The great writer Lu Xun must have trees wherever he lives. He would not be happy without trees. Very fond of flowers, plants and trees!
He loved to read "Flower Mirror" by Chen Haozi of the Qing Dynasty since he was a child. He had just returned from the Qing Dynasty. Lu Xun had nothing to gain and was in a very poor situation. But at such moments, he still did not forget the trees, and brought back a gardenia tree from Japan. After returning to China, he planted a gardenia tree in the courtyard and later gave it to his cousin. The August 1909 section of the "Chronicle of Lu Xun" lists three pieces of information. The third piece of information is: "Lu Xun planted the Mizuno gardenia he brought back from Japan in the courtyard, and later gave the gardenia tree to his cousin Li Xin. In 1962, Li Xinnong donated this gardenia tree to the Lu Xun Memorial Hall in Shaoxing, and it still survives today. "There is a note on the side: "According to the teacher's bamboo "Mr. Li Xinnong donated water wild gardenia". , published in the second issue of "Shaoxing Lu Xun Memorial Hall Journal" in 1964. In the "Lu Xun Chronicle" (updated version) in August of the same year, the textual expressions of the three items are slightly different, and the third item reads: "Hui." After returning to his hometown, Lu Xun transplanted the Japanese gardenias he brought back to his hometown and gave them to his cousin, beekeeping expert Li Xinnong. In 1962, his cousin planted the gardenias again. It was transferred to the Lu Xun Memorial Hall in Shaoxing and still survives today. "The accompanying notes are the same.
After returning to China, Lu Xun's life was not satisfactory for a period of time. As he himself mentioned in the collection of "Scream", it was a very depressing period, like being in a dark room with no light. So, I stayed in the old house temporarily and continued copying ancient books for fun. But even when copying ancient books, Lu Xun chose ancient books related to grass and trees such as "The Shape of Southern Grass and Trees".
At the age of thirty-one, in the first month of Xinhai, Lu Xun copied Ji Han's "Southern Grass and Trees" in meticulous style. In the same year, in April 1911, Lu Xun "copied from the book "Shuo Yong" this month a volume of "Garden Grass and Trees" written by Wang Fangqing, a volume of "Polygonum multiflorum Lu" written by Li Ao, and a volume of "Zhang Ming Nian Zi" written by Yang Tianhui. One volume of "Book of Bamboo" written by Dai Kaizhi, two volumes of "Book of Bamboo Shoots" written by Zan Ning, one volume of "Book of Fungi" written by Chen Renyu, two volumes of "Crab Book" written by Fu Gong, these The manuscript and the 19 other titles copied by others, including "The Records of Flowers and Trees of the King of Wei", were combined into two volumes of "Shuo Yong Lu Yao". Lu Xun also used the original Ming Dynasty copy of "Shuo Yong" to correct the "Shuo Yong" one of them. One volume of "Luoyang Flowers and Trees", one volume of "Jin Zhang Orchid Book" written by Zhao Shigeng, one volume of "Luoyang Peony Book" written by Zhou, one volume of "Tong Pu" written by Chen Zhu and one volume of "Bamboo Book" written by Dai Kaizhi roll".
On March 13, 1913, he also "sent Zhou Jianren a four-volume copy of "Piya" and a six-volume copy of "Erya Wing" to support his research on botany." The updated version of "Lu Xun Chronicle" in July 1909 currently states: "Before returning to China, I sent Zhou Jianren three volumes of English books on plants. According to Zhou Jianren: This is the "Lu Xun Chronicle" co-edited by Germany's Strauss Pu and others. The English translation of "Botanical Textbook" and the very particular "Wild Flower Season" (the meaning of wild flowers in the four seasons) and "Stories of Plant Biology" hope that I can study botany and biology." This item was originally noted as a recollection of an interview with Zhou Jianren in 1978. , "The Long Chronicle of Lu Xun" was deleted.
Lu Xun loved growing flowers and trees throughout his life, and collected plant specimens himself. When he first returned to China, he worked as a teacher in Hangzhou and Shaoxing. He led his students to Gushan, Geling, Beifang and the Yuling area to collect plant specimens successively. Cut". He planted trees in his new residence in Beijing and grew flowers at his home in Dalu New Village, Shanghai. In his articles, he wrote affectionately about the flowers and plants in his hometown Baicao Garden, the cherry blossoms in Ueno, the old locust trees in the Shaoxing Guild Hall in Beijing, and the famous two jujube trees... …
When Lu Xun moved into the old house, he did not forget to plant trees. There are one plant each of lilac and white lilac, one plant of peach, two plants each of Zanthoxylum bungeanum, rhododendron plum, and plum blossom, and three poplar plants. These are all recorded in the diary. Although he was depressed, Lu Xun still felt the long-lost happiness while planting trees for fun.
Later, whether he was going south or living in Shanghai, Lu Xun would grow flowers and trees as long as he had the conditions. Living without trees is indispensable. Without flowers, grass and trees, without the breath of green, life will inevitably be much boring. Therefore, whether it is in the Baicao Garden described by Lu Xun or the two famous jujube trees in Lu Xun's works, we can see that Lu Xun is full of emotions for flowers, plants and trees.
It can be seen that people who have compassion are the same whether they are towards people or plants.
There is Magnolia grandiflora in the courtyard of Lu Xun’s former residence in Dalu Xin Village, and there is also Magnolia grandiflora in front of Lu Xun’s tomb in Lu Xun Park. In the spring of 2005, there was an article by Zhao Lihong called "Tree in front of Lu Xun's Tomb", which was about a pair of tall magnolias. In his later years, Zhou Haiying insisted on removing these two big trees. Lu Xun's tomb was moved in 1956, when Xu Guangping planted a pair of pine trees. The manager planted another pair of magnolias.
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