10 On June 10, Futabatei Shimei published the novel Face Shadow. The hero Xiao Ye Zhe is also the son of a poor peasant. He was admitted to the university with excellent results. However, due to poor family circumstances, they are unable to pay tuition fees. Later, in order to increase the glory of a college student's son-in-law, Xiaoye's family adopted Xiaoye Zhe as a son-in-law, and Xiaoye's family paid for his study. After graduation, Xiaoyezhe also worked as a lecturer in a private university, and his income was meager, which could not satisfy the extravagant life of his mother-in-law and his wife. So my mother-in-law and wife began to look down on him, scold him and insult him ... Xiaoyezhe's mood is getting lower and lower, and the marriage without love is cracked and getting bigger and bigger. In this heartless and warm home, only Xiao Ye Zhe's wife's half-sister Sayoko sympathized with him and comforted him. They were in the same boat, and Xiaoyezhe finally fell in love with the virtuous Sayoko. However, Xiao Ye Zhe never had the courage to divorce his wife and then marry Sayoko. After suffering this long-term contradiction, Xiaoyezhe finally couldn't stand it any longer, so he left Japan, went to China to teach alone, and finally disappeared among ordinary people. Futabatei Shimei explained the unfinished ending of his old novel Floating Clouds here, and pointed out that under the capitalist system, if you don't resist and struggle, you can only be silent and humiliated all your life.
Just over a year later, Futabatei Shimei created a masterpiece of critical realism-the ordinary After the Face Shadow. The novel was published on1October 30th 1907, 10. With the first person "I" as the main technique, the hero of the novel reveals that there is no pure land in this sinful world and is full of disgust and hatred for the world, expressing the author's powerless resistance in real life. In the two years since Futabatei Shimei returned to the literary world, he has made great achievements. Besides these two novels, he has published more than 30 other works. In these two years, Futabatei Shimei has become a great literary figure, and the Japanese people are looking forward to more amazing masterpieces. They are full of expectations for Futabatei Shimei.
However, Futabatei Shimei was once again disappointing.
1908 Asahi shimbun appointed Futabatei Shimei as a correspondent in Petersburg. In the days when he left Japan for Petersburg, he published a long article "My Repentance in the Next Life" in Article World, reviewing his deeds in the first half of his life.
1908 On the evening of June 6th, 2008, "Hasegawa Ye Er Shi Ting Farewell Party" was held in Jingyangxuan, Ueno City. More than 40 celebrities attended, and everyone took a group photo. Futabatei Shimei delivered a speech of thanks. He said: "The people of Japan and Russia-no, the people of any country in the world are by no means ferocious and belligerent. Therefore, the only way to avoid future wars is to create a situation in which the people will not fight even if the government wants to. There is no other way. To this end, we must convey the will of the people. If there is any good way to achieve this, then it should be said that literature is the best way. "
Although Futabatei Shimei left the literary world again, he was still full of confidence in realistic literature. He has seen through the anti-people nature of the government and has no illusions about it. Only the people and the suffering working people can make this great writer full of hope for the future.
On June 1908, Futabatei Shimei left Tokyo and embarked on a journey to Petersburg.
After arriving in Petersburg, Futabatei Shimei was troubled by illness. But when he was seriously ill, he still insisted on writing. He has written articles such as "Into Russia" and "Russian Miscellanies".
1909, the illness became more and more serious, and I had to consider returning to China. So he began to buy all kinds of newly published books for later use, but he never used them again.
1On April 5th, 909, Futabatei Shimei, who was tortured by a serious illness, set foot on his way home, and the fatigue caused by the illness increased. Every day, his temperature is basically above 39℃, and his body is getting weaker every day.
/KOOC-0/May, 909/KOOC-0/0 at 5: 00 p.m./KOOC-0/5: 00 p.m., Futabatei Shimei was buried on the ship "He". At that time, "Hemaomaru" was riding the wind and waves in the Indian Ocean south of the Bay of Bengal and flying to his hometown.