Recently, I have read several articles on the "May Fourth," some of which are long and some are short, some are deep and some are shallow, and I am very enlightening. "May Fourth" is a watershed in Chinese cultural traditions, because of the enlightenment, so it is also the past. The authors of these articles are about the same age as me, both born after 1949. It stands to reason that people of this age should look at "May Fourth" differently than those born around 1900, and their understanding of "May Fourth" should be more concise. "May Fourth" with its modern spirit to get rid of the old feudal system, demolished the old wall, and connected the ideas from front to back, left and right, and then really carved a dragon on the heart of the text, and it was a flying dragon. However, from the perspective of prose, another "great achievement" of the May Fourth Movement was that it pushed prose from the orthodox seat, and enabled novels, dramas (and even later films) to rise to the top of the list and make it a glorious literary road. After the "May Fourth" gave different names to the prose, essays, essays, travelogues, essays, etc., although there are these nicknames, the achievements in this field in the new literature are still quite huge, compared with the previous "prose", there is a wider social content, but the reason why it is small is great is precisely that these works contain a rich modern spirit as the "May Fourth core", and some writers shine precisely because of this progressive spirit.

The few articles I read talked about the "people's standpoint," and although they were called "May Fourth," I thought they were contrary to the "May Fourth" style.

For example, a sturdy man walked into a village, asked around, and asked, "Who of you is the best here?" and someone told him that he was so-and-so, so the man came to the door with his fist and beat so-and-so, and then wandered around to the next village. In my opinion, this kind of behavior is not a "civil position".

The "folk stance" in art is different from the "opposition party" in politics, it is an independent spiritual character that does not exist as a counterpart. The literati in ancient times had this kind of "in the opposition" mentality, we have the tradition of "the Son of Heaven does not come to the boat", the literati look at the career of the official career heavier than other people, either "learn and excel", or retire to the countryside to study and study, in order to highlight the voice of the people, once the gold-framed edict is issued, immediately like the embroidery needle in the pocket of the clothes stand out in a grand manner. In addition, there are really some masters who are ambitious in the landscape and the city, and they are also free. These people are not the kind of people who are tired of the darkness of officialdom and "don't bend their waists for five buckets of rice", they are real alternatives who "don't love the country and what they love". But it is precisely because of this that in the vast "official history", they only left some "thin names" on the album. The modern spirit of "May Fourth" corresponds to the latter kind of "scholar's mind", which solves the orientation of "the Son of Heaven does not come to the boat", which is not a moral behavior, not among the attainments and failures, and is only related to personal interests and hobbies. Zhang Taiyan said truthfully: "Keep oneself to a certain extent, be orderly on behalf of others, and be in harmony with it, Fu Yin Panda." Liang Shiqiu said it in layman's terms: "To have personality is to be cute." ”

A recent article is very funny, the author's attitude is that the Son of Heaven is hoarse, and he is also resolute not to get on the boat, "How can my generation be a Penghao person." This seems to be a little far from the spirit of "May Fourth", in fact, it is very troublesome not to get on the boat "always ready", think about it, the Son of Heaven really exhaled, high-spirited, the long river roared for 300 miles to insist on "different streams and pollution" is good, in case the day does not call, this waiting pain adds a sense of chagrin. For example, a soccer player, the coach does not give the opportunity to play, which is too tiring. Another article accuses a peasant-born writer of not appreciating stones in his amateur collection, which is even more unusual, and is simply contrary to the spirit of "May Fourth".

There is a traditional play called "Removing the Three Evils", although it is called a traditional play, I think it has a modern spirit. The one called Zhou went up the mountain to kill the tiger, went down to the abyss to kill the dragon, and after a few years of busy work, he realized that the people's greater wish was to deal with him again. When I was a child, I didn't understand these people, but now that I have figured it out, there are really some problems with the starting point of the surrounding area.

In short, it is inappropriate to make the literary world a martial arts, and take a step back to say that even in martial arts, real samurai do not wear swords.