Chapter 55 Section five

After the radical era gradually passed, the completely victorious new culture camp began to rationally reflect on its own ideas and views, and began to seriously study the positions and concepts of the traditional camp that deserve attention.As for the specific person Lin Shu, after Lin Shu passed away on October 9, 1924, his enemies at that time showed their respect for him one by one. Zheng Zhenduo published a long article in "Novel Monthly" one month after Lin Shu's death. He not only praised Lin Shu as "an enthusiastic patriot" and "a very honest person" in terms of personality, but also praised Lin Shu's character. The vernacular poem "Minzhong New Yuefu", Lin's novel creation and translation have all been comprehensively evaluated and affirmed.Zheng Zhenduo's move was obviously intended to correct people's "unfair" criticism of Lin Shu during the New Culture Movement.

In March 1925, Liu Bannong published "Letter from Paris to Qiming" in "Yusi", mentioning Lin Shu in the letter, saying that he "regrets that he was too abrupt at the beginning". Hu Shi, the "leading brother" of the New Culture Movement, said in "Mr. Lin Qinnan's Vernacular Poems" in 1926: "The young people of our generation only know the old-fashioned Lin Qinnan, but don't know the reformist Lin Qinnan of the day. Hearing that Lin Qinnan opposed vernacular literature in his old age, but not knowing that Lin Qinnan wrote very popular vernacular poems in his prime—this is not a fair public opinion."

It is a pity that these respects and praises came too late and too weak.They realized that Lin Shu's image and evaluation in history was unfair, but Lin Shu had already been shaped into a "clown" by their "strategy" and the radicalization of the times, and he was firmly engraved in people's impressions. This page, how difficult it should be. "No one in life has died since ancient times, and he keeps his heart to reflect the history." The "history" that many people place their deep hopes on is so ambiguous in itself.