Chapter 2 "Cheating the Moon"

Mr. Du Heng [2] taught us in the "Torch" [3] on February 14 that the Chinese people's "lunar eclipse setting off firecrackers is definitely not out of superstition", but "out of deception; on the one hand, they deceive themselves, But the more important thing is to lie to the moon", "in order to save face in a perfunctory way, so that everyone will not be able to go down when the moon encounters the moon again in the future." This also shows the untrustworthiness of the people, as Shakespeare's "Caesar" [4] exposed, they not only deceive themselves, but also deceive the moon, but I don't know if they also deceive others?

Besides, there is another point that has not been pointed out by Mr. Du Heng: it is stupid.They only thought that they would meet the moon in the future and set off firecrackers to show their support, but they didn't expect to meet tengu as well.And I don't know that even if I don't support it now, if I encounter the moon in the future, I can randomly say some reasons to perfuse the past. I thought: If they knew these two points, their attitude would be "detached", and it would be difficult to see traces of deceit. EE 〔1〕This article was first published in the column titled "Dengjinboliang" in the twelfth issue of the first volume of the Shanghai "Taibai" semi-monthly magazine on March 5, 1935. The name of the province is Hegan.

[2] Du Heng (1906-1964), formerly known as Dai Kechong, pen name Su Wen and Du Heng, was born in Hangzhou County, Zhejiang Province.In the 1930s, he regarded himself as a "third type of person" and attacked the left-wing literary and artistic movements. He once edited "New Literature and Art", "Modern Times" and other publications.He is the author of a collection of short stories "Returning to the Homeland" and a novel "The Traitor". [3] "Torch" is the literary supplement of Shanghai's "Da Evening News", edited by Cui Wanqiu, a special agent of the Kuomintang Fuxing Agency.Du Heng published an article in this journal titled "Words Caused by Lunar Eclipses". [4] Shakespeare (W. Shakespeare, 1564-1616) was a British dramatist and poet during the European Renaissance. "The Life of Caesar" is a historical drama he wrote in his early days, describing the struggle between Caesar, the military commander of the ancient Roman slave-owner class, and the elders and nobles in the first century BC.In June 1934, Du Heng published the article "The Masses Represented in the Biography of Caesar in Shakespeare's Plays" in the first issue of "Literary Landscape". ", "Completely controlled and manipulated by a few agitators."