Chapter 36 3. I run "The Analects of Confucius"①

① The original title was "Study on Fang Qi". When I founded it, I believed that Fangjin Qidao is the enemy of humor.It is not because Daoist articles can resist humorous literature, but because the Daoist environment and ignorance of humor will definitely affect the writing of humorists. When writing, it seems that someone is glaring at the back, which is not suitable for humorous writing.Only those who can maintain a little naivety, a little arrogance, and disregard this kind of gloomy coldness can write a little humor.The influence of this kind of square scarf can be seen in its contributors and critics.In terms of criticism, the old and new apostles are quite consistent recently, and the square scarf has become more and more angry.All literature that is not humming, chirping, or Hang yo Hang yo is despised.Although some people write vernacular today, they are subconsciously poisoned by Daoism, and they will hang on their heads as "saving the country" or "subjugating the country" for any trivial matter, so using domestic toothbrushes is also saving the country, and selling perfume is also saving the country, which makes people Every move, every sneeze is not at ease.Some people study abroad and study chemical engineering, obviously to learn how to make perfume and smelt cowhide, but they insist on saving the country through industry.In fact, it’s probably because I’ve been used to composing since I was a child, such terms as “the world today” and “people’s hearts in the world” are still making trouble in the subconscious.Therefore, although these people have new terms, they have old attitudes. They are not born of Western culture, just like politicians and bureaucrats.They are unworthy of criticizing dignitaries' power-up of "the world today".When Westerners discuss women's clothing, they only think of it as an aesthetic problem, but in China, it becomes a problem of ethics and morality.When Westerners see a solar eclipse, they only study it as a calendar phenomenon. When they come to China, it becomes a disaster related to the chaos of the world.There are also people in the West like Li Ge, who is a university professor, but because of his close nature, he is good at writing some humorous sketches, sarcasm and sarcasm for photographers, and writers and readers do not think of "literary authenticity" and "the rise and fall of the country".However, humorous literature has developed because of this.If the Chinese write an article like "The One Who Eats the Lotus Flower", someone will ask, what does your writing have to do with the morals of the world, and how does it benefit Chinese culture?Isn't this Tongcheng evildoer still at work?Therefore, writers are unintentionally oppressed by this generation. When they pick up a pen, they must pretend to be cynical, so pure humor is shrouded in warm and even sour irony.

What is it like to run a humorous publication?It's just a humorous publication, why all the fuss?It turns out that among the various serious and large foreign publications, there is still room for several humorous publications.But once in China, it's not the same.One family's humor, every family's humor, must "be popular for a while", and everyone emulates it.Because those who praise humor are praised by the morals of the world, those who destroy humor are also destroyed by the morals of the world.This is just like a foreign doctor who has been specializing in literature for three years when he returns to China and is praised as a literature expert.In fact, I, Lin Yutang, have no ambitions, but because I am close by nature, I always dislike long and rambling articles in "Oriental Miscellaneous Magazine".Fortunately, someone published it, someone bought it, and the nonsense continued.At best, it is nothing more than adding a less serious small publication to the various serious and large magazines already in the country to adjust the atmosphere.The original intention is not to overthrow serious magazines, nor is it to force everyone in the world to write humorous articles.Now when it comes to criticism, what is it that I am teaching China or destroying China.

The publishing of "Human World" is the same as publishing.Since no one does it, I do it.I don't want to fall into the trap of others. If someone has already done it, I will never do it.In the past, I studied Chinese character indexing, compiled English textbooks, and recently researched typewriters. I also saw that others did not do it, or could not do it well, so I just did it out of curiosity.What else is there to do?Now he is clearly advocating short essays, but he is accused of "literary authenticity" for no reason.In husband literature, there are many categories.I advocate short stories, and others can advocate great ones; if I run a journal to publish the random feelings that are published every day in "Free Talk", and it is inconvenient to store them, others can even run a journal dedicated to short stories, can I prohibit him?If tomorrow I saw that there was no magazine dedicated to detective stories in middle schools, and I started one, some people would think that I had the ambition to regard detective stories as the "authentic" literature.This is the general idea of ​​real domestic products.This kind of criticism is called square scarf criticism.In the past, no one dared to run a humorous publication among celebrities and scholars. It was because of the anger of the square scarf that they couldn't get rid of the airs of celebrities and scholars, so I was forced to do it.

Today Mr. "Daye" advised me in "Free Talk" ("Shenzhen" supplement) "If you want to walk the road, don't follow the trails, don't use the sea to be in the cow's tracks, and don't use the sun to be equal to the fireflies."Western culture should be advocated first, and then sketches should be advocated.Advocating Western culture, I agree.However, Western culture is extremely complex and has many aspects. The New Culture Movement of the "May 4th Movement" is a bit general. We should introduce and promote it according to the division of labor and cooperation.Humor is a part of Western culture, and the skills of modern Western prose are also a part of Western literature.In addition to literature, there are philosophy, economy, and society. I can't help it. You can promote it.Modern cultural life is extremely rich.If I advocated humor and sketches, but it was unexpected, and the advocacy was effective, it was unexpected. In addition to the literature of the Chinese school of humming and chirping, I added a school of humor and sketches, and indirectly increased the number of Chinese literature. The richness of literary content, style or style even increases the richness of Chinese people's spiritual life and brings them closer to Western culture. Although I can't help being surprised, just like Dr. Yang is considered an expert in Western literature, I can just let my fate go.Recently, I had some thoughts. I saw the buildings in the alleys of Shanghai, and the shadows of the flowers behind the curtains are always moving. I remembered that there are automatic tarpaulin curtains in the United States, which can be pulled down and pulled up. So far, no one has "promoted" or "introduced", and I am thinking." Advocate "a bit.It would be very fortunate if the critics who are angry with square scarves don't accuse me of "advocating oilcloth curtains to save the country".

In the article against fangqi, I would like to say something about fangqi.If I can reduce the air of middle school a little, and let the people of the country adopt a more natural and lively outlook on life, then in the work of introducing Western culture, I will fulfill a little national duty.This sentence is also a vestige of my habit of reading "today's husband is the world" since I was a child.People will be surprised at the seriousness of my life. Because modern Western culture has a natural and lively outlook on life, and was liberated by the romantic trend of the nineteenth century, modern Western culture is more tolerant and more affectionate.I rather think this is a sign of the sanity of the mind of the Western peoples.Although the new culture in China has been advocated, it has not been tempered by decades of romantic trends. People's hearts are still depressed and their thoughts are still dry.Whenever there is a crisis, everyone will burst into a burst of fireworks, which will disappear like a flash in the pan five minutes later.Because the human mind is not sound at all, and the adjustment between happiness and suffering is lost.Although complaining seems more serious and patriotic than laughing or leisurely, but complaining is dry and dry.Since this puff of breath cannot be received, there will be silence after crying out, just like a child wanting to sleep after crying.Although I occasionally hum once or twice in the silence, it is also the sound of sick bed moaning, sour and exhausted.It seems that no loud and loud shouts are heard in literature now, only a few cold arrows are hiding in the dark.But human psychology is always self-righteous, so there is a habit of sucking carbuncles.If you are weak, the wicked will be sound; if you are naughty, you will not be lively; if you drink water, you will drink tea if you are jealous;For two thousand years, the atmosphere of square scarves still oppressed the vernacular literati of the twentieth century, and as a result, only a buzzing was heard in literature.

The so-called Western natural and lively outlook on life can be illustrated with new examples.For example, play is natural. In the past, Confucian schools prohibited children from playing. Recently, the concept of education has been liberated and it is almost natural. Therefore, not only is play not prohibited, but play is used in kindergartens, primary schools, and middle schools to cultivate children's virtue.Western couples love each other and travel together hand in hand, but they only admit that the happiness of men and women is what human beings should have, and there is no need to pretend, so they walk hand in hand on the street, not surprising. Yan Fu.Once Chinese men and women are liberated, they think it is impossible and say it is immoral.Seeing Western men and women bathing naked in the sea, although they will be envious, but seeing Chinese men and women bathing naked in the sea, they will immediately scold them as unfashionable.Although Western women's clothing is coquettish, Western modern criticism has not seen anyone saying that they are indecent, because they already have a romantic view of tolerance.However, in China, when I see Western women's flamboyant costumes, although I admire them, when I see Chinese women's clothes, I want to call them modern.Dancing on Western stages, such as hula dancing, is a hundred times more evil than in China, but Western thinkers have never heard of it. In fact, Westerners have not forgotten their patriotism just because they watched hula dancing.The Chinese can't tolerate hula dancing, and they put on a Taoist face, which is a sign of a great change in people's hearts and a chaotic world.However, the Chinese people are not morally noble because of the seriousness of life, and the country becomes rich and powerful.The whole country is filled with a gloomy, musty, hypocritical and pedantic atmosphere.Therefore, although this kind of kerchief-like critic hums a few times when he is oppressed, swearing at "cultural unity" and complaining about "censorship", once he becomes a news censor, he will oppress others to gain benefits.I saw my daughter see two bedbugs arguing on the bed, A scolded B, "You are a bedbug"!B also scolded A back, "You are a bedbug!"I hid beside Hulu and laughed.

Because the mind is not sound at all, and the courage to move forward is lacking in life, so the criticism of the square scarf is only good at destroying.Advocating the natural and lively outlook on life in the West can only slander, not build.He said to critics that "China has no humor".If China already had humor, why bother to promote it?Calling "China has no humor" on the sidelines will not make the roots of humor flourish.Besides, even if there are no successful humorous works, at least the Chinese people’s attitude towards humor has been changed. Unless the fledgling boy is still paying attention to the universe and the "road" of saving the country, he has an additional understanding of humor. Have not yet accepted Western culture's attitude towards humor.This kind of negative and destructive criticism, called promoting Western culture, is actually an obstacle to Western culture, and it will not have fruitful results by itself. The publication of "Human World" aroused the air of the Hang yo Hang yo faction, with all kinds of fuss and bragging, but "Human World" was not moved at all.There is not even a decent criticism of the content and compilation of "Human World", which is enough for me to choose with an open mind.For example, I think that there are too many dissatisfaction in the first issue of Talking about Flowers and Trees' Spring Travels, so no one points it out.All in all, there is not a single article that I think is worthy of criticizing "Human World".Only Hu Lu's poem attacking Zhou Zuoren is a criticism, but it is ridiculously shallow, and it only attacks private people. What is wrong with "Human World", I know it.Using imitation Song characters is too quaint.This is an unforgivable crime for the hooded critic.