Late Arriving —— On the Font Changes of Xiamen University's New School Gate

Recently, the new school gate of Xiamen University was unveiled, and the font of the colonel's name was changed from the original "Lu Xun style" to "Jia Geng style". For the change of this word, the people who eat melons quarreled for a while.

When I first saw the photo of the new school gate of Xiamen University, my first reaction was that Lu Xun's handwriting had finally changed-to put it bluntly, it was "gratified". From the beginning, I was very dissatisfied with these words of Lu Xun for three reasons.

First, the words are not good-looking.

A long time ago, when I first entered Xiamen University-I walked through the south gate-I thought the name on the gate was ugly.

I once asked the class teacher: Who wrote the words on the gate? So ugly.

In my impression, he replied like this: that's Lu Xun's word. Is it ugly? hahaha ......

Lu Xun is of course a celebrity, and I heard that his calligraphy attainments are also good, but as far as his word "Xiamen University" is concerned ... Hehe. There are many influential scholars and figures in the history of Xiamen University. I don't think anyone who chooses to sign will be worse than those four words. Later, I learned that those four words were not specially inscribed by Lu Xun, but collected from Lu Xun's ink; Pick and choose such words, probably Lu Xun didn't take these words seriously. The gate is the facade of the school. Looking at the famous schools in the southeast, it is careless not to pick a few beautiful words on the signboard. In short, these words make people frown at first sight.

The second is to express the wrong feelings.

Poor aesthetic taste, this is my first view on the use of "Lu Xun style" in Xiamen University signboards. Later, I learned some interesting stories about Xiamen University. Looking back on these words, it is not just a matter of aesthetic taste. Xiamen University simply hit itself in the face with Lu Xun's words.

Xiamen University has a long history and a large number of talents. Some people may think that Lu Xun must have a deep relationship with Xiamen University. It's a surprise to say it. The old man only stayed for four months and then left. How much influence and contribution can Xiamen University have in just four months? Can be ignored. Also-Lu Xun doesn't like Xiamen or Xiamen University. Lu Xun and Lin Wenqing, then president of Xiamen University, had different opinions, and their contradiction was well known in Xiamen University. I don't get along well with other professors. He and Lin Yutang heard that they had fallen out in Xiamen. In the end, everyone knows that he left Xiamen with a lot of unhappiness and anger. There is a lot of information about the feud between Lu Xun and Xiamen University on the Internet, and I am interested in reading it myself. In a word, he really has no good impression on Xiamen University! Absolutely! You can also read his correspondence with Xu Guangping during his stay in Xiamen.

With Lu Xun's attitude towards Xiamen University, Xiamen University was even complacent because of this shallow relationship with Lu Xun, and even made a signboard with his words! If you love to ignore me, I will still haunt you-this painting style is really strange. This is a mistake. To put it bluntly, it is ... in your dreams. I don't want to say those two words.

Third, there is suspicion of obsession.

Lu Xun has a bad impression of Xiamen University, but Xiamen University has the opposite attitude towards Lu Xun, which is unimaginable. How good is it? There is a stone statue of Lu Xun on the campus of Xiamen University, which is a scene of Xiamen University. There is Lu Xun Memorial Hall; Besides house numbers, Lu Xun's words are also used in letterheads and official website.

So you may not feel anything, so make a comparison. Without comparison, there will be no harm.

Xiamen University was founded by Mr. Chen Jiageng, who devoted his life to it. As the founder of Xiamen University, how many traces of Mr. Jia Geng are there in the school now? Well, there is a bronze statue and an honorary title of "principal". This is much better than Lu Xun. Look at the first president of Xiamen University (the first Deng didn't actually perform his duties). Lin Wenqing University 16 years, last wish to donate most of the legacy to Xiamen University, which can be said to be a century-old foundation of Xiamen University. However, when I was studying, there was no trace of him in Xiamen University. It was not until 2006 that Xiamen University had a conscience and built a small pavilion to commemorate him.

China people have always been mean to their own people and generous to outsiders, but it is too chilling to do so. Confucius said: It's a great honor to sacrifice it to a ghost. It's really hard to guess what Xiamen University is thinking.

Let's make a bold guess with the heart of a villain. The use of Lu Xun's style in the name of Xiamen University began in the 1950s. Lu Xun was on the "God List" only after the founding of the People's Republic of China. What kind of writer, thinker, revolutionary, new culture standard bearer ... all kinds of titles are placed on his head, and his political status has soared. It is beneficial to have a relationship with him and make friends with him. Xiamen University used Lu Xun's words to say that Lu Xun, I am afraid, also concealed a little utilitarian thought.

As mentioned above, I think it is a big mistake to use Lu Xun's style for the name of Xiamen University. If you can't choose a representative word for the school name, at least choose one with high calligraphy level. Lu Xun is really great, but when it comes to Xiamen University and this matter, it is not appropriate.

Universities should have their own personality and style. Xiamen University has been playing Lu Xun's card with great fanfare, which is emotional dislocation, spiritual distortion and kitsch. There is no need to make friends with Lu Xun. Xiamen University has its own distinctive personality and unique spirit in its blood and genes.

Even on Lu Xun's side, I don't think we should use his words. Lu Xun's temper can be seen from his articles, and his temperament is also human. When he was so unhappy, Xiamen University was a sad place for him. Now he wants to use his words as a signboard-making bad friends before his death, please behind his back, and if Lu Xun knows something, he will definitely be ungrateful. Nine times out of ten, he will write articles and scold a few more words.

Lu Xun's handwriting took half a century. People inside and outside Xiamen University are used to it. Some people may have feelings. It is understandable to be wrong, but since Xiamen University has the courage to make changes, of course it must support it. In Mr. Jia Geng's words, it is well-founded, better-looking and most representative than the original-just in time.