Love is always blown away by the wind and rain —— Anecdotes of Masters in the Republic of China (2)

Four: Huang Kan (1886 ~ 1935), formerly known as Qiao Nai, later renamed Qiao Xin, and finally changed to Kan, whose real names are Ji Gang and Ji Zi. In his later years, he was a lay man. A native of Qichun County, Hubei Province. Master of Chinese studies, linguist.

Huang Kan and Zhang Taiyan met in Japan. At that time, Huang Kan lived upstairs and Zhang Taiyan lived downstairs. One night, Huang was so anxious that he couldn't go to the toilet, so he untied his pants from the upstairs window and fell down. At this time, Zhang Taiyan was reading at night, when suddenly a stream of urine splashed down like a waterfall, and he couldn't help yelling loudly. Huang Kan, who was born in a noble family, was young and impetuous and was scolded back. Don't scold strangers. After exchanging names, both sides know each other's names, so they turn to study, and the more they talk, the more speculative they become. Zhang Taiyan is a master of Park Studies, so Huang Kan calls himself a disciple. Since then, Master Huang Kan has studied under Zhang Taiyan for many years. Zhang Taiyan is lofty and aloof, rarely praising modern literati, but he is amazed at Huang Kan.

Huang Kan has been to Wang Kaiyun. Wang was a literary leader at that time. He admired Huang Kan's poems very much, and could not help exclaiming, "You are already brilliant at a young age. My son is as old as you, but he still knows nothing. What a dozing dog! " Huang Kan listened to the kind words, and madness broke out immediately. He said, "Your old gentleman still doesn't understand, let alone your son."

Once, the bell rang, and students crowded the classroom, waiting for the teacher to attend class. But Huang Kan sat in the teachers' lounge and didn't mean to get up and go to the classroom. The students waited for a while and saw that the teacher hadn't arrived yet, so they quickly went to the academic affairs office to report. Knowing that Huang Kan lost his temper, the staff of the Academic Affairs Office immediately ran to invite him to class and said, "It's time for class. It is time for class. " Who knows that Huang Kan looked up at the sky with his eyes open, and said coldly, "Time is up, and the money hasn't arrived yet." It turned out that the school didn't pay wages in time, and Huang Kan expressed dissatisfaction. The academic affairs office quickly paid him before going to class.

During his stay in Nanjing, Huang Kan met Dai, then president of the Examinations Institute. Dai asked him, "What masterpieces have you made recently?" Huang replied, "Selected Works of Darkness is being compiled, and your masterpiece has been selected." The word "dark" here comes from the antonym of "Zhaoming" in Selected Works of Zhaoming, which means that Dai Pingri is not aboveboard enough in dealing with people, and the irony is very obvious. Dai was at a loss for a moment, too embarrassed to speak.

19 19, Hu Shi returned from studying abroad, taught in Peking University, and launched the new culture movement, which made him famous. After Hu Shi was born, Fu Sinian, Huang Kan's most proud and hopeful, soon fell to the camp of new literature. It is said that Huang Kan always scolds Hu Shi before giving lectures.

Huang Kan sneered at Hu Shi every chance he got. On one occasion, Huang Kan accused Hu Shi face to face: "You keep saying that you want to promote vernacular Chinese, not necessarily out of sincerity?" Hu Shi did not understand its meaning, so he investigated its reasons. Huang said: "If you practice, your name should not be Hu Shi, but' Where to Go'." Hu Shi was embarrassed.

Once again, when Huang Kan gave lectures to students, he talked about Hu Shi and the vernacular. He said, "Which is better, the vernacular or the classical Chinese? It doesn't need much pen and ink. For example, when Hu Shi's wife died, his family sent a telegram to inform Hu himself that if he used classical Chinese, his wife would go home soon after the funeral. If you use vernacular, you must write' Your wife is dead, come back soon' 1 1, and the telegram fee is twice as expensive as classical Chinese. " The audience burst into laughter.

At that time, there was a restaurant called "Si Er Building". In order to attract business, it once advertised in newspapers and periodicals. Some students read the name of the building "Si Er" and didn't understand its meaning, so they went to consult the famous professor Hu Shi. Hu Shi was not sure of the original intention of the landlord at the moment, so he dared not answer rashly. Hearing this, Huang Kan smiled and said to the students in the class, hasn't this Hu Shizhi read Saint Amethyst? The book says "one and ten, ten and a hundred, a hundred and a thousand, and a thousand and a thousand", which is probably a sign that the landlord's financial resources are rolling.

Huang Kan once gave lectures at Peking University with Hu Shi. Tan Xinpei, a famous Peking Opera actor, is very popular in Beijing, and there are many good people in universities. One day, when Peking University was on holiday, teachers talked about Tan Xinpei's "Qin Qiong selling horses". Hu Shi interjected: "Peking Opera is too outdated. When you flick the whip, it's a horse. With two flags, you have to use real cars and horses! " Everyone present listened attentively, but no one made a sound. Huang Kan stood up and said, "Take it, take it. What if I sing Song Wu and kill the tiger?" I was confused at that time.

Huang Kan has been lewd all his life. Because so many people often visit him, he hangs a small amu card on the door, which says "sit and talk for no more than five minutes". On one occasion, female students Shu Zhirui and Cheng Junying went to Huang Kan to borrow magazines, and they were ready to leave after seeing' re'. Huang Kan said, "Female students can sit for a while."

Huang Kan is delicious, too. Once, someone gave a banquet with bear's paw, snake soup and eight treasures. Huang Kan wanted to have a big meal when he learned that. However, once he scolded his host for not going, but he couldn't resist the temptation of delicious food, so he asked his friend Liu Chengyu to find a way for him and promised not to say a word from beginning to end. Liu Chengyu went to discuss with his host, who reluctantly invited Huang Kan to dinner. On this day's dinner, Huang Kan really just ate and didn't speak. Everyone was surprised and thought he had changed his temper. In fact, I didn't know that he was willing to "submit to humiliation" just to eat.

Feng Youlan recalled that when Huang Kan was teaching at Peking University, he often wore a blue satin gown, a black satin blouse, a black velvet melon skin hat and a white ribbon around his waist. When he was giving a lecture to the students, he suddenly stopped and continued, there is a secret here, and I can't say it on the salary of several hundred dollars from Peking University. If you want me to talk, you have to invite me to dinner.

Chen Zushen also recalled the scene when Huang Kan invited students to dinner: "(Huang Kan) did learn, but he didn't teach it to ordinary disciples. If you want to get the true story, you must learn from it. As soon as he enters the door, if there is wine and food, Mr. Bi will cook a meal with him and keep all the expenses for him. This is very interesting. "

There is a student in Huang Kan who has great respect for Li on weekdays. One day, the student was invited to a banquet in Tongheju. After the guests were seated, they suddenly heard Huang Kan talking in the next room. When he learned that Huang Kan was eating here, he rushed to say hello, only to be reprimanded by Huang Kan as soon as they met. The student listened attentively for a long time. Seeing that Huang Kan didn't stop at all, he made a plan, called the people in the restaurant and confessed in front of Huang Kan: "Teacher Huang is treating guests here today, no matter how much it costs, it will be put on my account." Hearing this, Huang Kan immediately stopped reprimanding and said to the students, OK, you can go.

When Huang Kan opened the course "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" in Peking University, all the students found the course obscure. So every time the final exam, students fail this course. Later, the students knew that Huang Kan was delicious and they all liked it. They all chipped in to entertain Huang Kan, and Huang Kan went gladly. This year's final exam, the students all passed as expected. When the headmaster Cai Yuanpei knew about this, he asked Huang Kan why he violated the school rules and accepted the students' dinner invitation. Huang Kan did not care, and replied, "Their students also know how to respect teachers and respect morality, and I don't want to embarrass them."

V. Liu Wendian (1889 ~ 1958), formerly known as Wen Cong, formerly known as Shu Ya. Hefei, Anhui. Master of Chinese studies, good governance of Zhuangzi; Educator, former president of Anhui University.

Shortly after Chiang Kai-shek came to power, he visited Anhui. Before arriving in Anqing, he had gone to Hefei, Guichi and other places, and he was warmly welcomed everywhere. Before Jiang Laiqing, he said that he would go to Anhui University to visit and give lectures, but the president flatly refused, saying, "University is not a yamen!" " However, Chiang Kai-shek still visited Anda University as planned, but when he entered the campus, it was deserted everywhere, without the expected grand occasion of "welcoming guests like an instrument", and even few students met. Liu Wendian didn't even show up, just sent a few people to receive him. Chiang Kai-shek was very unhappy, but even so, he insisted on inspecting Anda.

1928, there was a student surge in Anhui University, and Chiang Kai-shek summoned Liu Wendian for questioning. When they met, Liu called Jiang "sir" instead of "chairman", and Jiang was very dissatisfied. Jiang asked Liu to hand over the list of people who made trouble in the student riots and severely punish the students who went on strike. Liu said: "I don't know who * * * is. You are the commander in chief, so you should take your soldiers with you. I am the president of the university and the school belongs to me. " At some point, both of them were angry. They slapped each other on the table and swore at each other. Jiang called Liu "a scholar" and Liu called Jiang "a new warlord". Chiang Kai-shek became angry from embarrassment and slapped Liu Wendian twice on the spot, accusing him of "lax scholarship" and putting him in prison. It is said that Liu Wendian was not to be outdone. After Chiang Kai-shek slapped him in the face, he kicked him in the stomach.

Before meeting Chiang Kai-shek, he threatened to say, "I, Liu, am not a peddler, a pawn, or a senior official, don't wave my hand!" He studied under Zhang Taiyan, Liu and Chen Duxiu, joined the League in his early years, and served as the secretary of Sun Yat-sen, denouncing Yuan Shikai and making contributions to the revolution. Chiang Kai-shek is a soldier! What is it? "

193 1 year 65438+February 1 1 day, Lu Xun published the article "despite difficulties" in the first issue of Crossroads under the pseudonym of Pei Wei, saying: "Professor Liu Wendian, president of Anhui University, was detained because he didn't call himself' chairman'.

Liu Wendian always looked down upon the writers of new literature, thinking that "the ability of literary creation can't replace real learning". At National Southwest Associated University, one day, a Japanese plane attacked, the alarm sounded, and the professors and students of the conference fled everywhere. When Liu Wendian saw Shen Congwen running past him, he immediately showed displeasure and turned to him and shouted, "What are you running for?" I, Liu Mouren, run for Zhuangzi. If I'm going to die, no one will talk about Zhuangzi! Who are you running for? "

"This is also recorded in the article" Liu "... There is an alarm about a run, a new literary writer, who has long been famous and taught at the conference, and is in a hurry to go in a certain direction. When he (Liu Wendian) saw it, he said seriously, "What are you running for!" ! I ran away because I was killed, and no one spoke Zhuangzi. "

Wen Zhongzi wrote in "Liu Wendian: Half a Professor": "Liu Wendian has always looked down on new literature and its creators ... He began to tell jokes in The National SouthWest Associated University's class:' The alarm is coming, you must run. Although I am poor, I will borrow money to escape from this city by car. You know, I haven't told you everything I know. If I am killed, most of China's culture will be destroyed. Without China culture, Japanese invaders would be more rampant, so we must sound the alarm. "On one occasion, his old man's house panted heavily as he ran to the bomb shelter outside the city, and he happened to meet Shen Congwen, a master of new literature. Liu Dasheng asked Shen, "Why are you hiding?" ……"

Five: Wu Mi (1894 ~ 1978), a native of Jingyang County, Shaanxi Province, is a famous modern western writer, master of Chinese studies and poet. One of the founders of Tsinghua University National College is known as the father of comparative literature in China.

After 1949, Wu Mi taught at Southwest Normal University. Once, a female teacher knitted a pair of wool socks for Wu Mi, and Wu gave the female teacher 100 yuan. Someone said to Wu Mi, "How much is a pair of socks worth? You have paid too much. " Wu Mi replied, "How many? Not much. I included the cost of socks, labor costs and priceless feelings. I didn't give her much. " Once again, a Chinese teacher borrowed five dollars from Wu Mi, saying that he would pay it back in a week. A week passed, but the teacher did not pay back the money. Wu Mi went to the door and asked him for money. The teacher was very unhappy and said to everyone, "Wu Mi is a cheapskate. If you lend him five dollars, he has no face to ask for it." Wu Mi explained, "I'm not doing it for five dollars, I'm helping him improve his moral cultivation."

Wu Mi often listens to other professors and takes a serious attitude. In Liu Wendian's class, Wu Mi sat in the back row and listened carefully. When Liu Wendian talked about his pride, he asked Wu Mi, "What does Brother Yu think?" Wu Mi stood up respectfully and replied, "Very noble, very noble."

Wu Mi has a red chamber complex and compares himself to "Gong Yizi". Opposite the new teaching building of Union University, there is a beef noodle restaurant opened by Hunan people, called "Xiaoxiang Restaurant". Wu Mi was furious when he saw it. He thought he had desecrated Sister Lin, so he smashed the museum and ordered the boss to change his name. I'm afraid the boss is also a bull's-eye. He insisted on not changing, and the two sides argued. Later, someone came forward to mediate and changed the "Xiaoxiang Pavilion" to "Xiaoxiang".

When Tsinghua National College was founded, Wu Mi personally went to Wang Guowei's house to urge Wang Guowei. Before coming to the door, Wu Mi made a special investigation and study on Wang's life, thoughts and living habits. After arriving at Wang Guowei's residence, Wu Mi knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Wang Hangsan without saying anything, then got up and took a seat, slowly mentioning the employment. Wu Mi's action deeply touched Wang Guowei, and Hu Shi's predecessor immediately promised to teach in Tsinghua. According to Wu Mi's diary, "Mr. Wang talked to people afterwards, thinking that the newcomer must wear a suit and tie and shake hands with the teenager sitting opposite. Even if I know the difference, I will definitely hire. "

Jiang Yongzhen once jokingly commented on Wu Mi's love: "Wu Mi is in love, and all talk and no practice is eroticism. Like Wu Mi, he only practiced his love for women in his diaries and letters. Practice and talk, like Xu Zhimo, are immersion and true love; Just practicing, like Hu Shi, is true. "

Six: Qian Mu (1895 ~ 1990), whose pen names are Gong Sha, Yu Wang, Gu Yun, the late old man of Sushu, a native of Qifangqiao,No. Sushu, Sushu. A native of Wuxi, Jiangsu, a historian and a master of Chinese studies. Former Dean of Xinya College.

1930, Qian Mu became famous for publishing Chronicle of Liu's Father and Son, and was recommended by Gu Jiegang to be employed as a Chinese lecturer in yenching university. Qian Mu's highest diploma is only high school (not yet graduated), and he is completely self-taught. Qian Mu lived in Peiping for eight years, taught in famous schools such as Yanjing and Peking University, and taught in Tsinghua and Beijing Normal University, and from time to time he exchanged ideas with his schoolmates. After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he taught at National Southwest Associated University, Wuhan University, West China University, cheeloo university and Sichuan University.

Qian Mu and Gu Jiegang went to Hu Shijia's house to discuss the Lao Tzu era. Hu Shi followed a saying in Qing Dynasty that Laozi was earlier than Confucius in the late Spring and Autumn Period. In the Outline of China's Philosophical History, he reduced the immortal Laozi to a philosophical Laozi. Qian Mu's old book "A Textual Research on the Time of Laozi's Writing" holds that Laozi was written later than Confucius in the Warring States Period and slightly earlier than Han Fei. Hu Shi's insistence on his own theory was first opposed by Liang Qichao, and he did not agree with Feng Youlan, Gu Jiegang, Qian Mu and others. Qian Mu seems to think that Hu Shi's point of view is not worth refuting.

Zhang Zhongxing has a similar record in the article "Little Drops in the Red Chamber": "Uncle Hu left early and naturally stayed put, so money began to attack him. Hu didn't raise the white flag, and Qian was angry. Once I met a professor at a meeting, Qian said,' Mr. Hu, I'm late, and the evidence is conclusive. Don't insist,' Hu replied,' Mr. Qian, the evidence you presented can't convince me. If you can convince me, I don't even want my father. " The heated argument ended with a smile.

Qian Mu deeply felt that "when I entered Peking University, I entered a right and wrong field." At that time, the courses taught by Qian Mu and Hu Shi respectively attracted many students. One of the reasons is that their views are opposite. Qian said, "At that time, Da Fanyu was attending a class at Peking University, which was like a debate field.". 1978 Qian Mu was in Beiping, and Hu Shi only went there once. Ren once recalled that Chen Shouyi, the head of the history department, was on vacation one year, and someone suggested whether Mr. Qian should take over as the head of the department. At that time, Hu Shi was the dean of literature and said, "Mr. Qian was an associate professor when he first came to Peking University, and now he is a professor." Without further discussion, the proposal ran aground. After arriving in Taiwan Province Province,

1in April, 958, Hu Shi went to Taiwan to take over as the president of academia sinica. Many students of Qian Mu questioned the lack of money and representativeness of academicians of Academia Sinica, but there were deep differences between the two sides. As a result of the portal dispute, Qian Mu was unable to evaluate academicians before Hu Shi's death. Qian Mu was also angry about it. 1966, although many senior academicians advocated the nomination of Qian Mu, he flatly refused. Qian Mu asked that as early as 1948, Academia Sinica nominated more than 80 academicians. Shouldn't he be included? Although the disciples repeatedly persuaded him, it was not until two years later that Qian Mu was willing to accept the nomination, and it was passed unanimously.

Li Ao once felt wronged for Qian Mu: "His achievements in Confucian classics should be selected as an academician first."

At that time, Yanda issued a notice in English. Once, Qianmu received a notice to pay the water and electricity bills, all of which were in English. At that time, utilities had to be paid monthly. Because of my poor English, I was very angry when I received the English notice, so I simply didn't hand it in. At the end of the year, someone at school asked him if he had received the notice, and he said yes. People ask again: Why not pay monthly? Qian Mu replied angrily: I am a Chinese teacher and don't need to know English. Why do China schools send English notices? The other party was temporarily speechless.

Seven: Liang Qichao (1873 ~ 1929), with the word Zhuoru, was also named Ren Gong, also known as the owner of the ice house, the ice drinker, the citizen of undertaker and New China, and the owner of Freedom House. Guangdong Xinhui people. China is a representative of modern reformists and one of the leaders of the Reform Movement of 1898. China is the most important enlightenment thinker, political activist, propagandist, educator, historian and writer in modern history.

Liang Qichao advocated reforming China's "national character" until his death. Liang Qichao was admitted to Union Medical College Hospital for treatment due to illness. The doctor diagnosed him with kidney disease and had to perform an operation to remove a kidney. After the operation, Liang's illness is still incurable. It turned out that a good kidney was surgically removed. At that time, "people were angry, and the society was dissatisfied with the Union Medical College Hospital and the attending doctors", but Liang Qichao was worried that it would affect the development of western medicine in China, and even wrote an article to defend the Union Medical College Hospital and doctors before his death. Friends urged Liang to sue the doctor. Liang replied, "China studied western medicine and can operate, which makes me live to this day, which is not bad. Why should I sue him! " Finally, Liang Qichao announced that he would donate his brain to Union Hospital after his death.

Yuan Shikai admires Zhang Taiyan and Liang Qichao most, and fears the pens in their hands most. He said that these two pens are as powerful as several divisions and armies. After Yuan came to power, he spared no effort to win over Zhang and Liang.

Liang Qichao, after discovering Yuan Shikai's ambition to be emperor, resolutely wrote the article "What's the so-called national movement problem" and lashed out at Yuan Shikai's restoration attempt. Yuan Shikai was greatly alarmed when he learned of this incident, and sent someone to give Liang Qichao a silver ticket of 200,000 yuan (Liang Wenzhong said it was 654,338+10,000 yuan), saying that it was for Liang Qichao's father's birthday and asked Liang not to publish this article. It is said that this price is twice the reward for hiring someone to assassinate Sun Yat-sen. Liang Qichao returned the silver ticket and copied a copy of this article for people to bring to Yuan Shikai. Yuan Shikai didn't buy it, and sent someone to tell Liang Qichao that Mr. Liang had been in exile for more than ten years, and he didn't know the hardships. Why bother again? Liang replied, I have enough escape experience. I would rather choose to escape than live in dirty air. Liang Qichao and his student Cai E decided to flee Beijing, rise up against Yuan and rebuild the Republic. Before leaving, the two agreed: "If things are not good, we will die and never despair; If its economy is good, we will retire and never be in North Korea. "

Liang Qichao teaches at Tsinghua University China Institute and directs a graduate student to study the history of pre-Qin thoughts. The student got only fifty points in the final exam. The student then went to the tutor to ask, and Liang Qichao casually said, "I didn't read your paper at all." It's a waste of time and it doesn't help me. Prepare for the summer vacation and just start the make-up exam. " After school started, Liang Qichao scored a hundred points on the make-up exam paper and said, "I didn't read your paper. After a summer review, you must have done well in the exam, and I don't have to study any more. "

Among the four tutors of Tsinghua National College, Wang Guowei is often listed as the chief, but Liang Qichao is sometimes listed as the chief. Liang also spoke highly of Wang. He said to the students, "Wang Jing 'an is the most difficult professor. His expertise is almost unique today, but he is very modest and has never been a researcher, ten times higher than me. " He also said: "Mr. Wang is flexible in mind, faithful in spirit, shrewd in method and extremely modest." He is a sincere scholar in China, so I personally feel lucky to get along with him. "

Xu Zhimo fell in love with Lu Xiaoman and wanted to divorce his wife Zhang Youyi in order to marry him. At that time, most of Xu's friends advised him not to divorce for Lu, and Xu's father even thought Xu was degrading. His teacher Liang Qichao also wrote a letter to Xu Zhimo, urging him to pull back from the brink and not be ashamed of the world. Liang said in the letter: "Alas, Zhimo! Is there a perfect universe? " Xu Yi replied firmly, "Alas, my teacher! I can only get what I want in the vast sea of people, but I can't die, so I am so deaf! "

1925 On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, Xu Zhimo married Lu Xiaoman with Liang Qichao as the witness. Liang didn't want to, but because of the kindness of Xu Zhimo's father and Hu Shi, he agreed to attend the wedding ceremony. Liang Qichao's wedding speech said: "Xu Zhimo, you are impetuous, so you have no achievements in learning;" You are a person who is not good at love. You must remarry and remarry, and you must repent and turn over a new leaf. " After a pause, he added, "Listen, Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman, you are both divorced people and experienced people! This is all because you are not an emotional expert, so you must repent thoroughly in the future. I hope you will not become an experienced person again. As Mr. Xu Zhimo, if you still regard me as a gentleman, I will send you a word, wishing you this is your last marriage. "His words shocked all the guests, so Xu Zhimo had to beg:" Sir, save some face for the students and Gao Tang. "

Liang Qichao famously said, "Bullshit is divided into three levels": in a certain year, a student in a school presided over an examination in a certain place, and his grades were generally poor. After barely pulling out the top three, the adults in the school criticized the first place as "nonsense"; The second place is "bullshit"; The third place is "Farting Dog". Liang Rengong explained that "bullshit" means that people who fart are still people, "it's just that I occasionally put shit in my ears"; "Dog farts" means that the farter is a dog. Although he is a dog, "I fart occasionally"; "Farting dog" is not only a dog, but also a dog "has no other skills except farting".

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