Chapter 45 friendship

Hu Shi is Fu Sinian's teacher, but the two have always maintained a relationship as a teacher and a friend. Hu Shi respects and admires his student. When evaluating Fu Sinian, Hu Shi used 14 of the most in a short comment of more than 200 words. It can be seen the love and affirmation for this student. In 1917, Hu Shi was invited by Mr. Cai Yuanpei to teach at Peking University, offering a course on the history of Chinese philosophy in the Department of Philosophy.It turned out that Mr. Chen Hanzhang was in charge of this class. It took half a year for him to talk about the Duke of Zhou, while Hu Shi started his lecture directly from King Xuan of Zhou. and cannot go down."Some students think that this is ideological rebellion and is not worthy of lectures.Fu Sinian has a certain prestige among the students. He once led the students to drive the ignorant teachers from the podium.This time, the students invited him to attend the class again. After listening to several classes, he told the students: "Although this man doesn't read much, he is on the right path. You can't make trouble." Only then did the storm subside.After Fu Sinian's death, Hu Shi wrote in the article: "(At that time) I, an international student in his twenties, taught at Peking University, and faced a group of mature students, and did not cause trouble; after more than ten years, Only then did I realize that Meng Zhen was secretly my protector."

Fu Sinian is the favorite student of Peking University professor Huang Kan.At that time, Huang Kan and several other masters of Chinese studies admired Fu Sinian and wanted him to inherit the mantle.However, since Fu Sinian got acquainted with Hu Shi, he was attracted by the "new culture camp" and visited Hu Shi from time to time.The outspoken Chen Duxiu expressed doubts, and said to Hu Shi and other colleagues in the editorial department of "New Youth": "Isn't Fu Sinian, the 'Huangmen Servant', a meticulous worker? We can't accept him, we can't care about him!" Hu Shi objected: "Every employer , even if you have doubts, don’t doubt them, let alone someone like Meng Zhen!”

After the "May 4th Movement", people with malicious intentions spread rumors in the society that "'Xinchao Club' members Fu Sinian and Luo Jialun were bought by 'Anfu Club'", and they also said how much they received every month.This "Anfu Club" is a faction group of the Anhui warlords fighting for power and profit.After the rumors came out, it was very unfavorable to Fu Sinian, and Fu Sinian and Luo Jialun were also depressed because of this.Seeing this, Hu Shi wrote the article "He is also worthy" and published it.He refuted the rumors with rare language in his life: "What is the 'Anfu Department'? He is also worthy to bribe these two noble young men!" Hu Shi also wrote an article to improve Fu Sinian's influence in the intellectual circles, saying, "His (Fu Sinian)'s His academic foundation is deeper than mine, and he has read more ancient Chinese books than me."

Hu Shi, Fu Sinian and Ye Gongchao are closely related, and they are all influential figures in modern Chinese history.At Peking University, it was once called the "Troika".Some people make an analogy that Hu is the leader in everything, while Fu and Ye are the two generals. As a student and friend, Fu Sinian gave Hu Shi this advice: "It is better to form a party than to join the government; it is better to run a newspaper than to form a party." Hu Shi was hesitant to be a member of the national government and the director of the examination. Fu Sinian wrote to Hu Shi and said: "Thank you, Mr., it's all a flower on the dung." Advise Hu not to waver.So Hu Shi made up his mind to refuse the official.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War and the restoration of Peking, everyone elected Fu Sinian as the president of Peking University. Mr. Fu resolutely refused, saying that only Hu Shi could be the president of Peking University.However, he insisted on being an acting principal for a while.Fu Sinian was the acting principal only for one thing.During the Anti-Japanese War, many Peking University professors stayed in the enemy-occupied areas, and some of them joined the "pseudo Peking University" run by the Japanese army.Fu Sinian knew that Hu Shi had a gentle personality, so he probably couldn't make up his mind to punish them.So Fu Sinian acted as the president of Peking University and expelled all these people. On January 7, 1947, Fu Sinian sent his wife Yu Da Cai letter to Zhongyun: "Peking University can be said to be on fire at both ends. The situation in Kunming is as mentioned above. How to break away from the United Nations University is a big trouble. I am thinking about it. And Peking University has made it very difficult. Unfortunately, a large number of fake teaching staff came in. This is a major obstacle to the establishment of Peking University after the summer vacation, but I am determined to sweep it away and never leave such a bad record for Peking University. In fact, under such a situation, Mr. Hu is far inferior to me. Give him peace in the world, and he will be able to continue."