Chapter 12 elegant demeanor

When Gu Hongming served as the supervisor of the Huangpu Dredging Bureau, the anecdote of his "beard hanging with beads" was widely spread.Wu Lien-teh, Gu's Malayan fellow, recalled that Gu Hongming's lips were covered with two drooping beards, and whenever he drank soup, he was always hindered. Zhou Zuoren recalled that Gu Hongming "was born with the appearance of a foreigner with deep eyes and a high nose, with a tuft of yellow hair on his head, which was braided into a small braid. In winter, he wore a square mandarin jacket with large sleeves of red silk silk and a small cap with melon skin; It is said that in Beijing around the tenth year of the Republic of China, even in the pre-Qing Dynasty, when you met such a figure in the costumes of a priest in a small city on the road, you can't help but look at it with wide eyes. Especially the driver who chartered a car I don't know where I went to the countryside to find it specially, or I don't know what is left of the braided soldiers in Xuzhou. It is also a man with a big braid on his back. He is a pair with the master of the class. He is outside the gate of the Red Building Sitting in the back of the car and waiting, you don't lose a special character in the coachman team."

Liang Shiqiu described Gu Hongming: "Mr. likes the joy of chasing, so he doesn't trim his appearance. He has long braids hanging down, and the oil on the maroon robe and the sky green jacket are especially instructive. Standing brightly in front of him, you don't need to look at the mirror, and you have self-pity joy." Wang Senran described Gu Hongming: "The robe is made of maroon, lined with collarless copper buttons, a fat mandarin jacket, apricot yellow trousers, heart-digging 'master's shoes' on the feet, blue clouds covering the head, and a flower mirror on the nose. Said: "You, the Republic of China!" Mr. Gai's braids are long, his hat is red knotted, and it is as big as a child's fist. He has never forgotten his love in the Qing Dynasty until his death."

Wang Senran also wrote: "Although Mr. is kind, but when he is angry, he will explode. No matter who he is, he can't stop him. He must scold sparrows to calm down. Mr. is fond of sparrows, but he is not smart. He will lose every battle." The daily life is humorous, chattering endlessly, and the letter is hard to laugh. The clothes are very strange, often wearing a blue cloth gown, a red cap with melon skin, and a long braid. In the early years of the Republic of China, when I went to Peking University, I had to sit in a sedan chair. Dressed in long men's robes, thick-soled sandals, wearing a crown of flower feathers, braided, carrying a hookah and ascending the pulpit."

Francis Poli recalled Gu Hongming: "This little old man is as thin as an ascetic, but his face is very lively, his neck is straight, his body is slightly forward, his cheekbones are protruding, and two belts are shining under his broad forehead. Big smiling eyes. He is wearing a Chinese gown. At the moment when Beijingers have cut off their braids, he wears that symbolic braid. Our conversation lasted for more than an hour. Koo was so eloquent that I almost broke into it. No words. In fact, it was just a long monologue that I will never forget, because I have never seen anyone who is so persistent, so stubbornly insist on his own opinions, and hold on to certain beliefs."

Akutagawa Ryunosuke recalled Gu Hongming: "Gray-white braided hair, a white gown, a short nose, and a face that looked like a big bat. When Mr. and I were talking, there were a few draft papers on the table, holding a Take out a pencil to write, and speak English eloquently at the same time." When it comes to happiness, Gu Hongming "has become more energetic, his eyes are more burning, and his face is more like a bat". Somerset Maugham described Gu Hongming like this: "He is an old man, tall, with a charcoal-colored thin braid, bright big eyes, and heavy bags under the eyelids. His teeth are broken and discolored. He is excessively thin, his hands are Delicate and small, withered as a bird's claw. I was once told that he smoked opium. He wore a long black gown, a little black hat, all shabby, and dark gray trousers tied at the ankles. "

You Guangxian, a student studying in Japan, recalled that in the summer of 1927, he met Gu Hongming at Imperial University in Tokyo, Japan.At that time, Gu was already a 71-year-old man with gray hair on the temples, "short and short, with a long braid, wearing the most popular half shirt in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China (half shirt is a single shirt designed for convenience, and the upper half The upper section is white cloth, and the lower section is Sara. In summer, you sweat a lot, and the upper body is easy to get dirty. The white cloth can be removed and washed at any time without affecting the lower section Sara)", but "Mr. Not so clean." "Although he is an old man in his seventies, when he speaks, he not only has a loud voice, but also dances and dances with great interest, without any signs of depression."

At this moment, Ito, a professor of Latin studies, came to meet Gu Hongming admiringly. When he entered the door, he bowed ninety degrees to Gu Hongming, and then said the solemn and polite meeting language when the Japanese met for the first time.Gu didn't wait for him to finish, and told him directly: "I can only speak Chinese and English, but I still don't understand Japanese." (In fact, his Japanese is very good.) After hearing this, Professor Ito blushed and worked hard. He replied in English: "I'm sorry, I haven't studied Chinese, and I can only read and write English. As for speaking, it is very laborious." So they picked up pens and paper and used English and Japanese, mixed with Latin. speak in Chinese.Because they talked very happily, the two talked for half a day at Ito's house in the afternoon of that day.