According to Lin Zixuan's thoughts, novels like "Snow Country" will make people have the idea of suicide after reading them.

It is a kind of doubt and boredom with life, and the sorrow and sorrow in the novel are not even personal, but the whole age.

Later, some Japanese literary critics thought that "Snow Country" was Kawabata's passive resistance to Japanese militarism.

Kawabata Yasuki disagreed with that war, but he could not resist it, so he could only adopt passive evasion, and reflect the incongruous relationships and contradictions in the real world through subjective feelings, abstracting reality and pursuing a kind of detachment.

As a result, Shimamura, who is bored in Tokyo in the novel, will go to the snow country to find solace.

However, tragedy pervades the entire era, and he has no escape, so the protagonist of the novel cannot escape the grief of "death".

In this regard, "Snow Country" and Yu Dafu's "Sinking" have something in common.

Both of them directly describe "death", express the sorrow of the entire era through the attitude towards "death", and use "death" to compose their own sad lives in the dark ages.

Of course, there is still a big difference between the two.

Yu Dafu's writing is full of pain and fear, while Kawabata's writing is beautiful and calming.

Kawabata Yasuki does not express the inner pain of the protagonist, but uses an understatement to show the sadness in the small plot, which makes people feel quiet and serene.

When readers read "Sinking", they will feel the strong emotions of the protagonist.

And when watching "Snow Country", it will be that kind of faint sadness, which is not strong, but more durable, and unforgettable.

Lin Zixuan didn't know what Yu Dafu felt when he translated, anyway, he didn't feel very good when he wrote it.

However, all this passed, and he came to Guling in Lushan to prepare for a long vacation.

Guling is located in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, is the center of Lushan Scenic Area, is a beautiful, chic, park-like small mountain city.

There are many villas and churches.

This summer resort was originally established by missionaries from foreign churches.

Between 1895 and 1920, the Christian forces led by Li Deli flourished, and there were 13 churches and 16 church denominations on Lushan alone.

Every summer, Christian missionaries gather in Lushan, often numbering in the hundreds.

These churches organize or hold seminars, or hold training courses, or discuss church matters, or disseminate religious beliefs, or establish schools, hospitals, and charitable institutions, extending the tentacles of religion to every corner of Lushan.

There are more than 500 villas in the entire Guling, of which about 100 belong to the Chinese, and these villas belong to China's dignitaries and wealthy families.

Pearl Sai's father, as a missionary, shot relatively early.

On January 14, 1897, Sai Zhaoxiang bought a piece of land here and built a small stone villa, with an open outer corridor and European-style dormer windows, simple and elegant.

The villa was not big, but it was big enough for them.

Lin Zixuan didn't bring many servants like other wealthy merchants, and even brought his own cook.

He only brought one subordinate and one bodyguard, who was Feng Jingyao's subordinate and used to protect Feng Chengcheng.

Although China is not full of war, the road is not calm, and it is inevitable that there will be some unexpected situations, and it will be more stable with bodyguards.

As for the subordinates, they are in charge of their daily lives.

Feng Chengcheng, the eldest lady, has lived a life of stretching out her hands to eat since she was a child, although she studied housekeeping in a girls' school, but her cooking skills are unknown, even if she dares to do it, Lin Zixuan may not have the courage to taste it.

What's more, when I arrived in Lushan, there were many celebrities who came here to escape the summer, and they may not have seen each other, but they have always heard of it.

There may be various gatherings, and it will be much easier to have someone to take care of it, and there is no reason for the host to go into battle in person.

In fact, Lin Zixuan wants to live a quiet life with Feng Chengcheng that no one disturbs, he doesn't like to socialize, he just wants to go out for a walk together during the day, enjoy the scenery, and read books at night, leisurely.

At this point, the American Booker and he have a common language, and they put it into practice.

Once at the villa, Booker entered the room with a box of books and continued his research, only coming out when he needed to do so.

This is a typical scholar's style, and Pearl Racing is used to it.

Each villa here is far away from each other, so it doesn't disturb each other, and the night in Guling is very quiet, completely free from the noise and chaos of the city.

In the evening, everyone sat in the courtyard and watched the starry sky, sipped red wine, and chatted casually, which was a pleasant time.

Pearl is a devout Christian, and right next to her villa is a Christian "Anglican" church, where her father used to preach.

Feng Chengcheng attended a Christian girls' school and a Christian university, and also believed in Christianity.

Although Lin Zixuan did not believe in it, he also followed the local customs, pretending to believe, and often went to the church to worship.

It is impossible to live in Guling without dealing with the church, and as time goes by, more and more missionaries come to Guling, and it becomes a religious event.

Occasionally, Pearl Race would entertain some familiar missionaries in the villa.

She came from a missionary family, so this missionary spirit was deeply ingrained in her bones, and she did not forget it when she wrote, or she used novels to spread faith and spirituality.

There is a strong Christian complex in her novels.

It is undeniable that in today's China, with the growing power of foreign powers, the spread of Christianity is becoming more and more prosperous, and they use Western religion to infiltrate Chinese culture.

In April 1928, when Hu Shi visited Lushan, he said: Guling represents the general trend of Western culture invading China.

At the same time, a major event happened in the literary world in Beiping, which was also a family affair.

At the same time, it is also a mystery that can never be solved, and even in the afterlife, no one will figure out what happened.

On the morning of July 19, 1923, Lu Xun returned to his home in Badaowan Hutong, and Zhou Zuoren personally handed him a letter of renunciation.

"Mr. Lu Xun: I only found out yesterday, but there is no need to talk about the past. I'm not a Christian, but I'm fortunate enough to bear it, and I don't want to blame anyone, because we're all wretched people. My previous dreams of roses turned out to be illusory, and what I see now may be the real life. I want to revise my mind and re-enter a new life. Please don't come back to the back yard in the future, nothing else. May you be at ease and self-respecting. July 18, Zuoren. ”

Since then, the brothers have broken off their friendship and have never communicated again.

This can be said to be one of the most important events in the literary world of the Republic of China, and later generations have interpreted this letter in various ways, and there are different opinions.