"You feel that you can't resist the oppression of the outside world, because you are not brave and afraid. ”
Text / Ba Jiuling (WeChat public account: Wu Xiaobo channel)
If you ask today's youth
Perspectives on the future of the individual
Confusion can be a common answer
China is in the third stage of the Compo cycle –
The Compo cycle is a 60-year period
A large economy
A cyclical economic model for growth and development
The basic characteristic of the third stage is the low-to-medium growth rate of the economy
The post-95s and post-00s are in the third stage
Compared with the post-70s and post-80s
Opportunities for personal development may be decreasing
It's hard for us to look forward to tomorrow
It is impossible to imagine the day after tomorrow
"If you can't win, you can't lie flat" under the current situation
I can only sigh at the growth rings of growth
Ideals and wills
Lost by reality
In the confusion, we are terrified and hesitated
But look at the past and the present, China and the world
Confusion may be the eternal background color of youth
105 years ago today
There is also a group of young people in their twenties and thirties
"They are also ambivalent and anxious"
But at the turn of day and night
but they are like the stars
Move through the newly awakened city of Beijing
Liberating the "shackles of confusion" with "absolute action"
At a time when the nation is in peril
Roaring out of the rage of the times
On May 4, 1919, students in Beijing held a demonstration
Source: Xinhua News Agency
This is an epoch-making youth movement in Chinese history.
May Fourth Movement
Today marks the 105th anniversary of the May Fourth Movement
We present the stories and messages of five of them
Look back at this historical event
I also hope to cheer us up today
Liang Qichao: No confusion, no fear, no worry
Throughout Liang Qichao's life
It can be said to be a "revolutionary life"
At the age of 22, he and Kang Youwei
Co-sponsored the "Book on the Bus"
Initiate the Pentecostal Change
After the failure of the reform, he fled to Japan
When he fled, he continued to promote the "poetry revolution"
Promote constitutional monarchy overseas
Advocacy for a new cultural movement
During the May Fourth Movement
He was active in Paris
Strive for China's due interests abroad
Synchronize real-time messages internally in a timely manner
Support the May Fourth Movement
After the failure of the reform and exile in Japan
Liang Qichao wrote:
Ten years of drinking ice
It's hard to cool the blood
This is also a portrayal of Liang Qichao's life
Even if several revolutions failed
Even in difficult situations
But the ambition in my heart is undiminished
It is hard to get rid of the enthusiasm for the people and the country
1922
Liang Qichao was invited by the Suzhou academic community
He gave a speech to the students on the spot
At this time, Liang Qichao was 49 years old
He has seen and participated
The vicissitudes of the times
A feudal dynasty is in the throes of life
Eventually, it will perish
The people are numb
Wake up gradually
Youth in the May Fourth Movement
also let him see the dawn of the times
In the speech
Aimed at the depressed and confused mentality of young people
He pointed out the knots:
You are skeptical and dull
It's because you don't know that you're confused
You are sad and miserable
It's because you're unkind that you're worried
You feel like you can't resist outside oppression
It is because you are not brave that you are afraid
Know but not be confused
仁能不忧
Courage is not afraid
Today, to you and me
And that's not it
Lu Xun: Get rid of the air conditioner, just go up
About May 4, 1919
Lu Xun recorded in his diary:
Four days, one week off
Xu Jixuan laid a foundation for his father
In the morning, I went to hang and paid three yuan
In the afternoon, Sun Fuyuanjun came and Liu Bannong came
Handed over two volumes of books
It's the one who sent it from Maruzen
Bust of Lu Xun, taken in 1933 for Snow's compilation of Living China
Source: Zhejiang Library
At this time, Lu Xun was 39 years old
He served as an advisor to the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China
Chief of Section 1, Department of Social Education
In today's words
He is a "civil servant" and "a person in the system"
Lu Xun didn't get involved too much
This youth movement
Even on the first anniversary of May Fourth
In his letter to his student Song Chongyi
commented on May Fourth:
Then it is up to the servants to watch
It has no impact on China
It's just a momentary phenomenon
All kinds of emotions
Past experience with Lu Xun
It has a lot to do with it
At the age of twelve
My grandfather was imprisoned
The family is in the middle of the road
He also grew up from a carefree rich boy
See through the warmth and coldness of people
When studying in Japan
He was outraged by the insults made to China by foreign students
I also mourned for the numbness of the Qing Dynasty students
1909
At the age of 29, Lu Xun returned to China
Decades since
He had seen the Xinhai Revolution
Secondary revolution
Yuan Shikai was called emperor
Zhang Xun was restored
The old democratic revolution in which he participated
It also ended in failure
Therefore, Lu Xun "looked at it
I was skeptical
So I was disappointed and ruthless."
That's why he has him
May Fourth seems to be "pessimistic".
But the brave march of the young people in the May Fourth Movement
It also made this young man with a pessimistic mentality
Rekindle some hope for the future
In the sixth volume of the New Youth, published in September 1919
Lu Xun wrote:
May the young people of China get rid of the cold air
Just go up
You don't have to listen to the flow of self-defeaters
There's a bit of heat
Shine a little light
After that, there was no torch
I am the only light
These words to this day
can still be when you and I are pessimistic and frustrated
Give the strength to move forward
Hu Shi: Young people's outlook on life is critical.
Adventurous, socially collaborative
Hu Shi can be called a "young scholar"
At the age of 19, he went to study in the United States
Studied under the philosopher John Dewey
At the age of 26, he returned to China and taught at Peking University
When the May Fourth Movement broke out
Hu Shi is in Shanghai
Translated for John Dewey, a teacher who came to China
The scene on May Fourth
He learned about it from Chen Duxiu's letter
But then Hu Shi soon returned to Beijing from Shanghai
He also participated in a series of activities in the follow-up of the May Fourth Movement
He delivered food and quilts to the arrested students
Publish articles in newspapers in solidarity
Running around to rescue Chen Duxiu......
This year, Hu Shi was only 28 years old
In this case, it affected the whole country
Influence on the patriotic movement at home and abroad
It's like taking on some of the responsibilities of "Big Brother".
After the May Fourth Movement in 1919
Some young people have woken up
But most young people are still confused
They are in the tragic status quo of the country
The future of the country is out of sight
I can't see my direction clearly
I can't live in fear
In July of this year
Hu Shi accepted
Invitation to the newly established "Junior China Society".
Delivered a speech to young people at Tsinghua University
He said that there are three outlooks on life
The enemy of "Young China".
The first is drunkenness, dreams, and unconscious life
The second is a withdrawn outlook on life
The third is the opportunism of ambition
These three outlooks on life
It's not outdated today
We are more or less stuck in a corresponding state of mind
Or because of the unpredictable future
Or because of the embarrassment of reality
It is also difficult to escape the most fundamental selfish desires of human nature
What should be the outlook on life in young China?
Hu Shi listed three elements
The first is to have a critical spirit
It's about being questioning and reflecting all the time
Why would I do that? And why not?
Second, it is necessary to have a spirit of adventure and enterprising
The world is always dangerous, flawed, and painful
But the world is always advancing
And the power of progress
Enterprising and adventurous from youth
Third, there must be a concept of social cooperation
There is heroism in this world
But Superman is not reality
The world needs to progress
Each one you and I collaborate
The idea of collaboration
Let us have respect and reverence for everything
At the end of the speech
Hu Shi concluded with a sentence from Homer's epic:
Please take a look
We're back
The world of the future should never be the same
We are today for a variety of reasons
Where is the direction of confusion, and the future is slight
But put the quasi-outlook on life and stretch the long axis
The world will be ours after all
Chen Duxiu: Enterprising, not retiring
Chen Duxiu is called
"Commander-in-Chief during the May Fourth Movement"
He was involved in the whole process
And he took a clear stand in support of the May Fourth Movement
He was well documented in the Weekly Review
This student patriotic movement
Published a number of articles calling on the people
Solve problems with action
June 9th
Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao draft the Beijing Citizens' Declaration
Declaration Transcription:
The Chinese nation is a peace-loving nation
Although it is now oppressed by intolerable internal and external oppression......
He also pointed out that "direct action should be taken to achieve fundamental transformation"
The spearhead is directed at the Beiyang government
On the evening of June 11
Chen Duxiu with thousands of copies of the Beijing Citizens' Declaration
Climb aboard the "New World" playground in Beijing
Five-storey roof garden
At that time, an open-air movie was being shown on the fourth floor
Crowds gather
Chen Duxiu holds a handful of "Declaration" leaflets
Let go of your hand high in the air
A large number of flyers floated to the crowd downstairs
Chen Duxiu was also immediately arrested by secret agents
and taken to the police station
Chen Duxiu published an article in the inaugural issue of China Youth under the pseudonym of Shi'an
Source: China Youth Magazine
this event
In line with Chen Duxiu's own personality
The spirit and arrogance of the literati
The courage and indomitability of revolutionaries
On Chen Duxiu
It's hard to see the word "back-off".
He's always forging ahead
He founded New Youth
With sharp words
"Woke up the youth of the whole era"
He led the May Fourth
Awaken the sleeping nation
If you want to use an image to describe Chen Duxiu
"Scorching Sun" may be the most suitable
its personality
It was also reflected in the founding of New Youth
In "To the Youth", he has six standards for young people:
Autonomous, not slave
Progressive rather than conservative
Enterprising, not retiring
The world's, not the country's
Profit, not fiction
Scientific rather than imaginary
These six words are put to this day
It should also be the standard for our generation's self-examination
It is a directional signpost when you are confused
Li Dazhao: The consciousness of youth,
First, it is breaking through the snares of history
Fang Da's head
Two mustaches
Beneath the dark eyebrows are gold wire frames
This is Li Dazhao
He was the main leader of the May Fourth Movement
On the eve of May Fourth
He put forward the slogan of "direct action".
Launched the mobilization order for the May Fourth Movement
On the day of the outbreak of the May Fourth Movement
Li Dazhao stood side by side with the students
Walking in the streets of Beijing to march and speak
He guided the establishment of the Beijing Federation of Students at and above the secondary level
Together with young students
Discuss rescue options for the arrested students
and the next step in the struggle action
This year, Li Dazhao was 29 years old
It was only eight years before he was righteous
1916
Li Dazhao, who went east to Japan to study, returned to China
Facing a land that is in deep suffering
Insensitive citizens
Li Dazhao wrote the article "Youth".
He said:
The self-consciousness of youth
First, it is breaking through the snares of past history
Destroy the prison of the stale doctrine, and don't let the zombies dry their bones
Bondage to the now lively me
And then I was in my youth
Kill the past youthful me
Promote today's youthful me
The power of youth
It's about breaking the old rules and innovating things
This has been true throughout the ages
In March of this year
Mr. Wu has interpreted a book for everyone
It's called "Greatness Can't Be Pland"
Why it symbolizes the crown of generative AI
Picked up by a group of young people living in garages and basements
A key reason:
They are not stuck in the goal
Break the routine with action
The world is always renewed in the hands of young people
But refurbishment is about action
At the end of the article "Youth".
Li Dazhao said:
Plough the waves
It's a long way off
Why don't you have a plan to stay in the spring and worry beyond your reach?
There will always be someone young
But no one will be forever young
So dear friends
Although the road is long and unpredictable
While we are still young
Don't be sorrowful, don't be confused
We must act and forge ahead
The last of the last
I wish you and me
Happy Youth Day
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The author of this article | Tian Weifeng | Picture | Zhao Jie
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