The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China - Chapter 1036

  In 1943, the history circle was very lively. Not only Zhou Hexuan published a book, Wu Han published a book, and Chang Kaishen also published a book.

  Chang Kaishen published a book in March, titled “The Destiny of China”, which discusses politics under the guise of history. This book is printed on the best paper, and the price is very, very cheap in order to make it affordable for ordinary people.

   In just one month, 150,000 copies of “The Destiny of China” were published, and with the promotion of governments at all levels, the sales quickly reached 1 million copies. But the more domestic sales, the more losses, because they are all at a loss to make money.

   Compared with the domestic loss, the overseas copyright of this book has made a lot of money.

   After all, China at this stage is the second largest country in the anti-fascist alliance after the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom. The works of Chinese leader Chang Kaishen have aroused great interest from British and American publishers, who have paid high prices for overseas copyrights without even reading the content.

   Then these British and American publishers vomited blood.

   “The Destiny of China” was published in the UK and the US, and its sales were sloppy at the beginning, but it was quickly criticized by the political, academic and non-governmental circles. Because the book unabashedly expresses authoritarian and racist views, these topics were extremely sensitive in the United Kingdom and the United States during World War II.

  Lao Jiang originally wanted to write a book to increase his influence at home and abroad, but he did not expect that his reputation would be bad in the world.

   In the past, politicians, scholars and ordinary people in Britain and the United States had an excellent impression of Chang Kaishen because of China’s stubborn resistance to Japanese aggression. A book “The Destiny of China” directly exposed his true colors – so you are such Chang Kaishen!

  The same is true in China. The Communist Party, the Democratic Party, and the liberal scholars were stunned. They never dreamed that Lao Jiang would dare to write a book and “self-deprecating” so thoroughly.

According to scholars, the publication of “The Destiny of China” was Lao Jiang’s biggest trick during the Anti-Japanese War, and it was even more disgusting than the indiscriminate issuance of banknotes. Indiscriminate issuance of banknotes and soaring prices can still be reluctantly accepted. After all, this is sacrificing personal interests for the war of resistance, but “The Destiny of China” can only make people feel cold.

   There is a saying that Chang Kaishen completely offended most of the democratic parties and free people with his book “The Destiny of China”, and successfully pushed countless patriots to the Communist Party.

Wen Yiduo said: “The publication of “The Destiny of China” is a very important key for me alone. I was simply taken aback by the Boxer spirit in it. Did our wise leader think like this? May 4th The impact on me was too deep, and “Fate of China” publicly declared war on May 4th, and I can’t stand it no matter what.”

   The meaning of this sentence is very clear. Wen Yiduo finally embarked on the road of anti-Chiang because he read “The Destiny of China”.

At the beginning of 1942, Wen Yiduo once said to his son Wen Lihe: Chang Kaishen) has experienced many difficulties and twists and turns in his life. During the Xi’an Incident, he was calm and composed, turned danger into danger, and has a great and moving personality. With this leadership in the Anti-Japanese War, he has a bright future. Victory is expected.”

   In other words, Wen Yiduo at the beginning of 1942 was one of Lao Jiang’s fans, and he could even ignore the incident in southern Anhui. He sincerely respects Chang Kaishen, has a good impression of Chang Kaishen’s personal charm and persistence in the War of Resistance, and believes that Chang Kaishen can lead China to victory in the War of Resistance.

  In just one year, the salary increase incident, the Qu Yuan incident, the disaster relief incident, the book publishing incident… Lao Jiang’s glorious image in Wen Yiduo’s heart was directly shattered, and he changed from an idol leader to a dictatorial warrior.

The book “The Destiny of China” is full of mistakes and nonsense, and even the American Fairbank can clearly see the discussion of China’s history and current situation. Fairbank made it clear: “This book by those in power is an insult to the professors who write the book… It is really disrespectful for a politician to write such a pamphlet, and now I understand why everyone Those who participated in the English translation of this book seemed to be suffering from cold and fever.”

   The “cold and heat syndrome” that Fairbank said was the counselors of the Supreme Committee of National Defense of China at that time, who was solely responsible for the translation of “The Destiny of China”.

   When these counselors were translating, it was as uncomfortable as eating shit. All they have to do is translate a lump of Chinese-flavored **** into a foreign-flavored shit, and in the process of translating it is equivalent to eating the **** twice.

  Although the views of this book came from Chang Kaishen, it was written by Tao Xisheng, and Chen Brai also participated in part.

  Tao Xisheng was trembling when he wrote the book, and he was in a cold sweat. He knew the consequences of this book’s publication, but he could only bite the bullet and write it. Fortunately, he didn’t need to sign on the cover. No matter how fierce the readers scolded it, it had nothing to do with him.

   Taizu’s evaluation of “The Destiny of China” is: “This is a declaration of war against the Chinese people, and it is the ideological preparation and public opinion preparation for launching a civil war.”

   In the face of unanimous criticism from foreign readers, Lao Jiang himself said in his diary: “It was what I expected, but I didn’t expect his disgust to be so great.”

   nonsense, can British and American readers not be disgusted?

   “The Destiny of China” not only talks about dictatorship and nationalism, but also blames China’s backwardness on imperialist aggression, and blames everything on unequal treaties.

   If we say that China’s national strength is backward, it can also be attributed to imperialist aggression against China. But what kind of weird thinking is it to attribute China’s political, moral and cultural backwardness to imperialist aggression? Could it be that if the foreign powers did not invade China, China’s political system, cultural ideology would not fall behind?

   Moreover, China and Britain and the United States are allies now, and the world anti-fascist war is at a critical juncture. What is Lao Jiang’s idea for publishing such a book attacking allies?

   Let us summarize the thoughts expressed in “The Destiny of China”, generally speaking: the Chinese nation is great, and the prosperous times of the Han and Tang Dynasties show that the Chinese are the most outstanding nation. And there is only one ethnic group in China, the Han, Manchu, Mongolian and Hui ethnic groups, but they are only a small branch of the Chinese nation. China was completely corrupted and backslidden by the Manchus and fell into the abyss under the aggression of imperialism. If China wants to be rejuvenated and strong, it can only be accomplished under the leadership of the great leader Chang Kaishen, under the rule of the Kuomintang, and under the instructions of the Three People’s Principles, and can it restore the inherent greatness of the Chinese nation.

   At first glance, it does not appear to be outrageously written. However, the viewpoints are often self-contradictory, the arguments used are full of errors and omissions, and the people’s contributions and sacrifices to the country are completely ignored. China’s progress since the late Qing Dynasty and the achievements since the Anti-Japanese War are all attributed to Lao Jiang and the country. The party and the Three People’s Principles are wise.

   Lao Jiang almost said in the book: I want to be a dictator, and everyone must listen to me. I want to overthrow the world powers, I want to clean up the humiliation since the **** Manchu Qing, and let the Chinese nation achieve a great rejuvenation in an all-round way!

  Lao Jiang’s image exposed in the book is a dictatorial version of the anti-Qing and Fu Ming, a Boxer-style peasant nationalist – very similar to a certain type of netizen in later generations.

   Not long after the first six visiting scholars left, Zhang Daofan came to Zhou Mansion with a copy of “The Destiny of China”. He said to Zhou Hexuan, “Mingcheng, have you read the masterpiece of the president?”

   “Read it.” Zhou Hexuan said.

   Zhang Daofan asked, “How do you feel?”

   Zhou Hexuan said: “Shocked and inexplicable.”

Zhang Daofan said: “There are many critics of this book in China now, please Mingcheng write an article to correct the name of “The Destiny of China”. By the way, the president asked me to tell Mingcheng that he thinks that you have made great achievements in studying history in the past six months, so you don’t need to. Close the door and reflect again.”

   This is equivalent to an exchange. Zhou Hexuan helped Lao Jiang tout his masterpiece, and Lao Jiang let Zhou Hexuan regain his freedom.

   Zhou Hexuan thought for a while: “I think my academic accomplishment is not enough, so let’s continue to study hard behind closed doors.”

  Zhang Daofan: “…”