This "Answer" is very famous in later generations and is a representative work of hazy poetry.

Lin Zixuan only used the first two sentences, which is also the essence of the whole poem, and later generations have different interpretations of these two poems.

The mainstream view is that the despicable can move freely in the world, like a fish in water, and the noble can only be buried in the ground, and the author uses this to indict this ugly society that is reversed in black and white and morally degenerate.

Combined with the background of the poem "Answer", we can know the era referred to in the author's poem.

It was indeed a time of turmoil and absurdity, and the whole society was completely disorderly, black and white, and sinister.

These two sentences are also applicable to the period of the Beiyang government.

After the release of this issue of "New Moon" magazine, Lin Zixuan's "Answer" became popular.

Many poets or critics have interpreted it, believing that this is Lin Zixuan's disclosure, doubt and challenge of the real society, and this is the poet's answer to this society.

Warlord scuffle, oppression by foreign powers, bribery of big presidents, waves of nationwide strikes, brutal repression......

These are undoubtedly chaotic times.

Do we survive by becoming despicable, or do we rebel by becoming noble, even if we die?

Everyone has their own choice.

Lin Zixuan has not published poetry for a long time, which makes his name as the founder of his new poetry a little forgotten.

"Goodbye, Cambridge" published in the last issue of New Moon magazine became a model of new rhythmic poetry, and this issue of "Answer" is a profound philosophical poem.

At this time, some people suddenly remembered that Lin Zixuan was not only a novelist, but also a famous poet.

This issue of Tagore was well received and criticized.

Zheng Zhenduo, the editor-in-chief of the Novel Monthly, welcomed this, and the Novel Monthly published two consecutive issues of Tagore's special issue as early as September and October 1923, giving a comprehensive introduction to Tagore's poems.

This has a lot to do with Zheng Zhenduo being a follower of Tagore.

Of course. There are also economic interests involved.

In 1920, Liang Qichao established a lecture society and reached an agreement with the Commercial Press, using his prestige to invite famous Western scholars to give lectures in China, and the Commercial Press sponsored 5,000 silver dollars a year, which could monopolize the publishing rights of speeches.

With the funds, Liang Qichao's lecture club invited Dewey, Russell, and Du Lishu to visit China.

This time inviting Tagore was also one of the plans. The food, lodging and transportation of Tagore and his entourage in China were all taken care of by the lecture club, and the cost of the lecture was also included, and no one was sponsored to fill the money.

Just like Albert Einstein's lecture in Japan, it is not free, and the appearance fee is not low.

This time, "Crescent" magazine released a special issue of Tagore, which echoed the "Novel Monthly", and it can be regarded as a cooperation between Vientiane Bookstore and the Commercial Press.

Therefore, there is no eternal enemy in the mall, just whether there is interest.

However, this approach was opposed by scholars led by Chen Duxiu.

Chen Duxiu posted: "Confused Lao Zhuang thoughts. With the addition of the confused Buddhist thoughts, we have had enough, and we have already felt a lot of gifts from the Indians, and now there is no need to add Tagore!"

He forgets that it was he who first translated four poems from Tagore's Gitanjali in the October 15, 1915 issue of Youth Magazine.

Hu Shi remained silent about this, he has always admired Western thought, and he could not agree with Tagore's criticism of Western thought and his view that Western civilization was on the verge of bankruptcy.

This is actually a clash of ideas and viewpoints.

It originated from the great controversy between "science and metaphysics" that began in February 1923.

In the end, the big debate became: Who can save China?

It is by Eastern philosophy. Or by Western science, or by materialism? All parties believe that they are the only right choice.

Chen Duxiu is a materialist. Therefore, he is particularly dissatisfied with the Eastern philosophy promoted by Tagore, which is no longer a simple literary criticism, but involves other aspects.

In this case, how can there be less Guo Moruo.

Guo Moruo bombarded: "All the reality of Brahman, my dignity, the gospel of love." It can only be used as morphine and coconut wine for the propertied class; The proletarian man has no choice but to shed the blood and sweat of his life forever. Unprincipled, non-violent propaganda is the greatest poison of our time. ”

But when he read Tagore's poems in 1916, he didn't have that attitude.

Guo Moruo read poems such as "Gitanjali" and said: "It is as if I have found my 'life of life' and my 'spring of life'. ”

These people have turned from pink to black, and they have nothing to do with literature. It's about their personal claims.

Tagore has not yet arrived, and China's cultural scene is already in chaos.

Of course, there is no quiet time in China's cultural circles, and it is always in the midst of debates, and Lin Zixuan has become accustomed to it.

This time, the polemic was divided into the Baotai faction, the criticizing faction, and the neutral faction.

Liang Qichao and Xu Zhimo and a group of people from the Commercial Press were staunch Baotai factions, Chen Duxiu, Qu Qiubai and Guo Moruo were critics of Tai, and Hu Shi and Lu Xun were neutral factions for the time being.

They all have their own tendencies and opinions, representing their respective classes.

It can be said that Tagore is innocent in this debate, and Lin Zixuan, he actually has no inclination.

However, many people regard Lin Zixuan as a faction that supports Tagore, and they inevitably attack Lin Zixuan in the article.

Lin Zixuan wrote an article "Let Literature Be Returned to Literature, Let Doctrine Be Returned to Ism", calling on them to calm down, look at Tagore from a literary point of view, and not mix up those messy things.

It's just that the article was not taken seriously, but was attacked.

Because there is no pure literature in China today, literature is all for the class behind it, and those people don't talk about literature, but only about ism, which has to be said to be a kind of sadness.

Lin Zixuan feels the same as the scolding war on the Internet in later generations, unreasonable, only looking at the position.

If Tagore had the same ideas as theirs, they would have absolutely bowed down to him, and now that Tagore is different from theirs, he completely denies everything about Tagore.

There is no even the most basic respect, and this is the Chinese literary and ideological circles of this era.

After thinking about it, Lin Zixuan was relieved.

He no longer pays attention to this controversy, just like in later generations you will never be able to convince a person with a firm position on the Internet, he will promote his position over and over again, except for a war of words, there is no point.

He turned his attention to the film market, and Star Films prepared a number of films, both sound films and silent films.

Lin Zixuan proposed the concept of a Chinese New Year film, and this time, he launched a gambling film.

In the TV dramas of Hong Kong in later generations, there are many gambling films from the Republic of China, such as "The Heroes of a Thousand Kings" and "The King of a Thousand Kings".

Shanghai Tang, a ten-mile foreign field, the gambling style is prevalent, and the superb gambling skills in the gambling film will definitely attract the audience.

It's going to be a blockbuster movie again, and it's going to be a series all the time. (To be continued.) )