Lao She: Manchu surname, why only half a word is left
Near the mouth of Dengshikou, there is a narrow alley, fengfu Hutong, because of Mr. Lao She's stay, later became the Lao She Memorial Hall, Beijing people know that Mr. Lao She called this yard 'Dan Persimmon Courtyard', all because there are two persimmon trees in the courtyard, which were planted by Lao She and Mrs. Hu Xiaoqing, and now the former residence of Lao She has been opened into the Lao She Museum
In the first exhibition room, a photograph attracted the attention of many Beijingers, that is, St. James's Square in London, England, which is one of the four former residences of Lao She in the world, between 1924 and 1929, he lived there for three years, when he lived in a small room on the second floor, and what is little known is that 'Lao She' was born in this room
Lao She's original name is Shu Qingchun, this 'Shu' character, is from one of the eight surnames of the Manchu people 'Shu Mulu' evolved, in the Manchu language is the meaning of coral, and Mr. Lao She was born on February 3, 1899, just the root of the lunar calendar, to meet the spring, so called Qingchun, before going to The United Kingdom, he is at best a literary and artistic youth
After graduating from the normal school, as the principal of the primary school, in the summer of 1924 to the University of London, the Oriental College to teach Chinese, here began to write articles, the original name of Shu Qingchun was used in 1928, when creating "Lao Zhang's Philosophy", Shu Qingchun used the pen name for the first time, took the left half of the Shu character, and added the word 'old' in front
However, people are not to show the high seniority, but to represent forever, meaning 'old to give up' in the United Kingdom, but also gave themselves a British name, but it is clear that the surname is still 'shu' enough to prove that Mr. Lao She is still using the original name when he was in the UK, and what is more rare is that the masterpiece "Speech Sound" inadvertently left the voice of Mr. Lao She when he was in his 20s
Second: Lu Xun, born in Shaoxing, why did he become a Beijinger?
Mr. Lu Xun is a regular visitor in our textbooks when we were young, and we all know that Mr. Lu Xun was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, and his Baicao Garden, Sanwei Bookstore, and LeapIng Earth have all remained in the memory of Beijingers with the stumbling recitation of texts, but many people say that Lu Xun is a Beijinger, and the evidence is conclusive
Xuanwu District Caishikou South Half Cut Hutong No. 7, there is a Shaoxing Guild Hall, in addition to the door of the cultural security unit sign, this large courtyard has long been unable to see some traces of the guild hall, in the vicinity of the casual and surrounding neighbors to inquire, we all know that Mr. Lu Xun lived in the innermost room of this courtyard
This room is when Lu Xun came to Beijing in early 1912, the first place to stay, the quietest corner of the Beijing Shaoxing Guild Hall, originally lived in the west room of the Vine Flower Hall of the Guild Hall, and later moved to this supplementary tree bookstore to live, we have a lot of Beijing Guild Hall, most of them are some rich officials, in order to facilitate the hometown people to come to Beijing to study, exams and so on donated money to build, Lu Xun is a Shaoxing person
Naturally, as soon as I came to Beijing, I lived in the Shaoxing Guild Hall, where I lived for seven and a half years, and the old residents around me said that there were people who came here to find Lu Xun's memories, even including many foreign students, so what secrets were hidden here? The answer is simple, because the name 'Lu Xun' was born here, located on Fuchengmennei Street
In 1918, the "Diary of a Madman" was published in the "New Youth", and the pen name 'Lu Xun' was used for the first time, so the place where the "Diary of a Madman" was written is also the Shaoxing Guild Hall in Beijing, which naturally made the birthplace of the name 'Lu Xun'
However, the pen name is not chaotic, Lao She is because of the original surname Shu, the word Sheyu, Cao Yu because of the original surname Wan, Wan's traditional characters on the top of the cursive word under a 'Yu' What does Lu Xun's pen name mean, it is very simple, Lu Xun believes that the pen name can reflect the ideas of a writer, for example, when studying in Japan, he used the pen name of 'Ling Fei Xun Xing'
It means to expect the nation and their own children to be able to develop rapidly, according to incomplete statistics, Zhou Shuren has more than one hundred and eighty pen names, and finally people remember the name 'Lu Xun', even Shaoxing's hometown is called 'Lu Xun's former residence', but the meaning of this name is simply unexpected, the first one is his mother's surname Lu, and the second is Lu blunt and rapid
However, although the name Lu Xun was born in Beijing, Mr. Lu Xun did not use this pen name the most in Beijing, because he had a serious errand in Beijing, found a position in the Ministry of Education of the Beiyang government, and became a national civil servant, requiring a real-name system, so he could only use the real name of 'Zhou Shuren'
Three: Mao Dun, two suicide notes, but the signature is contradictory
This small courtyard at No. 13 Houyuan'en Temple Street, Mr. Mao Dun's ten thousand years spent here, lived here for the last six years, since mr. Mao Dun's death in 1981, this place was displayed in its original state, converted into Mr. Mao Dun's former residence memorial, Mao Dun's old age because of his poor health, a lot of time spent in the bedroom
These ropes at the end of the bed are for him to move his fingers in bed, or for a slight exercise, just on the bed, Mao Dun asked someone to ghostwrite and completed the last two letters of his life, which are the last two letters, it is worth noting that one is signed by Shen Yanbing, and the signature of one is Mao Dun
The letter signed by Mao Dun was reserved for the Writers Association, and the letter proposed to donate 250,000 yuan to his own children as a fund for the reward of contemporary outstanding novels, so this letter appeared in the name of the writer, and the award named after Mao Dun is now the Mao Dun Literature Award
This name was first used in 1927 when publishing "Disillusionment", originally using the word "contradiction" of ideological contradictions, which was added by ye Shengtao, the editor at the time, to become the "Mao" in the hundred family names, and has since become his fixed pen name, while the signature 'Shen Yanbing' on another letter is because his original word was called Yanbin, and in the past the old Beijing Yellow Calendar often wrote a sentence
Called 'Hongyan guest' is auspicious meaning, later when writing the article, it was changed to Yan Bing, "Eclipse" trilogy is Mr. Mao Dun's reflection on the self-contradiction at that time, re-understanding of himself, the former residence of the Four-Nine Cities, changing the name and surname to break into Beijing, analyzing the unknown stories of the three writers, to be continued!