Good evening everyone, I am Mei Ye~

As the wine sinks in the bottle, today Mei would like to recommend to you a character who is both familiar and unfamiliar to us.

He has too many vests and titles, and his works have been in textbooks for nearly a hundred years.

However, when we were children, most of us regarded it as a nightmare, and we could never understand it or recite it completely.

But when we grow up, we suddenly understand him without reading it.

Today, I would like to recommend his collection of essays to everyone: "Collected Essays of Lu Xun".

After many years, when we read Lu Xun's article again, we will find that the text has no date, and the four words "recite the full text" are written on each page.

After reading it carefully, I can see the words between the words - it is the servility of the decadent culture, the numbness of entertainment to death, and the sluggishness and cruelty of the mob.

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When it comes to Lu Xun, our biggest feeling is that he is fighting all the time.

What’s even more amazing is that he is more serious and doesn’t even let himself go. There is an article in the book called "Comments under the Lamp", which is a good example of Lu Xun taking action on himself.

It is said that in the year when Yuan Shikai became emperor, religious tickets suddenly became worthless, and people suddenly became poor and almost went on hunger strike.

Later, a bank suddenly said that it could be exchanged for silver coins, so Lu Xun went to exchange it. At first it was two for one, and later there was a 40% or 30% discount. He was so happy that he exchanged one hundred yuan for sixty yuan and put it in his pocket.

How many times have we encountered an unfair situation, and then we gave half of it, and we were so happy. Completely forgetting that we deserve the remaining half.

Someone owed you 30,000 yuan, but you didn’t pay it back for three years. Finally, you reluctantly gave you 20,000 yuan, and you felt that you had earned it;

The price of pork used to be 10 yuan per catty, but it suddenly increased It was more than 30 yuan, and now it’s down to 20 yuan, and everyone thinks it’s pretty good.

Those "normal people" are regarded as aliens - someone asked on Zhihu:

Haha.

Why is this happening?

"Zuo Zhuan" said: "There are ten days in the sky, and ten levels of people."

The lowest level of people is called "Tai", and "Tai" has no lower level. Level one, isn’t it too bitter?

Don’t worry, “There is a wife who is humbler and a son who is weaker than him. And his son is also very promising. One day when he grows up and is promoted to a ‘Tai’, there will be another wife who is even humbler. The weak wife is driven by him. In such a chain, everyone gets his own way, and anyone who dares to criticize will be accused of being unreasonable!"

Just like the homeless Ah Q, who suffered a lot from Mr. Zhao and the fake foreign devils! of oppression. When these strong men wanted to beat him, he "quickly tensed up his muscles and shrugged his shoulders" to wait for the beating, but turned around and cursed at the little nun and pinched his face.

Lu Xun bluntly pointed out that there are only two kinds of eras in the past and present:

First, the era when you want to be a slave but you can't, the era of chaos.

2. Temporarily stabilize the slave era and govern the world.

Everyone is vying to be a slave, and in the Qing Dynasty, not everyone can be called a "slave" - ??only the Manchus can call themselves "slaves", not the Han people.

Although this title was later changed to "chen", many people still rushed to call themselves "minions" in order to show their closeness and loyalty to the emperor.

"Minions" became limited edition VIPs.

Xu Zidong, a guest interpreter of the second season of "A Good Book", said that during the Year of the Monkey, he received a New Year's message: Life is like a tree, and the trees are full of monkeys. Look at the buttocks, and look down at the smiling faces. I hope you can climb up next year and see more smiling faces and less butts.

There is a novel about school bullying that explains this text message very well, called "Little Animals". The protagonist Suisui has been bullied by everyone in the class. Later, a boy came into the class, and everyone turned to bully him again.

What was Suisui’s reaction?

First, I am liberated. It has nothing to do with me if you go to him. Second, approach tentatively. Third, try to join the ranks of bullying boys. If I can kick them, it will prove that I belong to this group.

But the problem is that the bullying kids are very alert, "You stand in the corner and you are not allowed to bully him, because after we bully him, we will still come to bully you." This made her Feeling desperate.

Suisui is the little monkey at the bottom. She hopes that someone below will smile at her. She wants to show her butt, but they won’t let her.

Everyone wants to climb up and flatter those above and bully those below, but few people think about jumping down from that tree.

One hundred ways to fight against trolls

Recently, I often see many people lamenting that the Internet environment is becoming more and more smoky, and they don’t even want to read the barrages and comments anymore. , because there are too many trolls and trolls.

Bargain, also known as living ETC, automatically raises the bar 24 hours a day.

Such people have existed since ancient times, but now their presence has been amplified by the Internet. Lu Xun summarized the way they used arguments long ago.

In the article "The Soul of Debate", Lu Xun mentioned the "Guide to Sophistry for Three Generations of Old, Middle and Young People", which can be said to be every word of it, murderous and heart-breaking. Here are a few examples to share with you:

By changing concepts, omitting premises, and confusing logic, Lu Xun presented several common forms of "sophistry" in an almost absurd way. , his "sophistry" is self-defeating.

In fact, I am deeply touched by this, because the comments in the background of our articles often turn into a small exhibition of leverage.

When we popularize the transmission routes and defensive measures of AIDS, some people say, "What should I do if someone reads your article and kisses an AIDS patient and gets infected?" - So the teacher taught " "Protection of Minors Act", students will go out to kill people?

When we talked about the living conditions of Korean women, someone commented, "I have eaten so much that I have no time to care about Korean women." - How do you know that we have not cared about Chinese women?

The funniest time was at the end of the article, a bonus was given and a few books were given to readers. Someone left a message - after talking for a long time, didn't you get people to buy your books?

How to say it? Maybe he doesn't know the word "gift book".

It turns out that when I was in school, I always felt that Chinese reading comprehension questions were useless and were nothing more than "combine the context and connect with the context." Now I find that many people just can't understand the pros and cons, have no logical ability, and start to criticize after reading the entire text.

Mr. Lu Xun must have seen all kinds of trolls back then, because many of his words were classic quotes against trolls:

"It has always been men. Is it true that the master is outside and the wife is inside?" - This has always been the case?

"He is just a child, what do you care about with the child?" - If you don't treat him as a human being when you are a child, you will not be able to be a human being when you grow up.

"xx didn't win the gold medal this time. He must be just taking ads to make money." - A fighter with shortcomings is still a fighter after all, and a perfect fly is just a fly after all.

Every time I see my husband complaining seriously, I can’t help but laugh out loud, but after laughing, I feel even more sad.

People's words are scary

There is a saying in the literary world, "You can read Lu Xun for a lifetime."

Because there is nothing new under the sun, many things, It's just a reenactment.

In 2019, Korean actresses Sulli and Goo Hara passed away one after another. They both suffered severe online violence during their lifetimes.

In 1935, the famous actress Ruan Lingyu committed suicide by taking sleeping pills. During her lifetime, she was slandered by the press because of her marital problems.

Their deaths are definitely the result of many factors, but it is undeniable that public opinion has played a role in fueling the flames.

What is even more ironic is that Ruan Lingyu was slandered for no reason because of her appearance in the progressive film "New Women". And the role she plays in this film is a female teacher who died under the pressure of public opinion after suffering unfair treatment.

In real life, Ruan Lingyu was slandered by her ex-husband for "escape from adultery" and was even taken to court. Before the trial, various newspapers reported extensively, and some tabloids also fabricated the news to describe Ruan Lingyu as very lewd. The first-generation movie queen suddenly became a well-known "slut."

Ruan Lingyu could not bear such a heavy blow and chose to commit suicide. The news of her death caused a great shock in the society. While people were devastated, they accused the media of irresponsibility and random reporting.

The media argued, "Who can we bully?" Lu Xun directly wrote the article "On the Fear of Human Words" and responded - in front of the strong, you are weak, but in front of the weak You are strong, and you can bully others, especially those who are "famous and powerless" like Ruan Lingyu.

Many media outlets at that time liked to add fuel to their reports. Especially when it comes to women, it is even more important to give full play to their talents. They are either "milfs and half-aged, still charming", or "in their prime, they are exquisite and cute".

"A girl disappeared. It was still unknown whether she had eloped or was seduced. The scholar concluded, 'My sister-in-law lives alone and is not used to having no husband.' How do you know.

The remarriage of a village woman was originally a common occurrence in remote villages, but in the writings of a scholar, it became a "strange and lewd woman, no less powerful than Wu Zetian." How could you know this level?"

These frivolous sentences have a profound effect on her. The village girl may not have much influence because she is illiterate and the people around her may not read newspapers.

It doesn't matter to the strong, "just one letter will be published with a correction or apology."

But for Ruan Lingyu, who had no fists and no courage, it was a big deal - she was accidentally stained, but she couldn't wash it away.

What is even more regrettable is that this forced suicide will soon be forgotten:

Nearly a hundred years have passed, and the media has changed into more forms. But there is still a long way to go on the road to true responsibility.

Lu Xun is like a stubborn and unpleasant old man who always points out our shortcomings sharply. But behind this pickiness is actually his concern for the world - all creations are rooted in love.

He could have ignored the matter and ignored it. With Lu Xun's literary talent and status at the time, fame and fortune were just easy to come by.

But he didn’t. Since he saw it, he couldn’t turn a blind eye; since he understood, he couldn’t pretend to be confused and muddled.

Behind his cold eyes, there is a warm heart. He felt that "infinite distances and infinite people are all related to me."

Because we all want this society to become better and better.

They all hope that "Chinese youth can get rid of the air conditioning, just move up, and don't have to listen to the words of those who give up on themselves. Those who can do things, do things, and those who can speak out. Where there is heat, there is light. Just like a firefly, You can also shine a little light in the darkness without waiting for the torch. ”

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