Chapter 15 Tagore is here

During Tagore's time in Beijing, his schedule was very full.He attended welcome meetings and symposiums from all walks of life, gave speeches at Peking University, Tsinghua University, Yanjing and other universities, and paid a visit to the last emperor Puyi.Lin Huiyin was always by Tagore's side and participated in all these activities. In the newspapers and periodicals at that time, there was such a record: "Ms. Lin is as beautiful as a flower, walking shoulder to shoulder with the old poet; plus Xu Zhimo, who is white-faced in a long robe and thin in the suburban cold island, is like a picture of three friends. Xu's translation Tagore His speeches used the most beautiful rhetoric in the Chinese vocabulary, and they were written in Xiashi official dialect, and they were small poems, flying waterfalls and flowing springs, congcong audible."

At that time in China, not everyone welcomed Tagore equally. Tagore has repeatedly emphasized in his speeches that he hopes that the Chinese will not abandon their precious cultural traditions, accept and spread those worthless and ugly Western cultures, and not blindly pursue industrialism and materialism.However, the young students who have just experienced the New Culture Movement are holding high the banner of "democracy" and "science" and advocating Western civilization to oppose traditional culture and traditional morality. In the face of China's internal and external troubles, they believe that in this world where power equals justice, blindly promoting outstanding spirit and noble personality will only push China to its demise.They distributed leaflets, organized parades, and criticized Tagore for promoting China's long-standing civilized traditions, feudal culture, and spiritual supremacy everywhere, while being indifferent to China's poverty and backwardness.

May 8th is Tagore's 64th birthday, and some cultural people in Beijing held a birthday party for him.The birthday party was organized by Hu Shi, hosted by Liang Qichao and presented Tagore with his name.Liang Qichao said that Tagore's Indian name is Rabindra, which means "sun" and "thunder". Ancient India's name for China.Tagore's Chinese name is "Zhendan", which symbolizes the long-standing combination of Chinese and Indian cultures.Liang Qichao also said: According to the Chinese custom, there should be a surname before the name. China calls the country of India "Tianzhu", and Tagore should use the country as his surname, so Tagore's Chinese name is "Zhu Zhendan".

With applause, Tagore took over the seal engraved with his Chinese name "Zhu Zhendan". The finale of the birthday party was to watch the English performance of Tagore's play "Chitra" by the colleagues of the Crescent Society. "Chitra" is based on the story in the Indian epic "Mahabharata". Chitra is the daughter and only child of the King and Queen of Manipur.She was not beautiful, and the king wanted to make her the crown prince, and let her learn martial arts and receive training like a boy since she was a child. One day, while hunting in the mountains, Chitra met the neighboring prince Arjuna.She fell in love with Prince Arjuna at first sight, and for the first time in her life, she felt pain for her unattractive appearance.She prayed to the god of love, begging the god of love to give her beauty, even for a day.

The god of love was moved by her piety, and promised to give her beauty for a year.Chitra became a beautiful woman, won the love of Prince Arjuna, and married the prince as he wished. Not long after the marriage, the prince confided that he had always admired Chitra, the heroic princess of the neighboring country, in his heart.At this time, Chidra has long been impatient to pretend to be a beautiful woman.So she prayed to Venus again, asking to take back the beauty bestowed on her.She revealed her true image to her husband.