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Chapter 16 Live to be old, scold till old: Zhou Shuren, Mentor of Revolutionary Youth

On February 7, 1931, five left-wing revolutionary writers, Rou Shi, Feng Keng, Hu Yepin, Yin Fu, and Li Weisen, were killed by the Kuomintang in Longhua, Shanghai.After this tragedy that shocked the whole country happened, Mr. Lu Xun felt deeply that he had lost a good friend and that China had lost a good youth.However, few people know that there is a pair of lovers involved in this tragedy, they are Rou Shi and Feng Keng. Original name: Zhou Shuren Birthplace: Shaoxing, Zhejiang Birth and death years: September 25, 1881 ~ October 19, 1936 Identity 1: Famous essayist and novelist Identity 2: Leader of left-wing literature and art

Graduate school: Nanjing Road and Mine School, Japan Sendai Medical College Love and Marriage: Arranged marriage with Zhu An, free love with student Xu Guangping Main achievements: Remarkable literary achievements and far-reaching ideological influence Controversy: Countless enemies in life Quote: Forgive none Birthplace: Shaoxing, Zhejiang Birth and death years: January 16, 1885 ~ May 6, 1967 Identity 1: Master of prose, literary theorist, pioneer of Chinese folklore Identity 2: An outstanding representative of the New Culture Movement, together with his elder brother Lu Xun, he is called the twin peaks of modern literature

Main experience: An important author of "New Youth", founded the "Literary Research Association" with Zheng Zhenduo, etc., and founded "Yusi" with Lu Xun, Lin Yutang, etc. Controversy: Served in the Japanese puppet regime, known as a "traitor"; brother against Lu Xun Marriage: married a Japanese wife Nickname: Chief Tiger (Zhang Tiger) Birthplace: Changsha, Hunan Birth and death years: March 20, 1881 to 1973 Status: Revolutionary, political activist, scholar, writer Positions: Served as editor-in-chief of Shanghai Su Bao, professor of Peking University, principal of Beijing Agricultural School, secretary-general of the Guangdong Military Government, representative of the South-North Congress and the South, etc., served as chief justice and chief education officer of Duan Qirui government

Love and Marriage: Marry Wu Qiangnan, a daughter of a famous family first, and then take a second concubine (it is said that they were introduced by Huang Jinrong and Du Yuesheng respectively) Controversy: In the early years, he had a pen battle with Dai Jitao, and later in the turmoil of Beijing Women's Normal University, he had a lawsuit with Lu Xun and was scolded as a "dog in the water" Rou Shi (1902-1931), formerly known as Zhao Pingfu, was born in Ninghai, Zhejiang. He used to be the editor of "Yusi" and co-founded "Chaohuashe" with Lu Xun. Feng Keng (1907~1931): native of Chaozhou, Guangdong, a modern female writer, joined the "Left Alliance" in 1930. At the beginning of 1931, he was arrested at the same time as Rou Shi, Hu Yepin, Li Qiushi, Bai Mang and others, and died in Longhua Prison.

Hu Yepin (1903~1931): Born in Fuzhou, Fujian, Ding Ling's boyfriend. One of the "Five Martyrs of the Left League". In 1928, he went to Shanghai to edit the magazine, and co-edited the monthly "Red Black" and "Human World" with Shen Congwen the following year. Li Weisen (1903~1931): Born in Wuchang, Hubei, a left-wing writer, once served as the editor-in-chief of "Daily News" and "Shanghai Poster". Yin Fu (1909~1931): Born in Xiangshan, Zhejiang, one of the "Five Martyrs of the Left League".His posthumous works include "Yin Fu Poetry and Prose Collection".

Xu Shoushang (1883~1948): Born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, writer and educator. In 1937, he and Zhou Zuoren jointly compiled "Lu Xun Chronicle".He has successively served as a professor at Peking University, Beijing Higher Normal School, West China University in Chengdu, and Northwest Associated University. Wang Jingzhi (1902~1996): Born in Jixi, Anhui Province, one of the most important poets in the history of modern literature, he published new poems in magazines such as Xinchao, Fiction Monthly, Poetry and New Youth since 1921, and began to publish works in 1925 . Ying Xiuren (1900~1933): Born in Cixi, Zhejiang, a modern writer.He is the author of the fairy tales "The Story of the Flag" and "The Golden Pagoda and the Silver Pagoda".

Zheng Zhenduo (1898-1958): A famous modern writer, scholar, literary critic, literary historian, archaeologist, translator, art historian, and a well-known collector, exegesis expert, and advocate of the New Culture Movement at home and abroad.
⊙Lu Xun called "Tongcheng fallacies", "Xuanxue evildoers", "foreign field villains" and "revolutionary peddlers" as masterpieces of nicknames. "Tongcheng fallacies" and "Xuanxue evildoers" were created by Qian Xuantong, and they were used to criticize the writing style of the Tongcheng school and the parallel literature school at that time. Shi Zhecun, the last person who scolded was from Yangcun.

⊙ On February 7, 1931, five left-wing revolutionary writers, Rou Shi, Feng Keng, Hu Yepin, Yin Fu, and Li Weisen, were killed by the Kuomintang in Longhua, Shanghai.After this tragedy that shocked the whole country happened, Mr. Lu Xun felt deeply that he had lost a good friend and that China had lost a good youth.However, few people know that there is a pair of lovers involved in this tragedy, they are Rou Shi and Feng Keng. ⊙What Lu Xun advocated was "not to forgive anyone", and he cursed many people in his life. In addition to being a "revolutionary peddler" and "a villain in the foreign market", Lu Xun also called Liang Shiqiu a "capitalist's running dog", Chen Xiying a "running dog", and Yang Yinyu It is "widowism" and scolds the Creation Society as "talented + hooligans".

⊙In Tokyo, five people including Lu Xun, Zhou Zuoren, Xu Shoushang, Qian Jiazhi, and Zhu Mouxuan rented together, named "Wushe". ⊙A Japanese came to Peking University to talk about Sino-Japanese cultural cooperation. Zhou Zuoren said: "When it comes to Sino-Japanese cultural cooperation, I don't see Japanese culture, but I see their martial arts. You all carry guns. Come here, where there is culture, there is only martial arts." ⊙Lu Xun compares Chen Duxiu, Hu Shi and Liu Bannong: If you compare Taolue to a warehouse, Chen Duxiu erected a big banner outside, and the big book "There are weapons inside, be careful when you come", but the door is open, and there are several guns, A few knives are clear at a glance; Hu Shi's warehouse door is closed, and a small note is pasted on the door: "There are no weapons inside, please don't worry." Liu Bannong is a person who does not realize that he has an "arsenal".

⊙Tao Chengzhang abandoned his ancestral family business and was enthusiastic about revolution. His father asked him: "What are you doing those revolutions for?" Tao replied: "For everyone to have food to eat." His father no longer stopped him He said to others: "My son wants to make everyone have food, how can I stop this?" ⊙At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Tao Chengzhang came to Beijing suddenly to find Chen Jingdi (named Shutong). Chen asked him what he was doing here. Tao replied: "There are two things. One is to donate an official for Xu Xilin and others, and the other is to open an office. A brothel, as part of the revolutionary plan." Chen advised him to donate an official, but not to open a brothel.

⊙At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Wang Jinfa organized a black belt party, and everyone in the congregation wore a black belt as a symbol.The Black Belt Party "robbed the rich and helped the poor", and also encouraged some small-scale anti-Qing activities.Later, Xu Xilin and others established the Restoration Society, and Wang joined the Restoration Society.Both Lu Xun and Wang Jinfa were from Zhejiang, and they knew each other well. Later, Wang began to live a corrupt life, but Lu Xun's persuasion had no effect. After Wang was killed by Zhejiang governor Zhu Rui, Lu Xun felt sorry for it. ⊙Lin Yutang and Lu Xun were friends who fought side by side during the "Yusi" period, but later became enemies. Lu Xun often scolded Lin Yutang bloody.After Lu Xun's death, Lin wrote: "Lu Xun took care of me, and I love to know each other; Lu Xun abandoned me, and I have no regrets." ⊙Lin Yutang advocated humorous essays, claiming to be "the only success of modern Chinese literature in the past 14 years, and the success of essays", which aroused strong dissatisfaction from Lu Xun, who is famous for his new novel creation, and wrote articles under various pseudonyms for several days. Tan", "China Daily", "Renyan" and other publications, systematically attacking Lin Yutang. ⊙Lu Xun and Hu Shi have always been at loggerheads. Later, as long as they are "Hu faction", Lu Xun will scold almost everyone. In 1927, Fu Sinian was the director of the Faculty of Arts of Sun Yat-sen University, and Lu Xun was the director of academic affairs, but the two had a lot of contacts. Lu Xun was very tolerant of Fu Sinian, the first disciple of the Hu family.It is said that the reason was that Hu Shi and Fu had a falling out the year before. He thought that Fu was not diligent in learning, and he said a few cruel words in disappointment.Lu Xun recorded: Fu "recently scolded Hu Shi a lot". ⊙Lin Yutang's father was a rural pastor, and his family was not well off. He even sold his house to raise money for his son's education.Lin said indignantly in his autobiography: "Some writers who grew up in the city and called themselves general writers often criticize me, saying that I don't understand the lives of ordinary people, because in my articles they often talk about the breeze on the river and the moon in the mountains. So, I can’t help but make me laugh.” ⊙In September 1934, Lin Yutang wrote an article touting Gu Hongming's "barbarian integrity" and attacked it as "people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang don't quite understand it".Lu Xun was very angry, and immediately wrote a short poem to fight back, listing three items: "Mr. Gu Hongming praised the little feet, Mr. Zheng Xiaoxu talked about kingly ways, and Mr. Lin Yutang talked about spirituality", as "the 'natural barbarism' that people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang do not understand". ⊙In 1923, Wang Jingzhi wrote a letter to Ying Xiuren, full of obscene words: "Inagan's mouth is so delicious, I can't put it down. The tender arms of lotus root are so soft, I can't put it down Hands. The most indescribable is tenderness like water, I'm drunk! I'm drunk!..." After Ying received the letter, he sent Wang 5 yuan. ⊙When Ying Xiuren, Feng Xuefeng, and Pan Mohua, the other three of the four poets by the lake, were troubled by the revolution and the times, Wang Jingzhi just wrote poetry wholeheartedly, became a hermit by the West Lake, and fell in love with several women at the same time.Later, Ying, Feng, and Pan became revolutionaries, and Wang Ze was a poet all his life. ⊙In 1926, Rou Shi, who had been "drifting in the North" for a year and achieved nothing, returned to his hometown and kept writing letters to friends and classmates, hoping to introduce a place to "do things and eat". When he was most desperate, he thought about committing suicide ", but gold was too expensive to buy, so he had to give it up. ⊙In 1928, Rou Shi was about to publish a book, and Lu Xun taught him: We literati have no hope of getting rich, and we must collect royalties for publishing books. , you can only starve.At that time, the royalties in Shanghai were 15% to 20%. ⊙Before participating in the revolution, Ying Xiuren worked in China Cotton Industry Bank and became the director at a young age. He claimed that he would feel like vomiting when he saw abacus, silver dollars, and banknotes. In 1926, Ying left his comfortable job in the bank and entered the Whampoa Military Academy as a lieutenant accountant. He still dealt with money, mocking himself as an accountant for the revolution. ⊙When Liu Wendian was the president of Anhui University, there was a student riot in 1928, and Chiang Kai-shek asked him to question him.When they met, Liu called Jiang "Sir" instead of "Chairman", which aroused Jiang's dissatisfaction.Jiang asked Liu to hand over the list of student Communist Party members, but Liu responded face to face: "I don't know who the Communist Party is. You are the commander-in-chief, so you should lead your soldiers well. I am the president of the university, and I will take care of school affairs." Said At the heated place, the two slapped each other on the table and yelled at each other, one scolded "You are a school boss", the other scolded "You are a new warlord". ⊙Huang Kan chatted with Ma Xulun very happily, so he made an appointment to have lunch at his home the next day, and then chatted, and asked Ma Xulun to come early.On this day, when Ma Xulun ran over, Huang Kan hadn't gotten up yet, and made Ma wait outside the door for a long time.At noon, his stomach was growling, and Huang Kan didn't seem to be planning to eat. Ma Xulun couldn't help but asked, Huang Kan opened his eyes and said in surprise: "Is there such a thing? I don't remember!" ⊙As a disciple of Zhang Taiyan, Huang Kan is a fellow student of Lu Xun and others, but everyone hates Huang Kan and hates him. Only Qian Xuantong is willing to associate with him. ⊙In 1924, when Duan Qirui came to power, he found Zhang Shizhao, and the two hit it off.Zhang suggested that Duan should not have a president and a prime minister, but use the name of "temporary governance" to solve the problems of the presidential system or the prime minister system, and the constant power struggle between the president and the prime minister.Duan appointed Zhang as the chief justice, and the following year he also served as the chief education officer.A tiger was painted on the cover of the "Jiayin" magazine founded by Zhang, known as "Tiger News", and Zhang was called "Chief Tiger". ⊙In August 1925, the students of Beijing Women's Normal University made a student uprising and set off a "sheep driving movement". The "sheep" was Yang Yinyu, the principal.At that time, Lu Xun was still working in the Ministry of Education and wrote articles supporting the student movement. On August 12, he was dismissed from office by Zhang Shizhao, the Minister of Education. On August 22, Lu Xun took Zhang Shizhao to court. As a result, Zhang Shizhao, who was also the Minister of Education and Chief Justice, lost the lawsuit. . ⊙After the "Sheep Drive Movement", Yang Yinyu was forced to leave the capital to teach at his hometown Suzhou Middle School. One early morning in the early spring of 1938, Yang witnessed his female student being gang-raped and brutally murdered by the Japanese military police on his way to buy vegetables. He was so sad and indignant that he wrote a written protest overnight and broke into the Japanese Consulate in Suzhou early the next morning, demanding that the Japanese punish him. Murderer. ⊙It is said that the Qing government sent many "secret agents" to approach and persuade the young people studying in Japan to give up their revolutionary ideas.The person who was in charge of persuading Zhang Shizhao was Wu Ruonan, a girl who was the granddaughter of Wu Changqing, a senior in the Huai Army. As a result, Zhang Shizhao fell in love with Wu Ruonan. The two went to study in England in 1907 and got married in London two years later. ⊙Huang Kan lectures at Peking University, and whenever it is important, he often has to close his mouth: "Here is a secret. I can't talk about it because of the salary of several hundred yuan at Peking University. If you want me to talk, you have to hire me Have a meal." ⊙When Huang Kan was teaching at Central University, Ma Xulun once visited him and talked about Zhang Taiyan. Huang Kan said: "Mr. Zhang hates you very much!"Later, Ma Xulun met Mrs. Zhang Taiyan and asked about it. Mrs. Zhang said: "Ji Gang (Huang Kan)'s words cannot be believed. A certain newspaper in Beijing framed me before. After investigation, it turned out that it was Ji Gang's nonsense." ⊙In 1920, Mao Zedong, Cai Hesen and others went to Shanghai to meet Zhang Shizhao with a letter of introduction from Yang Changji, and asked him to sponsor Hunan youths to study in France. Zhang immediately donated 20,000 yuan, and thus formed a friendship with Mao Zedong. ⊙Liu Wendian is proficient in English, German, Japanese, Italian and other languages. He is proficient in both Chinese and Western studies. He was Sun Yat-sen's secretary. He is a disciple of Zhang (Taiyan) with the Zhou brothers, Huang Kan, and Qian Xuantong, and Chen Duxiu. When teaching at Peking University, Hu Shi and Chen Yinke both praised his book and fought face to face with Chiang Kai-shek. ⊙In the Beiyang era, politicians were useless, and the integrity of parliamentarians was often criticized.Liu Wendian also criticized members of Congress. He said: "Thinking of these people, I really feel pitiful, and I don't want to scold them. In short, we have to blame ourselves. If we have the strength to bribe them, but still go on so nonsense, then They should be dealt with again, caught and spanked. But since we have no money to give them now, then we have no choice but to let them sell themselves.” ⊙Liu Wendian looks down on those who create new literature.Once, someone mentioned to Liu Ba Jin who was famous for his "Torrent Trilogy" at that time. Liu thought for a while and murmured: "I have never heard of him." ⊙Shen Congwen served as a soldier, without a degree, and became a professor by writing novels. Some people looked down upon him.Liu Wendian said openly: "Shen Congwen actually also commented on professors. If you want to talk about professors, Chen Yinke can get one dollar, and Liu Wendian is ten cents. Professor Shen Congwen is only worth one penny." ⊙During the Anti-Japanese War, in Kunming, there was an alarm when Liu Wendian and the students escorted Chen Yinke to leave the classroom. Seeing Shen Congwen also ran out in a hurry, Liu scolded: "I was killed, so no one will tell the students Zhuangzi , why are you running, Shen Congwen?" ⊙In 1927, the Feng faction entered Beijing, and Zhou Zuoren and Liu Bannong took refuge in a friend's house in Vegetable Factory Alley.One day, when the two were writing in the study, Liu Bannong raised his head, looked at it for a long time, and suddenly called out "Brother Yan".When Zhou Zuoren heard it, he thought there was a visitor, so he looked around but saw no one. Liu Bannong pointed to the inkstone on the table, Zhou Zuoren suddenly realized and laughed. ⊙According to Lin Yutang's recollection: Once Liu Bannong and Chen Xiying met in London, when Chen introduced Liu as a professor at Peking University, he used the word "also considered", and Liu Bannong was very upset about this. ⊙A young man liked "Teach Me How Not to Miss Her" very much, so he went to Zhao Yuanren's house and asked Zhao to introduce him to Liu Bannong.It happened that Liu Bannong came to Zhao's house, and Zhao immediately introduced him: "This is the Mr. Liu Bannong you want to know." The young man stood up to greet him, disappointed, and couldn't help saying, "So it's this old man!" Liu Bannong was quite impressed. , wrote a doggerel: "Teach me how to miss him, please come in and have a cup of tea. It turns out that such an old man, teach me how to miss him again!" ⊙Except for children from rich families like Xu Zhimo, most people have a very difficult life in Europe when they study abroad. In 1921, Zhao Yuanren and his wife went to Paris to visit Liu Bannong, and Liu Lian called his house "Huazi Nest".Zhao wanted to take a photo as a souvenir, so Liu told his son to lie on the ground like a beggar. ⊙After hearing the news of Yu Dafu's death, Guo Moruo said angrily: "If it is true that Dafu was massacred by the Japanese military police in Sumatra, we can demand that Emperor Showa of Japan be hanged on the gallows for this alone!  … All the fascist leaders in Japan should pay for their lives!" ⊙It is rumored that Zheng Zhenduo is afraid of his wife. Mrs. Zheng’s wife, Ms. Gao Junzhen, is the daughter of Gao Fengqian, the major shareholder of the Commercial Printing Office. Her family is rich, and Zheng Zhenduo’s money to study in the UK was given by the Gao family. ⊙When Liu Bannong first entered Peking University to teach, he was looked down upon by Hu Shi and other foreign doctors because he had no formal education, so he went to France to get a doctorate and came back, but was ridiculed by Lu Xun, saying that he betrayed the literary revolution, saying "Dr. Liu's words and deeds It's really weird to see it in the newspapers by chance."
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