Lao Zhang's Philosophy Dr. Wen
by Lao She
About This Novel
"Lao Zhang's Philosophy" is Lao She's early work, first published in "Novel Monthly" in 1926, and first printed by the Commercial Press in 1928. It is the starting point for the formation of Lao She's unique artistic personality. The protagonist Lao Zhang is a villain in old Beijing. He holds three professions: "soldier, scholar, and business", and believes in three religions: "Hui, Ye, and Buddhism"; he believes in the "money-based and trinity" philosophy of life. The connotation and essence of the so-called "Lao Zhang's philosophy" is naked philistine philosophy. The novel uses the main plot of Lao Zhang to seize money for himself and resorts to harsh means to break up two pairs of lovers, criticizing this philistine philosophy. "Dr. Wen" tells the story of Dr. Wen, a doctor who studied in the United States. He is a literary and ruffian politician who has no knowledge but is good at political skills. He used the foreign name of a doctor studying in the United States to cheat, curry favor with the powerful, and get a job as a "commissioner" with both fame and fortune. The philosophy of life he believes in is the two-in-one of "money standard plus official standard".
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