Chapter 47 Liberation of order

Momochi It is a matter of the feudal era that one person writes a book, "hidden a famous mountain, passed it on to the person" [2], and it has long passed.It is now thirty-three years after the twentieth century, and the place is in the Shanghai Concession. Being a comprador immediately enjoys glory, and why doesn't one want fame and fortune immediately as a writer, so there seems to be skill left. That technique is to first decide that you are a writer and have some inheritance or allowance.Then they opened their own bookstores, set up their own magazines, published their own articles, made their own advertisements, reported their own news, and figured out their own tricks... But it didn’t work out. Bird, so the "liberation of order" began.

The husband's preface, originally existed in ancient times, some people did it, and some did it by themselves.But this is too roundabout, and it does not suit the appetite of "writers" [5] of the "new era".Because prefaces are difficult to brag about, and when others do it, they don’t necessarily have to flatter them, so naturally they have to be liberated, that is, they write prefaces for others to their own things. "A bunch of good comments" must be attached at the back, but when the preface was opened, there was a lot of praise, as if the audience applauded when a famous actor appeared on the stage, how interesting.If you are an actor, you have to buy a lot of phonographs first, and call "good" in, and when you are on stage, you will turn them on together.

But what if such a thing is exposed by others?There are also techniques.Immediately put on a "poor" appearance, saying that he has no party affiliation, does not rely on ism, and has no helpers, "never dare to be arrogant"[7], and he does not have the smell of smugness when he shakes his head and tail during "discussions"[8] Now, it seems that other people are reactionaries, murderers and arsonists, youth gangs and red gangs, who have come to bully this frail but talented young man. More effectively, he was attacked because he was "weak in ability and unable to meet the demands of his friends."If we don't know the gender of this "literateur", we will suspect that there are many people with parties or aides who have repeatedly borrowed money from him, or proposed marriage to her vigorously, or something, "unsatisfied", so they are punished. of wronged revenge.

But I hope my words will still not harm the "literateurs" in the "new era", and I will also "extract" a "good review" as a "postscript": "'The famous mountain in Tibet is passed on to its people', long gone In the twentieth century, there is no such thing as skill, how interesting is the liberation of words, liberation and icing on the cake? But others are reactionaries, and they come to bully this weak and talented son because they are "weak in ability and unable to satisfy friends." Those who received unjust retaliation because of their demands' did not harm the 'writers' of the 'new era'."

July 5th. [1] This article was originally published in "Shen Shen Free Talk" on July 7, 1933. 〔2〕 "The famous mountains in Tibet are passed on to their people" comes from Sima Qian's "Report to Ren Shaoqing Book" in the Western Han Dynasty: "Pu Cheng wrote this book (according to "Historical Records"), hidden all famous mountains and passed on to his people." "Selected Works" "Volume 41 selects this article, and Liu Liang of the Tang Dynasty notes: "There was no saint at that time to show it, so it is a famous mountain hidden deep."

〔3〕The liberation of poetry refers to the vernacular poetry movement during the May Fourth Movement. [4] For the liberation of words, see note [2] on page 54 of this volume. 〔5〕The "writer" of "New Era" refers to Zeng Jinke. The bookstores and publications he presided over at that time all used the name "New Era". 〔6〕Prefaces for others refers to the fact that Zeng Jin used Cui Wanqiu's name to write a preface for his collection of poems "Two Stars", see note [20] on page 184 of this volume. "A bunch of good reviews" refers to the "readers' good reviews" listed by Zeng Jinke in "Two Stars Preface". [7] "Never dare to be arrogant" This is what Zeng Jinke said in his reply to Cui Wanqiu published in "Shenbao" on July 4, 1933: "I have neither party affiliation as a talisman, nor do I use doctrine as a Tools, not to mention the background of the group, have never dared to be arrogant. But the ability is weak, unable to meet the requirements of friends, so it is inevitable to be guilty of confidantes.... Poor!)"

〔8〕 "Forum" refers to the "Literary Forum" organized by Zeng Jinke and some people, and the magazine "Literary Forum" (published on July 1, 1933) hosted by him.