Why is George Bernard Shaw hypocritical?

Because George Bernard Shaw's words and deeds are inconsistent, he keeps saying that he understands and respects, but when it comes to looking at China, he neither understands it deeply nor gives it enough respect.

Zhou Hexuan was still patient at the beginning, but if he endured it, he couldn't bear it anymore.

In mid-October, the crowd came to Nanjing.

Chang Kaishen personally received Arthur Henderson and George Bernard Shaw and accompanied them on a tour of Nanjing's historical sites. On the morning of the next day, the two went to the Central Military Academy and the Central University to give speeches respectively, publicly expressing their support for China's resistance against Japan, and won the unanimous support of teachers and students.

In the evening, Lampson, the British minister to China, also hosted a banquet for them. The next day, Mrs. Lampson held a cultural salon to which George Bernard Shaw was invited, while Arthur Henderson visited various government departments in Nanjing.

Arthur Henderson behaved in the most normal way, he was a staunch progressive socialist. To put it bluntly, it is a capitalist reformist who has no conflict with the political system of the Republic of China, and coupled with his status as a former British foreign secretary, there is no obstacle to becoming Chang Kaishen's guest.

Arthur Henderson was not interested in attending cultural events, and he was keen to socialize Chinese politicians. Similarly, the Chinese cultural community is not interested in Arthur Henderson, and he is too lazy to invite him to various events.

Only George Bernard Shaw visited every day, and the foreign ladies were also very fond of this old man.

Mrs. Lampson held the cultural salon, because George Bernard Shaw was there, and the wives of ministers from various countries in China came to attend with great interest. Song Meiling naturally did not let go of this opportunity, dressed up gracefully and luxuriously, and came to the official residence of the British Minister in China early.

There are only three Chinese cultural celebrities invited, in addition to Zhou Hexuan, Cai Yuanpei and Lin Yutang.

Lin Yutang is actually not qualified to enter the eyes of the wife of the British minister in China, but he admires George Bernard Shaw extremely and pats him very comfortably. George Bernard Shaw regarded Lin Yutang as a little brother in China, and specially asked Mrs. Lampson to send Lin Yutang an invitation.

Zhou Hexuan took Vivien Li to the minister's residence, and happened to meet Cai Yuanpei, who came in a rickshaw.

Cai Yuanpei greeted: "Mingcheng, long time no see!" ”

"Hello, Mr. Omin." Zhou Hexuan smiled and shook hands.

Cai Yuanpei suddenly whispered: "Mingcheng, Mrs. Sun, Lu Xun, Yang Xingfo and others and I are preparing to form the China Civil Rights Protection Alliance. The purpose of the Civil Rights League is to fight for civil rights, oppose dictatorship, and actively resist Japan, are you interested in joining? ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled: "I'll think about it again." ”

So Chang Kaishen's rule is unpopular, during the Northern Expedition, Cai Yuanpei thought that only the Kuomintang could save China, and actively helped Chang Kaishen plan to clear the party, I don't know how many progressives were slaughtered. Only a few years later, Cai Yuanpei's thinking changed rapidly, he began to oppose Chang Kaishen's dictatorship, and actively participated in the rescue of persecuted political prisoners, including many communists - such as Yang Xhui, Ding Ling and others.

"This kind of thing still needs to be considered?" Cai Yuanpei was quite dissatisfied.

Zhou Hexuan could only say: "Okay then, I agree to join." ”

The "China Civil Rights Protection League" is a patriotic organization -- let's call it the "Civil Rights League", not the familiar "Democratic League", the full name of which is the "China Democratic League".

As the name suggests, the core of the "Civil Rights League" is to protect civil rights and to regard Chang Kaishen's rule as a fascist regime. Because of this, Yang Xingfo, who served as the director-general, will die next year in the assassination of Kuomintang agents. And Mrs. Sun, who served as the chairman, and Cai Yuanpei, who served as the vice chairman, the reason why they were able to live well was because the two of them had too much influence, and Chang Kaishen did not dare to get rid of them easily.

Cai Yuanpei heard that Zhou Hexuan agreed to join, and immediately rejoiced: "Our civil rights alliance has added another general!" ”

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "I'm not a general, at most I'm a little minion waving the flag and shouting." ”

After Cai Yuanpei was happy, he pointed at Vivien Li and asked, "Mingcheng, this is your British confidante?" ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled and introduced: "Mary, this is Mr. Cai Yuanpei, a famous educator in China. ”

"Hello, Mr. Cai." Vivien Leigh greeted.

"Hello, nice to meet you, beautiful young lady." Cai Yuanpei speaks fluent English.

Vivien Li has been doing well these days, because she has been following Zhou Hexuan, whether she is a foreigner or a Chinese, she is courteous. And Vivien Li found that the Chinese are really powerful, and they can speak English at any time, and they do not belong to a barbaric and backward country like the legend.

At this moment, Lin Yutang also came and said with a smile: "Why don't the two gentlemen go in?" Hide here and whisper. ”

"Yutang is also here," Cai Yuanpei said, "I have just developed a comrade, and Mingcheng is also willing to join the Civil Rights League." ”

Lin Yutang said with a smile: "Then our team has grown again." ”

Well, Lin Yutang is also one of the initiators of the Civil Rights League. It's just that he likes petty bourgeoisie, doesn't take care of things, and is not very enthusiastic about the specific affairs of the Civil Rights League.

Several people joined in, and Mrs. Lampson greeted them warmly, and personally brought them coffee to sit down.

Cai Yuanpei asked, "What about Mr. Minister?" ”

Mrs. Lampson laughed, "He's gone to accompany Mr. Henderson." ”

Lampson, the current British Minister to China, is a very traditional British diplomat.

When the 918 Incident broke out in Northeast China, Chang Kaishen actively asked the British and American powers for help, and Lampson's reply was: "I hope that China will not use the withdrawal of (Japan) troops as a condition for negotiations." Chang Kaishen received this reply and expressed his feelings in his diary - "very shocked".

When China wanted to assert its sovereignty over Tibet, Lampson suggested that the British government ignore it, and the British government adopted this suggestion, leaving the question of China's sovereignty over Tibet unresolved for many years.

From the perspective of the Chinese, Lampson, the current British minister to China, is a very, very annoying guy. It's just that this guy is still a China expert, and he is familiar with China, and he is not the kind of blind and arrogant diplomat.

There were more and more guests in the living room, and Song Meiling appeared in a cheongsam, which attracted the admiration of foreign ladies.

George Bernard Shaw came the latest, and instantly became the focus of the audience, making everyone laugh when he said a few casual words, and Lin Yutang sat next to him and slapped his ass.

Unconsciously, the topic of the salon changed from English drama to Chinese drama, and George Bernard Shaw said unabashedly: "In the past few days, I have watched many Chinese dramas, including Peking Opera, Hui Opera, Kunqu Opera, and so on. To be honest, Chinese drama is still in the medieval stage, and its content and form of expression are outdated. British theatre was the same 100 years ago, but after a series of reforms, British theatre has kept up with the times, and Chinese theatre will undoubtedly need to be reformed as well. ”

Zhou Hexuan asked: "Reform in content or form?" ”

"Both the content and the form need to be reformed." George Bernard Shaw said.

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "Chinese drama has developed and matured in form, and each drama genre has its own performance system. As for the content reform, Chinese dramatists are also trying, and it needs to be more in line with the atmosphere of the times. ”

George Bernard Shaw said, "No, no, no, the form needs to be reformed." The way Chinese theatre is performed is too archaic, just like the Chinese culture. In this regard, I discussed it with Mr. Lu Xun and Mr. Lin Yutang a few days ago. In my opinion, China has no culture to speak of, everything is following in the footsteps of the West, and it is still in the stage of crude imitation. Chinese scholars rarely have their own ideas, and they always try to cater to the West, and they don't learn like them, which is embarrassing. ”

Cai Yuanpei was silent, although George Bernard Shaw's words were not good, but they also spoke of the current situation in the Chinese cultural circles.

Lin Yutang echoed: "What Mr. George Bernard Shaw said is extremely true, Chinese scholars really need to go further. We are lagging behind the Western world so much that it will take decades, if not longer, to catch up. ”

George Bernard Shaw laughed: "Of course, Mr. Zhou is an exception, he has groundbreaking research in many fields. However, I think that Mr. Zhou's excellence is precisely because he has lived in the West since he was a child, and his thinking is actually Western-style and has nothing to do with Chinese culture. I have always seen Mr. Zhou as a Westerner, not a Chinese. ”

George Bernard Shaw's vision is very accurate, and many of Zhou Hexuan's thinking habits are indeed Western. However, Zhou Hexuan disagreed, he thought that he belonged to modern thought, not Western thought, and immediately laughed: "Mr. George Bernard Shaw, you are wrong. Many of my behaviors and habits are indeed Western, but my core values are Chinese, and traditional Chinese cultural concepts have long been ingrained in my blood. ”

"Traditional Chinese culture? It's all outdated," George Bernard Shaw said dismissively, "and Chinese culture has made no contribution to the progress of modern human civilization." ”

Cai Yuanpei was super angry, but he couldn't find a reason to refute. You can say what four major inventions, but they are all antiques, people are talking about modern cultural achievements, which one of China is not following in the footsteps of the West?

Zhou Hexuan sneered: "What is modern Western culture? A colonial culture of brutal plunder, or an industrial culture of enslavement and exploitation? ”

George Bernard Shaw smiled and pointed at Zhou Hexuan: "Zhou, you are secretly changing concepts." You know that I am talking about science, medicine, education, economics, and other professional fields, but you want to refute me by changing the concept of pan-culture. This is not an argument, but sophistry. ”

This guy's brain is too bright, Zhou Hexuan was speechless in an instant, and he didn't know how to refute it for a while.

Suddenly, Zhou Hexuan smiled and said, "Mr. George Bernard Shaw, you are also quibbling." If you use all the great powers to replace the West, and then use the West as a whole to belittle China, how can you compare it like this? Today's Western civilization is the result of the joint efforts of countless Western countries, rather than the unique contribution of any one country or nation. Can Britain stand up to the whole world? No. Will China be able to confront the West as a whole? Nor can it. You're not arguing, you're discriminating, a kind of white discrimination against yellow people! You must take back what you just said, or I will break up with you! ”

George Bernard Shaw was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt that what Zhou Hexuan said was reasonable, he was indeed playing racial discrimination.

Lin Yutang was thoughtful, Cai Yuanpei was smiling, and Song Meiling watched the men quarrel with interest.