Others' evaluation of Lu Xun

In the era of rapid development, China's literature and art had little contact with the West at the end of18th century and19th century. In the history of western literature in 18 and 19 centuries, the French presented the good looks of Stendhal and Balzac, the British presented the good looks of Hardy and Dickens, the Germans presented the good looks of Goethe and Schiller, the Russians presented the good looks of Tolstoy or Dostoevsky, and there was a Tagore in India, who was also a good look of modern China. Fortunately, after the May 4th Movement, Mr. Lu Xun's face finally remained in the group of world writers. Don't!

Moreover, Mr. Lu Xun was so short and thin, wearing a long gown and standing there with a look of indifference. If he is as tall as Bernard Shaw and as big as Balzac, it will be a fatal mistake. But if he has Yu Youren's long beard, or a bald head like Shen Junru, there is also antique, after all, he is still not like him. He looks very much like himself, very "May 4th"; It's very "China", but it's actually very modern ... Westerners take advantage of the appearance because of the strength of the West, but they really want to meet outstanding China people, who are elegant in their bones and described by Peter Luz as "noble and negative" China people, which is really beyond the reach of Westerners. Like the ink color of Chinese painting, it can be more colorful than that of the west; You compare Mr. Lu Xun's appearance with that of western writers. It is really literary, but it is not arrogant at all.

Bernard Shaw met Lu Xun in Shanghai and praised him for his good looks. It is said that the old man replied that he looked better in his early years. This is not that Lu Xun can talk, but that he respects Bernard Shaw and himself.

I don't judge a book by its cover. Yes, in the highest sense, a person's appearance is who he is. But the above statement is just my wishful thinking and unrequited love for the old man, and I can't get everyone's consent. Fortunately, private opinions don't need to be agreed, just talking about yourself.

The funniest person in China.

The second reason why I like Lu Xun is that the old man is very interesting. In terms of literature and characters, he is the first funny person in China in the last hundred years.

"Fun" is a little frivolous. Is this what young people say casually to describe Mr. Lu Xun now? I thought about it, but I chose this word. This word is used to refer to Lu Xun. What does this mean? I must try to go on and see if I make sense.

Nearly twenty years of "Lu Xun Studies" have finally been able to put Lu Xun back into the era and "context" where he lived, instead of painting him with heavy ideological paint and treating him fairly as in the past. Then to be fair, there are many people around him who can be called warriors, pioneers, mentors and revolutionaries. For example, Zhang Taiyan dared to beat Yuan Shikai, and Lu Xun appreciated it. There are countless martyrs who founded the Republic of China. Liang Qichao advocated * * * harmony, Cai Yuanpei advocated academic freedom, Hu Shi advocated democratic ideas, and Liang Shuming personally built the countryside ... These figures were pioneers and mentors in China's modern history, and their achievements were above Lu Xun's.

Lu Xun has been calling for state affairs all his life, but you say that he is keen on politics. He neither joined the two political parties nor became an official. You said he was a scholar, but privately he was closely related to the "chaotic party" at that time and even joined the Left League. Take the fact that he is often wanted, there is nothing wrong with comparing Lu Xun with politicians. It is said that during the white terror period, Lu Xun once seriously asked revolutionaries what it was like to be tortured, which shows that he was mentally prepared.

The old gentleman is "complacent"

Now I am singling out a so-called "fun" view of Lu Xun, which is suspected of "generalizing the whole", but I don't care, because I can't belittle Lu Xun and kill all kinds of comments from people who like Lu Xun or hate him. I just picked up my own experience and drew an image of Lu Xun that I thought was "fun" between people's words.

In my personal experience, the so-called "fun" can transcend meaning, right and wrong, all kinds of big talk, value judgment and ideology, and directly perceive that person-when I read Lu Xun in my youth, I would laugh nonstop. As an adult, I know that there are countless secret reasons for this kind of laughter, but I can't say it, and I'm glad I can't say it-such a pleasure of reading, among modern writers in China, reading, reading, only Lu Xun can give me. I believe he wrote like this, knowing that someone would laugh.

Just give a trivial example. According to "Seeing Xiao and People Seeing Xiao", Soong Ching Ling informed Lu Xun that Bernard Shaw had arrived in Shanghai and was having dinner there, and asked him if he would like to meet him. Lu Xun went on to write: If there is such a thing to see, let's see it.

What do you mean? It's not interesting, but there is a layer of meaning that needs to be said but it's hard to say. If it's hard to say, it's not fun. What do you mean-Shaw is a big shot. Lu Xun knew that he was also a big shot. It is unnecessary, inappropriate and generous not to see him, or to see him soon, or to look down on him. In fact, Lu Xun wants to meet, and it doesn't matter if he doesn't meet. Since people have come and invitations have come, then-if there is such a thing to see, let's see it.

This meaning is deep, shallow, spontaneous and decent. He thought so much at that time that he wrote it later. Very light and casual, he used his mind, but didn't see how to use it. However, there is such a pen-later he wrote that he went, sat there watching Xiao eat with everyone, and so on-these are what I call fun and inconspicuous words.

The real loveliness of Lu Xun lies in his "complacency".

What does complacency mean? I don't know, this sentence has long been forgotten, and I can only translate it into "fun" rudely and tacky. But whether it's "having fun" or "having fun", it's a point-to-point statement. Those who know, don't understand, or don't want to accept, are all in vain. I will insist on Lu Xun's "fun" today, but it is no longer fun. What should I do? Now I pretend to be preaching here, and I will continue to do such thankless things. Let's talk about Lu Xun's character first.

Mr. Wang's character

Recently, I got an internal document more than 40 years ago, which was conversation record of many intellectuals invited by the Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China to make the film Lu Xun Biography. Of course, they are all literary and art officials, but they all know the old gentleman and have dealt with him. Almost everyone mentioned that Mr. Lu Xun was humorous, casual and fond of joking instead of keeping a straight face all the time.

I have an old friend in Shanghai. His real uncle is a young man who played with Mr. Lu Xun in those days. His name is Tang Tao. In the fifties and sixties of last century, Tang Tao saw that the world had made Lu Xun look like he had lost his face and looked miserable. He privately said to his nephew, "Oh, Lu Xun is not like this." He also said that, for example, the old man wrote an abusive article in the evening, and met his scolded friends at the banquet the next day, asking questions and laughing. Except for some opponents that Lu Xun hates, his relationship with many friends is by no means so black and white.

In recalling the old man's words, it seems that women can grasp the "fun" side of the old man relatively. In recent years, a relatively real Lu Xun has been presented in publications. Looking down, Lu Xun joked about people and things around him almost anytime and anywhere. Even if you send a book to a young friend, you should make a joke-a book for the newlyweds: Dear Brother Mao, please reach out from your lover's arms and accept this boring Brief History of China Literature. That intimacy, that kindness and pride!

I guess, apart from what the old man is really angry about, he is seeking this kind of self-control pleasure every waking moment.

An interesting person knows how to laugh at himself and advance and retreat. He is always relaxed, cheerful and playful. "Fun" is a huge space for personality and even fate, with rich side and generous background. Once a fun person is correct and serious, once angry and fierce, once threatened, he will suffer if he doesn't know how to play.

Teacher Wang's game articles

In my opinion, Lu Xun's critical, dagger-like and combative revolutionary articles have always been highly respected. Today, it seems that most of them were written by Lu Xun, just for fun. In China's view, they are called "games", and in modern terms, they are called "writing pleasure"-the so-called "games", the so-called "fun" and, in a straightforward way, they are not "fun". However, more than 90 years later, we can find today that the critical articles of the May 4th Movement are always inferior to those of Lu Xun, not because his thoughts and reasons are inferior to his, but because Lu Xun knows the fun of writing, the fun of typesetting and the playfulness of articles.

But when we look at his writing, we usually only see sharp and profound, but we can't see the lofty sentiments of the old gentleman, because the old gentleman doesn't reveal them. Not revealing this is also a kind of pride, a gesture of "playing", just like telling jokes without laughing.

We only look at the titles of Lu Xun's various collections, such as Justice Collection, Three Leisure Collections, Quasi-romance Collection and North-South Collection. It was really fun, and the result was both literal and interesting. The topics he gave the article were also very interesting, and I wanted to read them as soon as I saw them, such as Thinking and Doing, Memorizing People's Hearts, Diary at Once, and so on. Presumably, the old gentleman smiled under his moustache and was proud of himself. There are two famous articles in lace literature: Beijing School and Shanghai School, Southerners and Northerners, written on the same day. Obviously, the old man's writing got up in the middle of the night, and he was so proud that he smoked a mess that he simply wrote another one.

In China's prose, only Lu Xun is so sincere and beautiful. Don't underestimate this ending: not only for getting to the point, but also for the level of the article and the collection of pens. I think the deeper meaning is that the old gentleman sees things very carefully. He is sharp, kind, violent and sober, and will not push his views and attitudes to extremes, making it seem that he is in a high fever-angry people are also smart people, and his anger is beautiful literature.

With such a playful attitude, Lu Xun's articles can be serious and profound, and then a funny topic can be set up to laugh at himself-he knows that his articles stand higher than others, and he knows that he stands higher than himself-to stand tall, to open his eyes and to play jokes and games. The so-called "ridicule is an article", in fact, few people can do it at all times and in all countries.

His tone and style, where there is only anger and sharpness, he will suddenly become deep and cordial, such as his memories; Suddenly spicy and naughty, such as essays after middle age; Suddenly plain and solemn, such as learning or translation; Suddenly profound and ancient, such as "New Stories"; Sometimes soft and sometimes sad, such as "History of Morning Flowers Xi"; But there is a very desperate and empty taste, which almost appears in his works in various periods-especially his preface, postscript and postscript. The above contrasting characteristics are unexpectedly mixed and inseparable.