Friendship is two hearts that treat each other sincerely,
Instead of one heart beating on another.
—— Lu Xun
In the Chengdu Museum's "Lu Xun's Art World - Beijing Lu Xun Museum Collection Cultural Relics Exhibition", many of Lu Xun's letters and poems are displayed, reflecting the warm and funny side of his daily life. Today, please follow Stuffy Dun'er into Brother Xun's living room to see his circle of friends and life partners!
Audience of Chengbo's "Lu Xun's Art World" exhibition hall
@沈松泉: It's a colleague, and I also encourage you when you are emo!
As Shen Songquan, who entered Shanghai Taidong Book Company as an assistant editor at the age of 17, he is very familiar with Guo Moruo, Yu Dafu and other veterans of the Creation Society. Guanghua Bookstore, which he co-founded with Lu Fang and other friends, published Lu Xun's translation of "Art Theory" and "Sprout Monthly", and naturally became friends with Lu Xun.
The article is like what the soil wants, and the east cloud is dreaming.
The hated Fanglin is very few, and the Chunlan and Autumn Chrysanthemums are not the same.
——Lu Xun "Occasional Success"
This is a quatrain written by Lu Xun in 1932. At that time, the war was raging, the literary world was barren due to current events, and the young revolutionary writers were scattered. It was against this background that this poem was presented to Shen Songquan on March 31. In just 28 words, it is not only to dispel the sorrow of friends, but also a revolutionary declaration that they and all revolutionary literary and artistic workers vow to fight against the darkness to the end and encourage each other.
Gift to Shen Songquan (occasional) March 31, 1932, Beijing Lu Xun Museum collection
Commentary: "The article is like what the soil wants, and the east cloud is dreaming." The hated Fanglin is very few, and the Chunlan and Autumn Chrysanthemums are not the same. Mr. Matsuizumi genus. Lu Xun. Seal: Lu Xun
@瞿秋白: It's a neighbor,
They are like-minded friends!
Qu Qiubai, born in 1899, Lu Xun, born in 1881, they are 18 years apart.
One day in 1932, 33-year-old Qu Qiubai and 51-year-old Lu Xun met for the first time in Beichuan Apartment through Mao Dun and Feng Xuefeng.
In 1933, Lu Xun rented a pavilion for Qu Qiubai, just across the road from his residence. Qu Qiubai's wife, Yang Zhihua, recalled: "Lu Xun went to Rizhao to see us almost every day, and talked with Qiubai about current affairs, politics, literature and art, and so on. The following calligraphy work of "life is enough to have a confidant" is a handwritten gift from Mr. Lu Xun to Qu Qiubai, which is the best testimony of the friendship between the two.
Gift of Qu Qiubai (Recording He Waqin Sentences) (copy) Spring 1933, Collection of Lu Xun Museum, Beijing
Commentary: It is enough to have a confidant in life, and the world should treat it with the same heart. "Raise your head" Suspect Brother Dao "Belong to the Dao Brother", and write "Luo Wenlu He Waqin Sentence". Written in Shanghai in April 1933. Qu Qiubai (1899-1935), one of the early leaders of the Communist Party of China, a famous writer, and a close friend of Lu Xun. At that time, he was hiding from the Kuomintang authorities at Lu Xun's house. Luo Wen is Lu Xun's pen name. He Waqin is He Qin, a native of Qiantang, Zhejiang, and is the author of "Yishouguan Jijin Tu", which was originally made.
On the morning of June 18, 1935, Qu Qiubai, who was only 36 years old, died heroically in Fujian. When the bad news came, Lu Xun, who was ill with lung disease, rose up from his anger and went all out to edit the translation of his deceased friend, personally proofread and design the binding, and published "The Sea and the Forest" for him. The cover of the book is printed with the three English letters of STR, which means Shi Tie'er, which is Qu Qiubai's pen name; The publishing house is a fictitious "Zhuxia Huaishuang Society", "Zhuxia" is China, "frost" is the original name of Qiubai, and "Zhuxia Huaishuang" means that the Chinese people will always miss Qu Qiubai.
"The Sea and the Forest" source network
"It's a seven-foot man, who can sacrifice himself in life; Be a ghost for a thousand years, and don't return home when you die. ”
——Lu Xun wrote an elegy for Qiubai
"If they lived, they would have been glad to see it, but now they have returned to the land, alas."
——Lu Xun's feelings after the publication of "The Forest of the Sea".
Introduction: The First Volume of "The Forest of the Sea", May 1936, collected by the Lu Xun Museum, Beijing
The yellowed manuscript in the exhibition hall is the introduction of the book written by Lu Xun for "The Forest of the Sea". Now that we appreciate it again, we will still be moved by this deep comradeship.
@郑振铎: If you are friends, you have to do a career together!
As one of the famous writers in the history of modern Chinese literature, Zheng Zhenduo and Lu Xun were also teachers and friends, and had a very close relationship. Influenced by Lu Xun's long-term "Amway", Zheng Zhenduo gradually developed a strong interest in ancient Chinese printmaking and notebooks, and also collaborated on many works including the famous "Beiping Notebook" and "Ten Bamboo Zhai Notebook".
"Peking Notes" 1 volume, September 1933, Beiping Rong Bao Zhai, collection of Lu Xun Museum, Beijing
"Ten Bamboo Zhai Notes" 4 volumes, 1934, Beiping Rong Bao Zhai, Beijing Lu Xun Museum collection
According to Lu Xun's diary, he exchanged letters with Zheng Zhenduo more than 160 times, and this handwritten letter in the exhibition hall is clear, witnessing the friendship between the two of them working together and moving forward together on the road of art.
Letter from Lu Xun to Zheng Zhenduo, October 8, 1934, Collection of Lu Xun Museum, Beijing
@萧红: It's a talented girl, and it's also Brother Xun... Rice pairing!
As one of the four talented women of the Republic of China, Xiao Hong is a student of Lu Xun. She is known as "the literary Roselle of the 30s of the 20th century", and the "Life and Death Field" with Lu Xun and the "Biography of the Hulan River" with Mao Dun are all classics.
Mr. Lu Xun, who loved talents very much, helped Xiao Hong during the difficult period of his life and helped him settle in Shanghai. At this time, Lu Xun is already famous, high income, wide contacts, friends dinner is naturally indispensable, it is said that among the many progressive young people who cook in Lu Xun's house, the talented girl Xiao Hong is one of the people who eat the most...... It seems that Mr. Lu Xun not only admires Xiao Hong's words very much, but also recognizes her taste!
Lu Xun to Xiao Hongxin, March 17, 1935, Collection of Lu Xun Museum, Beijing
More than that, Hu Shi, Cai Yuanpei, Zhang Taiyan, Chen Yinke, Chen Duxiu, Song Qingling, Qian Xuantong, Liang Shiqiu, etc. have all joined Brother Xun's circle of friends, outlining a flesh-and-blood, affectionate and righteous Mr. Lu Xun.
There is also good news, during the period from July 22nd to August 31st, Chengbo canceled the closure on Mondays, and there are new welfare measures such as daily extended opening, and friends who want to re-acquaint themselves with Mr. Lu Xun can plan their itinerary well!
【Exhibition Name】
"Lu Xun's Art World - Cultural Relics from the Collection of Beijing Lu Xun Museum"
【Exhibition Hours】
June 20, 2024–August 20, 2024
【Exhibition Venue】
Temporary exhibition hall on the third floor of Chengdu Museum