Those who practice martial arts have vital parts of the body, and after being hit, they will fall to the ground and even die. The same is true of the literati, most of whom have personal radical ideas, so much so that they become critical. So, the key to Lu Xun is **?
Lu Xun has published several ** collections, a collection of essays, a collection of prose poems, and a lot of essay collections, which are simply spectacular. Lu Xun's writing is relatively thin and hard, which seems to match his character. In the era of devastation in which he appeared, many new cultural pioneers were born, who wanted to replace classical Chinese with vernacular, to promote democracy and science, and to destroy the "iron house" and go to the bright state. Lu Xun had to "carry the floodgates of darkness" and lead the young people to rush left and right. However, Lu Xun is pessimistic in his bones, and there are some shadows of nihilism. After all, at that time, due to the limitations of the times, he could not see a bright future, nor could he see too good results, and became more depressed and even sad.
The key point of Lu Xun is precisely this kind of depression and sorrow, not that he does not have a vision for a new life, nor is it that he does not have no efforts, but that his personal ability is limited and he cannot change society. Even if there were many revolutionary parties at that time, Lu Xun would not join, but he wanted to be a lonely fighter, and he wanted to "recommend Xuanyuan with my blood", not from the customs, let alone culture. She is always exploring and actively struggling, but she often runs into walls everywhere and has no good results. Perhaps, his literature exposing the "inferiority of the people" has a certain one-sidedness, but it only reveals that it attracts the attention of the cure, but it does not cure it, nor does it prescribe medicine. Perhaps, the development of society at that time had reached a dark point, and there was no prescription at all. However, many intellectuals want to open a pharmacy and try to make various attempts, but they have repeatedly hit a wall, and they cannot obtain the ideal of changing the world.
Lu Xun saw the cycle of evil, saw the insurmountable shortcomings and limitations of life, and seemed to criticize with original sin, with a kind of fear and repentance. It's like the quote from the New Testament that he quoted in his essay "Mr. Fujino": "Repent!He wants people to repent, to automatically remove the bad roots of human nature, to be a brave person, not a selfish person, but often to failure. The social environment is not good, Lu Xun can't see better changes, and he can't find a way to change human nature. And the literature he made only revealed the inferiority of the people, but did not show the hope of a new life. Xu Fuguan once said: "After reading Lu Xun's works, I feel that the country and society are just black and black. The light he casts on me is only a negative light, and I can't help but feel a sense of emptiness and melancholy. ”
Lu Xun's pessimism had a great impact, not that he intended to do so, but that he really couldn't see a good way out, so he became pessimistic. His student was assassinated by the Kuomintang, and he was also listed on the assassination blacklist, and he really couldn't see a better way out, so after learning from the pain, he went to a decisive decision. War against human nature, war against society, war against evil forces, war against all the literati who are not used to it, use the pen to do **, criticize the opponent to the point of incompleteness, and have no power to fight back. In his last words, there are also words of "no forgiveness", which can be regarded as a manifestation of his determination. Hu Shi commented on him: "He is dead, let's put aside the details as much as possible, and focus on what his thoughts are, how many changes he has undergone, what his beliefs are, what are some valuable, and some are worthless." ”
Everyone can respect Lu Xun and criticize Lu Xun, but Lu Xun is such a person, who has lived out his spirit and spirit, and he is there, as if he does not move. People can see pessimism in his writings, as well as the evil of human nature, the anguish of wandering in a landless place, and the determination after the collapse of faith. Lu Xun is more like fighting with himself, seeing the evil of human nature, but also seeing his own indifference and sadness. It's not that he doesn't want to actively reform and be aggressive, but there are no such conditions. In other words, since he gave up medicine and became a writer, he has gone to the point of no return. I don't want to live like others in a vulgar and unbridled way, I don't want to be an eclectic person, and I don't want to become a royal literati. As a result, Lu Xun's spirit became independent and began his own path of creation.
The key point of Lu Xun seems to lie in criticism, sharp criticism, not letting go of one, and not forgiving one. Is human nature really that ****?Of course not, but Lu Xun himself became profound, and his view of others became profound, and even if he wanted to go deep into the level of human nature, he became less tolerant. However, in real life, Lu Xun is an amiable person, with a wife, children, and a large number of literary youth, gentle and interesting, without giving people a cold feeling. It can be said that Lu Xun in real life and Lu Xun in the article are two people, and they are also the embodiment of two personalities.
The key to Lu Xun lies in the depth of understanding, which is too profound, but not so likable, and this unlikability just reflects his personality. His literature not only has innovation in the use of words, but also innovation in thought, unlike other writers, he does not compromise at all, and if he does not be a good gentleman, he has become the target of public criticism and the target of attacks by literati, but his counterattack is fatal, enough to embarrass many literati who have attacked him.
After Lu Xun's death, many literati he had attacked during his lifetime came to see him off. It can be said that he did not have a personal enemy, nor did he become a real person who could not tolerate the world, but lived as a spirit, and it was precisely his key point that became his advantage, although biased, but there is a value for existence and the need for inheritance.