Regret for the Past is a tragic novel. The root cause of tragedy is that young people should not pursue their own personal love. Only when the whole society is liberated can they get real happiness.
Regret for the Past is a short story by Mr. Lu Xun, and it can also be said that it is the only novel with the theme of love. It tells the love story of Juansheng and Zijun, two awakened intellectuals. As Lu Xun's only love novel, Juansheng and Zijun ended up in love, which is a tragedy.
Zijun, Zijun with two faces. Zijun in the guild hall period is Zijun in the love period. This zijun is the image of a new woman in the novel, bold, knowledgeable and independent. But Zijun in the auspicious hutong period-that is, Zijun in the cohabitation period-is an old woman's image, timid and ignorant, and a traditional woman with the brand of China's old days. Anyway, this woman Zijun represents more than just herself. The most touching thing in the world is tragedy, which is cruel. Regret for the past is indeed a tragedy. A complete tragedy. Zijun died for Juansheng, which is the tragedy of the times, and also the tragedy of the spoony woman who regards love as the ultimate goal of life.
Juansheng, an intellectual who has feelings but is constantly threatened by the times, can be indignant in the face of imperialist crimes, but timid in the face of emotions. He is a man with feelings, but his feelings are so fragile but so strong: "She remembers everything. As for my handwriting, I can read it well and recite it. My actions are like an invisible movie hanging in front of me. The narrative is vivid and subtle, and naturally it is even a shallow movie that I don't want to think about anymore. At midnight, it's time to review. I am often questioned, tested and repeated by fate. However, I often need her to make up for it and correct it, like a student. " This is his understanding of Zijun and his understanding of love.
In fact, love is not wrong. The mistake is that you can't be together. What is wrong is that Zijun regards love as the ultimate goal of life and really can't afford to lose. Zijun chose to live with Juansheng, and her pressure at that time was definitely much greater than Juansheng's. At the beginning of the May 4th Movement, Zijun's persistence brought her countless contemptuous eyes. "I am my own, and none of them has the right to interfere with me." This attitude doomed her to regard love as the beginning of all tragedies in life, although I believe that love is sacred.
Love is romantic, but love is also material. Love without material will become an empty burden sooner or later, and our hero's love will change quietly without material as the cornerstone. "Zijun's courage has been lost, just for grief and anger, for cooking ..." Juansheng began "... recalling the past, I felt that this half year was just for love, blind love, and completely ignored the essence of other lives. The first is life. People must live, and love comes with it. The world is not without songs for strugglers, and the flapping of wings has never been forgotten, although it is much more decadent than before ... "It's a pity that he realized it was too late. Juansheng sent away the dog Sui and Zijun and their love. The dog Sui can come back, but Zijun has lost it forever. ...
Love is bitter, but it contains eternal philosophy: love is not the whole of life. If people are too persistent about a certain emotion, it will often lead to this kind of emotional change. Juansheng and Zijun have different views on love, which determines their different personality mentality and behavior. At the same time, it also determines the tragic ending of their separation under the impact of social oppression and money troubles. One is to regard love as the ultimate goal of life, and the other is as a kind of life.
Regret for the past is a confession, an interpretation of love, and an impact beyond vision and life. I always thought that love can be used for exaggeration, sketch, record and memory, but love can also be used for analysis. Perhaps we will always analyze the love of others, but the heartbreaking love we are experiencing at the moment is something we don't want to analyze or scrutinize ourselves. The reason is that we can't stand it, or do we think it desecrates our love ideal? Who can be detached and see everything clearly? This may be the real thinking brought by novels and movies!
The same work, the same picture scroll, in that scene that makes us feel far away, a beautiful and sad love rises in repentance. This is not only a kind of love, but also a mockery of the social reality at that time, and the contrast between the fate of people and the fate of dogs. This is a description of love and a struggle against fate!
Mourning his misfortune and being angry about it is the biggest explanation of Lu Xun's article. The same is true of regrets about the past. When love and life were suppressed at the same time, they did not fight, but bid farewell in the form of literati, which cannot be said to be inevitable under a social phenomenon during the May 4th Movement.
However, everything will be solved!
In the process of pursuing the ideal of love, Juansheng moved from romance to reality, from naivety to maturity, Zijun moved from decisiveness and strength to mediocrity and cowardice, from hope satisfaction to disappointment and despair. In the tragic struggle with life, Zijun was the weak and the victim, and Juansheng finally stood up as a strong man. Take the first step towards a new life, hide the truth deeply in my heart's trauma, move forward silently, and use forgetting and lies as my guide. It can't be said that he will succeed, at least, he hasn't failed yet.
Sui is back, and maybe Zijun's soul can return to a snowy wilderness!
What is love in the world?
Let's go back to that meaningful world again, let's feel and listen together!