Source: Jiaxing Daily - Jiaxing Online
I testify before this weed, in the light and darkness, in life and death, in the past and in the future, before the offerings of friends and enemies, men and beasts, lovers and unloved.
—— "Weeds"
This sentence is printed on the cover, and the book is called "Between Light and Darkness: A Biography of Lu Xun", and the author is a Japanese named Maruo Changxi.
Maruo Changxi has a nickname, called "Maruo Lu Xun", is a senior Lu Xun research collection, but the book is non-academic, is a popular book. It is said that the three most well-known Chinese in Japan are: one is Confucius, the other is Lu Xun, and the third is Sun Yat-sen.
Lu Xun's works were first translated into Japanese. Almost all Japanese people have read "Hometown" in middle school textbooks. Haruki Murakami was greatly influenced by Lu Xun, and "1Q84" is not only a tribute to Orwell, but also a tribute to Lu Xun, and the "Q" in the title of the book has the shadow of Ah Q.
Maruo Changxi wrote such a small book to introduce the greatness of Lu Xun to the people, so it was written in popular form.
Popular does not equal vulgarity.
Simplicity does not equal simplicity.
Lightness does not equal ease.
"Between Light and Dark: A Biography of Lu Xun" is linear and clear, such as the orderly presentation of a documentary. Not a simple list of materials, this short biography has connotations, warmth, and wind bones.
When his family was in ruin, Lu Xun experienced the heat and coldness; when he opened his eyes to see the world, Lu Xun was excited; he was helpless to drink tears when he married Zhu An on his mother's order; the people of the country were numb, and Lu Xun felt sad and indignant; he threw himself into the new cultural movement and promoted aesthetic education; he used his pen as a pawn to lash out at the darkness; he fell in love with Xu Guangping; he traveled from place to place in education work; and he also had a broad interest and never slackened his resistance.
"Between Light and Darkness: A Biography of Lu Xun" writes about the situation in which Lu Xun forged himself into a sharp weapon, how he sacrificed happiness and shouted for enlightenment under the pressure of feudal etiquette, and how he explored the soul of the silent people in the midst of deep loneliness and pain.
The binding of this book is excellent. Readers who know Lu Xun a little know that Mr. Da's aesthetic standards are very high. The designer uses ink blue as the background, orange font, light and shade echo, in line with the title of the book, the pattern is staggered.
The outer cover, the inner cover and the title page of the art font are all In Lu Xun style, and there is a print, and there are several black and white old photos.
If he had not become a writer, Lu Xun would have been an excellent artist. If Lu Xun is still alive, then, does he like this book cover? Lu Xun, who loves young people, will presumably be commended.
Lu Xun once wrote a sentence, "As long as you can cultivate a flower, you may as well make it a rotten grass that will decay." The biography begins with this, and Maruo says that this short sentence contains a way of survival, and what he wants to expound is the specific connotation of the way of survival presented by this sentence.
I think that Maruo's original intention in writing was to make this rotten grass.
And what about us? Why do we read, why do we write, why do we eagerly share what we love with others? Are we flowers, or grass?
It doesn't matter, all springs, there are flowers, there are grasses.
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