强大”是不是前后文统一好呢？前文用的awesome）.  Is this school girl a mopper too?"

在互联网上第一个就此事发帖的是猫扑网友“咯咯咯”，她在当天晚上7时40分发出一个名为 《今天晚上的新闻联播很强大》的帖子时说：“都看了没？说网络不良视频节目的那条短新闻：采访北京市的一可爱的小学女生，她说：‘上次我上网查资料，突然弹出来一个网页，很黄很暴力……我赶紧把它给关了。’当时我正吃饭，忍不住笑出来，很黄很暴力，很好很强大。小女生是不是个mopper 啊？”

As soon as that post appeared, other netizens were drawn to the case.  Netizen "pinkbabyfeifei" commented: "I saw that too.  I was laughing.  Where does one find a very yellow, very violent web page?"  Netizen "Little beggar of the beggar gang" wrote: "This little girl can tell what is 'yellow' and 'violent.'  She's got potential.  Very yellow, very violent!"  Netizen "irrissun" commented: "I heard that too.  I nearly threw up!  How does a little girl know when something is very yellow, very violent?  Weird."

此帖一发出，马上受到一部分人的关注。网友pinkbabyfeifei跟帖说：“我也看到了，当时都笑了，哪有很黄很暴力的网页啊。”而“丐帮小叫花子”则说：“这个小女生竟然能够分辨‘黄’、‘暴力’，很有发展潜力呀。很黄很暴力！”网友irissun则跟帖称：“我也听到了，差点就吐了！小女孩怎么就知道那样的是很黄很暴力的呢？奇怪了。”

Several days later, a post titled "Calling for the human search engine -- Zhang Shufan -- Very yellow, very violent" appeared at MOP.  This was posted on January 1.  By early morning of January 5, there were almost 1,200 comments running to 12 pages.

经过了几天的时间，《召唤人肉搜索——张殊凡——很黄很暴力》现在成了猫扑的热门帖子，是由一个叫“今夜累欲死”的网友在1月1日发出的，截至5日凌晨跟帖竟达1200条，足足12页！ 

That post contained the screen capture of the searches for Zhang Shufan.  This included the 1 minute 26 second video clip from <Joint News Broadcast> as well as a short essay titled <Concerning Very Yellow, Very Violent> which said: "I'm perplexed as to how a single web page could be both yellow and violent?  How does a lolita (namely, a cute girl under 15 years of age) know what is yellow and violent? Poor lolita, this interview will change her whole life."  

帖子内容包括最初搜索到张殊凡名字的网站截屏，包括1分26秒的新闻视频，并附上了一篇短文《关于很黄很暴力》。在短文里写道：“只是俺很迷惑怎样能让同一个网页既黄又暴力？……现在门户网站不都是这样子吗？有什么好大惊小怪的……loli怎么知道什么是黄和暴力？可怜的小罗丽，这个采访会影响她一生的。”

The first comment to that post came from an anonymous person who listed Zhang Shufan's date of birth, school, academic grades, awards, commendations and so on, and even the name of the hospital where she was born.  Zhang Shufan's attendance at a 2004 school calligraphy contest was listed as well.

在12页的回帖中，第一页就有匿名人士把张殊凡的出生年月、所在学校、平时成绩以及受获奖励跟贴出来，精确到出生的医院都清楚。更有甚者，公布了一份2004年的中小学生书法比赛名单，其中就有张殊凡的名字。

Another spoof had a cartoon depiction of a crying Zhang Shufan with her shirt falling off her shoulder and saying: "Very yellow, very violent" with the CCTV logo.  Other netizens even constructed web pages that they imagined Zhang Shufan would call yellow and violent.  ... Other netizens wondered which web site was serving these yellow and violent web pages.  In China, there are very few websites on sadomasochism (SM).  Since Zhang is an excellent student, some netizen thought: "She faced the CCTV reporter and lied to a national audience without blinking.  Isn't she accountable for what she said?  If she is lying when she is so young, how far will she go when she grows old?  For children, academic grades are important.  But if her thinking and morals are rotten, then academic grades are useless no matter how good they are."

一幅以张殊凡形象恶搞的漫画在猫扑也极为盛行。漫画里一个露着肩膀哭丧着脸的小女孩，前方放着有CCTV标志的话筒，右边台词用很大的字体写着“很黄很暴力”，同时下方写出同样字幕，模拟张殊凡接受采访时的情景。甚至还有网友根据“很黄很暴力”做出想象中弹出在张殊凡面前的网页图。而猫扑网友“鬼树”回帖时则称：“百度连‘很黄很暴力吧’都出来了，我本来想抢注的，原来有了！”记者查询发现，张殊凡吧也已经存在，而且最早的发帖记录是1月3日。但是有心的网友通过其他方式查得，张殊凡吧在去年12月29日就有人用“张殊凡”这个名字发帖，但是被百度删了。现在贴吧里充斥着各种有关“很黄很暴力”或是张殊凡的用户名。有叫“黄暴力小朋友”的，还有叫“突然蹦出的窗口”等等。同时1月3日以后张殊凡吧的帖子迅速增加，截至1月5日凌晨，贴吧主题数已达546个，帖子数2807篇。一个13岁小学生的“很黄很暴力”，让2008年的网络又热闹不已。许多网友在回帖时称，想知道张殊凡当时查什么资料，看见的是哪个网站。有网友认为，一个网页能又黄又暴力基本不可能，因为SM网站不仅少而且很难找，一个上网找资料的小学生又怎能轻易找到？不少猫扑和百度贴吧网友都发帖表示，这极有可能是经过记者授意，配合采访才编造出来的台词。特别是网友在猫扑人肉搜索张殊凡时发现，她还是个成绩优异获得众多奖项的四年级学生，这成为网友们一致的“集结点”。有网友发帖时称：“面对CCTV的记者，她面不改色地向全国观众说谎，难道她就不知道要为自己的话负责吗？小时候就敢这样，成年后还不知会堕落到什么地步。对于孩子，成绩很重要，但假如思想道德败坏，那成绩再好也没有用。” 

From the other side: "She is just a lovely little girl!  Why are you doing this to her?  Would you like your child be discussed in this manner on the Internet?"  "No matter what, it is stupid to go after a little girl in this manner!"  "Let her be!  People have different views about things."

“人家还是一个可爱的孩子呢！何必呢，你愿意你家的孩子被人在网上说三道四吗？”猫扑网友“喜喜丸子”在回复人肉搜索帖时称。网友“镇星摩羯”发帖时说：“不管怎么样，这样和一个小孩子过不去，没有意思。”一部分网友认为，张殊凡只是一个不懂事未成年的小孩，“只是大人教什么就说什么，这对小孩子来说有什么错？”在百度张殊凡吧，也有不乏同情和支持张殊凡的声音。“放过她吧，每个人对同一个事物的看法是不一样的。”甚至有网友担心张殊凡在看见网络舆论之后会承受不住压力，呼吁网友不要对此事再过多讨论。

On the evening of January 4, a letter purported to be from Zhang Shufan's father appeared at MOP and Baidu Post.  But not many netizens believed that this letter was authentic.  The letter is as follows:

1月4日晚，先后在猫扑和百度贴吧都出现一位自称殊凡父亲的网友发的公开信。这封信出来后，并没有太多网友“买账”，大部分网友认为并不是真正的殊凡父亲写的。信的内容如下：

Dear netizen friends:

I am the father of Shufan.  During the past few days, people have been giving Shufan funny looks.  Then I found out that this was the result of the Internet activities.  When I got on the Internet and read the posts, I found it impossible to tolerate.  You people are really going too far.  Shufan is just a child.  Her world and personal views are not fully developed, and she might have said something inappropriate.  But does it justify your wilfully attacking and insulting her?  Not only did you use vicious language to insult Shufan, you even used Photoshop pornographic cartoons to debase her character.  Do you know how much mental anguish your （似乎应作you）have caused Shufan?  Meanwhile, will the person who created the Photoshop cartoon dare to stand out and identify himself/herself?  I don't know if you people know what conscience is anymore.

各位网友：

我是殊凡的父亲。这几天总是有人用异样的眼光看着殊凡，这才知道网上的所作所为。上网看了你们的帖子和言论简直忍无可忍，你们真的很过分。殊凡仅仅是个孩子，世界观、人生观尚未成熟，也许某些话说得不够得体，但这是你们肆意攻击侮辱她的理由吗？你们不仅用恶毒的语言污蔑殊凡，更有甚者还PS色情漫画侮辱她的人格。你们知道你们的行为给殊凡带来了多大的精神伤害吗？明人不做暗事，第一个PS那张漫画的人你敢不敢站出来承认？我真的不明白你还知不知道什么叫良心。

I don't think that Shufan said anything wrong.  You have started a so-called human search to locate Shufan.  I can tell you that we live in Wanshou Road, Haidian District, Beijing City.  You are welcome to visit us anytime.  At the same time, I am warning you (especially those who did the Photoshop cartoons) that I will use the law to defend the legal rights and human dignity of Shufan and myself!

我觉得殊凡并没有做错什么。你们不是还发动所谓人肉搜索找殊凡吗？我可以告诉你们，我的住址就在北京市海淀区万寿路。随时欢迎你们来访。同时我也想警告你们，尤其是PS漫画的人，必要时我会使用法律武器维护我和殊凡的合法权益和人格尊严！

Dear netizen friends, I hope that you won't insult Shufan anymore.  I sincerely hope that the person who made the Photoshop cartoons would make an apology.  I hope that this affair blows over peacefully with no more waves.  This is the earnest request from a father.  I think that everybody knows about parental responsibilities.  People should guide their children properly, instead of heaping insults and sarcasms on them.  We should all love the children.  When they offend us, we should continue to be tolerant.  Isn't that so?

各位网友们，我希望你们不要再出言侮辱殊凡。PS漫画的人，我希望你能诚恳地向殊凡道歉。我希望这件事就这么平静地过去，不要再起什么波澜。这是一位父亲发自内心的请求。我想我们每个人都应该有做家长的责任感，去正确地引导教育孩子，而不是在一旁挖苦讽刺。我们应该热爱孩子，即使他们触犯了我们，也应该保持宽容的态度，不是吗？

Finally, I sincerely thank those people who supported Shufan by standing out to say some fair words.  I thank those people who are quietly tolerant of Shufan.  I thank those people who realize their mistakes and make apologies.  I wish you all a happy New Year!

最后，我诚挚地感谢那些支持殊凡，敢于站出来为殊凡说句公道话的朋友们，感谢那些默默地宽容着殊凡的朋友们，感谢那些知错就改，勇于向殊凡低头承认错误的朋友们。祝你们新年快乐！

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