240105 to Mr. Hu Shishizhi: Two days ago, I received a hand teaching and "Two Prefaces to the Water Margin" [1]. The preface is excellent and beneficial to the reader. I don't approve of "The Legend of the Water Margin" [2], probably because of the ancient things and change it, in order to pour their own block, as for the article, of course, it is really good, Mr. Preface, has given a greater estimate.

"Journey to the West" [3] was sent, it was in the "Library", I don't know if there is a better engraved copy in addition.

Since the release of "Prosperous Dream of the Sea" [4] and the fame of "Flowers of the Sea" has fallen, in fact, the measurement technology of "Prosperous Dream" is far greater than that of "Flowers of the Sea". This book has great reprint value, I wonder if Oriental Bookstore intends to do this? What I saw before was that the original was published twice a week, and there were paintings of the Wu Youru [5] school, but unfortunately they are no longer available.

Swift on the 5th of January

Exegesis:

(1) "Two Prefaces to the Water Margin" refers to Hu Shi's "Preface". "The Sequel to the Water Margin" is a merger of the "Four Expeditions" part of the 15th edition and "The Legend of the Water Margin". Published by Oriental Oriental Library, Shanghai, February 1924.

(2) The novel "The Legend of the Water Margin", written by Chen Chen in the early Qing Dynasty, 40 times. In the preface, the author says, "Poor and sorrowful, full of complaints, with a lump in the chest, and no wine to pour, he took advantage of this tragedy to write it." [3] The novel "Journey to the West", written by Dong at the end of the Ming Dynasty, sixteen times. "Shuo Ku", a series of novels, edited by Wang Wenwei. Lithograph of Shanghai Civilization Book Company, 1915. It contains a total of 179 volumes of Han, Jin, Liang, Tang, Song, Ming, and Qing novels. "Journey to the West" is included in the 39th and 40th volumes of "Shuoku".

[4] The novel "Dream of Prosperity on the Sea", written by Sun Yusheng (Jia Zhen), 100 times. Published in 1903 by Shanghai Xiaolin Newspaper House. "Flowers of the Sea", that is, "The Biography of Flowers of the Sea", a novel, written by Han Bangqing, sixty-four times. In February of the 18th year of Guangxu (1892), some chapters were first serialized in the magazine "Strange Books of the Sea", and the whole book was printed in the 20th year of Guangxu. In 1926, Oriental Oriental Library punctuated and reprinted.

(5) Wu Youru (?) --1893) Mingyou (also known as Jiayou), a native of Yuanhe, Jiangsu Province (now Wu County), was a painter in the late Qing Dynasty. From 1884 onwards, he painted the "Dianshizhai Pictorial" in Shanghai.

240111 to Brother Sun Fuyuan Fuyuan: The letter of Hui has arrived, and a note from Wang Jun [1] is attached, and it is begging to be forwarded, so as to do this thing.

I have read the novels of the brother Qinwen [2] twice, and those who write about student society are the best, followed by those who live in villages and villages; Writing two articles about workers is close to failure. If it is eliminated, 267 articles can be saved, and 234 articles can be stored if it is stricter. Now that there are twenty-seven articles first, my brother can first hand over Meng and ask him if he can be included in the "Literature and Art Series" [3]? And at the end of the lunar calendar year, it will be returned to me, and I can correct it later.

In short, this collection is absolutely publishable, regardless of income. But it needs to be sorted out slightly.

"The White Rabbit" is a good article, but the state and remarks recorded are too clear (I have also heard such discussions), and it is easy to be noticed when it is assembled, and it seems that it needs to be changed a little obscurely. In the article "Infectious Diseases", it is recorded that the injection (injection) is on the buttocks, as far as I know, when it is on the thighs, it is changed to the buttocks, and the status is too uneven, how can the acupuncture method have changed now? I would like to take a look.

Swift on the night of the 11th of January

Exegesis:

[1] Wang Jun refers to Wang Tongzhao (1898-1957), a native of Zhucheng, Shandong, a writer, and one of the founders of the Literary Research Association. He is the author of the novel "Mountain Rain" and so on.

[2] Qinwen is Xu Qinwen. See note [1] of the 250929 letter. Lu Xun once compiled more than 20 of his novels, entitled "Hometown", which was published by Beixin Book Company in April 1926 as one of the "Rabble Series".

(3) "Literature and Art Series" refers to the "Xinchao Society Literature and Art Series", edited by Zhou Zuoren.

240209 to Mr. Hu Shishizhi: Qi Jun [2], who bought a hundred and twenty copies of "Water Margin" [1] before, told me that his family has another such "Water Margin", which is clearer than his (one of his is quite clear), but it is slightly worn out and needs to be reloaded, and he knows the value and wants to sell it for 50 yuan, and asks me if it is necessary. I don't want it right now. Don't know if you can?

I heard that Mr. Li Xuanbo [3] bought a number of copies of "Water Margin" [4] with 100 times, but not all of them. Does the gentleman know him? I don't know him, I can't borrow it. Looking at the current situation, one hundred and twenty times knows three in a year, and it seems to be even more rare to hear less about one hundred times.

Tree Man February 9th

Exegesis:

(1) The original name of the 120th edition of "Water Margin" was "Mr. Li Zhuowu's Criticism of the Zhongyi Water Margin", with the title "Shi Nai'an Collection, Luo Guanzhong Compilation and Repair", and the frontispiece has the preface of Li Zhen (Zhuowu) and Yang Ding, and Yuan Tianya engraved in the 42nd year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1614).

(2) Qi Jun is Qi Shou Mountain.

[3] Li Xuanbo, known as Zongdong, was a native of Gaoyang, Hebei Province, and was a professor at Peking University at that time.

(4) The original name of the 100-fold version of "Water Margin" was "Zhongyi Water Margin", which was first engraved by Guo Xun in Jiajingjian of the Ming Dynasty, and now there are eight remnants. Title: "Shi Nai'an Collection, Luo Guanzhong Compilation and Repair". There is also a preface engraved in the thirty-seventh year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1609) by the foreign ministers of Tiandu. This is an indication of the new An'an inscription in the Wanli period.

240226 to Li Bingzhong [1] Brother Bingzhong: My time is as follows, but Monday, Friday, and Saturday are not included.

From 1 to 2 o'clock in the afternoon, from 3 to 6 o'clock in the dormitory, at the Ministry of Education (also see guests), after 6 o'clock, in the dormitory on Sundays.

Tree Man on February 26 [1] Li Bingzhong (?) --1940) was born in Pengshan, Sichuan. At that time, he was a student at Peking University and entered the Whampoa Military Academy in the winter of 1924. In the spring of 1926, he went to the Soviet Union and then went to Japan to study military affairs. Later, he served as a Kuomintang officer.

240330 To Qian Xuan's Tongxuan and his brother: The reason why he made trouble with the Registration Department of the Normal University [1] is because of the strange wording of his letter, which can be suspected of being instigated by a certain public, and he has this disrespectful behavior. Therefore, it is to take the "benevolence doctrine" of the imperial decree of the Eastern University College, and put forward the procedure of "punishment without teaching", which is intended to punish a certain public, rather than having the intention of competing with the registration department.

Yesterday, however, a student came[2] and said that this kind of stupidity was made by the Registry of Birds, and that there was no intention of being instigated or pandered to by some public servant. But what I did yesterday is not the right thing. Therefore, it is also the "optimism" of the Eastern Great University Academy and the Imperial Determination, and there are those who dispel the intention of resignation. All the care is taken care of, and the one who is grateful for the lotus. Yang Gong [3] is the one who sees it this morning.

On the third day and night of March [1], Brother Shu and the Registration Department of Normal University made trouble with the lecturer of the Department of Chinese Literature of Beijing Normal University. According to "Lu Xun's Diary" on March 25, 1924: "It is extremely wrong to have the faith of the teacher. Again, on the 27th: "Send a letter from the teacher in the morning and resign from the lecturer." [2] According to "Lu Xun's Diary" on March 29, 1924: "Gu Shiming, Wang Zhen, Lu Tianzhi, and Fu Yan are all teachers and students. [3] Yang Gong refers to Yang Shuda (1885-1956), a native of Changsha, Hunan, and a linguist. At that time, he was a professor at Beijing Normal University. He is the author of "Interpretation of Words" and so on.

240502 to Mr. Hu Shishizhi: I haven't seen you for many days. I have two things to bother you now: 1. Have you used "Journey to the West"? If you have seen it, please throw it back, as long as it is placed in the room of the Chinese language teacher.

2. Is there any news about the manuscript of the novel sold to the business hall [1]? If not, could you please write a reminder?

Above, hard work!

Tree man on May 2nd

Exegesis:

[1] The manuscript of the novel refers to the manuscript of the novel "The Legend of Bian Xuehong Mud" that Li Bingzhong and Tuo Lu Xun managed to sell.

240526 to Brother Li Bingzhongyong: I got a letter today, and I have all learned about it.

The incident of "The Story of Bian Xuehong Ni", I have already written to ask, but there is no reply, and I suspect that he was busy entertaining "Taiweng" [1], so he has no time; Recently, he asked Sun Fuyuan to ask, but he didn't meet, but he wrote a letter to ask, but there was still no reply, so I don't know why. It is not known whether they have gone to the secret demon temple [2] to cultivate the path, or whether they are still writing books in Beijing. The letter ordered me to write a book and then urge and introduce, and I wrote it and attached it today, but even if I ordered to meet, I am afraid that it will not be able to grasp the essentials, and it is still no different from not seeing. Besides, I'm not good at simplicity, and I can't turn around and listen.

As for the money, if it is borrowed from others, it will be reversed, and it will be reversed, and finally it will not be able to get the point, it will be no different from selling a manuscript, and the experience in the past is probably like this. It is better to say it yourself, it is more reliable, I have everything in hand now, I can borrow 20 yuan, and the rest must wait for the Dragon Boat Festival to see, I am quite suspicious that when there is an official and less permission to issue, it is not difficult to borrow another 30 yuan, but this kind of money, as usual, must be decided in the middle of the night of the day before the Dragon Boat Festival, so it can not be asserted at this time.

However, if the creditor can postpone it to the end of June of the solar calendar, there is still another way to think of it.

If the 20 yuan mentioned above is not urgent, it should be handed over to Peking University on Friday.

The night of May 26th

Exegesis:

[1] "Taga" refers to Rabindranath Tagore

e, 1861-1941), Indian poet. In April 1924, he visited China.

[2] The Secret Demon Mansion is located in Xishan, Beijing. Liu Tong and Yu Yizheng of the Ming Dynasty wrote "The Scenery of the Imperial Palace", Volume 6, "Xishan. Shang": "The stone is chiseled, so the Sanggan River is also, called Lushi Mountain, and there is a temple called Lushi Temple. ...... Those who pass the temple for half a mile, the secret demon house, is where Lu Shiyan sits. According to legend, Sui Renshou, the teacher came from a boat in the south of the Yangtze River, and said: The boat stops, the ship stops, and the ship stops, and the master lives in the cliff. "240527 to Mr. Hu Shishizhi: I haven't seen him again since I listened to the lecture in the Concord Auditorium[1], and I suspect that I have gone to the secret magic house, but I may still be busy in Beijing, I don't know.

There was no news about "The Story of Bian Xuehong Ni", knowing that Mr. was busy, but Shang Xi urged it, intending to sell it quickly, and he just used the money.

Friend Li Yongqianjun is the master of his book, and he has long admired Mr. Weilie, and is eager to see the rich. Therefore, do not take the liberty to introduce it, if you can break the work of the book and give a little advice, it is very fortunate that it is afraid to be scared!

On the evening of May 8, 1924, the Crescent Society held a meeting in the auditorium of Union Medical College to celebrate the 64th birthday of Rabindranath Tagore, who was visiting China.

240606 to Mr. Hu Shishizhi: I received the letter and the book I returned four days ago; There are also two books for me[1], thank you.

Yesterday, I passed the Bell and Drum Temple, and I went to the Zunyu to visit, but unfortunately I didn't know, and it was really not a fluke.

The author of that novel wanted to meet Mr. Yi last week, and asked me to write a letter of introduction, and I took the liberty of writing it to him. But he doesn't seem to have gone until now.

As for that novel, it should have belonged to the antique department, because I saw that the business museum also published "Romance of the Qin and Han Dynasties" [2] and "Novel World" [3], and it can be said that it has a relationship with antiques, so I want to rely on Hongfu, stuff it to him, print it and sell it to readers who love antiquities, and make a few pennies for the owner of the book. If you want to make a big splash and sing the praises of a new work of the 20th century, the kid is not sensitive, and he really doesn't dare.

In short, if the book can be sold as an antique, the price may be cheap, and the real name can be changed by the museum at will; And how many of the media are there, I think they can also be deleted, this Ming people's accumulated habits, there is no need to prepare them at this moment. And its purpose is to buy [sell] in any way to get money. ----But except for me to do the preface.

Besides, I haven't done a preface, so it must be very bad to do, and having new prefaces such as "Water Margin" and "Red Mansion" [4] in front of me will also make me never dare to be ugly.

But if there is no way to sell it, please return it, but I am sorry for the repeated disturbances!

Lu Xun, June 6

Exegesis:

[1] "Lu Xun's Diary", June 2, 1924: "I got Hu Shi's letter at night. He also gave one copy of "World Philosophy in the Past Fifty Years" and "Chinese Literature", as well as two copies of "Shuo Ku". [2] "Romance of the Qin and Han Dynasties", written by Huang Shiheng, three volumes. Published in 1917.

[3] "Novel World" weekly, a publication founded by the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly faction to fight against the reformed "Novel Monthly". It was first published in Shanghai on January 5, 1923, edited by Ye Jinfeng and later edited by Hu Jichen. It ceased publication in December 1929.

(4) New preface to "Water Margin" and "Red Chamber"Since 1920, Shanghai Oriental Oriental Library has punctuated and published "Water Margin", "Dream of Red Mansions", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and other books, with prefaces by Hu Shi, Chen Duxiu, Qian Xuan and others.

240828 to Brother Li Bingzhongyong: The letter has arrived. Payment must be suspended for a few days. There is a rumor that the Ministry of Education will receive the check tomorrow, if it is true, it can be at the beginning of next month, otherwise don't try to make it unhindered to the life of the Confucian family in Caozhou.

On the night of August 28th 240924 Shuren sent a letter to Li Bingzhongyong's brother: I saw the letter when I returned home. The letter to Mr. Youyu [1] has already been written, and I don't know what the outcome will be now, but fortunately this is not a matter of life and death, so why not just let it be as it is.

My speculation on this side is not correct. It is true that I have helped a few times, but if I am a powerful person, these are small things, or they are not small things at all, and the reason why I look like a helper now is that I am powerless, so there are still many invalid times. Even if it works, it's nothing, and you can ignore it.

I'm afraid I'm known for not being able to meet customers. But not really, what I am afraid of seeing is a new person who I can't talk to, and I don't know anyone, because I don't have to pretend to be a guest. I don't have many customers here, and I like loneliness and hate loneliness, so I like it when young people come to visit me. But let me tell you the truth, which you may not have felt, that if this man thinks of me, I will feel a kind of sorrow, and fear that he will fall into a fate like mine; If, at first sight, he thinks that I am not of his kind, and will not come again, I will know that he has more hope than I am, and I will be very relieved.

In fact, how can I confess? I've been able to chew coptis without frowning. I hate myself, because there are a number of people who wish me to be rich, famous, and powerful, or who wish me to perish and die, but I have no money, no name, no power, and no perish, and I have no way to repay the great favor in all respects. I often think about suicide, and I often want to kill people, but I don't do it, and I'm probably not a warrior. Now I still have to show him a few dollars for those who wish me to be proud, and avoid those who wish me to perish, so that he will not be cunning again. I don't want to disappoint people, so I'm willing to deceive my lover and my enemies, that is, to comfort them, but I still can't get things done in every way.

I myself always felt that there was poison and ghost in my soul, and I hated him so much that I wanted to get rid of him, but I couldn't. Although I tried my best to cover it, I was always afraid of infecting others, and the reason why I sometimes felt sad for those with whom I had more dealings.

However, these words are not intended to deny you access to me, but I suddenly thought of this, wrote here, and said it casually. If you feel that this is not the case, or if you are willing to be infected, or if you are not afraid of it, or if you are confident that you will not be infected, then you can just come, and you don't have to be so careful when you knock on the door.

Twenty-four days and nights of the tree man

Exegesis:

(1) Young Yuyu Ma Yuzao (1878-1945), a young fisherman, was born in Yinxian County, Zhejiang. She studied in Japan, and later served as the director of the Department of Chinese at Zhejiang Education Department and Peking University, and a professor at Beijing Women's Normal University.

240928 to Brother Li Bingzhongyong: If you read my letter and don't sleep all night, you are poisoned by me, and you are said to be a person who is not infected, and you just argue strongly.

I am always at home after half past five in the afternoon, and I can come at any time, that is, I have not returned, but I can wait.

Lu Xun September 28 night 241020 to Li Bingzhongyong Qian: The letter was received. I have not been able to turn lately, and I want to do it to-morrow, but there is little hope, for all those with whom I know and can be accommodating will always be in a similar position to me. But I'm going to make up twenty of them, and I'll be done by Thursday, and I'll be glad to have them there.

The results of Lu Xun's money on the night of October 20 can be known on Wednesday. I think that if I have to do so, I will be able to guarantee a certain portion of the old debt, and I hope to discuss the law on Wednesday night.

241126 to Qian Xuan and his brother: Those who have tasted the book of "Marriage in the Awakening World" [1], and a person who has "Evil Marriage", which is the original name, is unknown. However, in terms of its general meaning, it is nothing more than a talk of retribution and causation, writing about social and family affairs, and the description is quite careful, and the ridicule is also sharp [2], compared with the likes of "Pingshan Lengyan", it is true that it is an outstanding one, but it is not a final volume, but it is not because of carelessness, not because of the sin of this book!

If we talk about it in terms of its original text, we can see two kinds of it. One is Weihe, and the plank is also; Its price is two, three yuan. The two are not he, the typography is the ear, and its price is he, seven or eight cents. This is also known as "Awakening Marriage". If the husband is clear, then I have heard his words, but I have not seen his book, if he has it, or is it still called "Evil Marriage"?

The truth of the "Yang Shuda" incident [3] is known today, and there is an article by a student [4], which should be published in the third issue of "Yuxi" [5]. And Mr. Zhen Yang Shuda was the first to take the blame and apologize, which was beyond my expectations, and he was "very frightened and frightened" and "stunned".

I wish you good health too.

"...... That is, Lu Xun "November 26

Exegesis:

[1] The novel "Marriage in the Awakening World", signed "Written by the Western Zhou Sheng", 100 times. The earliest is the engraved copy of Tongzhi Gengwu (1870). Yang Fuji's "Dream Trivial Pen" said that the author is Pu Songling.

(2) The novel "Pingshan Lengyan", signed "Ogishi Shanren Edition", 20 times.

(3) The "Yang Shuda" incident refers to the fact that Yang Esheng broke into Lu Xun's residence due to insanity, claiming to be "Yang Shuda", which caused Lu Xun to misunderstand. See "Remembering the Attack of "Yang Shuda" Jun and "Justification of Yang Jun's Attack" in the "Extra-set Collection".

[4] refers to Li Yu'an's "Reading "Remembering the Attack of 'Yang Shuda' Jun".

[5] The literary and artistic weekly "Yuxi", originally edited by Sun Fuyuan and others, was founded in Beijing on November 17, 1924. In October 1927, it was banned by the warlord Zhang Zuolin, and then moved to Shanghai to continue the publication, and on March 10, 1930, it was published until the 52nd issue of Volume 5 was suspended. Lu Xun was one of its main contributors and supporters, and served as editor for a time after the journal was published in Shanghai.