Speaking of Guo Moruo, everyone is very familiar with him, he is a very famous writer, archaeologist, historian, is one of the top two literary heroes in the history of contemporary literature, but why is such a talented man criticized by many people?
Especially in recent years, people are more concerned about the black material of the great writer Guo Moruo, and even some people have extended it to personal attacks under the guise of celebrities' evaluations.
There was once a rumor that Lu Xun and Guo Moruo were at odds with each other, and even said, "Look at a dog from a distance, and look closely at Guo Moruo!" Words like that.
As for such rumors, it is because they have different views on things due to differences in ideas and concepts, which makes people think about the relationship between them as non-existent contradictions.
Today we will not talk about Lu Xun and Guo Moruo, today we will talk about why the famous writer Yao Xueyu so bitterly insulted and humiliated Guo Moruo, and said that he would disobey this person in this life. Speaking of this remark, we must start from an interview attended by Yao Xueyu.
On April 15, 2002, the article "The Conversation That Yao Xueyan Hopes to Publish Behind His Death" was published, which not only described his life and some of the problems in the creation of the work "Li Zicheng", but also a question that people paid attention to, that is, his views and attitudes towards Guo Moruo.
He believes that Guo Moruo is only a poet in the "May Fourth" period, not a historian, and not only does not have a high literary foundation but also does not make much contribution in the literary world. Why did Yao Xueyu scold and humiliate Guo Moruo so much, and what kind of relationship did they have? It all starts with their respective experiences.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" > generation of literary masters Guo Moruo</h1>
Guo Moruo, whose original name was Guo Kaizhen, was born in 1892 in Leshan, Sichuan Province, into a landlord and business family, and he developed a strong interest in literature at a very young age, and even he himself said that his love for literature had reached the point of obsession.
At home very early received private school education, superior family conditions let him from an early age to receive a good education, from childhood for knowledge he is also diligent to study, and later to Japan Kyushu Imperial University to study, received high-end education, during the study abroad he began to study the works of foreign writers, like tagore, Shakespeare, Goethe and other very famous writers we are familiar with, are the objects of his study.
Guo Moruo, who studied abroad in a foreign country, still has his heart in mind, and he and Japanese students actively responded to the wave of the May Fourth Movement, founded a society and created and published many poems such as "Holding Peace Bath in Hakata Bay", which attracted widespread attention.
In August 1921, Guo Moruo published "Goddess", a poem with a very strong romantic color, which was also a pioneer of the new poetic extravagant school.
Most of the articles use metaphors and symbols to express their inner emotions vividly, and also use this to criticize the current situation of feudal society at that time, with a distinct spirit of resistance, patriotism and the enterprising spirit of the times.
It has to be admitted that Guo Moruo still made great contributions to the development of Chinese literature at that time. Of course, in addition to this work, he has many very famous works, and there is no doubt about his contribution to the development of literature in our country.
In addition to poetry, he also participated in and led the translation of many excellent foreign works, and Guo Moruo, in addition to achieving heights that are difficult for ordinary people to reach in literary creation, he also made certain achievements in historical drama and historical research.
In 1928, Guo Moruo began to devote himself to the field where few people were involved, studying oracle bones. In just a few years, he has published many books and periodicals on Oracle research, which has provided great help to the study of Oracle in China, and was selected as an academician of the first Academia Sinica in China in 1948.
In addition to these, he also created many historical dramas during the War of Resistance Against Japan, such as "Qu Yuan" and "Peacock Bile" and other large-scale dramas, which greatly encouraged the morale of the national War of Resistance, so it is said that his contribution to all aspects of literature is still very great for stripping away his personality and style.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" > Yao Xueyu</h1>
Who is Yao Xueyu, he is a modern Chinese novelist, a famous modern writer, and his masterpiece "Li Zicheng" has created a series of historical figures with distinct images for readers, showing people the complex social situation between the revolution set off by the peasants in the late Ming Dynasty and the social form at that time, which also produced great repercussions at that time and was deeply loved by readers.
During this period, Guo Moruo also had a work called "Jiashen Three Hundred Years Festival", and Yao Xueyu believed that it exaggerated the role of one of the characters, which was disrespectful to history and a distortion of history.
This led Yao Xueyu to take a negative attitude towards Guo Moruo's literary creations and Guo Moruo's articles, and his dissatisfaction with Guo Moruo rose above his entire person.
And in the "Speech That Yao Xueyu Hopes to Publish Behind His Body", he signaled that he did not accept Guo Moruo, in which we can see that he bluntly said that his works can completely surpass words such as "Dream of the Red Chamber", which already has a certain exaggerated and conceited component.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="8" > controversial lifetime</h1>
As for Guo Moruo's controversial situation, most of them still make a fuss about his life style, and some people say that he is a person who sees the wind and makes the rudder and "abandons his wife and children".
As we all know, Guo Moruo experienced three marriages, his first wife Zhang Qionghua belonged to the arranged marriage of the feudal society period, because there was no feeling between the two, plus Guo Moruo was influenced by education since childhood, and there has always been a rejection of the preservation of marriage.
He came to Japan to live alone a few days after his marriage, while Zhang Qionghua stayed at home and helped him serve his parents without complaint until his death.
After Guo Moruo came to Japan, he and a Japanese named Sato Fumiko, that is, Guo Anna, when the two met to fell in love, she chose to marry Guo Moruo despite her family's opposition, but the beautiful and happy life did not last long.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Guo Moruo chose to return to the country alone, and at that time, Guo Anna was arrested and imprisoned by the Japanese army, tortured to inquire about Guo Moruo, and later broke off contact between the two after being released from prison.
In the blink of an eye, eleven years have passed, and Guo Anna learned the news of Guo Moruo in China by chance, and she took her child to Shanghai to meet him.
Guo Moruo not only had a new wife, but also had a child belonging to them, and this person was Yu Liqun, who also officiated at the wedding for them at that time. Guo Anna was also powerless to face the situation at that time, and later successfully joined the Chinese nationality until her death in Shanghai in 1995.
I have to say that Guo Moruo has been amorous all his life but only has no feelings for his wife, which also makes many netizens have great dissatisfaction with his life style, in addition to his emotional life, that is, some of the decisions he made in archaeology have also been questioned and opposed by people.
Everything is relative, and we must look at the problem from many aspects. Of course, for a person, too, we cannot completely deny the achievements of this person because of their personal personality and lack of behavior.