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Famous modern writer, essayist, scholar, and democratic fighter.

Life

Zhu Ziqing (November 22, 1898 - August 12, 1948) was originally named Zihua, with the nickname Qiushi, and later changed his name to Ziqing, with the courtesy name Peixian. He is famous in modern times. Writer, essayist, scholar, democracy fighter. Originally from Shaoxing, Zhejiang, he was born in Donghai, Jiangsu, and later settled in Yangzhou with his grandfather and father. Zhu Ziqing's grandfather, Zhu Zeyu, was named Jupo and his original surname was Yu. He changed his surname because he inherited the Zhu family name. He was a cautious person and served as a judge in Donghai County, Jiangsu Province for more than 10 years during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. His father's name is Hongjun, also known as Xiaopo. He is married to Zhou and is a scholar. In the twenty-seventh year of Guangxu (1901), Zhu Hongjun went from Donghai to Shaobo Town, Yangzhou Prefecture, and took office. Two years later, the family moved to Yangzhou City and settled in Yangzhou ever since. Zhu Ziqing's wife's name is Chen Zhuyin. He studied in a private school when he was young and was influenced by traditional Chinese culture. Entered higher primary school in 1912.

Zhu Ziqing has lived in Yangzhou for 13 years, spending his childhood and adolescence here. His feelings about this period of life in the ancient city were subtle and complex. Probably because life was too monotonous, he later said that only "thin shadows" of childhood memories were left, "like being washed away by floods, so lonely that it was shocking!" However, in the long and tortuous journey of life, , after all, it was the first "inn" when I was a child.

Yangzhou is a cultural city with beautiful scenery, its lakes and mountains, and pleasant scenery. It has attracted many poets such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Su Dongpo, Ouyang Xiu, etc. to linger here, explore the secluded places, and write many popular and magnificent poems. Cantos. Yangzhou is also a heroic historical city. In the history of resisting foreign invasion, it has written countless glorious chapters and left many evocative stories. The beautiful scenery of the ancient city and the strong culture of advocating culture have invisibly cultivated the temperament of young Zhu Ziqing, developing his peaceful and upright character and his yearning for natural beauty. The beautiful mountains and rivers of Yangzhou nourished his soul like rain and dew, nourished his emotions, enriched his imagination, and made his feelings always full of poetry and painting. Yangzhou, a famous historical and cultural city, had a subtle and profound influence on him.

After graduating from middle school in 1916, Zhu Ziqing was admitted to Peking University Preparatory School. "Sleep, Little One" written in February 1919 was his first new poem. He was a participant in the May 4th patriotic movement and was influenced by the May 4th wave and embarked on the path of literature. Mao Zedong once praised Zhu Ziqing's integrity, saying that he was "seriously ill and would rather starve to death than receive American 'relief food'".

After graduating from the Philosophy Department of Peking University in 1920, he taught middle schools in Jiangsu and Zhejiang and actively participated in the New Literature Movement. In 1922, he founded the monthly "Poetry" with Yu Pingbo and others, which was the earliest poetry magazine during the birth of new poetry. He is a member of the Early Literature Society. The long poem "Destruction" was published in 1923. At this time, he also wrote beautiful prose such as "Qinhuai River in the Sound of Oars and Shadows of Lanterns".

In August 1925, he went to Tsinghua University to teach and began to study Chinese classical literature; his creations were mainly prose. "Back View" and "Moonlight over the Lotus Pond" written in 1927 are both popular masterpieces. In 1931, he studied in England and traveled around Europe. After returning to China, he wrote "Miscellaneous Notes on European Travels". In September 1932, he was appointed director of the Chinese Department of Tsinghua University. When the Anti-Japanese War broke out in 1937, he moved south to Kunming with the school and served as a professor at Southwest Associated University, teaching courses such as "Song Poetry" and "Literary Studies". During this period, he wrote the prose "Semantic Shadow". In 1946, he returned to Beijing from Kunming and served as director of the Chinese Department of Tsinghua University.

Zhu Ziqing suffered from serious stomach problems in his later years. His monthly salary was only enough to buy 3 bags of flour. This was not enough for his family of 12, and he had no money for medical treatment. At that time, the Kuomintang colluded with the United States and launched a civil war, and the United States implemented a policy of supporting Japan. One day, Wu Han asked Zhu Ziqing to sign a declaration "Protesting the U.S. policy of supporting Japan and refusing to receive U.S. aid flour." He resolutely signed and said: "I would rather die of poverty and illness than accept such insulting charity. "On August 12 of this year (1948), Zhu Ziqing died in Beijing due to poverty.

Before he died, he told his wife: "I signed the document rejecting US flour aid. Our family will not buy American flour rationed by the Kuomintang in the future." Zhu Ziqing was seriously ill and would rather starve to death than receive "relief food" from the United States. ", showing the backbone of the Chinese people. On the eve of the liberation of Beijing, he died of stomach disease.

Writings

Zhu Ziqing has 27 kinds of writings, totaling about 1.9 million words, including poetry, prose, literary criticism, academic research, etc. Most of them were included in the 4-volume "Collected Works of Zhu Ziqing" published by Kaiming Bookstore in 1953. In 1988, Jiangsu Education Press once again comprehensively collected, organized and published 6 volumes of Zhu Ziqing's works. Although Zhu Ziqing began to write new poems after the May 4th Movement, "Qinhuai River in the Sound of Oars and Shadows of Lanterns" published in 1923 showed his talent in prose writing. From then on, he devoted himself to prose creation and made remarkable achievements. The collection of essays "Back" published in 1928 made Zhu Ziqing a famous prose writer at that time.

Zhu Ziqing's prose is mainly narrative and lyrical essays. The themes of his works can be divided into three series: the first is a group of essays whose main content is to write about social life and criticize the dark reality. Representative works include "The Price of Life-Seven Cents" and "Caucasians-The Proud Son of God" and "The Regulatory Massacre." The second is a group of prose represented by "Back View", "Children" and "Mourning the Dead Wife", which mainly describe personal and family life, express the human relations between father and son, husband and wife, and friends, and have a strong human touch. Third, there is a group of lyrical sketches focusing on natural scenery, such as "Green", "Spring", "Qinhuai River in the Sound of Oars and Shadows of Lights", "Moonlight over the Lotus Pond", etc., which are his representative masterpieces. The latter two types of prose are the most outstanding ones written by Zhu Ziqing, among which "Back View" and "Moonlight over the Lotus Pond" are even more popular. His prose is simple and meticulous, clear, meaningful and melancholy. It is refined with language and is famous for its clear and beautiful writing style, which is full of true feelings.

His scenery prose occupies an important position in the prose creation of modern literature. His use of vernacular to describe scenery is the most charming. For example, in "Green", metaphors, contrasts and other techniques are used to depict the quality and color of Meiyutan Waterfall in a delicate and profound way. The text is deliberately crafted, showing superb skills in controlling language.

His superb writing skills are even more vividly demonstrated in "Moonlight over the Lotus Pond". For example, when describing the beauty of the lotus under the moonlight, the author compares it to a bright pearl, a star in the blue sky, and a beauty out of the bath; when describing the faint fragrance of the lotus, he also uses the words "like a vague fragrance floating from a tall building in the distance." In the sentence "like a singing voice", the singing voice is used as a metaphor for the fragrance, and the vagueness is used as a metaphor for the lightness of the fragrance. The use of this synaesthetic technique is accurate and wonderful.

Zhu Ziqing also has another language style of prose, that is, using plain language to express sincere and deep feelings in simple narratives. This type of works can often express the author's integrity, enthusiasm, and progressive heart. For example, "The Price of Life--Seven Cents" and "White People--The Proud Son of God!" are all representative works of this style, among which they have the greatest influence. The one is "Back View". This prose has washed away his past glory. Through his father's every move, readers seem to see the author's bleak family situation and his father's deep love for his son.

Bibliography of works

"Snow Dynasty" (poem collection) 1922, Commerce

"Traces" (poetry and prose) 1924, Yadong Library

"Back View" (Collected Essays), 1928, Enlightenment

"Miscellaneous Notes on Travels in Europe" (Collection of Essays), 1934, Enlightenment

"You and Me" (Essays Collection) 1936, Business

"London Miscellaneous Notes" (Collection of Essays) 1943, Kaiming

"Chinese Teaching" (Collection of Essays) 1945, Kaiming

"Classic Chang Tan" (collection of essays), 1946, Wenguang

"Shi Yan Zhi Bian" (Poetry Theory), 1947, Kai Ming

"New Poetry Miscellaneous Talk" (poetry "On" (1947), Writer's Bookstore

"Standards and Measures" (collection of essays) 1948, Wenguang

"Chinese Shiling" (collection of essays) 1948, Mingshan Bookstore

"On the Appreciation of Refined and Popular Culture" (Collection of Essays), 1948, Observation Society

"Collected Works of Zhu Ziqing" (Volume 1-4), 1953, Kaiming

"Collected Essays on Zhu Ziqing's Classical Literature" (Volume 1 and 2), 1981, ancient books

"Collected Reviews of Zhu Ziqing's Prefaces and Postscripts" (Collected Essays), 1983, triplex

"Selected Prose by Zhu Ziqing" 1986 , Baihua

"The Complete Works of Zhu Ziqing" (Volume 1-3) 1988, Jiangsu Education (not yet published) ----

Collection of Zhu Ziqing's prose:

1. "Hurry"

2. "Singing"

3. "Qinhuai River in the Shadow of the Sound and Lantern"

4. "Traces of Wenzhou"

5. "Back View"

6. "Civilization of Ships"

7. "Moonlight over the Lotus Pond"

8. " Woman"

9. "lt; Plum Blossoms gt; Postscript"

10. "Caucasians - God's Proud Son"

11. "Huai Wei "Hold the Green Lord"

12. "Ahe"

13. "Children"

14. "Ai Weijie Three Lords"

15. "Travel Notes"

16. "Wandering"

17. "Dream Talking"

18. "Bai Cai"

19. "Miscellaneous Notes of Hai Xing"

20. "A Letter"

21. "Preface"

Famous Masters on Peixian

Yu Dafu's "Second Collection of Prose in the Chinese New Literature Series·Introduction": Although Zhu Ziqing is a poet, his prose can still be full of that kind of poetic flavor. Among the prose writers of the Literary Research Association, apart from Ms. Bing Xin, he is the most beautiful in his articles.

Ye Shengtao's "Mr. Zhu Peixian": When it comes to the perfection of style and the ability to write words, Mr. Zhu should be mentioned first.

Lin Fei's "Notes on Sixty Modern Prose Masters": Zhu Ziqing's success lies in his ability to delicately express his inner feelings about natural scenery through precise observation.

Zhu Dexi's "Discussing Zhu Ziqing's Prose": Zhu Ziqing's prose is very particular about language, and he will never relax even when it comes to one or two words. But his emphasis on language is by no means a pile of words.

Anecdotes of Peixian

Letter to ask for help from my father

After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, Mr. Zhu Ziqing moved to the rear area. He wrote to a teacher who was teaching in Shanghai at the time Li Jianwu asked him to help his old father who lived in Yangzhou nearby. Naturally, Li Jianwu would not let the teacher down. So why does Mr. Zhu Ziqing have the confidence to trust others so much? It turned out that the two men had already established a deep teacher-student friendship. ——After the summer vacation of 1925, Mr. Zhu Ziqing applied for a job as a professor in the Department of Chinese Literature at Tsinghua University. Li Jianwu happened to graduate from the High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University at this time and was admitted to the Chinese Department of Tsinghua University.

In the first class, Mr. Zhu Ziqing took roll call. When Li Jianwu was called, he asked: "Li Jianwu, this name is strangely familiar. Is it the Li Jianwu who often writes articles in newspapers?" Li Jianwu replied: "I don't dare. Hiding the teacher, it’s me.” It was indeed when he was studying at the High School Affiliated to the Normal University that Li Jianwu, Jian Xianai and others organized the Huohuo Society and engaged in new literature activities. "Then I've known you for a long time!" Mr. Zhu said happily. After class, Mr. Zhu Ziqing advised Li Jianwu: "You want to study creative writing. The Chinese Department is not suitable. You should transfer to the Foreign Languages ??Department." At that time, the Chinese Department only studied ancient books, so Mr. Zhu Ziqing said so. Li Jianwu listened to Mr. Zhu Ziqing's words and transferred to the Department of Foreign Languages ??and Literature in the second year. Although the teachers and students were not in the same department, Li Jianwu sent all his works to Mr. Zhu for reading first, and he always regarded Mr. Zhu Ziqing as his mentor. Mr. Zhu Ziqing also helped Li Jianwu finalize the draft carefully every time. Many years of interaction have made their sincere teacher-student relationship lasting forever.

Not receiving American flour

Due to long-term hardship and overwork, Mr. Zhu Ziqing suffered from serious stomach problems. In early 1948, when the People's Liberation War entered its final stage, his condition worsened. However, he ignored recuperation and devoted himself even more selflessly to the struggle. At this time, Mr. Zhu Ziqing was seriously ill and had no money for medical treatment, but he did not hesitate to write: "To show the dignity and integrity of the Chinese people, we categorically reject all charity materials from the United States that have the nature of buying souls, regardless of whether they are purchased." Or given..." he signed his name on the declaration, and immediately asked the child to return the flour ration certificate. In early August, Mr. Zhu Ziqing's condition worsened and hospitalization failed. Unfortunately, he passed away on the 12th at the age of 50. Before his death, Mr. Zhu Ziqing earnestly warned his family in a weak voice: "There is one thing to remember: I signed the document rejecting US flour aid. Our family will not buy American flour rationed by the Kuomintang in the future!"

About Zhu Ziqing's refusal to receive "relief food" from the United States

Wu Han

"Zhu Ziqing was seriously ill and would rather starve to death than receive 'relief food' from the United States" ("Mao

Selected Works of Zedong, Volume 4, Page 1499) I feel particularly warm and sad about this incident.

More than ten years have passed since the incident, but now that I read these few sentences, the scene at that time is still vivid in my mind. The so-called "relief

food" is this: in June 1948, the legal currency of the Kuomintang government at that time was depreciating all the time like Dajiangdong

xia. Buying a A pack of cigarettes costs tens of thousands of yuan. Professors' salaries are rising every month

but the French currency is depreciating faster and prices are rising faster. Professors who used to have a relatively good life are now facing the same difficulties as the general public.

Live on. Especially for people with large families, life is even more difficult. The Kuomintang government also knows the resentment of the people, especially the intellectuals in colleges and universities.

They cannot stand this situation. So they used a trick and issued a purchasing certificate, which allowed them to buy "U.S.-aided flour" at a lower price. At this time, the U.S. government was actively supporting Japan, and U.S. Ambassador to China Leighton Stuart made slanderous and insulting calls to the Chinese people. On the one hand, it is a cheap bribe, on the other hand, it is supporting Japan and insulting the Chinese people. Some of us discussed it and decided to expose the Kuomintang government's conspiracy, protest against the U.S. government's insults, and issue a public statement.

The statement is as follows:

In order to oppose the U.S. government’s pro-Japanese policy, and to protest against the remarks made by the U.S. Consul General in Shanghai, Robert Cabold, and the U.S. Ambassador to China, Stuart Leighton,

The Chinese people have slandered and insulted us. To show the dignity and integrity of the Chinese people, we categorically reject all charity materials from the United States that have the nature of buying souls, regardless of whether they are purchased or purchased. given. The following people agree to refuse to buy US-aided affordable flour and unanimously return their shopping certificates. This is hereby stated.

June 17, 1937

The statement was written and signatures were collected. As usual, it was decided that each person would be responsible for contacting you

As for the workmen, most of the older professors are my errands. I took the manuscript to see Mr. Zhu Ziqing

. At that time, he had severe stomach problems and could only eat very little. If he ate more, he would vomit. His face was thin and his voice was deep. He has many children and his life is more difficult than anyone else's.

He has many children. But as soon as he read the manuscript, he immediately signed it without hesitation. He has always written in a regular manner

. This time, he still signed his name meticulously with trembling hands.

At this point, we should also explain that after returning to Tsinghua University from Kunming in 1946, his attitude changed significantly and he was no longer silent. He opposed the civil war and hated the Kuomintang. His views on the Communist Party also began to change. He once recited poems from the liberated areas at public meetings, and sometimes he even performed yangko and performed yangko in disguise with the students. Got sweaty. I always came to him during the struggle against certain manifestos, telegrams, statements, etc. made by the United States and the Kuomintang. As soon as he saw me, he understood the purpose of my visit and said, "Is it signed?" After reading the manuscript, he wrote his name. As far as I can recall, probably eight or nine times out of ten he signed it. There are also times when I don’t sign because

the words are too angry. This time, I also found some other professors, all of whom I knew well or lived nearby. Most of them signed up, but they also encountered difficulties. There was a professor

who only had three children, but his answer was simple: "No! I still want to live!" Zhu Ziqing's stomach disease

was caused by hunger, and his family had a large population , to feed him. In the later years of Kunming, someone calculated the accounts and found that the salary of people like us was only about ten yuan in pre-war silver dollars.

Zhu Ziqing is concerned about politics, but he rarely expresses his opinions. He can be said to be gentle and not angry.

During the Anti-Japanese War, the news was blocked by the Kuomintang. As for the true situation that the Kuomintang passively resisted Japanese imperialism

but actively rubbed against the Communist Party, setting off several anti-Japanese upsurges,

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People in the rear area don’t know. He believes that as long as he resists, he should live a harder life, and rarely complains. Although he sympathized with many political activities in Kunming, he rarely participated in them. When the Kuomintang reactionaries assassinated Wen Yiduo, he felt extremely indignant. After he was demobilized and returned to Peiping,

his attitude changed when he saw the U.S. imperialists helping the Kuomintang to launch a civil war and fight fiercely.

Under the guidance of the U.S. imperialists and their lackeys, He stood up before the Kuomintang reactionaries, and with very few exceptions, he joined our ranks. There are several things worth mentioning. One is his

efforts in compiling "The Complete Works of Wen Yiduo". I pointed out in the postscript of the complete works:

Mr. Pei Xian is a He has been an old friend and colleague for more than ten years. For this book, he spent

a year collecting the remains, editing and correcting them. A table of contents was drawn up... In a word, without Mr. Peixian's efforts, this collection would not have been edited.

At that time, the act of compiling the complete works of Yiduo was a protest and

condemn against the Kuomintang reactionaries. On the contrary, compared with some people, these people were once classmates or old classmates of Yiduo.

They had friendship for twenty or thirty years, but after Yiduo's death, they never cared about this matter. , and I didn’t write a commemorative text. Another thing is his love for young students. To give an example, once there was a fight between two students in his department, one from the Democratic Youth League and the other from the Kuomintang's Three Youth League. The reason for the fight was of course political, and both men complained to the teacher.

Mr. Ziqing was afraid that his classmate Minqing would suffer a loss, so he secretly persuaded him to give in. After I found out about this incident, I wrote a letter to express my opinions, asking him to consider who was right and who was wrong politically. I probably said it in a sharper tone. He came to my house the next day and explained his intentions very seriously

The Spring and Autumn Period blamed the sage, and he said a few words about the progressive students. The purpose was

Protect him from the retaliation of the San Youth League, and at the same time, he agrees that my opinion is correct. Afterwards, I told my classmate from Minqing about this situation, and he was also very moved. Although he did not speak out loudly about his opposition to the Kuomintang's special rule, it can be seen from an incident that I personally encountered. At this time, in order to save the fate of being on the verge of death, the Kuomintang reactionaries strengthened their spy control over colleges and universities. In order to protest, I wrote an academic paper "School in the Early Ming Dynasty", which was about the early Ming Dynasty and criticized the Kuomintang reactionaries, and sent it to the school publication "Journal of Tsinghua University"

Published. Some of the editors of the journal were members of the Kuomintang. Of course they refused to publish it, thinking that it was not an academic article. I talked with Mr. Ziqing, who is also an editorial member of the journal. He wrote to the editor and strongly advocated publication, and finally published this article. From this incident, we can see the changes in his thoughts and feelings.

Because he had been suffering from stomach problems for a long time, his body was too weak, but he also understood that daybreak was coming,

the dark clouds were about to pass, and good days were coming. He felt gratified and wrote two poems under the glass on his desk: "But the sunset is infinitely beautiful, so there is no need to be melancholy near dusk." It is from the Tang Dynasty. Li Shangyin's poem "The sunset is infinitely beautiful, but it's almost dusk" was used to reverse the verdict. These two lines of poetry express his mood at that time very aptly.

On July 23, a symposium on "Today's Tasks of Intellectuals" was held in the Gongzi Hall of Tsinghua University. This was the last political event he participated in. I personally went to his house to invite him and walked with him from the North Courtyard to the Gongzi Hall. He walked for a while, stopped for a while, and said to me intermittently:

"You are right, we are on the right path. However, people like me are not used to it yet, so I have to

Educate us slowly, so that we can keep up with you." He also made a speech during the meeting.

The main point is still the same. He said: "The path of intellectuals. There are two kinds: one is accomplices and helpers, climbing up. There are such people in both feudal and capitalist societies. The other is downward intellectuals. It can be reduced, so it is a class rather than a class.

It is not easy for many intellectuals to abandon their vested interests. Now we can live a mass life.

It’s not like you’re unwilling to accept it rationally. You know you should accept it rationally. It’s just that you can’t change it out of habit.”

Mr. Ziqing knows rationally that he should accept it. He has taken another step forward by putting aside his vested interests and living a life of the masses. This is a big step forward. He refused to buy US aid flour. After signing

he recorded the incident in his diary: June 18, this matter required a monthly loss of 6 million French currency.

It had a great impact on my family, but I still decided to sign. Since the rest of the group opposes the United States and supports Japan, they should directly start from themselves.

This shows his determination.

Not only that, the day before his death, he also told his wife: "There is one thing you must remember,

I signed the document rejecting the US aid flour ! "Mr. Ziqing is a typical figure among the intellectuals of the old era. He was once a liberal. He did not like to participate in political activities, especially the more intense and violent ones. A highly combative political activity.

However, he has a sense of justice. As the Kuomintang and U.S. imperialism intensify their enslavement and oppression of the Chinese people, and launch armed provocations, massacres, and suppression of the Chinese people, he will, after all, I can't stand it anymore. He spoke and acted.

He expressed his attitude through cultural life, reciting poetry and performing Yangko.

On the other hand, he resolutely refused to take the middle line and the third path. At that time, someone asked him to participate in "New Road", a middle-line publication run by the Kuomintang. refused. But he attended our symposium despite being ill.

He could distinguish between right and wrong, likes and dislikes. In his declining years, he finally had a clear stand.

He raised his head, straightened his spine, would rather starve to death, and resolutely refused the enemy's attack. "Relief", this kind of morality, this kind of integrity, is worthy of our study today. "We Chinese have backbone. Many people who were once liberals or democratic individualists stood before the U.S. imperialists and their lackeys, the Kuomintang reactionaries. Get up." (Volume 4 of "Selected Works of Mao Zedong", page 1499

) Comrade Mao Zedong praised Wen Yiduo and Zhu Ziqing's integrity and said, "We should write a tribute to Wen Yiduo.

This article can only be regarded as some memories caused by rereading the article "Farewell, Stuart".

That's all.

Zhu Ziqing’s prose style

Li Guangtian said in the article "The Most Complete Personality": "The article "Back View" contains less than fifty lines and less than a thousand words. Hundred Words... Since this short article was selected as a Chinese language textbook for middle schools, in the minds of middle school students, the three words "Zhu Ziqing" have become inseparable from "Back". "This is about the situation before liberation. After liberation, fewer people chose "Back View", while "Moonlight over the Lotus Pond", because of its beautiful writing style, has been selected as a textbook and recited by college and middle school students.

Why are Zhu Ziqing’s prose so highly regarded? Mainly because his prose has the character of truth, kindness and beauty. Authentic means that the content is true and the feelings are sincere. Goodness means that the thoughts and feelings revealed in the work are progressive, and the author's right and wrong, likes and dislikes are consistent with the broad masses of the people. Beauty, of course, includes many aspects, but what is especially unattainable in ordinary prose works is that its language is beautiful and full of charm, as clear and smooth as a stream, and as sweet and chewy as an olive.

How does Zhu Ziqing pursue truth, goodness, and beauty in his prose creation?

Judging from the content, Zhu Ziqing writes about things he has personally experienced. Not only are big things well-founded, but every detail is also true and accurate. He could not tolerate the slightest untruth in his prose. There is such a thing: there is a sentence in his "Moonlight over the Lotus Pond": "The most lively things at this time are the cicadas on the trees and the frogs in the water." Later, a reader wrote to him and told him, Cicadas don't crow at night. Zhu Ziqing felt that he did hear the sound of cicadas that night, but just to be sure, he asked several people and wrote to an entomologist for advice. As a result, everyone believed that cicadas do not scream at night, but only occasionally. Zhu Ziqing therefore suspected that he had remembered it incorrectly, and planned to delete the sentence about the cicada's cry when the collection of essays "Back View" was republished. But later, he heard the cicada's cry on a moonlit night twice with his own ears, and he believed that he had written correctly, and that most people's understanding of the cicada's cry on a moonlit night was inaccurate. He wrote a special article for this purpose, explaining how difficult it is to observe things. From this incident, we can see how seriously Zhu Ziqing treats the authenticity of his writing content.

The emotional sincerity of Zhu Ziqing's prose is even more well-known. His "Back View", "For the Dead Wife", etc. are known as "the first-class love literature in the world". In the light pen and ink, there is a deep feeling, without any pretense, but with the power to move people's hearts.

In his articles such as "On Realism and Picturesqueness", "On Slogans", "Zhong Minglt; Painfully Recorded gt; Preface=", he emphasized that "truth" and "is nature", emphasized that "rhetoric establishes its sincerity", Emphasizing that "both publicity and writing are indispensable...a sincere attitude." It is this "sincere attitude" that makes him pour his true feelings into every word. And this kind of joy, anger, sorrow, and joy revealed from the depths of the soul is more likely to arouse readers' screams.