Chapter 36 Christmas

Chen Duxiu opposed the old morality. In the "Anhui Patriotic Society Constitution" he participated in drafting, there was a promise to "quit smoking, whoring, gambling and all hobbies"; The translation of "The Miserable World" alludes to it, and one of the reasons is that Zhu is obsessed with sex and evil.But Chen himself does not quit whoring and gambling, and is fond of promiscuity. Someone recalled: "Chen (Duxiu) often walked alone in Beijing. He happened to pass the Eight Great Alleys, and sat in a brothel for a few minutes. , who really understand the purpose of game samadhi."

Cai Yuanpei initiated the Jindehui, advocating "no whoring, no gambling, no concubinage".Chen Duxiu also joined them, but he still hangs around Bada Hutong.At that time, a Beijing newspaper reported that one day Chen "scratched a certain prostitute's lower part" because of jealousy with others, and there was a lot of discussion.A member of Congress named Zhang Yuanqi proposed to Congress the impeachment of Minister of Education Fu Zengxiang and President Cai Yuanpei of Peking University. One of the reasons was the private life of Chen Duxiu, the dean of liberal arts at Peking University.Cai Yuanpei finally adopted Tang Erhe's suggestion and removed Chen Wen as the head of science.According to Tang Erhe's diary, when Tang and Chen met on the road, Chen Duxiu's face was "gray and defeated, and he stared at him from north to south with anger".

Sixteen years later, Hu Shi pointedly pointed out: "When outsiders attack Duxiu with private behavior, it is obviously a means to attack the leaders of the new ideological trend in Peking University." When he was in Tiger Bridge Prison in Nanjing, one day, the warden took Pu Qingquan away. Seeing the warden's serious and angry face, Pu didn't know what happened.The warden said: "Mr. Chen is here with us. We don't treat him as a prisoner. The superiors tell us to give him preferential treatment, and we try to give him preferential treatment; but Mr. Chen recently forgot that he is in prison, and we treat him as a prisoner." This is very embarrassing for us." Pu asked: "What happened, please tell me directly." He said: "Do you know that there is a lady named Pan who often visits Mr. Chen? According to the guard People's report said that Mr. Chen and that lady surnamed Pan had a physical relationship in his cell, how can this be done?" Pu said: "I'm afraid it won't happen? Please investigate again." He said: "After investigation, it is absolutely true. To tell you the truth, I was one of the people who admired Mr. Chen back then. I thought his moral articles could be a model for young people. Now it seems that although his articles are good, his morality is limited. You tell him, Ask him to love himself a little bit in the future." Pu Weiwei retreated.

Pu Qingquan told Chen Duxiu what the warden had said, and Chen looked composed, without any embarrassment.Pu asked angrily: "You are very extreme in politics and thinking, and you are also very perverse in behavior. The head of a political party treats life like this, right? The tabloids outside said that you are not ashamed of prostitutes, but you think that Rong, is there really such a thing?" Chen was silent at first, seemingly ashamed, but when he heard that it was the tabloid, he said angrily: "The big newspaper made a big rumor, and the small newspaper made a small rumor, how can you believe it? It's private life, so don't let others care about it." Pu said: "You are a political party leader, and you don't have a correct and serious attitude towards women's issues?" , I am unruly, but after the founding of the party, I deeply self-censored that I did not mess around." Pu Fan asked: "Then where did this Ms. Pan come from?" Chen said: "Can't I have a partner?" ?”