Zhou Zuoren's Classic Work: Talking after Holding a Candle
by Zhou Zuoren
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"Talks after Holding a Candle" mainly collects Zhou Zuoren's works from April to October 1937. The content is divided into two categories: one expresses interest, which can be described as truly leisurely, such as "Talking about Persuading Drinking"; the other is false, such as "Talking about Leprosy". In the article, Zhou Zuoren criticized the darkest phenomenon in Chinese and Western cultures, pointing out that the essence of ideological autocracy lies in the fact that people generally lose their ability to think and judge, and consciously converge towards autocracy itself - that is, "killing people with their thoughts." "If the crime of killing people with thoughts is deviant and treacherous, it is not holy. Most people feel that they are all opposed, and they are willing to get what they want. Not only the tyrant wants to kill, but the mob also agrees." And "the feelings of ordinary scholars on this matter" are no different from that of the "mob", forming an authoritarian situation in which everyone is consistent, and individuals as thinkers can only be killed. Zhou has always maintained a clear understanding of traditional Chinese culture, carefully discerning it, and not letting go of the bad side. His previous works, "Yedu Chao·Eunuch" and "Kan Yunji·On Eight-legged Essay", are all masterpieces, and he pays special attention to the criticism of ideological tyranny, which is the key point.
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