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Wen Yuanning described Wu Mi in this way: Mr. Wu Mi is unparalleled in the world, once met, he will never forget it. ... Mr. Wu's appearance is indeed priceless, as weird as a caricature.The shape of the head is like a bomb, and like a bomb, it may explode at any time.Haggard, pale, hair seems to be falling down, but thanks to shaving every morning, he still maintains a face with clear boundaries, wrinkled face, high cheekbones, sunken cheeks, and a pair of eyes staring at people like It was two red-hot coal balls—all of these were supported on a neck that was half the length of a normal person, and the thin body was like a solid and hard steel bar.

Because Wen Yuanning's article was written in English, there is also a Chinese version like this: "Mr. Wu's face is unique: it is as strange as a cartoon. His head is shaped like a bomb, and it makes people feel that he is about to Outburst. Thin face, a little pale and haggard; the beard tends to protrude from the pores to spread over the whole face, but it is always shaved cleanly every morning. Rough face, high cheekbones, two His cheeks are sunken, and his eyes are like burning coals, burning and pressing. All these are placed on a neck that is doubly too long. His body is thin, as strong as a steel bar, too hard to stretch .”

Tang Zhenchang wrote: Anyone who has met Mr. Wu Yuseng will never forget his walking alone and muttering to himself.He walked alone with his head down, not looking at the road in front of him, not looking at the people around him, only muttering to himself, as if he was worried. Wu Mi often wears a gray cloth robe and a nightcap made of cotton gauze, with a cloth bag in one hand and a cane in the other, and walks up to the podium.Although dressed in a rigid manner, Wu Mi speaks poetry in pure English, and when speaking, he doesn't even need to look at his notes or the papers he carries with him, and he blurts out what he speaks in one go.When he talked about his complacency, he picked up his cane and tapped the ground lightly and heavily following the rhythm of the poem.

When Wu Mi was in class at Tsinghua University, he lectured on British romantic poets and Greek and Roman classics. His students recalled: "Mr. Yu Seng was also full of enthusiasm when he lectured, and sometimes his eyebrows were beaming." When she was in Southwest Associated University, although her life was poor, Wu Mi always paid attention to her appearance, wearing a suit and leather shoes every day.Liu Zhaoji wrote in "Mr. Wu Mi I Know": "I remember that in Southwest Associated University, no matter in Changsha, Nanyue, Mengzi, or Kunming, Mr. Wu was dressed in suits and leather shoes, and the beard on his face was shaved clean. .”

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