Chapter 21 from irony to humor

Satire, is dangerous. If what he satirizes are the illiterate, the murdered, the imprisoned, and the oppressed, that's fine, and he can give the so-called educated intellectuals who read his articles a smile, and feel even more brave and brave. clever.However, the reason why today's satirists are satirists is to satirize this first-class society of so-called educated intellectuals. Because what is being satirized is this first-class society, each member of it feels as if they have stabbed themselves, so they come out one by one secretly, and use their irony again, trying to stab the satirist to death.

At first they said that he was sarcasm, and gradually they said that he was abusive, witty, cruel, hateful, a student bandit, Master Shaoxing, etc., etc., etc.However, the satire that satirizes society is often still "surprisingly long". Even if foreigners who have been monks are promoted [2] or tabloids are specially set up to attack, it is still ineffective. How can this not make people angry? (3) too! The key point is here: what he is satirizing is the society, and the society remains unchanged, and the irony will continue to exist, but what you are satirizing is his individual, if his irony exists, your irony will be in vain.

Therefore, to bring down such hateful satirists, we have to change society. However, social satirists are dangerous after all, especially in an era when some "literateurs" have become "king's minions" [4] overtly and covertly.People are not happy to be the protagonist in the "literary prison", but if they don't die, there will always be a part of sullen in their stomachs, and they want to spit him out under the guise of laughing.Smiling will not offend others, and there is no legal requirement that citizens have to cry with a sad face. It is not "illegal", Geike asserted.

I think: This is the reason why "humor" has become popular in writing since last year, but there are naturally quite a few of them who just "smile for the sake of laughing". However, this situation may not last long. "Humor" is neither domestically produced, nor are Chinese people good at "humor", and now is really a difficult time to be humorous.Therefore, although it is humorous, it is inevitable to change its appearance. It is not inclined to satirize the society, that is, to fall into the traditional "joking" and "making cheap".

March 2nd. [1] This article was originally published in "Shen Shen Free Talk" on March 7, 1933, signed by He Jiaqian. [2] The foreigner who has been a monk may refer to the international spy Trebiche Lincoln (TLincoln, 1879-1943), a Jew born in Hungary.He was active in Shanghai at that time, appearing as a monk with a Buddhist name, Zhaokong. [3] Lining words commonly used in Yemege Yuanqu have no meaning; 〔4〕 "The minion of the king" comes from "The Book of Songs Xiaoya Praying for the Father": "The minion of the king." Here it refers to the accomplice of the reactionaries.