On July 7, 1924, a photo of a Chinese was first published on the cover of Time magazine in the United States, and Lin Zixuan became the first Chinese to appear on the cover of Time Magazine.

On the introduction of the cover, there is a short sentence: a great writer from China.

There was an interview with Lin Zixuan in the magazine, and the magazine wrote the reason for choosing Lin Zixuan as the cover character.

"This young writer had great influence in that ancient country of the East, he led a literary revolution, initiated a great change in the ideological world, and walked in the cultural forefront of the entire era, at the same time, he also understood and got close to Western culture, and made remarkable achievements in the Western cultural circle."

"He is the representative of Chinese culture in the West, and he is the messenger of different cultures between the East and the West."

Lin Zixuan once introduced the new literature to Western journalists, and talked about the great changes that are taking place in China, and he was fortunate to participate in it and played a certain role.

When the Western journalist interviewed Wu Peifu in Beiping, he witnessed the great controversy between Lin Zixuan and the Chinese cultural circles.

He actually didn't know much about the actual situation, but according to the translator, he knew that Lin Zixuan had made huge waves in the Chinese intellectual circles and put forward his own ideas.

He didn't know that this kind of controversy often happened in China, and it was not unusual, but this time because of Tagore's visit was a bit of a big fuss, and he took it for granted that it was caused by Lin Zixuan alone.

What courage it takes for a person to confront the ideological circles of the whole society!

The Time reporter felt that he had captured the heart of this interview, in an ancient country, where a young man with a fearless spirit fought against an entire rotten and old intellectual community.

Rebel against the whole world with the power of one man. Western readers are most fond of such deeds of personal heroism.

He portrayed Lin Zixuan as a hero and a reformist in the world of Chinese literature and thought.

Think about a young man who has been educated in the West and returns to his own country. Attempts to use literary means to change the country's thinking have been frantically suppressed by conservative forces.

This hero with a tinge of pathos is sure to be recognized and welcomed by readers in the United States.

So it goes. Lin Zixuan's image instantly became tall and plump.

In the interview, the Western reporter first focused on Lin Zixuan's experience at Columbia University, so that it could be recognized by American readers, and then introduced a series of achievements made by Lin Zixuan after returning to China.

For example, as a poet, he revolutionized Chinese poetry and achieved great success in dramas and novels.

A publishing house and a film company were founded, as well as a record label and a radio station.

These are all evidence of Lin Zixuan's closeness to Western culture, he introduced Western culture to China, changed the living habits of Chinese, and made Chinese accept new things and ideas.

Special mention is made here of Lin Zixuan and Pearl Race's friendship. Whether Pearl Race is a genuine American, or the daughter of a missionary, a devout Christian, can easily win the favor of American readers.

In the interview, a family photo of Lin Zixuan appeared.

Western journalists praised Lin Zixuan for having a happy family and abiding by the legal norms of monogamy, unlike other successful people in this country who have countless wives and lovers.

Time magazine reporters deliberately portrayed Lin Zixuan as an image of the American middle class.

Wealthy family, good upbringing, extraordinary achievements, and a happy life. A representative of the quintessential American dream.

Next is a photo of shaking hands, one is Lin Zixuan and the other is the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore.

The two great oriental writers hit it off at first sight and fell in love with each other.

The journalist knew that Tagore was boycotted in China. And Lin Zixuan once wrote an article in support of Tagore, so he thought that the relationship between the two was very good.

He thought that Lin Zixuan was the founder of the Crescent Society, and that the Crescent Society supported Tagore. He didn't know that the Crescent Society was not a whole, but a literary circle of people with different ideas.

The end of the interview. There is also a poem written by Lin Zixuan.

This is when the reporter of "Time Magazine" interviewed Wu Peifu, Wu Peifu personally wrote it out and gave it to him.

Wu Peifu is not only a warlord. He is also proficient in traditional Chinese culture, and has been a showman, and is considered a Confucian general.

After learning that the American reporter had interviewed Lin Zixuan in Shanghai, he personally wrote Lin Zixuan's poem "Qinyuan Spring" as a gift to the American reporter.

Lin Zixuan's "Qinyuan Spring" written in Beiping did not cause much repercussions in Chinese cultural circles, but it was popular in political circles.

"There are so many delicate rivers and mountains, leading countless heroes to bend their waists."

Whether it is Wu Peifu in Beiping, or Duan Qirui in Tianjin, or Zhang Zuolin in the Northeast, and other heroes who are interested in this world, they all feel when they see this poem.

It can be said that this poem speaks for themselves.

In this magnificent era, who is the real romantic person, who has the ability to turn the tide and dominate the country.

When a Time reporter got the poem, he asked an American who knew Chinese to translate it into English.

However, this translation completely loses the momentum of the poem.

"In the winter in northern China, there is snow everywhere, near the Great Wall, there is ice and snow, the Yellow River is frozen, the mountains are still icy, and the plateau in the distance is still icy, and these ice and snow are like pythons and elephants running. When the sky is clear, it is very beautiful to watch the sun shine on the snow and ice. ”

"This world is so beautiful that countless heroes yearn for it. It's a pity that the emperors of the Qin Dynasty and the emperors of the Han Dynasty were not educated, the emperors of the Tang Dynasty and the emperors of the Song Dynasty were too bad, and Temujin, who was called a hero, only knew archery. These people are all dead, and it is the people of our time who are really beautiful. ”

Therefore, it is really important to find a good translator.

Of course, this cannot be blamed on the American who translated it, Chinese poetry is inherently difficult to understand, and he is not proficient in traditional Chinese culture, so it is not easy to translate it literally.

In any case, the first English translation of "Qin Yuan Chun" appeared.

This issue of Time Magazine caused quite a stir in American society, especially in the Chinese community.

After all, this is the first time that the mainstream media in the United States has used a Chinese as the protagonist to carry out a large-scale report.

The Chinese embassy in the United States took note of the situation and sent a telegram back to China, explaining Lin Zixuan's influence in the United States.

Zhang Kangren, who was recuperating at Berkeley's home, sent a telegram to Lin Zixuan after reading "Time Magazine", wanting to know the original text of the poem "Qinyuan Spring", he did not believe that the poems written by Lin Zixuan would be so vulgar.

When he saw the original text of "Qinyuan Spring", he couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, translating a good poem.

Because of the reading boom caused by "Gone with the Wind" and "The Catcher in the Rye", Americans were quite interested in Lin Zixuan, they watched "Time" magazine, and then were moved by the hero Lin Zixuan created by American journalists.

They think that Lin Zixuan is a lonely hero, who is engaged in a tragic ideological war in that ancient country.

Therefore, heroes are never born, but artificially shaped. (To be continued.) )