During the May Fourth Movement, it was a period of prosperity in modern Chinese literature, and various literary groups sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, among which the Literary Research Society was the most powerful. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

But around 1930, the May Fourth New Culture Movement was actually over. The journal of the Literary Research Society, Novel Monthly, was also warned by the Shanghai Party Department of the Kuomintang last year. The publisher, the Commercial Press, was afraid of causing trouble, and also intervened in various ways, resulting in many articles not being published in the "Novel Monthly".

Gradually, "Novel Monthly" lost its appeal to writers and literary youth. Editors-in-chief Zheng Zhenduo, Ye Shengtao and others are powerless in the face of this situation, and they will leave the Commercial Press at the end of this year.

Like the Literary Society, most literary groups today are at a loss.

On the one hand, the social status quo in China after the victory of the Northern Expedition made writers lose their creative passion at a glance. On the other hand, the Kuomintang's high-pressure management of literary works has made writers constrained by various restrictions and afraid to speak their minds as freely as before.

It was under these circumstances that people of insight in the literary circles united and, under the leadership of the Communist Party, established the Chinese Left-wing Writers' Union in Shanghai and founded the organ journal "Sprout Monthly".

Whether it is the Left-wing Writers' Union or the "Sprout Monthly", the Chinese literary circle has been invigorated, and many writers have once again burst out with creative enthusiasm.

The Kuomintang is very vigilant about this, and since the writers of the Left League are scattered all over the country, and many of them are still living in the concessions, the Kuomintang does not dare to or can not make arbitrary arrests for the time being. However, the "Sprout Monthly" was closely monitored by the Kuomintang, and any work published in this magazine that was out of line was immediately seized.

Historically, before the Northern Left League was formally established, Shanghai's "Sprout Monthly" was closed down and only ran for five issues.

But it wasn't a big deal, and the sixth issue of Sprout was rebranded as SHKP Monthly to continue its publication. The first issue of the "Xindi Monthly" was again seized, but the organs of the Left League were closed more and more, including not only the public publications such as "Pioneer", "Balti Mountain", "World Culture", "The Outpost", and "Beidou", but also the secretly distributed magazines such as "Literary Life", as well as "Anonymous Literature and Art", "Literature and Art", "New Novel" and other publications published by members of the Left League in their personal names.

Even in Japan, there is a Tokyo branch of the Left League that founded "Dongliu", "New Poetry" and "Essays".

In the face of such a situation, the Kuomintang could not control it at all, because there were all relevant publications of the Left League, and even some old newspapers had columns and supplementary issues of the Left League.

Zhou Hexuan's "I Love This Land", published under the pseudonym "Night Wind", was published in the 5th issue of "Sprout Monthly", which is also the last 1 issue. As soon as this poem came out, it was quickly disseminated, including many poetry magazines that had nothing to do with the Left League.

Night Wind, this little-known poet, suddenly became widely known.

"Why do I have tears in my eyes? Because I love this land so much......" These two poems have also been copied in notebooks by many enthusiastic young people.

There was even a newly founded literary journal that was influenced by the poem and was specifically called "The Land".

Shanghai, in a pavilion in Shikumen.

Lu Xun, Ding Ling, Hu Yepin, Roushi and others gathered together, eating pears and chatting with melon seeds. Because the "Sprout Monthly" had just been shut down, they gathered for a short meeting and happily named the new publication "Xindi Monthly".

Lu Xun took a deep puff of paper cigarette, extinguished the cigarette butt and asked: "Who wrote the song "I Love This Land"? ”

"Yes, I haven't heard of 'Night Wind' at all," Ding Ling said curiously, "This poem is really well written, it can't be written by a newcomer who has just started creating, right?" ”

Roushi smiled mysteriously, "Night Wind is the pen name of a certain university scholar. ”

"I guessed it." Lu Xun was not surprised, because he had dozens of pen names, and many sensitive articles could only be published under new pen names.

This is extremely normal in the literary world of the Republic of China, which is equivalent to mixing forums and stickers in later generations, you don't have a bunch of small vests, and you are embarrassed to come out to meet people.

"Whose new pen name is that?" Hu also asked frequently.

"Guess." Roushi laughed.

"Say it, say it, don't talk about it." Ding Ling urged.

Everyone here, except for Lu Xun, who is all Red Party, Lu Xun said: "Since people refuse to disclose their identities, don't ask." ”

"I'll guess," Ding Ling's eyes rolled a few times, "Pingfu (Roushi) said that he is a university scholar, he should be very famous, and he writes poetry very well, and he is also a patriot." Who could be a famous patriot who is good at writing poetry? ”

Hu Yepin suddenly interjected: "It can't be Mr. Zhou in the north, right?" ”

"Hahahaha, just guess it," Roushi reminded after laughing, "Don't spread this matter, Mr. Zhou doesn't seem to want to be too involved with our Left Alliance, and his choice must be respected." ”

"Understandable." Lu Xun nodded. At first, he was reluctant to join the Left League, fearing persecution, but in the end he gritted his teeth and let go.

"Why do I often have tears in my eyes, because I love this land deeply," Ding Ling held the poem and read two sentences, and said in admiration, "It is worthy of Mr. Zhou, his poems are always so emotional and philosophical." ”

Lu Xun joked: "It's a pity that I got too close to the people of the Crescent Society." Hehe, Hu Shi and Liang Shiqiu are making a lot of trouble, what kind of freedom of thought are they pursuing. Now the people of the country do not even have freedom of movement, let alone freedom of thought. ”

"After all, they are against the Kuomintang, and if they can, I still hope that everyone can ease the contradictions and unite against the tyranny of the dictatorship," Roushi said. ”

Lu Xun smiled and didn't speak, he resented Liang Shiqiu more than Guo Moruo and Chen Xiying. Because he felt that Liang Shiqiu was too insidious, he actually wrote an article publicly when Zhang Zuolin and Chang Kaishen jointly opposed the Red Party, implying that he was a Red Party, is this not sincere to kill him?

As for Roushi, he hopes that Lu Xun and Liang Shiqiu can reconcile and fight together for the country and the nation.

A year ago, many literati within the Communist Party called for a boycott of Lu Xun, including Guo Moruo. Later, Zhou Gong personally came to Shanghai for a trip, and the two sides abandoned their previous suspicions to participate in the grand event and jointly founded the Chinese Left-wing Writers' Union.

Just when Lu Xun, Ding Ling and others were holding a small meeting in Shanghai, far away in the Tianjin concession, a writer friend said to Ba Jin: "When you come to Tianjin for tourism, someone must go to the meeting, otherwise you will come in vain." ”

"Who?" Ba Jin asked with a smile.

"Zhou Hexuan." Friend said.

Ba Jin shook his head again and again: "He is a world-famous university scholar, I am just a little minion in the literary world, so don't go to the closed door." ”

My friend laughed and said, "How do you know if you don't try it?" ”