In the late Qing Dynasty, famous doctors predicted that a hundred years later in China, Lu Xun called him "nonsense", and now all of them are true

An inconspicuous novel during the Qing Dynasty successfully predicted how many secrets were contained in the novel "New China", which was almost lost in China a hundred years later? The author of this book, Lu Shichen, a god of the Qing Dynasty, accurately predicted the development history of China after a hundred years.

When it comes to ancient classics, people always think of very distant character stories, such as the Tang Dynasty's "Push back map" and the Song Dynasty's "Five Gong Jing", but the closest classic to the present is the Qing Dynasty's "New China", which may be very dismissive, the Qing Dynasty is so backward period, what can be a serious prophecy?

Although Cixi was pedantic and affected the development of China for a hundred years, it did not mean that everyone in the Qing Dynasty was incompetent, and there were always some people who could face the world, and Lu Shichen was such a person. The Shanghai he described in "New China" was very similar to today's Shanghai, what kind of prophecy did he have in the book?

1. The prophet of the Qing Dynasty

Lu Shi'e, a native of Qingpu, Jiangsu Province, now belongs to Shanghai, he was a famous medical scientist and novelist during the Qing Dynasty, Lu Shi'e was originally a doctor, addicted to medicine, but after he experienced the darkest period of the Qing Dynasty, he bred the same idea as Lu Xun, thinking that studying medicine could not save Chinese, and could only find another way to overthrow the feudal rulers at that time and establish a new China.

But of course, medical skills can not be left behind, while studying medicine and studying literature, lu Xun's abandonment of medicine and literature may also have elements influenced by him. Lu Shi'e studied medicine under Tang Wenzhai, a particularly famous medical master at that time, and studied medicine under him, Lu Shi'e was very talented and quick, and the master also valued his disciples.

In 1905, Lu Shi'e came to Shanghai as a doctor, during which time he wrote while treating diseases, leaving many useful books in medicine, such as "Medical Guide" and "Family Plague Changes", and literary works were most famous for "Qing History" and "Swordsman". Then why did Lu Shi'e's "New China" not cause repercussions at that time?

Because at that time, what he wrote in the book could not have happened at all, that is, a madman was making things up, and even Lu Xun thought it was nonsense. People think that Lu Shi'e's book has no practical significance, which is also understandable, and from the current point of view, we still can't believe that this book is from the Qing Dynasty.

Second, accurate prophecy

Let's compare Lu Shi'e's "New China" with the current China. The first is traffic, in the late Qing Dynasty and early Minchu, although Shanghai is a metropolis, there is still a world of difference from now, and the streets are crowded. There are also many pedestrians on the road. Travel is often blocked, the main mode of transportation is horse-drawn carriages and rickshaws, although there are several trams, but it is not much help for traffic.

And after the advent of the tram in Shanghai, the local residents were deeply disgusted by the tram driver, because every day the tram would hit and kill several people, and traffic accidents occurred every day. Pedestrians have a deep sense of fear of these trams, believing that trams are the source of disasters, and Lu Shi'e has long predicted such a situation in the book.

In the future, Shanghai will open tunnels underground for tram driving, which can avoid hitting pedestrian vehicles and disturbing residents, and can increase the speed of vehicles and save time. Seeing this, I believe everyone can't help but exclaim, Lu Shi'e's idea is really wonderful, isn't this the subway we are riding on now?

This kind of thinking is not borrowed from the ideas of foreigners, at that time, not to mention China, there is no country in the world to build a subway, And Lu Shi'e's prophetic ability is simply incredible. In addition to transportation, Lu Shi'e also made predictions about education, and the imparting of knowledge to the next generation during the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China can be said to be dark.

Students mainly study the eight strands of literature, communication is very inconvenient, there is no modern people should have the way of speaking, although the school also has various majors, but not many people enthusiastically signed up, students are still mainly officials. Lu Shi'e also wrote in the book: Young people in New China will enter the academy and study various majors in the future.

And there is a man named Su Hanmin, who invented two kinds of medicine, warm medicine and awakening technique, which basically means that bad people can be turned into pure hearts, people without conscience can become consciences, cowardly hearts can become brave hearts, and students can go out of the country and teach our knowledge to foreigners.

Today's China has already fulfilled this prediction, and every year students enter the university through the college entrance examination, study a variety of different majors, and contribute to our society. Although there is no Mr. Su Hanming, at the time of the May Fourth Movement, every participant in it was a pillar of the country like Su Hanmin.

Su Hanmin may not be a single person, but a team of people, Li Dazhao, Chen Duxiu, Lu Xun, all of whom are working hard to awaken the people. In the absence of any hope at the time, they sacrificed their supposedly comfortable and wealthy lives to fight against all kinds of feudal ideas in order to build a new China and create a place where students could study freely.

3. Equality between men and women

The human rights issues he raised also all correspond to the reality that at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the status of women was very low, and they had to wrap their feet from an early age, and the thinking at that time was that women should stay at home to do housework and teach their husbands and children, and there was no position that women could do in society. In Lu Shi'e's "New China", women should engage in various occupations in the future, and some men will also be afraid of women, and the reason for fear is not because of force, but because of the wisdom and ability of women.

Now women are indeed engaged in various industries, showing their talents, Gree boss Dong Mingzhu, and Zhang Jiamei, a female principal who won the July 1st Medal, which are representatives of successful women in our country. They have made their own contributions to the development of the motherland. There was also the opium problem, and he predicted that the country had finished cleaning up the drugs and that opium would be completely eradicated.

The corruption of the Qing government began with the Opium War, when many people thought that opium was a treasure, but they did not expect to hurt and be sad, and as a result, the whole society became extremely corrupt. We have also become the sick man of East Asia in his population, but now the state's regulations on drugs are very strict, as long as you dare to touch, no matter what kind of star official, all arrested.

There are also predictions about China's military armed forces, and our current development is even stronger than Lu Shi'e imagined. The Sino-Japanese War was a failure because the Qing government's military strength was not strong enough, and now China's military capabilities have long been among the forefront of the world, and it is not something that other countries can bully casually. The final ending of the book is that after his protagonist Lu Yunxiang is tripped, the dream wakes up, but he still believes that New China can achieve such a scene.

4. Summary

Lu Shi'e's "New China", the whole text is only 20,000 words, it is such a small book, but it accurately predicts China in a hundred years. Using the dream of his protagonist as a carrier, he expresses the new China he saw in the dream. What is incredible is not only how accurate the prediction is, but lu Shi'e still has the courage to look forward to the future in the dark period.

At that time, most people were already confused and insensitive in the face of war-torn China, and under such a national situation, it was Lu Shi'e and others who acted as cultural forerunners to awaken the sleeping people. Lu Shi'e may have a wild imagination, or he may really have the ability to predict the future, but the most important thing is that he has always believed in his country.