Chapter 22 Big I

Chen Duxiu, who was not yet a weak crown, had the world in mind, and wrote "A Brief Introduction to the Situation of the Yangtze River".In the article, he made a detailed analysis and discussion of the Yangtze River's physical geography, hydrological geography, military geography, economic geography, etc., with more than 7,000 words.In order to attract the attention of the Chinese people, he also printed and published this article at his own expense. The Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China, and China was defeated.Until now, Chen Duxiu knew that there are countries in the world, and that countries are "different from each other in frontiers and borders", and that "the ups and downs of a country are shared by all people in the whole country", and he could not escape.He "thought more and more, and sorrow came from it."He felt, "There must be a reason why China is not as good as foreign countries and is bullied by foreign countries." So he decided to study in Japan and go to other countries to check.

When he was young, Chen Duxiu once sealed a seal by himself, saying "Nvhuaxiaodi".The girl is Qu Yuan's sister.Chen Duxiu compared himself to Qu Yuan, which shows his deep concern for the country and the people. In Shanghai, Chen Duxiu and Zhang Shizhao co-run the "National Daily". They often worked all night and didn't rest until the early morning of the next day.Zhang Shizhao recalled the hard work of the two at that time: "the two lived in seclusion in the side building of Changshouli, and they spoke and wrote together. One morning, when I woke up, I saw that his black clothes were naked, and the white things were stars, which were indescribable. I was shocked and said: "Zhongfu, what is it?" Such is the case with asceticism."

After the "Su Bao Case" happened, Chen Duxiu returned to Anqing to found "Anhui Common Talk News", and then moved to Wuhu.Wang Yuanfang recalled that a twenty-five-year-old young man with his braids cut off and his hair draped over his shoulders came to the Science Book Club with a bundle on his back and an umbrella in his hand.Wang Mengzou said to him: "I eat two meals of porridge every day, and it's very hard." After hearing this, Chen replied flatly: "Just eat two meals of porridge." Lianming Zhiyun "destroys the heroes of the moment and expands the hearts of the ages", even though the clothes and quilts are covered with bedbugs, they are not aware of it.

Chen Duxiu was good at writing old-style poems, and it was widely spread. When Zhang Shizhao met Zhou Enlai in the 1950s, he "occasionally touched on the old things."But in 1921, Chen suddenly stopped writing poems.Many people were surprised. Someone asked Li Dazhao, and Li explained: "Zhongfu's life is a poem, with a high artistic conception, but now he is a "master watching from the sidelines, keeping his hands in his sleeves". Ants see small bugs and small ears." Chen Duxiu's stepfather, Chen Yanshu, had a great family business, but in 1909, because a British company bought soybeans, the British defaulted and went bankrupt.After the failure of the second revolution, because Chen Duxiu opposed Yuan Shikai, Yuan sent people to copy the Chen family, and the Chen family became more and more declining.But Chen Duxiu, the sole heir of the family, was indifferent to family affairs.After Chen became Secretary of the Central Bureau of the Communist Party of China, it was rumored that his family was rich. In the autumn of 1925, Broughton, the left-wing leader of the British labor movement, went to Shanghai and asked Chen Duxiu curiously, domestic and foreign newspapers often said that you "have a huge amount of money, is it true?"Chen smiled and pointed to the documents inside and outside the party in the next room and said: "My property is all about this!"

Chen Duxiu was later expelled from the CCP, but after the "September 18th" incident, Chen's attitude towards the CCP changed.In his "Message to All Comrades in the Party" dated January 1, 1932, he clearly stated: "We, the Left Opposition, are prepared to advance hand in hand with all comrades in the Party in all actions!" He wrote a letter to the CCP together with Peng Shuzhi and Luo Han The Central Committee put forward the proposal of "cooperating to resist Japan". After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Zhou Fohai asked Chen Duxiu to join the National Defense Council established by the Kuomintang government. Chen Yanci refused: "Chiang Kai-shek killed many of my comrades and my two sons. He and I are utterly irreconcilable. Now the enemy is at hand. The second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, since the country needs him to cooperate in the fight against Japan, I have no objection to him."

During the Anti-Japanese War, Chen Duxiu said that in the face of national crisis, whoever can lead the war will be the object of his support.He said: "This war of resistance against Japan, no matter who or what party is leading it, everyone and any party should unanimously sponsor it." On October 6, 1937, Chen Duxiu gave an anti-Japanese speech at Huazhong University.According to a report from Shanghai’s Ta Kung Pao: In the evening, before 7 o’clock, “the auditorium of Huazhong University was already full of young people. Outside the gate stood two black-clothed policemen, holding guns, preventing the dark crowd from entering.  … Taiwan On and off the stage, there are dense crowds everywhere, and even the wind can hardly pass through."Chen Duxiu "accompanied by his fellow students from Huazhong University's anti-enemy work group stepped up to the podium from the fierce applause." "The frenzy of the crowd made him a little bit excited, and his withered face was flushed. He is old and half bald on the top of his head." One, with gray hair and a short beard... His stubborn character is exposed at any time, a gray robe, leather shoes that have lost their light, and he still has the demeanor of a poor scholar."After the speech, "in the auditorium with 600 seats, 3,000 hands clapped like thunder."

At the beginning of 1938, Wang Wenyuan suggested that Chen Duxiu go to Hong Kong to get rid of the surveillance of him by the Kuomintang authorities.Chen declined, saying: "We supported and participated in the War of Resistance, so we had to stay in the area of ​​the War of Resistance no matter what, and use the legal identity that others had to give us to criticize publicly. If we went to Hong Kong, we would automatically give up this identity. " Wang Ming and Kang Sheng slandered Chen Duxiu as a traitor, and Chen was very concerned about this. In 1939, at Zhang Guotao's suggestion, Chiang Kai-shek sent Hu Zongnan and Dai Li to visit Chen.But when Hu and Dai asked Chen to publicly attack Yan'an, Chen was unmoved: "I am ignorant and ignorant, and I don't want to speak out publicly, which will cause endless chatter."

Before his death, Chen Duxiu left his wife Pan Lanzhen's last words: "From now on, I will be self-reliant, and I will strive to be self-reliant in my life. Don't sell my reputation for money." Chen Duxiu said: "Have you ever seen how locusts cross the river? The first one went down to the water's edge and was washed away by the water, then the second came again, then the third, then the fourth; finally, their dead bodies piled up , became a bridge, and the rest passed away. The man who passed is not our real life, but the bridge is our real life, eternal life! Because the man who passed did not leave even a footprint, only this bridge It left behind the value of eternal commemoration." Chen then said to himself: "This bone is not trapped by hunger and cold, but it is a bridge for human beings."