Chapter 332: The Case of the Ages
In fact, this argument is meaningless, but a battle of words.
Lin Zixuan took out the Western media's report on Gorky, and they would think that this was a false accusation by the Western media against Gorky.
Even if Lin Zixuan found a Soviet scholar to prove that Gorky had indeed written an article attacking the October Revolution, it would not be regarded as evidence, and perhaps it would be said that Lin Zixuan had found it.
Moreover, the newspapers and books in which Gorky published articles in the USSR have long been banned and simply cannot be found.
Unless Gorky himself came forward and admitted that he had written the book "Untimely Thoughts", I am afraid that those people would believe it, and of course it may be said that this Gorky was a fake.
Anyway, as long as you want to refute it, you can always find countless reasons, so this is a pointless argument.
However, what Lin Zixuan did not expect was that the controversy in China had an impact on the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union invested a lot in China, and it invested in the Nationalist Government in Guangzhou, and it also supported Feng Yuxiang, so it was naturally very concerned about the situation in China.
The Soviets took note of the controversy about Gorky in the Chinese intelligentsia and reported it back to the country.
Stalin felt that he could not let Gorky continue to stay abroad, and if Gorky said anything, it would cause great damage to the Soviet cause in China, and even have a serious impact on the international community.
So, he sent people to contact Gorky, wanting to let Gorky return to the Soviet Union and control it.
Lin Zixuan's actions inadvertently accelerated the time for Gorky's return to the Soviet Union.
In July, Miss Song Jiasan returned from Guangzhou and brought back a lot of gifts, and it can be seen that she has a very good life in Guangzhou.
Although no details were disclosed. But the investigation of that Mr. Jiang should be over.
The answer was self-evident, and it was evident from her face. At least the two should have a tacit understanding.
This year, Mr. Jiang turned 40. There is an original wife in the family, two sons, and two concubines.
Miss Song is less than 30 years old, has not yet left the cabinet, returned from studying in the United States, and is proficient in several Chinese.
Marriage is never a matter of two people, but of two families, or even multiple families.
Mr. Jiang has an unstable foundation and needs to inherit the political legacy left by Sun Zhongshan. Everyone knows the relationship between the Song family and Sun Zhongshan, and the Song family also needs Mr. Jiang to consolidate his position.
It's a win-win situation.
As long as the third lady of the Song family agrees, Mr. Jiang has no reason to disagree, provided that Mr. Jiang divorces his original partner and gives up his concubine.
Because Mr. Jiang is a native of Fenghua, Zhejiang, the judge of this divorce lawsuit is Xu Zhigui, the county magistrate of Fenghua County, Zhejiang.
One day, Xu Zhigui's classmates came to see him, and he took out a document from the drawer and mysteriously showed it to his classmates.
When the classmate looked at it, it turned out to be a divorce agreement between Mr. Jiang and his original wife.
Xu Zhigui jokingly said: "Master Ben is fortunate to have three lives. Handle this great case for the ages. ”
The classmate was also interesting, and continued: "If your lord approves the word 'not allowed' on this document, he will definitely be famous through the ages."
This is just a private joke between the two, and Xu Zhigui will not be uninteresting.
Mr. Jiang published the divorce revelation in the "Declaration": "Mao's wife. Long gone; Yao Chen Er's family, there is no contract. ”
Lin Zixuan knew that this third lady of the Song family had never been willing to be mediocre, and this should be the best choice.
July 9, 1926. That Mr. Chiang was inaugurated as commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army and swore to join the Northern Expedition.
Thus unveiled this war to unify China.
At this time, Wu Peifu occupied the two lakes and the river along the Nanjing-Han Road. The number of troops is claimed to be 200,000.
Sun Chuanfang's department was composed of warlords from Fujian, Zhejiang, Suzhou, Anhui and Jiangxi, and was known as the "Five Provinces Alliance". The number of troops is also about 200,000.
Under the command of the warlord Zhang Zalin, the Beiping government was entrenched in Beijing, Tianjin, Zhili, Rehe and the three northeastern provinces, with about 400,000 troops.
Zhang Zongchuan, who was in Shandong, also had more than 100,000 troops.
The total strength of the Beiyang warlords was nearly one million, while the National Revolutionary Army of the Nationalist Government in Guangzhou had only a few hundred thousand troops.
It can be said that there is a huge disparity in strength, and the advantage of the National Revolutionary Army is that these warlords are not united, and the people's desire for national unity.
Lin Zixuan inquired about Song Ziwen's situation.
I learned that Song Ziwen needed to raise funds because of the Northern Expedition, and he was relatively busy, and he would not come to Shanghai in the short term.
He felt that it would be better to talk to Song Ziwen in person about the matter of pit the Americans, so he put the matter aside for the time being and waited until the situation in the Northern Expedition stabilized.
At this time, a package arrived from the UK, containing the membership documents of PEN International.
Lin Zixuan officially became a member of PEN International, with Rabindranath Tagore of India and Gorky of the Soviet Union both members of PEN.
With this status, he was able to set up the China PEN Center in China, which is equivalent to the branch of the International PEN Club.
With the chapter, you can connect with famous writers from all over the world and communicate with each other through the chapter.
According to the statutes of International PEN, a branch must have at least 20 writers who are "representative of a particular aspect of literary creation" who have a certain degree of achievement.
As long as the spirit of the PEN Charter is recognized and the obligations set out in it are assumed, a "center", a chapter, can be formed.
This chapter also needs to apply to the International PEN and as long as the majority votes are passed, it can become an International PEN chapter.
During the period of the Republic of China, there were too many literary scholars in China, and a group of outstanding writers emerged in a short period of time, which can be said to be the golden age of literature, but for various reasons, it was not known to the outside world.
The main problem is the translation of works, but also the reasons why the countries of the Far East are not taken seriously.
In 1922, the United States established the PEN Center, headquartered in New York.
The main mission of the PEN Centre is to ensure the creative freedom and rights of its members; Hold seminars and reading clubs to give members the opportunity to exchange experiences; Formulating plans for creation, translation, and publication; Set up various bonuses and funds.
This is not much different from what Lin Zixuan has been doing, but with the PEN Center, it is more standardized.
It can disseminate Chinese literature, introduce the latest foreign literary trends, set up Chinese literary awards, and so on.
He wrote a letter about it to the Chinese writers he thought were qualified, and he had to gather 20 people first.
Including Cai Yuanyu, Hu Shi, Lu Xun and Xu Zhimo and others.
Unexpectedly, this matter spread, and many literati felt that this was a good opportunity to connect with the international literary circle, and as long as they joined this PEN, they could communicate with famous international writers.
For a time, the establishment of the China PEN Center caused a stir in Chinese literary circles.
Many people wrote to Lin Zixuan asking to join.
However, there are strict requirements to become a member of PEN, and the writer must at least have influential and representative works, not to say that he is a writer if he publishes two articles, but also to be recognized by PEN International, and not everyone can join.
Some people also think that Lin Zixuan is grandstanding, that the International PEN Club is a game played by Westerners, and that Chinese writers have no status when they go.
Lin Zixuan directly ignored this kind of person, and he didn't even have the courage to try, so how could he be qualified to judge.
In the letter sent by Lin Zixuan, some people agreed, and some people refused.
This is a very normal phenomenon, since Lin Zixuan began to criticize the Soviet Union, he has been classified into different camps, and writers from the other camp will naturally not accept his invitation. (To be continued.) )