In the political situation at that time, in order to protect himself and the people (Guo Moruo's family is a big landlord), Guo Moruo wrote many vernacular poems with no literary value and blindly praised the leaders. This is reviled by many people who don't know the inside story, thinking that Guo Moruo is a slave-like scholar.
On talent, among the intellectuals in China in the 20th century, Guo Moruo was the first. He is a scientist, historian, archaeologist, poet, writer, playwright and critic. Some are given by the government, but most of them are deserved.
His Oracle Bone Inscriptions studies, romantic new poems and passionate memoirs are undeniable masterpieces handed down from generation to generation. Although his position and character were criticized a lot, he was successfully elected as the first academician of Academia Sinica. Lu Xun had to admit that he was a gifted scholar before calling him a hooligan.
Then, in the historical context of modern China, how did gifted scholars become hooligans? What is the inner spiritual context between talents and hooligans?
From childhood, a person's nature is usually related to his family and growing environment. Guo Moruo was born in Shawan Town, Leshan, Sichuan. This place is famous for its rich bandits, and the locals are also infected with bandits to some extent. Guo Moruo later claimed many times that "I was born a gangster".
Most people always think that scholars in China are complementary to Confucianism and Taoism. If they advance, they will benefit the world; if they retreat, they will retire to the mountains. Wen Yiduo, a discerning man, pointed out that in addition to Confucianism and Taoism, literati also have a "bandit spirit." Bandits, hooligans and riffraff are closely linked, and they all come from the Jianghu society at the bottom. Scholars in the official family will be a little bookish and bookish, but they can't touch these "three spirits"
If the family comes down and lives among the people, the children of the ruined scholar-bureaucrat family will have an affair with the "three qi". Zhou Zuoren once said that I have two ghosts, one is a gentleman ghost and the other is a rogue ghost. The Zhou brothers, who grew up in a ruined official family, are usually gentle. Once they are in a hurry, they will show their "rogue" side, especially Lu Xun.