Chapter 30 bumpy

After returning from the Soviet Union, Mr. Feng Youlan gave two formal speeches based on what he had seen and heard.One was a rambling talk about the Soviet Union; the other was in the Department of Philosophy of Peking University, under the title of "Philosophy of History in the Qin and Han Dynasties", he proposed the "New Theory of Three Systems and Five Virtues" with certain ideas of historical materialism as the basic elements, and focused on discussing social Existence determines social consciousness, and social consciousness reacts to the viewpoint of social existence.

The speech aroused official suspicion and dissatisfaction.At the end of October and the beginning of November of the following year, he was arrested and interrogated by the Kuomintang government police as a political suspect.The Kuomintang's move caused an uproar across the country, and people protested one after another.Forced by the democratic forces across the country, Feng was released after several days of detention and interrogation.Regarding this incident, Mr. Lu Xun once said angrily in a letter: "Be safe and keep yourself like Feng Youlan, and if you are about to be arrested, you can infer other things." ("Lu Xun Letters Collection") This incident also greatly shocked Feng. , But he did not break with the Kuomintang because of this, but chose a more cautious path.

Mr. Feng Youlan's realm of heaven and earth is so difficult. Compared with his good friend Jin Yuelin's indifference to world affairs, his experience is much more difficult and rough.Feng Youlan's daughter, Zong Pu, feels: For so many years, her father Feng Youlan has been criticized, abused and attacked from all sides, and has become the target of public criticism, but he has not gone crazy or committed suicide, and he is still roaming in his philosophical world. He is very brave and amazing. Feng Youlan's first contact with Mao Zedong was in October 1949.At that time, many people wrote letters to Mao Zedong to express their allegiance. He also wrote a letter to the effect that: I used to teach feudal philosophy and helped the Kuomintang. Now I am determined to reform my thinking and learn Marxism. Rewrite a history of Chinese philosophy with Marxist standpoints, viewpoints and methods.

Since 1949, Feng Youlan has been being reformed, and he is the biggest target of reformation because he has ideas.Zhang Dainian said that Mr. Feng has a special status, not only does he not have the freedom to "speak and act", he does not even have the freedom to "speak and act". In 1951, Feng Youlan visited India with a Chinese cultural delegation. Indian President Prasad mentioned "History of Chinese Philosophy" and "Six Books of Zhenyuan" when introducing Feng's academic contributions.After learning about it, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately called the delegation, saying that there was something wrong with the introduction, and asked Feng to make corrections at an appropriate time.Afterwards, when Feng Youlan visited Calcutta, he said in a speech at the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: "The Chinese revolution has succeeded, and I realize that my past works are of no value."

In the 1950s, during the ideological reform movement, Feng Youlan reviewed and confessed many times, and even went to the point of going online to say nothing, but the host just refused to let him pass.Since Jin Yuelin had nothing to do with politics, he passed the test quickly in the sports meeting, and was soon regarded as an activist. The organization asked him to go to Feng's house to do work and help Feng change.As soon as he entered the door, Mr. Jin said loudly: "Zhisheng, if you have done anything wrong to the people, you must fully explain it." Then, he rushed forward and cried with Feng Youlan.

During the Cultural Revolution, the Worker Propaganda Team was stationed at Peking University, and many professors were quarantined for review, commonly known as "squatting in a cowshed".The professors follow orders, and they have to queue up for instructions in the morning and report in the evening. When queuing up, they must report their own political hats. It's called Feng Youlan! It's... a reactionary academic authority." The Red Guards said: "No! Re-report! You're avoiding the most serious! You're a reactionary academic!" Feng then changed his words: "I, I am a reactionary academic." Hong Qian The husband was afraid that he would say that he avoided the important and ignored the minor, so he said, "My name is Hong Qian, a reactionary scholar!" The Red Guards said, "No, you are not qualified, you are a reactionary academic authority!" Hong was so frightened that he quickly changed his words.When Feng Ding declared himself a "reactionary academic authority", the Red Guards said: "Didn't you just write "Ordinary Truth"? You still want to drill into the reactionary academic authority! You are a counter-revolutionary revisionist!"

Feng Youlan was humiliated in the cowshed, but he ate and slept as usual. His breakfast consisted of a cornbread, two large bowls of cornmeal porridge, and shredded pickles for a penny.There are a lot of pickles, most people can't finish them, but Feng Youlan doesn't have enough.After being reminded by Guo Lanfang, Feng dared to ask the Red Guards for two cents for pickles. The Red Guards stared and said, "People can't finish eating pickles for a penny. You still eat two cents. Why do you eat so much?" Feng replied: "I...I eat a lot." Although he was reprimanded, he still met the requirements.Hong Qian was about the same height as Feng Youlan, but his appetite was only a quarter of Feng Youlan's.

Feng Youlan, 71 years old, is still raided every day by someone who puts a stool in the yard and asks him to stand on it.The house was covered with big-character posters with slogans saying “Down with me”, covering the sky and covering the sky, and seals were pasted everywhere.The clothes were all sealed up. It was cold and the seals did not dare to be removed, so Feng Youlan put on a sack to keep out the cold.His ureter was blocked and he had a urine bottle hanging from his waist. He was dragged into a fight and knocked down to the ground.While parading through the streets, I stumbled again and again, but I still had to keep walking.In order to fight him, he even set up a Liaison Station for criticizing Feng.

Mr. Feng Youlan's youngest son, Mr. Feng Zhongyue, was the chief engineer of the Ministry of Aerospace Industry and a well-known expert in aircraft strength. Unfortunately, he died young and was only 51 years old when he died.He has been working on the Northwest Loess Plateau for many years. According to Feng Youlan's reputation and Feng Zhongyue's talent and learning, if he is active, he should be able to be transferred back to Beijing.But Mr. Feng, who is a bit stupid in people's eyes, didn't do this.Regarding the death of his youngest son, Mr. Feng could only write a couplet with tears in his eyes: "I am a good party member and a good cadre. If my ambition is not paid, shedding tears is not only a pain for the family; I am skilled in science and technology, skilled in art and literature, and I am rare for all-round talents. It’s hard to come back.”

In the last few years of Feng Youlan's life, he was hospitalized more frequently, and almost all his daughters and ladies accompanied him to fight guerrilla warfare in various hospitals.His old disease, erysipelas, recurred frequently and severely at this time.Erysipelas is an acute inflammation of the skin and its reticular lymphatic vessels, and its predilection is generally in the lower limbs and face. Feng Lao's erysipelas is mainly in the lower limbs.In addition to erysipelas, Feng Youlan was found to be suffering from malignant plasma cell myeloma in 1983, so Zong Pu and his wife were very worried about his health. Besides, he was old and prone to physical problems. Ms. Zong Pu usually accompanied Mr. Feng on a regular basis. do check.However, Mr. Feng completed a 1.5 million-word writing under such circumstances. In addition to his tenacious vitality, this is also inseparable from the careful care and concern of Zong Pu and his wife for Mr. Feng.