The Lu Xun brothers have many explanations for their discord or even breakup. Here are only one or two.

1. What Lu Xun said, "When his wife told me my crimes and made many obscene remarks, and if she fabricated anything that was not right, Qi Meng saved her" should be what Zhou Zuoren and his wife said that caused the discord between the brothers. direct cause.

2. In June 1924, the brotherly relationship deteriorated to its peak. On June 11, Lu Xun returned to Badaowan to retrieve his books and some utensils, and a more serious situation occurred.

According to Lu Xun’s diary of that day and the accounts of witnesses present, as soon as he entered the west chamber, Zhou Zuoren and his wife Yu Taixinzi ran out of the house, pointed at Lu Xun and cursed, and the words were filthy and unpalatable; Yu Taixinzi He immediately called several relatives and friends, and the couple sang in harmony and scolded Lu Xun in public.

When the curse was getting louder, Zhou Zuoren picked up a foot-high lion-shaped copper incense burner and threw it at Lu Xun's head. Fortunately, someone else caught it and blocked it, so he missed it. Lu Xun, who couldn't bear it anymore, also grabbed it. A clay pillow was thrown at Zhou Zuoren. After everyone tried to persuade him, Lu Xun was able to take his things and leave.

Extended information:

By the 1990s, Lu Xun gradually stepped down from the political altar, and this public case could be discussed openly. Lu Xun's son Zhou Haiying said in the book "Lu Xun and Me Seventy Years":

"At that time when my father and Zhou Zuoren were studying in Tokyo, Japanese customs were that families generally took baths, and men and women came in and out. They don't avoid each other. In other words, the so-called "men and women guarding each other" in our traditional Chinese moral concepts seems not to be that important in Japan until the end of the century. Even people of my age have witnessed it. I've seen it.

That was in the 1970s. When I visited Japan, I went to the toilet and saw a female worker cleaning it. She didn't shy away from men coming in to urinate. I was embarrassed and found a room. There is a toilet with a door for easy access.

According to the above, it was common for the Zhou brothers to go in and out of each other's homes at that time. Under such circumstances, there were occasional incidents. Is there anything worth making a fuss about? To put it another way, if my father wanted to peep, he wouldn't have to step outside the window sill filled with flowers and plants, right? . The mystery of the feud between the Zhou brothers is still shrouded in the fog of history. What we can confirm is only Zhou Zuoren's full of resentment and Lu Xun's downright desolation; in the middle is a Japanese woman named Hata Nobuko.

Family matters become public cases, and personal privacy becomes the object of research and cracking. This is the treatment of celebrities and the price of celebrities. I wonder how Lu Xun, whose soul could never rest in peace because of his profound sensitivity, would view the endless talk of his family affairs by future generations?

People's Daily Online-The inside story of the rift between the Lu Xun brothers