In 1936, Lu Xun died in the middle of the night, and Zhu An, who had been alone in the empty house for 41 years, said a "famous complaint".
In the vast sea of people, looking for the partner who fits their soul is the eternal desire of people's hearts. Some people go to thousands of mountains and rivers, just to find the love that resonates with the heart, even in the dim light, but also to find the person who is in touch with their hearts, because a beautiful love is worth pursuing.
For Lu Xun, the relationship between him and his younger sister Xu Guangping is like a harmonious piano, and they have walked the road of literature together and composed a moving story. This marriage was controversial because Xu Guangping was not his original partner. Before her, Lu Xun had another wife named Zhu An.
The Zhou family was one of the big clans in Shaoxing, Lu Xun as a descendant of the Zhou family, his grandfather was listed as a jinshi, and served as a county magistrate in the county government, which added a lot of luster to the Zhou family, and also brought a relatively stable and prosperous life to Lu Xun's childhood.
Lu Xun's grandfather was implicated in a suspected fraud case and was finally sentenced to a suspended death, which led to the gradual decline of the Zhou family. Despite this, the Zhou family was also prominent for a while.
And Lu Xun's wife Zhu An was born in the Zhu family in Shaoxing, which is also a family of eunuchs. Her family has always been proud of being a member of the profession and living a prosperous life. Zhu An has been influenced by traditional culture since she was a child, learning the skills of virtuous women such as female red, embroidery, and cooking.
In that era, marriage was determined by the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers, and even a thoughtful young man like Lu Xun could not completely disobey his mother's wishes. Such forced marriages often make it difficult to achieve happiness. Lu Xun believes that marriage requires not only emotional communication, but also ideological fit. He has an indifferent attitude towards the marriage, believing that it is a bondage that has no emotional basis.
Although Lu Xun was forced to agree to the marriage, he hoped that Zhu An would also be able to make a difference, and proposed to let her give up her foot binding and enter the new-style school to study. It was also a way for him to try to save the marriage. Juan still clings to tradition and refuses to change. For Lu Xun, such a Miss Zhu family can't resonate with him at all.
In 1906, Lu Xun was deceived by his mother into returning to China on the grounds of illness, and finally completed the marriage ceremony with Zhu An. Perhaps in order to fulfill his filial piety, Lu Xun reluctantly accepted this marriage brokered by his mother. He moved to the study to sleep on the second day of marriage, and left for Japan in a hurry on the third day, a decisive move that hurt Juan and made others laugh.
Lu Xun's heart was full of complaints and anger, but under his mother's resolute arrangement, he could only compromise. After getting married, he hardly lived with Zhu An, let alone had children together.
Three years later, Lu Xun returned to China again, and in the face of Zhu An, he was as cold as frost and did not change. Although Lu Xun had a cold attitude towards her, Zhu An always believed that she was a member of the Zhou family, and she served her mother-in-law Lu Rui faithfully and showed a firm attitude.
Perhaps, to some extent, Mrs. Lu harmed Zhu An's life. Lu Xun once regarded Zhu An as a gift from his mother, but after getting married, he returned the gift to his mother. Juan spends most of her time with Luri, but such a marriage is painful and meaningless for both parties.
In 1936, Mr. Lu Xun unfortunately passed away, and the Zhou family fell into a depression. In order to alleviate the strapped life, Zhu An once considered Lu Xun's writings**.
When many cultural figures came to dissuade him, Zhu An lost control of his emotions and poured out years of resentment and dissatisfaction. She pointed out: "You want to keep Lu Xun's relics, but I am also a part of Lu Xun, shouldn't you cherish me?" These words are heartbreaking, Zhu An waited for Lu Xun's change of heart all his life, but in the end he couldn't do it, so he could only face Lu Xun and Xu Guangping's marriage and childbirth.
Juan's plight is deeply sympathetic. As a woman in the traditional feudal era, the setbacks she endured were too cruel. Despite this, she still chose to keep Lu Xun's writings, showing her kind nature.
"When we first met at Fengling Ferry, I saw Yang Guo for life", although this poem describes the emotional entanglement between Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu, it is also quite meaningful when used on Zhu An. She may not have met the suave Yang Guo, but she missed her lifelong happiness for someone who didn't love her deeply.
In those days, marriage was often a family and traditional arrangement, and the wishes of the individual were rarely taken into account. Zhu An was bound by feudal thoughts, perhaps too obsessed with his feelings for Lu Xun, and eventually became a victim of this marriage.
Looking back at history, we should not judge her choices morally. The trajectory of everyone's life is affected by the times and circumstances, and the tragedy of Juan is also a product unique to that era.
Nowadays, we live in a more open and free era, but there are also many people who are lost in love and end up missing out on true happiness. Therefore, for all female friends, keep your eyes open, don't blindly fall into the quagmire of love, and treat feelings rationally, maybe you can avoid a tragedy like Zhu An. May we all find our true happiness in the tide of the new era.
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