Lao She once said that looking at the catalog of Lu Xun's complete works, probably no one dared to say that this was not a knowledgeable person. However, the word profound is not a coincidence with Mr. Lu Xun.
At the beginning of the last century, there were countless revolutionary martyrs who died on the battlefield for the motherland, they were not afraid of hardships and dangers, they were not afraid of sacrifice, and they were dedicated to the people.
Among them, the most outstanding is Lu Xun, who is known as a great revolutionary, "cross-eyebrows and cold fingers, bow down to the cattle" This is his evaluation of himself, in addition, Lu Xun has an unchangeable significance for the development of China's national literature and the inheritance of the soul of the nation, and his qualities of leading by example and seeking truth from facts are worth learning.
But surprisingly, in addition to these titles, he also has the status of a "rich second generation", he once spent 3765 yuan of ocean in Beijing to buy a 32-room courtyard, how much is it worth now?
Experienced ups and downs at an early age
Lu Xun was born in Zhejiang in 1881 to a wealthy family, and strictly speaking, he was born into a family of scholars.
His grandfather, named Zhou Fuqing, was a jinshi who ruled for ten years and then stayed in Beijing as an official, and his father, named Zhou Boyi, was also a talent, which was of great help to his future.
When he was 11 years old, he went to study at the Sanwei Bookstore, and the next year, his grandfather was involved in the keju fraud case, directly dismissed from his post and imprisoned, sentenced to eight years, from this moment on, they need to prepare a large amount of funds every year to send to prison, so that his grandfather can live, and from then on, the family's wealth will be scattered.
It didn't take long for his father to also fall seriously ill and die in 1896, and the series of changes that the family encountered had a profound impact on Lu Xun.
After that, Lu Xun continued to study hard, but he did not choose to study as an official, or to become a master, of course, he did not choose to go into business, but chose to enter the "Foreign Academy" to study, to know that at that time, this would be looked down upon by everyone, and it was called a lowly deed, but Lu Xun still had no remorse.
In 1898, he came to the Nanjing Water Master School with eight silver dollars, and it should be known that at that time, their family had already fallen into the middle of the road, and these eight silver dollars were still his mother, who had worked hard to help him raise them, all for Lu Xun's words.
The Nanjing Water Master School and the Nanjing Road Mining School were both established by the Westerners in order to achieve the intention of enriching the country and strengthening the army, where in addition to learning traditional knowledge, you can also learn mathematics, physics, chemistry and other courses.
I have to say that Lu Xun is a very hard-working person, in addition to studying, he will also read some foreign literature and social science works, which also broadened his horizons, of which the most impressive thing for him is the "Heavenly Speech". In addition, he also got the opportunity to study abroad at public expense with his excellent results.
In 1902, he came to Tokyo Kobun Gakuin in Japan to study Japanese, and then to the Sendai Medical College to study medicine, and this decision was only due to the fact that his father was killed by quacks, so he wanted to save these people more.
The Chinese people are ignorant and abandon medicine and follow the literature
Lu Xun, who studied in Japan, was often discriminated against, but this was not enough to make him change his mind, but then something happened that made him decide to abandon medicine and follow literature.
Once, when watching a movie in Japan, he saw a lot of Chinese who were very physically strong, but very numb, and very indifferently watching their compatriots being executed, Lu Xun was very surprised, and he finally realized that the numbness in spirit and soul was far more terrible than that unhealthy body.
Therefore, he also decided to abandon medical practice, left the medical school where he was now, returned to Nanjing, and began to translate various foreign literary works, frequently publishing articles, and at that time they talked most about "human nature".
One of the things they were most curious about at that time was", "What is the most lacking thing in human nature?" "What is the root of his illness?" How to eradicate? ”
It is precisely because of this time and time again that he was prompted to become a writer, revolutionary, etc., perhaps because his concept is too "advanced", so it is not accepted by many people, even if they are also international students, they do not understand, let alone the people who are closed in information.
In 1909, he chose to leave Japan and return to China to become a teacher, but because no one understood him, his thinking was very bitter.
Although the Xinhai Revolution after that also made him feel excited, he was immediately faced with some of the problems of Yuan Shikai's claim to the throne and Zhang Xun's retreat, coupled with the misfortunes he faced in his marriage, all of which made him very depressed and depressed. At that time, he had successfully served in the Ministry of Education, and then moved to Beijing with the Ministry of Education.
Join the revolution and buy a courtyard
Lu Xun is a very good person, it did not take long, he has successfully served as the section chief of the Education Bureau, the monthly salary is about 350 oceans, at that time a piece of ocean can be worth the current 200 yuan, so his monthly salary is nearly 70,000 yuan, which is very high.
After years of accumulation, he spent 3765 yuan ocean to buy a set of 32 pieces of courtyard, this area is about 500 square meters, according to the current Beijing house price, his set of courtyard is worth about 50 million, if you add geographical location, there is a historical value, this courtyard can probably sell to more than 150 million yuan, which has to say that Mr. Lu Xun is very economically minded.
In 1926, due to his pro-approval attitude when the students in Beijing held a patriotic movement, he protested against the 318 massacre en masse, and was angered by the Beiyang government, so he had to leave to xiamen university to become a professor of liberal arts.
In early 1927, at the age of 46, Lu Xun chose to leave Xiamen and come to Guangzhou, becoming the head of the literature department and the director of academic affairs of "Moving to Sun Yat-sen University", and then went to Hong Kong to give a speech.
In the same year, Lu Xun decided to resign his position at Sun Yat-sen University and go to Shanghai, where he established the "Grand Freedom League" in 1930, and was later regarded as a reactionary and wanted by Zhejiang, and the "Great Freedom League" they had just established was also suppressed, and Lu Xun had to come to live in Louyu, North Sichuan Road.
In 1933, Yang Quan was stabbed, and at this time, there were also rumors that Lu Xun was about to be assassinated, "it is better to believe that he has, not to believe that he does not have", and then many people asked him not to show his face for the safety of Lu Xun, but Lu Xun did not think so, and he chose to go out without a key in order to show his determination.
In 1936, Lu Xun died of illness due to overwork, and a generation of great revolutionaries and writers passed away.
epilogue:
Throughout Lu Xun's life, born in a family of scholars, he could have gone smoothly in his life, but he had no choice but to change once, and his family fell in the middle of the road, this kind of experience made Lu Xun become an "adult", and then he resolutely chose to enter the "Foreign Academy" only to learn the strategy of rich countries and strong soldiers.
Although many people pay attention to the big mansion that Lu Xun bought, what really makes people remember Lu Xun is his article and his article belong to the cry of that era, Lu Xun's article is very sharp, representing the strongest voice of that era. Even after such a long time, the literati of all generations, whether they have read Lu Xun's articles or not, whether they recognize Lu Xun or not, have a very positive evaluation of Lu Xun, and even Chairman Mao has praised Mr. Lu Xun very much, which shows his personality charm.
From this point of view, Lu Xun is a great man of the times, a very remarkable figure in modern history, he should be respected, and at the same time he should survive forever in our history.
As Zang Kejia said: Some people are alive, he is already dead; some people are dead, he is still alive. Some people rode on the heads of the people: "Oh, how great I am!" "Some people lean down to be cattle and horses for the people." Lu Xun was the one who leaned down as a cow and horse!