Lin Zixuan's attitude towards the burning of the Morning Post newspaper was very clear, and this was a violent incident.

If he still agrees with such violence, his bookstore may be burned one day.

This kind of act of directly convicting people and committing violent crimes because of their different opinions.

This is an attempt to use violent means to control public opinion, which is no different from the acts of dictatorial warlords killing journalists.

Once a social atmosphere is formed, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Chen Duxiu and Hu Shi have completely different views on this matter. When the two talked about this issue, Chen Duxiu disagreed.

He even asked Hu Shi: "Do you think the Morning Post should not burn?"

This led to Hu Shi writing a long letter to Chen Duxiu to express his understanding of "freedom".

On August 1, 1920, Hu Shi, Chen Duxiu and others jointly initiated the "Declaration on Fighting for Freedom".

It requires the Beiyang government to abolish the ** laws and ensure that the people enjoy freedom of speech, assembly and association.

Five years later, the masses shouted the slogan "The people have freedom of assembly, association and speech" but rushed to Xuanwumen Street to burn the Morning Post newspaper office, and Chen Duxiu even thought it was a matter of course.

In the letter, Hu Shi talked about his attitude: "The only reason for fighting for freedom is to hope that everyone can tolerate dissident opinions and beliefs. Anyone who does not recognize the freedom of dissidents is not worthy of fighting for freedom, and he is not worthy of talking about freedom."

"If we even eliminate the minimum similarity of this point, we will not only not be friends, but we will simply be enemies."

From this letter, we can see that the two early New Culture Enlightenment leaders completely broke down in their ideas.

Through this incident, Lin Zixuan realized that the current trend in the Chinese cultural circle is becoming more and more radical, and cannot tolerate other people's views. Once they are different from theirs, they will be criticized.

Not to mention the controversy among hundreds of schools of thought, it is good to be able to make a sound if you have a diverse mind. Many people are silent.

He has always advocated that the new culture should be inclusive and should adhere to freedom of thought.

Lin Zixuan accepted an exclusive interview with two newspapers, News and Shenbao, two days later. He has always maintained a good relationship with these two major newspapers in Shanghai.

He talked in detail about his trip to Europe and the United States and his understanding of Western society.

This is particularly mentioned in the Western cultural circle's interest in Chinese culture. This is to pave the way for the subsequent translation of Chinese traditional culture, and to tell people in China that Chinese traditional culture is not a dregs.

He hopes that more people will join in the cause of spreading Eastern culture to the West.

As for the burning of the Morning Post newspaper's newspaper, he severely condemned it, and the newspaper has the right to be *********.

"What do you think about the discussions of the Soviet Union in the intellectual community in Peking some time ago?" the reporter asked.

"I have never been to the Soviet Union. I don't understand the situation and have no investigation, I have no say." Lin Zixuan thought for a while and said this.

This is a conservative answer, and it is also the truth.

As a public figure, I have never been to the Soviet Union at all. I just talk nonsense when I hearsay, which seems not professional enough.

Moreover, Lin Zixuan does not want to express his views on the Soviet Union for the time being. In this environment, this topic is too likely to cause controversy.

However, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop.

He underestimated his position in the Chinese cultural circle, especially this time when he returned from Europe and the United States, he had various glories, making him a top figure in the Chinese cultural circle.

His interview attracted the attention of all parties, and the saying "No investigation, there is no right to speak" has also become a famous saying.

Many scholars believe that this is the attitude of rigorous academic research, not being frivolous, not being arrogant, being serious and seeking truth from facts.

Perhaps this is the reason why Lin Zixuan achieved such success at a young age.

This interview also attracted the attention of the Guangzhou National Government and the Soviets. At this time, the two were in a honeymoon period of cooperation. The Soviet Union actively helped the Guangzhou National Government to make a Northern Expedition and strive to unify China.

The debate on "alliance between Russia and Russia" in the "Morning Post" in Peking had an extremely bad impact on them.

Once the trend of hatred against Russia emerges in China, it will be extremely unfavorable to the Soviet Union. Look at the boycotts that Britain and Japan have been encountered in China. The Soviet Union does not want to be hated by the Chinese.

They were eager to reverse their image in China and happened to see Lin Zixuan's exclusive interview.

Well, didn’t you say there was no say without investigation?

We invite Chinese intellectual elites to visit the Soviet Union, conduct on-site investigations, and personally experience the superiority of socialist countries. This will always offset the worries of the Chinese intellectual community.

As one of the leading figures in the Chinese cultural circle, Lin Zixuan was the first to be invited.

Hu Shi and Luxun were also invited, and there were many celebrities from the Chinese cultural and ideological circles.

In order to show fairness, the invitation list includes scholars who tend toward the Soviet Union and celebrities who hate the Soviet Union.

The Soviet representatives in China sent invitation letters to everyone in the name of giving a speech at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow.

Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow is a Chinese university funded by the Soviet Union to commemorate Sun Zhongshan.

In October 1925, Borotin, the Soviet Union's plenipotentiary representative in China, announced the establishment of Sun Zhongshan Labor University in Moscow, and suggested that the Guangzhou National Government select students to study at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow.

In mid-November, Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow held a grand opening ceremony, and the first batch of 310 Chinese students entered the school to study.

Stalin was the initiator of founding Sun Yat-sen University.

According to Soviet archives, Moscow Sun Yat-sen University budgeted more than 10 million rubles, and it also used the very scarce foreign exchange for students to return to China to visit relatives. The Soviet government made every effort to ensure the school's teaching needs and students' lives.

It can be seen that the Soviet Union attached great importance to this university.

This is actually the same as the US government is willing to fund Chinese students studying in the United States.

These countries want to train a group of Chinese students who are close to them. Most of the students who have returned from studying in Europe and the United States advocate the Western democratic system, and the students who have returned from studying in the Soviet Union are naturally keen on socialism.

This is the impact of educational background on a personal outlook on life.

Lin Zixuan was quite depressed when he received the invitation. He had just returned to China and did not want to go to the Soviet Union at all.

If he had known it, he would not say anything, "there would be no right to speak without investigation." He just said so casually at that time, but unexpectedly he would cause trouble.

At this time, he received a letter from Song Ziwen, explaining the whole story of the invitation.

Song Ziwen is now the Minister of Finance of the Guangzhou National Government, the Minister of Finance of Guangdong Province and the President of the Central Bank, and is in power.

He knew that Lin Zixuan was not interested in politics, but this time it involved cooperation with the Soviet Union, and he hoped Lin Zixuan would agree.

Anyway, there is no specific date written on the invitation letter, so it is not too late to wait until Lin Zixuan has time to join the Soviet Union.

The focus of the invitation letter from the Soviet Union was to make a clear attitude, and we were open and not afraid of your investigation.

Moreover, it is impossible for so many elites from the Chinese intellectual circle to go to the Soviet Union together. Whoever has time can go first. Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow welcomes the arrival of Chinese scholars at any time.

In this way, Lin Zixuan felt relieved. He responded in the newspaper and would definitely visit the Soviet Union if he had time. (To be continued.) Mobile users, please visit http://m.piaotian.net
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