The picture shows Mr. Lu Xun
In August 1936, although Mr. Lu Xun was on his sickbed, he could not help but publish an article in the Writer entitled "Answering Xu Maoyong and On the Question of the Anti-Japanese United Front" (hereinafter referred to as "The Problem").
In the article, Mr. Lu Xun first posted a letter from Xu Maoyong to himself to the public, and then he explained to everyone one by one on the issues in the letter.
The reason why Xu Maoyong wrote this letter was that with the complicated changes in the situation, the "Left League" that Lu Xun had been assisting had to be dissolved, and its members were divided into two factions: "National Defense Literature" headed by Zhou Yang and "Popular Literature" headed by Lu Xun and Hu Feng.
Although Lu Xun is nominally the leader of the "Left Alliance", because he is only a literary scholar, the real power of the "Left Alliance" has always been in the hands of Zhou Yang, Xia Yan and others.
At this time, Xu Maoyong relied on his relationship with both sides to serve as the administrative secretary of the Left League.
The picture shows Xu Maoyong
At that time, Xu Maoyong was only 23 years old, but because of his position, he could have more intimate contact with the leader of the Left League, his idol Lu Xun.
Since then, Xu Maoyong often had the opportunity to report his work to Lu Xun, coupled with his diligent character, Mr. Lu Xun once bluntly praised him: "There are quite a few 'left-wing' writers, only 'left' and rarely 'writing', are empty writers, and you translate at least one book a year, and you write a lot of articles." "
Mr. Lu Xun can give Xu Maoyong a big evaluation, in addition to his achievements at a young age, but also because of his writing style.
Like Mr. Lu Xun, Xu Maoyong's articles have always shown their dissatisfaction with the regime with their rich knowledge accumulation and active tension.
So much so that when Xu Maoyong first saw Lu Xun, for a moment, the crowd actually made a small joke on them.
It was new year in 1934, and before that, Xu Maoyong had become famous in the literary world, and even due to the influence of his writing style, he had become a special writer for the "Declaration" supplement "Free Talk".
Therefore, at the New Year's dinner of "Free Talk", many outstanding writers such as Lu Xun, Yu Dafu, Lin Yutang and so on went to the banquet, including Xu Maoyong.
Before the banquet began, everyone saw Lu Xun sitting precariously at the table, and Lin Yutang couldn't help but quip to Lu Xun: "Mr. Zhou has a new pen name, right?" "
In order to escape the pursuit of reactionary rule, Lu Xun often changed his pen name, so that although there were many good articles in the newspaper, people did not know who its real author was.
After Mr. Lu Xun heard Lin Yutang's question, he immediately asked, "Why can I see it?" "
The picture shows Lin Yutang
Lin Yutang said: "I see that there is a Xu Maoyong, whose writing style is very similar to yours, and even the technique is the same as yours." "
After hearing about this, Mr. Lu Xun couldn't help but laugh.
Immediately, he explained to the crowd, "You didn't guess correctly this time, Xu Maoyong himself, but he is sitting here." "
After saying that, Lu Xun pointed to Xu Maoyong and motioned for him to say hello to everyone.
After hearing Lu Xun's explanation, everyone couldn't help but laugh with Lu Xun.
Photo of Mr. Lu Xun
As for why everyone can think of Xu Maoyong as Lu Xun, in addition to the writing techniques explained by Lin Yutang, the more important reason is Xu Maoyong's admiration for Lu Xun.
The first article Xu Maoyong submitted to Freedom Talk was his "Questioning of art theory" and "The Heart of Youth" modeled on Lu Xun's style.
At the beginning of Xu Maoyong's arrival in Shanghai, because of his status as a nobody, he urgently needed to be recognized by Shanghai.
But the truth is that Shanghai is different from Xu Maoyong's hometown of Shangyu, although the difference between the two is only one word, but there is a world of difference.
Although Xu Maoyong said that his family was poor, he still had time to study, and because of this, he was called "a beggar in the reading world" in his hometown.
Photo of Xu Maoyong
Later, with the rise of the New Culture Movement and the May Fourth Movement, Xu Maoyong entered the academy at a very young age.
Later, when he graduated from the academy, because his family was poor, he accepted the invitation of the school's teacher and stayed at the school to teach.
At this time, Xu Maoyong was only 14 years old.
In 1925, when Xu Maoyong was 15 years old, with the resumption of the publication of Shangyu Sheng, Xu Maoyong also began to publish many articles in the newspaper.
At the same time, because of his excellent writing, he also received a lot of assistance from hu Yuzhi, the founder of the newspaper.
"Shangyu Sheng" newspaper
Later, Xu Maoyong was wanted by them for opposing the rule of the Nanjing government, and he had to choose to live in Shanghai.
After coming to Shanghai, Xu Maoyong assumed the pseudonym Yu Zhi (taken from the first three characters of Sun Yat-sen's will) and continued to study.
Then, at the beginning of the Founding of the Left League, at the call of Lu Xun, a large number of Chinese literary elites lashed out at the government in Shanghai.
Xu Maoyong was also influenced by Lu Xun and was eager to try this matter for a while, but there was no way to repay the country.
Suddenly, he thought of Hu Yuzhi, who had aided him before, and immediately chose to translate an article and send it to him instead.
The picture shows Hu Yuzhi
However, because his translation of the article is so famous, although he submitted to all the families, it eventually ended with "someone publishing it earlier".
Just when Xu Maoyong expressed despair about this and wanted to go home, suddenly, Hu Yuzhi found the door.
He asked Xu Maoyong to translate a Japanese novel and promised to pay him for it.
In this way, Xu Maoyong had the capital to gain a foothold in Shanghai and the opportunity to further understand Lu Xun.
Soon after, Xu Maoyong found inspiration in Mr. Lu Xun's essays and immediately wrote two articles and submitted them to "Free Talk".
Liberty Talk newspaper
Since then, his works have received great social repercussions, and "Free Talk" has also given him many opportunities to write.
In November 1932, Xu Maoyong took the initiative to write to Lu Xun, which was sent to Mr. Lu Xun along with the letter, along with his translation of Tolstoy's biography.
In Mr. Lu Xun's world, taking care of new literary newcomers is a habit he has always had.
It didn't take long for Xu Maoyong to receive a reply from Mr. Lu Xun.
This was also the beginning of their 4-year friendship.
Two years later, after Ren Baige's introduction, Xu Maoyong joined the "Left League" and had the opportunity to get to know Lu Xun closely.
Later, because Ren Baige's identity was exposed and the leading members of the Left League were arrested, Xu Maoyong was ordered to become the secretary of the Left League.
Originally, Xu Maoyong thought that this would be the beginning of the further refinement of his relationship with Lu Xun, but this was actually the beginning of his "confrontation" with Lu Xun.
In November 1935, the Left League was divided into two factions. Due to the difference in views on the issue, there was some unpleasantness between the leaders of the two sides.
At this time, because of the rule of the Nanjing government, Zhou Yang, a representative of the Left League of the Party, also broke off contact with the Party organization.
The picture shows Zhou Yang
Sometimes, even if they want to know the policies of the Party, they can only learn a few words through the translations in the newspapers of the third international organ.
In the same month, Zhou Yang was again pressured by Wang Ming, Kang Sheng, and others to disband the Left League and turn to "national defense literature."
Subsequently, without the knowledge of Lu Xun and others, they set up the "Literary and Artistic Association" and invited Lu Xun to come and participate.
Lu Xun refused.
In response to the slogan of "national defense literature", Lu Xun, Hu Feng and others put forward the "mass literature of the national revolutionary war", still emphasizing class struggle as the main program.
Hu Feng photo
Therefore, Xu Maoyong, as a representative of "national defense literature", went to visit Lu Xun, hoping to persuade him as a friend.
But the fact is that until February of the following year, Lu Xun still insisted that his ideas never wavered.
Therefore, in August 1936, Xu Maoyong took the initiative to write a letter to Lu Xun, although the original intention was to persuade Him, but between the lines, he revealed the sense of attack on Lu Xun.
In the letter, Xu Maoyong first took the struggle between the left coalition as the cause, and successively threw out such incidents as the "united front," "subject-object issue," and "literary and artistic association."
Then, he turned his pen sharply and began to talk about the many friends around Lu Xun: "Does Mr. Lu Think that all the people who participate in the 'Literary and Artistic Association' are inferior to Ba Jin and Huang Yuan?"
Mr. Lu Xun was discussing with everyone
In addition, in the article, he also wrote that Lu Xun paid the most attention to the point that "Mr. Lu Xun's view of people is not accurate." "
It is true that although Xu Maoyong deeply felt that this was an ordinary letter, in the eyes of Mr. Lu Xun, the words used in it had become words of reprimand.
Although Mr. Lu Xun was already terminally ill at that time, he still did not choose to tolerate this matter.
On the contrary, with the assistance of his friend Feng Xuefeng, Mr. Lu Xun dragged his seriously ill body and wrote the article "Problem" within 4 days, arguing with Xu Maoyong on the basis of reason.
In Mr. Lu Xun's literary works, he first corrected Xu Maoyong's malicious slander against his friends.
Immediately, with regard to the "anti-Japanese united front," Mr. Lu Xun very succinctly explained his attitude: support.
"I agree with the idea of all writers, writers of any denomination, united under the slogan of the Anti-Japanese Resistance." This is Mr. Lu Xun's original reply to Xu Maoyong, and it is also his way to express his attitude to the public.
As for his failure to participate in the so-called "Literary and Artistic Association", Mr. Lu Xun directly explained that there were too many young people in Xu Maoyong's style, and he did not choose to participate.
Later, Mr. Lu Xun raised his own doubts about the slogans agreed upon by both sides: "As long as the slogan of 'mass literature of the national revolutionary war' is not the slogan of 'traitors', it is a force of resistance against Japan; Why is this 'new'?"
At the end of the incident, Mr. Lu Xun also proposed that the reason why Xu Maoyong could now speak was because he was holding a seriously ill body and could no longer fight with everyone, so that he could take advantage of it.
The picture shows Lu Xun
As for the end of the letter, Mr. Lu Xun, on behalf of his good friend, condemned Xu Maoyong's attack and once again explained his attitude: two slogans coexist, together to promote anti-Japanese propaganda.
Although this is an article published by Mr. Lu Xun, it can be said that it is a reply letter from Mr. Lu Xun to Xu Maoyong.
However, this reply letter was published by Mr. Lu Xun, and Mr. Lu Xun's attitude also shows that this letter is a letter of severance between the two of them.
Sure enough, after Xu Maoyong saw the article published by Mr. Lu Xun, although he was in Shangyu's hometown, he still held the newspaper and cried.
Xu Maoyong had always thought that one day, he would find Mr. To explain the matter clearly, and Mr. Xu would definitely forgive him.
Xu Maoyong took a photo with his wife
However, when he returned to Shanghai, he received the news of Mr. Lu Xun's death, and the time was fixed on October 19.
Xu Maoyong did not know that the meeting between the two in February this year would be their last meeting.
He did not know that although Mr. Lu Xun was extremely angry and published such a "letter of renunciation" with the newspaper, in his heart, he lamented and regretted For Xu Maoyong one after another.
After Lu Xun published "Problems", in the correspondence of his friend Ouyang Shan, he once mentioned a few words of Xu Maoyong.
"I really don't understand why Xu Maoyong was so dim-witted, suddenly pretending to be the emperor of the literary world, knowing that I was too sick to read, but scolding the door, with the intention of raiding the house."
In Mr. Lu Xun's mind, although they disagreed, he could understand these things.
However, for Xu Maoyong's various remarks, Lu Xun began to be a little confused.
He didn't understand why his former friends, who had been very good friends, suddenly became vicious, and even used his friends as an example to condemn him for doing something wrong.
That is to say, Lu Xun and Ba Jin and others met, so after seeing the "Problem", everyone did not write many articles against Xu Maoyong.
But even so, Xu Maoyong did not even want to repent, and even knew that he was seriously ill, and did not want to come to visit to explain clearly.
Photo of Mr. Lu Xun
In the end, Mr. Lu Xun could only regret this matter and pass away unexpectedly.
After the death of Mr. Lu Xun, Xu Maoyong, saddled with the insult of attacking Lu Xun, left Shanghai alone and went to Yan'an, the revolutionary base area.