Chapter 37 literary discount

There is a kind of nonsense tabloid that prides itself on publishing novels that slander some people, and even alludes to their names. Suddenly, it says that "it will not publish if it contains attacks on individuals or groups" [2]. Some things come to mind—all the foreigners I have met who study Chinese literature are often dissatisfied with the exaggeration of Chinese articles.This is really a foreigner who, although he has studied Chinese literature, may not understand Chinese literature until his death.If we are Chinese, as long as we have read hundreds of articles and seen the behavior of a dozen so-called "writers", and we are not honest young people who have just "come from the people", we will never be fooled.Because we are used to it, just like money store clerks who see banknotes, know what is valid, what should be discounted, and what is worthless.

For example, to say that the Prime Minister is praised as having "two ears hanging down the shoulders" [3], at this time we at least fold him in half, and think that it may be a little bigger than usual, but we never believe that his ears are like pigs.It is said that Sorrow has "white hair three thousand feet long"[4], so we hit him with at least twenty thousand buckles, thinking that it might be seven or eight feet long, but we never believed that it would be coiled on the top like a big haystack.Although this size is a bit fuzzy, it will not be too far apart.Conversely, we can also increase what is little, and make what is not there. For example, when four skinny little actors with knives walk out on the stage, we know that they are one hundred thousand elite soldiers; We know that there are invisible tricks between the lines in the articles that are serious.

On the other hand, we can also turn what is there into nothing, such as "waiting for the next day", "sleeping on the fire", "serving the country with allegiance", [5] we will immediately see it as a blank sheet of paper, just like a photo that has not yet been fixed. Met the sun in general. But we still read these articles sometimes.When Su Dongpo was demoted to Huangzhou, he was so bored that when a visitor came, he asked him to talk about ghosts.The guest said no.Dongpo said: "Let's talk nonsense for now." [6] From our point of view, that's just what it means.But knowing that there are such things in the society, it takes a lot of boring eyesight.People often think that playing cards and dancing are harmful, but in fact this kind of article is even more harmful, because if you are not careful, it will teach you to become imbecile.

The "Ode" poem [7] has already flattered the horse, and the "Spring and Autumn" [8] has already concealed it. During the Warring States Period, talkers flocked, either with alarmist words or beautiful words, so exaggeration, pretentiousness, and lies emerged one after another.Although today's literati have changed into foreign clothes, their ancestors are still buried in their bones, so they must be canceled or discounted to show a bit of truth. If a "literateist" does not use facts to prove that he has changed his old temper of exaggeration, pretentiousness, and lying, it will be futile even if he swears to God that he will be very serious from now on, otherwise he will be destroyed by heaven and earth.Because we have long been accustomed to seeing many houses with gold lacquer signs that read "Fake Wang Mazi[9] Miemen Three Generations", not to mention that he is still wagging his little tail.

March 12th. [1] This article was originally published on March 15, 1933, in "Shen Shen Free Talk", signed by He Jiaqian. [2] See the call for papers for the March 1933 supplement "Peppers and Olives" of the "Great Evening News". Zhang Ruogu's "New History of Scholars" and "Po Han Mi" serialized in "Da Evening News" are maliciously fabricated novels alluding to people in the cultural circles, such as "Luo Wuxin" alluding to Lu Xun, "Guo Defu" alluding to Yu Dafu, etc. . 〔3〕The language of "two ears hanging on the shoulders" can be seen in the first chapter of the novel: "(Liu Bei) was born with a height of eight feet, with ears hanging on the shoulders, and his hands above his knees."

〔4〕The phrase "white hair three thousand feet" can be found in the fifteenth song of "Qiu Pu Song" by Li Bai in the Tang Dynasty: "The white hair is three thousand feet long, and the fate seems to be long." [5] For the story of Liu Kun in the Jin Dynasty, see the story of Liu Kun in the Jin Dynasty: "(Kun) and his relatives said in a book: 'I am waiting for the day, and the Zhixiao is against the captives. I often fear that my ancestors will be the first to wear the whip.'" "Tasting the gall while lying on the salary", "tasting the gall" is the story of Goujian, the king of Yue in the spring and Autumn period. "; "Lying on salary" see Su Shi's "Imitation of Sun Quan's Answer to Cao Cao's Book" in the Song Dynasty: "Since the servant was left behind, he has tasted his courage by lying on his salary." "Serve the country with loyalty", the story of Yue Fei in the Song Dynasty, see "Song History·Yue Fei Biography": "Fei split his clothes to show his back, and cast the four characters of'Serve the country with allegiance', which went deep into the skin." Or these three sentences are often quoted in power-ups.

[6] Su Dongpo asked guests to talk about ghost stories, see the Song Dynasty Ye Mengde's "Stone Forest Summer Vacation Records" Volume 1: "Zizhan (Su Dongpo) is in Huangzhou and Lingbiao. Whenever he gets up, he will come out if he doesn't invite guests to talk to him. As for the visitors, there is no choice among those who travel with them, each of them follows his or her own level, and the chattering will no longer be a borderline. If there are those who cannot talk, they will be forced to talk about ghosts, or if there is no one, they will say, "Gu False words', so those who heard it all fell down, and all went away happily."

〔7〕The "Song" poems refer to the "Zhou Song", "Lu Song", and "Shang Song", which are mostly works used by the ruling class to worship ancestors and reward gods. 〔8〕The Spring and Autumn Annals is said to be a history book of the State of Lu compiled by Confucius based on the records of official historians of the State of Lu.According to the "Chunqiu Guliang Biography" in the ninth year of Chenggong: when Confucius compiled "Spring and Autumn", "Hidden shame for the venerable, sins for the sages, and diseases for the relatives."

[9] Wang Mazi is a well-known knives and scissors shop with a long history in Beijing. In the old days, there were many shops that faked its brand name;