Chapter 13 arrogant

Gu Hongming opposed Zhang Zhidong's New Deal.At a school opening meeting, Liang Dingfen wrote a tribute to the New Deal and Zhang Zhidong, and asked Liu, an overseas student, to recite it.After Liu finished reading, Gu Hongming said: "Alas, it's a feast!" Everyone in the audience was shocked.But Gu Wuran sat high, looking very contented.Zhang Zhidong remained motionless, his face unchanged, and he ignored it.Afterwards, people asked Gu why, and Gu Zheng said: "If today's eulogy is different from the ancient sacrificial text! Therefore, I call it the 'life sacrificial text'."

Zhang Zhidong once told humanity that Gu Hongming knew the "classics" but not "quan"; after hearing this, Gu also retorted, criticizing Zhang's knowledge of the power, which was actually nothing more than the so-called "skills". Gu Hongming once ridiculed Zhang Zhidong for "one chapter of Analects is only half-understood".He recorded in "Zhang Wenxiang Shogunate Jiwen": "Liu Zhongcheng died, Zhang Wenxiang dispatched two rivers. At that time, due to saving funds, all the staff in the office were ordered to prepare their own food. The shogun is bitter and has complaints. It is suitable for the annual meeting. The title is In the chapter "The Country of a Thousand Vehicles", Yu Yin joked about his colleagues and said: "My commander-in-chief can be said to be respectful but not trustworthy, frugal and not loving others, so that the people have no time. People say that my commander-in-chief has knowledge from ancient to modern times, and Yu said that I am a master of learning, even a chapter, and only half of the ear is clear.' Those who hear it will laugh."

Gu Hongming was not forgiving, ridiculed "the governors are bragging", denounced the five ministers who went abroad to inspect the constitutional government as "going abroad to look at foreign paintings", and bluntly called Li Hongzhang "the sinner of Zeng Wenzheng". Gu Hongming had a lot of criticisms about the ministers of Zhongxing in the late Qing Dynasty.He believes that Zeng Guofan is a minister and Li Hongzhang is a hero. Zeng's shortcomings are weak and Li's shortcomings are solid, so the state affairs will eventually get out of hand.Even Zhang Zhidong, who "treated him as a scholar of the state", he thought was just a Confucian official.

Gu Hongming affirmed Zeng Guofan's achievements in general, but believed that "his academics and the reason why he planned the world's great plans" were really unsatisfactory.Someone asked him: "Where can we see Zeng Wenzheng's weakness?" Gu replied: "Looking at the clumsy scale of Nanjing's Taiwan-made yamen, the roughness of materials, large and useless, we can know Zeng Wenzheng's weakness." Once, at a party held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a local official saluted Li Hongzhang respectfully, but Li turned a blind eye and was extremely arrogant.Gu Hongming immediately stepped forward and said: "I have always heard that Master Zhongtang is not in good health. I don't know where he feels uncomfortable?" Li replied: "How can this happen? It's all rumors from outside!" But Gu Hongming said seriously: "No, no! In my opinion Come on, Master Zhongtang is indeed sick, it is an eye disease. Someone greeted Master Zhongtang just now, but Master Zhongtang couldn’t see it. I’m afraid this problem is already serious. Why, Master Zhongtang hasn’t noticed it yet?”

Gu Hongming commented on Duanfang: "Recently, the governor has no conscience in the exam, and the Duanwu Bridge took the first place. ... The Duanwu Bridge is beautiful and has never heard of the way of a gentleman... Although she is a sentimental woman, she is also like a woman who is easy to be unconscionable. .” Once, Gu Hongming and Sheng Xuanhuai chatted together. Sheng knew that Gu's mouth was not forgiving, so he was very careful when speaking.He said: "When it comes to managing the economy, I'm not as good as Zhang Gongbao (Zhang Zhidong)." Gu immediately said: "No, no. Compared with you, Zhang Gongbao is really far behind. Zhang Gongbao's subordinates are all poor. You are miserable and impoverished; and your subordinates are all potbellied, even a small translator is rich and wealthy. Therefore, Zhang Gongbao's economic ability is far worse than yours!" Sheng was not angry, and laughed it off. .

Once again, Sheng Xuanhuai heard that the book "The Doctrine of the Mean" translated by Gu Hongming was published, and said to him: "The Doctrine of the Mean is about the study of great economics. Can you send me a copy, sir, for the children to read." After listening to Gu, Gu asked: "Yes, but do you know what the gist of this book is?" The second monk Sheng Zhang couldn't figure it out, and Gu Buwu said sarcastically: "Bitch is valuable." he". In 1910, Gu Hongming was awarded an honor by the Qing court: that is, he was awarded the Jinshi of liberal arts for his "study tour was specially listed as the first class".In the list of recipients of awards, Yan Fu ranked first, Gu Hongming ranked second, and Wu Guangjian ranked third.Gu Hongming felt deeply depressed about himself being placed second, and he was always brooding and unhappy.

Jin Liang recalled that he once hosted a banquet with Ke Fengsun, Luo Zhenyu and others to entertain Chinese and foreign celebrities to discuss the establishment of the Oriental Society. Western scholars such as Duo Ermeng, Wei Lixian, Fu Kaisen, etc. all attended the banquet.Jin doesn't understand foreign languages, and he is afraid that Gu Hongming will slip up after drinking, so he asks Xu Senyu, Shen Jianshi and others to pay attention to Gu.At the banquet, Gu Hongming occupied the first seat by himself, looked left and right, chattered endlessly, everyone couldn't get in a word, they could only look at each other and smile.After a long time, Gu became mad. Jin Liang asked other people, knowing that Gu had made a mistake, he immediately asked the guests to drink tea in another room, but Gu was still drunk and chattering endlessly.

Kang Youwei and Gu Hongming are both representatives of the Confucian royalist faction, but Gu always believed that Kang was a despicable villain, a traitor and a traitor, a wicked evildoer who ruined the fate of the Qing Dynasty. In 1913, when Kang Youwei, Chen Huanzhang and others initiated the establishment of the Confucian Church, Gu refused to join.According to Hu Shi's account, when Gu Hongming talked to him about the Confucian Church, he once scolded "Chen Huanzhang should read 'Chen bastard'", and also scolded Kang Youwei, who regarded himself as a sage, for not knowing Confucianism at all, and not even qualified to worship Confucius.He said to Hu Shi at a banquet: "You know there is a saying: 'Supervisors worship Confucius, and Confucius is startled.' Last time I heard that Kang Youwei's Confucian Church was going to offer sacrifices to Confucius, so I made up a vernacular poem: Supervisors worship Confucius. Confucius, Confucius was startled. Confucius will worship Confucius, and Confucius will hang himself. Mr. Hu, is my vernacular poem good?"

Tagore and Gu Hongming were nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature together, and Tagore won in the end, but Gu was extremely disdainful of him.When Tagore visited China, scholars enthusiastically welcomed him, but Wei Gu thanked the guests behind closed doors.He once said to Tagore: "You are not qualified to talk about oriental culture, because you don't understand the most profound truths in it, you'd better write your poems! Let me do the work of introducing oriental culture." When Gu Hongming criticized American literature, he bluntly said that there is no good poem in the United States except Edgar Allan Poe.

At the age of 27, Hu Shi returned from studying in the United States and was hired as a professor by Peking University. He became famous for advocating the New Culture Movement.However, Gu Hongming disdained him very much, criticizing him for holding the English of the middle and lower classes in the United States, and said: "The ancient philosophy is mainly Greek, and the modern philosophy is mainly German. Didn’t you lie to the children?” Ku also scolded Hu Shi for advocating a “literary revolution” with “vulgar and vulgar” foreign students’ English, which is simply nonsense! Once, a certain public hosted a banquet, and Gu Hongming, Yan Fu, and Lin Shu were all present.During the dinner, Gu Hongming said: "I wish I could kill these two to thank the world!" People asked who they were, and he replied, "Yan Fu and Lin Shu."Gu said: "From Yan Fu's translation of "Tian Yan Lun", the people of the country knew that there was competition between things but did not know that there was justice, so wars and disasters ended. Since Lin Shu's translation, students know that there are men and women but don't know about etiquette and righteousness, so people's desires are rampant. Hey. Whoever kills the world with theories is not Yan or Lin?" Everyone who heard it was speechless.

At that time, Yuan Shikai participated in politics and Ma Qichang was also present. He asked a certain gentleman who he was, and a certain gentleman told him that he was Gu Hongming, and introduced them to them.Gu bluntly said: "Go! What are you Ma Qichang and Doctor Mang gathered here! There is no place for you to sit here!" During the May 4th Movement, Gu Hongming once published an article in the Japanese-run English newspaper "North China Zhengbao", scolding the student movement and saying that the students were thugs.Luo Jialun was very angry after reading it. He took the newspaper and questioned Gu: "Mr. Gu, we all admired the "Spring and Autumn Days" you wrote before. "China inside and barbarians outside", why are you publishing an article in the newspapers of barbarians and scolding us Chinese students?" Gu was so angry that his face turned blue, his eyes widened, and he was speechless for a minute or two.Finally, he stood up and knocked on the podium with his hand and said: "I was not even afraid of Yuan Shikai back then, but I was still afraid of you?" When Gu Hongming learned that Xu Shichang had set up a "Four Preservation Society", he sarcastically said: "'Four Preservations' means 'preserving four', which can be used to 'forget eight'." Xu Shichang received an honorary doctorate of literature awarded by France. Whenever Gu Hongming saw French envoys and celebrities, he would sarcastically say: "I have always looked down on your beautiful France (Gu admired French culture and once said: 'French bread is also more beautiful than other countries'.) Some.'), and now Xu Shichang is awarded a doctorate!" At a banquet, Gu Hongming commented on two French guests: "Gentlemen, don't be offended, I want to say that you French are not shy, how can you give Xu Shichang an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters! Sir, yours The newspaper also published a photo of Xu Shichang, sitting at a desk with a pile of books on it, titled 'Picture of Books Written by President Xu'! Uh, uh, how embarrassing! My old Gu I have always admired your country,——La belle France! Now I really disgrace your La belle France! If you give me a Ph. Give Xu Shichang a doctorate, eh?" The two Frenchmen were embarrassed by Gu's words, and one of the reporters blushed and defended a few words.Gu didn't wait for him to finish, so he interrupted him and said, "Monsieur, don't talk. Once, when I was so proud of Gu, you came to see me every day, and when I opened my mouth to say a word, you said: "Mr. Gu, wait a moment." You quickly took out your pencil and diary, and if I say a word, you will write down a sentence, and you will not let go of a word. Now I am in bad luck, and your shadow is not there. Come to my door." The French reporter blushed even more.The host felt that the air was too tense, so he had to suggest that everyone sit around.