Chapter 20 Literati Comparative Studies

Equality of Things In the forty-third issue of the twelve volumes of "Guowen Weekly" [2], there was an article pointing out the misuse of quotation marks and misplaced sentences in the "Series of Rare Books of Chinese Studies"; 〔3〕Mr. came to reply. The acknowledgment is for the purpose of "maintenance of health" 〔4〕, not for the purpose of "cultivating children and grandchildren's blessings".At the end, there is a general justification: "However, although he failed and made a fool of himself, fortunately, he did not commit any serious crimes. Because at best, he just printed some sloppy books, and he did not sell other people's souls. With flesh and blood as their own 'health master', like some other literati."

There are two "some" of Chinese literati. Some "printed sloppy books at best", while "other literati" "sold other people's souls and flesh and blood for their own "Health Master", we only need to think about "other literati", and we will know that Mr. Shi not only "cannot be regarded as committing any serious crime", but in fact can be regarded as cultivating some kind of "children and grandchildren blessing". But on the one hand, he also vividly painted the face of "the evil young man in the foreign field"-but this is not "a big crime", "like some other literati". CC

[1] This article was originally published in the first issue of the monthly magazine in January 1936. 〔2〕 "Guowen Weekly" comprehensive publication.It was founded in Shanghai in August 1924, moved to Tianjin in 1927, moved back to Shanghai in 1936, and ceased publication in December 1937.The forty-third issue of the twelfth volume of the journal (November 4, 1935) published the article "Comments on the First Series of Chinese Literature Rare Books Series" by Deng Gongsan (Deng Guangming), pointing out that this series of books " Hasty planning, improper selection, and fallacies in punctuation". "Chinese Literature Rare Books Series" should be "Chinese Literature Rare Books Series", edited by Shi Zhecun, and published by Shanghai Magazine Company. [3] For Shi Zhecun, please refer to note [3] on page 4 of this volume.He said in "About Chinese Literature Rare Books Series-My Confession" published in the 46th issue of the twelfth volume of the "Guowen Weekly" (November 25, 1935): "Now, The mistakes in the past are already mistakes, and I have admitted what I should admit, and I hope readers and Mr. Deng believe that I am not sophistry.” He also said: “He (referring to Deng Gongsan) said that I did it for the sake of ‘health preservation. ', not 'Happy Tour'", it is "able to understand" "the reason why I am in charge of this series". [4] "Health Preserving Master" was originally the title of a book (the third part of the inner chapter). According to Wang Xianqian's note in the Qing Dynasty: "Following things but not stagnating in things, deep feelings but not obsessed with heaven, this Zhuangzi's suzerain of health preservation Also." Here it is used to mean "mainly for living".