In 1924, Yang Yinyu assumed the post of president of Beijing Women's Normal University. Although she studied in the United States and obtained a master's degree in education, she was disgusted by student demonstrations and other behaviors because she did not understand the situation in the country, and took strong measures to expel many progressive students. This drew opposition from many progressives, and the faculty and staff of Beijing Women's Normal University, including Lu Xun, sided with the students and supported them in launching a "drive Yang" campaign to demand that Yang be removed from class. And in 1925, this incident intensified, and the Ministry of Education had to start thinking about it.
Zhang Shizhao, the chief of education at the time, stood on Yang Yinyu's side and supported her. This made Yang Yinyu lead the police to arrest the students involved because she had a backer, which further intensified the development of the incident and caused a negative social impact. Yang Yinyu eventually had to take the blame and resign. In this incident, Lu Xun played an important role. Therefore, Zhang Shizhao sent someone to persuade Lu Xun, saying that as long as he was no longer **, he could become the president of Beijing Women's Normal University. However, Lu Xun resolutely rejected such an offer, and Zhang Shizhao was so angry that he submitted an application to Beiyang** for the dismissal of Lu Xun from his post in the Ministry of Education on August 12, 1925.
Lu Xun accepted Zhang Shizhao's dismissal very calmly, and he once told a friend: "I am not surprised by Zhang Shizhao's action this time, after all, I am not like a **, and I should have been dismissed a long time ago." But then, Lu Xun turned to say: "However, this is only from my personal point of view. As for the legal point of view, of course I have to complain, and yesterday I already filed a complaint with the Peace Administration. It is said that a friend once asked him which lawyer he hired, and Lu Xun humorously replied: "Lawyers can only fight for the property of the rich, but we still have to rely on ourselves to fight for the truth for the ideological circles." "It is precisely because Lu Xun is a native of Shaoxing, and he is familiar with it, coupled with his sharp literary talent, it is easy for him to write a complaint, no less than a professional lawyer! Therefore, Lu Xun did not write about how wronged he was, but directly seized the loopholes in Zhang Shizhao's dismissal of him to fight back.
Zhang Shizhao's dismissal of Lu Xun violated the provisions of the Ministry of Education's punishment **, and he could only be removed from office after being reviewed and approved by the "Civil Higher Punishment Committee". However, Zhang Shizhao did not follow this procedure and directly ordered Lu Xun to be dismissed from his post in the Ministry of Education, which violated legal procedures. Moreover, the "crimes" that Zhang Shizhao accused of Lu Xun all occurred during the Beijing Women's Normal University, and were aimed at his position in the university, which had nothing to do with his position in the Ministry of Education, so the Ministry of Education had no right to dismiss him. Under Lu Xun's well-founded complaint, Zhang Shizhao was defeated and had to resign from the post of chief of education. Subsequently, after Yi Peiji took over as the director of education, he revoked the punishment of Lu Xun, and Lu Xun resumed his original post and achieved a complete victory.
Lu Xun's reporting and counterattack not only reflected his noble personality and fair sense of justice, but also showed his talented literary skills and thoughtful wisdom and strategy. With his actions, he set an example for others who pursue fairness and justice, and also provided strong support and inspiration for later educational reform and social progress.
It is worth mentioning that this incident also reflected the shortcomings of the bureaucratic system of that era from the side, and made people sigh that in that dark era, the light of justice of the great thinker Lu Xun was so bright. With his courage, wisdom and perseverance, he set an example of faith for us, which is worth remembering and learning from forever.