How tall is Lu Xun? Or how short is Lu Xun?
In fact, this is a problem that many of us often overlook.
Because, on the one hand, in our minds, Lu Xun is a writer, thinker, revolutionary, and the founder of modern Chinese literature, and his works are well read and familiar to us from an early age, and his image is naturally "tall";
On the other hand, we often see photos of Lu Xun, with his head in size, his hair standing up straight and energetic, his eyes full of energy, his literary qualities revealing his fortitude and giving people a sense of height.
Mr. Lu Xun
Yet we are deceived by appearances.
Every time we see Lu Xun's personal photos, lean and lean, the wind god is scattered, and there is no sense of shortness against the background of the long shirt and zhengzheng's proud bones.
But as soon as I look at the group photo, the truth is revealed.
In February 1933, the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw visited China, and Lu Xun, Cai Yuanpei and George Bernard Shaw had a group photo (below), George Bernard Shaw was the tallest, Cai Yuanpei was second, and Lu Xun, who stood together, was the shortest.
Lu Xun was with Cai Yuanpei and George Bernard Shaw
Mr. Cai Yuanpei once said that he was 1.67 meters tall, and from this point of view, Lu Xun's height would probably not exceed 1.6 meters.
Sun Yu, director of the Lu Xun Museum in Beijing, once said that Lu Xun was only a little taller than 1.5 meters. The writer Wang Gan said with great certainty that Lu Xun is only 1.58 meters tall, which may be the most affirmative and accurate expression of Mr. Lu Xun's height so far.
Whether it is true or not, Mr. Lu Xun is not tall, which is an ironclad fact.
However, Xu Guangping, who was studying at the Beijing Women's Higher Normal School at the time, fell in love with him, and the two eventually came together, became a de facto marriage, and gave birth to a boy, which caused an uproar in the literary circles at that time and in the whole society, and became a hot topic for a while, attracting the attention of all parties, and even making people talk about it to this day.
Then, why did Xu Guangping, who was in his youth, fall in love with Lu Xun, who was 17 years older than himself?
In 1922, Xu Guangping graduated from the First Women's Normal School directly under Tianjin and was immediately admitted to the Department of Chinese Literature of the National Beijing Women's Higher Normal School (referred to as the Female Higher Normal School).
Xu Guangping when he was a student
At that time, Xu Shousheng served as the principal of the female high school, and Cai Yuanpei was the president of Peking University, because the two were fellow villagers, Xu Shousheng often invited Peking University teachers through Cai Yuanpei to come and teach part-time, and the peking university teachers who taught part-time in the Department of Chinese Literature were Zhou Zuoren, Ma Yuzao, Qian Xuantong, Shen Yinmo, Lu Xun, and so on.
In 1923, the female senior high school teacher opened a course on "History of Chinese Novels" in the Department of Chinese Literature, and Lu Xun was the teacher of Peking University who came to teach this lesson. Lu Xun is famous for his many works, known for daring to struggle, in that era of literary flourishing, its influence is great, the followers are numerous, the strength behind him, the sharpness of the shooting dagger, there is no difference, especially among young students, Lu Xun is a god-level figure, so his class has attracted much attention.
Xu Guangping is already a second-year student of the female high school, ten minutes of love for literature, and he admires and admires Mr. Lu Xun even more, so Lu Xun comes to class, and Xu Guangping sits in the first row every time, in order to better listen to Mr. Lu Xun's class.
This year, Xu Guangping was 25 years old and Lu Xun was 42 years old.
The soul of the nation — Lu Xun
Lu Xun's class was extremely popular among the students, according to the memories of the students at that time, Lu Xun told the history of Chinese novels, painted with colorful voices, witty words, usually easy not to show a smile, but in front of the students, he was particularly kind, patient and meticulous, and the chalk characters on the blackboard of the board were as dashing and beautiful as calligraphy.
In August of the following year, the employment period had ended, Lu Xun proposed to the principal to resign, no longer part-time classes, the students heard about it, all crowded to the Academic Affairs Office, collectively asked Lu Xun to continue to teach everyone, everyone surrounded him and pleaded, until Lu Xun promised not to resign.
Among them, Xu Guangping showed the most positive. Not only that, Lu Xun was in class, and The beautiful girl Xu Guangping, who sat in the first row, was more active in asking questions, loving to ask questions, loving to provoke, and even breaking the casserole to ask questions to the end, not tired of it, but Lu Xun not only patiently answered, but also praised her many times for her wisdom, willingness to use her brain, and talent.
Since ancient times, beautiful women love talents, Lu Xun's talent, achievements, humor, and kindness have deeply touched Xu Guangping and set off huge waves in Xu Guangping's heart.
Lu Xun and Xu Guangping
Since having a more intimate feeling for the teacher than the teacher, Xu Guangping is more active and active in class, but in Mr. Lu Xun's class, Xu Guangping is always the first to arrive, boldly asking questions, enthusiastic discussion, and attracting Lu Xun's attention to herself again and again, whenever Lu Xun leaves the classroom after class, she is inexplicably sad and lost.
Whenever he is alone, Xu Guangping will repeatedly recall the bits and pieces of the class, remember whether a certain sentence of Mr. Xu is aimed at himself, whether those intentional and unintentional actions really have a deep meaning, blurt out the questions, whether he makes Mr. embarrassed, whether a certain performance of his own is decent...
She thought about it over and over again, thinking about it, worrying about it, and tangling it over and over again, until one day, she finally understood something.
Yes, she had fallen in love with her teacher.
In March 1925, after conscientiously becoming Lu Xun's student for 2 years, Xu Guangping finally plucked up the courage to write his first letter to his most gracious husband:
Mr. Lu Xun: I am writing to you now a schoolboy who has learned the lessons you have learned for almost two years, who is eager to listen to the "Outline of the History of the Novel" every week, and who speaks out of the same words in a straightforward and straightforward manner when you teach. He had a lot of doubts and resentments that had been in the middle for a long time, and at this time Xu could not suppress it, so he told Mr. Chen... Xu Guangping, a primary school student who was taught
Although Xu Guangping said in this first letter that she "complained to Mr. Chen", however, behind this indifferent "Chen complaint", how could she not be a kind of "confession" that could not be hidden and could not be suppressed?
A female student takes the initiative to write a letter to her husband of the opposite sex, no matter how simple the content is, how plain the expression, however, the letter itself, is enough to explain everything.
This year, Xu Guangping was 27 years old and unmarried. She knew what she was doing.
Didn't Mr. Lu Xun know?
As a result, this pair of teachers and students of the opposite sex who can meet and talk every week began to communicate "secretly".
Writing letters is one of the best ways to advance feelings, and the performance of proving the progression of feelings is to constantly change, from plain to intimate, and then to the outside world that seems to be very "meaty".
The names given to each other in the letters are constantly changing:
Xu Guangping's title of Lu Xun in his letter, from "Mr. Lu Xun", "Mr. Lu Xun is around my teacher", to "Lu Xunshi", and later to my dear teacher (my dear teacher), and then to "Xunshi", the feelings have been progressing;
Lu Xun's address to Xu Guangping in his letter, first "Brother Guangping", later "Little Devil" and "Little Hedgehog", was already intimate. Later, he even called Xu Guangping "dear little white elephant", "h.m" (harmful horses), and "good girl", which was very meaty. It is impossible to imagine that one wrote "horizontal eyebrows cold to a thousand fingers, bowing down to the cows." Hiding in a small building into a unity, managing his winter, summer and spring and autumn" Lu Xun, who has such a strong and tough verse, would show such tenderness and obedience in front of a girl.
Lu Xun oil painting
It is said that "people in love have zero IQ", it seems that in front of beautiful girls, the strong-looking gentleman also has a vulnerable time in feelings.
When the self-designation in the letter became one into "Xun" and one into "Your h.m", the two came together desperately. It can also be said that it was Xu Guangping who took the initiative to launch a love offensive and confessed his heartfelt and hard-hearted love to a teacher who was 17 years older than himself, not his love for not marrying, and his desperate love, which finally led to the two people's open love and frank cohabitation.
So, why did Xu Guangping fall in love with Lu Xun?
Xu Guangping fell in love with Lu Xun, and from the perspective of common sense and common sense, he had to go through at least "three difficulties":
The first is the age barrier: Lu Xun Da Xu Guangping is 17 years old, almost a generation, although the "old and young matching" at that time is not unusual, but the problem is that Xu Guangping is still a yellow flower girl who has never been married, and Xu Guangping's family lineage is more prominent than Lu Xun, Lu Xun's grandfather only served as Zhi County, Xu Guangping's grandfather served as an inspector of Zhejiang, a family that can support her to study teachers and high schools, and the economy will never be embarrassed. So, Xu Guangping has neither the worries of poverty nor the danger of a future, what does she want?
The second is identity guan: Teacher Lu Xun, Xu Guangping is a student, a teacher with such a great reputation, and the beautiful female students under the podium fall in love and live together, which is not to say that at that time, even now it is an immoral behavior that is to be spurned by society, insulting teacher morality is secondary, the social effect is in the first, Xu Guangping is facing the pressure of public opinion, can be imagined. What does she figure?
The third is moral difficulty: Lu Xun is also a husband with a wife, and the original Zhu An is still sitting at home. Although it was an arranged marriage that Lu Xun was extremely dissatisfied with, after all, in Lu Xun's own words, Juan—"This is a gift from my mother." "There is helplessness in the words, but it also contains obedience. Even if Lu Xun hated Juan anymore, but his mother was in the church, he would not divorce Juan and marry Xu Guangping as his wife. Will Xu Guangping's sudden intervention be interfered with by this "third party"? What does she figure?
Even if there is no status, no fame, no dignity of women, Xu Guangping still has no complaints, no regrets, desperately fell in love with her teacher Mr. Lu Xun, willing to suffer for him, willing to suffer for him, willing to suffer for him, willing to suffer for him to suffer people's sneers, willing to endure the insults of people pointing at the backbone and scolding "third party to step in", willing to be "nameless" for him for a lifetime!
Why?
The real reason is that Mr. Lu Xun is too great; the second is that Xu Guangping loves Mr. Lu Xun too much.
Lu Xun was a sober-minded and avant-garde in poor, backward, and beaten China; he was a good doctor of thought, teaching people the method of scraping bones and healing wounds; he was the trumpeter of the times, leading people to advance toward the light.
Lu Xun is the greatest literary scholar of modern China, and his works are extensive, rich in content, profound in thought, and beyond the times.
Lu Xun's writing style is sharp, his language is flexible, his sword and pen style are bone, and his personality is flamboyant. In the face of the suffering nation and the ignorant people, Lu Xun took the lead, shouted loudly, and desperately "shouted" in order to enhance the national spirit, change the backward appearance, and fundamentally save this country that was on the verge of decline.
Therefore, Lu Xun's forward-looking vision, brave responsibility, erudite talent, open-mindedness and patriotic and patriotic feelings of love for the people deeply infected Xu Guangping, a student who also has a sense of justice, a sense of responsibility and is obsessed with literature, and she has a serious and gentle teacher on the surface from familiarity to respect, from respect to kindness, from kindness and love, therefore, Xu Guangping does not care, no matter how many passes there are in the three passes and four passes, she has left her mind behind, and has wholeheartedly fallen in love with and devoted herself to this teacher who is not proud of her appearance, 17 years older than her. And the arms of a teacher who is a husband with a wife.
Her heart, innocent and clean;
Her love, sincere and holy;
Her dedication, selfless and great.
In October 1927, Lu Xun and Xu Guangping moved into No. 23, Yunli, Shanghai, and the two began a de facto marriage and cohabitation.
On September 27, 1927, Xu Guangping gave birth to her son Zhou Haiying, which was the crystallization of her love with Lu Xun.
Therefore, Xu Guangping was not afraid to cross the three difficulties and chose to marry and have children with Lu Xun, and the most important thing was Mr. Lu Xun's talent.
After Mr. Lu Xun's death, Xu Guangping suppressed the great grief in his heart, on the one hand, he raised their child Zhou Haiying with hard work, on the other hand, he ran for the publication of the "Complete Works of Lu Xun" in eight directions, asked for help from many sources, and at that time, because of various reasons, the "Complete Works of Lu Xun" was extremely difficult to publish, and he won the full help of many cultural celebrities such as Hu Shi, Yu Dafu, Ma Yuzao, Xu Shousheng, Wang Yunwu, Li Xiaofeng, Zhang Tingqian, Hu Yuzhi, etc., and officially published the "Complete Works of Lu Xun", which not only fulfilled Mr. Lu Xun's last wish. It also fulfilled Xu Guangping's own wish.
Lu Xun's works infected the nation of an era, infected countless readers later, and also captured the heart of the beautiful girl Xu Guangping.
Lu Xun's works are not only the avant-garde works of that time, but also the treasure house of the ancient Chinese nation to get rid of cultural dross, accept new literature and art, and new ideas under the background of the west wind and the east, and it is also a literary treasure that edifies, enlightens, infects and inspires people in today's era of multicultural convergence.
Therefore, regularly reading Lu Xun's works not only makes people sober-minded and open their minds, but also gives people a pair of eyes, sees this mixed world more thoroughly, makes people understand what is right, what is wrong, what is flickering, what is a trap, and lets you know that there is more precious knowledge than money and more precious dignity than jewelry.
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This set of "Lu Xun's Works Collection" includes Mr. Lu Xun's "Chao Hua Xi Shi", "A Q Zheng Biography", "Scream", "Wandering", "Weeds", "New Compilation of Stories" and other literary masterpieces, including Mr. Lu Xun's most classic novels and essays. Lu Xun's novels are full of images and profound meanings, shaping a series of characters such as Ah Q, Kong Yiji, Yan Tu, Xiang Lin, Zijun, Juan sheng, etc., they are classic images in Chinese literature galleries and are still talked about today;
Mr. Lu Xun's prose is either clear and innocent, or introverted and deep, which is the product of the combination of Western literature and traditional Chinese literature, and it is the best wonderful product to innovate, like the sentence in "Autumn Night" in "Wild Grass", "In my back garden, you can see two trees outside the wall, one is a jujube tree, and one is also a jujube tree", which is still the focus of literary discussion; like "From the Hundred Grass Garden to the Sanwei Book House" in "Chao Hua Xi Shi", "Mr. Fujino", "Fan Ainong", etc., are also masterpieces in the history of literature. They all have high literary and artistic value and artistic value, and are also classic texts that are loved by countless readers.
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