The "Novel Monthly", which had a profound influence in the 1920s, has ceased publication at this time.
The reason is very simple. The Nanjing National Government implemented strict controls on the publishing industry. The Commercial Press, the major shareholder of "Novel Monthly", was afraid of causing trouble, so it immediately ordered the editor-in-chief to strictly control the content of the novels it serialized.
Ye Shengtao, Zheng Zhenduo and others were deeply dissatisfied with this and resigned from their editorial positions, causing the "Novel Monthly" to lose its backbone. Not only did the content of novels deteriorate, but the quality of the content in other sections also dropped significantly, and old readers gave up on the magazine.
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Until last year when Japan invaded Shanghai and the Commercial Press suffered heavy losses, it officially announced the suspension of "Novel Monthly".
Zhou Hexuan's "The Goddess" and "The Dog Officer" were both serialized in "Novel Monthly" and became famous. Now they can only be serialized in another magazine.
Zhou Hexuan’s choice was to start one by himself.
The Chinese branch of the International Anti-Fascist League, thanks to Zhou Hexuan's many letters and contacts, now has 68 members, including literati such as Hu Shi and Xu Zhimo, as well as scholars such as Ma Heng, Li Ji, Chen Yinke, and scientists.
Social activists, politicians, etc.
Anyway, everyone often writes letters and exchanges, sharing their own opinions on anti-war and peace. Then they gather into different discussion groups based on emotional closeness and geographical distance. Everyone occasionally comes out to sit together and chat.
Well, it’s similar to post bars or forums in later generations.
Normally writing letters to communicate is equivalent to chatting online. Then we divide into different discussion groups to talk about hobbies and other things, and make appointments for offline gatherings when we have time.
It can be said that the "China Branch of the International Anti-Fascist Alliance" established by Zhou Hexuan has no combat effectiveness, organization or threat at all.
When Chang Kaishen learned that Zhou Hexuan had formed a group, he immediately sent the Blue Clothes Club to inquire about the situation. After learning the specific information, Chang Kaishen only smiled and said: "It is a purely academic organization, so don't worry about it.
Already."
For example, Liang Sicheng, Lin Huiyin and his wife are now members of the organization. The salon held by their family every week is equivalent to an offline gathering of members in Peking. In fact, the topics of conversation are still the same, but they are more focused on practical issues.
Zhou Hexuan wanted to serialize a new novel this time, so he simply took the opportunity to launch a new magazine "Fei Gong", the journal of the Chinese branch of the International Anti-Fascist League.
Originally, the journal was planned to be named "Fei Zhan" or "Anti-War", but these two words now represent the international leftist forces. In order to avoid causing unnecessary trouble, Zhou Hexuan simply quoted the Mohist ideological proposition "non-aggression".
In order to establish this journal, Zhou Hexuan sent a telegram to call Zhu Xiang back to Tianjin.
Zhu Xiang's temper has not changed at all, just like in history. A few years ago, he went to study in the United States, and ended up changing four schools in three years.
At first, Zhu Xiang was studying at Lawrence University, because the professor read an article in class that compared Chinese people to monkeys. Zhu Xiang argued with the professor on the spot, and finally broke up and left Lawrence University angrily.
Transferred to the University of Chicago.
The situation afterwards was basically the same. Basically every six months, Zhu Xiang would fall out with his teachers or classmates.
In the end, Zhu Xiang chose to return to China without receiving his degree certificate. The reason for dropping out was that the professor at the school suspected that he would not return the books he borrowed, and an American female classmate refused to be his deskmate. Zhu Xiang believed that the professor and that
His female classmates all discriminated against him because of his Chinese identity and were determined not to continue studying in the United States.
After returning to China, Zhu Xiang was recommended by a friend to work as the dean of the English Department at Anhui University, with a monthly salary of 300 yuan. However, he fell out with the principal because the school changed the name of the English Department without authorization and interfered in the affairs of the department.
After Zhou Hexuan learned about this, he recommended Zhu Xiang to Fudan University. This guy only taught at Fudan University for three months, but because the school suppressed students' anti-Japanese activities, he led the student representatives to cause trouble in the principal's office.
Last year alone, Zhu Xiang changed three jobs and was so poor that he couldn't even pay for his wife's medical treatment.
If Zhou Hexuan doesn't help now, Zhu Xiang is likely to go insane like in history and finally choose to commit suicide by drowning.
In addition to Zhu Xiang, Zhou Hexuan also hired the female writer Lu Yin.
A few years ago, because of her sibling relationship, Lu Yin could not bear the annoyance of gossip, so she followed her husband to study in Japan. After the September 18th Incident, Lu Yin immediately chose to return to China and created her masterpiece "Old Friends on the Sea" in Shanghai.
If Zhou Hexuan does not step forward to help, Lu Yin will die of dystocia at home next year because he has no money to go to the hospital.
Zhou Hexuan directly appointed Lu Yin as the editor-in-chief of "Feigong" magazine, Zhu Xiang as deputy editor-in-chief, and hired Zhu Ziqing, Xu Zhimo, Hu Shi and others as long-term contributors.
Zhu Xiang had no objection to this arrangement. He knew that he was not good at management and coordination, so he helped Lu Yin honestly.
As for the column layout of "Fei Gong", it is roughly divided into five parts: international current affairs, Japan's national conditions, Northeast news, theoretical commentary and anti-war literature.
International current affairs news is contributed by international students from various countries.
There are many manuscripts on Japan's national conditions provided by students studying in Japan. International students who are stranded in Japan and unable to return to their country spontaneously collect all information about Japan, hoping to make China better understand Japan and facilitate the future Anti-Japanese War. There are many.
As a result, the international student was arrested by the Japanese authorities on the charge of "spying intelligence."
Northeast news content is provided by the Northeast Civilian Anti-Japanese Salvation Association. It includes the atrocities committed by the Japanese army in the Northeast, the atrocities committed by the puppet Manchukuo in the Northeast, as well as the heroic deeds of civil anti-Japanese groups, etc.
The theoretical commentary section analyzes and discusses domestic and foreign forms, most of which are written by Zhou Hexuan.
As for anti-war literature, each issue consists of a long series and three short stories.
To put it bluntly, this is a magazine that allows citizens to understand the world, Japan, Northeast China, and resist Japanese aggression.
Non-offensive does not mean opposing war, but opposing unjust war.
Zhou Hexuan wrote in the preface of the first issue of "Fei Gong":
"I founded the magazine "Fei Gong" today, not because I am against war, nor to call on my compatriots not to resist. The sage Mozi's view on war is that he believed that war delays people's livelihood, harms people, and overthrows the country, so he called for peace.
But does Mr. Mozi oppose all wars?
of course not.
What he opposed was "attacking the innocent country", that is, he opposed war of aggression. At the same time, he advocated "killing the unjust king", that is, he supported just war.
Today, when the invaders invade China, it is an unjust war. When China rises to resist, it is a just self-defense.
The non-attackers should be our 400 million Chinese compatriots who work together to drive the Japanese aggressors out of the Chinese territory. This is the correct way to win peace. Blind concessions and non-resistance can only inspire the Japanese invaders.
Kou's wolf ambition.
If a robber breaks into your home, is it possible for you to ask him to only take away the belongings in the living room? The robber will definitely break into your house and steal everything in your home. He may even occupy your house and enslave your wife and children.
, transformed into the master of this home.
Can the land of the four northeastern provinces satisfy the Japanese invaders' desires? No.
The Japanese invaders invaded Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula, and now the four northeastern provinces. They cannot stop their invasion and are now encroaching on Chahar and Hebei. Their next target will be the entire North China region
, then northwest, central China, south China, east China, southwest...
If we continue to tolerate it, all of China will be occupied by the Japanese invaders. If we continue to tolerate it, all 40 million of our compatriots will become slaves to the subjugation of our country!
The purpose of this magazine is to call on the whole people to resist the war.
Regardless of class, regardless of age, regardless of gender, everyone has the responsibility to defend the country and resist the war. Only by resisting aggression can we win precious peace."
On July 1, 1933, the journal of the Chinese branch of the International Anti-Fascist Alliance, "Fei Gong", was officially launched in Tianjin, and at the same time began to serialize the first chapter of "Black Soil".