On the fifth day of Xu Zhimo's wedding, Zhou Hexuan attended the Crescent Club's party for the first time, which was held in the living room of Xu Zhimo's home.
Maybe there are often parties here. The living room is very large, and there is even a row of bookshelves in it. On the wall next to the bookshelves, there are various photos of Lu Xiaoman, including costumes, bridal clothes, and Western clothes, all of which were taken.
She is very beautiful. It seems that Lu Xiaoman is a very narcissistic woman.
Zhou Hexuan suddenly thought of Bing Xin's article "Our Wife's Living Room". Some people said that the article was a satire on Lin Huiyin, and also named Xu Zhimo, Liang Sicheng, Jin Yuelin and others. But the description in that article was actually three-thirds similar to the living room of Lu Xiaoman's house.
It seems that Bing Xin is not specifically targeting Lin Huiyin, and has also brought Lu Xiaoman in. She seems to be saying, I am not targeting anyone, everyone present... Ahem, in fact, Bing Xin intercepted the characteristics of those ladies who like to open salons, and mixed them together to write
Published an article satirizing the young women in China in the 1930s who did not know how to hate the country.
Today Chen Xiying, Ling Shuhua and his wife are also here. Ling Shuhua should also be the target of Bing Xin's satire, and there is a trace of her in that article. These two people advocate rationalism and pursue rationality in everything. Their ideas are good, but rationality is a castle in the air in the Republic of China.
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If everyone is rational, who will join the revolution? Who will fight against Japan and save the country?
After the "March 18" tragedy, Chen Xiying made it clear that the protesting students were too irrational and should not engage in such extreme behavior. He also wrote an article saying that Yang Dequn studied hard and was not usually keen on participating in various sports. On March 18,
Yang Dequn didn't want to go either, and was forcibly dragged away again on his way back.
Yang Dequn was massacred because of the demonstration, and she was the object of everyone's praise and commemoration at the time. It would be strange if Chen Xiying came out and said such things, and was not attacked by a group of people. Lu Xun even scolded this person bloody.
But Chen Xiying does not think that he is wrong. He thinks that he is rational and correct. With such personal pursuit of thought, you cannot say that he is right, but you cannot say that he is absolutely wrong.
Chen Xiying is rational, and the other person here is just the opposite, that is Zhu Xiang, one of the "Four Sons of Tsinghua University".
Zhu Xiang is an angry young man through and through, and his actions are extremely irrational.
Zhu Xiang lost his mother at the age of three and his father at the age of seven. He was called the "Five Idiots" since he was a child, which developed his self-esteem and sensitive character.
When he was studying at Tsinghua University, he was expelled because he objected to early enrollment. Someone helped to intercede, and the school agreed to keep him, but Zhu Xiang drifted away.
At his wedding, Zhu Xiang refused to kneel down to his eldest brother (who had raised him) and was scolded. He was so angry that he took his wife away. Later, when he was studying in the United States, Zhu Xiang discovered that Lawrence University textbooks were insulting to Chinese characters.
He decided to drop out of school. After transferring to the University of Chicago, he transferred again because the teacher discriminated against Chinese people. In the end, he returned to China early without getting a degree.
After returning to China to serve as the dean of the English Department of Anhui University, Zhu Xiang resigned due to dissatisfaction with the principal. In the end, there was no way to make a living, and the couple had a disagreement, so he committed suicide by drowning on the way to find a job.
Zhu Xiang's life was a complete tragedy, all due to his character.
At this time, Zhu Xiang had dropped out of Tsinghua University and was staying in Peiping to run a publication. However, the situation was very bad and it was discontinued after publishing only two issues.
Among the people in the living room, Zhu Xiang was the shabbiest in his clothes, and one of his shirts had been washed out. He had no money to buy clothes, or even money to eat, but he was very energetic and was holding a new issue of "Poetry" at the moment.
Recitation:
"Despicableness is the passport of the despicable,
Nobility is the epitaph of the noble,
Look, in that gilded sky,
Filled with the curved reflections of the dead.
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New turning points and twinkling stars,
It is filling the unobstructed sky.
That's five thousand years of hieroglyphs,
Those are the eyes that people will stare into in the future."
This poem is very long. Zhu Xiang recited it with enthusiasm and cadence. The passion contained in it made Zhou Hexuan's hair stand on end.
Friends who laugh at the lack of standard of modern poetry, you have not met a good reciter. Especially works such as Guo Moruo's "Tiangu" have no rhythm and format at all, but when you meet an excellent reciter, your heart will be moved.
Sounds like a blast.
"Pah, pah, pah!"
After Zhu Xiang finished reciting, everyone applauded in unison.
Xu Zhimo stood up and said: "He Xuan's "Answer" caused a great response after the publication of "Poetry". The theme of our gathering today is to discuss this poem."
Zhou Hexuan smiled bitterly, "Answer" indeed caused a great response, and was even over-interpreted by some progressive publications.
They believe that the first four sentences are to commemorate the sacrificed revolutionaries. "The Ice Age has passed, why is there ice everywhere? The Cape of Good Hope has been discovered, why are there thousands of sails in the Dead Sea?" Among these lines, "Ice Age" represents the Qing Dynasty,
"Cape of Good Hope" represents the Republic of China, which together overthrew the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Society is still dark, and "thousands of sails competing in the Dead Sea" alludes to the endless war between warlords.
There are also "I don't believe that dreams are false, and I don't believe that death without retribution" is considered to be supporting the revolution and cursing the warlords to go to hell after death. "If the land is destined to rise, let humans choose the ceiling of survival again."
It praises the people's right to choose their own government. As for "new turning points and shining stars" and "those are the eyes that people will stare at in the future", it is regarded as Zhou Hexuan's firm belief that the revolution will succeed.
This poem has been circulated, and in later generations of his online encyclopedia information, there will definitely be an evaluation of him as a "patriotic poet".
When Zhou Hexuan saw those interpretation articles, his face turned extremely green. The reason why he stayed in Peiping was because he wanted to meet Zhang Zuolin in person, lest he be dismissed as a revolutionary propagandist by a reactionary warlord one day.
Liang Shiqiu first commented: "He Xuan's "Answer" is similar in style to Yiduo's "Dead Water" last year. They both use metaphors, exaggeration, symbolism and other techniques to express the theme of the poem.
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Rao Mengkan said: "There are still some differences. Yiduo's "Dead Water" is more straightforward, while the imagery in "Answer" is more hazy."
Zhou Hexuan thought to himself, can it not be hazy? This poem is one of the later representative works of the hazy poetry school.
Zhu Xiang said: "I like the fifth and sixth stanzas the most: I don't believe that the sky is blue, I don't believe in the echo of thunder, I don't believe that dreams are false, I don't believe that death without retribution! If the sea water is destined to
When the dike bursts, let all the bitter water pour into my heart. If the land is destined to rise, let human beings re-choose the ceiling of survival. These sentences express my heart directly, it is a pleasure to read, and I feel hearty when reciting them."
"Our Crescent Sect has added another general," Xu Zhimo said happily. "When Mr. Yiduo comes back, you must have a good chat. Last time he wrote a letter saying that he liked your poetry writing style very much."
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "I also hope to get to know Mr. Wen."
Xu Zhimo said: "In addition to the philosophical philosophy in the first two sentences of this poem, what I like most is the imagery of the Ice Age and the Cape of Good Hope. This is an attempt to create new poetry, and it is also a protection for the poet. It can also be used to defend oneself when encountering warlords.
Poetic meaning.”
It’s nonsense to argue. If a warlord is reasonable, can he still be called a warlord? Zhou Hexuan couldn’t laugh or cry about this.
After chatting for most of the day, everyone stayed at Xu Zhimo's house for dinner before leaving.
Zhou Hexuan stopped Zhu Xiang on the roadside: "Ziyuan, I heard that your poetry magazine has been suspended. I wonder what you have been busy with recently?"
"Uh, um, I'm still looking for a job." Zhu Xiang said quite awkwardly. He could hardly afford to eat anymore and relied on a few royalties from writing poems to survive.
Zhou Hexuan took the opportunity and said: "I plan to start a "Supplement", but now I am short of manpower. Brother Ziyuan is a great talent, I wonder if you can give in and follow me to Tianjin to be the editor of the supplement?"
Zhu Xiang was a little moved. Tianjin is very close to Peiping, and he can come back to meet old friends at any time. Moreover, the editor's job of "Supplement" is also decent, so he doesn't have to worry about running out of food. It is a good place for him now.
"I'll think about it again." Zhu Xiang did not agree immediately.
Zhou Hexuan said excitedly: "What are you still thinking about? You're a good man, if you go, you can go. If you don't go, I won't go. Just give me a happy word."
An angry young man like Zhu Xiang would try to provoke the general. As soon as the blood rushed to his forehead, he immediately agreed: "Okay, I will promise Brother Zhou! I will go back to pack my luggage tonight and I can set off at any time."
Zhou Hexuan laughed secretly, it's better to be simple.
In fact, Zhu Xiang's character, who does not rub sand in his eyes, is suitable to be a supervisor of an education foundation, responsible for supervising the flow of education donations. He will never line his own pockets. Zhou Hexuan does not believe Zhang Xueliang's people at all, and it is too easy to take cards.
It’s so common, those charity ghosts know how much they have swallowed.
Everyone is valuable, it just depends on whether they are used in the right place. Zhou Hexuan plans to get Zhu Xiang into the education foundation. Of course, he must get Zhang Xueliang's support in advance.