Chapter 37 big reward

After Cai Yuanpei became the president of Peking University, he heard Shen Yinmo and others introduce Chen Duxiu, so he intended to invite Chen to be the dean of liberal arts at Peking University.He visited Chen in the Yadong Library almost every day, sometimes very early before Chen got up.He called the waiter, don't wake him up, just take a stool and ask him to sit at the door and wait.Chen refused at first, saying that he was running a magazine, but Cai said, "That's okay, just bring the magazine to the school and run it." So Chen Duxiu became the dean of liberal arts at Peking University.

After Chen Duxiu arrived at Peking University, Huang Kan and Ma Yuzao were very unhappy, and complained: "Chen Duxiu can only write some notes, how can he be the chief of the Department of Literature." Cai Yuanpei said: "Zhongfu is proficient in exegetical phonology, how can he not be a senior?" Chen Duxiu saw an ancient five-character poem by Shen Yinmo at Liu Jiping, and visited Shen's house the next day, and said loudly as soon as he entered the door: "My name is Chen Zhongfu, and I saw your poem at Liu San's house yesterday. The poem is very good. , The characters are very vulgar." Shen felt that although these words were harsh, they were true, and since then he has worked hard to study calligraphy, and later became a well-known calligrapher in the Republic of China. At".

In the mid-1950s, Shen Yinmo wrote the article "Calligraphy Talk" at the request of "Xinmin Evening News". In the article, Chen Duxiu was mentioned as an encouragement to him. The editor of the newspaper thought that it was appropriate for Chen's name to be missing from the newspaper, and proposed to delete this paragraph. Shen said angrily: " Without Chen Duxiu's criticism, I would not be able to reach today's level." I would rather withdraw the manuscript than publish it, and never make any concessions.In the end, the editor changed Chen Duxiu's name to "Chen surname friend" as a workaround, and it was published.

After the "March 18" tragedy in 1926, Chen Duxiu was very angry with Zhang Shizhao, then Minister of Education, and wrote to Zhang, saying: "I break up with you."However, when Chen was arrested and imprisoned in 1932, Zhang Shizhao recommended himself to defend Chen. After arriving in Nanjing, Zhang Fushi praised Chen Dao: "Wang Qi only accepts six generations today, and the family has no hindrance to pass on to the third grandson. Twenty years of wandering has caused serious injuries. Is it true that the generation is clear? Only the old man Chen Zhongzi, who talked about the bad Li Qian, was imprisoned."

While in prison, Chen Duxiu began to write a biography "The Autobiography of Shi'an". After "Cosmic Wind" got the first two chapters of the autobiography, it took a big advertisement, calling it "the treasure of biographical literature", and publicized in the editor's postscript: "Mr. Chen Duxiu wrote his autobiography for this magazine In addition, I also promise to write articles frequently, which is expected to be available in every issue. Mr. Chen is a cultural mentor and a famous literary figure. , Chen finished writing the first two chapters of his autobiography and was released from prison, and then he did not start writing.

In 1937, after Chen Duxiu was released from prison, Trotsky, who was far away in Mexico, thought that Stalin might assassinate Chen, and was very worried about Chen. He sent letters to Li Furen several times, asking Li to try to send Chen abroad. After Chen Duxiu was imprisoned, Yang Pengsheng, Chen’s student at Peking University and then a major general of the Kuomintang, often visited him in prison. Chen lived in Sichuan in his later years, and Yang even took care of and helped Chen Duofang. Even the special envelopes and letterheads that Chen usually used were Yang paid for its printing.

After Chen Duxiu's death, Dong Tuisi, who had never met Chen Duxiu, wrote to Gao Yuhan, saying: "I have never met Mr. Chen, and because I am a layman in politics and literature, I seldom read Mr. Chen's articles. But I have great admiration for Mr. Chen. It is said that the so-called revolutionaries who are not successful will become benevolent. The successful ones will be rich and famous, and they will live in honor and death; those who are unsuccessful will often be praised by the government and mourned by the society after death. Chen Mr. Chen has no one like this. He lived a miserable life and died alone, but this is very rare. The word 'du' is enough for Mr. Chen!" He also sent 500 yuan for funeral expenses along with the letter.However, Chen Duxiu's family obeyed Chen's will and dared not accept it, so Gao Yuhan returned it.