Chapter 43 national heritage

After Liu Shipei failed the first examination, he expressed extreme dissatisfaction with the imperial examination. He once wrote a "Leave Farewell to Yangzhou Personnel" to show that he would leave the examination field and devote himself to the revolution.But in 1903, he went to participate in the examination held in Henan. In "Yu Duan Fang Shu", Liu Shipei expressed the idea of ​​inheriting family studies and striving to manage the scriptures: "Shi Pei, a corporal in Huainan, reads with his hair tied up, encourages his predecessors, and has a glimpse of the family law of classics, and the study of exegetical rules. Dong Li's hometown, dredging and proof, with Bu Dai, Duan, Ruan, and Queen Wang."

When Liu Shipei was at Peking University, the New Culture Movement centered on "New Youth" was in full swing.Seeing the influence of Chen Duxiu, Hu Shi and others on the youth of Peking University, the New Culture Movement was so powerful that Liu Shipei and others, who hated the New Culture Movement, could not sit still. In 1918, Liu Shipei, Huang Kan, Zhu Xizu, Ma Xulun, Liang Shuming and others established the "National History Monthly Society", as the leader of the National Essence School, and wanted to compete with the New Culture Movement. In March 1919, Lin Shu criticized Chen Duxiu and other "new school" figures, and launched an attack on Cai Yuanpei. He once rallied with "old school" Liu Shipei and others.But Liu Shipei was timid and afraid of getting into trouble. He issued a public statement denying that he was in the company of Lin Shu and was an enemy of the "New School": "Although I am a lecturer in the university, I am sick and old. Is there a combination? Also, "National History Monthly" was initiated by liberal arts students. Although it aims to preserve the quintessence of the country, it is not arguing with "Xin Chao" and other magazines."