Chapter 2 "Copy the target"

brigade falcon After all, China is the place with the oldest civilization, and it is also a country that values ​​human nature. It has always attached great importance to people.As for the occasional humiliation and killing, it is because these things are not human.Those punished by the emperor are "rebels", those suppressed by the officers and soldiers are "bandits", and those killed by executioners are "criminals". Emperor Yongzheng wanted to get rid of his brothers, so he changed the names to "Aqina" and "Sethhei"[2]. I don't understand Manchurian, so I don't understand the translation. It's probably "pig" and "dog". .Huang Chao [3] rebelled and used people as food, but it would be wrong to say that he cannibalized people. The things he ate were called "two-legged sheep."

The time is the twentieth century, and the place is Shanghai. Although it is always "humane" in its bones, there are of course some differences on the surface.As for some creatures in China that are not "human", I don't know how the foreign masters bestow posthumous titles. I only know the titles given by the subordinates of the foreign masters. If you often walk on the road in the concession, you will sometimes meet a few compatriots in uniform and a foreign compatriot (often there is no such one), point a pistol at you, and search your whole body and the objects you hold.If it is the white race, it will not point it out; as for the yellow race, if it is said that it is a Japanese, put down the pistol and ask him to go over; only the descendants of the Yellow Emperor with the oldest civilization, but "it is inevitable." [4].In Hong Kong, this is called a "body search", which is not very disrespectful, but in Shanghai it is called "copying the target".

Copyist, Souya, the target is something that should be shot with a gun. I have only known the purpose of this name since September of the previous year[5].The 40 million targets are all ranked in the place with the oldest civilization, and the selfishness is just a fluke, but they have not been hit yet.Master Yang's subordinates really gave his compatriots an excellent name. However, we "targets" are more polite when we recommend each other.I'm not an "old Shanghai", so I don't know how the previous scolding on the beach in Shanghai gave each other posthumous titles.But looking at the records, it is nothing more than "Quweizi" and "Amulin" [6]. Although "Shoutou Mazi" is already an argot for "pig", it is still an argot after all, and it contains the lofty sentiments of preferring "elegance" to "expression"[7].Ruofu now, as long as he thinks that he is disrespectful to him, he will open his eyes with red tendons, squeeze his throat, and spit out two words at the same time with the white foam on the corner of his mouth: pig!June sixteenth.

[1] This article was originally published in "Shen Shen Free Talk" on June 20, 1933. 〔2〕Emperor Yongzheng (Yinzhen, the fourth son of Kangxi) of the Qing Dynasty fought for the throne with his brother before he ascended the throne; ) and Yinzhen (the ninth son of Kangxi), and changed Yinzhen's name to "Aqina" and Yinzhen's name to "Seth Black".In Manchu, the former means dog and the latter means pig. [3] Huang Chao (?—884) was born in Caozhou Yuanju (now Heze, Shandong), and was the leader of the peasant uprising in the late Tang Dynasty.There are many exaggerated records of its brutality in old history books. "Old Tang Book·Huang Chao Biography" said that he "captured people and ate them" during the uprising, but there was no name for "two-legged sheep".Lu Xun quoted this phrase, which should come from Zhuang Jiyu's "Chicken Ribs" in the Southern Song Dynasty: "Since the age of Jingkang Bingwu (1126), Jindi was in chaos, and in the six or seven years, the roads of Shandong, Jingxi, and Huainan, etc., have been scattered for thousands of miles. Thieves, officers, soldiers, and even residents eat each other. The price of human flesh is lower than that of dogs and hogs. A fat one is only 15,000, and the whole body is violent. Dengzhou Fan Wen led a loyal man, Shaoxing Kui Chou Sui (1133) traveled across the sea to Qiantang, and there were those who would eat as long as they traveled (Hangzhou). The old and thin men called it Rao's fire, and the women who were young were called stewed sheep, and the children called it Hegulan: and The whole eye is a two-legged sheep."

〔4〕 "It is unavoidable" see "Mencius King Hui of Liang". [5] Since September of the previous year refers to the September 18th Incident in 1931. 〔6〕 "Qu Braid" is the village fool. "Amulin" means a fool.They are all Shanghainese. 〔7〕It is better to be "elegant" than "expressive". In the late Qing Dynasty, Yan Fu once said in "Tian Yan Lun·Yie Li Yan" that "commenting things is difficult: trustworthiness, expressiveness, and elegance".According to "faith" means to be faithful to the original work; "Da" means smooth and clear language; "Ya" means elegant.