There are not a few literary youths who know and intersect with Lu Xun, but they have close contacts and have become friends for many years, and Li Bingzhong is one of them.
In the lifelong interaction between the two, Li Bingzhong wrote 52 letters to Lu Xun and 5 postcards; Lu Xun sent 28 letters to Li Bingzhong, and Li Bingzhong was recorded in his diary as many as 132 times; the two also exchanged gifts. What is special about Li Bingzhong is also the change in his identity: he was initially a literary youth, later became a member of the "Blue Jacket Society", and then later entered the "military unification". But until Lu Xun's death, Li Bingzhong and Lu Xun were always very friendly. Just the day after Lu Xun's death, Li Bingzhong also wrote a letter of condolence to Xu Guangping, lamenting that "Master And Mother Guangping: Reading the newspaper today, I was shocked to learn that Mr. Lu Xun had passed away, although he was in the office, he could not help but cry bitterly."
Li Bingzhong is a native of Pengshan, Sichuan, whose parents died early and who has loved literature since childhood. In 1923, he arrived in Beijing and audited at Peking University, where he met Lu Xun and other division commanders, and gradually corresponded with Lu Xun and became friends for many years. During the audit at Peking University, Li Bingzhong was very well cared for and influenced by Lu Xun. The first is financial care. When Li Bingzhong first arrived at Peking University, he was "running away from home", so he was once in financial difficulties. Lu Xun personally came forward and asked Hu Shi to help Li Bingzhong sell his novel manuscripts, and also wrote a letter to introduce him to meet Hu Shi. Sometimes, Lu Xun even lent cash directly to Li Bingzhong, and Lu Xun wrote in a letter to Li Bingzhong: "I have everything I have, and I can lend 20 yuan." ”
Secondly, and most importantly, Lu Xun's original anarchist ideas deeply influenced Li Bingzhong. "Or the rise and fall of the two ideas of humanitarianism and individual apathy ( i.e. anarchism ) ." Perhaps, the path taken by Li Bingzhong later is not unrelated to this influence.
Of course, as a disciple, Li Bingzhong, whether at home or abroad, whenever he heard that Lu Xun was in trouble, he would always write a letter of condolence or help. In 1930, Lu Xun was wanted while living in Shanghai. At the beginning of 1931, Li Bingzhong saw the news of Lu Xun's arrest and even punishment in the tabloids, and did not know whether it was a rumor, so he quickly wrote a letter to persuade Lu Xun to take refuge in Japan. In 1932, after the "One.28" incident, Li Bingzhong wrote many letters to lu Xun to greet him. After Lu Xun's death, Li Bingzhong also did one thing, that is, to help Xu Guangping publish the Complete Works of Lu Xun, but due to the outbreak of the War of Resistance, the publication of the Complete Works of Lu Xun was unsuccessful.
In the spring of 1940, Li Bingzhong died of a violent illness. Unfortunately, Li Bingzhong, who had been associated with Lu Xun all his life and became a friend of the year, did not leave any memories or articles commemorating Lu Xun before his death.