In April, Lao Qin wrote "Is Chairman Mao's Poetry Good?" Lu Xun's evaluation was very accurate, Hu Shi looked for stubble: not a single sentence was smooth", "Lin Biao won, Chairman Mao wrote the first word, 8 times revised into a classic, Hu Shi read it but said: Really strange", "Hu Shi ridiculed Chairman Mao's < Qinyuan Spring > is "Xue Pan Body", his subsequent explanation is intriguing" and several other articles, focusing on the process of communication between Hu Shi and Chairman Mao.
It is said that in August 1918, Chairman Mao was working as an assistant in the library of Peking University, but Hu Shi, who was only two years older than Chairman Mao, was already teaching at Peking University.
At that time, Chairman Mao observed Hu Shi's lectures and visited Hu Shi many times, asking hu Shi for advice and regarding Hu Shi as a teacher.
There was a time when the two got along more pleasantly.
Chairman Mao later returned to Changsha, Hunan Province, to run the Xiangjiang Review, and Hu Shi also helped a lot.
However, Hu Shi was a "royal literati" and "loyal follower" of lao Chiang; during the Chongqing peace talks, he wrote a letter to persuade Chairman Mao to disband the army and join the Kuomintang government; when he was refused, he became angry and became angry, and actively came forward to persuade the United States to help Lao Chiang in the civil war, and eventually became an accomplice of "first-class war criminals."
After the founding of New China, Hu Shi migrated and lived like a migratory bird between Taiwan and New York, and when he was frustrated, he said a lot of ungrandly things to Chairman Mao.
For example, Chairman Mao's poem "Qinyuan Chun xue" was a sensation during the Chongqing peace talks, causing the mountain city to be expensive, and also triggered a century of cultural controversy, everyone said that this word has been unique for eternity, shocking the word world, even the old Chiang Kai-shek's "literary boldness" Chen Bray also looked forward to the words and sighed, saying that such words are "swallowing mountains and rivers, and cannot be done without being bold and bold."
Hu Shi tried his best to show a very dismissive look, saying that the word was very mediocre, and that "some of the sentences in it are not worthy of being called 'Xue Pan Body'"
In 1959, after reading Chairman Mao's newly published "Butterfly Love Flower and Answering Li Shuyi," he wrote a commentary, saying that "it is really a bit meaty" and "there is no sentence that makes sense."
What has long been harsh and mean is that he also said in public: "Mao Runzhi's ability is average, to tell the truth, his level can not pass peking university, he is not my student, he is just a worker in the library of Peking University." ”
Relatively speaking, Chairman Mao's arrogance towards Hu Shi was very grand -- he not only regarded Hu Shi as a teacher in his youth, but according to the American journalist Snow's "Journey to the West", Chairman Mao also once made Hu a "model" in life. Moreover, on the eve of the founding of New China, Chairman Mao was also ready to hire Hu Shi as the director of the Beijing Library.
Having said that, Hu Shi has intensified his disparagement of Chairman Mao, saying that Chairman Mao's level is not up to Peking University and he is not worthy of being a student, so can he gain the approval of the world?
This is not possible.
But anyone with a little common sense finds it ridiculous.
Chairman Mao's good friend Luo Zhanglong told people many times that Mao Runzhi did not care about The Examination of Peking University at all, and he thought that it was a waste of time to take the Examination of Peking University.
Regarding Luo Zhanglong, Lao Qin wrote a few days ago, "In 1979, the old man disclosed a poem, saying that Chairman Mao wrote it specifically for him, and after examination: it is the real thing", he was briefly introduced in the article, and today I will talk about it in detail.
Luo Zhanglong was as famous as Li Lisan among Chairman Mao's "Three and a Half Friends."
What's going on with these "three and a half friends"?
It is said that in September 1915, Chairman Mao, who was studying at the First Division in Hunan, issued a "Notice of Conscription for Friends" to schools in Changsha under the pseudonym of "Twenty-Eight Painters". Luo Zhanglong, who was studying at Changsha First Union Middle School at that time, gladly applied for the conscription and formed a "friendship between Guan Bao" and Chairman Mao.
When Chairman Mao was interviewed by Snow in Yan'an, he fondly recalled: "The answer I got from this advertisement was a total of three and a half people. One answer came from Luo Zhanglong... The 'half' answer came from a young man named Li Lisan who did not express his opinion clearly. ”
This is the origin of "three and a half friends".
On the day of his first acquaintance with Chairman Mao, Luo Zhanglong wrote a poem about his affairs:
Daytime Dongcheng Road, beautiful and clear.
Wind and dust cross the North Sea, and the empty valley sees Zhuang Sheng.
Ce Xi Changsha Fu, Tsao Huai Chu Qu Ping.
The period of affection is rewarded, and the same is evidence of this situation.
After that, the two frequently met and talked, "pointed out the rivers and mountains" and "stirred up the writing", and went on many hikes: they went to visit the home of Mr. Yang Changji in Bancang, went to the Jia Taifu Ancestral Hall of the Han Dynasty, went to the Chongde Temple of Yuelu Mountain where the Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu lived, visited the Flying Tiger Camp where the Southern Song Dynasty patriotic poet Xin Renyi trained troops in Changsha, went to the former residence of Yuyi Mountain in Quyuan of the Chu State to shuhuai, and went to Hengyang, the hometown of the Late Ming Dynasty Confucian Wang Fuzhi.
Once, Chairman Mao ascended Nanyue Zhu Rongfeng, Luo Zhanglong could not come with him, he was full of fear, spent most of the day in the Zhonggang shop south of Hengyang to write a letter to Luo Zhanglong, carefully depicted the scenery of Nanyue, and also quoted a lot of ancient and modern celebrities about Nanyue, including the tang Dynasty Han Yu's poem "Su Nanyue Temple" to talk about his own experience of visiting.
It can be said that chairman Mao and Luo Zhanglong's exchanges were "sympathetic to each other" and "complement each other."
The two introduced each other as confidants.
Two years later, the two joined forces to organize the Xinmin Society.
Lao Qin said in the article "In 1979, the old man disclosed a poem, saying that Chairman Mao wrote it specifically for him, and after examination: it is the real thing", in August 1918, Chairman Mao and Luo Zhanglong and most of the members of the Xinmin Society were facing graduation.
After discussion, the society decided to adopt the route proposed by He Shuheng to study in Japan, so that Luo Zhanglong would explore the way to Japan first, and others would follow up.
It was in this context that Chairman Mao wrote the seven-word ancient style poem "Sending Zhongyu Ichiro to the East" and gave it to Luo Zhanglong.
However, due to the persecution of overseas Chinese and Chinese students by the Japanese government in Japan, the society canceled its plan to travel east and went north instead, and Chairman Mao, Luo Zhanglong, and other members of the Xinmin Society went to Beijing together to prepare to go to France for work-study.
However, when he arrived in Beijing, Chairman Mao thought that there was a lot of things worth studying in China, and eventually gave up the idea of going to France.
Chairman Mao told the members of the society: Positions must be opened up in all aspects, and everyone should not gather in a swarm and should act separately.
In this way, Cai Hesen and others went to France, Luo Zhanglong was admitted to Peking University, and Chairman Mao returned to Changsha, Hunan Province, to establish the Xiangjiang Review.
Chairman Mao left Beijing and returned to Hunan in early 1919. Before leaving, Luo Zhanglong tried his best to retain the society on the grounds that its power in Beijing had been greatly weakened.
Chairman Mao encouraged him not to worry, and agreed with him on a three-year period, to work separately and strive for achievements.
Luo Zhanglong accepted Chairman Mao's encouragement and stood alone in the north.
Chairman Mao presided over the Changsha Xinmin Society in the south.
The north and south echoed each other and became the two banners of Chinese communism.
Luo Zhanglong participated in the formation of the first communist group in Beijing and was a candidate to attend the first group of people (later, due to a problem, Liu Renjing was reassigned); Chairman Mao founded the Hunan Communist Group to participate in the party congress.
After the first congress, our party established local organizations in eight districts across the country, with Luo Zhanglong as the secretary of the Beijing district and Chairman Mao as the secretary of the Xiang district.
Later, Luo Zhanglong presided over the Secretariat of the Northern Labor Union; Chairman Mao presided over the Secretariat of the Hunan Labor Union.
Later, Luo Zhanglong presided over the National Workers' Movement Seminar; Chairman Mao presided over the National Peasant Movement Seminar.
In 1923, the three major committees of the Communist Party of China elected five members of the Central Bureau, and Chairman Mao and Luo Zhanglong were both members of the Central Bureau. Chairman Mao successively served as secretary of the Central Committee and director of the Organization Department, and Luo Zhanglong first managed the economy, and soon became secretary and responsible for propaganda work.
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For a considerable period of time, Chairman Mao and Luo Zhanglong went hand in hand in revolutionary work and divided the scenery equally.
This situation continued until 1927.
Chiang Kai-shek defected to the revolution in 1927 and launched the "April 12" coup d'état, which frantically slaughtered communists.
Chairman Mao and Luo Zhanglong jointly planned the Autumn Harvest Uprising.
After the rebel army failed to attack Changsha, Chairman Mao led the troops up Jinggangshan and opened up the road for the countryside to encircle the city; Luo Zhanglong was ordered to return to Shanghai to reorganize the national workers' movement.
Luo Zhanglong's political fate ended in 1931.
On January 7, 1931, the Fourth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee, planned and presided over by Miff, a representative of the Communist International, was held in Shanghai.
Miff intended to prop up Wang Ming and others to the stage. Luo Zhanglong took the lead in opposing it, and led the team to withdraw from the venue, and set up a "Cpc Central Committee Extraordinary Committee", and he himself was elected as the chairman.
In this way, Luo Zhanglong objectively caused a split, was expelled from the party, and faded out of the political stage.
The second half of Luo Zhanglong's life was mainly engaged in teaching and writing activities.
After the founding of New China, Chairman Mao cared deeply for his early friend Luo Zhanglong, and asked Yang Shangkun to give his own collection of essays to Luo Zhanglong, and every time he passed through Wuhan, he asked the local person in charge about Luo Zhanglong's living conditions, and solemnly proposed to build a building for Luo Zhanglong to spend his old age.
Luo Zhanglong was in very good health, and he died in February 1995 at the age of 99.
Let's talk about why Chairman Mao disdained the matter of Peking University.
At that time, Chairman Mao, Luo Zhanglong, Xiao Zisheng and a total of 24 people came to Beijing, all of whom rushed to study in France.
But if you want to study in France, you must not only pay a large deposit, but also participate in the preparatory class in Beijing.
Chairman Mao was shy and empty-handed, and could not even afford to rent a house in Beijing, so he had to live in the home of his mentor Yang Changji.
With the help of his mentors Yang Changji and Li Dazhao, Chairman Mao went to the Peking University Library to work as an assistant, preparing to save some funds and think about the long term.
However, Yang Changji believes that although studying in France can study and study the experience of the French Revolution, studying at the highest universities can also explore a way to save the country.
Therefore, he suggested that Chairman Mao and Luo Zhanglong apply for Peking University.
Luo Zhanglong followed the advice and entered the preparatory class of Peking University according to the process, and then easily entered Peking University.
When Chairman Mao was an assistant in the library of Peking University, he also observed some courses at Peking University, and on the whole, he was disappointed.
He once said to Luo Zhanglong privately: "Peking University's curriculum is old and decaying, and it is too much of a waste of time to take the Peking University examination." ”
Therefore, he chose the path of running directly to the social revolution.
Just think of it, during his travels with Chairman Mao in Changsha, Luo Zhanglong was inferior to Chairman Mao in every way in terms of academic management and composition, and since he could easily be admitted to Peking University, why would it be difficult for Chairman Mao to really want to take the peking university examination?
It can only be said that Hu Shi is a bit vitriolous and mean.