Chapter 388 The greatest art
Because Boss Xu took the troll's meme-inducing introduction seriously, and actually thought there was such an American university, and boasted about it, which made the scene inexplicably joyful.
However, the school Lu Xun introduced before had changed its name from Sendai University to Tohoku University. Although it has a different reputation than Dongda University in China, it is really a neon university.
Compared with the famous Harvard, Cambridge, and Tokyo universities, this school does have a smaller reputation. But in fact, its international ranking is not low, and in the 2017 THE Japanese University Rankings, it actually ranked second, second only to the University of Tokyo. In the 2017 Asia University rankings, although it lags behind Tsinghua and Peking University, it is higher than Fudan, and it is considered a good university.
Lin Jingxuan on the side saw that only Boss Xu was kept in the dark, and everyone else was laughing. Thinking that this was his own investor, he couldn't bear to explain, "Mr. Zhou came to my studio before , is a university teacher and an expert specializing in Lu Xun."
Lin Jingxuan's words simply wanted to show that Lu Xun's cultural level was not low, and the university he attended was not an ordinary university as Boss Xu thought. But who knew that after Boss Xu heard what Lin Jingxuan said, the first thing he said was, "Lu Xun, the one who praised men wearing women's clothing as the greatest art in our country and gave the floor to those ignorant young people? "
"At the time of Lu Xun, there were no ladies dressed as women." Lin Jingxuan didn't know whether Lu Xun said this, so he subconsciously expressed his own judgment.
"This sentence is indeed mine, indeed it was said by Lu Xun." Lu Xun almost said that this sentence was indeed mine, but he corrected himself in time.
"Look, Lu Xun did say this." Boss Xu said proudly, "Women's clothing, except for those worthless children who wear it for fun, has no place at all. This Lu Xun actually said that this is Chinese clothing." The greatest art.”
"Women's clothing is not something that unpromising children wear for fun." Fang Ze felt that it was necessary to say something for Xiao Hei, the grandma who dressed in women's clothing at this time, so he said, "Our country's first prime minister, while in college, also Often performing in women’s clothing.”
"Lu Xun's statement that the greatest art in China is for men to dress up as women is not actually to praise women's behavior." Lu Xun waited until Fang Ze finished speaking, then slowly said to Boss Xu, "This sentence is Lu Xun used it to ridicule Mei Lanfang."
"Mei Lanfang is a former Peking Opera master, I know that." Boss Xu finally knew something and quickly said it out, "But how come Lu Xun is related to Peking Opera again?"
"Lu Xun had nothing to do with Peking Opera. He just looked down on Mei Lanfang."
Lu Xun finished smoking a cigarette, thought for a moment, and then continued, "The era that Lu Xun lived in was the darkest era in China where no light could be seen. China is as big as China, not to mention the European and American powers, and even the missiles next to it No neon sign can match it, so the first thing people of that era had to do was to reflect on why we became like this."
"If the scholars at that time could travel through time and space and come to modern times, they would naturally know that the backwardness of that era was only due to missed opportunities and had little to do with some traditional culture. But the scholars at that time could not travel through time and space. So they can only blame their backwardness on tradition, which seems barbaric and backward compared with Western culture. Our pigtails, small feet, Four Books and Five Classics, Peking Opera, Confucius, and Chinese characters all seem incompatible with modern civilization."
"I saw this sentence when I was watching the news before. In e-sports, food is the original sin. The same is true for countries. Being backward is the original sin, and traditions need to be reformed. Neon called for leaving Asia and joining Europe at that time, encouraging citizens Marry a Westerner to improve your bloodline. Naturally, we Chinese cannot copy it, but naturally we cannot mention the old things of feudal tradition."
"In that extremely conservative and weak old China, those Manchu and Qing Dynasty elders who relied on their elders and betrayed them needed to use the most extreme means to make them compromise. Because the Chinese people's temperament always likes to compromise. For example, you said, this The house is too dark, so a window must be opened here, and everyone will definitely not allow it. But if you advocate removing the roof, they will mediate and open the window."
"That's why Lu Xun criticized Mei Lanfang and Peking Opera, because Mei Lanfang was traveling around as a national quintessence to satisfy foreigners' curiosity and inherent impressions. Isn't this promoting feudal tradition?"
"Oh, that's it." Boss Xu had the patience to listen word by word at first, but Lu Xun said too much. He couldn't remember so many words in his head, so he listened to the key points casually, and then waited until Lu Xun said After finishing, he immediately said, "So Mr. Lu Xun's views are too limited. As the saying goes, it is difficult to live up to his reputation. Our textbooks oversell him."
"In the whole conversation, I only agree with your words." Lu Xun clapped his hands and said, "You have indeed exaggerated Lu Xun."
"I don't agree." Fang Ze interjected, "In Lu Xun's time, our cultural collision with Europe and the United States was like an egg hitting a stone. Of course, it was broken, and the yolk and white of the touched egg came out, and the touched eggs thought Stones are the truth, and we must learn from stones in everything. In fact, eggs cannot touch stones, but does this mean that eggs are worse than stones? Lu Xun's role in the era is to urge everyone, since eggs cannot touch stones, then change Comparing methods with stones, this is better than those people who know they can't touch but still try hard."
"Okay, okay, everything you said is right."
Boss Xu's head ached when he listened to some of the conversations between Fang Ze and Lu Xun. When he chatted with others, he would only speak three to two sentences per paragraph. He had never been baptized by so many words, so he shouted, "Then tell me, what is the difference between this Lu Xun and the big troll?!"
"Probably the difference is that I have read two more books and can point out a feasible direction when criticizing." Fang Ze answered for Lu Xun.
"That's the same as no difference." Boss Xu said, "The big trolls criticize the country, and Lu Xun also criticizes the country. The big trolls say that the country is hopeless, and they will immigrate if they have the chance. In modern times, Lu Xun has the chance. Why don’t you just immigrate as usual?”
"This will definitely not happen." Lu Xun flicked the ashes of his cigarette and said.
"How do you know?" Boss Xu stared at Lu Xun and asked.
(End of chapter)