Rabindranath Tagore's birthday party was organized by the Crescent Society, which was the first time in its year-old history that such a large-scale event had been held.

The Crescent Society has always been a loose organization, more inclusive, and can accommodate the views of various families, such as Wen Yiduo, who is a critic of Tagore.

This is a literary exchange circle formed by Xu Zhimo borrowing from the model of the British literary world.

In the United Kingdom, the same is true of the Bloomsbury Group, led by Virginia Woolf, where not all members share the same views, and there is no need to communicate.

It is precisely because of the different ideological views that the sparks of ideas can collide in the exchange.

Communicating openly and honestly and saying what is really in your heart is one of their tenets.

The Crescent Society gathered a group of elites who studied in Europe and the United States, including poets, literary critics, and social activists, who used literature as a link to talk about various topics, and their ideas were very different.

There are liberals who advocate liberalism, revolutionaries who are full of patriotic enthusiasm like Wen Yiduo, reformists who advocate bourgeois politics, and even many sons and daughters who have no interest in politics.

These days when Lin Zixuan was in Beiping, he was accompanied by members of the Crescent Society and knew something about them.

He felt that this was very good, there was no need to come up with a literary proposition for everyone to follow, and those who did not comply would be expelled, and he did not want to turn the Crescent Society into his own private territory.

He did not believe that he had the right to force others to accept his ideas.

Just like this time, he put forward the idea of a "third way", and many members of the Crescent Society disagreed, but it didn't matter, everyone could communicate frankly, or they could stick to their own opinions.

Independent spirit, free thought. This is the most precious thing and should be adhered to.

Xu Zhimo attached great importance to Tagore's birthday party, or he had special respect for Tagore, which also made him suffer a lot of attacks, and he also wrote articles to fight back.

But just like the scolding war on the Internet in later generations, nothing will come of it.

The specifications of this birthday party are high. With Hu Shi as the host of the conference, Liang Qichao would congratulate Tagore on his birthday, and the celebrities in Peking received invitations, and most of them would be present to congratulate him on his birthday.

Naturally, the newspapers and media in Beiping were not far behind, and many reporters waited at the door of the auditorium to see which celebrities had come.

If the red carpet is rolled out, it will be very much like an award ceremony for future generations.

On the invitation post, the preparation starts at 8 p.m.

Xu Zhimo and many members of the Crescent Society were entertaining guests, and the auditorium was decorated with lights. The early arrivals of celebrities are chatting with each other.

Lin Zixuan also invited Shen Congwen to let this young man from Xiangxi integrate into the cultural circle of Beiping as soon as possible, and he would introduce Shen Congwen to him when chatting with others.

In the past few days, many people know that Lin Zixuan has a good eye for people at Peking University and has found a writing genius, who is said to be an auditor at Peking University.

Some people think that Lin Zixuan is willing to bring newcomers, which is a good thing.

Some people also ridiculed an auditor as a baby. It can be seen that Lin Zixuan's vision is not very good, and he is in vain.

Lin Zixuan didn't mind. He was not afraid of elevating Shen Congwen, which caused Shen Congwen to be arrogant.

He found that Shen Congwen may have stepped into the society early, has a calm heart, abides by his duties, and has a kind of countryman's simplicity and restraint, which is particularly valuable.

At this time, Lin Zixuan was talking to Hu Shi.

Hu Shi saw Shen Congwen hand over the manuscript to Lin Zixuan. Although Lin Zixuan didn't think so at the time, presumably this person's manuscript was really well written, otherwise he would not have been favored by Lin Zixuan.

At Peking University, the news of Lin Zixuan looking for an auditor has spread.

It is said that for this auditor, Lin Zixuan stood outside the classroom for half an hour. It can be seen that he is really optimistic about Shen Congwen.

In fact, Lin Zixuan didn't want to disturb the ongoing course in the lecture hall, but the rumors were like this, there would be various interpretations, and there was no need for him to explain.

Hu Shi encouraged Shen Congwen a few words, and talked to Lin Zixuan about the debate in the past few days, asking him not to take it to heart.

The controversy in the literary circles of Peiping has always been like this, everyone rushed up in a swarm, and everyone expressed their own opinions, and it was very chaotic, and only after the matter subsided that everyone would turn back to the content of the theoretical battle.

At this time, Lu Xun walked in, and as a leading figure in the Beiping literary circle, he naturally received an invitation.

The sharp-eyed journalist suddenly found out that this was a good opportunity, and it would be a good piece of news for three leading figures of the new literature to appear on the same occasion at the same time.

There are still many reporters who have this idea, and they huddle Lu Xun and walk towards Hu Shi and Lin Zixuan.

Hu Shi and Lu Xun have known each other for nearly seven years and work together in a school, although the two have different views, they have not yet reached the point of being strangers, on the contrary, they will often contact.

In April 1924, Li Bingzhong, a Peking University student, wrote a chapter hui novel "The Story of Bian Xuehong Ni", which was published by Tuo Lu Xun, and Lu Xun asked Hu Shi to help contact the Commercial Press.

Lin Zixuan only visited Lu Xun a few days ago, and the relationship between the two is okay.

Seeing Lu Xun coming over, Hu Shi and Lin Zixuan greeted him.

The three of them met on the east side of the auditorium and exchanged a few words of greeting, and Lu Xun also smiled that Lin Zixuan had been out of the limelight in Beiping these days.

In this controversy, both Hu Shi and Lu Xun posted articles, and their articles were quite fair.

Hu Shi still admires Western systems and science, but he feels that there is no harm in young people studying Chinese studies, and he has also opened a long bibliography of Chinese studies, which is divided into reference books, intellectual history and literary history.

Lin Zixuan was frightened by his bibliography, a total of hundreds of books on Chinese studies, and it would take several years just to read them.

Lu Xun disagreed with Lin Zixuan's statement that the new culture was too radical, believing that the blow to the old culture was not enough, the people had not yet been awakened, and the mission of the new literature had not yet been achieved.

However, he was a little interested in Lin Zixuan's idea of integrating Chinese and Western cultures, which is not easy and requires people who have really studied both Chinese and Western cultures.

Lu Xun doesn't think anyone in China can do it now, but this direction is worth trying.

In this controversy, Lu Xun was a relatively sober person, although he also criticized Lin Zixuan, but he saw the problem.

Lin Zixuan does not want to oppose the new culture, on the contrary, he supports the new culture, he just supports the new culture at the same time, taking into account the traditional culture and not declining.

A reporter suggested that the three of them take a group photo as a souvenir.

Hu Shi and Lin Zixuan had no objections, Lu Xun thought about it and agreed, according to his age, Lu Xun stood in the middle.

Lu Xun is 10 years older than Hu Shi, and Hu Shi is 9 years older than Lin Zixuan, and their age can be said to be very representative.

The three of them are all wearing long robes, Lu Xun is in the center, although he is not tall, he is very imposing, Hu Shi is standing on the left, gentle and elegant, and Lin Zixuan is standing on the right, young and handsome.

With the flash of the camera, the only photo of the trio is frozen on the negative.

Since then, the three of them have gone further and further on their respective paths. (To be continued.) )