Chapter 167 Warm

After Hu Shi became famous, there was an endless stream of people visiting him every day.Later, because there were too many people seeking to see him, Hu Shi announced the "Hu Shi's Worship" system: "Every Sunday from 9:00 am to 12:00 am is the time for public meeting, no matter who comes." There are many people, there is not enough time in the morning, and it is extended to the afternoon. Usually there are more than 50 guests a day, which becomes a veritable "Sunday".Such a grand occasion continued until the "July 7th Incident" and Hu Shi left Beijing.

Hu Shi attached great importance to friendship throughout his life.He often said a word: "This body is not mine, half belongs to parents, and half belongs to friends." During the May 4th Movement, Zhang Shizhao, who was wearing a long gown and horse coat, and Hu Shi, who was in a suit and leather shoes, were incompatible with each other because Zhang Shizhao was famous for his ancient literary works and often dismissed Hu Shi's vernacular as superficial.However, once, they sat together by chance in Beijing, and because they had a good meeting, they took a photo together and wrote poems as a souvenir.What's interesting is that Zhang Shizhao actually used vernacular, while Hu Shi used classical Chinese. Both of them are unconventional, and they have become an ensemble among the newcomers in the literary world, which is very interesting and has historical value.

Zhang Shizhao's poem goes: Your surname is Hu Lai and my surname is Zhang. What new characters you speak, I still speak in my old accent.If you don't attack me, I won't refute. Both of you sit side by side and each has his own heart.Thirty to fifty years from now, this photo will be a good literary souvenir.Haha, I wrote vernacular crooked words to send you, and finally I, Lao Zhang, surrendered. Hu Shi said in a poem: But being open-minded is not a teacher. I like what Gong Sheng said the most. He is also a person who once opened up the atmosphere. One year, the Peking University admissions examination papers were marked.Hu Shi said at the admissions committee: "I read a composition and gave it full marks. I hope to admit this candidate with literary talent." The principal Cai Yuanpei and other committee members agreed.Finally, I looked through the candidate's grades and found that the math was zero, and the grades in other subjects were very average.But Cai, Hu and others have no intention of going back on their word.It was later discovered that the student who was exceptionally admitted was Luo Jialun.

One day, Hu Shi was in class and mentioned a certain novel, saying, "It's a pity that no one has ever said who the author is."One student immediately stood up and said, "No. Someone said I saw it in some book in some series." Hu Shi was both surprised and delighted. After class, he would say to everyone, "Peking University really deserves to be a university." Once, Peking University students went on strike because the school sent representatives to Nanjing to listen to Chiang Kai-shek's lectures.Principal Jiang Menglin convened a meeting of all students and urged them to resume classes.Hu Shi made a speech after Chiang Kai-shek, persuading the students earnestly, but was opposed by many students. They booed in the audience and wanted to embarrass Hu, but Hu didn't take it for granted, which made Peking University students fully realize Hu's "capacity".Zhu Haitao, a student at the time, recorded this scene: "At the student meeting called by President Jiang, we saw Mr. Shizhi's demeanor and his democratic spirit. At that time, he came to power after Mr. Meng Lin (that is, Jiang Menglin) As soon as he spoke, the audience booed. Opponents (mostly left-leaning students) stamped their feet, hissed, and covered his speech with noise. Those who supported him (mostly rightists) shouted louder To maintain order, to suppress the noise of the opponents. Suddenly the venue became tense, forming two opposing factions, and his voice rose and fell amidst the clamor of these two factions, intermittently sent to our eardrums. This is an earnest But those young people who opposed him blushed, straightened their necks, and almost jumped up and shouted: "traitor!" He also replied loudly, honestly and earnestly: "this There are no traitors in the house!' Throughout his speech, these young people have been embarrassing him face to face, but he has always maintained a warm, sincere, kind voice and attitude." Zhu Haitao said with emotion: "I was deeply impressed by this day. , I saw how big an educator should be! I also saw Mr. Shizhi's tolerance."

Before Hu Shi came to Peking University in 1930, he wrote a banner: "In learning, you must be suspicious where there is no doubt; when dealing with others, you must be suspicious where there is doubt." When Chen Duxiu was in prison, Hu Shi passed by Nanjing and wrote a letter saying: "It's too late to visit." Chen lost his temper and seemed to be breaking up with him.In fact, during Chen Duxiu's imprisonment, Hu Shi visited from Beijing many times, bringing food, necessities and books.Once, Chen Zeng asked Hu to try to translate "Das Kapital" into Chinese. Hu worked hard, and soon wrote a letter reporting the progress and reassuring him.While in custody, the ninth edition of "Duxiu Wencun" was published, and Cai Yuanpei actually wrote a preface for this important Communist Party prisoner.

According to Deng Siyu's recollection, when Hu Shi was the president of Peking University, the principal's office was almost equivalent to a faculty club. All professors in the school could visit the president without prior appointment.Once, Deng went to visit Hu, "As soon as he entered the room, the workers poured tea as usual, and several of them were already sitting, chatting and joking with each other casually, and Hu Shi also joined the chat, and briefly mentioned the love story between Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman." After seeing this scene, I felt inexplicably that the principal's office was like "a place where Hong Kong and Guangdong drink tea", and then deeply lamented Hu Shi's peaceful and democratic style.

When Hu Shi was the principal of a Chinese public school in Shanghai, Yang Xingfo was Hu's student.At a conference, Yang cursed Hu Shi's new cultural reform.Later, Cai Yuanpei brought Yang Xingfo to Hu Shi's house to apologize.Hu Shi didn't lose his temper, but said: "The eighty-first difficulty, I think the original text is too poor, I want to rewrite it." Cai Yuanpei asked: "How to change the law?" Hu Shi said: "Tang monk came back from learning, There will be another disaster, because at this time, many ghosts and ghosts who were killed by his three disciples on the way to learn the scriptures have come to take revenge. Tang Seng is willing to sacrifice his life, cut off his meat piece by piece, and feed it to a group of people. Unjust souls and ghosts, every piece of Tang monk's meat they eat can increase their age by a thousand. Tang monk said: "I will sacrifice my life so that they can be reborn and repay their debts." Yang Xingfo blushed when he heard this.Hu Shi later published his cultural reform ideas in the article "Social Reform Necessary for Scientific Development".

In 1961, Hu Shiji was invited to give a 25-minute speech on this topic 30 years ago at the "Asia East Science Education Conference". method, show off to Westerners”, Hu Shi saw these articles, and even said: “Don’t worry about it, it’s a trivial matter, a trivial matter, I have been scolded for 40 years, and I have never been angry.” Then he told people This story happened 30 years ago. One time, the Institute of Liberal Arts of Peking University held a research report meeting, and a graduate student surnamed Han presented a research report on Buddhism between the Sui and Tang Dynasties.After the reading, Hu Shi made his first criticism as the director of the institute, and just in the middle of speaking, Han Jun suddenly interrupted him and said, "Mr. Hu, stop talking, the more you talk, the more amateurish you become." So he stopped criticizing, without getting angry, and his generosity was amazing.

December 17, 1930, Hu Shi's fortieth birthday.His friends and students invariably sent him birthday couplets written in vernacular.Ding Wenjiang, a geologist and a master of the New Culture Movement, said: With our hard work, we are not afraid that two or three people will be a minority; look at your childish temper, who says forty is middle-aged. Hu Shi made good friends with Mei Lanfang and Qi Rushan (the prototype of Feng Rubai in the movie "Mei Lanfang").He loved Mei Lanfang very much. When Mei went abroad to act in plays, he printed a special issue in advance, and Hu Shi personally reviewed it.Mei's English speeches and promotional materials were all corrected by Hu Shi.

Qi Rushan wrote in an article: "I have known Mr. Shizhi for more than 50 years. In the early years of the Republic of China, he often went to Shexia, and occasionally had a light meal with Mei Lanfang and talked about everything. Once, Mei Lanfang was acting in the Zhonghe Garden. , I was in the background when Mr. Shizhi, Mei Yuehan and Zhou Jimei suddenly appeared. I asked him, you have never been very fond of watching theaters. Why are you so interested in tonight? He was slightly drunk and said, "We are not I came to see the play, and I came to see you.” Later, he wrote me two long letters in the hospital, one of which was to discuss the meaning of the play “Four Scholars”, and he said: “In all old Chinese plays, , the lines of "Four Scholars" are the most exciting, because most of the spoken words are close to the vernacular.'”

Hu Shidu’s son, Hu Sidu, stayed in the mainland. After the mainland began to criticize Hu Shih, in 1950, he publicly stated that he would draw a line with Hu Shih, calling Hu Shih an “enemy of the people and a reactionary whose crimes had long been related to American imperialism.” The newspaper published After the news, Chiang Kai-shek personally called Hu Shi to his home to comfort him. Hu Shi didn't seem to appreciate it, and he brought up the past when Chiang Ching-kuo scolded Chiang Kai-shek as a traitor to the revolution and drew a line with Chiang Kai-shek during the Soviet period, leaving Chiang speechless. .Gu Jiegang, Zhu Guangqian and other old friends of Peking University also criticized Hu Shi in wave after wave of criticism of bourgeois ideology. Hu Shi emphasized that believing in friends is just to pass the test in the review, and it is not sincere. When Hu Shi heard about Qian Mu, Qian Mu was still teaching in a middle school in Suzhou.Once when Hu Shi gave a lecture in Suzhou, he specially went to visit Qian Mu. He said: "I came to Suzhou for two things: one is to buy "Jiang □ Poetry Collection", and the other is to meet Qian Mu." In April 1930, Hu Shi wrote to Yang Xingfo, saying, "I have been scolded for ten years, and I have never resented those who scolded me. Sometimes they scolded me inappropriately, but I was anxious for them. Sometimes they scolded too much. , against the personalities of those who insult and scold me, I am restless to replace them." In the 1950s, he added, "I have been scolded for forty years, never angry, and welcome it." Ji Xianlin once recalled the days when he worked with Hu Shi: Although Mr. Shizhi and I have different academic backgrounds and social status, we don’t get to know too much.However, in fact, it is not the case. There are many opportunities for us to meet.I was almost a regular visitor to his cramped and simple principal's office in the east room in front of the Zhimin Hall.As the head of the department, I have to report to the principal for instructions. He is the chief editor of an academic supplement in the newspaper, and I am a writer, so I often talk about academic issues. The most commendable thing is that he is kind and kind to everyone. Smiling all over the face, this is true for professors, staff, students, and workers.I have never seen him put on the celebrity airs and professor airs that were quite popular at that time.In addition, we often have the opportunity to meet at the professor meeting, the tutor meeting of the Institute of Liberal Arts of Peking University, and the review meeting of the Beijing Library.As a young junior, I never feel awkward in front of him, and I often feel like I am sitting in the spring breeze. One day, Ji Xianlin went to the principal's office to meet Hu Shi.A student came in and said to Hu Shi: The Yan'an Radio Station broadcast to him last night, hoping that he would not leave. After the liberation of Peking, he will be appointed as the president of Peking University and the director of the Beijing Library.After Hu Shi heard this, he smiled and said to the student, "Does he trust me?" Ji Xianlin felt that he had to understand the identity of this student, but he not only did not complain, but was furious, and his attitude was still kind and kind. Li Ao verified Hu Shi's works, and found out that Hu himself had forgotten when and where he wrote the articles.When Hu saw Li later, he held the hand of the 20-year-old young man and praised: "Brother Li Ao, you really know Hu Shizhi better than Hu Shizhi!" Hu Songping recalled Hu Shi: The work that my husband usually assigns to me, whether it is writing a simple letter, or extracting some reference materials, or going out to contact a matter, always says: "I want to ask you to do something for me." Do things when you are free, not busy, not busy.” When I finish my work, I always say: “Thank you”, or say: “It’s too much trouble for you, thank you very much.” Last year 12 During the month, he recuperated in Ward No. 1 of National Taiwan University Hospital. One night, his quilt was not covered properly. The nurse on the night shift saw it and gently went over to help him cover it.He was already asleep by then, but in his sleep he said to the special nurse, "Thank you." When the nurse told him the next day, he couldn't remember it himself.After I arrived at the hospital at 8:30, he said to me: "What the nurse said just now. If I fell asleep, I would really say 'thank you'. I believe this is a good habit of mine." In his later years, Hu Shi met a peddler named Yuan Tiao.The hawker is a sesame cake seller, and the two of them often chat together.One day, Hu Shi had a heart attack and was admitted to National Taiwan University Hospital.His friend and Mrs. Mei brought a sesame cake to Hu Shi's ward and said, "I'll give you something, I believe you must have never eaten it." "I have eaten it a long time ago," Hu Shi said with a smile, " This is made by a friend of mine.” The naive Hu Shi thought that the sesame cakes were all made by “my friend” Yuan Tiao in Taipei City. Ji Xianlin, who was in his eighties, visited Taiwan and heard the speech of the chairman, Academician Li Yiyuan, at the conference. He said that when Mr. Shizhi was the president of the Academia Sinica in his later years, he would often sit with young researchers when drinking tea in the afternoon. Chat together.Once, he said: To be a scholar should be like Ji Xianlin of Peking University.Ji Xianlin had mixed feelings when he heard it.He thought that Mr. Shizhi had been paying attention to his academic research until his later years, and he felt a sense of confidant.