In modern Chinese cultural circles, there is a person known as "China's Goethe", he is Guo Moruo.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, born and died around 28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832, was the most famous exponent of Weimar's classicism as a dramatist, poet, natural scientist, literary theorist, and political figure. He was a great German writer and one of the most brilliant figures in the field of world literature. Representative works include "The Troubles of Young Werther" and "Faust".
Mr. Guo Moruo's literary and academic achievements are also very high. Guo Moruo is a modern Chinese writer, playwright, poet, historian, paleographer, calligrapher, scholar, and social activist.
In the field of literature, Guo Moruo is talented, and his representative "Tengu" is full of emotions. The full text is excerpted below.
I'm a tengu! I swallowed the moon, I swallowed the sun, I swallowed all the planets, I swallowed the whole universe. I am who I am! I am the end of the month, I am the undersoles, I am the underlight of all the planets, I am the X-rays of the underlight, I am the total amount of energy energy in the whole universe! I galloped, I screamed, I burned. I burn like a raging fire! I screamed like the sea! I flew like electricity! I fly, I fly, I fly, I peel my skin, I eat my flesh, I chew my blood, I gnaw my heart and liver, I run on my nerves, I run on my spinal cord, I run on my brain. I am who I am! I am who I am! I am who I am! My I'm going to explode!
In addition to the field of literature, Guo Lao's achievements in historiography can be described as a monument in modern China. He edited the Manuscripts of Chinese History and the Collection of Oracle Bones, all of which were compiled into 38 volumes of the Complete Works of Guo Moruo, with a total of several million words.
He first proposed the division of the three stages of primitive society, slave society and feudal society in Chinese society, introduced the materialist historical school for Chinese historical research, and became the mainstream of later scholarship.
Although during the Republic of China period, he launched a scolding war with Mr. Lu Xun, the article "The Feudal Remnants of the Literary and Art Front" not only scolded Lu Xun as a feudal remnant, but also said that he was a fascist. However, Mr. Lu Xun behaved generously, saying that he was a "talented man and a rogue".
Later, when Mr. Lu Xun died, Guo Moruo was devastated, saying that he was not worthy to be Lu Xun's disciple, "The great figure of China, in the past, people said that confucius, but Confucius was inferior to Lu Xun."
In the final analysis, it is to give Lu Xun a positive evaluation.
Guo Moruo was also a calligrapher.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Mr. Guo Moruo's writings are innumerable, and his literary thoughts are gushing and his talent is undiminished, saying that he is the Goethe of China, which is very appropriate in the sense of the tide of the times.
Later, about the 60s, Mr. Guo Moruo said: "In the eyes of ordinary friends and comrades, I am a cultural person, and even many people say that I am a writer, a poet, and a historian. For decades, I've been writing with a pen and translating things. In terms of word count, I am afraid there are millions of words. But, by today's standards, what I wrote before, strictly speaking, should be burned entirely, without any value. ”
It can be seen that his people are very modest and admirable