Chapter 87 demeanor

Student Feng Yi recalled the scene when Wen Yiduo gave a lecture at Tsinghua University: "I remember it was the evening of early summer, lantana flowers were in full bloom, and the small flowers like peach-colored velvet tassels were emitting a light fragrance. At seven o'clock, the electric lights had turned It was bright, and Mr. Wen combed his thick black hair, wore silver-rimmed glasses, and wore a black gown, holding the stacks of manuscripts he had studied over the years, like a Taoist priest He walked into the classroom with a bold attitude. When the students stood up and sat down in disorder, he also sat down; but he did not speak immediately, but slowly took out his cigarette case, opened it, and faced the students. Showing his white teeth, he smiled kindly and asked, "Which one smokes?" The students laughed, but naturally no one accepted the Gentlemen's courtesy. So, Mr. Wen lit a match and smoked one , causing a puff of smoke under the electric light to accentuate his Taoist-like mysterious face. So, like reciting a "sit poem", he said in an extremely slow tone: "Pain—drink—wine— -familiarity-reading-leaving-sao-only to be true-famous-scholar!'...Sometimes, when he is full of interest, he will extend the time until "the moon rises brightly" At that time, he went back to his new residence in the South Courtyard in 'Cool Dew, Falling on Clothes'."

Student Wen Shan recalled Wen Yiduo: "His baritone, like the bass of a viola, is very nice." Wu Han recalled: "(Wen Yiduo) has a good beard and glowing eyes. When giving a speech or when the conversation is tense, I feel that the words have weight, especially the eyes, which are like a magic mirror. He dare not face it." In 1937, Wen Yiduo officiated at his niece's wedding, when a Japanese plane suddenly struck, causing a power outage, causing everyone to panic and run away in panic.As the officiant, Wen Yiduo announced loudly in the dark: "Marriage is a major event in life, how can it be suspended just because of little Japanese harassment! I hope everyone stay calm!" The wedding continued.

One day, when the air raid sirens sounded, Wen Yiduo and his nanny, Zhao Ma, rushed to pick up their son from school. When they encountered an enemy plane on the way, Zhao Ma hurriedly hid in the woods, but Wen wanted to see what happened. search.Wen Zheng was watching, and suddenly there was a huge explosion, and the house collapsed for a while, and smoke and dust billowed.When the smoke and dust passed, Zhao's mother hurried to find her, only to see that she was covering her head with blood streaming down her face.His family hurriedly sent him to the hospital, but fortunately, he was only broken by a brick and suffered intracranial hemorrhage.

On October 10, 1944, Wen Yiduo delivered a speech at the Double Tenth Day mass meeting.At that time, Dushan fell, Guilin was tense, people's hearts were in turmoil, and many people were preparing to flee.Wen Yiduo shouted loudly: "Don't run away, where are you going to run? The enemy cannot escape without resistance. Stop, we have to stand! Organize, organization is strength!" When he analyzed the battle situation, he cursed angrily: "This is not a retreat, it is a retreat!" The crowd was very moved.At this time, the spies came out to make trouble, yelling "bomb bomb", people huddled together, shouting and crying interspersed with gunshots, and it rang out.But Wen Yiduo stood motionless on the flag-raising platform, like an iron statue, with a fluttering beard and a sad and indignant expression.

On May 4, 1945, when Kunming university and middle school students held a parade, it suddenly rained heavily.Some students were eager to disperse, but Wen Yiduo walked up to the high platform and said loudly: "It rained heavily when King Wu defeated the oath master, and the fortune-teller who accompanied the army said that this is 'Heaven washes the soldiers'. It is God who washes our weapons. Today, We are also 'Heavenly Cleanse Soldiers'." So, the parade continued as usual.