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"Smart people cannot do things, the world belongs to fools"
--Lectured at Xiamen Jimei School on November 27, 1926
I am very happy to have the opportunity to come to your beautiful school and talk to you in this auditorium today. My topic is: "Smart people can't do things, and the world belongs to fools." When you first hear this sentence, you may find it strange, but it is a fact. It has been like this in the past and it will definitely be like this in the future. If you look around, aren’t there a lot of smart people in the world today? But they can't do anything. Why? Because they thought about it over and over and finally couldn't do anything. They think too much about personal interests and care too much about personal gains and losses. They think and think that they are willing to do what is beneficial to themselves, and what is beneficial to society and others. Even if they are willing to do it, they are often not thorough, sincere, and irresponsible, so that they fail and achieve nothing. Take a look, are today’s smart people like this? They are so-called "smart people" who have their own plans. Such "smart people" will never be able to do anything beneficial to the people.
Look, the so-called "smart people" today, such as Duan Qirui, Jia Deyao and other Beiyang warlords, only know how to collude with the imperialists and massacre innocent patriotic workers and students. Their hands are stained with blood. Executioners; and "modern commentators" such as Chen Xiying, Tang Youren, etc., will only drive the reverse of the "New Culture Movement" and suppress the masses of anti-imperialist and patriotic petitions. They are the lackeys of the reactionary warlords. They will use "smartness" as a steel sword to kill people when they see blood; they will also use "smartness" as a soft sword to kill people without seeing blood. After much deliberation, they finally found that they could not do good things that were beneficial to the people, but they could do bad things that were harmful to the country.
In this world, there is still a kind of people who are willing to give up their own interests for the benefit of the masses; they are willing to sacrifice their lives for the independence and freedom of the country. This kind of person is a patriot, a revolutionary, and the creator of human happiness. In the eyes of so-called "smart people", this kind of person is a fool. However, we must know that the world is a fool's world, supported by fools, promoted by fools, created by fools, and ultimately belongs to fools. These fools are the workers and peasants, the farmers and workers whom Mr. Sun Yat-sen wants to support in his "three major policies". These workers and farmers constitute the largest majority in human society. They have strong courage and hard-working virtues. Everything in the world is created from their labor. Revolutionary young students are the most passionate, capable of fighting and most willing to sacrifice among the masses. In the destruction of darkness and the emergence of light, these revolutionary young students often play the greatest role. But from the perspective of the rulers and exploiters of the past feudal society, these working workers and peasants, these passionate revolutionary youths, are all ignorant people and fools. Only they themselves can be considered "smart people".
However, these so-called "smart people" in the old society are lazy, selfish, dissolute and shameless, and are destined to be eliminated; while those so-called "idiots" revolutionary youth and working workers and peasants are the They are the transformers of society and the creators of the world. They are the masters of the world, and the world belongs to them. Dear literary friends, dear friends:
Sincerely thank you all for coming!
Everyone knows my life experience. I studied medicine. But after that incident, I changed my original intention and abandoned medical literature. From then on, he kept his responsibility in mind and wrote some words that awakened the souls of the people and made the reactionaries tremble. To this end, I don’t know how many hardships I have endured and how many hardships I have experienced, but I am willing to do so because my creations have been supported and recognized by the revolutionary people. In particular, Chairman Mao’s high evaluation of me has further determined me to follow this path. determination. You know, even when Lin Biao and Jiang Qing were running rampant, one was defeated, the other was criticized, and even Confucius two thousand years ago was in doom, but I was as safe as Mount Tai. I always thought that I would continue on this path without any hesitation until the end of my life.
However, in recent years, I have sadly discovered that the world has changed too fast, making it difficult for me to understand everything.
When I told college students, "I recommend Xuanyuan with my blood" and "I bow my head to be a coward", they laughed and laughed deeply, and their words like "Sir, why should you be serious?" deeply hurt me. I often write articles criticizing current ills, but newspapers push them around and no one wants them. Is it because I have run out of ideas or am I unable to keep up with the times? I am puzzled. Later, a friend who was an editor said to me: "Look what you wrote? What era is it now? Can't you, old man, change your mind and describe the rapid changes in the motherland since the reform and opening up?" That's it! But my consistent writing style determines my writing habits. He also advised me to write more popular novels. The remuneration for novels such as romance, murder, and detective work is much higher. There are also many people who want to know about your "Ning Style Bed for the Scholar Lady"! After hearing this, I couldn't laugh or cry, and it was like a lump in my throat.
In the past two years, you must have noticed a strange phenomenon. Throwing dirty water on me has become a very fashionable event in the literary world. Among them, Su Xuelin is the one with the ruthless strength, and Wang Shuo deserves the title with the ruthless strength. I'd be grateful if they were finding fault out of "deep love, deep responsibility", but that's not the case. A large number of literary figures, headed by Wang Shuo and Su Xuelin, seemed to have an irresponsible hatred against me, and they insisted on eating my flesh, sleeping on my skin, and sending me to the eighteenth level of hell. I closed my mind and thought about whether I accidentally offended them at some point, but I checked all the articles I wrote and found that none of them had offended their ancestors. They threw daggers and javelins at me one after another, making me unable to guard against them. I couldn't even parry them! Some of them accused me of why Chen Tianhua, who was studying in Japan with me, committed suicide in Tokyo in order to encourage his comrades to risk their lives to save the country, and Qiu Jin, who returned to China with him, died heroically for the revolutionary cause, while I managed to survive; some of them accused me of why my students Liu Hezhen and others went to the Duan Qirui government to petition and were brutally murdered. As a teacher, I usually teach students to save the country and the people, but at critical times, I dare not accompany (let alone lead) the students to march on the streets. Afterwards, I hypocritically said in "In Memory of Mr. Liu Hezhen" Praising them for "dare to face the bleak life, dare to face the dripping blood", but they themselves are "silent, silent"; some sarcastically said that not only do I have no political qualities, I don't even have the most basic humanity, and I helplessly watch the soft Friends such as Shi and Yin Fu were shot dead. Why didn't they organize people to rob the execution ground and smash the prison van? They just said, "I can't bear to see my friends become new ghosts, and they look for poems among the knives angrily." Some people laughed at me "9-18 "When the incident broke out, I was in my prime. Why didn't I put on my sword and "slash the heads of the Japanese with a big knife", but while I was having sex with my school wife Xiao Xu, I was full and had nothing to do and went to "beat up the dog in the water"; Some people scolded me that during the Red Army's Long March, when the soldiers climbed snow-capped mountains and crossed grasslands, "the iron ropes beside the Dadu Bridge were cold", I "hid in a small building and stayed together, regardless of winter, summer, spring and autumn" and slept with my wife in my arms... Such a bad deed was actually He was so vain that he was called "the most correct, bravest, most resolute, and most enthusiastic all-time national hero who charged the enemy with the most correctness, the bravest, the most determined, and the most zealous" by that great man who didn't know what kind of ecstasy I poured into him. These "four best" should really be replaced by "capital offense"! Friends, I don’t know what you think after hearing this. I have long been numb and pretended that nothing happened. As a declining person, how can I have the time, energy and money to argue with them? I can only campaign like Mark Twain. The governor also surrendered and surrendered.
Over the years, our family has relied on the previous royalties. You can imagine the hardship of life. I can hold on to this, but I feel so panicked when I have nothing to do! Based on my reputation (whether it was a good reputation in the past or a bad reputation now), it would be easy for me to make some money through advertisements. However, my personality determines that I will not do this. As you all know, my hometown of Shaoxing has become famous and prosperous because of me. Even the poor characters in my works have been trademarked by shrewd businessmen and made a fortune. It is said that "Kong Yiji" is worth tens of millions. I remember that Ah Q, who had become a big celebrity not long ago, asked me to rewrite a biography to clear his name with 100,000 yuan in cash, but I sternly refused. I couldn't do anything to disgrace my readers. Before leaving, he said angrily that he would see me in court and that he would sue me for infringing on his right to reputation and privacy.
But don’t worry about me. I haven’t received a summons from the court yet. Besides, I, Lao Lu, am not someone to be trifled with. I have a photo of his Ah Q raping Wu’s mother in my hands.
In view of the fact that my financial situation is deteriorating, but an old scholar has no ability to tie the chicken, and can't find other opportunities for a while, I suddenly remembered that I studied medicine before and have not lost it all these years, why not resume it? How about using his old business to open a private clinic? People say that money from private clinics comes quickly, and it can earn him a few years so that he can provide an account for his unemployed children and grandchildren.
Friends, this is all I can explain. In order to survive, I have reached a desperate situation. From "abandoning medicine to pursue literature" to "abandoning literature to pursue medicine" today, I have walked a long circle in this world and returned to the starting point. You don't need to feel sad or sorry for me. . Gorbachev succumbed to advertising for a biscuit shop, and other mayors no longer work and would rather grovel under Liu Xiaoqing's skirt and beg for mercy. What does it matter to me, an outdated and stinky writer? I originally planned to publish it in the newspaper. I got an advertisement for "abandoning literature and pursuing medicine", but I couldn't even afford the thousands of dollars for the advertisement, so I used 100 yuan to buy it from an idea company and made this plan: contact the theater, and I will split the ticket income equally with the theater. This is enough money for me to open a clinic.
Once again, I sincerely thank you all. I am sorry for the millions of readers. After my clinic opens, you can get 50 yuan of free treatment and get my signature with your admission ticket tonight.
Dear friends present, you are welcome to visit our office at No. 518 Zhifu Road during your untimely time.
____ He ??once studied medicine to treat patients like my father, and later gave up medicine and became a scholar in order to save people’s souls. Today, he is forced to return to his roots and return to his true nature due to livelihood, and he abandons literature and studies in medicine. He will always be a coward. Zhou Shuren.