For Zhu Xiang at this time, poetry creation should not be said to be carefree, and he was barely able to support his family. Once in Wuhan University, a friend invited him to visit the library and asked if there were any new books published. I saw a sad expression on the poet's face: "There are several new manuscripts around Changsha's wife, and we haven't contacted the publishing house yet."
If it weren't for the publication of The Collection of Shimen after his death, almost no one would know Zhu Xiang's inner anguish. "I abandoned the world, and the world abandoned me ... give me poems, cheer me up and relieve my worries." In the poem My Poet God, Zhu Xiang wrote.
Thus, the poet's death was endowed with multiple meanings, and it became the headline of a literary column for a time. More arguments are "the harm of darkness to intellectuals" put forward by Shenbao. Writer Chen Hexiang even wrote an appeal that Zhu Xiang's death should give a warning to all those who are unwilling to compromise with evil forces, "that is, to live more tenaciously." Others praised him for writing poems with his life. Su Xuelin once said: "Although life is precious to us, it is nothing compared with art ... I seem to see the poet give up on the cliff, and the round light of a golden saint is shining on the top, which is unspeakable and magnificent."
On the contrary, his poems are ignored. So that later generations Zhou Liangpei had to suggest that, when compiling Zhu Xiang's Poems, instead of discussing whether Zhu Xiang was a new moon poet or a patriotic poet, we should read all his poems first.
not only that, the era in which poets lived no longer exists. According to the contemporary poet Nishikawa, writing poetry is no longer a way of life, especially in the era of consumerism and popular culture. While walking in Zhu Xiang, tsinghua campus, who talked with other literary youths about poetry when he was young, people no longer saw students holding poems. Most of them are memorizing English words and working hard for GRE and TOEFL. Open the poetry page of BBS Shui Mu Tsinghua Station, and search for Zhu Xiang and "Tsinghua's Four Sons" is also fruitless, but a post asking netizens to help children name is very popular. More than half a century ago, the poets, poetic schools and poetries sprouted in this garden seem to have faded away with the departure of the poets.
There is Zhu Xiang. Apart from the news that he threw himself into the river on December 5, 1933, people no longer remember this great poet who was on a par with Xu Zhimo and Wen Yiduo. Prelude
It's not a big news that a poet died.
He chose to throw himself into the river in the early morning of a winter day when the ship was about to sail into Nanjing. It is said that this young man named Zhu Xiang was drinking and reciting poems at the last moment. Two books with him, one is Heine's poems, and the other is his own poems.
Few people know the real reason of the poet's suicide. Liang Shiqiu guessed that it was because of personality quirks, while Wen Yiduo lamented, "Who knows that if he continues to live, it will only be more painful than death?" In any case, this poet, who was praised by Lu Xun as "China Keats", had no talent before his death, only a tramp was down and out.
that third-class ticket was donated by relatives, and that bottle of wine was earned by my wife.
Cause
He, together with Yang Shien and other four Tsinghua students, stood out in the New Literature Movement and were called "the four sons of Tsinghua". As one of the best, Zhu Xiang, who is only 18 years old, has published several works in well-known publications such as Morning Post and Novel Monthly. It seems that the future of young poets should be so great. However, he seems to deliberately oppose the words bright and beautiful. Specializing in literature in Tsinghua, he skipped classes at will, boycotted the breakfast roll call system in the fast food office, and was finally expelled for remembering three times. When I was studying in the United States, I left school because my classmate said "China is like a monkey" and I was angry. I didn't get any degree. As a teacher in Anhui University, the school changed the name of its English Literature Department to English Department, and vowed never to teach again.
Tsinghua, returnees, professors ... some dazzling auras have gone away because of the poet's willfulness. Even the nickname "China Keats" was despised by the poet as the trend of worshipping foreign countries in the poetry circle, and he repeatedly said that "I am just a bird in the East" and "I just want to smell the white cranes between Thailand and Yuesong".
why should a person smash his happiness into pieces at once? Why should we leave the comfortable environment and embark on the road of hunger, cold and shame? Su Xuelin, a contemporary female writer, once asked this question. In this regard, Zhu Xiang's own explanation is to declare war on disappointment. However, the result of declaring war is a terrible loss. After leaving Anhui University, Zhu Xiang, who has always been lofty, had no livelihood and wandered around. People recall that this once arrogant university professor in a straight suit once lived in a dark and narrow pier hotel and humbly asked for money. And his son, who was under one year old, starved to death after crying for 7 days because he had no milk to eat.
Reasons
Xu Zhimo died when he hit a mountain by plane, Zhu Xiang drowned himself, and Yin Fu was shot. In the first half of the 2th century, many poets died unexpectedly, which made people lament. In the book "Lonely Truth: Zhu Xiang's Letters", we can see the life track and fate of Zhu Xiang, a gifted scholar. When Zhu Xiang was 15 years old, he was admitted to Tsinghua. He was known as one of the "four sons of Tsinghua" and enjoyed a poetic title. Zhu Xiang's maiden poetry collection "Summer" was published in business; The second book of poetry, The Collection of Grass Mang, was published in Kaiming Bookstore. The third book of poetry, Shimen Collection, is also published in business. These three thin poems were published before his death, which, according to Su Xuelin, a female writer, were exchanged by the poet for his life.
Before returning to China:
Zhu Xiang studied in the United States in 1927 and returned to China in 193 without a degree. During his stay in the United States, he wrote 9 love letters to his wife Liu Nijun, and each letter was numbered. In these love letters, he wrote about the hardships of making a living, the embarrassment of being trapped by money, and more tenderness like water, the care of daily life, and the considerate care between husband and wife. Reading is warm. After Zhu Xiang's death, his good friend Luo Niansheng edited and published this set of love letters, which was named "Sending Ni Jun Overseas". There are four classic love letters in the history of new literature, which are Lu Xun's Letters to Xu Guangping, Xu Zhimo's Notes on Love Eyebrows to Lu Xiaoman, Shen Congwen's Letters on Bamboo to Zhang Zhaohe and Zhu Xiang's Letters to Liu Nijun.
After returning to China:
After returning to China, he taught in Anhui University, and his life was not comfortable. Because Anhui University often defaulted on his salary, a child born to him and his wife in Anqing, who was under one year old, cried for seven days and nights because there was no milk, and starved to death alive. This is very similar to the tragic scene describing his life in Du Fu's poems. But not as those know it who have been poor together, this has seriously affected the relationship between husband and wife, and the marriage has nearly collapsed. Zhu Xiang invited his friends to teach at Anhui University, but the school refused. I don't know whether he resigned in anger or was dismissed by the school. He has no place in Anda.
How can Zhu Xiang support his family with the meager remuneration? However, he is "born without obsequiousness" and refuses to accept the delicious food. Since his resignation, he has been branded as a "mental derangement" by the common people. At this point, the couple also had a divorce. On December 5, 1933, the poet committed suicide by jumping into the river on the ferry to Nanjing. His wife Liu Nijun "had to make a living by sewing and embroidery".