Chapter 59 talk about the bat

You Guang People always dislike animals that come out at night, probably because they don't sleep, which is different from their own habits, and they are afraid that they will get a glimpse of some secrets in their deep sleep or "walking quietly" at night. Although bats are also night-flying animals, they have a fairly good reputation in China.This is not because he devours mosquitoes and flies, which is beneficial to people, but most of them are due to his name, which has the same pronunciation as the word "Fu".With such a dignified appearance, it can be written into the painting, in fact, it depends on the name.Also, the Chinese originally wanted to be able to fly themselves, and also imagined that other things could fly.Taoist priests want to become feathers, emperors want to fly, sentient beings want to be lovebirds, and those who are suffering can't wait to fly away.Thinking of adding wings to a tiger, I shudder, but when a green antler comes flying, I smile.As for Mozi's flying kite[5], which was finally lost, the airplane had to be purchased abroad by raising funds[6], because of the emphasis on spiritual civilization, it was inevitable, and it is reasonable, not surprising.But although I can't do it, I can think about it, so I'm not surprised to see a mouse-like thing with wings. Famous literati even collected it as poetry material, making up something about "the bats fly in the temple at dusk" [7] ] Such a good sentence.

Westerners are not so generous, they don't like bats.The origin of the disaster, I think, should be attributed to Aesop [8].In his fable, it is said that birds and beasts hold their own meetings. The bat went to the beasts because it had wings, and the beasts would not accept it. He has no position, so everyone hates the bat as a symbol of sitting on the wall. China has picked up some foreign classics recently, and sometimes ridiculed bats.But this kind of fable comes from Aesop, which is gratifying, because in his time, zoology was still very naive.It is different now, even elementary school students know exactly what kind of whales and bats.If he picks up some Greek classics and speaks seriously, it is only enough to show his knowledge, and it is the same as the two types of gentlemen and ladies who held separate conferences in Aesop's time.

Mr. Liang Shiqiu, a university professor, thought that rubber shoes were something between straw sandals and leather shoes,[9] his knowledge was similar. If he had been born in Greece, his position might have been lower than Aesop’s. It's late. June sixteenth. [1] This article was originally published in "Shen Shen Free Talk" on June 25, 1933. 〔2〕"Micro-travel" means that the old emperors and ministers hid their identities and modified their travels. 〔3〕The name of the bird in the legend of lovebirds, "Erya · Shidi" Jin Dynasty Guo Pu commented that it is "green and red, with one eye and one wing, and it can fly when it matches".It is often used as a metaphor for lovers. 〔4〕The insect name in the legend of Qingfu was used as a synonym for money in past poems.The thirteenth volume of "Sou Shen Ji" by Qianbao of the Jin Dynasty: "There are worms in the south...the name is Qingfu, which looks like a cicada but is slightly larger...the child must be born on the blade of grass, which is as big as a silkworm. If the child is taken, the mother will be Flying here.... Eighty-one coins are spread with the blood of the mother, and eighty-one coins are spread with the blood of the son. For every purchase, either the mother's money or the son's money is used first, and they all fly back, and the cycle is endless. "

[5] Flying Yuan of Mozi Mozi (approximately 468-376 BC), named Zhai, was born in Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.The founder of the Mohist school.For the matter of Mozi making flying kites, see "Han Feizi·Wai Chu Shuo" (upper left): "Mozi is a wooden kite, which took three years to develop, and was defeated in one day." See also "Huainanzi·Qi Su Xun ": "Lu Ban and Mo Zi used wood as a kite and flew it, and did not gather for three days." In the book "Mo Zi", only Gong Shu Pan (one said that Lu Pan) "cut bamboo and wood to think of magpies" records (see "Lu Wen").

〔6〕For fundraising to buy airplanes, see note 〔3〕 on page 17 of this volume. 〔7〕 "At dusk to the temple bats fly" see Han Yu's "Mountain Stone" poem in Tang Dynasty. [8] Aesop (Aesop, about the sixth century BC) is said to be an ancient Greek fable writer. He was born as a slave and was released as a freeman because of his wit and erudition.The compiled fables have been processed and supplemented by later generations, and integrated into what is now being circulated.In the book "Bats and Weasels", it is said that when a bat is caught by a weasel that is an enemy of birds, it claims to be a mouse, and when it is caught by another weasel that hates mice, it claims to be a bat. Both times were released.The plot mentioned in Lu Xun's article is similar to this one.

[9] Liang Shiqiu once said in his article "On the Third Kind of Man": "Mr. Lu Xun recently went to Beiping and gave several speeches, one of which was "The Third Kind of Man"....This time he cited As an example, the New Literature Movement advocated by Mr. Hu Shizhi entered the literary world wearing leather shoes, and the current Proletarian Movement also broke into the literary world with bare feet. Then some people in the newspapers criticized that the day Mr. Lu Xun gave his speech was both Not wearing leather shoes or bare feet, but wearing a pair of canvas and rubber shoes, is the 'third kind of person.'" (according to "Prejudice Collection"), according to Lu Xun once said in Beijing on November 27, 1932 Lecture at Normal University, titled "Re-discussing the "Third Kind of Man"".