Chapter 29 watch the fight

We Chinese always like to say that we love peace, but in fact, we love struggle. We love to watch other things fight, and we also love to watch us fight. The most common ones are cockfights and cricket fights. There are yellow-headed and thrush fights in the south, and quail fights in the north. A group of idlers gather around to watch and bet on winning or losing.In ancient times there were bettas, but now the tricksters make fleas fight.I read this year's "Oriental Miscellaneous" [2] and found out that Jinhua also has bullfights, but it is different from Spain. In Spain, people fight bulls, but we use bulls to fight bulls.

Let them fight, don't fight with yourself, just watch. The warlords only care about their own struggle, and the people don't hear about it, they just watch it. However, the warlords did not fight themselves, but caused the soldiers to fight against each other, so they fought fiercely for many years, but the leaders were all well at last, and suddenly the misunderstanding was cleared up, and sometimes they had a drink and chat, and sometimes they jointly resisted insults, and sometimes they made an oath Serving the country, suddenly...Needless to say, the fight broke out again suddenly and naturally.

Yet the people let them play tricks and just watch. But our fighters are different only when facing foreign enemies: those who are close are "non-resistance", and those who are far away are "forward with crossbows"[3]. "Non-resistance" has been clearly stated literally. As for the "precursor of the negative crossbow", the system of the crossbow has long been lost. It must be researched and manufactured by archaeologists, and then it can be loaded and then advanced. It is better to keep the domestic soldiers and the munitions bought now, and continue to fight on your own.China has a very large population, and there are always some relics watching over it for the time being.But of course, if we want to do this, we must "love peace"[4] towards foreign enemies.January twenty-fourth.

〔1〕 This article was originally published in Shanghai "Shenbao·Free Talk" on January 31, 1933, signed by He Jiaqian. 〔2〕 "Oriental Miscellany", a comprehensive publication, was first published in Shanghai in March 1904 and ceased publication in December 1948. It was published by the Commercial Press.On January 16, 1933, No. 2 of Volume 30 of this magazine published several frames of photos of bullfighting in Wuzhou, Zhejiang, entitled "Bullfighting in China". 〔3〕The phrase "the front of the crossbow" can be found in "Book of Yizhou": "King Wu defeated Zhou, San Yisheng, and Hong Tian took the front of the crossbow." At that time, the Kuomintang government adopted a policy of non-resistance to Japanese aggression. Whenever the Japanese army attacked, the Chinese garrison troops Most were ordered to retreat. For example, when the Japanese army attacked Shanhaiguan on January 3, 1933, the local garrison abandoned the fortress four hours later and retreated without a fight.However, the warlords who are far away from the front line often pretend to be "anti-Japanese". , waiting for the central government's decree, that is, the front of the crossbow."

[4] "Love for peace" At that time, the Kuomintang authorities often used arguments such as "love for peace" to cover up their surrender and traitorous policies. When I gave a speech, I said: "At this moment, the top and bottom must be unanimous, first use justice to confront power, and use peace to confront barbarism, endure pain and anger, temporarily adopt an attitude of resignation, and wait for the judgment of international justice."