Chapter 98 fierce

When the gunshots of the Wuchang Uprising of 1911 rang out, Wen Yiduo and his six cousins ​​were studying in the Primary School Affiliated to Lianghu Normal School in Wuhan.Not only did the Wen brothers not panic, but they became inexplicably excited.The next day, 12-year-old Wen Ji followed the example of the revolutionaries and cut off his braids.After the war spread, Wen returned home. When people asked about the uprising, he recounted what he had seen and heard over and over again.He also drew a set of revolutionary stories and posted them all over the walls. One of them had a little man holding a small flag and waving his arms and shouting, meaning to support the republic.

Tsinghua University in the far suburbs did not participate in the student parade on May 4, 1919.That night, Wen Yiduo was very moved after hearing many students returning from the city tell about the parade that took place in the city during the day. He copied Yue Fei's "Man Jianghong" overnight and posted it at the entrance of the cafeteria. More than a hundred students from Tsinghua University took to the streets to publicize and were arrested by the authorities.In order to protest, Tsinghua students organized another 160 students to go to the city to publicize. Wen Yiduo also participated in this action.He brought water bottles, dry food, and toiletries with everyone, and was ready to be arrested by the military and police at any time.Sure enough, the Beiyang government dispatched military police, but due to the large number of students, they just surrounded the square in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City for a day, and let them disperse in the evening.

Tsinghua's government-funded study abroad period is 5 years. If the study abroad is interrupted for one year, it can be resumed. However, Wen Yiduo only returned to China after studying in the United States for 3 years, and did not return to study.During his study abroad, Wen wrote to Liang Shiqiu: "I want to live in the United States for another year and then go home.... Come to this hemisphere, except for one more foreign student for China, we really don't get any benefits, and neither does China. What good." In the United States, Wen Yiduo felt the discrimination he suffered as a Chinese, and his heart was very painful.Chen Changtong, a student of Tsinghua University, was also studying at the University of Colorado. Once, he went to the barber shop for a haircut. He was greeted by no one for a long time. Finally, a barber said to him: "We don't serve Chinese people." In a rage, Chen sued the court, and the court ruled that the barber shop lost , need to apologize to Chen.After apologizing, the barber sincerely said to Chen: "Next time you want a haircut, I brought tools to the house, so don't come to my shop again." Later, they realized that if a Chinese enters a barber shop, The white people stopped coming.Wen Yiduo was extremely angry about this matter, and when he talked about this matter to Liang Shiqiu, he blushed so much that his neck was thick with anger, and his grief and indignation were uncontrollable.Talking about this matter twenty years later, Wen is still brooding and said: "I,... read and draw behind closed doors, and don't go out easily. I would rather eat some cold bread, and I would rather grow my hair longer, so as to avoid being wronged." OK."

Wen Yiduo graduated from the University of Colorado without a degree.According to the school's regulations, when the graduating students hold the graduation ceremony, as usual, boys and girls line up in a column and walk to the podium side by side. In this way, a boy and a girl receive their graduation diplomas at the same time.There were 6 Chinese students graduating in a certain year, but no American girl was willing to stand side by side with Chinese boys, so the school had to arrange 6 Chinese students to stand in three pairs at the front of the queue.Witnessing this situation, Wen Yiduo was extremely angry, and when he graduated, he refused to line up to receive his diploma.

Facing all these situations, Wen Yiduo firmly believed in returning to China.He said to Liang Shiqiu: "I still don't know where to live. This is a matter of great concern. But going home is settled. As long as you go home, even people like Guo and Yu can fight in Shanghai. Gentleman Gu Poverty is not a disease, and the poorer you are, the more romantic you are." In May 1925, Wen Yiduo left the United States and never visited again. Once, at a gathering of students studying at Tsinghua University in the United States, Wen Yiduo asked Pan Guangdan: "What kind of nation is the best in the world?" Pan Guangdan said that the most oppressed and difficult nations in the world, such as Chinese and Jews, are the smartest.Wen Yiduo said: "That's good! If the result of your research is that the Chinese nation should be eliminated, I will have to shoot you to death with a pistol first!"

Wen Yiduo said: "Some people have rich emotions and sharp thoughts. When they see a red leaf falling, they have mixed feelings and tears. But facing the ugly phenomenon in society, seeing the red blood of unfortunate children being killed on the ground Stepping into mud, but being indifferent, isn't it unreasonable!" In 1933, the Japanese army occupied Chengde, which shocked the whole country. Tsinghua University held a meeting of professors to discuss the matter.Wen Yiduo, who had always been immersed in his studies, also came to the meeting. He believed that Chiang Kai-shek should blame himself.The next day, he wrote "Defeat" for the graduating students, asking them to fight like real soldiers, even if they were "bruised and bruised" and "only a breath was left".

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, because his wife was not around, Wen Yiduo was at a loss as to how to move. In the end, he left Beijing without packing up his wife's dowry jewelry and only brought two books.At the station, Wen met Zang Ke's family who was about to rush back to Shandong.Zang Jianwen’s luggage was very simple. Thinking of the books on the four walls of his house, he asked: “Where are those books of Mr. Wen?” Wen Yiduo replied: “I only brought a few important manuscripts. Throw it away, a few broken books are nothing!" After arriving in Changsha, the life of the professors was very difficult, and could even be described as terrible, but Wen Yiduo said in a letter to his wife: "It is safe for conscience to spend the time of national calamity like this."

In 1944, the Chinese Literature Society of Southwest Associated University held the "May 4th" Cultural Evening.At the end of the party, Chairman Luo Changpei announced: "Today the finale is Mr. Yang Jinfu, and Mr. Yang will go to the United States to give lectures." After Yang Jinfu finished speaking, Wen Yiduo went straight to the stage and said, "Today the finale is not Mr. Yang, but me! I have studied Chinese literature for twenty years, and my purpose is to destroy this feudal spiritual fortress!" Wen Yiduo once said: "Our Chinese characters are a tool for the ruling class to fool the people and a stumbling block to progress! As long as the Chinese characters exist, Chinese people's literature will not be realized."

Wen Yiduo objected to writing old-style poems. Lao She gave a speech at the Southwest Associated University. Wen Yiduo was the host. After introducing Lao She, he said: "During the Anti-Japanese War, whoever enthusiastically advocates writing old-style poems is preparing to be a traitor! Wang Jingwei , Huang Qiuyue, Zheng Xiaoxu, which one is not a famous writer of old poems!" The audience was shocked, even Lao She was stunned. During the Anti-Japanese War, Wen Yiduo felt like sitting on pins and needles when he saw that the country was so bad. He wrote in a letter to his student Zang Kejia: "I only feel that I am a volcano that has not erupted. The fire hurts me, but I have no ability to explode. The shell that imprisoned me radiated light and heat." In 1943, Wen Yiduo stepped out of his study, transformed from a scholar into a passionate fighter for democracy, and collaborated with "The Lion's Roar" in many public events.Some people do not understand this transformation.The spies called him a "crazy man", and even one of his friends said after he was assassinated that he was "extremely out of control and committed suicide".

In 1946, the University of California sent a letter to Mei Yiqi, hoping that Mei could recommend a professor of Chinese literature for them, and Mei thought of Wen Yiduo.But Wen Yiduo decided not to go abroad after careful consideration."At this time of suffering, I cannot leave my homeland, Kunming still has work to do," he said.