The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

Speaking of the literary world of the Republic of China, two groups must be mentioned: one is the Literary Research Association, and the other is the Left-Wing Writers Union.

About five years ago, the vernacular movement was in full swing, the new school and the old literature debated endlessly, and there were also many conflicts among the new schools, so literary studies came into being.

The initiators had great ambitions, they wanted to build the Literature Research Association into a Chinese Writers Union. After years of development, members include Zheng Zhenduo, Mao Dun, Ye Shengtao, Xu Dishan, Zhou Zuoren, Bing Xin, Zhu Ziqing, Lao She and many other well-known writers, all over the north and south of China.

It can be said that the Literary Research Association is the most authoritative and largest group of Chinese writers at present, and its official publication is "Novel Monthly".

Ordinary people are not qualified to join, Zhou Hexuan said with a wry smile: "Mr. Xu, my "Legend of the Condor Heroes" should belong to the old school of literature, right? Your literary research association, which is the base camp of new school writers, actually agrees to my joining?"

Xu Zhimo was stunned: "The Legend of the Condor Heroes was written by Mr. Zhou?"

"You don't know?" Zhou Hexuan was also surprised.

Xu Zhimo shook his head and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou was invited to join because of the "Rise of Great Powers" series of articles. The members of our Literature Research Association are not only novelists, but also poets, scholars, playwrights, etc."

"Okay, I made a mistake, I agree to join." Zhou Hexuan didn't care about it.

"That's great," Xu Zhimo was very happy to complete the entrusted task, and said, "Mr. Zhou, you have a good writing style, why bother to write popular novels like "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", why not write one or two new literature, and submit them to Published in the Fiction Monthly."

"It depends, I'm really not good at serious literature." Zhou Hexuan laughed.

Xu Zhimo has also written novels, but he prefers poetry creation, so he quickly turned the topic to this: "Does Mr. Zhou have any research on new poetry?"

Zhou Hexuan did not show any timidity when facing great poets: "I have written one or two poems."

Xu Zhimo said: "I am the editor-in-chief of the supplement "Poetry" of "Morning News". If Mr. Zhou has published poems, he can send them to me."

Zhou Hexuan was a man who wanted to be a great writer, so he naturally wanted to write a few poems to pretend to be aggressive. He immediately said: "I happen to have a few old works, which were written when I was traveling in the West. Please ask Mr. Xu to correct them for me."

Taking the manuscript paper on the table, Zhou Hexuan began to write, and a beautifully written modern poem was born.

Xu Zhimo wasn't too surprised when he looked at the simplified characters that lacked a lot of weight. Four years ago Qian Xuantong was working on simplifying Chinese characters, and three years ago Hu Shi called for simplifying Chinese characters. Now many scholars are studying this work.

Xu Zhimo picked up the manuscript and read softly:

"You see, or you don't see me

I'm right there

neither sad nor happy

you miss me or not

love is there

Do not come or go

do you love me or not

love is there

no increase no decrease

with you or not with me

my hand is in yours

never give up

come to my arms

or

let me live in your heart

silently in love

Silent joy. "

It is "Seeing and Not Seeing", which has been widely circulated on the Internet in later generations, and under the name of Tsangyang Gyatso, it has attracted countless young bourgeoisie youths. In fact, this poem has nothing to do with Tsangyang Gyatso, it is all poisonous chicken soup made by "Readers". By the way, the poem "The Farthest Distance in the World" is also the chaotic rhythm of "Reader", which was born on Tagore.

Xu Zhimo finished reading the poem, carefully pondered the charm, and praised it: "Good poem! It is simple and unpretentious, and expresses deep affection. Unexpectedly, Mr. Zhou is also a person with the most affection and nature."

If you want to pretend to be aggressive, you have to pretend to be in place, how can Zhou Hexuan forget Gu Cheng? Immediately wrote "One Generation" on the manuscript paper.

When Xu Zhimo saw those two poems, he was even more shocked than before, and couldn't help muttering to himself: "The night gave me black eyes, but I use them to find light. One generation, one generation! Only this Two sentences are worth ten thousand gold, and my trip to Tianjin is worth it."

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said nothing, what he wanted was this effect.

Xu Zhimo stood up suddenly, grabbed Zhou Hexuan's hand and said, "Mr. Zhou, why don't you join the Crescent Club? There are many like-minded friends in our club, and they are all people with great enthusiasm and passion for new poetry. Wen Yiduo Mister must be very happy to see your song "One Generation"."

I don't do shit! Don't be so affectionate, okay?

"It's a great honor to be invited." Zhou Hexuan smiled and pulled back his hand. He had no aversion to joining a literary group. Since ancient times, literati have looked down on each other, but literati have also flattered each other, and their reputations are all blown out. The more groups you join, the more famous literary figures you know, the greater your reputation will be.

"Great, the New Moon Society has added another capable leader!" Xu Zhimo danced with excitement.

Zhou Hexuan felt that the person in front of him was too childish, his emotions were all displayed on his face, and he would get very excited when encountering some happy things. As for?

Perhaps, only people with this personality can write so many good poems that have been handed down to future generations.

Xu Zhimo put away the two poems with great care, even changed the title, and said, "Hexuan, I will publish these two poems of yours in the next issue of "Poetry". By the way," he said Then he took out another 10 yuan, "This is your remuneration, 5 yuan per song, the highest standard of "Poetry"."

"Then I'll be disrespectful." Zhou Hexuan accepted the money, the more the better.

Xu Zhimo wanted to hold Zhou Hexuan's hand again, but Zhou Hexuan avoided him. He smiled awkwardly: "Hexuan, it's almost evening, I invite you to dinner. I read two good poems today, so I should celebrate it!"

"When I finish my work first, come to my house for dinner," Zhou Hexuan asked, "By the way, do you have a place to live in Tianjin?"

Xu Zhimo said: "I live in an inn."

"I happen to have a guest room at home, if you don't mind, you can come and rest at my place." Zhou Hexuan said.

Xu Zhimo said happily: "That's just right, I can have a long talk with Brother Zhou tonight."

Zhou Hexuan was sweating wildly, why did the more he listened to what Lao Xu said, the more basic he became?

Ignoring this excitable child, Zhou Hexuan sat down and continued to work. He is in charge of compiling Chinese textbooks for Hope Primary School, including his own private goods, with the focus on patriotic education.

For example, the content of the first lesson in the first grade of elementary school is: "I am Chinese, I was born in a great country, and I am determined to study for the rise of China."

Editing elementary school textbooks is very difficult, because you have to worry about children's acceptance. Among the three sentences just now, "one", "ge", "li", "zhong", and "and" belong to the new words that need to be learned. You don't need to master the others, just memorize the whole sentence by rote. .

Of course, not all texts are written by Zhou Hexuan. He found seven or eight versions of primary school textbooks from all over China, discarded the chaff and kept the essence, and selected all that he thought were reasonable and appropriate.

Zhou Hexuan wanted to promote Pinyin, but unfortunately the government had to rely on the government for this work, and it was difficult for non-governmental organizations to do so.

That night, Xu Zhimo chatted with Zhou Hexuan enthusiastically, from literature and poetry to foreign knowledge.

Who is Zhou Hexuan? Talk to people when you see people, talk to ghosts when you see ghosts.

After talking freely, Xu Zhimo seemed to meet a confidant. He found that many of Zhou Hexuan's ideas were the same as his own, and he was reluctant to go to the guest room to rest in the middle of the night. He continued to talk nonsense while sleeping on Zhou Hexuan's bed, and even liked to hold hands when he was happy talking, which made Zhou Hexuan disgusting.