Chapter 25 sincere

Liu Wendian knew that he was arrogant, and he once reflected on himself: "Taking my own strengths and ignoring others' weaknesses, academic arrogance and arrogance are my biggest problems." Liu Wendian wrote a letter to Hu Shi on the night of "National Representatives Beating the Nationalists" and said: "Dian saw the depravity of human beings in the past two days, and felt extremely uncomfortable. Class 'Zong' and 'Yi' name animals." When he was in Southwest Associated University, although Liu Wendian smoked opium himself, he knew the dangers of smoking opium. Therefore, in class, he often warned students not to smoke opium. The bad habit, and because the government is corrupt and incompetent, allowing the enemy to invade, the country will lose the country; and because the child died early, the grief is overwhelming, the country is in trouble and the family is worried, taking drugs is a slow suicide! I advise you not to engage in this bad habit."

After liberation, Liu Wendian was very old. Considering his physical condition, Yunnan University did not arrange courses for him so that he could concentrate on academic research.But he insisted on giving lectures. He said: "How can a professor not teach? Not teaching is dereliction of duty!" In his later years, Liu Wendian looked back on his life and once said a self-evaluation: "My biggest shortcoming is arrogance, but I am not arrogant in front of everyone." There are two people who can make Liu Wendian always respectful. One is Chen Yinke, a master of Chinese studies, and the other is Hu Shi, who has been kind to him.

Liu Wendian always claimed to be "120,000 points" and admired Chen Yinke.He once raised his thumb up many times in class and said: "This is Mr. Chen!" Then he raised his little thumb and said: "This is Liu!" He said: "Mr. Chen can even speak Persian and Turkic. Compared with him, I am far behind." In 1941, Chen Yinke was trapped in Hong Kong.At that time, many people thought that Chen Yinke had passed away. Liu Wendian was very sad when he heard the news, and said to the students many times in class: "If Mr. Chen suffers from misfortune, China will not have such a talent within fifty years. "

Liu Wendian has no airs and is approachable.Kunxi recalled Liu Wendian in "Tsinghua Garden Feelings Old Records": "When we entered the house, Mr. Liu was smoking on the couch, and Mrs. Liu was on the other side of the couch. In a very small house, we sat sideways on the couch, this It is an extremely unusual situation to see how informal Mr. Liu is with his students." Huang Qing wrote in "The Life of the United Nations University": "Many professors I have met and talked to, including Mr. Liu Wendian, seem to be approachable and approachable, without any air of authority. Mr. Liu because of my uncle Zhu Wen Dong is also a smoker, so the two of them often smoked together, chatting after smoking, and I also participated in the chat, I think he is indeed knowledgeable and shows no complacency."

After the liberation of the whole country, Liu Wendian gave up opium with astonishing perseverance, and changed to heavy nine.He smoked a lot, sometimes two packs a day.At that time, the old coin of Da Chong Jiu was 3,000 yuan a pack, and not many people could afford Da Chong Jiu. The students all smoked Da Gong cigarettes at 1,500 yuan a pack.Liu is approachable, so students often go to his cigarette case to touch a cigarette. Liu doesn't care at all, so he is deeply loved by students.Before and after Liberation, Liu Wendian's thought had undergone tremendous changes. He said excitedly: "The me I am today is no longer the me I used to be! I'm 'reborn'!"

When Fu Laisu and Fan Kezhuang graduated, they went to bid farewell to Liu Wendian. Liu was very happy, entertained them with tea and cigarettes, and encouraged them to study hard and work hard in the future.At the time of parting, Fu et al. asked Liu to present them with inscriptions, and Liu Wendian readily agreed, and each presented a poem of Qilu.Fu and Fan were terrified when they saw that Liu referred to them as "two gifts from XXX virtuous friends" in the withdrawal, but Liu said: "The blue is better than the blue, so I don't know what the comer is now." move.