"Horizontal eyebrows are cold to a thousand fingers, and bow down to be a widow cow." --Lu Xun
For Lu Xun, we all had a certain understanding, as a character who could not be mentioned in our student era, Lu Xun had his own story and brilliance. Throughout Lu Xun's life, almost all of lu xun's research in many fields such as literary creation, literary criticism, ideological research, literary history research, translation, introduction of art theory, introduction of basic science, and ancient book collation and research can be affirmed that Lu Xun has made significant contributions to the industry he is engaged in.
As an ideological leader in the modern period, Lu Xun had a major influence on the development of Chinese society, ideology and culture after the May Fourth Movement, and was praised as "the writer who occupied the largest territory on the cultural map of East Asia in the twentieth century". Throughout the world, Lu Xun enjoys a unique and supreme glory.
However, under the illumination of Lu Xun's light, how much do we know about Lu Xun's family? In particular, Lu Xun's original wife, Juan, a traditional woman who was bound by the feudal ideas of the old era, what did she experience? In fact, everything about Juan must start from Juan's early experience.
First, the old society women, feudal ideology bound
In 1878, there was a merchant family in Shaoxing city surnamed Zhu, who added a girl to their home and named it "An". For this daughter, the Zhu family is also very loving. From childhood to adulthood, Juan lived a carefree life, but Juan, like many women from middle-aged and upper-middle families in old China, was raised from an early age to be an old social woman who met the requirements of tradition.
At that time, Juan's image was a traditional woman with a good temper, who could do needlework, was empathetic, and wrapped her feet. In fact, Juan only represents the image of women in the old society period, and the people like Juan in that era can be described as countless, grabbing a large number.
It is said that when Juan was four or five years old, he was dragged to the house by the old lady of the family and wrapped her feet. At that time, Juan did not know what foot binding was, and what impact she had on her in the future, all Juan knew was that foot binding was a necessary stage of her growth, in addition, she did not have any understanding of foot binding.
However, for children who were only a few years old at the time, the pain of foot binding was unimaginable. Although Juan screamed in pain at the time, her mother told her that all girls in good families had to wrap their feet. She only had to look at her mom and the other women in the family to know that this was the truth, and none of them were exceptions.
In fact, in Juan's time, foot binding was also very common, and at that time, women, whether they were born well or badly, had to do it according to the shackles of feudal thought. However, Juan is only the most ordinary of all feudal women, but because of her marriage with Lu Xun, she has become a celebrity.
So, what kind of story is there between Juan and Lu Xun? In fact, as an advocate and liberator of modern ideological reform, Lu Xun did not fulfill his responsibility as a husband in treating Zhu An, the original wife.
Second, arranged marriages, many misfortunes
Under the introduction of relatives and friends, Juan and Lu Xun became representatives of arranged marriages, as a feudal woman, Zhu An naturally had no opinion, but Lu Xun did not think so, in Lu Xun's ideology, he always refused to accept defeat and was unwilling to accept everything related to feudal thought.
Therefore, for a long time, Lu Xun rejected Zhu An. However, Juan was very friendly to this fiancé he had never met, and even if he got married in a hurry later, Juan did not say a word of Lu Xun's no.
At first, Lu Xun preferred to run away from home rather than accept Juan, his wife under arranged marriage. To this end, Lu Xun has traveled to Japan for many years and spent his happy time in Japan. But even so, Juan was still waiting for Lu Xun at home. Because in Juan's mind, arranged marriages never cared about feelings, but rather commitments between parents and matchmakers.
On July 6, 1906, Lu Xun was tricked by his mother into returning to his hometown in Japan to complete his marriage. The whole wedding process was carried out in accordance with traditional customs and customs, from the beginning to the end, Lu Xun did not show a good face.
It can be said that in Lu Xun's heart, he never accepted his original wife. Perhaps in Lu Xun's view, Juan was just a "nanny" placed for him by his parents, not a wife.
Later, Lu Xun made a comeback and once again chose to run away from home, away from this home where feudal ideas remained. In this way, Lu Xun packed his bags and left his hometown again. At this time, Lu Xun's heart did not regard Zhu An as his wife. Perhaps, in Lu Xun's view, Juan was just the order of his parents, and there was no restriction on him.
In fact, in this marriage, Juan was in the most passive position from the beginning. From the day they were arranged, her fate was linked to the Zhou family. However, everything related to her nominal husband, Lu Xun, seems to have nothing to do with her.
It can be said that Lu Xun only maintained a formal husband and wife relationship with her, to be precise, Juan only spent 13 years alone with her mother-in-law in Shaoxing.
To be sure, when Juan and Lu Xun were married, Juan was the real hurtor, but it was not Lu Xun alone who hurt Zhu An, but what really hurt Lu Xun was the ruthless and unjust old social feudal thought.
But then again, Juan's treatment of Lu Xun, a husband who existed in name only, was truly dedicated.
Third, stay up late to rush the road, indifferent
In the short years when Lu Xun returned home, Zhu An and Lu Xun also had a period of time together. Lu Xun always treated Juan with an insignificant appearance, but Zhu An always treated Lu Xun like a qualified wife. In getting along with Lu Xun and taking care of Lu Xun, Zhu An was very qualified.
It is said that once, Lu Xun was sick at home, and everyone else was very worried, but it was already midnight, and everyone could only be in a hurry. Only Juan, a man walking alone on the long road in the dark, just to buy Lu Xun some pastries he liked to eat. Perhaps, this kind of behavior is common today, but in the old society, Juan's behavior was a model of a good wife.
We can simply imagine the scene that Juan once experienced, it was a dark and windy night in the middle of the month, and a weak woman crossed 40 kilometers to buy Lu Xun's favorite pastries on foot. It can be seen that Juan really likes Lu Xun and is willing to give everything for Lu Xun.
In that era of inconvenient transportation, Juan's approach was different, but from the perspective of our modern people, Juan was truly in love with Lu Xun. Regardless of whether their marriage was arranged or not, Juan's love for Lu Xun was real.
However, as a trend of modern thought, Lu Xun, who is an example in people's hearts, did not sincerely accept his wife Zhu An. Even if Juan did not travel hundreds of miles to buy lu xun back cakes, Lu Xun was never moved from the heart. What is unexpected is that such a touching scene only returns to Lu Xun's "good" word.
In fact, we can feel the cold that accompanies this good word, and when Zhu An'an paid wholeheartedly, Lu Xun only politely replied. Such feelings are really sad.
It can be said that Lu Xun's treatment of Juan has always been cold, and under Lu Xun's cold treatment, Juan has also become a member of the women who suffer under the feudal society.
As Lu Xun himself said: "She is my mother's wife, not my wife." It was a gift from my mother, and I had only one obligation to support, and love was something I didn't know. From this, it can be seen that the sadness of the marriage that Juan owns is also the fact that women bound by feudal ideas cannot change.
epilogue:
Perhaps for Lu Xun and Juan, they were wrong from the beginning, mainly the ideological gap, which made Juan completely a victim of arranged marriages. From the beginning of the engagement, Juan's misfortune officially began, until Juan's death, and the sad story belonging to her ended. It can be said that Juan is a tragic woman under the feudal society, but Juan's feelings for Lu Xun are worthy of admiration by the world.
References: Wandering, Diary of a Madman
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