On the fifth day of Xu Zhimo's wedding, Zhou Hexuan attended the meeting of the Crescent Society for the first time, which was in the living room of Xu Zhimo's house. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Maybe there's a party here, and the living room is huge, and there's even a row of bookshelves in it. On the wall next to the bookshelf, there are all kinds of photos of Lu Xiaoman, including costumes, bridal costumes, and Western costumes, all of which are taken beautifully, and it seems that Lu Xiaoman is a very narcissistic woman.

Zhou Hexuan suddenly thought of Bingxin's "Our Wife's Living Room", some people said that the article was satirical about Lin Huiyin, and Xu Zhimo, Liang Sicheng, Jin Yuelin and others were seated. But the description in that article is actually three points similar to the living room of Lu Xiaoman's house.

It seems that Bingxin is not a specialist in Lin Huiyin, and brought Lu Xiaoman in. She seemed to be saying, I'm not targeting anyone, everyone in the room ...... Ahem, in fact, Bingxin intercepted the characteristics of those celebrities who like to open salons, and combined them to write an article, satirizing the young grandmothers in China in the 30s who did not know the hatred of the country.

Today, Chen Xiying, Ling Shuhua and his wife are also here, Ling Shuhua should also be the object of Bingxin's sarcasm, and there is still a trace of her in that article. These two advocate rationalism, pay attention to rationality in everything, and their ideas are good, but rationality belongs to the air in the Republic of China.

If they are all rational, who will join the revolution? Who will resist Japan and save the country?

After the March 18 tragedy, Chen Xiying made it clear that the students were too irrational and should not have done that kind of excesses. He also wrote that Yang Dequn studied diligently and was not keen on participating in various sports. On March 18, Yang Dequn didn't want to go, and was forcibly dragged on the way back.

Yang Dequn was massacred because of the demonstration, and she was the object of praise and memorial at that time. Chen Xiying ran out to say this kind of thing, it was strange not to be attacked by the group, and Lu Xun scolded this person even more.

But Chen Xiying doesn't think he's wrong, he thinks he's rational and right. You can't say he's right, but you can't say he's absolutely wrong.

Chen Xiying is rational, and the other person here is just the opposite, that is, Zhu Xiang, one of the "Four Sons of Tsinghua".

Zhu Xiang is a downright angry young man, and he is extremely irrational.

Zhu Xiang lost his mother at the age of three and his father at the age of seven, and was called the "Five Fools" since he was a child, which developed his self-esteem and sensitive character.

When he was studying at Tsinghua University, he was expelled because he opposed the early roll call, someone helped intercede, and the school agreed to keep him, but Zhu Xiang drifted away.

At his wedding, Zhu Xiang refused to bow down to his eldest brother (his brother raised him) and was scolded, and he angrily took his wife away. Later, when he was studying in the United States, Zhu Xiang decided to drop out because he found that the Lawrence University textbook was insulting to Chinese characters. After transferring to the University of Chicago, he transferred again because his teachers discriminated against Chinese, and finally returned to China early without getting a degree.

After returning to China to serve as the head of the English Department of Anhui University, Zhu Xiang resigned due to dissatisfaction with the president. In the end, there was no livelihood, and the husband and wife were not in harmony, so they committed suicide by throwing themselves into the water on the way to find a job.

Zhu Xiang's life is a complete tragedy, all because of his character.

At this time, Zhu Xiang had dropped out of Tsinghua University and stayed in Beiping to run a publication, but the situation was very bad, and the publication was suspended after only two issues.

Among the people in the living room, Zhu Xiang was the most shabby, and a shirt had been washed out of the raw edges. He has no money to buy clothes, or even to eat, but he is extremely energetic, and he is holding a new issue of "Poetry Engraving" at the moment:

"Meanness is the pass of the mean,

Noble is the epitaph of the noble,

Behold, in that gilded sky,

Floating with the crooked reflection of the dead.

……

New turnarounds and sparkling stars,

The sky is filling with no obstruction.

That's 5,000 years of hieroglyphs,

That's the gaze of people in the future. ”

This poem is very long, and Zhu Xiang recited it with enthusiasm, and the passion contained in it made Zhou Hexuan's hairs stand on end.

Those friends who ridicule the substandard of modern poetry, you have not met a good reciter. Especially Guo Moruo's "Tiangu" and other works, there is no rhyme and format at all, but when you meet an excellent reciter, you can listen to your heart and explode.

"Bang bang bang!"

After Zhu Xiang finished reciting, everyone applauded in unison.

Xu Zhimo got up and said: "He Xuan's "Answer" caused a great response after the publication of "Poetry Engraving". The theme of our meeting today is to discuss this psalm. ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled bitterly, "Answer" has indeed caused a lot of repercussions, and has even been over-interpreted by some progressive publications.

They believe that the first four sentences are a tribute to the revolutionaries who have died. "The Ice Age has passed, why is there ice everywhere? The Cape of Good Hope was discovered, why are thousands of sails competing in the Dead Sea? Among these sentences, "Ice Age" represents the Qing Dynasty, and "Cape of Good Hope" represents the Republic of China, which together is to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty and still be dark, and "Thousands of sails in the Dead Sea" allude to the warlords fighting endlessly.

There is also "I don't believe that dreams are fake, I don't believe that death is without retribution", which is believed to be supporting the revolution and cursing the warlords to hell after death. "If the land is destined to rise, let humanity choose the ceiling of survival again" is a celebration of the people's right to choose their own government. As for "new turnaround and twinkling stars" and "those are the eyes of the future people's gaze", it is seen that Zhou Hexuan firmly believes that the revolution will succeed.

This poem has been spread, and in his online encyclopedia materials in later generations, there must be an evaluation of a "patriotic poet".

When Zhou Hexuan saw those interpretation articles, his face turned very green. The reason why he stayed in Peking was that he wanted to visit Zhang Zuolin in person, so as not to be clicked off by the reactionary warlords as revolutionary propagandists.

Liang Shiqiu first commented: "He Xuan's "Answer" is similar to Yiduo's "Dead Water" last year. They all use metaphors, exaggerations, symbols, and other techniques to express the themes of the poems. ”

Rao Mengkan said: "It's still a little different, Yiduo's "Dead Water" is more straightforward, and the imagery in "Answer" is more hazy. ”

Zhou Hexuan thought to himself, can it not be hazy? This poem is one of the representative works of the later hazy poetry school.

Zhu Xiang said: "I like verses 5 and 6 the most: I don't believe that the sky is blue, I don't believe in the echo of thunder, I don't believe that dreams are fake, I don't believe that death has no retribution!" If the sea is destined to burst, let all the bitter water pour into my heart. If the land is destined to rise, let humanity choose the ceiling of survival again. These few sentences are straightforward, enjoyable to read, and hearty when recited. ”

"I've added another member of the Crescent Sect," Xu Zhimo said happily, "When Mr. Yiduo comes back, you will definitely have a good chat." Last time he wrote to him that he liked your style of writing poetry very much. ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled: "I also hope to know Mr. Wen." ”

Xu Zhimo said: "In addition to the first two sentences of this poem, which contains philosophy, my favorite is the imagery of the Ice Age and the Cape of Good Hope. This is an attempt to create new poems, and it is also a protection for poets, who can also justify their own poetic meaning when they encounter warlords. ”

Excuse yourself, if a warlord is reasonable, is it still called a warlord? Zhou Hexuan couldn't laugh or cry about this.

After chatting for most of the day, everyone stayed at Xu Zhimo's house for dinner before leaving.

Zhou Hexuan stopped Zhu Xiang on the side of the road: "Ziyuan, I heard that your poetry magazine has been suspended, I don't know what you have been busy with recently?" ”

"Uh, that, I'm still looking for a job." Zhu Xiang was quite embarrassed and said that he couldn't afford to eat anymore, so he relied on a few manuscripts to write poems.

Zhou Hexuan took the opportunity to say: "I plan to run a "supplement", but now there is a shortage of manpower. Brother Ziyuan is talented, I don't know if I can give in and follow me to Tianjin as a supplement editor? ”

Zhu Xiang was a little moved, Tianjin is very close to Beiping, and he can come back at any time to gather with older friends. And the work of the editor of "Supplement" is also decent, so he doesn't have to worry about running out of food, which is a good place for him now.

"I'll think about it again." Zhu Xiang did not immediately agree.

Zhou Hexuan said excitedly: "What else are you considering?" Good man, go if you go, don't go if you don't go, give a happy word. ”

Zhu Xiang was so angry that he was agitated, and his blood rushed to his head, and he immediately agreed: "Okay, I'll promise Brother Zhou!" I'll go back tonight to pack my bags and be ready to go. ”

Zhou Hexuan laughed secretly, it's better to be simple.

In fact, Zhu Xiang's character of not rubbing sand in his eyes is suitable to be a supervisor of the education foundation, responsible for supervising the flow of education donations, and he will definitely not fill his pocket. Zhou Hexuan didn't believe in Zhang Xueliang's people at all, it was too common to eat and take cards, and those charity ghosts knew how much they swallowed.

Everyone is valuable, just to see if it's useful in the right place. Zhou Hexuan planned to get Zhu Xiang into the Education Foundation, of course, he had to get Zhang Xueliang's support in advance.