I think, Mr. Lu Xun and other literati, is a little bit extreme in their views on Chinese history?

Previously in secondary school when reading Mr. Lu Xun (I am now not much respect for Mr. Lu Xun, but why also add the honorific "Mr." it is because although some of Mr. Lu Xun's ideas are very extreme, wrong, but he is still patriotic, although it is considered to be a member of the Western liberals, and some people have even pointed out that he is the originator of the modern domestic elite, but he is not a traitor, not a foreign slave, not an American cent, he has a true patriotic heart. Although he was considered a member of the Western liberals, and it was even pointed out that he was the ancestor of the modern domestic elites and so on, he was not a traitor, not a foreign slave, not a cent, and he had a truly patriotic heart. (All of his positions were based on love of that great land.) I was thrilled by an article on AQ, and the importance of it in textbooks at the time was self-evident, and I loved it and appreciated it very much at the time. And years later so many people still objected to Mr. Lu Xun's articles being deleted from textbooks. I was also angry at the time, but as I became more aware of Mr. Lu Xun's worldview and historical perspective I felt that the education department was not unreasonable.

Let's not talk about anything else, but let's talk about Q's "victory of the spirit". This is a widely quoted, widely borrowed by the Chinese people to criticize and satirize some of the social phenomena and the cowardly behavior of some people, especially in "China". Many of them think that Mr. right, Mr. wise, Mr. vision ah ...... In fact, this so-called "spiritual victory law" is the nature of living creatures, not only the Chinese, the whole world's human beings and even animals will do this, it is not This is not a "bad root" that only Chinese people have! The weak in front of the strong will mostly show submissive (biologically speaking is also beneficial, self-protection), and in the strong after the threat is lifted, will be behind the back of the "whining" a little bit, cursing a few words, hit something else or find than their own weaker than the people roar a few times, hit a few times to vent a little bit. This is human instinct, because he was humiliated need to vent. It's not honorable, but it's a way of letting off steam. Another example is a dog, you use a stick to knock it a bit or use a stone to smash it a bit, it is afraid of you after the pain, can only pin the tail howling away, this is the animal's instincts. This is an animal instinct, because it is also "angry" ah, but do not dare to retaliate, can only choose to comfort themselves.

But this is such an instinctive stress behavior, was extracted and summarized by Mr. Lu Xun beautifully called the "victory of the spirit method"! And until now, many people are happy to express their own mockery of the country's sarcastic feelings, to express the superiority of all the people are drunk and I wake up alone, looking down on all things psychological. This makes people angry! Angry! Sad!

Some people say, no country which nation is to tap into their own "inferiority" to complete the country's rise to national revitalization. This pseudo-proposition of inferiority is just fooling a group of ignorant masses to abuse each other.

"The so-called inferiority of the Chinese people has always been talked about by many Chinese people. If these Chinese people are hating on them, then I express my limited respect. But unfortunately, in the last one or two decades, there has been such a counter-current in China to completely negate China with the so-called inferiority of Chinese people. It is as if China is a country with sores on its head and pus flowing from the soles of its feet, a country that is so bad that it has no future or hope." -- quoted from Sohu blog <Huang Zubin anthology> Inferiority is a false proposition

Then again, Mr. Lu Xun's other extremes, for example, abolished Chinese characters and traditional Chinese medicine, denied many traditional cultures, and was bent on aligning himself with the West. At that time, China had been bullied for almost a century, and it was a painful experience. A lot of culturists like to look at traditional culture, they think that China's backwardness is because of culture, all Chinese culture. They feel that in order to change the history, to change the passive situation of China, to rebirth in Nirvana, it is necessary to abolish all the traditional cultures and westernize them completely. So Chinese characters and traditional Chinese medicine, which are representative of traditional culture, were the first to be shot. From today's point of view, they were drinking hemlock to quench their thirst, and "mistaking arsenic for good medicine". However, the social environment and historical pattern at that time was the main reason why they would have this kind of idea, after all, they could not see the hope of the future of the country, could not see the tomorrow of the nation, because of the despair and indignation went to the extreme. So we have to understand them. They still want the country to be healthy and strong.

Most of the legacy of Mr. Lu Xun's thinking is still being passed on by many people today, who are self-centered, self-loathing, self-pitying and self-abusive. They are stuck in the perfect "western free world" in their imagination and feel good about themselves. This is a nation's inferiority complex, a nation's inferiority complex will not make him strong, only self-reliance, self-confidence and self-improvement, is the road to a strong country, the foundation of a strong nation!

But as China's comprehensive national strength continues to rise, the people's living standards continue to improve, the image of a great country continues to deepen the hearts of the people, the inferiority complex will always wake up, he will be fortunate enough to have been bred on this great land and feel immense pride, will be fortunate enough to suck in the profound culture and feel infinite honor!

PS: I saw a famous American traveler said: once upon a time, Chinese studies in the United States social discussion only appeared in the after-dinner salon as a pastime joke, when the Korean War after the armistice, the United States has a special funding to support certain professional organizations specializing in the study of Chinese studies, to understand the culture of China.