第24节

    【】poetry,inthenfu

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    vieseeanyfuninnfucius,justashefailedtoseethewonderful

    tenderlovelyrishikinggiviastiterpretations,asthee

    theologiansgiveofthesongofsongs.thereisaveryfinehuurintao

    yuanngsings,too,asortofquietleisurelyandarefinedluxuryof

    selfabkthebestexaleofonhisunhysons:

    telesaregrey,solongerfull.

    fivesonshavei,andheikesschool.

    ahshuissixteenandaslazyaslazybe.

    ahhsiianisfifteenandnotasteforreadinghashe.

    thirteenareyungandtuaheyttellsixfroeven.

    atungsonlypearsanuts梚ntwoyearshellbeeleven.

    theythishbethewillofheaven.

    huurthereis,too,intufusandlipospoetry,tufuenproduhis

    readersabittersle,andlipoantionchalawe

    donotcallit”huur.”theunholyahe

    natiionalsorestriadethepresentation

    ofnovelpointsofvieouronlylivesonnovelandinal

    pointsofvieentisnotnducivetothe

    produorousliterature.ifanyoneakealleofese

    huur,hethefolksongsandtheyuandrasandthe

    ngnovels,alloutsidethepaleoftheal”literatureandintheprivatenotes

    aersofsingdynasties,hey

    arealittleofftheirguard.

    buttheesehavehelessahuuralltheiroheyalwayslovea

    goodjoke.itishuurofagriersort,andisbasedonthefaralviewoflife.in

    spiteoftheextrelyseriousstyleintheireditorialandpolitigs,hare

    seldoelievedbyhuur,theyoftensurprisethefnersbytheextrelylight

    nnerinportantrefraesas,likethe

    kuontangagrarianprograe,thesanndoinerelief,

    the,aiopiuureaux.anariprofessor,

    retlyvisitingshanghaiauringintheeselleges,pletely

    surprisedbytheburstoflaughteraudentaudienadeaserious

    referenbureaux,heetbystillloudervolleys

    ofsilverylaughter.

    forhuuris,asihavesaid,apointofvielife.hthatview

    oflifeoreorlessfaliar.lifeisahugefardanbeingsare

    repuppetsinit.thenakeslifetooseriously,whoobeyslibrary

    readingrooulestooholy,erelya

    signboardsaysso,alakesafoolofhielfandisusuallysubjectedtolaughter

    froisolderlleagues,andsincelaughterisntagious,verysoonhebeesa

    hurist,too.

    thishuristfaralitythesintheinabilityoftheesetotakeanything

    seriously,frohestseriouspolitiventtoadogsfuneral.the

    faralelentinesefuneralsistypical.inthegrandiloquentfuneral

    proiddleclasses,youseestreeturshdirty

    faultilouredrobes,aied,indea,

    bybrassbandsplaying”oniansoldiers,”sareoftenadduced

    byeuropeansasproofsoftheour.aesefuneralprocession,

    hobolofesehuur,foreuropeansaloakeafuneral

    proakeitsole.asolefuneralisinnceivableto

    theesend.heeuropeanserristhat,htheirprenceivednotions,

    theythinkapriorithatafuneralshouldbeasoleaffair.afuneral,likeawedding,

    shouldbenoisyandshouldbeexpethereisnoreasonshouldbe

    sole.soleityisalreadyprovidedforinthegrandiloquentgoherestis

    forandforsfarce.tothisday,iotdistinguishbetweenafuneralanda

    iliseeaffinorahair.

    bolizedbythehighlyfaralfuneralprocession,

    nsistsinplianceassudthetotaldisregardofthe

    substanactuality.oneourofaesefuneralshould

    beabletoreadandinterpretsproperlyalso.political

    prograesandoffi,beingdraftedby

    clerksbasticphraseology,justasthereare

    specialshopskeepingfuneralprocessiongoaraphealiaforhire,andno

    intelligenteseevertakestheeriously.iffnnes

    bolofthefuneralgoind,theyobe

    sledbytheergiveuptheeseasauniquepeoplethattheyfailto

    uand.

    thisfarandsubstanbe

    illustratedinariaddifferenteyearsago,agoventorder,

    inatinginarequestfrohetralkuontang,prohibitedtheese

    goventnistriesfroeepingshanghaioffiinisters

    esinshanghai,andthroberofpeopleoutofjobs.the

    nankingnistersherdefiedthenankingordeorpetitionedforitsrepealon

    hogroundsofinnveniendiraability.noprofessionalclerkuldbe

    akeitacrd,si

    antthedesireofents,hwouldbe

    unpatriotic.theydidaninfinitelyclevererthingbygingthedoorplatesoftheir

    shanghaioffidcallingtheradeiionbureaux.thedoorplatesprobably

    sttydollarsapie

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