Chapter 7 Revolution Coffee

I saw the revolutionary advertisement of the Revolutionary Coffee Shop in a newspaper yesterday, and with the help of the fourth "leisure", I will first copy a paragraph below: "... But readers, I have discovered such a coffee shop. I went to the ideal paradise twice, where I met celebrities in the literary and art circles today, such as Gong Binglu, Lu Xun, Yu Dafu, etc. I also got to know Meng Chao, Pan Hannian, Ye Lingfeng, etc. Some of them talked about it there Some of their propositions were silently meditating, and I learned a lot of lessons there...” Thinking of a towering western-style building, facing the broad street in front, with a glittering glass signboard at the door, on the upper floor are "celebrities in our literary and art circles today", who are either talking loudly or meditating, and in front of them is a big cup of steaming proletarian wine. Class coffee, in the distance, there are many "dirty peasants and workers" [3], they drink, think, talk, guide, and obtain. That is, indeed, an "ideal paradise".

What's more, how about drinking coffee and receiving "education"?On the beach in Shanghai, there are many deals that kill two birds with one stone.As big as buying a few magazines, it is considered a revolution; as small as buying a few books, that is, giving away silk stockings or eating ice cream—although I still can’t figure out whether those patrons intend to read books or want to buy books. Wear stockings.As for the coffee shop, I just heard that you can also watch dancers and maids, "to feast your eyes".Unexpectedly, this time it will be a "celebrity", giving people "education", and performing all kinds of amusing tricks such as "talking" and "meditating". It is simply a paradise of reality.But I have a few more statements—that is: I have never been to such a coffee shop, and the author "met" is another person.Because: 1. I don’t drink coffee. I always think it’s what foreigners drink (but this may be my “anachronism”[4]). If I don’t like it, green tea is better.Second, I want to copy "novels and old news" and the like, and I have no time to enjoy the happiness of such a paradise.Third, I dare not go up to such a paradise. Revolutionary writers must be young and beautiful, with white teeth and red lips, like Pan Hannian and Ye Lingfeng[5]. In "Battle Front" there was an accusation of "full of yellow teeth" [6]. Wouldn't it be a desecration of "proletarian literature" to go there and talk about it?The other four is that even if I want to go up, I am afraid that I will not be able to make it. At most, I can only wander in the distance from the back door of the store, smelling the smell of coffee grounds.Don't you see that there are quite a few writers who are on the front line, but I am a "laggard", and I will never sit in a room.

All the above are true.The revolutionary artist Ye Lingfeng once painted a portrait of me[7], saying that I was hiding behind the wine jar.I won't talk about it.What I want to declare now is that I have not gone to this paradise, nor do I want to go, and I am not lying behind a coffee cup. When there was another Lu Xun in Hangzhou, I published an advertisement, and the "revolutionary writer" made fun of it. [8] But now I still have to do it myself. First, because I am not coffee, I don’t want to make decorations in the revolutionary shop; August 10th. BB [1] This article was first published on August 13, 1928, after Yu Dafu's "Revolutionary Advertisement" in the thirty-third issue of the fourth volume of "Yusi", entitled "Lu Xun's Notes", and was included in this book Change it to the present title.

〔2〕Refers to "Shanghai Jiayu" contained in the "Shenbao" on August 8, 1928, the author signed Shen Zhi. [3] "Dirty farmers and workers" This is Cheng Fangwu's words.In "From Literary Revolution to Revolutionary Literature" published in "Creation Monthly", Vol. Go to the class that will be changed by Overhe, to the dirty peasants and workers!" [4] "Anachronism" Cheng Fangwu, in his "Completing Our Literary Revolution" published in the twenty-fifth issue of the third volume of "Flood" (January 1927), said that the literary publications at that time were "in In creation, it is a high-profile anachronistic taste, and in criticism, it is a cacophony of arrogant nonsense."

[5] Pan Hannian (1906-1977) was born in Yixing, Jiangsu, and a writer.Ye Lingfeng (1904-1975), born in Nanjing, Jiangsu, is a writer and painter.They all participated in the Creation Society. [6] The third issue of "Mouthful of Yellow Teeth" "Quick Sand" (April 15, 1928) published an article "Lu Xun in Shanghai" signed by Xin Guang, in which he attacked Lu Xun and said: "Look at him recently. Under the "canopy" hummed "drunken eyes haze". But in this article, he was negative and did not point out the mistakes of our imitation, and positively he himself disdain to point out a way out for us young people , he was jealous when he saw the efforts of others, he just showed his yellow teeth and sneered."

[7] Ye Lingfeng's paintings were published in the second issue of the first volume of Shanghai "Gobi" (May 1928).See note [12] on page 124 of this volume. 〔8〕Refers to the "Lu Xun Announcement in Shanghai" included in this book. "Revolutionary writer" refers to Pan Hannian.In "Fake Lu Xun and Real Lu Xun" of "Fake Lu Xun and Real Lu Xun" in the fourth issue of the first volume of "Battle Front" weekly magazine (April 22, 1928), he satirized Lu Xun's announcement and said: "That young gentleman, who is interested in Lu Xun's name has such magical power, so in front of Ms. M (scholar) next to Monk Manshu's grave, I wrote this thing about "Lu Xun's old friend traveling in hangzhou". Clearly tell the ladies who want to ask for advice or interview in the future, recognize the old brand of this shop, only this one, and there is no separation? Although Shanghai’s Lu Xun announcement, there is no big stage that is tough on the stuff that Guo knows what is hanging, At least it also makes our other Lu Xun, whose surname is Zhou or not, but should be surnamed Zhou, tremble and tremble! This is the fake Guan Gong meeting the real Guan Gong, and the fake Lu Xun meeting the real Lu Xun!"