Chapter 154 banned book joke

banned book joke Ms. Height of England, in her amusing little book, "The Forbidden Book," lists many The misfortune of well-known works in various countries, for various ridiculous reasons.Of course she never Forget us China.She talked about the Chinese translation of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", which was published in 1931 Banned in Hunan Province, the reason is that "the birds, beasts and insects in the book are all spoken in human terms, and they are in the same group as people, and they are mixed in the same room." In Hunan Province in 1931, it was supposed to be the era when He Jian was in power.

I have no evidence, but I think this is a very possible thing, because "Niulu should not be in the same group", the beasts actually Speaking human words is not an insult to the clothes of sages, so there is a reason to ban it.It's a pity that Ms Hyatt is not yet Knowing that in China at that time, in order to ban the translation of Marx's works, even Ma Yinchu's economic essay collection And the ancient "Ma Shi Wen Tong", which studies Chinese grammar, also suffered, because "everyone's surname is Ma". Not only that, because Mr. Jiang Guangchi has the word "Chi" in his name, the gentlemen say he is not a good person,

Whatever he writes is banned.Later, the owner of the bookstore asked for his consent in order to save money. Changed the name to "Guangci", but the newspaper censor is not "compassionate" at all, and still treats his works with respect. All prohibited. The censorship system of books and newspapers in the old days is itself a joke, so no matter ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign, as long as you pass through The hands of these old men are naturally full of jokes.Bernard Shaw's opinion on this system is the most humorous. Silence is also the happiest.That's when Hollywood's decency censors banned movies made from his scripts.

After filming, I said a few words.He said: "Regardless of their moral or religious pretexts, in execution always false It is necessary to require a talent with God's almighty endowment, and then use one point equivalent to The salary of a little railway stationmaster enables the poor wretch to perform the omnipotent office of God.if When the man is foolish or compelled to accept the position, he immediately finds that nothing but Outside of the simplest cases, judgment is simply impossible, so he I have made a list of what words can't be used and what things can't be mentioned.such a

to make his duties so simple that even a footman's ability could But at the same time it makes the job utterly ridiculous. Didn’t the US Customs recently ban the import of a book about Chinese mythology?they were in nineteen three There was a funnier joke in three years, that is, the New York Customs covered the Italian Renaissance master Langelo's reproduction of the frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was withheld as "paintings of obscenity". According to Ernst and Rindley in the book "Checking the Lord's March", if this art The copy of a masterpiece of art has no caption, and its detention may be blamed on the customs officers' ignorance.

do not know the nature of what they are dealing with, as they have always been sensitive to human nudity Sexual neurasthenia.However, on the reproduction of this mural, there are detailed descriptions of the original work. Ming said, the detained notice also stated "Indecent photographs: Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Michelangelo Luo Zuo, the import is prohibited according to the customs tariff." In this way, this becomes an unforgivable joke.