The immediate background of Fortress Besieged is 1937 and a few years later, it is the period when China was invaded by Japanese imperialism. However, to understand Fortress Besieged, we must go back to modern times, especially since the Opium War, when China was forced to contact with the world under the artillery fire and warships of imperialist powers.
The ancient civilization of the Chinese nation and the western civilization began unprecedented confrontation, collision, conflict and even intersection and integration. This cultural phenomenon is embodied in a large number of international students-Qian Zhongshu is one of them, so it is of typical significance to dissect.
Original text:
Miss Su led out a little girl of about twenty years old and said, "This is my cousin Tang Xiaofu." Miss Tang has a charming and tall round face and two shallow dimples. It is natural that a good face that ordinary women have to spend money and time to imitate by adjusting fat and powder is so fresh that people forget their thirst and feel greedy, as if it were good fruit.
Her eyes are small, but flexible and gentle, which makes many women's big eyes like politicians' big words. Classical scholars will wonder why poets at all times and all over the world are willing to be women's hairpins, belts, sleeping mats, and even shoes and socks trampled under their feet, but they never expect to be her toothbrush.
Her hair is not permed, her eyebrows are not tweezers, and her lipstick is not rubbed. She seems to abide by the limitations of nature with peace of mind and not make up for the defects of nature. In a word, Miss Tang is a wonderful flower of modern civilized society-a real girl. Many city girl are pretentious precocious women, not children; There are many girls who are just confused and stupid children without sex, let alone women.
Fang Hung-chien immediately wanted to make a good impression on her. Miss Tang respectfully called him "the old-timer of her classmates", and he protested: "This can't be done! You call me' Senior', and I already feel like the remains of prehistoric apes.
Source: Fortress Besieged by contemporary writer Qian Zhongshu.
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About the author: Qian Zhongshu (19101October 20th-19981February19), a native of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, formerly known as yang xian.
1929 was admitted to Tsinghua University Foreign Languages Department. On 1932, I met Jiang Yang in front of Gu Yue Hall in Tsinghua University. 1937 received a bachelor's degree from Exeter College, Oxford University with the article 17 and1China in English Literature in the 8th century. ? In 194 1 year, I finished writing about Lu and the edge of life.
From 65438 to 0947, the novel Fortress Besieged was published by Shanghai Chen Guang Publishing Company.
Mr. Qian's outstanding achievements in literary research and literary creation. In particular, it has important enlightenment significance in scientifically sublating China's traditional culture and selectively drawing lessons from foreign cultures.
Qian Zhongshu observes China and the world with the spirit of cultural criticism. On the basis of knowing China culture and surveying the world culture, Mr. Qian observed Chinese and western cultural things, and always kept a clear head and profound insight.
He does not reject any theory, nor does he blindly follow any authority. He devoted his life to determining the proper position of China literature and art in the world literature and art hall, thus promoting China literature and art to the world and joining the overall pattern of world literature and art. ..
Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Qian Zhongshu