As two leading generals in the field of new literature, Lu Xun and Zhou Zuoren played a huge role in advocating and developing new literature, which no one can deny.

Although Lu Xun is the flag bearer of new literature, Zhou Zuoren is no less. He is the core figure of the Literary Research Association.

He shook the flag beside Luxun and made great efforts.

At least in the early stages of the development of new literature, his literary propositions played a positive role in clearing old literature.

If the breakup between the two had a significant impact on the development of new literature, this statement is too exaggerated.

After all, new literature is not the product of one family, but the result of the joint efforts of countless literati throughout the society and the crystallization of collective wisdom. Of course, some of them contribute more, while others contribute less.

To be precise, the breakup between the two brothers did have an impact on the new literature, but the impact was not great. The key was that it had a significant impact on the future development of the two of them.

From then on, the two brothers embarked on different paths.

Whether in the path of life or literature, it is gradually drifting away.

This situation became more and more obvious after several years.

Lu Xun began to come into contact with Soviet literature and pursued progress, and gradually became a revolutionary. Zhou Zuoren wrote some simple sketches, only talking about life and philosophy, and staying away from politics.

What he pursued was the spiritual freedom of intellectuals, or the feelings of famous scholars from the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

In the literary world during the Republic of China period, Lu Xun's essays and Zhou Zuoren's sketches were both unique.

Needless to say, Luxun’s essays are like an old official who cuts off the prison, and writes hard, without any mercy, and laughs, anger and scolding all become articles.

Zhou Zuoren's sketches start from his own personality, draw literary nutrition from British essays, late Ming essays, and Japanese haiku essays, forming a unique and mature artistic style.

He pursues the unity of knowledge, philosophy, and interest: in his whispers, he criticizes current problems, talks about literature and history, describes scenery, and explores human emotions and physics, and has a kind of intimacy and understanding style.

In terms of text expression, it is very clever and clumsy, and it is light, forming a state of peace and tranquility. At the same time, it pays attention to moderate subtlety and has a juicy "astringy taste".

It can be said that both of them have reached a certain level in their literary attainments.

No one knew the reason for the two breaking up, and the parties involved did not explain it in the future.

Many people in later generations analyzed the hidden inside stories from the trivial matters of life, money, and even women, most of which were unreliable.

It's a bit boring to keep looking for reasons, let's make an assumption here.

Assuming that the two did not have a quarrel, under the influence of Luxun, will Zhou Zuoren take the same path as Luxun, will it change the future destiny of the two, and may even rewrite the history of new literature.

In this way, we may be able to guess what has been lost in the Chinese literary world.

Of course, history has no assumptions, and they still have a breakup.

In August, Luxun moved out from No. 11 Badaowan Hutong and moved to No. 61 Chaota Hutong.

Lin Zixuan, who was far away in Lushan, knew about the breakup between the two brothers Luxun and Zhou Zuoren, but he was not very clear about the specific date. Even if he knew it, he would not get involved. This was someone else's family matter after all.

It is said that a clean official can't make a decision on family affairs, and he is not a nosy person.

He and the Zhou brothers have a friendship, but the friendship is not as deep as possible to interfere in other people's family affairs.

Lin Zixuan also had a small worry during the holiday, that is, Pearl Buck would discuss literary writing with him from time to time.

At this time, Pearl Buck was not very confident in his writing ability, especially when it came to control novels, he was more blind.

Lin Zixuan has written nearly one million words of "Gone with the Wind" and other literary works. In front of the current Pearl Buck, it is a master-level existence.

So, she talked to Lin Zixuan about writing with an attitude of asking for advice.

Lin Zixuan is quite accomplished for guiding future Nobel Prize winners, but this is not about teaching writing classes to students at Shanghai University, just randomly fooling them.

He and Pearl Buck sometimes discuss in-depth issues, such as various novel genres and writing methods, as well as the shaping of characters and controlling plots.

Lin Zixuan felt that the little knowledge he had stored was almost exhausted by Pearl Buck.

So he thought of a way to get rid of it.

It is useless to just talk about theory, you need to do it with real skills.

He decided to write a novel and let Pearl Buck see how the novel was created.

They can discuss how to create this novel. Lin Zixuan will explain the writing process, which is more intuitive and convincing.

Pearl Buck is naturally welcomed, and it will be very inspiring to see the creation process of a novel with her own eyes.

She was very grateful to Lin Zixuan for letting her participate because this kind of thing was not common.

Generally speaking, creation is a lonely process. Writers need to create slowly in an extremely quiet environment, otherwise it is easy to be interrupted by inspiration.

Lin Zixuan did this to teach her writing skills without reservation. According to her understanding of traditional Chinese culture, this is equivalent to a master giving an apprentice.

Of course, in literary creation, Lin Zixuan is indeed her mentor.

"There are various genres of novels, such as symbolism, romanticism, expressionism, etc., each with its own characteristics, and each writer also has its own creative style." Lin Zixuan said, "But the creative style is not static. You can try new writing methods, provided that you can incorporate new things into your own style."

"I and some British writers discussed the novel of stream of consciousness with Virginia Woolf through letters. I think it is very interesting. I will draw on some of the writing methods of stream of consciousness novels." Lin Zixuan explained.

This casual news shocked Pearl Buck.

She likes literature and naturally knows that the Bloomsbury Group, which is extremely influential in the UK, Virginia Woolf is also one of the few female writers of this era.

She didn't expect that Lin Zixuan was so closely connected with the British literary circle, and Woolf was a core figure in the British literary circle.

In an instant, Lin Zixuan's status in her heart rose from the Chinese literary world to the world's literary world.

This is not Lin Zixuan's original intention. He is just finding a reason for the novel he is about to write.

Although this novel is not a stream of consciousness novel, it uses the writing skills of stream of consciousness novels.

"This is a story that happened in the United States. My English is not good and I can only write in Chinese. Are you willing to translate it and send it to the United States for publication? Let's share royalties." Lin Zixuan suggested.

Pearl Buck had no reason to refuse, and this was also a creative process for her, just as a writing preview.

The novel Lin Zixuan is going to write is called "The Watcher in the Rye", which will be a classic work that can consolidate his status in the Western literary world.
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