Lu Xun*** had two wives, Zhu An and Xu Guangping.
1. Zhu An
Lu Xun’s first wife was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang in June 1878.
Although Zhu An is not very literate, he knows etiquette, has a gentle personality, and is kind to others. Because Lu Xun was the eldest son, Lu Xun's mother began to worry about Lu Xun's marriage since the death of Lu Xun's father.
The old lady liked Zhu An's obedient character and decided to marry her as her eldest son Lu Xun's wife. On April 3, 1901, Lu Xun's mother rashly went to Zhu's house to "invite Geng" without her son's consent.
As a result, when the two young people did not know each other at all, it was left to their parents to decide on a marriage that would determine Zhu An's life and bring life-long pain to Lu Xun and Zhu An.
Lu Xun did not dissolve the marriage with Zhu An from the time he married her until his death (Lu Xun knew that once he divorced his wife, Zhu An would suffer death or inhumane treatment, so he did not divorce).
2. Xu Guangping
On February 12, 1898, he was born in a scholar-official family in Guangzhou, Guangdong. My grandfather was once the governor of Zhejiang, but my father's family was in decline; my mother was the daughter of a businessman and could write poetry.
In 1917, she studied at the preparatory course of Tianjin Zhili No. 1 Women’s Normal School, served as editor-in-chief of "Awakening World Weekly", the journal of the Tianjin Patriotic Comrade Association, and participated in the "May 4th Movement" under the leadership of Zhou Enlai.
In 1923, he was admitted to the Chinese Language Department of Beijing Women's Higher Normal School and became a student of Lu Xun. In January 1927, Lu Xun went to Sun Yat-sen University to teach, and Xu served as a teaching assistant and Cantonese translator. He rented a house with Lu Xun on Baiyun Road and lived together; in October, he and Lu Xun officially lived together in Shanghai. In 1929, his son Zhou Haiying was born. In December 1932, the collection of correspondence with Lu Xun, "Book of Two Places", was edited and published.
Extended information:
1. Xu Guangping became acquainted with Lu Xun:
In 1922, he was admitted to the National Beijing Women's Normal School (referred to as the Women's Normal School), where he studied Chinese literature .
In 1923, when Xu Guangping was in second grade, he read "A Brief History of Chinese Novels" taught by Lu Xun, and fell in love with Lu Xun.
On March 11, 1925, a student uprising broke out at Women’s Normal University against President Yang Yinyu. Xu Guangping, the director-general of the Student Government Association, was the backbone of the student uprising. In order to relieve the depression of the times and explore the future of Chinese women's education, she took the initiative to write her first letter to Lu Xun. From then on, they supported each other in their struggles, helped each other in their careers, and cared for each other in their lives.
On October 12, 1925, under the pen name "Ping Lin", Xu Guangping published the article "Travelers" in the second supplement of "Guomin Xinbao" edited by Lu Xun, praising Lu Xun "for his passionate love" , the great work gives light and power to mankind" and makes "the future world bright and glorious", and said that she will not be afraid of "the indifference and oppression of the world" and the fierce attacks of the defenders of the old society, and join hands with Lu Xun Together, "run in the direction of love wholeheartedly."
On October 20, 1925, he and Lu Xun fell in love. That night, in the studio of Lu Xun's Nisanjo residence - "Tiger's Tail", Lu Xun was sitting on the wicker chair next to the desk, and Xu Guangping was sitting on Lu Xun's bedside. The 27-year-old Xu Guangping first held Lu Xun's hand. Lu Xun also gave Xu Guangping a gentle and slow squeeze.
So, Lu Xun first said to Xu Guangping: "You defeated!" Xu Guangping couldn't help but smile shyly. Then, the two kissed passionately. The next day, Lu Xun, who had just finished writing the novel "The Lonely" for four days, wrote another novel in one breath - "Sorrow", which is about marriage and love and is full of life philosophy and lyrical color.
On October 30, 1927, Lu Xun and Xu Guangping finally began their cohabitation life in Shanghai.
2. Zhu An stayed alone in his empty room:
It turned out that the 25-year-old Lu Xun was starting his literary activities in Tokyo, Japan. Suddenly, his family urged him to return to the country one after another. Two letters, saying that his mother was ill.
Only when Lu Xun returned to his hometown anxiously did he realize that this was a scam. It turned out that his family heard a rumor that Lu Xun was married to a Japanese woman and was taking his children for a walk in Tokyo, so they were eager to force him to return to China to consummate the marriage.
Zhu An was making various guesses alone in her new house. Tears kept flowing. She was at a loss and didn't know what she had done wrong. As an uneducated woman from the old times, she was in the most passive position in this marriage from the beginning.
From that day on, her fate was linked to the Zhou family, but everything about her nominal husband seemed to have nothing to do with her. Lu Xun only maintained a formal relationship with her as husband and wife. She spent 13 years alone with her mother-in-law in Shaoxing.
The pain is devastating to both parties. Lu Xun said to his friends many times: "She is my mother's wife, not my wife. This is a gift from my mother. I only have an obligation to support her. Love is something I don't know."< /p>
Come alone and go alone. On June 29, 1947, Zhu An died alone, with no one around him. She has lived in this world for 69 years and spent more than forty long years alone.
In November 1919, the old house in Shaoxing was jointly sold by Xintaimen Liufang to Zhu Langxian, a large landowner in Shaoxing. His mother, Zhu An and Zhou Jianren’s family needed to go north. At the same time, Zhou Zuoren’s family also came to Beijing, so Lu Xun bought it. They moved into a courtyard at No. 11 Badaowan, Xizhimen, Beijing, and the whole family moved in and established a big family.
This house is an old-fashioned three-entry courtyard. The outer courtyard is where Lu Xun lives, the concierge, and a warehouse for stacking books and sundries. The middle courtyard is where his mother and Zhu An live. The row of main houses in the inner courtyard is the best. , the two families of Zhou Zuo and Zhou Jian lived separately.
Although the whole family was reunited, Lu Xun and Zhu An were still strangers. Lu Xun also considered divorce, but in that era, divorced women were despised and cast aside by people, and the situation was mostly very miserable.
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