Speaking of modern history, for the writers who have the greatest influence on Chinese society, I believe that most people will respect Lu Xun's name, and he who has the title of "national soul" can be said to be enough to bear any praise.
Lu Xun's body, has not been very good, and after the 30s, the situation is even more sharp, his body was once only 36 kilograms, in January 1936, Lu Xun began to translate Gogol's work "Dead Soul", at this time his shoulders and ribs have severe pain, in May, the onset of illness again, the doctor diagnosed a stomach disease, so far the body fever has not healed, until May 31, Ms. Smutley led the United States Dr. Deng to diagnose, the situation is still not optimistic.
In June, Lu Xun somewhat recovered some vitality, when people around him thought that this was a sign of his physical improvement, 4 months later, October 17, Lu Xun suddenly had an old attack, the 18th before dawn onset of the disease, and finally died at 5 a.m. on October 19, 84 years ago, the incident was sudden, so that the outside world was also unexpected. Before Lu Xun died, he did not have time to make any instructions to his relatives.
But what is surprising is that by September 5, Lu Xun seemed to know his limit in advance, and published an article entitled "Death" in the second issue of the magazine "Middle Stream", which mentioned that in case of his death, he would leave 7 explanations to relatives and friends, that is, 7 wills:
1. No one shall accept a penny for a funeral. But old friends, not in this case;
Second, quickly collect the burial, bury it, and pull it down.
Don't do anything about remembrance;
Fourth, forget me and take care of your own life. If not, it's really a stupid worm;
Fifth, when the child grows up, if he has no talent, he can find some small things to live, and he must not become an empty writer or artist;
Sixth, what others have promised you, do not take seriously;
Seventh, those who damage the teeth and eyes of others, but oppose revenge and advocate tolerance, should never get close to him.
From this will, it is not difficult for us to see the master's open-mindedness and understanding of people's hearts, of course, although Lu Xun said that his own death did not need to be commemorated, but the celebrities from all walks of life at that time, including Cai Yuanpei, Ma Xiangbo, Song Qingling, Neishan Guanzao, Smedley and others, on the day of Lu Xun's funeral, thousands of people from all walks of life in Shanghai sent each other, and the masses who spontaneously admired Lu Xun's legacy were innumerable.
In his last words, Lu Xun also exhorted his descendants not to engage in these two professions, that is, empty writers and artists.
In fact, this remark is mainly said to his son Zhou Haiying, before Lu Xun's death, Xu Guangping was only 6 years old, Lu Xun's life, in terms of love, and two women, the first is the mother forcibly married for him the legal wife Zhu An, although the two have been a nominal couple for twenty years, in fact, completely live their own lives, Lu Xun's mother's living has always been taken care of by Juan, and the second, is Lu Xun's lover Xu Guangping, she was once Lu Xun's student, to 1929, The 48-year-old Lu Xun ushered in his only son.
Lu Xun, who was a middle-aged son, was very fond of his son, but he did not spoil him too much, and his education of Zhou Haiying was always carried out in accordance with "How Do We Be Fathers Now" written in 1919, hoping that Zhou Haiying could become a person who "dared to speak, laugh, scold, and fight".
Why did Lu Xun not want his descendants to become empty writers and artists? The reason is not difficult to understand, at that time, Lu Xun, for some so-called socialites, masters of fame and reputation, especially for the high-level writers of the imperial use of the pen is deeply disgusted, at that time many people, from Xu Zhimo, Hu Shi to Guo Moruo, were sneered at by Lu Xun, so Lu Xun hoped that his son would not step into the footsteps.
In fact, Zhou Haiying also respected his father's will, after growing up, he studied radio, and after 1960, he entered radio and television to become an excellent radio expert, making great contributions to science, and Lu Xun's will is also worthy of many people's deep thinking.