preface
As a doctor, he did not immerse himself in the medical path, but plunged into the chaotic times and used his medical knowledge to predict the future development of China?
In such a turbulent era, when the rulers were corrupt and incompetent, and the people had no livelihood, "Wan Maqi was sad" was a true portrayal of the long-term obscurantism of Chinese society at that time.
What is even more terrifying is that the warlords are in a chaotic war, no one cares about the safety of the motherland and the survival of the nation, they only know about burning, killing and looting. Against this chaotic background, China has also awakened a large number of aspiring patriotic young people, who are always ready to sacrifice themselves for the survival of the nation and the rejuvenation of the motherland.
Among them, there was such a famous doctor in the late Qing Dynasty, when the country broke the mountains and rivers, he resolutely abandoned medicine and wrote articles that awakened the national mind, and the book made such a bold prediction, which Mr. Lu Xun judged as nonsense, but unexpectedly, these predictions became a reality a hundred years later.
What are the prophecies he is talking about? Why did Mr. Lu Xun give such a comment on this book? Have all these prophecies really come true?
Abandon medicine and awaken the national will
This famous doctor of the late Qing Dynasty, named Lu Shichen, was born into a family of doctors and Taoists, and his ancestors were all doctors, so he had practiced medicine for many years at a young age and was famous in the local area. With his superb medical skills, he caused quite a stir in the medical community in Shanghai at that time, and some people also called him a divine doctor.
In order to live up to the high expectations of his family, he studied medicine very hard every day, and while inheriting his father's medical skills, he also continued to expand his studies and strive to treat more incurable diseases.
There is a master doctor in the field of traditional Chinese medicine, named Tang Chunzhai, who is very skilled in medicine and can accurately distinguish with meticulous techniques, and Lu Shichen's father heard about it, so he found Tang Chunzhai and asked him to accept Lu Shichen's apprentice.
Soon, Lu Shichen became a young disciple of Tang Chunzhai, and under Tang Chunzhai's careful teaching, Lu Shichen made rapid progress and gradually found the true meaning of Chinese medicine. After several years of study, Lu Shichen, who had achieved a small success, came to Shanghai alone to work.
However, Lu Shichen did not intend to become a doctor, Chinese medicine pays attention to inheritance, if he does not accept it, he is a sinner in the family, and he wants to become a literalist.
Since he was a child, Lu Shichen has had a good habit of reading and writing, and although he is very busy with work every day, he has never given up his love for literature, and will also write some articles after practicing medicine.
Just do it, the first novel was written quickly, Lu Shichen submitted it to the newspaper, but did not expect to pass it smoothly soon, since then Lu Shichen has often published some articles, which received unanimous praise from everyone.
By chance, Lu Shichen practiced medicine as usual, and two men who came to see the doctor accidentally read Lu Shichen's article and felt very surprised, and invited Lu Shichen to work in the library, it turned out that these two gentlemen were the owners of the Shanghai Library.
Lu Shichen knew that it was difficult to find a sound, and readily agreed. Since then, Lu Shichen's literary career has officially begun. And he officially put down his medical skills.
With the social reality of the early Qing Dynasty as the background, Lu Shichen immersed himself in the ocean of literary creation every day, and published one popular literary work after another.
A fantasy becomes a reality
Among Lu Shichen's many literary works, there is such a work that is controversial, and Mr. Lu Xun, who has become a literary giant at that time, expressed a sharp opinion on this book: the content in this book is nonsense.
Lu Shichen's "New China" gives a very detailed description of the future. The three words "New China" can be said to show the dissatisfaction with China at that time, and in the "New China" he described, it was a beautiful vision at that time.
The book mainly describes the social situation of China after a hundred years, and enters this beautiful dream from the first perspective of the protagonist in the book.
In the dream, the protagonist sees that the concession in Shanghai has long been recovered, the lawyers in the court are all Chinese, the humble and courteous people, the polite state officials, the bustling streets, the rows of bungalows, and the modern means of transportation, the subway, etc.
What is even more interesting is that the book even discusses the method of building a railway, some people think that the railway should be built in the sky, like a viaduct, and some people think that a tunnel should be dug to build a subway underground, and after various discussions, the government decided to build the railway underground, neither disturbing the people nor occupying a large amount of above-ground space to facilitate everyone's travel.
He also wrote in the book that in a hundred years, Shanghai Pudong will hold the Universal Exposition, and these ideas have been realized in 2010, Shanghai really held the World Expo in Pudong, countries from all over the world came to Shanghai, China to exhibit, and at the same time, the underground railway written in the book has become a reality.
After seeing these depictions of the new China, Mr. Lu Xun did not express his appreciation, and even reprimanded them for all nonsense.
In fact, we can all express our understanding that the social situation in China at that time was too grim, the people were not living, the invaders burned and looted, the government was unscrupulous, and whether it could survive at that time was a problem, how dare to think about this? It's so beautiful that it's impossible to think it's impossible.
Advanced thinking helps prophecy come true
In old China, where people were living in poverty, why could Lu Shichen "make" this dream that was simply impossible at that time? Why is it possible to predict the Universal Exposition a hundred years later?
At that time, Lu Shichen's younger brothers and sisters and other relatives were all members of progressive ideological groups at that time, such as the League Association and the Southern Society. I had read the Communist Manifesto very early on, so he thought that there must be a new group to build a "new China".
At that time, influenced by Mr. Lu Xun's remarks, many people destroyed the book after reading "New China", so there is only one original copy and it is preserved in the Shanghai Library.
A few years after the publication of "New China", it can be said that Mr. Lu Xun himself slapped his face, and after reading some Western articles, he read "New China" again, and found that the two had something in common, and combined with the new youth thinking at that time, he couldn't help but feel that this idea might really be realized in the future.
Therefore, Mr. Lu Xun published a letter of apology in the newspaper and strongly recommended Lu Shichen's article. It can be seen that in China at that time, Lu Shichen's thinking was indeed far ahead.
Although Lu Shichen has never been abroad, he still knows a lot about foreign countries. The world's first subway line was built in 1860 in London, England, and Lu Shichen's novel was written in 1910, when many countries had already opened subways.
It was not uncommon for Lu Shichen to encounter foreign patients during his medical practice, especially in the Shanghai concession. In Lu Shichen's eyes, if a country wants to develop, it must first build a subway.
In 1851, the first Universal Exposition was held in London, England, and Xu Rongcun, a businessman in Shanghai at that time, also participated in the Universal Exposition in London with "Rongji Lake Silk", and also won awards.
All the things in the book were unimaginable to the Chinese at that time, of course, more was Lu Shichen's yearning for a better life in the future on the mainland and his hope that the motherland would become stronger.
epilogue
Mr. Lu set the ideal and goal for the Chinese in 1910. At the time when the country is most desperate, the ideal China is the most important, guiding generations of people with lofty ideals to study for the rise of China and strive for the ideal new China.
Today's China is the result of the struggle of generations of people with lofty ideals, and will continue to stand proudly among the nations of the world.
What China lacks the most is that at times of crisis, countless people with lofty ideals, regardless of class, culture or race, who only strive for the survival of the nation, are heroes of the people.
It can be said that there are so many prophets in the world, but they are the results of combining the advanced ideas and real life of the time like Mr. Lu.