Chapter 75 mellow

Chen Duxiu and Jiang Menglin had completely opposite political views. One day in 1920, Jiang received a call from a friend in the police department, saying: "We are going to arrest your friend (referring to Chen Duxiu), please inform him and run away as soon as possible! Otherwise, it will be inconvenient for everyone." Jiang hurriedly communicated with the police. A student went to Chen's house to inform Chen Duxiu, telling him to run away immediately. Peking University student Zhu Qianzhi believed in anarchism, opposed the school examination, and declared to the school authorities that he would not take the examination.Jiang Menglin, acting principal, posted a written reply, saying that it is okay not to take the exam, but without grades, there will be no graduation diploma in the future.Seeing the posted reply, Liang Shuming actually called Zhu "Mr. Qianzhi", and said with emotion: "This Mr. Principal is too polite!"

Xu Peikun, a classmate of Jiang Menglin's Nanyang Public School, asked Jiang for a preface to his book "Problems of China's Currency System". Zhao Naituan, please write a preface for Xu. After Li Dazhao's death, he was still alive for six years and could not be buried. His widow, Zhao Renlan, returned to Peiping with her children and asked for help from her husband's Peking University colleagues, Hu Shi, Jiang Menglin, Shen Yinmo, Zhou Zuoren, etc., and asked Peking University to handle the burial for him. Jiang Menglin, then the principal, generously agreed .Colleagues at Peking University were grateful for Li Dazhao's deeds and agreed to initiate a grand funeral.Li Dazhao was later buried in Wan'an Cemetery in Beijing. Jiang Menglin came forward to buy it, and at the same time pre-purchased the cave for Mrs. Li, and the tombstone was written by Liu Bannong.

Ye Gongchao said: "Among my friends, there are quite a few people with good tempers, but Meng Lin (Jiang Menglin) is the only one who is the most polite to servants and never loses his temper. I remember that when we first arrived in Changsha to organize temporary When we were in college, we shared a veteran from Baoqing. Because of the language relationship, the words often didn’t convey the meaning. When our wishes are contrary, his reaction is always laughing, but I am anxious. Gentleness, compassion, and tolerance are his nature." In 1933, Jiang Menglin expelled 9 left-leaning students on the grounds of "non-payment of tuition fees".These expelled students later received an anonymous sympathy letter with a check for three hundred oceans.The students analyzed that the Communist Party wanted to send it away, but had no money; the righteous people in society wanted to send it away, but they did not know the name and address of the expelled student.Everyone judged that the money was given by the principal Jiang Menglin.After the nine students got the money, some went east to Japan, and some went to Germany.

Xu Deheng, Hou Wailu, and Ma Zhemin were leftist professors at Peking University. They were sharply opposed to Jiang Menglin on the issue of the student movement, and they had grievances first.But after the "July 7th" incident, they were arrested by the Kuomintang government. Jiang Menglin resolutely joined forces with Hu Shi to rescue them in many ways. After Japan surrendered, Zhou Zuoren was arrested.When the Capital High Court of the Nanjing Government held a public trial against Zhou Zuoren, Zhou argued: "The school moved to the south, and the professors were middle-aged or unable to accompany them due to family relations. There were the late Meng Sen, Feng Zuxun, Ma Yuzao and the four defendants. President Jiang Menglin was specially recognized as Professor Liuping of Peking University, and entrusted to keep the property of the school." At that time, Zhou Zuoren was called a "giant traitor" and "people all over the country called him murder."When Hu Shi testified for Zhou Zuoren, public opinion condemned him for clearing his charges as a traitor. Lawyer Wang Long who defended Zhou was also accused of being a traitor, but Jiang Menglin issued a certificate specifically for this matter.

Hong Yanqiu, a Peking University student, recalled that he never had a chance to talk to Jiang Menglin in his life, but after his graduation thesis was rejected by the "Education Magazine" of the Commercial Press, someone advised him to ask Jiang to try, and he did so.In a few days, sure enough, the business sent a fee for the manuscript, but the manuscript had not yet been published.After arriving in Taiwan, his book was published. When he gave a copy to Fan Jichang of the Agricultural Restoration Association, he asked Fan to send Jiang Menglin a copy.As a result, the next day Jiang Menglin sent someone to send a copy of "Western Tide" signed and sealed by himself as a gift in return.

Reporter Wang Kangchang called Taiwanese politicians and celebrities late at night to interview him. Jiang Menglin was one of the only two people who never gave him cold reception.When the news of Dewey's death reached Taiwan, it was late at night, and because Jiang Menglin had to speak, Wang called Jiang.He apologized to Jiang who woke up from his sleep, but Jiang Menglin thanked him: "My teacher passed away, you call me and tell me, I should thank you." In his later years, Jiang Menglin lived in Japan for three months.He seldom wrote inscriptions for others in his life, but when he lived in Ashinoyu, he wrote inscriptions for the hostess, servant girl and cook of the inn.His cousin Song Yuelun recalled that Jiang Menglin never tired of persuading Song's children, teaching them how to learn and live in the world in a very simple way.Song was very strict with his children, and Jiang Menglin often corrected them, so that Song's children were ecstatic when they saw him, sticking to him all day long, asking him questions from primary and secondary school textbooks, and Jiang took the trouble to answer them one by one.