Chapter 6 Examples of "funny"

Wei Suo People who study world literature tell us: French people are good at wit, Russians are good at satire, and Anglo-Americans are good at humor.This is presumably true, but limited by the state of society.Since Master Ziyutang [2] revived the term "humor", the term has become very popular, but once it becomes common, there is a danger, just like soldiers claiming to be Buddhists, high-ranking officials suddenly hang rosary beads, and the Dharma is about to be nirvana~勔lie L hot charm suddenly 岜. 簦 Where is Jisanba? There is no doubt that it has become a "civilization drama" because it holds *"×World".

This is dangerous because China has never had much humor.It’s just that there is humor, but it’s still a long way from humor. The Japanese once translated “humor” as “sentimental funny”, so it’s different from mere “funny”, that’s why.So, in China, you can only find funny articles?But no.Those in China who consider themselves funny articles are still oily, frivolous, and obscene, which is different from really funny.The key to this "civet cat for the prince" [4] is that there are many self-righteous remarks and facts in the past. Most of them are funny. In China, if you want to be funny, you should not look at the so-called funny articles, but look at the so-called serious things, but you must think about it.

These famous articles are readily available, such as serious and serious headlines in newspapers, such as "China-Japan Negotiations are Getting Better", "Where is China Going", they are all there, and when chewed, they are like olives, with a lot of aftertaste . Seen in newspaper advertisements, there are also some.We know that there is a publication that claims to be "the new authority in the field of public opinion" [5] and "says what ordinary people want to say but does not say", while at the same time "declaring misunderstanding and apologizing" to another publication, But he also said that "according to the fact that both parties are reputable publications in the society, there is no reason to criticize each other." "New authority" is good at "misunderstanding", "misunderstood" but "has a reputation", "what ordinary people want to say but does not say" is misunderstanding and apology: if you want to laugh, you must not think about it.

Seen in short comments in newspapers, and some of them are.For example, in the "Supplements to the Art of Climbing the Dragon" published in "Free Talk" in September, it was said that being a son-in-law of a rich family is one of the techniques of "climbing the dragon". Soon there was a counterattack, which began: "Foxes can't eat it." Grapes say that grapes are sour, and they cannot marry rich wives, so they become jealous of all those who have rich and rich families, and the result of jealousy is attack." [6] I can't even think about it.Thinking about the "results", it is clear that the author is showing that he knows that the taste of "rich wives" is sweet.

We have also seen wonderful writing like this in high-sounding official documents: and it is not caricatured, but it is itself a caricature.During the year, I read the column "Guxiangzhai" [7] the most. For example, the magistrate of Yingshan County in Sichuan banned the wearing of long gowns: "You must know that the clothes are enough to cover the body, why bother to waste cloth? The national situation is weak,...the time is difficult, how can the future troubles be conceived?" Another example is the article on the ban on women raising male dogs in Beiping. The occurrence of shameless and obscene news is also forbidden by customs in our country, which is a country of propriety and righteousness. I would like to issue a special order to strictly prohibit... All male dogs kept by women will be killed without pardon, and they will be banned!" This is what comic writers can write out of thin air. Got it?

However, the wonderful essays collected in "Guxiangzhai" are often more bizarre, and the funny is not as good as the plain, but the plain is even more funny. In this standard, I recommend "Sweet Grape". October nineteenth. [1] This article was originally published in "Shen Shen Free Talk" on October 26, 1933. [2] Yutang Lin Yutang (1895-1976), born in Longxi, Fujian, writer.In the early 1930s, he edited a fortnightly magazine, claiming that "the main goal is to promote humorous writing" (see the third issue of "Our Attitude"). 〔3〕"New drama" Chinese drama emerged in the early 20th century, and was first called "new drama" ("new drama"), also known as "civilized drama". The more popular dramas performed in entertainment venues such as Shanghai Great World and New World at that time were called civilized dramas.

[4] "Civet cat for prince" is a legend that evolved from the record in "Song History Biography of Concubine Li Chen" that Song Renzong (Zhao Zhen)'s birth mother Concubine Li Chen did not dare to recognize her son.This story is written in the public case novel compiled by Shi Yukun in the Qing Dynasty. The plot is: Song Zhenzong has no children, and the two concubines Liu and Li are pregnant. Concubine Liu conspired with the eunuch in order to become the queen. The skinned raccoon replaced the child. 〔5〕 "The new authority of the public opinion circle" and other words, see the advertisement when the publication was founded by Shao Xunmei, published in "Shenbao" on August 10, 1933.The following words such as "declare misunderstanding" and other words, see the advertisement of the magazine "expressing apology" to "Jing Bao", and refer to the "Postscript" of this book. [6] "Foxes can't eat grapes, they say grapes are sour", see Sheng Xian's article "The Spread of the "Son-in-Law"" published on September 6, 1933 in the Kuomintang's official newspaper "Central Daily", see This book "Postscript".

[7] "Guxiangzhai" is a column added from the fourth issue of the semi-monthly magazine, which publishes news and texts describing absurd events from various places at that time.The two orders cited below can be found in the column of the eighteenth issue (June 1, 1933).