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Chapter 158 "Kong Yiji"

The official website of the Antique Society.

Many fans of classical literature came over to leave messages.

"Hurry up and persuade Teacher Ye, it won't work if you go on like this."

"Ms. Ye is going to write the Republic of China series, did the Ancient Chinese Association know beforehand?

"What is the opinion of the Ancient Chinese Association on this?"

Many fans pinned their hopes on the Ancient Chinese Language Association, after all, who would be least willing to see Ye Luo write the Republic of China series, it would definitely be the Ancient Chinese Language Association!
If Ye Luo writes about Ye Tang, then their Ancient Chinese Association will be able to follow suit.

For example, "Liu Yuxi's Selected Poems", "Bai Juyi's Selected Poems", "Yuan Zhen's Selected Poems" and so on compiled by the Ancient Chinese Association have sold quite well.

Various analytical academic articles based on the Ye Tang series also emerge in endlessly.

It is no exaggeration to say that the benefits that Ye Luo's series of books have brought to the Ancient Chinese Association are absolutely unimaginable to outsiders.

But what no one expected was that at this time, on the homepage of the official website of the Ancient Chinese Association, the advertisement for "Selected Poems of Yuan Zhen" that was originally displayed was suddenly replaced with "The Age of Awakening"!
The official blog of the Ancient Chinese Association also officially issued an article, "Mr. Ye Luo's new book "Awakening Age" will be officially published and sold by the Classical Literature Publishing House! This book is the prologue of Mr. Ye's Republic of China series, and the collection is of great significance. At the same time, the first book of the Republic of China series, The notice will be launched soon, please pay more attention to the official website of the Ancient Chinese Association."

As soon as this Weibo came out, the entire literary world was stunned.

"What's the situation?"

"Is the Ancient Chinese Association going to publish the Republic of China series?"

"This style is wrong!"

"What does the New Literature Association do? If "Age of Awakening" is to be published, it must be the New Literature Association! What the hell are these people doing?"

The New Literature Association was also stunned, they really didn't expect people from the Ancient Literature Association to do this!
They have been busy with the Sino-Japanese Literature Forum for the past few days, and they didn't bother to contact Ye Luo.Even, they haven't adjusted their mood yet.

Ye Luo came here to write modern literature, which made the Xinwen Association's people feel confused. The impact was too great, and no one thought of publishing it.

As a result, it is too late now...

The Association of Ancient Chinese Literature does not directly publish according to the routine, and people use the Classical Literature Publishing House to publish books on modern literature, what can you do?

Soon, netizens discovered that the official website of the Ancient Chinese Association has been revised again!

This routine is too familiar to everyone!
Every time Ye Luo publishes a book, the Ancient Literature Association will promote it like this!
The homepage of the entire official website has been revised, and the base map of the homepage has become a huge promotional poster!

This time, too.

It's just that this time they are promoting works of modern literature!

On the promotional poster of the base map, there are five big characters "Biography of Mr. Lu Xun" written!
Next to it is a picture of a character with short hair, crew cut, beard, a long gown, and a cigarette in his hand. Although it is a stick figure, it portrays Mr. Lu Xun vividly.

"Fuck! Is this fucking propaganda serious?"

"You are the Ancient Chinese Association! How can you still promote this?"

"If you are kidnapped by Teacher Ye, you will blink!"

"Outrageous."

"A famous scene."

"It really is Mr. Lu Xun, that's great."

"Although the Ancient Chinese Association promotes Mr. Lu Xun, it seems disharmonious at first glance, but no matter what you say, Mr. Ye should really write the Republic of China series. This is great news!"

"As a die-hard fan of modern literature, I never thought in my life that I would go to the official website of the Ancient Chinese Association to chase books one day... What the hell!"

"You're talking nonsense. I'm still a fan of classical literature. Can I imagine seeing the promotion of modern literature in my home base one day? It's so unreal!"

"This world is in chaos, all the mice are bridesmaids for cats..."

Regardless of which side the fans are, they couldn't help but fell silent when they looked at the propaganda interface of the official website of the Ancient Chinese Association.

This is simply outrageous.

But the Ancient Chinese Association did it out of nowhere!

"Biography of Mr. Lu Xun"!
These five big characters are hung on the homepage of their official website!
The promotional specifications are also unambiguous, and they are exactly the same as the previous "Biography of Poems" and "Biography of Poems"!
Fans have long been familiar with this model, knowing that the title of the book is not only a slogan, but also a link, and only after clicking in can they see the real valuable content.

Soon, fans clicked into this "Biography of Mr. Lu Xun".

What caught my eye was a brief introduction about Lu Xun.

You have already seen these in "The Age of Awakening", so there is nothing to say.

What really interested everyone was this novel released by the Ancient Chinese Association.

Just like the previous meeting promoting Liu Yuxi and Bai Juyi, this meeting also released the excellent works of Lu Xun.

"Kong Yiji"!
This is the only work released by the Ancient Chinese Association so far.

The Ancient Chinese Association also wrote a short introduction to this novel.

""Kong Yiji" is a short story written by Mr. Lu Xun, a literary master of Ye's Republic of China series. It was first published in "New Youth" magazine in April 1919, and was later compiled into the collection of short stories "Scream". It was written by Mr. Lu Xun in May [-]. On the eve of the Fourth Movement, it is the second vernacular novel after "Diary of a Madman."

This introduction, in fact, even if the Ancient Chinese Association does not write it, readers will know it.Because in "The Age of Awakening", Ye Luo described Mr. Lu Xun quite a lot.Even if it is somewhat general, the general situation is basically described in the book.For example, "Diary of a Madman" written by Mr. Lu Xun, as the first vernacular novel and so on.

In fact, the book "Age of Awakening" does not have too many words, but the content inside is extremely huge.

The characters appearing in the book are all very charming.

At the same time, the Association of Ancient Literature also cited the description of the social background at that time in "Awakening Age" as the creation background of this novel.

At that time, the literary world had already used "New Youth" as a front, which opened the prelude to the New Culture Movement.However, the retrograde feudalism was still rampant at that time.Although the imperial examination system had been abolished, the social education at that time did not turn to the new culture, but continued to instill the ways of Confucius and Mencius.This "Kong Yiji" is Mr. Lu Xun's most violent attack on social education and feudal forces at that time.

At this time, many netizens have read this "Kong Yiji".

……

At the same time, at the Sino-Japanese Cultural Forum held today, representatives from both sides were also reading this "Kong Yiji".

Akiyama Mikata wore glasses and looked at the manuscript in his hand with a frown. He didn't believe that Ye Luo could really write the Lu Xun described in "The Age of Awakening".

[The layout of the hotels in Luzhen is different from other places: there is a large curved counter in the street, and hot water is prepared in the cabinet, which can warm wine at any time.Workers, when they leave work in the afternoon and evening, often spend four copper coins for a bowl of wine—this happened more than 20 years ago, and now each bowl costs ten yuan——stand outside the cabinet, hot Drink it hot and rest; if you are willing to spend an extra penny, you can buy a plate of boiled bamboo shoots with salt, or fennel beans, as an accompaniment to wine. It's a short jacket, probably not so rich.Only those in long gowns walked into the room next door to the shop, asked for wine and food, and sat down and drank slowly. 】

Akiyama Mikata looked at the opening chapter, but didn't have much reaction, and said lightly, "This first paragraph is written in a mediocre way, and there is nothing special about it."

The old man Xu Zhiyi on the opposite side was also wearing fancy glasses, snorted coldly, and said, "It's just foreshadowing, what's the rush?"

Then, no one spoke, and everyone continued to watch intently.

The next second paragraph is about the work of "I" in the hotel. At the beginning, the shopkeeper asked "I" to take care of the short-clothes customers outside, but these short-clothes customers are too smart.

【They often have to watch the rice wine scooped out of the jar with their own eyes, see if there is water in the bottom of the pot, and then put the pot in hot water, and then rest assured.Under this serious supervision, it is also very difficult to get water.So after a few days, the shopkeeper said again that I couldn't do it.Fortunately, the person who recommended me was very kind, so I couldn't dismiss him, so I was transferred to a boring job of warming wine. 】

So far, the protagonist of this article, Kong Yiji, has not yet appeared, so someone from Japan sneered again: "The two opening paragraphs are just foreshadowing. Is this a short story? Hehe, this is what Ye Luo called Mr. Lu Xun? "

Xu Zhiyi and the others didn't agree with each other, and the short stories strive to be short and concise, and it feels like a waste of space here.But they haven't read this "Kong Yiji" yet, and no one knows what's written in it.

In the third paragraph, the protagonist of this article finally appeared.

【...Only when Kong Yiji came to the store could he laugh a few times, so I still remember it. 】

At this point, the foreshadowing is completely over.

What follows is the main content of this novel.But soon, Akiyama and others discovered that all the preceding foreshadowings were essential.

[Kong Yiji is the only one who drinks while standing and wears a long gown.He is tall and tall; his face is blue and white, and there are often scars between the wrinkles; he has a shaggy gray beard.Although he was wearing a long gown, it was dirty and torn, and it seemed that it hadn't been mended or washed for more than ten years. 】

As I said before, those who wear long gowns go inside to drink, and only the coolies in short gowns stand outside to drink.

What happened to Kong Yiji?

He is obviously wearing a long gown, but he doesn't fit in with other people who wear long gowns.

The doubt in my heart made everyone at the scene frown slightly.

I wanted to find out the answer in the following text, but the author changed the subject and did not explain at all, but introduced the origin of the name Kong Yiji.

【When he talks to people, he always speaks a lot of things, making people half-understandable.Because his surname was Kong, others gave him a nickname, Kong Yiji, from the half-understandable words on the tracing paper, "Kong Yiji, Master Kong Yiji". 】

It turned out that Kong Yiji was just a nickname, not his real name.And it was the nickname given to him on the half-understandable red paper, which is ridiculous no matter how you look at it.

But then came a new doubt, what connotation does this nickname have?

You don't know, after all, you haven't finished watching it yet.

[As soon as Kong Yiji arrived at the store, all the drinkers looked at him and smiled, and some shouted, "Kong Yiji, you have a new scar on your face!"]

[He didn't answer, but said to the cabinet, "Warm two bowls of wine, I want a plate of fennel beans." Then he paid out nine cents. 】

【They yelled loudly again on purpose, "You must have stolen from others again!"】

[Kong Yiji opened his eyes wide and said, "How can you insult people's innocence out of thin air..."]

【"What's your innocence? I saw you steal the He family's books the day before yesterday, and you were hanged and beaten." Kong Yiji blushed, with blue veins on his forehead, and argued, "Stealing books is not considered stealing... Stealing books!...Scholar's business, can it be considered stealing?" A series of incomprehensible words, such as "a gentleman is poor" and "a person who is a man", caused everyone to laugh: the inside and outside of the store are full of happy atmosphere . 】

After reading this, the image of a poor literati has already appeared on the paper.

"Putting out Jiuwen big money, the word 'Pai' is well used." Mr. Xu praised, "The mere word can vividly describe Kong Yiji's poverty-stricken but show-off appearance."

"Scholar's business, can it be called stealing? This sentence is also interesting." Zhang Rumeng also analyzed.

Akiyama and the others didn't speak, and continued to look down.

Kong Yiji was often teased and teased by the customers in the shop, so he didn't want to talk to these people, so he focused his attention on the children.

【…Kong Yiji himself knew that he could not talk to them, so he had no choice but to talk to the children.Once he said to me, "Have you ever read a book?" I nodded slightly.He said, "I have read the book... I will test you. How do you write the word fennel in fennel beans?"]

[I thought, is a person who is just begging for food worthy of me?Then he turned his face away and ignored it.Kong Yiji waited for a long time, and said earnestly, "Can't you write it? ... I will teach you, remember! These words should be memorized. When you become a shopkeeper in the future, you will need to write accounts."]

[I thought to myself that the level between me and the shopkeeper is still far away, and our shopkeeper never puts fennel beans on the account; it was funny and impatient, and he replied lazily, "Whoever wants you to teach, it's not under the grass. Is it a back and forth word?"]

[Kong Yiji looked very happy, tapped the long nails of two fingers on the counter, nodded and said, "Yes, yes! ... There are four ways to write Hui characters, do you know?" I became more and more impatient, Pouted and walked away.Kong Yiji had just dipped his fingernails in the wine and wanted to write on the cabinet, but seeing that I was not enthusiastic, he sighed again, showing great regret. 】

After reading this, everyone shook their heads one after another. What are the four ways of writing Hui?It's just one word, what four ways to write it?It's just trying to show off.

Gradually, they, the masters in the literary world, seemed to understand what Ye Luo wanted to express in this novel.

It seems that it is a criticism of the traditional feudal literati thought?
However, the novel is not over yet.

Kong Yiji hadn't come to drink for a long time, and it was said that he broke his leg when he went to Ding Ju's house to steal something.

But today, Kong Yiji came.

His face was dark and thin, and he was out of shape. He was wearing a ragged jacket, with his legs crossed, and a cattail bag under it, which was hung on his shoulders with straw ropes.

He walked with his hands, and after drinking a bowl of wine, he paid four Wen, and then sat down and walked slowly with his hands amidst the laughter of others.

[Since then, I have not seen Kong Yiji for a long time.At the end of the year, the shopkeeper took down the powder board and said, "Kong Yiji still owes nineteen dollars!" At the Dragon Boat Festival of the next year, he said, "Kong Yiji still owes nineteen dollars!" I didn't see him until the end of the year. 】

【I haven’t seen him until now—about Kong Yiji is indeed dead. 】

[March [-]. 】

Up to here, this "Kong Yiji" can be regarded as a complete end.

Now, no one from Akiyama and the others will say that the foreshadowing at the beginning is a waste of ink.

Because the number of words in this novel is really not many, it can be said that the image of Kong Yiji, a miserable scholar, is created with minimalist pen and ink.

At this time, there are already many discussions on the forum.

Just now, many people were reading, and they didn't open their mouths to discuss anything. Only Qiu Shan and Mr. Xu said a few words.

But this time, everyone couldn't bear it anymore!

Zhang Rumeng was the first to comment: "The words are simple and capable, and the thoughts are sharp and profound. If it is written by Ye Luo, then this novel will be of first-class level. But if it is written by Mr. Lu Xun, then I would like to call it" A timeless classic'."

Zhang Rumeng's evaluation made many people agree.

Whether a work is excellent or not depends not only on how the work is written, but also on the background of the times.

And the era in which Ye Luo's "Kong Yiji" was born was the era in which Lu Xun lived!

"Ms. Ye's creative technique is really ingenious."

"Just reading the novel "Kong Yiji", there are too many things worth learning in it. This kind of description from the details should be studied hard."

"Indeed, but the most important thing to pay attention to is thought."

Everyone chattered and discussed, even Japanese writers, some people said a few words from time to time, and it was rare that they didn't find fault.

It can be said that today's forum is the most harmonious day in a while.

Even Mikata Akiyama, the top figure in the Japanese literary world, was silent for a moment after reading this "Kong Yiji", and finally gave an eight-character evaluation, "It's unbelievable."

Many people present at the meeting did not understand his comment.

Unconstrained style?

Incredible?

Can this "Kong Yiji" talk about a powerful and unconstrained style?
But Xu Lao and other writers of the older generation fell silent when they heard Qiu Shan's comment.

They understood what Akiyama said!

This "Kong Yiji" was written by Lu Xun to attack the darkness of the era in which Lu Xun lived.The character of Kong Yiji shows the tragic fate of the vast number of lower-level intellectuals in that era, and satirizes the era of "cannibalism".It also reveals the coldness of the world at that time, no one had any sympathy for the miserable Kong Yiji, and ridicule and ridicule were all around him, how indifferent and numb was the whole society to the unfortunate?

Through the image of Kong Yiji, Mr. Lu Xun revealed to the world a sick society!

But the point is that there is no Mr. Lu Xun in this world.

Mr. Lu Xun, isn't he also a fictional character?

Was this "Kong Yiji" written by Lu Xun or by Ye Luo?
Thinking of this, Xu Zhiyi and the old men were all silent.

They see farther and think deeper than Zhang Rumeng and others.

What Akiyama Shifang said was not actually referring to the novel "Kong Yiji", but Ye Luo's creative technique.

Unconstrained and unconstrained, unbelievable, and difficult to distinguish between true and false.

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