Chapter 18 Lessons from one piece of paper and one weapon

China has recently followed the lessons of two foreign teachers, one from Wen and the other from Wu. Of course, it is the glib old Bernard Shaw.He told reporters in Peiping: One of the strange characteristics of the Chinese people is their incredible politeness and friendliness to all foreigners, but among themselves, they are always so rude and always pretending. fighting.He also said that the Great Wall is no different from ordinary low walls. The weapons were the artillery and planes of the Japanese imperialists who had recently invaded Jehol.These cannons and planes also smiled and said to the Chinese: You Chinese are so polite to foreigners, but you are so rude to your own people.The three provinces in the Northeast have surrendered tens of thousands of miles, and now Rehe, when you get your wartime public debts and collect your relief funds, you will inevitably have to give in again.The Great Wall was originally built to prevent foreign invasion, but now it has become a fortress and boundary for foreigners. It is finally a fortification built by the Chinese for foreigners.

While thinking of the wars in Shandong, Sichuan, and Guizhou during the so-called period of national disaster, I really have to admire the exactness of the lessons taught by these two foreign teachers.In the end, I had no choice but to copy two lines and change two lines of old poems in recognition of the progress of my great Chinese nation. Change: Brothers fight against the wall and welcome their insults from outside. People copied Li Hongzhang and Weng Tonghe's poems: The prime minister is thin in Hefei, and the military planes in Changshu are scarce. To change the poems chanted by people in the past: The Great Wall built by the Qin Dynasty is better than iron prisons.

Originally published on February 25, 1933, "Declaration Free Talk"