周作人的绅士梦想与鲁迅的友爱帮助周氏兄弟是成长于19世纪末20世纪初“五四”时期的一代知识分子,历史的发展注定他们必然要扮演“中间人物角色”。他们站在了新旧社会的交界处,既背叛了旧传统,又未彻底地割断与旧传统的联系;既对现代文明表现出殷切的期 Zhou Zuoren’s gentleman’s dream and Lu Xun’s friendship helped the Zhou brothers, a generation of intellectuals who grew up in the late 19th century and early 20th century and were under the influence of the May Fourth Movement. Their historical development is destined to inevitably play an “intermediary role.” They stood at the junction of old and new societies, betraying the old traditions and not completely cutting off their ties with the old traditions; both showed an earnest period for modern civilization