On October 19, 1936, at Lu Xun's home in Shanghai, Lu Xun, who was only 55 years old, died of spontaneous pneumothorax, which was not an incurable disease at that time, but because he did not get timely **, Lu Xun left early.
Lu Xun's death is not only the fall of a superstar in the Chinese literary world, but also a huge loss to the world's literary circles, which makes people all over the world sigh.
After Mr. Lu Xun passed away, his funeral lineup was rare and powerful in history, and many famous people came to mourn. Among them, sixteen people were responsible for carrying Lu Xun's coffin and supporting the soul, all of whom were Lu Xun's friends and well-known celebrities.
According to the content of the obituary published by "Shanghai Poster", after learning of the death, Ms. Song Qingling immediately rushed to Lu Xun's home to express condolences to Lu Xun's wife Xu Guangping and discuss the funeral.
After some discussion, the two decided to invite some people to handle the funeral, considering the huge impact of Mr. Lu Xun on China during his lifetime and satisfying all those who grieve for Lu Xun's death to mourn.
The members of the temporarily established Lu Xun Funeral Committee cover a wide range of members, including political circles, literary circles, and foreign friends.
In addition to this gorgeous list of members of the funeral committee, the sixteen people who carried the coffin for Lu Xun's soul were also not simple, most of them were literary heroes or political masters, and they were extremely influential in the society at that time.
These sixteen people are, the great writer Ba Jin, the literary translators Hu Feng and Meng Shihuan, and the writers Jin Yi, Zhang Tianyi, Ouyang Shan, Zhou Wen, and Xiao Jun.
As well as Nie Xuanxuan, the editor of the supplement of "Zhonghua**", Xiao Qian, the editor-in-chief of the supplement "Literature and Art" of "Ta Kung Pao", Li Liewen, the editor-in-chief of the supplement "Freedom Talk" of "Declaration", Huang Yuan, the editor of "Translation", Wu Langxi, the publisher, and Chen Baichen, a famous Chinese screenwriter.
In addition to the above, there are also Japanese progressive young writers Kajiwa and woodcarvers Cao Bai. Among them, Cao Bai was the youngest, and he was only 22 years old when Lu Xun died.
After learning of Lu Xun's death, these sixteen people came from all over the world just to see Mr. Lu Xun for the last time.
Lu Xun's funeral lasted for three days, on the day of the funeral, Song Qingling, the mother of the country, and Cai Yuanpei, the president of Peking University, personally supported the coffin, and the people all spontaneously pulled banners to mourn Lu Xun, and the shops hung white cloths one after another.
There are countless people who came to Lu Xun's funeral, and they couldn't see the edge at a glance, and the funeral procession lined up for more than ten miles, and the crowd was filled with a sad atmosphere.
The funeral procession slowly walked towards the Universal Cemetery, among the sixteen coffin bearers, many of them were old, but in the face of the cumbersome coffin, all of them were unwilling to let go, and dedicated their own modest efforts.
On the way to the Universal Cemetery, the sixteen people were not supporting the spirit the whole time, in order to let everyone send Mr. Lu Xun on the last journey, but alternately.
How long did this road go, and the crowd behind the funeral procession sang patriotic songs for a long time, until they witnessed the burial of Mr. Lu Xun, and everyone dispersed with grief.
According to Ye Shengtao, such a grand scene has never been seen in China before.
Lu Xun, who used the pen as a gun, deserves to be remembered like this. It is his personal charm that makes everyone unforgettable, especially the sixteen people who carried the coffin, everyone has a close relationship with Lu Xun.
Lu Xun is the literary benchmark of our country, when he was studying in Japan, he saw the insensitivity of the domestic masses, so he gave up medicine and followed literature, and after returning to China, he tried to ** the ideological illness of the masses at that time.
The stories he wrote were straightforward and spicy, and pointed out the problems existing in the society at that time, which made people feel empoweredSuch a sharp-tongued writer is actually a mild-tempered person in life.
Most of the sixteen coffin bearers were Lu Xun's close friends or "students" who had been mentioned by Lu Xun. First of all, let's talk about the editorial friends who published for him at the time.
In addition to serving as an editor, he also has literary attainments and is a famous Chinese poet and essayist.
At the same time, as a cadet of the second phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, he also understands military knowledge. But after graduating from the military academy, he did not choose to enlist in the army, but began to create literary and artistic works.
According to Nie Yunxuan's own recollections, a month after the release of "Trends", he received a submission without signature and address, and according to the style and font of the article, Nie Yunxuan guessed that this was Lu Xun's manuscript.
Later, after discussing with his friends, Nie Yunxuan determined that this was Lu Xun's manuscript. After the manuscript was sent, it was not published in time, in order to be sure, Nie Yunxuan also wrote a reply to Lu Xun, and the two finally agreed to meet at Neishan Bookstore.
After this meeting, the two talked very happily, because Lu Xun's literary style at that time had long been famous, so Nie Xuanxuan also expressed his admiration in person, and later after Lu Xun became the resident writer of "Trends", the personal relationship between the two became closer.
In private, the two families often make appointments to eat together, and Lu Xun admires Nie Yunwu very much, and will give guidance when Nie Yunwu imitates his own literary style.
Li Liewen, Xiao Qian, and Huang Yuan are familiar with Lu Xun's experience, which is similar to that of Nie Xuanxuan.
Li Liewen was acquainted by Lu Xun before he founded the magazine "Translation".At that time, Lu Xun's essays were mainly chosen to be on "Freedom Talk", using literature as the medium, and the two gradually became close friends.
In 1936, Xiao Qian came to Shanghai from Mongolia to serve as the editor-in-chief of Literature and Art, and their friendship began here.
Huang Yuan is a student of Lu Xun, and Huang Yuan once said happily that in Lu Xun's home, the mood will be extraordinarily comfortable.
In fact, the two have known each other for nearly ten years, when Lu Xun entered Shanghai to teach, he often encouraged the students, and Huang Yuan often existed as a recorder, and while listening to lectures, he was also moved and influenced by his concepts.
The two have a good personal relationship, and when someone slandered Huang Yuan's translation, Lu Xun also defended his friend, saying that Huang Yuan's translation had no problems and was authentic and reliable.
In addition to being friends with the editor-in-chief of the magazine, he also got along with writers and translators. In the face of these friends, Lu Xun can always give the greatest help.
Lu Xun and Ba Jin knew each other about three years before Lu Xun's death, and the two did not meet much. When Ba Jin came to settle in Shanghai, the two did not have much in common, until April 6, 1933, when the two met for the first time.
Later, Ba Jin began to engage in the publishing industry, and Ba Jin often asked Lu Xun for manuscripts, hoping to publish his works. Faced with Ba Jin's request, Lu Xun readily agreed.
But in the later period, Lu Xun was basically in a state of illness, Lu Xun often wrote with illness, and later after the publication of this work, Lu Xun died, and Ba Jin often held the published booklet to remember Lu Xun.
Jin Yi met Lu Xun through Ba Jin, and with his unique narrative technique and writing style, Lu Xun was very concerned about his path as a writer and would give him some guidance.
After Lu Xun's death, Jin Yi himself said that his interactions with Lu Xun were all through correspondence, and they rarely met directly. In terms of life and personality, the two are not necessarily very compatible, but they are very consistent in their literary views.
At the same time, Jin Yi also praised Lu Xun's attitude towards people and things, and he had a clear distinction between love and hate.
Ouyang Shan and Lu Xun met in 1927, Lu Xun was teaching at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, and Ouyang Shan was a student at that time, and he had listened to the courses taught by Mr. Lu Xun.
After Ouyang Shan later came to Shanghai, after working in the Left League in Shanghai, the two had more contact and their friendship became deeper. Later, the letter Lu Xun wrote to Ouyang Shan on the sickbed has always been remembered by him.
Lu Xun instructed and helped many literary writers grow up at that time, Zhou Wen was almost a writer trained by Lu Xun, and Lu Xun also called him the best left-wing young writer.
Later, when the left-wing in Shanghai declined, Zhou Wen went to Chengdu to develop, and although the two actually met less, Lu Xun still maintained correspondence with him.
Zhang Tianyi is a well-known writer of children's literature, and his literary creation is also guided by Lu Xun. However, among all the young writers that Lu Xun paid attention to, Xiao Jun and Xiao Hong were the two couples who received the most care from Lu Xun.
In 1934, Lu Xun and Xiao Jun had their first correspondence, and since then, the relationship between the two teachers and students has continued to develop. At that time, after Xiao Jun and Xiao Hong published a book on the Resistance Day, the two were subjected to ** and came to Shanghai.
Seeing that he was about to be cornered, Xiao Jun chose to write a letter to ask for help from Lu Xun, a giant in the literary world at that time. In the face of this young man who had never met, Lu Xun did not treat it perfunctory at all, but asked Xiao Jun not to worry and insist on fighting.
Xiao Jun, who was encouraged, insisted on his beliefs, and in later life, although Lu Xun was not in a hurry to meet them, he often wrote letters to care about the lives of the two.
Hu Feng and Meng Shi were both translators of modern literature, and when they were in Shanghai, Hu Feng had a close exchange with Lu Xun, and the two often talked about translating foreign literary works.
Meng Shi and Lu Xun were friends since they were young, and after Meng Shi returned to Shanghai from the Soviet Union, he published many translations of Russian literature.
Meng Shihuan's translation successfully attracted Lu Xun's attention, and the two maintained correspondence all year round, often writing in letters, and even Meng Shihuan's pen name was also taken at Lu Xun's suggestion.
The two translated many of Gogol's works together, and there were many literary collisions, and until Lu Xun's death, translation was still discussed in their letters.
Lu Digan and Lu Xun's acquaintance was very short, less than ten months. After the 918 Incident, Lu Di received ** from the Japanese militarists, and after coming to Shanghai, he was introduced to Lu Xun and got acquainted.
Wu Langxi was the editor-in-charge of "Comics Life" at the time, a magazine that published essays and essays in addition to comics, and Lu Xun often contributed to it.
Wu Langxi is an editor, and in a state of overlapping work, the two exchanged each other's literary opinions, and they slowly became friends.
Chen Baichen is because he is the screenwriter of Lu Xun's "The True Story of Ah Q" movieThe two continued to communicate in the adaptation, thus becoming acquainted, and his personal screenwriting style was deeply influenced by Lu Xun.
Cao Bai uses today's words that Lu Xun is his idol, he is Lu Xun's little fan brother, who created Lu Xun's personal prints, as well as prints of Lu Xun's related works.
At that time, after Cao Bai's "Portrait of Lu Xun" was rejected by Chinese woodcuts, Cao Bai sent the painting to Lu Xun. This is somewhat similar to Xiao Jun's situation, but it is not as urgent and tragic as Xiao Jun.
After Lu Xun got this painting, he wrote back to Cao Bai and encouraged him to continue to insist on not giving up. The encouragement of idols made Cao Bai insist on creating, and in the end, it was bright.
After Lu Xun's death, so many people from all over the country could come to support his coffin and carry his soul, which shows Lu Xun's personality charm.
Whether it is facing juniors, friends, or his own co-editors, he has always taught without any reservations, and treats others with a sincere heart.
So after his death, his influence on these people is still indelible, and everyone is willing to go to Qianshan just to see him for the last time.
This way of making friends through literature is worth learning from us in the impetuous world Xi.
Although Lu Xun has passed away for many years, the literary works he left us are eternal, and his words will forever carve the hearts of generations of young Chinese people.