Chapter 31 Introducing a book - "The Dust of Beijing"
After leaving the hospital, I just roamed freely among the mountains and rivers. For several months, I never picked up a book seriously.Even if I read some, it is very piecemeal.Returned to MedDfood the day before yesterday, a romantic soul*榘拍aboth Huaiying┦换aMoyingdangerous目郎瑞簦郎瑞┦榧苌希汉alcohol疫病┑ A certain old court punished a school dan, and the scorpion was swollen and swollen. Warm health this ┑ seek the beginning of the first N Yi halo high quality 蚶 こ choking buttocks street Chuan Lu brain 廾 Le Lu Yi Huang 湟 草 Yu cattle ammonia disadvantages halo easy to eat 鹆 问 Meng rough * I read more and more thrilling, can not put it down, from eleven o'clock in the morning to five o'clock in the afternoon, read the entire book volume 28 chapters in one go.The release scroll is in a trance, and the world is different.Beijing in the eyes of a Westerner! "I'm really not virtuous, so I'm so special to others!"
The author said in the introduction that there are generally two types of writing about Chinese books: one is that the author only spends one night in China, and the description of everything is superficial and interesting, and the text is only full of the bells in the temple.The other is an author who knows China well. Most of his works are teachings, describing the primitive knowledge of China, and at the same time making people feel that the author is irresponsible.His book does not belong to either category, and the only thing in common with the former, or "irresponsible".This book is just a collection of Feiyu that I heard when I was in Beijing. This Feiyu is like the dust in Beijing, blowing towards people, and sometimes it will make people feel...
Yes, at least I also feel this point, this book is the most straightforward, it is for any foreigner to describe his first feelings and impressions when he first landed on the shore of China.Their feelings and impressions are the pain of our little people in China. The great Great Wall, the ringing of bells in monasteries, and even the philosophy of Confucius and Mencius of Zhuang Lao are just to complete the relationship between China as an ancient country and our little people. Whether life is safe or not is irrelevant!
Europeans and Americans for the purpose of traveling look eastward in sea boats, and their minds are full of mysterious conjectures. When they enter the gate of China, they see the lofty and gloomy mausoleums, temples and the Forbidden City; In the farmland, listen to the simple laughter of farmers and women; if you stay in a remote place in Beijing again, in the quiet of the night, you can hear the blind man's pipa, and marvel at how quiet Beijing, the capital of the whole country, can be!This is a good opportunity for poets to write!Feel it, participate in prejudice, and write eloquent lyric or narrative poems.The China in this poem is actually not far from the kingdom of heaven.
Go back to your home country, print, distribute.European and American ladies and gentlemen who want to entertain themselves like to read this kind of book.However, people in China who know Western languages also love to read this kind of book!
The second is after the tragedy of the European War, a kind of compassionate emotion is in my heart.With remorseful eyes, the boats pushed and pulled by the boats on the small river, passing by the murmuring fields on both sides of the river, I just feel that in the sky, clouds and shadows, there is "inorganic" and "primitive".I am amazed that in today's world where machines run through, there is still such an inorganic life of Chinese people!Taking inorganic as the beginning of peace, writing a book, drawing on the philosophy of Easterners and peaceful people, China has also become an ideal country!People who were physically and mentally injured after the war in Europe and America love to read this kind of book, but the Chinese who know Western also love to read this kind of book!
We've had enough of being made fun of!You might as well take this kind of book politely, and throw it in the wastebasket without any politeness!
If we read too much of this kind of indulgence and praise, it will make us slack and degenerate, not to mention that this is still a piece of nonsense!A wealthy family cannot afford to feast and enjoy themselves, not to mention that we are so poor that we can no longer be poor. How can this kind of argument be allowed to come in and mislead our children?Please read this book "The Dust of Beijing"!No matter how unhappiness and anger you feel while watching it, it may not be unhelpful for China to feel excited after watching it!Ten people watched it, but only one person cared about it. We are satisfied!Ten flowers only bear one fruit, and the seed in this one fruit has the hope of growing a new tree after being planted!
This book narrates the facts from the beginning to the end, but the writing style is very sharp, and occasionally a sentence or two can sting people.The first chapter of the book is "Poor old China", and the sixth chapter is "The Sacred and Inviolable of Outsiders". To cite one or both ends:
In the first chapter "Poor old China", it is mentioned that before he arrived in China, he had a conversation with a British fellow in the boat. He asked, "How do European countries ask for their spheres of influence to be settled to the Chinese government?" Excuse me?" The British laughed and said, "We don't ask, everyone has made a decision, selected the location, and only notified the Chinese government!" Then in the book, he listed examples, and naturally every sentence is true!
In the fourth chapter "Race Contrast", he asked the British who traveled to Japan whether he liked Japan or not.The British said, "I don't like the Japanese very much. They are not comparable to the Chinese. Generally speaking, the Japanese treat us as ordinary people, but the Chinese treat us as superhumans." I can't translate well!
Chapter 5 "Scope of Influence", after describing the influence of various countries in China, he said that there is a story that fits the situation well. A large group of representatives of various countries are looking for concessions on the map of China, and many Chinese officials are also surrounded by them. The map sits.A large map, but painted in various colors, such as red, yellow, blue and so on.An American representative pointed to the red spot on the map and said to Chinese officials, "We want to build here." The British representative quickly interrupted and said, "Sorry, you can't go there. This place belongs to the British." Several places cannot be contaminated, because they belong to countries such as France and Russia.Finally, the U.S. representative turned back to the Chinese officials who sat silently and dared not speak, and said, "Where is China's underworld?"-meaning that the Americans had to occupy China's underworld!
Chapter 8 "Advisors and Guidance" talks about the advisors of various countries in the Chinese government. They come from the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Russia, Japan, Italy, and Germany. Looting, pinning China into a weak and incompetent position so that it can be easily controlled.It is well known that China is locked up from head to toe. In a situation where all the advisers are working on their own, the political Beijing is a wide and silent battlefield, full of orientalization on the surface. Courtesy and international fellowship, and there's a churning ocean beneath!However, the Chinese still ignore this.At the end he said, in short, the Chinese are too corrupt!
I can't say too much. Since I introduced this book, I don't want to take up more space here. When you read it, you are like a person drinking water, knowing whether you are warm or not!This book continues to the end, "The Chinese are incompetent anyway"! "The Conquered of Europe" and so on.
Unfortunately, 1916-1917 happened again when the issue of France's old west, Britain's twelve demands, and the declaration of war on Germany, etc., happened one after another. All kinds of cowardice and incompetence were clearly revealed by the author Seeing it in his eyes, how can he not be contemptuous?Fortunately, the author did not live long. He said at the end of the book, "We are about to leave this huge and savage Beijing city. The city is just a whirlwind of flying words and flying dust. For both, we feel that our breath is blocked. , we are going to Japan to see the cherry blossoms.”
In contrast, Japan certainly won his praise. I am not jealous, and I admit that their progress is really rapid.It's just that China has the oldest culture, which has been mixed for five thousand years, and it is not even as good as Japan!The fact is so, what can I say!
At the top, there are state affairs, and at the bottom, foreign coachmen rely on the influence of outsiders to oppress the people of the country.Even in the article "Meeting the President of China" in the thirteenth chapter of the second volume, it is said that the furnishings in the Beihai reception room, such as gas lamps, are simply bought from "cheap stores", and they sneered that this is what China has. Contaminated Western Culture! ——The original text of "five-and-ten-eentstore" is (Five-and-ten-eentstore). There are no such stores in China. ——The fact is so, what can I say!
Fortunately, the author left Beijing on April 1, 1917. The "restoration" and the countless tragedies and strange dramas that followed have not bothered him to record—even if he didn't record it, we ordinary people do. We have all suffered, and our pain and shame do not subtract a cent from it!
I also don't understand the shame I felt after reading it, why I was forced to write more than a thousand words; why did I have to write more than a thousand words?For the author, I only admire his loyalty in narration, but for my classmates, I would like to have a few vows to work together.There are people in the world who cannot do it alone, since everyone is one of the united ones, I would like to contribute my thoughts to my classmates.
Thirty years of past events have made us disappointed in the government and leaders. No matter how we explain it, we cannot believe it!The imperial system is not good, what has happened since the Republic of China?The royalist party is not good, so what is the Kuomintang?The celebrity cabinet is not good, so what is the detached cabinet?This department is not good, so what's the matter with that department? ...Building a house is still building from the bottom up, let alone a country?How ignorant we are!
It is not so much to say that the leader has misled us, but rather that we have misunderstood the leader.Bad leaders, we cannot sanction and expel them, good leaders, we cannot protect and obey, and cooperate with them.Instead of blaming our leaders, we should blame ourselves.As long as we do our best, we are willing to fulfill the responsibility of restraining or obeying the leader, and we are more willing to create an environment for the leader and prepare a backing.If we can create and prepare a leader by accident, we will be very pleasantly surprised!
Since the government comes from the people, the people without knowledge cannot produce a government with knowledge.Even if there is an exception, a few foresights cannot dominate and command forty million hindsights.The procedures for us to create the environment and prepare the backing do not start with a certain faction or department.
Since we know that we don't work hard from the top floor to build the Seven Treasures Tower, we can let this group of people make noise on it. We silently start from Brother Zhang, Sister Li, Bald, and Niu in our streets and alleys. start.Thoroughly speaking, it starts from ourselves and gradually develops outward, my brothers and sisters, my cousins, my friends, my friends' friends...
In wartime, one is not patriotic only when he is a soldier, or patriotic when he is a nurse. No matter what his occupation is, as long as he fulfills his duty and rewards him for his merits, his merits are not inferior to those who faced the former enemy.At least he maintained order, and among countless combinations, made this combination tight and impeccable. ——It is no exception in normal times, and it is even more important in China.China's prime "talent is omnipotent". When this person comes to the stage, everyone forgets about his industry, and the leaders look forward to seeing him pretending.This situation of maintaining the overall situation with one or two pillars is by no means a blessing for the country.Even if it can be maintained, the failure or death of one or two individuals can turn the whole country into a mob.Unfortunate and unsustainable... that is the phenomenon in China today, let alone say it!
We all build from the bottom, that is, to keep everything in place, whether it is a cornerstone, a cornerstone, a pillar, or a stepstone, as long as it is a member of this building, it has the responsibility to maintain the whole.If one policeman fails to do his duty, the whole city can be engulfed in clamor, and if one sergeant fails to do his duty, the entire army can be wiped out.Pay attention to your relationship with the group, whether you are the president, the president of the Congress, a diplomat, a doctor, a lawyer, a coachman, or a policeman, as long as you keep yourself safe and do your best to do your duty, you will be successful. Saved the country!
I believe in the theory of cause and effect in mechanics the most. Every movement of a hand and a throw of a foot can be related to the macro universe. The effect of a person's cause and effect in society is more significant than the "force" in mechanics.
So I am a believer in "individualism" and "conscientiousness". When I was a student, I would like to be a good student (although I fail from time to time, but I still want to work hard!), in the future, if I am a secretary , I would like to be a good secretary, if I were an elementary school teacher, I would like to be a good teacher, if I were a pastor, I would like to be a good shepherd.Talking about non-job and other things, all without success, no results, playing bully time! Those who sing "Once the power is in hand, follow the orders" are the central elements that harm the country!Just say "if I become the president, so and so", "if I become the chief minister of education, so and so", these are just excuses, it is your intention to show upward, you know that you may not be one of the great president or the chief minister of education Day, but it’s fun to talk about, and I’m happy to hide aside and be a bystander, criticizing and laughing at those who don’t respond well on stage. If China dies, it will die on these people!
However, it seems easy to be a student, secretary, pastor, etc., but it is not easy to add the word "good"!This is a mark that many people in ancient and modern times have tried hard to walk towards, but after all, few people have walked through it.This requires an outlook on life, a philosophy, and a philosophy of love.So far, I thought that my Yanda classmate who is going to this goal has at least found a shortcut, which is "religion"
Explain to us "why love", and "education" teach us "how to love"!
This is the reason why I wrote this article. These feelings could have been "kept in my heart" by myself. I don't need to say it to let everyone know and criticize. However, I think that the people who can really maintain order come from Yanda University, Yanda University students. All the services we do are often relatively thorough, without shouting or exaggerating, even if we succeed, we will only be silent.This spirit is what I have been grateful for and admired so much in the past five years.Moreover, after our classmates leave school, they often have the most real, original and powerful work waiting for us.Our classmates are doing deep and strenuous work. If we have something to say, we only tell you that it is effective and interesting. My family is not twists and turns, so I wrote a lot.
"Think big, start small", maybe it's just a mockery of this article, I introduced a book, and even mentioned "religion" and "education". In short, my "flow of thoughts" is so fluent .
Just kidding, people are going to say that "international students like to post comments".It is true that I have never been good at writing such articles.However, for me, the word "international student" is not bad at both ends, and I am ashamed of the middle! "Wanting to return without gaining" can be called "staying", "sick but not dead" can be called "living", and the word "learning" is really impossible to talk about!
I started class on September 20 last year and fell ill on November 26.During these nine weeks, I have just memorized the shelves of books in the literature room of Wellesley University Library and the directions of each classroom dormitory; I have just memorized the names and residences of some teachers and friends; I have just memorized the time for classes and meetings with teachers Remember: I wrote a few essays and book reports here; I went to a few tea parties and took a few light boats, that's all!It's the time to learn how to clean and deal with it, and even this is put aside when one gets sick.I have been ill for seven months. For the sake of comfort, I still read mostly Chinese books and newspapers. Occasionally, I read a few irrelevant and out-of-date English poems and novels.
Words speak for themselves.Principal Situ said that I spend most of my time reading, writing, and walking. I am flattered to read it! "Walking" is believed, "writing" is accidental, and "reading" is simply a once-in-a-lifetime act!
As for the feeling of living in a different place, I honestly admit it.Most people in the United States are very estranged from China's national conditions. Taking students as a proportion, American students know about China's affairs, and indeed, Chinese students know about American affairs. Much less.
All high school students in China do not know Washington, but there are very few students in American universities who know Confucius.Last year, I handed in a paper at the University of Granville, on the philosophy of Confucius and the influence of China. None of the students in the class knew who Confucius was. For this reason, the teacher specially asked them to go to the library to read reference books. There are very few books in China!
Talking to a group of people, the naughty child asked about Chinese women's foot binding and men's braids.Some of them mentioned the Chinese people they knew in the laundry bureau and offal shop.Or ask me, do Chinese eat chop suey for three meals?Knowing that China is democratic, it is even more so.If it was better, I asked about the work of the church in China and knew the names of several schools and hospitals.Talking about the international mentions Wellington Gu, talking about the army mentioning Feng Yuxiang, talking about dramas mentioning Mei Lanfang, this is the best!During the conversation, I don't necessarily like people who know our national conditions too much. We don't have anything decent to say, so we need to have a backing for the conversation!
Of course, from time to time there are heart-piercing things that shock our ears, and it is inevitable to feel them.When I was in China, if I saw these things in the newspapers, tens of millions of readers would share the burden of shame with me. I heard it in my class, and there were thirty or forty students who shared the burden with me. one person.Now when I go out, on the road, at tea parties, and at banquets, I have China tattooed on my face and China on my back. China's affairs are my own affairs. In front of countless foreigners, I, I will It is China that spans thousands of years and spans tens of thousands of miles!I am not wood or stone, how can I not be touched?
When it comes to international students, let me say a few more words. I am very alienated from the situation of the international student community.I was ill for more than half a year in a year, and all my studies were abandoned, and there were not many communication and correspondence.Secondly, after I got sick, I didn’t have any special dealings with Chinese students (the YSU Alumni Association also didn’t go there due to illness), and I didn’t hear or see anything.According to human theory, some of the foreign students here are completely ignorant of the national conditions, and some of the important news and changes in the domestic ideological circle are still unknown to them.The publications of overseas students are not as active as domestic ones...
Some people also say that the career trend of international students is not as good as the previous "vanity craze". Nowadays, those who study agriculture prefer to work in their own villages and fields instead of being section chiefs in the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce. Everyone is very self-sufficient. The trend from...
I have only seen a little bit of these two aspects, but it seems that foreign students regard themselves as outstanding members and future leaders of China (I heard him speak at a gathering of Chinese students in Boston last October), but this seems to be very common.I can't help but smile.
The reason why foreign students become foreign students is that opportunity comes first, and whether they are excellent or not is second. Many wealthy families are making trouble here, which is a good example. ——Su Dongpo sent his son to the envoy's poem, there is a saying "If Shan Yu asked the king's family background, he would not be the first person in the Chinese court", and it was also the same as the former envoy, before the king of a foreign country, although he was the most talented person in his own court, It is also the same intention to say that "the generation of ministers, the amount of fighting in the car is innumerable".If you boast that you are an excellent person, you will occasionally laugh at them in a foreign country, making people think that an excellent person is still the same, and you can see that you are not an excellent person. This is very dangerous. As for calling yourself a leader, it is also dangerous. It's like this!When overseas students return to China, no matter how practical it is, everyone disdains to be a second-rate person. When everyone climbs to the top, what is the foundation like an empty shell underneath?As for just going to the Pacific Ocean to take a bath, it is even more dangerous to get a degree in a few American universities that welcome and give preferential treatment to Eastern students.Being first-rate in personality is different from being first-rate in reputation and status!
To be honest, if the purpose is "diligence" and not "vanity", studying abroad is not a necessity.The work of an elementary school teacher who has not gone abroad is sometimes more thorough and greater than the work of a foreign minister who has traveled all over the world.The special responsibility of international students may just stimulate the self-consciousness of the people!International students have the opportunity to come to foreign countries to listen to authentic foreigners' criticisms of China, receive a lot of ridicule and lessons, and report back to the people of the country.We are the children of poor villages, sent by our parents to rich villages to beg for food, we are suffering from famine and famine, and others are expelled for food and wine.When you are living under the fence of others, you may not want to be alone to make the house unhappy, but after you return, you are not allowed to "relocate and support". You can also enjoy the blessings like others, just imagine if this is the time for us to enjoy the blessings!
China sent many overseas students, and when they returned, they only had silk stockings and leather shoes, with hair cut and greased, and topless clothes—I don’t know about male students, only female students—had tea parties, dance parties, and hung out grandfather’s gifts. Gown, grandmother's embroidered skirt on the wall, to entertain foreign guests, I thought it was boring!Compare with Japan!It is a pity that we have spent a lot of money to produce only a few customers of foreign goods stores, construction companies, and automobile dealers, and a few intellectuals who will enjoy themselves!There are too many people in China who want to enjoy the blessings, and we dare not ask for more people who will enjoy the blessings of the shrewd!
I'm not saying that you can't cut your hair, don't put on grease, don't wear silk stockings, leather shoes, or topless clothes, but don't stop there!
And also consider whether it is time for us to pay attention to painting and dressing for dance parties.We came from the coolie group in the blue shirt country, and when we returned to China, we had to put on the blue shirts and work as coolies as soon as we jumped ashore, just to be smart and capable coolies!
I have said too much, just because I am afraid that I will follow the same path as others and fall down in the future.Let me talk to the students first, everyone, please monitor and remind me!
Take it back, this copy of "The Dust of Beijing" was published in New York in 1919, it may not be missing in our library, or else, individual professors may have it.
When there are none, let me know and I can buy and send.
Here, I am not making a fuss, I am talking casually with my classmates, and I am as free and unstructured as when I was in school.
For this reason, I myself forgive the procrastination of this article.
(This article was originally published on October 11, 1924, Issues 48 and 49 of Yanda Weekly)