It means being strict with gentlemen and being generous and indulgent to villains.

From - Lu Xun's "Title Undecided" Cao (6-9).

Original text: The gentleman is demanding and indulgent to the villain. He thinks he knows everything, but in fact it helps the villain to make mistakes.

Translation: Criticism should not be directed at honest people, but avoid those who are cunning and arrogant.

Everyone has something unacceptable in his or her character. No matter how good a person is, don't be harsh on others, and don't blame yourself.

Extended information: 1. Be demanding of gentlemen, and indulge in villains, thinking they know everything. In fact, it helps the villain to open his eyes.

This kind of people are mainly inexperienced (students), have low education, and live in inland economically underdeveloped areas. Their lack of social experience makes them. Their vision is limited to the small space at the bottom of the well.

But their immature vision can see the vast world in the Internet information age and put forward their own opinions on events that they have no chance to come into contact with. This kind of statement must be different for people who are far more experienced than him.

To give an example that may not be so appropriate, in the case of domestic violence, some people think that the woman should. You can't wrong yourself when it comes to divorce. Some people think that you have to endure it for the sake of your children, while others think that there must be something wrong with the woman to let the man take action.

From different perspectives, their life experiences and situations are different. The environment is also different. As for which side of the people are "demanding gentlemen and indulgent villains", it depends on which side you are on based on your own three views.

2, author. Introduction

Lu Xun (September 25, 1881 - October 19, 1936), whose original name was Zhou Zhangshou, later changed his name to Zhou Shuren, with the courtesy name Yushan, and later changed to Hecai, studied in Japan at Sendai Medical College (now Sendai Medical College). Northeastern University).

"Lu Xun" was the pen name he used when he published "Diary of a Madman" in 1918, and it was also his most widely influential pen name. He was a famous writer, thinker, and democratic fighter from Shaoxing, Zhejiang. An important participant in the Four New Culture Movement and the founder of modern Chinese literature, Mao Zedong once commented: “The direction of Lu Xun is the direction of the new culture of the Chinese nation. ”?

Lu Xun made significant contributions throughout his life in literary creation, literary criticism, ideological research, literary history research, translation, introduction of art theory, introduction to basic science, and collation and research of ancient books.

He had a great influence on the ideological and cultural development of Chinese society after the May 4th Movement. He is famous in the world of literature, especially in the ideological and cultural fields of Korea and Japan. He has an extremely important position and influence and is known as the "Cultural Map of East Asia in the 20th Century. "The writer who occupies the largest territory in the world".

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