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figure, but also because he was a vanguard for national liberation
and gave tremendous help to the revolution.) Although he did not
belong to the Communist Party organization, his thinking, action,
and writing were all Marxianized. He showed more and more youthful
energy as his life drew to its end. He fought consistently and
incessantly against feudal forces and imperialism. Under despicable
circumstances of enemy pressure and persecution, he struggled (suffered)
and protested. In a similar way, Comrades, you can also study
revolutionary theories diligently while [living] under such adverse
material conditions [because] you are full of militant spirit. The
material arrangement of this school is poor, but here we have truth,
freedom, and a place to train revolutionary vanguards.
FROM MARX
TO MAO
Lu Hsun emerged from the decaying feudal society. But he knew
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how to fight back against the rotten society and the evil imperialist
forces of which he had had so much experience. He used his sardonic,
humorous, and sharp (powerful) pen to depict the force(s) of
the dark society (and of the ferocious imperialists). He was really
an accomplished “painter”. In his last years he fought for truth and
freedom from the standpoint of the proletariat and national liberation.
Lu Hsun’s first characteristic was his political vision. He examined
society with both a microscope and a telescope, hence with
precision and farsightedness. NOT As early FOR as 1936 he pointed out the
dangerous tendencies of the criminal Trotskyites. Now the clarity
and correctness of his judgement have been proved beyond doubt by
the facts — the obvious COMMERCIAL
fact that the Trotskyite faction has turned
into a traitorous organization subsidized by Japanese special agents.
In my view, Lu Hsun is a great Chinese saint — the saint of
modern China, just as Confucius was the saint of old China. For his
immortal memory, DISTRIBUTION
we have established the Lu Hsun Library and the
Lu Hsun Teachers’ Training School in Yenan so that future generations
may have a glimpse of his greatness.
His second characteristic was his militancy, which we mentioned
a moment ago. He was a great steadfast tree, not a blade of wavering
grass, against the onslaught of dark and violent forces. Once he
saw a political destination clearly he strove to reach it, never surrendering
or compromising half way. There have been half-hearted
revolutionaries who fought at first but then deserted the battlefield.
Kautsky and Plekhanov of foreign countries (Russia) were good examples
[of this]. Such people are not infrequently found in China.