A healing writer? No, it's a depressing writer!

Chapter 79 Can the glory be restored?

The momentum of the opening of the Asian College Literature League this time is greater than any previous Sino-Japanese literary competition.

Everything will come even faster!

Many well-known Japanese media, including TBS TV, Fuji TV, and Tokyo TV, have reported on this [Asian University Literature League] in detail and at great length!

Including 473 top universities in Japan, including the University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, and Hokkaido University.

They have all announced that they will send student representatives to participate in this [Asian University Literary League]!
Looking at the whole of Asia, when it comes to education, the educational level of Japanese universities should be considered the best in Asia?

According to the 2017 QS World University Rankings, the University of Tokyo has top teaching strength, strong scientific research capabilities, and recruits a terrifying number of excellent students every year.

Directly ranked first in Asia!

Although, in recent years, due to the gradual popularization of higher quality education in other countries, the comprehensive strength of the University of Tokyo has been weakened, but even so——

There is no doubt that the University of Tokyo ranks among the top ten in Asia!

At the beginning of the competition, Hiroki Fujii, the lifelong honorary president of the University of Tokyo, led 73 top students to directly shout out the slogan when participating in the [Asian University Literature League]:

“Restore the glory of Dongda University!”

“We vow to let the world know about the elegance of Donghua University students in this Asian University Literature League!”

Kyoto University, Osaka University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Hokkaido University and other top ten universities in Japan are not willing to lag behind and have led their teachers and students to——

Joined the battlefield of [Asian University Literature League]!

When these college teachers and students joined the literary league, they all shouted slogans:

"We want to let people around the world appreciate the elegance of Japanese students, and we will surely revive the glory of Japanese universities!"

To be honest, there are many top universities participating in the competition this time. Just a few of them are among the top universities in Asia!

Today, in the QS Asian University Rankings, Peking University and Tsinghua University from China are ranked first and second respectively.

Apart from these two top universities.

There are also a series of well-known universities such as the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Yonsei University, Korea University, etc.
When it comes to the current ranking of Asian universities, even the top University of Tokyo in Japan can only rank ninth in Asia!

But even so, the confident University of Tokyo still dared to speak publicly in front of domestic and world media:

“We will definitely let the world know about the elegance of Donghua University students!”

“We will surely restore the glory of Dongda!”

They are not the best in Asia, and they are surrounded by so many top universities.

Why does the University of Tokyo dare to shout out such a slogan?

Who gave them the confidence?
The reason is quite simple, because the competition of the Asian University League this time is not about academic research, but something that all the students of the University of East Asia are proud of from the bottom of their hearts.

literature!

Unlike other universities, all teachers and students at the University of Tokyo have a deep-seated confidence in the subject of literature!

Japan has had two scholars who have won the Nobel Prize in Literature:

They are Yasunari Kawabata, a literary giant known as the "master" of Japanese literature, and Kenzaburo Oe, known as the 'conscience of society'.

These two world-famous writers who have won the Nobel Prize in Literature——

Both graduated from the University of Tokyo!

A school that has produced two Nobel Prize winners in Literature. With such a cultural heritage, why can't Donghua students be confident?
Not to mention top literary giants like Kawabata Yasunari and Oe Kenzaburo, there are also many world-renowned writers who graduated from the University of Tokyo. Just to name a few -

Akutagawa Ryunosuke was one of the main writers of the New Thought School during the Taisho period and was also known as a "literary genius".

There is also Natsume Soseki, who enjoys a great reputation worldwide.

These top scholars——

They all studied at the University of Tokyo!
It is no exaggeration to say that the University of Tokyo alone, let alone other Japanese universities, has left a mark on the history of world literature.

That is even greater than the combined efforts of all scholars in most Asian countries!
Even though you are ranked first in Asia, when it comes to your literary background -

You guys are really not good enough!
It is precisely based on this situation that the University of Tokyo dared to shout out the slogan at the beginning of the competition:

“We will surely restore the glory of Dongda!”

On the surface, this is just an ordinary literary league, but in reality.
This is a collision of soft power between universities!
In recent years, the university has fallen from the top of Asia to the ninth place. The top management, teachers and students of the University of Tokyo have witnessed the decline of their school's influence.
This makes everyone feel angry all the time!

Now, it is expected to defeat Asian universities based on its strengths.

Become famous in the world again!
That's natural.
We must spare no effort!

It is precisely because of this absolute confidence that the Japanese Ministry of Education has joined forces with various university television stations to hold the opening ceremony of the [Asian University Literature League] -

It was widely publicized!

This is not only to rebuild the confidence of Japanese students in domestic universities, this -

It is also to restore the confidence of the people!

Presidents of various universities, led by President Hiroki Fujii of the University of Tokyo, stepped forward and gave speeches to the media and the public:

"We will definitely show the world the elegance of our Japanese students."

Just when the pre-match briefing was in full swing.

Waseda University, President Hiroji Itō, is different from the presidents of other universities in that he is now giving a passionate speech with full confidence.

At this moment, he was alone in the room, reading the book in his hand with all his heart and soul. It was translated by a team of twelve translators formed by Professor Ito yesterday, which took nearly half a month and worked tirelessly without sleep.

"No Longer Human"!
Just as there are a thousand different Hamlets among a thousand people,
A thousand people will feel different emotions when reading the same book!
Professor Ito's translation team almost drove the entire team crazy in order to translate No Longer Human. Some scholars even tried to imitate the protagonist Yezo's smoking, drinking, hypocrisy and madness in order to feel the kind of depression that penetrates the soul described by the author.
If we say that the Ito translation team, while reading this book No Longer Human——

What they feel is the kind of madness that penetrates deep into their souls!

When reading this foreign book, what he felt was:

It's the kind of trembling that comes from the soul!
It’s hard to believe that this is such an amazing literary work?

How could he be born from the hands of a student?
"Meetings are always unexpected, and partings are always planned. We must get used to the hot and cold around us, and also look lightly on those who drift away."

"Because of cowardice, I escape from life, and by not resisting, I give birth to pride in the darkest sinking. Because of pride, I do not choose to live, and therefore reject vulgar optimism."

"I can neither say I am happy nor unhappy now. Everything will pass. After struggling in the so-called "world", the only thing I am willing to regard as the truth is this sentence: Everything will pass."

The writing style is sometimes as delicate as silk and sometimes as sharp as a knife.

Every word in this book seems to be full of yearning for life, but in fact
All of them reveal an extreme pessimism?

If such a masterpiece was born from a literary master, Hiroji Itō would not be surprised at all!
Because this is the writing style of a master!

However, this top literary masterpiece actually
Was it created by a student?
This extreme change of identity shocked Idou Hiroji, and at the same time, he began to worry about the Japanese students participating in this competition:
"I'm afraid this is a strong enemy we are about to face."

(End of this chapter)