But he had never received a Western education before. He studied hard in the library of Yenching University for half a year. Not only did he get a zero for the entrance exam, but he also paid two yuan for the registration fee.

So he could only attend Yan University, and his dream of studying was shattered. He started writing again, and his initial submissions were rejected everywhere. When he was at his lowest, he wrote to Yu Dafu for help.

At that time, there was a trend in the literary world. Many famous writers liked to support their younger generations, and Yu Dafu's literary reputation was outstanding.

After meeting Shen Congwen, Yu Dafu felt deeply about his experience and wrote an article "A Public Complaint to a Literary Youth", using Shen Congwen's experience to criticize various unreasonable things in society.

After that, Shen Congwen's articles were published one after another, and he gradually became famous.

During the Anti-Japanese War, he repeatedly helped friends who participated in anti-Japanese war activities and spoke out for friends in prison.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he returned to Peiping and became a professor in the Department of Literature at Yanda University. However, at this time, he was criticized for offending many people by writing comments in his early years.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he moved to a history museum to engage in cultural relic research. However, he encountered political storms several times and was in a difficult situation. Most of the articles he wrote in the first half of his life and his reputation were suppressed for a long time due to political issues and were not published for decades. .

Even students who went to school in the 1950s and 1960s hardly studied or read his works.

However, at almost the same time, the "History of Modern Chinese Novel" published by Yale University, thousands of miles away, devoted a chapter to discussing him, and compared him with Yeats and Faulkner.

After the buzz ended, Shen Congwen's situation finally gradually improved. In the past two years, the literary world has paid more and more attention to him. A group of people have begun to cheer for him, and Lin Chaoyang is the one who shouts the most fiercely. one.

A few days ago, "Yenjing Literature" compiled what Lin Chaoyang said when he taught students at the Yenching Literature Institute and published it in the magazine.

This kind of handout article will definitely not create much response among readers, but it has attracted the attention of many people in the literary world.

This also included Shen Congwen himself. Wang Zengqi happened to come to visit him that day. Wang Zengqi mentioned Lin Chaoyang's high regard for him, which made the old comrade very happy.

"It's hard to find a true friend!" Shen Congwen sighed at that time, but it contained half of his life's pain and sadness.
Chapter completed!