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When Xiong Shili was young, he was often naked when he lived in temples in the mountains in summer because Sang Bozi, a senior official in the Mulu Kingdom, was not well-dressed, and sometimes he would not avoid people when he went out.Someone told Xiong's elder brother, but the elder brother did not restrain him.Once, one of Xiong's father's students scolded Xiong Shili, saying: "My teacher knew about your behavior, did you think so?" Apart from studying, Xiong Shili likes to make friends in the academic circles. He has made friends with virtuous figures such as Huang Jigang, Ma Xulun, Liang Shuming, Hu Shizhi, Zhang Dongsong, Zhang Shenfu, Qian Mu, Tang Yongtong, Meng Wentong, Zhang Junmai, Feng Youlan, Jin Yuelin, Zhu Guangqian, He Lin, etc. People, time passes, learn from each other.Especially with Lin Zaiping and Liang Shuming who had a very close relationship for a period of time, "There is no one who does not see each other for three days. Every time we meet, Zaiping is always full of questions, and Yu also repays each other, and sometimes he goes out outdoors with a whistling sound. Shuming was taciturn and reticent, explaining the difficulties in a few words. Yu Changheng's judgment on the success and failure of ancient and modern narratives is indeed very strict. Zaiping said in a joke: "The eyes of the old bear are in the sky." Yu Yi joked: "I have the law." Limit, everything is as much as possible.”

Xiong Shilixi wanders along the riverside or in the mountains with his friends and disciples, and blends with the natural landscape in his spare time.He is full of heaven, with piercing eyes, silver beard fluttering on his chest, dressed in an old cloth gown, and a pair of cloth shoes, followed by two or three disciples, chanting by the foot of the mountain and the lake, looking like a fairy! Philosopher Mou Zongsan narrates his first meeting with teacher Xiong Shili.It was the winter of 1932, and Xiong Shili "had a fluttering beard, a sick face, and a melon skin hat, like a walking doctor who had just finished untiing his little hands and walked in in the cold wind."During the conversation, he suddenly slapped the table and shouted: "In today's world, only I, Xiong, can talk about the scholars of the late Zhou Dynasty, and the rest are just bullshit." Looking at Xiong Shili again, his eyes widened, "The eyes are clear and sharp. , with a full forehead, a square mouth, and straight cheekbones, and the laughter shook the room, straight from the dantian."Mou Zongsan dubbed this person with the word "true person" in this situation and situation.

During his stay in Beibei, Xiong Shili felt a little relieved when old friends and new friends came to see each other.Once Chen Mingshu invited Xiong Shili to dinner, with mountains and rivers behind, a beautiful scenery.Chen turned his back to the river, Xiong was very puzzled and asked Chen: "Why don't you look at the scenery?" Chen said: "You are a very good scenery!" Xiong Shili immediately repeated: "I am the scenery." So the two haha Laugh out loud. Xiong Shili is always topless in summer, even when young female disciples come to visit. Once, when Wang Yuanhua came to visit, Xiong Shili was just taking a bath, so he greeted Wang Jinmen, sat naked in the bathtub, and talked with Wang, showing the style of Wei and Jin Dynasties.

Xiong Shili's letters and works are often written on the back of the used paper, with bad handwriting. On April 10, 1964, Xiong Shili wrote a letter to Tang Junyi's younger sister Tang Zhizhong, which was written in the notice issued to him by the Shanghai CPPCC for the first meeting of the third session. In 1922, recommended by Liang Shuming, Xiong Shili went to Peking University to teach.Xiong Shili likes to teach students in his own home, and once posted a letter on the door of the office of the philosophy department, writing: "Teachers and students gather together, what are the benefits?" In teaching, many students visit their homes to learn more than they go to class. They are called famous professors who do not attend classes, and their disciples are all over the world.

Xiong Shili does not light a fire indoors in winter.Winter in Beijing lasts for more than four months. The students attending the lectures are all dressed in winter clothes and sit and listen to the lectures.Mr. Xiong's class is two credits, that is, two classes.But Mr. Xiong's speeches are like the Yangtze River, rushing for thousands of miles. Each lecture lasts no less than three or four hours, and there is no break in the middle.He stands in the middle of the room and never sits down to speak. He likes to point fingers in front of the listeners. Haha laughed loudly and loudly.Because the filming was too heavy, for a long time, the students did not dare to sit in the first row when listening to Mr. Xiong's lecture.If someone hid in the last row, he started shooting from the last row.

Xiong Shili has a long-standing habit of taking pictures of the audience. Zheng Xin once said that when he was studying at Nankai Middle School in Tianjin, he listened to Mr. Xiong Shili's lectures. He was afraid of Mr. Xiong's praise, so he arrived earlier every time and found a seat farther away from the teacher. Xiong Shili often couldn't help but slap the head or shoulder of the listener when he talked about his joy when he was discussing his studies, and then laughed loudly.Once he had a discussion with Zhang Dongsun on learning, and the conversation got heated, and he slapped Zhang on the shoulder. Zhang Dongsun had to blink and back away to avoid his sharp edge.

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