Volume 2: The crown and the hat are all over the capital, and the spirit is full of energy and enter the foggy city Chapter 135 Gong Xue Club
Subtitle of this chapter: There are so many people, things, people-related things, and people-related things in the cultural circle of the Republic of China!
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"Clatter..." This is the sound made when the elevator operator opens the hinged door.
"Sir, we have arrived at the rooftop restaurant."
"Thanks."
At the same moment when our Master Yuan was dragged into the elevator by his Coco, a gentleman in a long gown with a 3:7 hairstyle and a refined demeanor walked out of an elevator on the other side of the earth.
In the 1840s, the first two Western-style hotels after Shanghai opened its port were the Central Hotel, the predecessor of the Huizhong Hotel, and the Ritz Hotel (now the Pujiang Hotel).
The Central Hotel was later acquired by Huizhong Trading Company and renamed Huizhong Hotel. In 1906, it was rebuilt from a three-story British-style building into a six-story "building" that is still intact a hundred years later.
This "building" is really not ironic, because the Huizhong Hotel was the tallest building in Shanghai at that time and the only one with an elevator. Later it became the South Building of the famous Peace Hotel. The North Building was not started until 1929.
The place where the long-sleeved guest was located was the restaurant on the rooftop of Huizhong Hotel (now converted into an open-air bar).
As soon as he stepped out of the elevator, a waiter came up to him, asked him what happened, and then led him into the restaurant.
A middle-aged man with glasses who was sitting originally stood up and asked in surprise: "Brother Xuefan, why are you here alone?"
This "Xuefan" was named Chen Wangdao. He was born in 1891 and his hometown was the "Small Commodity Market" in Zhejiang.
Although he is not well-known in later generations, he was a member of the first group of Marxist groups and the earliest founder of the Communist Youth League. The first Chinese translation of The Communist Manifesto was written by him. However, he did not attend the first National Congress this year and instead withdrew from the Communist Party. Later, he became the vice chairman of the Democratic League.
At that time, he was the editor-in-chief of the Shanghai branch of New Youth. Chen Zhongfu went to Guangzhou at the end of 1921 and handed the magazine to him.
Chen Wangdao smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Dongsun, isn't it just me?"
Zhang Dongsun used his pen name, his original name was Wantian, and he was from Hangzhou, Zhejiang. He was very famous and there was no need to introduce him much, anyway, he would later become the secretary general of the Democratic League.
Not only were they both from Zhejiang, but they also studied in Japan, except that Zhang Dongsun went to Imperial University, while Chen Wangdao went to Waseda University. More importantly, they both participated in the Marxist .
Zhang Dongsun sneered and said, "It seems that Yongxi and Hanjun are still so stubborn."
Well, Yongxi and Hanjun both have the surname Li. The former is named Da and is from Lingling, Hunan. The latter also uses his pen name and is from Qianjiang, Hubei. Not only do they work at the "New Youth Bookstore", they are also members of that group, and they are also...
Anyway, our Master Yuan would turn around and leave as soon as he saw these two people, without even waving his hand.
Old Zhang shook his head and said contemptuously, "It's just a difference of opinion. I wanted to talk to them in person. Since they are unwilling to come, forget it. Brother Xuefan, please take a seat..."
Speaking of crazy people, Zhang Dongsun can indeed be considered number one.
So why did they disagree? This is related to a major event in the cultural circle of Serbia at that time, that is, Russell... By the way, "Frotaire" visited China.
In 1919 , after Liang Qichao returned from his visit to Europe, he founded the New Society with Zhang Junmai (Xu Zhimo's brother-in-law), Zhang Yuanji (owner of the Commercial Press), Zhang Dongsun, Jiang Baili and others. Their purpose was to seek fundamental reforms in academic thought as the foundation for the future new China.
The magazine published by the New Learning Society was called " Liberation and Reform", which was later shortened to "Reform". Later generations called the enlightenment intellectuals centered around Liang Qichao the "Reform School"... What a predictable name.
In 1920, they established a lecture society to invite world-renowned scholars to come to China to spread the latest knowledge. Russell was one of them invited.
Coincidentally, John Dewey (1859-1952), the mentor of Hu Shi, Tao Xingzhi and Jiang Menglin, was also in China at that time. The Lecture Society paid part of the expenses for Dewey's visit to China.
Russell went to Soviet Russia in May 1920 and felt that it was a little different from the socialist country he had imagined. So he returned to Britain in July and received an invitation from China as soon as he arrived in London. He set off immediately and arrived in Shanghai in October.
After giving several speeches in Shanghai, on October 26-27, Russell was invited to the Changsha Celebrity Academic Lecture Conference to give a lecture entitled "Bolsheviks and World Politics", mainly introducing Bolshevism which was popular in the world at that time.
Because Chuisi heard that the descendant of the Heavenly Demon was listening in the audience.
Russell at this time had some doubts and reflections on socialism because of his experience in Soviet Russia, and his journey from Shanghai to Changsha made him see the backwardness of the Soviet Union. So the view in his speech was that China should first develop industry and then socialism.
It must be said that the descendant of the demon is the descendant of the demon after all, and his evaluation of this is "it makes sense in theory, but it can't be done in reality." Unfortunately, his words at this time have no weight, he is just a scholar in Xiangjiang.
Zhang Dongsun, who accompanied Russell on his visit to Changsha, immediately wrote an article entitled "Another Lesson Learned from Traveling in the Inland Area" as if following the instructions. In the article, he believed that "China's only disease is poverty. China is really extremely poor." To change China's situation, the only way is to "develop industry." "In a nutshell, it is to increase wealth." He also criticized socialist propaganda as "empty talk."
As soon as this article was published, the two Lis, Chen Wangdao, Shao Lizi and others published articles in New Youth to refute it. Finally, Chen Zhongfu also joined in, and a debate broke out. It was not until April this year that it calmed down a little.
The two sat down, ordered some food, and chatted for a while. Zhang Dongsun then asked, "Brother Xuefan, have you brought Mr. Hongjian's translation?"
Chen Wangdao nodded, took out two manuscripts from his briefcase and said, "One is My Antonia, and the other is Sister Carrie. They are both works by well-known authors in the United States."
The two of them met not only to have dinner and chat, but also to pick up Yuan Yanshu's manuscript.
At this time, Zhang Dongsun was not only the editor-in-chief of Shanghai's "Current Affairs News" and "Reform" magazines, but also the director of the university department of Shanghai Chinese Public School, and one of .
The Gongxue Society, like the Jiangxue Society, was a subgroup of the Xinxue Society. The Gongxue Society focused on translating Western books, so the Commercial Press printed a huge set of "Gongxue Series .
On the other hand, New Youth was not only banned, but also in a bad financial situation, and Chen Zhongfu was about to start a new business in Guangzhou. So when Chen, the acting editor-in-chief, received Yuan Yanshu's translation, he had no way to deal with it.
However, he was still very responsible and felt that the quality of the manuscript was very good and it would be a pity to just leave it there, so he submitted it to Zhang Dongsun's "Reform" on behalf of Master Yuan.
