hapter 312: Zhang Ye’s Response—Let the world laugh about me
On Weibo.
It immediately became a war zone!
“Zhang Ye, can you not speak nonsense?”
“Don’t insult my ‘Dream of the Red Chamber’!”
“How can the 120 chapters of ‘Dream of the Red Chamber’ be continued on by someone else?”
“Zhang Ye, I can ignore what you had previously said. I can treat it as funny musings. I also acknowledge your literary standard, but don’t you mess with ‘Dream of the Red Chamber’! This is a classic in my heart. This is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of our country. How can you doubt it?”
“Peking University is really blind to invite such a lecturer!”
“I already said that Zhang Ye wouldn’t do. As a host, how is he to teach!?”
“Let Zhang Ye get lost. Don’t lead our children astray! What is he teaching!?”
The army that denounced Zhang Ye drummed up their war gongs. Many parents of Peking University students appeared and collectively protested on Weibo, requesting Peking University to fire Zhang Ye!
However, there were people who supported Zhang Ye.
“Have you seriously watched what Teacher Zhang Ye taught in his class? Don’t just boo along with others, alright? Just a look at the news on the newspapers and you came here to scold? Just a scan of the opening parts of the video, and you came here to shout? I implore you to watch it carefully once more. See if what Teacher Zhang Ye said was reasonable for yourself! If you don’t think it’s right, you can step forward to scold him, but you don’t even know anything before coming here to boo. What sort of people are you!?”
“That’s right. I really suggest everyone to watches it carefully. What Teacher Zhang Ye says is reasonable. The evidence he produced was very strong!”
“Supporting Zhang Ye!”
“Unconditional support for Teacher Zhang!”
“Although I don’t believe that the last 40 chapters of ‘Dream of the Red Chamber’ was not written by Cao Xueqin, I still brainlessly support Zhang Ye! So what if I’m a braindead fan, are you biting me?”
“Don’t scold anymore. Teacher Zhang really has the ability to teach. Are there any doubts after watching what he covered in the lecture? Literature has always been like that. It allows for controversy. You can’t just insist everyone thinks the same way that you do because you think it so, right? Just because they think differently from you, you begin to insult them? What sort of logic is that!? Don’t be fooled by those so-called experts!”
“’Dream of the Red Chamber’ really has something fishy going behind the scenes?”
“I don’t know. Compare to those so-called literary experts, I believe Teacher Zhang Ye more!”
“I am a person who especially likes ‘Dream of the Red Chamber’. I have read it four or five times. Although everyone is scolding Zhang Ye, I think what Teacher Zhang Ye says is not without reason. What if it’s true? What if ‘Dream of the Red Chamber’ was really continued on by someone else? Wouldn’t all the logical errors in the book be explained? The only thing I have on my mind is listening to Zhang Ye’s next lecture!”
“Ditto!”
“I want to listen to it too!”