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【】poetry,inthenfu asandinhase,butthenfugentlen,broughtupinhispuritan 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 ...