1. After the May 4th Movement, the class struggle became increasingly fierce and the political environment was extremely dangerous. More and more articles were signed under pen names, especially essays that criticized current ills, criticized darkness, and had a strong militant nature. In order to avoid white The persecution was horrific and the use of pseudonyms became more common. Zhou Shuren has used more than 100 different pen names such as Qiejie, Lu Xun, He Jiaqian, Zhongdu, Baidao, and Jifeng.
2. It is also a pseudonym used when creating and publishing works, but for many reasons. For example, because your name is not satisfactory enough, you change it to a name you like. It will also be linked to your own personality, the genre of your creation, your own feelings and other reasons. At the same time, some people will also pin their personality and feelings on this name, or put together their favorite words into a name.
3. At the same time, because the self-understanding and the outside world are constantly changing, and the psychology is also changing, the pen name is often changed. For example, the famous writer Lu Xun, whose original name was Zhou Shuren, used more than 180 pen names throughout his life.
4. It is a confrontation of ideas and a search for truth. Both sides of the debate always hold different opinions and have different views. However, the interpersonal relationships of the debaters are not necessarily opposed to each other. Some of them may be classmates and friends. , some are teacher-student relationships, superior-subordinate relationships, and some work in the same unit. If you use your real name to argue, you will not dare to write a piece of writing due to human feelings or other reasons; but using a pen name, you can express your opinions directly and avoid unnecessary trouble.
5. Forced by circumstances, they use pen names to avoid suspicion. In the history of modern literature, many writers have to use pen names to avoid suspicion because they do not have freedom of speech. In order to avoid literary disaster, this is actually an art of pen warfare. .
It seems a bit strange to say that you deliberately kept your name anonymous, and it should be explained a little bit. As the saying goes, "People are afraid of being famous, but pigs are afraid of getting fat." Some authors have special personalities. They want to write articles but don’t want to become famous, so they deliberately remain anonymous to show their unpredictability. There are also authors who regard some articles as trivial and not very famous, but they can still get a few dollars in royalties. It's good, so I casually change it to a pen name. This is another form of "not seeking to be famous."
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