Lao She's Christian Values ​​and Its Novel Impact

There are many reasons in Lao She joining Christianity, for example, Liu Shoumian's help, the friend's care, and the influence that the undertaking fail, etc. The academia relatively notices to the first two aspects at present, but does not pays attention to "influence that the undertaking fails" enough. We can say, the failure of the undertaking is the source of Lao She joining Christianity, and the more important thing is the far-reaching impact on Lao She's literary creation after that.Christianity's thought is an important component in Lao She's thought. Lao She may not be a Christian in an western meaning, but he loves the quintessence of culture that Christianity advocates deeply. Christianity spirit and China traditional feelings of court official form the thought of Lao She at the intact meaning perfectly .It is often a kind of misleading to the reader that Orients Lao She with " traditional intellectual in China" briefly.Christianity, to Lao She, is not so much a kind of faith, but a kind of knowledge or culture resource. Lao She chooses Christianity, includes the antithesis between the personal position and national position. As individual, he approves some ideas of Christianity; As people, proceed from national position, he satirizes the basis of colonizing that Christianity brings, and still mock the national invasion composition that Christianity includes frequently. For example , he satirizes a foreign pastor. From satirizing the foreign pastor, we can know there are strong national sentiments in Lao She's faith of Christianity. Lao She stands on an objective angle to understand Christianity after all. In a word ,Lao She affirmed Culture of Christianity and universal fraternity spirit to Christianity...