Chapter 30 second quarter

Walking out of the study, Ye Qisun felt the power of the wave of simple patriotism among the masses, which somewhat impacted his original elite patriotism.There is no doubt that Mei Yiqi, Ye Qisun, Chen Yinke, Wu Mi and others are patriots. In their hearts, the motherland is above everything else, even beyond their lives.However, due to their own high level of culture and knowledge, their analysis, judgment and focus on the current situation are naturally different.Chen Yinke was full of doubts about the anti-Japanese and national salvation led by Chiang, so his conclusion was pessimistic.He believes that with China's science and technology, armaments, and economic strength, it is currently impossible to confront the Japanese. Furthermore, "north China and the central government have no will to resist." "Surrender", preserve South China, prepare for war carefully, "may gradually recover in the future".And the professors are also dissatisfied with the performance of Chinese people: "...Chinese people are stupid and deceitful", "Chinese people vent their anger, endure humiliation, give in, and do not attempt to resist..." Although Wu Mi did not I agree with Chen Yinke, but his emotional tone is also pessimistic. "According to the Western ancients, such as the demise of troy and carthage, both were long-term and bitter struggles, that is, the demise of the Song and Ming Dynasties in China. It is completely different from the situation in China today. China’s science, technology, material economy is not as good as human beings, and the moral spirit of the Chinese people is particularly humble. )

Mei Yiqi was equally worried and disappointed by the performance of the Nanjing government.He questioned and criticized the Chiang regime's "non-resistance" policy more than once in public.Against the background of the two sides of the government, the state of war between China and Japan will become extremely complicated. Therefore, Mr. Mei once said at the inauguration ceremony, "There are many ways to save the country, and saving the country is not a one-day job." In his opinion, the war will continue for a long time. Under the premise of a protracted war, science and technology will often become the winning factor in the confrontation between the two countries.The cultivation of China's scientific and technological talents depends entirely on today's universities, especially Tsinghua University, which should shoulder a major responsibility.In this way of thinking, Mei Yiqi does not advocate that students disperse their energy. In his opinion, the idea of ​​letting students throw away their books is even more short-sighted.The student movement is certainly justified, but he thinks it is a trivial matter. To the "Oriental Devils", these are just drizzle, and minor troubles are at most a skin trauma, but cultivating scientific and technological talents and possessing a country's sharp weapon is fatal to the enemy Yes, is the truth.Perhaps it is because as the principal, compared with Ye Qisun, he showed strict principles in dealing with students' direct participation in anti-Japanese activities.

Tsinghua professors in an atmosphere of free thinking tend to prefer "knowledge" over "action" on the issue of anti-Japanese patriotism.However, only Ye Qisun was the exception.Facts have proved that Ye Qisun is a lone ranger among Tsinghua professors. Ye Qisun's thinking is different from Chen and Wu, and also different from Mei.Thoughts generated in the study are more or less bookish. Although Mei, Chen and others are philosophers of a generation with great insights, they are ultimately too far away from the people. Ye Qisun rarely has such contact with the society and the people. Sometimes it is inevitable to lose sight of problems. It's biased.Chen Yinke's pessimism about the war situation, prejudice against the ignorance and numbness of the people, his reliance on technology and economy, and his neglect of the morale and spiritual strength of the people of the country, etc., even Wu Mi thought that he was "only conceding and humiliating".In fact, these biased thoughts are mostly born in ivory towers. If you join the society and experience the emotions of the people yourself, it is likely to be corrected.Mei Yiqi advocated that teachers and students "everyone should do their best in their own positions, and after a certain period of time, they will be able to achieve the goal of saving the country."But in the period of national crisis when "North China is too big to put down a peaceful desk", it is very difficult to study in peace.If "keep your ears off what's going on outside the window, and only read the books of sages and sages", the result is what Wu Mi is worried about. You can read the books, but you only lack the "Chinese spirit" and lack of patriotic responsibility.It was based on such considerations that Ye Qisun advocated that young students should participate in anti-Japanese and national salvation activities in an organized manner, but the premise must be to focus on learning, and activities should not be missed.These practices of his are a bit like today's "grasp with both hands, and both hands must be hard".Therefore, compared to Mei Yiqi, he is more flexible; among the students, he is more accommodating; compared to Wu Mi and Chen Yinke, he is less bookish and more "people-oriented".Because he has more contact with the society and often makes friends with the lower classes, his thoughts and feelings gradually change. Compared with professors who live deep in the university campus and do not go out and walk around, they are more sophisticated.Wu Mi also said that "feelings are the truth." He wrote in his diary: "Based on recent experience, the feelings and events of the characters described in Gaming ancient book history novels are extremely true rather than false. But I must have Similar circumstances and experiences can only be felt and believed to be true. For example, those who love the country, love the emperor, and sympathize with the sufferings of peasants and soldiers in "Zuo Zhuan", even if they come from nobles or boudoirs, they must be absolutely not It’s false, not hypocritical, it’s because you are on the scene, but you are sincere..." Here, "immersive" is a key word, and Ye Qisun is more "immersive" than other professors , so he has his unique ideological realm.

This may be the thread of thought for his future achievements in the War of Resistance Against Japan. According to historical data, the night of July 7, 1937 was supposed to be a beautiful night.That evening, after Ye Qisun, Wu Mi, Xiong Dazhen, Zhang Jinglian, Zhang Jing and his brothers had dinner together in Gu Yuetang, they took a walk on the playground to watch the clouds. Watching Xiong Dazhen teach Wu Mi to ride a bicycle on the playground, he played until 10 o'clock. It was a quiet and ordinary night in Tsinghua Garden. Because it was ordinary and plain, Wu Mi, who was sentimental and thoughtful, wrote a poem that night: "There is no poem on Qixi Festival this year. I only know my old hatred and deep sorrow." Who knows that it was that night. At that time, the Japanese army from dozens of miles away captured Lugou Bridge and clashed with the Chinese army stationed in Wanping County. This was the July 7th Incident that shocked China and foreign countries.From then on, the peaceful Tsinghua Garden began a turbulent life.

Before the July 7th Incident, for nearly a month, Xiong Dazhen taught Wu Mi how to ride a bicycle.We don't know whether Ye Qisun can ride, and besides, it doesn't matter to him anymore, because he is the first person in Tsinghua University to own a private car.Except for him, all the brothers of the Ye family have married. His father and he are both teaching at the university, and Ye's father passed away last year. In terms of per capita income, he should be one of the richest people in Tsinghua University. Therefore, It made sense at the time that he owned his own car.Compared with him, Wu Mi is much worse. He has to give half of his salary to his divorced wife, and he has to subsidize his aunt in the city from time to time. His parents in his hometown have to take care of it. More importantly, Wu Mi is a passionate , Divorce gave him a lot of freedom (although it turns out that he didn't get much happiness from it) and he lived a life of "pity" (in the eyes of outsiders, "prostitution").And this kind of life must have money as a foundation, so Wu Mi's life seems awkward.Every week he has to go to the city to see his children and aunt, and the transportation costs are quite a lot every month, so he plans to buy a bicycle. Although he cannot afford a small sleeping car, he still buys a foreign "Philip" bicycle. affordable.

Since he couldn't ride, he asked Ye Qisun to find him a training partner, so Xiong Dazhen became Wu Mi's bicycle coach. Xiong Dazhen is a native of Nanchang, Jiangxi. He was born in Xinzha Road, Shanghai in 1913. He is the fifth eldest among many brothers and sisters. In 1931, he was admitted to Tsinghua University from the High School Attached to Beijing Normal University, and in 1932, he was admitted to the Physics Department. Maybe it's because of the same Shanghai dialect, or the sympathy of fellow villagers. Ye Qisun loves his little fellow very much. Xiong Dazhen not only looks handsome, but also has first-class studies. He is regarded as a genius by Ye Qisun, who has always loved talents like his life .Xiong Dazhen also admires the professors from his hometown who are rigorous in his studies, knowledgeable and kind-hearted.Xiong Dazhen is not only a student in Ye Qisun's heart, but also like his own child.

Xiong Dazhen loves sports and is a member of the football team of Tsinghua University. His sunny smile and vigorous posture have won the hearts of countless students.Yu Peicao is one of them.He once wrote in the article "Shui Mu Tsinghua-Childhood Memories": "The heroes in our hearts are Xiong Dazhen and Tang Peisong, because they have won the honor of honor wear, they are both excellent in character and learning, and they are outstanding in sports. They wore thick white sweater sportswear with a purple school badge on the left chest, and each took up a large page in the beautifully printed Tsinghua Annual Magazine..." ("Tsinghua Century", p. 23)

In Ye Qisun's photo album, there are many photos taken by him and Xiong Dazhen during the summer travel between 1933 and 1936.Xiong Dazhen liked photography, so Ye Qisun encouraged him to study photography and personally guided him to complete "Infrared Photography Technology" as his graduation thesis.At that time, infrared-sensitive film was still an advanced security technology in the world, and no one cared about it in the backward domestic industry.But Xiong Dazhen is a versatile young man. Under the conditions of no funds and no technology, with the encouragement and guidance of Ye Qisun, he developed this technology within two years.There is a photo of the night view of Xishan in Beiping taken by Xiong Dazhen standing on the Tsinghua Meteorological Observatory late at night.Grassland trees, roads and good fields, even the houses on the mountain and the skyline of the mountain can be seen clearly.In the 1930s, under the condition that ordinary photographic negatives had to be imported, it was a rare talent for a college student in his senior year to be able to take such clear night photos by himself.

Xiong Dazhen, who is active in thinking, once borrowed a Leica camera and some printing and magnifying equipment from the Department of Physics as basic equipment. He opened a photo shop at the side gate of the school across the small bridge at the southeast corner of the Mechanical Building of Tsinghua University, called "Tsinghua Photo Studio". ", jokingly calling himself "the boss".Since this was still a new thing at that time, many students in Tsinghua University went there to take pictures and develop photos, and the business of "Tsinghua Photo Studio" was quite prosperous.Xiong Dazhen not only paid off the loan with the money he earned, but also bought newer equipment, and mastered the most advanced printing technology in the domestic photographic industry through constant exploration. In 1936, he also designed a large continuous flush darkroom that was rarely seen in China at that time for the x-ray laboratories of Wu Youxun and Yu Ruihuang.With these equipments, Xiong Dazhen is even more powerful. He explored foreign infrared-sensitive film coating chemical materials from the spectroscopy laboratory of the Department of Physics and X-ray diffraction photographic film. The talented Xiong Dazhen used domestic chemical materials The reagent copied this material, and used the film he made himself on the top of the Xiangshan Mountain in the west of Beijing to try to shoot the panorama of Tsinghua University in the middle of the night.This greatly inspired Xiong Dazhen, and later he took a photo of the night scene of Beiping City from the top of Guijianshou, and it was also very clear.Infrared technology has epoch-making significance in national defense industry and military reconnaissance.It was only at this time that Xiong Dazhen discovered that his own exploration and research were so important, and that China's infrared photography technology had been born in his hands!And how timely this is for China, which is being invaded by foreign enemies!The weak Chinese national defense will change in his hands!

In the summer of 1935, Xiong Dazhen graduated, and under the arrangement of Ye Qisun, he stayed at the school as a teaching assistant, teaching general physics experiments, and continued to study optical problems and infrared photography technology.Xiong Dazhen lived in Ye Qisun's house after graduation, until he left Peiping when the July 7th Incident broke out in 1937.Ye Qisun's idea of ​​saving the country through science gradually merged into Xiong Dazhen's heart and soul.Later, Xiong Dazhen radiated dazzling brilliance in his short life, which was not unrelated to Ye Qisun's precepts and deeds.

These are things for later. Wu Mi learned how to ride a bicycle from Xiong Dazhen intermittently for more than a month, but he still couldn't ride it.This result quite surprised the two of them. First, Xiong Dazhen didn't expect his teaching to be so bad, and second, Wu Mi didn't expect him to be so stupid.Until the July 7th Incident, Wu Mi still could not "fly solo".Once, Xiong Dazhen secretly let go from behind. Wu Mi thought that he was still behind to escort him, so he rode out a hundred meters away. Ye Qisun, who was watching from the side, shouted, and Wu Mi realized that Xiong Dazhen was not behind him. In a panic, he fell headlong into the deep ditch next to the big playground, a piece of skin was scratched on his face, his knees were black and purple, and he limped for several days. Wu Mi thought that her legs had recovered, so she asked Xiong Dazhen to continue practicing. However, after the July 7th Incident, the situation became more and more serious day by day. Tsinghua University just closed its doors and suspended classes at the beginning. Seeing that the truce would last forever, she decided to move south In Changsha, in this way, the professors who were originally in Peking all left Tsinghua University and migrated south. The plan to learn to ride a bicycle has also been shelved.