In Zhu Ziqing's Moonlight on the Lotus Pond, there is a saying, "The most lively thing at this time is the cicada sound on the tree and the frog sound in the water." This cicada and frog sound was originally heard by himself that night, and later someone wrote to him saying that cicadas don't bark at night. Zhu Ziqing immediately asked several people, and they all said no. He went to consult an entomologist again, and the answer was that cicadas usually don't bark at night, but sometimes they do. However, Zhu Ziqing did not use this authoritative material to refute the person who wrote to him, but wrote back: "A biologist also said that cicadas don't bark at night. In the next edition, you should delete the sentence of moonlit cicada. " Later, Zhu Ziqing heard cicadas singing more than once on a moonlit night, and commentators published articles in magazines, quoting classics to emphasize their views. Zhu Ziqing wanted to write to him, but he didn't know the address, so he had to write a short article about cicadas singing on a moonlit night, explaining that cicadas sometimes do cry on a moonlit night. Cicada singing is just a trivial matter, but what we see is Zhu Ziqing's modesty and preciseness as a professor in an institution of higher learning.
Zhu Ziqing's calm attitude towards the lotus pond is an iron man in defending the dignity and integrity of China people. 1948, 12 In August, Zhu Ziqing died of poverty due to illness. Before his death, he told his family that he had signed "American aid" and told his family never to buy flour rationed by the United States. As a weak scholar, he showed the heroism of our nation.
The statue of Mr. Zhu Ziqing is quietly located on the bank of Tsinghua, Shui Mu, watching the teachers and students coming and going. At the same time, people can't help feeling his lotus pond, his modesty and simplicity, and his integrity.
In a sincere and quiet way
Mr. Lu Xun once said: "The success of essays and sketches during the May 4th Movement was almost above novels, operas and poems." (Crisis of Prose) Indeed, among all kinds of literature during the May 4th Movement, prose made the most outstanding achievements. Zhu Ziqing also spoke highly of the achievements of prose in his Essays on Modern China. He said: "The most developed essays are essays. In the past three or four years, various journals have published many essays intentionally or unintentionally, and more such journals have been published in the past year. ..... essays, so it is very popular. " In the preface, he said: "As for prose, the development in these three or four years is really brilliant." In this "extremely prosperous" and "gorgeous" prose garden, there are Zhou Zuoren's significance, Yu Pingbo's density, Xu Zhimo's splendor and Bing Xin's elegance, while Mr. Zhu Ziqing stood in the May 4th Movement with his "sincere and quiet expression" (Zhong Jingwen's Liu Huaji, the first edition of People's Book Company 1929).
Mr. Zhu Ziqing's prose is full of charm and artistic value, and it is fascinating to read. Masterpieces such as Hurry, Back, Moonlight on the Lotus Pond and Spring have always been regarded as models of beautiful vernacular Chinese and have been selected into Chinese textbooks of major universities.