Chapter 35 resentful

In 1918, in order to expand the influence of the New Culture Movement, Liu Bannong, under the pseudonym Wang Jingxuan, directly denounced the faults of "New Youth", which was then refuted by Qian Xuantong.I don't want Liu's article to resonate with many people.Regarding these new doubts, Chen Duxiu said: "I don't bother arguing, I just scold." Zhang Guotao recalled Chen Duxiu: "He was very talkative. During the period of time I lived in his house, every time after lunch, if there were no other guests to disturb him, he would open his chatter box to me, and he would talk for several hours. His conversation Not academic, but very fascinating. He often puts forward a hypothesis first, and then asks endless questions, tirelessly seeking the most appropriate answer he thinks. When talking vigorously, his eyes shine brightly and he laughs loudly. He insists on He is not willing to give in easily on his own ideas, that is, there is no significant difference, and he is unwilling to get involved in ambiguity. He must make it clear before he is willing to give up. But when he encounters something that he has not considered carefully, he will be frank immediately when pointed out by others. Acknowledge your mistake. His words are sharp and his attitude is stern, like a raging fire. Compared with Mr. Li Dazhao's gentle personality, this is a very strong contrast."

Bao Huiseng recalled: "Chen Duxiu doesn't tell lies, he is upright, expresses joy and anger, loves to tell jokes, and is very humorous, but he can't get angry when he loses his temper." When the four Trotskyist organizations in China negotiated unification, Peng Shuzhi expressed his opposition, claiming that he represented the lower levels against the collusion of the upper levels.Chen Duxiu: "It can be said that other people represent the lower class, but you, Peng Shuzhi, represent the lower class." Before the reunification conference, Peng Yin did not become a representative, so he wrote a long letter to Chen, rebuking this "unification" as "a Hypocrisy", "boring", he "will not admit it to the death".Chen was very angry after reading the letter.Later, Peng was re-elected as a representative, participated in the meeting, and became an "alternate Central Committee member" during the election.Therefore, when the first meeting of the Trotskyite Central Committee was held on May 5, Chen showed Peng’s letter to everyone on the spot, and asked him face to face: “Do you still think this unification is hypocritical, boring, etc.?” Peng Shuzhi's face was flushed and he couldn't say a word.

Liang Shuming talked about Chen Duxiu in his later years: "At that time, he was a breakthrough general, the most influential person, and the person who could open up the situation the most. However, Chen was usually unruly, he didn't speak in a manner, he went straight, he was very rude, and he often offended people. .” Li Lisan recalled that when the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a meeting on June 30, 1927, Ren Bishi’s delegation proposed a proposal criticizing the Party Central Committee for avoiding the issue of the Agrarian Revolution. Chen Duxiu was furious and smashed the proposal to the ground.

Zheng Chaolin said: "Chen Duxiu is a person full of spirit, he is easy to trust people, easy to overestimate the value of the person he trusts, but after being disappointed with this person, he tends to go to the other extreme." When Chen Duxiu was in prison, one time Hu Shi passed Nanjing but did not come. He wrote an apology afterwards: "This time when I returned to China, I passed Beijing in a hurry. I was very disappointed that I couldn't come to see my brother. I will go south in two months, and I will come to see it at that time. "Chen Duxiu was angry and wrote to Wang Yuanfang saying that he would break up with Hu Shi: "I know that he is busy enough to meet and drink with a group of high-ranking officials and nobles here.... I hope you don't tell others about Lao Hu. Uncle doesn’t let me know, and a gentleman will not make any bad noises when he breaks up friendship. I have only a friendship relationship with him, and there is no need to talk about everything else. He does not treat me with an attitude of friendship now, but he has lost one of his old friends, that’s all.” Next time Hu Shi When I arrived in Nanjing, I went to visit Chen Duxiu first, and Chen treated me as before.

There was an old man named Cheng from Nantong, Jiangsu, who also ran a primary school. Because of his admiration for Chen Duxiu, he visited Chen in Tiger Bridge Prison in Nanjing.The two hit it off right away, exchanging books and praising each other for their great insights, but in the end they got into an argument, blushing and rebuking each other's superficiality.The reason is only for the word "Father". Chen Duxiu said that the word "Father" obviously depicts a person holding a stick in his hand and directing his family to do things.But Mr. Cheng said that the word "father" is obviously holding a pot of fire and teaching people to cook.Chen says you are dumb, Cheng says you are dumb, Chen says you are superficial, Cheng also says you are superficial.

With great difficulty, Pu Qingquan persuaded them to leave, saying that academic discussions should be calm and not angry, and he casually composed a doggerel to mock them: "One is holding a stick and the other is fire, and the two should not get angry. If you can't understand it, I can't understand it." , who is superficial. If it were not for me, Xiao Pu, it would be more than just a table. In the future, you can argue with peace of mind, but fortunately don’t get angry and knock your head." Mr. Cheng laughed, and Chen Duxiu scolded: "You are superficial, you little brat. I'm going to knock your head off." Pu hurriedly said, "I'm not just superficial, I'm simply ignorant of your profession."

After the Xi'an Incident was resolved peacefully, Chiang Kai-shek returned to Nanjing.The sound of firecrackers in the city of Nanjing spread all night into the prison. When everyone talked about it, Chen Duxiu said: "It seems that Chiang Kai-shek's rule is quite stable, not as fragile as we analyzed." I disagree, thinking that Chen Duxiu is "analyzing based on emotion" and "this kind of naive analysis...will go down the old road of opportunism".Unexpectedly, when Chen heard the word "opportunism", he became angry reflexively, scolding Pu Qingquan and others for being ignorant, naive, unprogressive, and unbearable.

In prison, when Chen Duxiu talked with Pu Qingquan and others about the issue of democracy, they insisted on their own views, so disputes often occurred.Once, the warden brought Pu Qingquan to ask: "We asked you to take care of Mr. Chen because of his old age and sickness. Why did you quarrel with him?" Pu replied: "We persuaded him to take medicine, but he was determined not to take it. , so there was a quarrel." The warden said: "Ah! That's how it is. In the future, you should persuade him not to make a scene." Only then did the turmoil be covered up. Chen Duxiu said: "Some people praise me for my aversion to evil, while others criticize me for being irritable. In fact, I have a grumpy temper, but not always. In this regard, my mother and I also lack a serious and resolute attitude. Sometimes it is simply evil. Therefore, how many important things have been missed and how many evil mistakes have been made. Although I know it very well, I may not necessarily correct it. The main reason is certainly due to lack of seriousness and resoluteness in politics, and the inheritance of my mother's character may also have an influence. "