The old saying goes, "One glory is all glory", but everyone's choice of life is different, and the three brothers born in the same family have embarked on completely different paths because of their choices in the chaotic world. Lu Xun's novels were widely circulated because of the progress of thought, which greatly helped the ideological emancipation of the old society, and in that feudal era he was one of the few people who dared to stand up against the old ideas.
Lu Xun's family affairs can be described as very complicated, born in the family of officials and eunuchs, but also experienced great ups and downs, in this ups and downs Lu Xun experienced the cold and warm of the world, which also changed the trajectory of his family's life, so that they will go to a different life in the future. The younger brother Zhou Zuoren's thinking gradually became extreme, and he became a traitor, and the third brother Zhou Jianren, after knowing his shame, stepped into politics, and finally became an official at the rank of vice state.
Filial piety comes first
Zhou Jianren was the latest person born in Lu Xun's family, and soon after his birth, he encountered family changes, his grandfather was arrested and imprisoned for embezzlement, his father suddenly suffered a stomach disease, and the family with good economic conditions began to fall rapidly with these sudden changes. The family went to the countryside to take refuge, and the envious eyes of the villagers in the past also became indifferent, and even began to speak ill of each other behind their backs, which also made Zhou Jianren in his youth experience the cold and warmth of the world prematurely.
Soon, his father died of a stomach disease, the two brothers went out to study in order to make a living, Zhou Jianren, as the youngest brother, really couldn't bear to let his mother be alone at home, so he gave up the opportunity to study and stayed at home with his mother. In addition to working every day to supplement the family, Zhou Jianren, who is also extremely eager for knowledge, began to teach himself, and he often saw students who returned from reading happily showing off their newly learned knowledge to their parents, and the gap between the excitement of learning new things and the reality made him have mixed feelings.
Although his mother had advised him countless times not to stay at home, and the boy should focus on the future, Zhou Jianren was not moved, and the mothers all hoped that the children would have a career, but as a son, why would he be willing to let his mother suffer alone?
During the period of self-study, Zhou Jianren worked hard, often learned late at night, and every time he saw new knowledge, he had a sense of excitement, and finally succeeded in his youth, began to work as a teacher in Shaoxing Monk Li Primary School, and then rose to the principal because of his good performance. Zhou Jianren has an obsessive love for plants, and during his teaching in school, he also had more opportunities to learn, he began to teach himself botany, under the influence and surrounding of the surrounding environment, the learning results were remarkable, he also met many like-minded friends, and wrote plant academic literature such as "Huijishan Collection".
Accomplish what you learn and have big ambitions
Zhou Jianren's literature received great attention, and in 1920, he moved to Beijing, applied for and obtained the qualification to enter the philosophy department of Peking University, during which he had a new understanding of Marxist culture, coupled with the influence of his brother Lu Xun, who had advanced ideas, he began to think about today's society. After graduation, Zhou Jianren worked as an editor in the newspaper, the most extensive social contact, but also understand the latest news every day, while compiling articles, he also published popular science articles, he has not been stereotyped He has a unique view of knowledge, personalizes some rules and regulations, and causes a sensation.
In 1923, at the invitation of Qu Qiubai, he lectured on evolution at Shanghai University, and subsequently served as a professor at several universities, teaching daily. In addition, Zhou Jianren is very concerned about the problem of Chinese women, in his hometown where he was born, he saw a lot of unequal treatment, he has a very deep view of this, coinciding with the rise of the May Fourth Movement, people began to advocate equality between men and women, Zhou Jianren published a large number of articles, such as the "Declaration on the Study of Women's Issues", etc., advocating women's liberation of consciousness and striving for political and economic freedom.
Since 1920, his articles have set off huge waves like depth charges, and together with Lu Xun, Song Qingling, Cai Yuanpei and others, he has contributed to the cause of liberation, published articles in journals, helped and rescued comrades, and so on. Although the Great Revolution failed, Zhou Jianren still did not give up the right way in his heart, and he and his colleagues turned to underground organizations in various places, and under the guidance of Lu Xun and others, they participated in the "Relief Society" and the Great Alliance of the Freedom Movement, during which he helped comrades escape from death countless times.
Brothers who walked two paths
Just as Zhou Jianren was wandering around, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, and Zhou Jianren immediately threw himself wholeheartedly into the War of Resistance Against Japan, providing strong spiritual support for the army in the rear area, and at the same time, the thinking of the second brother Zhou Zuoren began to gradually decline. Because his wife was Japanese, Zhou Zuoren's position was wavering until one day, a man who claimed to be a student of Zhou Zuoren came to his house and suddenly shot him down halfway through the conversation.
There have always been many opinions about who the gunman was, the Japanese side said that it was a kuomintang agent, and the Kuomintang side said that it was a Japanese spy, but it is undeniable that Zhou Zuoren was greatly mentally shocked because of this shooting incident, and he also began to doubt his own position.
Subsequently, he accepted the invitation of the traitor Wang Jingwei to serve as the director of the library, and then rose all the way up, and was known as the "cultural traitor" of the Japanese during the War of Resistance. Mr. Lu Xun called Zhou Zuoren "faint" when evaluating him. After that, the second brother Zhou Zuoren was put on trial after the victory of the war, and slowly fell into poverty and died in that special period. In 1945, Zhou Jianren and his colleagues established the "China Association for the Promotion of Democracy", the purpose of which was to oppose dictatorship and civil war and other peace ideas.
During the special period, Zhou Jianren's family secretly moved to the Liberated Areas and was warmly welcomed by the leaders, and at this time, he joined our party and continued to work hard for the liberation of all of China. After the founding of New China, Zhou Jianren served as deputy director of the General Administration of Publication of the Central People's Government, vice minister of higher education, vice chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government, and governor of Zhejiang Province, and was promoted to the rank of vice state, which was a height that Lu Xun had never reached.
On July 29, 1984, zhou Jianren, who died in Beijing at the age of 96, said in his will that he would donate his body to the state, simplify the funeral, and change the habit of red tape and etiquette. Nowadays, people advocate modernization, cannot spend the country's precious money on funerals, and reject all formalism, and their ashes should be scattered into the sea like the great leader's mentor Engels, so as to warn future generations to learn the spirit of thorough revolution.