Chapter 97 6. Ma Yifu

In 1903, the Qing government appointed Prince Pulun as the head of the delegation, officially led the delegation to participate in the 12th World Expo in 1904, and spent huge sums of money to build the Chinese Village and the Chinese Pavilion with a strong ethnic style.Ma Yifu also served as the Secretary of the China Pavilion of the World Expo, and traveled to the British Isles and Germany.He wrote in his diary on July 8, 1903: "Beauties order Chinese businessmen to go to the conference. Once they arrive at the club, they are not allowed to leave the venue, and Westerners are not allowed to enter the upper club. Those who leave the venue will follow the rules. They will be captured and sent back to China, and they will be sentenced to exile. I don’t know what else is going on. Gaibi treats me as an absolute barbarian country, and all of them are my spoils. My corrupt government takes it for itself. In order to lose its position in the world, it is better than The country is subjugated. He Cao is still ignorant of it, and he thinks it a great honor to be smiled at by a Westerner, isn't it a pity!"

Ma Yifu opposed the "tyrannical regime" of the Qing Dynasty when he was studying in the United States. Although he did not join the Revolutionary Party in organization, he was very ideologically in favor of Sun Yat-sen's politics of "expelling the Tartars, restoring China, establishing the Republic of China, and equalizing land rights" program.During his stay in Japan, he translated works with his friends Ma Junwu and Xie Wuliang, and contributed articles to the revolutionary organ newspaper Min Bao. In 1907, Qiu Jin, Xu Xilin and other martyrs were killed. Ma Yifu expressed great grief and indignation, and wrote a long epic entitled "Forty Rhymes of Sad Autumn", describing the process of Qiu Jin's participation in the Revolution of 1911.On the eve of the Revolution of 1911, Ma Yifu wrote many poems and essays about the struggle against the Qing Dynasty.

In October 1911, the Revolution of 1911 broke out and successfully overthrew the feudal autocratic rule of the Qing Dynasty.But soon, the victory of the Revolution of 1911 was usurped by Yuan Shikai, and then the warlords fought, people's livelihood suffered, and the whole China was torn apart.Although Ma Yifu has the ambition to save the country, he feels that "he has the ambition to save the country, but he has no power to return to heaven", so he is angry and studies Chinese studies intensively, hoping to find a way to save the country and the people academically. In 1912, when the Republic of China was established, the people of Zhejiang admired Xu Xilin's heroism and buried his remains in Gushan, Hangzhou from Anhui. Ma Yifu wrote "Martyr Xu Jun's Tomb List" and praised Xu Xilin as "a man in a poor alley, full of sorrow and anger, and embraces righteousness close at hand. , It is difficult to take risks and ignore them, you must die in order to achieve self-improvement, not to benefit the world, to plan after suffering, to make tricks but to have pure intentions, although the integrity of the common man, the gentleman has the spirit of sacrifice.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Ma Yifu's patriotic enthusiasm was aroused.He broke the rule of "Dumen in his life" and "has never gathered to give lectures". During his journey to the south, he was invited by Zhu Kezhen, the then president of Zhejiang University, to give lectures. National Studies Lecture". Regarding the significance of opening this lecture, Ma Yifu said: "The significance is to enable people born in our country to gain a clear understanding of the inherent academic knowledge, and then they can develop their natural knowledge and ability, not to be addicted by the environment, to complete their personality for themselves, and for the country. Society can take on big things."

In April 1938, Ma Yifu and his entourage traveled to Taihe, Jiangxi, where the temporary campus of Zhejiang University was located.Immediately, Ma Yifu started two semesters of "Lectures on Chinese Studies".Zhejiang University attached great importance to Ma Yifu's lectures, and famous professors such as Zhu Kezhen, Mei Guangdi, and Su Buqing all came to listen to the lectures.Quite unexpectedly, Ma Yifu did not start with a series of "Zi Yue Shi Yun", he started with these words: "In the past, Mr. Zhang Hengqu had four words. Today, he teaches all students to make up their minds. They are specially picked up. I hope to erect their backbones and make a wonderful performance. Only by making up their minds can they be a dignified person. It should be known that everyone has this responsibility. People have this power, and don’t blame yourself, and belittle yourself. This is the example of "benevolence as your own responsibility", which is also the purpose of today's lectures, so be careful not to ignore it as empty words!"

These powerful words shocked everyone present.Ma Yifu went on to explain Zhang Zai's "Four Sentences" one by one: "Build a heart for the world, establish a life for the people, inherit the knowledge of the past, and create peace for all generations." , Take the lead and drink, sometimes the spring breeze turns into rain, and he is persuasive and persuasive. All present are amazed.Ma Yifu conquered the teachers and students of Zhejiang University with his morality and learning. In 1938, while teaching at Zhejiang University, the principal Zhu Kezhen took "Seeking Truth" as the school motto and invited Ma Yifu to compose the school song.According to the characteristics of the university's mission and school motto, he created the school song "Big Too Much".

In the summer of 1939, Ma Yifu founded the "Fuxing Academy" in Wuyou Temple, Jiading, Sichuan. He served as the lecturer, explained the principles, selected and engraved ancient books, and trained a group of outstanding talents in the study of Chinese traditional culture.It can be said that the entire period of the Anti-Japanese War was also the period when Ma Yifu's academic activities were the most active, and his main academic works were published during this period. On October 16, 1964, my country's first atomic bomb test was successful, and the people of the whole country were immersed in a sea of ​​joy.The 81-year-old Ma Yifu, who has experienced the storms of the times, was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night after hearing the broadcast, and wrote three congratulatory poems with the general title "Happy to hear that the nuclear test was successful".Poetry goes: