Chapter 148 rafter pen

"Xinmin Congbao" is the most outstanding newspaper founded by Liang Qichao in his life. In 1902, when "Xinmin Congbao" was founded, Liang Qichao began to serialize the "Xinmin Shuo" series of articles in the newspaper under the pseudonym "Xinmin of China".During the four years of serialization, the circulation of "Xinmin Congbao" reached 14,000 copies at its peak, and every issue was printed, and people in the mainland reprinted it again and again.It is estimated that each volume was read by about 20 people. It can be called a model after the adoption of the "new style":

"Old people are like the setting sun, young people are like the rising sun; old people are like barren cows, young people are like milk tigers; old people are like monks, young people are like chivalrous men; old people are like dictionaries, young people are like operas; old people are like opium smoke, young people People are like wine in Poland; old people are like meteorites from other planets; young people are like coral islands in oceans and seas; old people are like pyramids in the desert of Egypt; young people are like the railway in Siberia; old people are like willows after autumn, and young people are like trees before spring. Grass; the old are like the pools of the dead sea, and the young are like the beginning of the Yangtze River; this is the general difference in character between the old and the young."

In 1905, Liang Qichao wrote the article "The Influence of the Russian Revolution". The article began with a short and hasty text, such as the rocks cracking and the magma gushing: "The lights go out, the gas runs out, the docks stop, the iron mines are cut, the wires are cut, the railways are dug, the army The factory is burned, the newspaper is closed, the dagger appears, the bomb explodes, the emperor flees, the chariot is blocked, the police riot, the soldiers gather, the sun is dark, the wild is full of blood, the lightning strikes the eyes, the world is full of tongues, the drama, the Russian revolution! In this way, the only autocratic country on earth will not be exempt from the Great Revolution!"

Huang Zunxian had an electric comment on Liang Qichao's writing style: ""Qing Yi Bao" is far better than "Current Affairs News", and today's "Xin Min Cong Bao" is a hundred times better than "Qing Yi Bao". Nothing, but it is in everyone's mind. Even iron and stone people should be moved. From ancient times to the present, the power of writing has never been surpassed. There is a monkey in Luofu Mountain Cave. Once it comes out, it becomes a monster. The grandson of the transformation, seventy-two transformations, the more amazing it is. My Zhu Bajie, I put my beak as far as I can, and I can only worship with my palms together."

Wu Qichang believed: "The reform of style is Liang Qichao's greatest achievement", and the "new style of style (newspaper style) mixed with slang" created by him has made the people's reading level soar. Comment on Liang Qichao's article: "At that time, people often said that Liang Qichao's writing was like a sharp knife that could kill. The article "The So-Called Problem of the National System" is no less a blow to the Chou'an Society and Yuan Chengdi than the battle to protect the country led by Cai E." Liang Qichao said: "When the writing style is indiscriminate, scholars compete to imitate it and call it a new style. The elders hate it and slander it as Wild Fox Zen. However, its writing is clear and the style of writing is often emotional. For readers, it has a special magic power. "

After the 1920s, the influence of Liang Qichao's words gradually declined. At that time, people believed that Liang was retreating and conservative, and the younger generation no longer valued his writing.Huang Yanpei presided over the "Declaration", and at one point asked Liang to write a special text, but asked Liang not to use his real name to publish it.Liang also admitted that his writing, like his political activities, was a failure. Chen Shuliang highly praised Liang Qichao and said: "Liang Qichao is a fighter for the first trend of ideological emancipation in modern China, a great statesman, a great writer, a great scholar, and the greatest tragic figure in this century. He wrote 14 million words in his life, integrating Chinese and Western. , entering and exiting classics and history, showing the style of an "encyclopedia". His articles, with thunder and lightning, spread across the oceans. Angry and weeping bitterly, Sun Yat-sen, Mao Zedong, and Chiang Kai-shek praised it."