Meaning:

I have never been afraid of thinking the worst about Chinese people. This shows that Lu Xun was very disappointed with the inherent evil nature of the Chinese people.

This sentence comes from "In Memory of Mr. Liu Hezhen".

Original text:

I have already said: I have never been afraid to speculate on the Chinese people with the worst possible malice. But this time there were a few things that surprised me. One is that the authorities can be so cruel, one is that the gossips are so bad, and one is that Chinese women can be so calm in the face of difficulties.

He said that although he was used to looking at the warlord government's pretentiousness with a cold eye and speculating on their possible actions from the worst and most vicious aspects, he still did not expect that they would be so cruel as to exceed his imagination.

Extended information

Liu Hezhen (1904-1926), a native of Nanchang, Jiangxi, was one of the leaders of the Beijing student movement during the Republic of China. She studied at Nanchang Women's Normal School and Beijing Women's Normal University. Liu Hezhen actively participated in the student movement and led her classmates to declare war on feudal forces and Beiyang warlords. In 1926, she was killed in the March 18th Massacre at the age of 22.

Mr. Lu Xun wrote the article "In Memory of Mr. Liu Hezhen", one of which is "Silence, silence! If you don't break out in silence, you will perish in silence." has become a widely praised saying. In memory of this student who always smiled.

Appreciation:

Summary of the author's views on the "March 18th" incident, that is, three situations in which the "March 18th" incident "came out of my accident": reactionary The cruelty of the government, the inferiority of the reactionary literati, and the calmness of the patriotic young people in the face of adversity.

Lu Xun used several words with roughly the same degree of expression: "like this", "like this", "like this" to modify cruelty, inferiority and calmness. ", "Jingzhi" and "Jingneng" show their differences. Not only do they change the sentences, but they also completely change their meanings.

Baidu Encyclopedia - In memory of Mr. Liu Hezhen