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Almost a hundred years ago, after the petition student Liu Hezhen was shot dead in the March 18 massacre, Lu Xun wrote in his article:
I have never been afraid to speculate on the Chinese people with the worst malice, but I didn’t expect it, nor did I believe it would be so bad and cruel.
——Lu Xun, “In Memory of Lord Liu Hezhen”
More than a year later, Lu Xun moved to Guangzhou and continued to fight.
At that time, some scholars laughed at Lu Xun, saying that his words had already been said, and “Yusi” did not need to be read. Lu Xun replied:
This is true, the words have been said, and what I said this year is still applicable this year, and I am afraid it will also be applicable next year. But he hopes it won’t be applicable for ten or twenty years.
——Lu Xun’s “It’s Just Collection”
Now seeing the fact that Henan depositors have been violently prevented from defending their rights, I can only sigh with emotion. Lu Xun’s words are not only applicable for ten or twenty years, but are still applicable to this day, which is almost a hundred years later.
Presumably it will also apply in the future, what can we do? It can only be “just”.
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