Chapter 9 All-takenism

China has always been a so-called "closed-door policy". If you don't go by yourself, others are not allowed to come.Since the door was broken by guns, it has hit a series of nails, and now, everything has become "sending doctrine".Not to mention anything else, just for academics, recently I sent a batch of antiques to Paris for exhibition, but in the end "I don't know what will happen"; there are also several "masters" holding a few ancient paintings And new paintings are hung all over Europe all the way, called "Promoting the Glory of the Country"[2].It is said that Dr. Mei Lanfang will be sent to the Soviet Union in the near future to promote "symbolism" [3], and then he will go to Europe to preach.I don't want to discuss the relationship between Dr. Mei's acting and symbolism here. In short, the replacement of antiques by living people can be regarded as a little progress, I dare say.

But none of us followed the etiquette of "reciprocity" and said: "Bring it!" Of course, it is not a bad thing to be able to just give it away. One is rich, and the other is generous.Nietzsche[4] once boasted that he is the sun, with infinite light and heat, who only gives and does not want to take.However, Nietzsche is not the sun after all, he went crazy.Neither is China. Although some people say that digging up underground coal is enough for the whole world to use for hundreds of years, but what about hundreds of years later?Hundreds of years later, of course we will be transformed into spirits, go to heaven, or fall to hell, but our descendants are still there, so we should leave some gifts for them.Otherwise, when the festive ceremony was held, they would not be able to produce anything, so they had to kowtow to congratulate and ask for some leftovers as a reward.This kind of reward should not be misunderstood as something "thrown", it is "thrown", or more crowningly, it can be called "sent". I do not want to cite examples here [5].

I don't want to say anything more about "send to" here, otherwise it would be too "modern".I just want to advocate that we should be more stingy, that in addition to "sending", we have to "bring" for "bringing-ism". But we were intimidated by what was "delivered".First there was British opium, German scrap guns, then French incense powder, American movies, and Japanese small things with "completely domestic products" printed on them.As a result, even sober young people became terrified of foreign goods.In fact, this is precisely because it was "sent" rather than "brought".

So we have to use our brains, open our eyes, and get it ourselves! For example, a poor young man among us got a big house because of his ancestor's evil skills (let me put it this way), regardless of whether he cheated, robbed, or inherited it legally, or It was in exchange for being a son-in-law.So what to do?I think, first of all, no matter what happens, "bring it"!However, if you oppose the old owner of the house, you are afraid of being stained by his things, and you linger and dare not enter the door, you are a coward;But because he was envious of the old owner of the house, but this time he accepts everything, enters the bedroom happily, and sucks up the leftover opium, that is of course even more useless. Those who "take the doctrine" are not like that at all.

He possesses, chooses.When they see shark fins, they don’t just throw them on the road to show their “popularity”. As long as there is nourishment, they eat them like radishes and cabbage with friends, and they don’t use them to entertain the big guests; In order to see that it is a complete revolution, it is only sent to the pharmacy for the treatment of diseases, but there is no mystery of "selling the ointment until it is sold out".There are only bongs and lamps. Although the form is different from that of India, Persia, and Arabia, they can indeed be regarded as a kind of national quintessence. If you travel around the world with them on your back, someone will definitely see them. But I think, apart from sending some of them to museums Except, the rest are easily destroyed.There are also a group of concubines, and it is advisable to ask them to go away separately, otherwise, "bringing doctrine" may be a bit dangerous.

Anyway, we're going to bring it.We want to use, store, or destroy.Then, the owner is the new owner, and the house will become a new house.But first of all, this person must be calm, courageous, discerning, and unselfish.Without borrowing, a person cannot become a new person by itself, and without borrowing, literature and art cannot become new literature and art by itself. June 4th. CC [1] This article was originally published in "China Daily Trends" on June 7, 1934, signed by Huo Chong. 〔2〕"Carry forward the glory of the country" From 1932 to 1934, artists Xu Beihong and Liu Haisu went to some European countries to hold Chinese art exhibitions or individual art exhibitions. "Promote the glory of the country" was the term used in the "Da Evening News" report on May 28, 1934.

〔3〕"Symbolism" On May 28, 1934, "Da Evening News" reported: "Soviet Russian art circles are divided into two factions, realism and symbolism. Now realism has gradually declined, while symbolism has passed through the ruling and opposition parties. Advocated unanimously, leading to the concept of prosperity. Since the artists of the other country saw that the calligraphy and painting works of our country are deeply in line with the symbolism, they recalled that Chinese drama must also adopt symbolism. Because of the plan... to invite the famous Chinese opera master Mei Lanfang to perform the art .” Lu Xun once criticized this distorted report in the Evening News in the article “Lace Literature Who Is Declining”.

[4] Nietzsche (FNietzsche, 1844-1900) German philosopher, advocate of voluntarism and "superman" philosophy.The words of Nietzsche mentioned here can be found in his "Thus Spoke Zarathustra: Preface". [5] On June 4, 1933, the Kuomintang government and the United States signed a "cotton and wheat loan" of 50 million U.S. dollars in Washington to purchase American wheat, flour and cotton.It may be something of this sort that is being referred to here.