Chapter 41 deep feeling

When he was a child, Chen Duxiu couldn't recite books and was always beaten by his grandfather.Every time Chen's mother saw Chen Duxiu being beaten, she always said to Chen with tears: "Son, you must study hard. When you finish reading the book, one of the candidates will speak for your father. Your father studied all his life and never passed the exam. It was a matter of hatred during his lifetime." Seeing his mother crying, Chen Duxiu couldn't help crying, and his mother wiped away the tears for him, and reprimanded lovingly: "You are so naughty, grandpa hit you like that, you don't cry, Now I am crying for no reason!" Chen Duxiu later said: "Mother's tears are more authoritative than grandfather's. Until now, I am still not afraid of beating or killing. I am only afraid of people crying to me, especially women. Mother tears are a powerful command to study hard."

Chen Duxiu had a very good relationship with his elder brother since he was a child. After his grandfather passed away, his elder brother taught him to read.Chen said in his autobiography: "Our brother has a very good relationship. Although there is nothing in our opinions that does not conflict, and we do nothing according to his words, we always maintain a gentle attitude and refuse to refute him verbally, so as not to hurt him. In October 1909, Chen Qingyuan, his eldest brother who had been separated from him for ten years, died in Shenyang due to lung disease in the Northeast, and Chen was terrified and devastated.He immediately went north in a hurry, went to Shenyang to have a life-and-death meeting with his elder brother, and sadly wrote the five ancient long poem "Shu Ai", distributed it to friends, and traveled across mountains and rivers to personally escort the elder brother's coffin back to his hometown.

Chen Duxiu had no feelings for his stepfather, but he was extremely filial to his stepmother, Mrs. Xie. When he lived in Jiangjin in his later years, he took Mrs. Xie with him and served him until his death.A member of the Chen family recalled: "About the 32nd year of Guangxu, Chen Duxiu came back from Japan and wore a suit. His mother (referring to Xie's) was old-headed and said he was 'dressed like a ghost'." Chen immediately Changed the suit. In the winter of 1930, Chen Duxiu's wife Gao Xiaolan passed away.Two years later, when Chen Duxiu, who was in prison, learned the news of his wife's death from Chen Songnian, the third son who visited the prison, he felt deeply guilty, and after a long silence, he said to his son: "Your mother is a good person. She has worked hard for the Chen family all her life. I am sorry for her. I thank her and gave birth to three sons for me. Although Yannian and Qiaonian sacrificed, they died heroically, and the people will never forget them. Your mother is also a heroic mother. "Chen Songnian said with emotion: "Father, when my mother was dying, she still missed you..." Chen Duxiu, who has never been superstitious about ghosts and gods, said very emotionally: "Songnian, after you go back, buy me a few knives of paper money. Burning in front of my mother's grave, I talked about my memory of her. Every Qingming, don't forget to visit the grave."

In 1936, when Chen Duxiu heard the news that Chiang Kai-shek had been detained in the Xi'an Incident in prison, he was as happy as a child celebrating the New Year.Pu Qingquan recalled: "He asked someone to drink some wine and buy some vegetables...he poured a second cup, sobbed and said, Yannian, Qiao Nian, this is for you two for my father! Weeping, weeping. We've seen him laugh, we've seen him get angry, but we've never seen tears like this." In prison, Chen Duxiu talked about Liu Bannong, saying that he did not have any research on phonology, but in front of the French, he talked about phonology, thinking that the French did not understand phonology. It made his face red and his ears red, and he fled with a sigh of relief.Liu Bannong is "Zhu Bajie's mother is floating in the sea - an ugly foreigner", which should be cited as a lesson.Now that he is dead, the elegiac couplet written by Hu Shi said, "Shou Chang died tragically, Duxiu was imprisoned, new young and old friends are now weak; he is funny and humorous, and no one who knew his friends in those days did not cry and half farmer."Chen said that this couplet was not well written, but I felt the same way.

In June 1938, when Chen Duxiu was about to enter Sichuan on a dispatch boat arranged by Bao Huiseng, the eldest sister's family, who had been away for thirty years, fled to Hankou.Siblings meet in adversity, joys and sorrows.He said to Bao Huiseng: "The old sister is here, how can I leave them alone and go first?" So he returned the ticket he had already bought, and waited until the beginning of July to board the "Central" and "China" with his eldest sister's family. The special ships of the four banks, "traffic" and "farmers", entered Sichuan.

In March 1939, Chen Duxiu's stepmother, Xie Shi, died of illness. Chen was very sad, in a bad mood, with high blood pressure, roaring in his ears day and night, almost half-deaf, and there was no relief after fifty days.Chen's eldest sister came to help take care of the funeral, and she insisted that Chen "wear filial piety for the deceased, keep the spirit and other rituals of filial piety".In this regard, Chen Duxiu, who had always opposed feudal ethics, obeyed.Chen also said: "My mother's kindness to me is equal to that of my biological mother. The heart mourned for more than three years. The formalities were mourned. The younger brother insisted on the master's short mourning, so that personnel affairs were not abolished. However, drinking and eating, remuneration, and writing essays for others must wait a hundred days later. "

Once eating at the same table, Chen Duxiu knew that the eldest sister usually saved all the delicious food for her children, so when she was not paying attention, she stuffed a piece of braised pork under her meal.In June of the following year, when Chen learned of the sad news that his eldest sister Wu Chen died of illness in Youxi Town, Jiangjin, he was extremely sad, and wrote an elegy to recall the scene of parting with his elder sister not long ago: "My sister wishes to go together, but she hesitates before leaving. Sent me off to the west, and stood speechless. Yiyi couldn't bear to go, feeling sad and thoughtful. This is the moment when the flesh and blood parted. I was not alert at the time, and I still remember it hard."

In his early years, Chen Duxiu had a weak family concept and did not care about his children. But in his later years, when his third son, Chen Songnian, brought his children to visit him, he was especially affectionate with his grandchildren. They shouted for a reunion.Pan Zanhua said that at this time, Chen Duxiu also became "a son-daughter love, a hero shortness of breath". More than a month after Cai Yuanpei's death, Chen Duxiu still couldn't hide his regret and sorrow for losing his old friend. In a letter to Yang Pengsheng, he said: "My younger brother was in Jinling Prison, and he took care of Mr. Cai. Today, I died first. Another scar has been added to the countless scars on my brother's heart!"

In his later years, Chen Duxiu seldom stayed at home except to receive friends who came to visit.Sometimes, he was invited to attend some important banquets in the local area, and even when he went, he remained silent.When living in Yang's house, during writing intervals or in the evening, accompanied by Pan Lanzhen, Chen would go to the nearby small shops under a few big yellow june trees outside the yard, and chat with the surrounding people.However, because his Anhui dialect is difficult to understand, he often only listens to the sound and does not understand the meaning.During the holidays, the neighbors asked Chen to write couplets, and he responded to every request; he also wrote inscriptions for some schools or units.In addition, when some people's new houses are completed, they are also asked to write plaques.When Liu Jianchu, a gentry from Longxitan in Jiangjin, built a new house, Chen Duxiu was asked to write a regular script horizontal plaque of "Ren Shou Xiuju" for him.