Lin Zixuan's article is called "My Views on Chinese Culture and Western Culture".

At the outset, he proposed that Chinese culture and Western culture are not contradictory or antagonistic, but can be integrated and complement each other, thus forming a new culture with Chinese characteristics.

Chinese culture is biased towards spirituality and can be called spiritual civilization.

Western culture is biased towards technology and materialism, which can be called material civilization.

When two civilizations collide, there is no need to blindly respect one civilization, so as to artificially separate the two civilizations, but should use an open and inclusive attitude to accept the new civilization while inheriting the old civilization.

Spiritual civilization is biased towards morality, while material civilization advocates science.

The integration of the two can allow us to abide by the bottom line of morality while pursuing science and technology, and only with moral constraints can we better develop science and technology, which is a complementary relationship.

He criticized the excesses of the new culture and pointed out the drawbacks of the total negation of traditional culture.

That is, to lose the foundation of one's own national civilization and blindly respect Western science and technology, and eventually to be assimilated by Western civilization.

He also criticized the narrow-mindedness of the conservative forces, saying that we should not blindly reject Western culture, dare to accept a new civilization, and not rest on our laurels.

For the first time, Lin Zixuan put forward the idea of a third way for a new culture.

On the issue of inheriting traditional culture, he proposed that we should treat it selectively, take its essence and discard its dross.

For example, the persecution of women in feudal etiquette should be criticized, and some basic moral codes should be inherited.

Confucianism's "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith" is a universal moral norm in Chinese society, should it also be criticized?

There are also true Confucianism and rotten Confucianism in Confucian culture, and it cannot be generalized, and Confucius's Confucianism and Cheng Zhu's science are very different, so we need to study traditional culture to distinguish them.

Western culture is similarly mixed. It's just a general term, American culture and European culture are not the same, European cultures are not the same, and Western cultures are also arguing with each other.

Don't see that it is a good thing that comes from the West, blindly advocating Western culture, and only suitable for China is suitable. Otherwise, wearing small-sized shoes on your feet will not only fail to walk fast, but also suffer from sin.

Lin Zixuan's article can be said to have criticized almost all the current scholars in the Chinese ideological circles, which naturally caused a strong backlash.

Some people say that Lin Zixuan is singing the old tune, and in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, the Westernists put forward the argument of "Chinese style and Western use".

This is the guiding ideology of the Westernists to learn from the West, that is, "middle school is the body, and Western learning is for use".

"Middle School" refers to Confucianism with the Three Principles and Five Constants as the core, and "Western Studies" refers to the natural sciences and social sciences such as commerce, education, foreign trade, and international public law, which were introduced to China in modern times.

Confucianism is the foundation, and Western science is practical.

This is a distortion of Lin Zixuan's view.

The Westernists' "Chinese style and Western use" did not mean to criticize Confucianism, but was to maintain the orthodox status of Confucianism. That is, the feudal system, which served the continued rule of the Qing government.

Lin Zixuan agrees with the criticism of traditional culture, which is completely different from the view of the Westernists.

Conservative forces believe that Lin Zixuan is advocating Western civilization under the banner of traditional culture, and that Chinese culture is unique and cannot be integrated with Western culture, which is a stain on traditional culture.

They are extremely repulsive to Western culture and do not allow Western culture to enter China.

The radicals, led by Chen Duxiu, saw Lin Zixuan as a compromise with the conservative forces, and the new culture aimed at overthrowing the old culture. There is no need to compromise, they feel that they are not radical enough.

Thereupon. In the eyes of conservatives, Lin Zixuan is a radical, and in the eyes of radicals, Lin Zixuan is a conservative.

However, there are also a few people who think that Lin Zixuan's view is very novel, and it is a very groundbreaking work to integrate two completely different civilizations in China and the West.

In the days that followed, the controversy even surpassed Tagore's news.

For Lin Zixuan's so-called "third way". All parties define Lin Zixuan as a "compromiser", that is, he does not agree with either the conservative or the radical.

Lin Zixuan was quite speechless in this regard, he did not compromise, but proposed a feasible plan.

But conservatives and radicals only look at positions in polemics. Regardless of whether Lin Zixuan's point of view is feasible or not, even if they think Lin Zixuan's statement is a bit interesting, they will not pay attention to it.

This is the chaotic state of mind in this era, where everyone thinks they are right by insisting on what they are doing.

At the same time, there are no fewer attacks on his distortion.

Some people even think that Lin Zixuan's "Qinyuan Spring" was used to praise Tagore, and regarded Tagore as a romantic figure of this era, and did not hesitate to belittle the emperors of China in previous dynasties.

This kind of situation of distorting at will without understanding the facts is also a kind of atmosphere in the literary circles of the Republic of China.

They also talked about Lin Zixuan's writing of popular novels, believing that Lin Zixuan was a moth hiding in the new culture.

Similarly, someone used Lin Zixuan to write foreign novels, which proves that Lin Zixuan is a representative of Western culture.

In short, because of an article, Lin Zixuan became the target of public criticism.

There are several reasons for this, although Lin Zixuan was famous in the past, he rarely participated in polemics, even if it was a polemic, it was to the point of point, and there would be no tendencies.

This time, Lin Zixuan showed his attitude, and it was still a two-sided and unflattering view.

Many people have finally found an opportunity to attack celebrities as a shortcut to fame, as the Creation Society has proven.

In the future, they can also brag about what Lin Zixuan is, and he is not scolded by me and has nothing to say.

Another point is that this is Beiping, and Lin Zixuan is from Shanghai, so regional differences are very important.

Many literati in the literary circle of Beiping think that a Shanghainese who went to Beiping would dare to be so arrogant, and he would not scold you or anyone.

Although Lin Zixuan wrote a few more articles to explain his views, no one paid attention to what he was going to say in the scolding, and everyone fell into a carnival of criticizing celebrities.

They went to the Forbidden City because of Hu Shi the year before, and they seized the opportunity to scold Hu Shi.

Now I have found an opportunity to scold Lin Zixuan, the opportunity is not easy to come by, so I cherish it more and more, and I scold it more vigorously.

Lin Zixuan ignored it in the end, and dissuaded the people of the Crescent Society from continuing to participate in the debate.

When the buddy returns to Shanghai, let's settle the score!

Without its own media and the little brother who is called, it is unsatisfactory after all.

He wrote down the names of these people, and after returning to Shanghai, he set up a special newspaper, published articles every day to scold these guys, and then sent the newspaper to these scolding guys, not to make money, but to disgust these people and export evil anger.

Of course, it is also for the purpose of promoting his own views, and since he has put forward this kind of proposition, he must carry it out.

As a tyrant in the literary world, he is not short of this money.

In the midst of all this distraction, the time came for Tagore's birthday.

On the evening of May 8, the auditorium of Xiehe School was attended by celebrities, talking and laughing, and Chinese and foreign personalities from the literary and artistic circles of Beiping were present, which can be said to be a grand event in the literary world. (To be continued.) )