Chapter 10 The so-called "national studies"

What is the so-called "Chinese learning" of the "national scholars" that have exploded now? One is that the old businessmen reprinted dozens of old books to make money, and the other is that the writers in the foreign market published a few novels in Mandarin Duck and Butterfly style [2]. The printed books of the businessmen and elders are the antiqueization of books, and their emphasis is not on books but on antiques.The elders are rich, or they are just talking about it for self-entertainment, and the businessman makes a profit by bragging about it.There are also tea merchants and salt dealers, who were originally contemptuous of "scholars", but now, taking advantage of the turmoil between the old and the new, they want to get into the "scholars" of old and young under the pretext of engraving books.None of the books they engraved had the date of the Republic of China, and they couldn’t tell whether they were Yuan editions or Qing editions. They were all antiques, at least two or three yuan each, continuous, brocade [3], antique, and students couldn’t afford them. of.This is what they call "national studies".

However, ingenious businessmen would never let go of the students' money, so they used bad paper and bad ink to print "essence" and "comprehension" to collect them.The price is not big, but compared with paper and ink, it is a big price.As for the collation of these "national studies" books, new scholars can't do it. Of course, they are based on the so-called "national scholars" in Shanghai. .This is what they call "national studies". The so-called literary giants in ancient times in the foreign field, "Qingqing, me" and "Butterfly Mandarin Duck" have indeed done a small number, but since the foreign field, no one has ever called these articles (?) as Chinese studies, and they themselves do not call themselves "Chinese scholars". .Now, for some reason, I suddenly had a whim, and I also learned from the salt and tea merchants, and I want to get into the team of "national scholars" out of thin air.However, the reality is tragic. Their so-called Chinese studies are "debunking things everywhere, especially in a corner of Shanghai (abbreviated in the middle). In my spare time, I don't hesitate to waste pen and ink compiling facts and writing a novel for my salary. It's also what readers love to hear." (Originally, every sentence is tightly circled, but now it is omitted to save arranging work. Readers forgive me.) Is that all "Chinese learning"?

Try to look through the biography of Confucian scholars and Wenyuan in history. Is there a Confucian scholar who treats old books as antiques, and is there a scholar who reads them for free? If we say that from this year onwards, these are "national studies", that is another "new" case.Don't you talk about "national studies"? KK [1] This article was originally published in the "Morning News Supplement" on October 4, 1922, signed by a living person. 〔2〕Mandarin Duck and Butterfly Body The Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School is a literary school centered in Shanghai that emerged in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China.Most of the works of this school describe the sad stories of gifted scholars and beauties in classical Chinese, and mandarin ducks and butterflies are often used to describe these talents and beauties, so they are called mandarin ducks and butterflies.Representative writers include Xu Zhenya, Chen Diesian, Li Dingyi and so on.The publications they published include "Minquan Su", "Fiction Congbao", "New Fiction News", "Saturday", "Fiction World", etc. Among them, "Saturday" published vernacular works, which had the greatest influence. Known as the "Saturday School". 〔3〕Mianlian refers to continuous historical paper, which is firm in quality and white in color, suitable for printing valuable books.Jin Zhi, an exquisite letter framed with brocade silk.