Chapter 22 Correspondence (and Y letter)

Mr. Lu Xun: Spiritual and physical, I have been trapped to such an extent—I am afraid that there is no way to add it, and I cannot describe it—I have to support my sick body and make my last cry to "You are old"! ——No, or call for help, or even a warning! Fortunately, you yourself are very clear: you are the one who is arranging banquets for others and "making drunken shrimp"[2].I am the one who was restrained! I was originally a proud son of the petty bourgeoisie, a fragrant flower in Wenxiang.Have food and have it, and live a leisurely life as much as possible.As long as I get the "square hat" I dreamed of, I will be satisfied, and I really have nothing else to ask for.

It was published, "Yusi" was released (poor "New Youth" era, I still can't understand it), "Speaking of Beards", "On Photography and the like" stabbed my nerves one after another.At that time, although I was the youngest among the young people, I felt the shallowness and blindness of my companions because of this. "Revolution! Revolution!" shouted loudly on the road, following the forces of the so-called revolution, also surging.I was indeed attracted by it.Of course, it was also because I disliked the superficiality of young people and wanted to find a way out in my own life.How could I know the deceitful, hypocritical, insidious... nature of human beings again!Sure enough, soon, the warlords and politicians abandoned their skins and showed their original hideous features!As for me, I also followed the so-called "clearing the party" and purged my boiling and enthusiastic heart.At that time, I thought: Maybe the fourth class, who are "used to be honest and honest", and those "laymen" who are "hermits" are enough to be friends? ——Oh, really, what Mr. "Lingdi" Mr. Qi Ming said: "Although there are classes in China, the ideology is the same. They all get promoted and get rich" [3], and I almost doubt that I am in a society before the epoch. That kind of stupid speech and behavior is even more stupid than deer hogs (or the national quintessence experts think it is the quintessence of the country!), I can’t help but be at a loss——at a loss, what should I do?

Li, Mo Li is the arrow of disappointment.I was disappointed, the arrow of disappointment pierced my heart, and I almost vomited blood.I have been unable to move on the rolling bed for several months! Yes, the hopeless should die, but I have no courage, and I am still young, only twenty-one years old.And lovers.If you don't die, your spirit and body will live in pain, almost every second.Lovers are also oppressed by life.My own meager legacy has been wiped out by the "revolution".So not only can't comfort each other, but also feel sorry for each other! I don't know happiness anymore, and I suffer because of it.However, the person who applied this poison was my husband, and I was completely "infused" by my husband.Sir, since I have been led here, I ask you to show me the final path I should take.Otherwise, please paralyze my nerves, because ignorance is bliss. Fortunately, you are a medical practitioner, so it must not be difficult to "return my head"!I will follow the words of Mr. Liang Yuchun [4] (?) and shout out.

In the end, I would like to advise you: "You are old" can rest now, and there is no need to rush to make delicious delicacies for the warlords, and save a few young people like me.If you are driven by life problems, you can write more articles about "supporting" and "defeating". With your husband's literary name, you are not worried about your wealth. Come on, please show me!Don't "do not die for virtue"! Or "Beixin" or "Yusi" to answer.If you can avoid it, don't publish this letter to avoid laughing. Forgive me for my sloppy writing, I am exhausted due to illness!

A youth Y who was poisoned by you.Pillow book. March thirteenth. reply Mr. Y: Before I reply, I must first apologize to you, because I cannot, as you asked, not to publish my letter.The meaning of the letter is for me to answer it openly, so if I hide the original letter, everything I said will become "untitled poem with a hundred rhymes", which is inexplicable.Besides, in my opinion, this is not enough to be ridiculous.Naturally, in China there are many people who died for the revolution, and there are also many people who are still revolutionizing despite hardships, but there are also people who are enjoying happiness despite the revolution...If the revolution is not dead, of course it cannot be regarded as the end of the revolution, and there is no way to deal with the dead, but all the living people should be able to forgive each other.They only need to take a brief look in the mirror, and they can probably put away that pair of heroic faces.

In the past, I didn't need to sell writing to make a living. The first time I took up a pen was at the request of a friend.However, there is probably a bit of injustice hidden in my heart, so when I start to write, I can't help showing some angry words, almost like encouraging young people.When Duan Qirui[5] was in power, although some people spread rumors, I dare say that the things we did would never take half a ruble from other countries, a penny from rich people, or a little from bookstores. manuscript fee.I also don't want to be a "literateur", so I never join a group of fellow critics to applaud.Several novels sold tens of thousands, which I never thought of.

As for wanting China to reform and change, that's true.Although some people designate me as the author who has no way out—haha, way out, the number one scholar—the author of the "poisonous pen", but I am confident that I have not obliterated everything.I always think that low class people are better than high class people, and young people are better than old men, so I never spilled the blood from my pen on them before.I also know that when there is a stake, they are often no different from the old men of the upper class, but this is an inevitable thing under such a social organization.For them, there are many people attacking them, so why should I come to help others, so the darkness I exposed is only one-sided, and my intention is not to deceive the young people who read.

The above is what I did when I was still in Beijing, what Cheng Fangwu said was "kept in the dark" as a petty bourgeoisie.But because of careless writing, his job was broken, and he had to leave, so he ran to the "birthplace of the revolution" without waiting for the "smokeless gunpowder" to bombard him.After staying for two months, I was shocked. What I had heard in the past were all rumors, but this place is a country dominated by soldiers and businessmen.Then came the purge of the party. The detailed facts were rarely seen in the newspapers, only some rumors.I was a little nervous, so I felt like "gathering and annihilating" [6], and I couldn't help but feel sad.Although I know that this is "shallow humanitarianism" [7] and it has been out of fashion for two or three years, but because the roots of the petty bourgeoisie have not been eradicated, I always feel sorry for it.At that time, I thought that I might also be the one who arranged the banquet, so I confessed a few words in Mr. Da Youheng's letter.

My previous remarks did fail, and this is because I did not know what to expect.The reason is probably because of "sitting under the glass window, looking at life with drunken eyes" for many years.However, there are probably not many things in the world that are so volatile. I didn't expect it, and I haven't described it, which shows that I am not very "venomous".However, the situation at that time did not even seem to be seen by the revolutionary writers who were ahead of their time fifty years ago in the streets, among the people, and among the officials, so they did not take the "theoretical struggle" first.Otherwise, it should be able to save many people.I bring up revolutionary writers here, not to ridicule their ignorance after the fact, but to say that my inability to see the subsequent changes is due to my lack of ruthlessness, and therefore mistakes have occurred, not because I negotiated with someone, Or what you want to do, deliberately to deceive others.

But what the idea is has nothing to do with the facts.I suspect that among the people who are suffering, there may inevitably be young people who have read my article and were stabbed, so they stepped forward to revolutionize, so it is really painful.But this is also because I am not born a revolutionary. If I am a revolutionary giant, this little sacrifice is not a big deal.The first is to live by oneself and be able to guide forever, because without guidance, the revolution will not succeed.Look at the revolutionary writers, they are all near the Shanghai Concession. Whenever there is a disturbance, there will be barbed wire fences made by foreign devils to isolate the Chinese circles of counter-revolutionary literature. Then, with a bang, all the leisure classes were "Auvergized".

Those revolutionary writers probably happened this year, there are a lot of them.Although they are still promoting each other or mutually exclusive, I can't tell whether it is a writer who "revolution has succeeded" or a writer who "revolution has not yet succeeded".However, it seems that because of my copy or because we printed Yusi, the revolution has not yet succeeded, or the young people are too lazy to revolutionize.This tone is roughly the same.This is the public opinion in the revolutionary literary world this year.Although I am angry and funny about these public opinions, I am also quite happy.Because although he was charged with delaying the revolution, he was freed from the guilt of trapping and killing young people.Then, all the dead, wounded, and suffering have nothing to do with me.I was really good at being responsible before.I used to make up my mind not to give lectures, not to teach, not to discuss, so that my name would die from the society, which was my atonement. This year, I felt more relaxed and wanted to be active again.Unexpectedly, I got your letter, but it made my heart heavy again. But I am not as heavy as last year.In the past half a year, public opinion has been solicited, and experience has been used to know whether there is a revolution or not. It depends on the person, not the article.You say that I have poisoned you, but the critics here clearly say that my writing is "non-revolutionary".If literature is enough to impress people, then after reading my article, they probably don’t want to do revolutionary literature. Now that they have read my article, they have concluded that it is “non-revolutionary”, but they are still not discouraged. They want to be revolutionary writers, as shown in the text In fact, it has no effect on people, but it is a pity that it broke the archway of revolutionary literature at the same time.However, my husband and I have never met before, so I will definitely not frame me, so I will think about it from another side.First, I thought you were too courageous. Other revolutionary writers, because I described the darkness, were scared to death, thinking that there was no way out, so they must talk about the final victory, how much money you pay, and how much profit you get, like General life insurance company.And you don't care about these things, but want to attack the darkness, which is one of the reasons for suffering.Since it is too bold, then, secondly, it is too serious.There are different kinds of revolutions.Your inheritance has been taken away, but there are also those who have brought it back, but there are also those who have lost their lives, and some who have only lost their salaries and manuscript fees, but donated their titles of revolutionaries instead.These heroes are naturally serious, but if they are more damaged than before, then I think the root cause of the disease is "too".The third is that you thought the future was too bright, so when you hit a wall, you will be disappointed. If you did not expect to win before, even if you fail, the pain will be much less. Then, am I free from sin?Yes, there are many honest gentlemen and revolutionary writers who are using open guns and dark arrows to commit the crime of revolution and non-revolution. In the future, I will pay part of the total amount of injuries I have suffered to compensate your "head".Here is a little textual research: "Return my head", according to "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it was said by Mr. Guan Yunchang, and it seems that it was not Mr. Liang Yuchun. The above is actually empty talk.When it comes to Mr.'s personal problems, it is very difficult to start. This is definitely not something that can be solved by such heroic words as "go forward, kill, young man".As for the truth, I don’t want to make it public, because it’s better for words and deeds to be inconsistent.But the letter does not have an address, so I cannot reply, so I have to say a few words here.First, to make a living, the way to make a living is to do whatever it takes.Let's wait, there are quite a few people who don't know the difference now, thinking that "asking the purpose and not the means" is a mantra of the Communist Party, which is a big mistake.People say this a lot, but they don't want to say it.In "Mr. Quixote Unchained" written by Lunakarsky, the People's Commissar of Arts and Education of the Soviet Union, this method was used by a duke.Second, love your loved ones.According to public opinion, this is contrary to the way of revolution.But it doesn't matter, you just need to write a few revolutionary articles advocating that revolutionary youth should not talk about love.It's just that if someone with power or some kind of enemy comes to ask for the crime, it may still be counted as a crime, and you will regret that you believed my words.Therefore, I have to declare first: When they come to ask the sinners, if there is no such section, they will find another one.In the matter of covering the world, it is often decided to ask the crimes first, and to collect the crimes (usually ten) later. Sir, I write such words to cover up my fault a bit.Because of this alone, I can suffer many injuries.First, the revolutionary writers will cry and scold: "Nihilist, you bastard!" Woohoo, if you are not careful, you will put a little powder on the nose of the new hero.By the way, let's argue a few words first: there is no need to make a fuss, this is just an unscrupulous means, not a doctrine.Even if it is doctrine, I dare to write it, and I am willing to write it, it is not a bad thing.When I get bad, I will definitely put these treasures in my stomach, collect a lot of money on hand, live in a safe place, and advocate that others must make sacrifices. Sir, I also advise you to play around for the time being and find a way to make ends meet, but I don't want you to "decline" permanently. If there is something that can be reformed, it can be reformed at any time, no matter how big or small.I must also obey, not only to "rest", but also to play.But this is not because of your warning, which is really the original intention.I want to talk more about fun and leisure, even if it happens to involve something, it is a negligence in writing, but if it is about "motivation" or "conscience", it may not be the case.When the paper is finished, so is the reply.And sing the praises of recovery, and wish Keep loved ones from starving. Lu Xun.April tenth. BB [1] This article was originally published on April 23, 1928, Issue 17, Volume 4, of Yusi. 〔2〕 "Make Drunken Shrimp" This is what Lu Xun said in the article "Mr. Answering Youheng" (included in "The Collection"). [3] Qi Ming (Zhou Zuoren) quoted here, see his "Firecrackers" published in the ninth issue of the fourth volume of "Yusi" (February 27, 1928): "In fact, China There are two types of "property" and "property", but there is no difference in their thoughts and feelings. Those who have property hope to be promoted and get rich while they are getting rich, and those who have nothing hope to get promoted and get rich in the future. Therefore, there are two kinds of people in life. Classes, there is only one class in thought; that is, the thought of getting promoted and getting rich.” [4] “Return my head” is what Guan Yunchang said in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.Guan Yunchang was defeated in Jingzhou and killed in Maicheng at night. After Wu Bing cut off his head, his "ghost lingered", he went to Yuquan Mountain to complain to Monk Pujing, shouting "Give me back my head" (see Chapter 1 of the book) Seventy-seven times).Liang Yuchun (1901-1932), born in Fuzhou, Fujian, was a young writer at that time.He quoted this allusion in an article entitled "Returning My Head" and Others (published in the 146th issue of "Yusi" in August 1927). [5] Duan Qirui (1864-1936) was born in Hefei, Anhui, and was the leader of the warlords of the Northern Anhui faction.After Yuan Shikai's death, with the support of Japanese imperialism, he controlled the Beiyang government several times.From 1924 to 1926, he was promoted as the "temporary ruling" of the Beiyang government. [6] See "Zuo Zhuan" for the phrase "gathering and annihilating Zhan" in the twenty-eighth year of Duke Xiang.Zhan, a particle, means "Zhi Yan". [7] "Shallow Humanism" Zheng Boqi serialized "On National Literature" in the thirty-third to thirty-fifth issues of "Creation Weekly" in late 1923 and early 1924, in which he criticized the May Fourth New Literature Advocates of the movement and "civilian literature" said: "The new writers who have not awakened the national consciousness and ignited the national feelings are still not interested in studying the lives of ordinary people. As a result, they only produced a few superficial articles about humanism." Doctrinal works, the first issue of the New Literature Movement has come to an end.” [8] Lunakarsky (AABAX^JI_I`SOJ, 1875-1933) was a Soviet literary commissar (minister) of the People's Commissar of Education.Author of "Art and Revolution", "Basis of Positive Aesthetics" and the play "Mr. Quixote Unchained".Lu Xun once translated his "On Art", which was published by Shanghai Dajiang Bookstore in June 1929.