Both of them have national righteousness. Why did Lu Xun strongly criticize Mr. Mei Lanfang?

Lu Xun once criticized many people, but his evaluation of Mei Lanfang was the harshest. The reason why Lu Xun wanted to criticize Mr. Mei Lanfang was because the two people stood in different positions at that time. You must know that both of them have national justice, which is highly admired by future generations.

Mei Lanfang is the greatest Peking Opera master of the last century. It can be said that his presence has allowed the art of Peking Opera to continue to develop and enrich. It is said that when he went to the United States to perform, even the president of the United States wrote a letter to express condolences to him, which shows how influential he was at that time. But Mei Lanfang was a very upright person. During the Anti-Japanese War, he would rather not receive performance fees than perform for the Japanese.

According to historical records, he grew a beard for eight years in order to reasonably avoid performing for the Japanese. He waited until the end of the Anti-Japanese War before he returned to the Peking Opera stage. It can be said that Mr. Mei Lanfang is very patriotic and very respectable.

Mr. Mei Lanfang is so great, but Lu Xun criticized him mainly because the two men held different positions at the time. At that time, Lu Xun advocated the New Culture Movement, which required reform and innovation, and Peking Opera represented traditional Chinese culture. Mei Lanfang was all about safeguarding traditional Chinese culture, so his stance at that time was completely opposite to Lu Xun's. In addition, Lu Xun was influenced by Western culture and couldn't stand a boy wearing a costume on stage. He thought it was too feminine for a long time, so she criticized Mr. Mei Lanfang. It can be said that Lu Xun did something wrong in this regard. He should not have viewed Mr. Mei Lanfang too one-sidedly at that time. So Lu Xun always owed Mei Lanfang an apology.