Chapter 83 elegant

Qian Mu likes to collect books.He lived in Beiping for eight years, "the first three years he settled down a bit, and the next five years he devoted himself to buying and collecting old books... In the other five years, he bought more than 50,000 books, which should be around 200,000 volumes. With his salary over the years, he cut down on food and clothing. Exhaust here." Qian Mu often visited Longfu Temple in Liulichang, and knew the owners of various bookstores.Once he has the book he wants, he makes a call to each of the two local used bookstores. If this one doesn't have it, the bookstore asks if other bookstores on the same street have it.If there is, the bookstore will send a car to his home.Every Sunday, more than a dozen bookstores would send books (mostly the first one or two volumes in a complete set) and put them on the long table in his study. If Qian Mu chose it, he would bring the complete set of books the next Sunday. .Qian Mu's home seemed to be a small book market, and he bought many rare and rare books because of this.

Hu Shi had an isolated copy of Pan Yongwei's "Qiu Ren Lu", and Qian Mu "borrowed it from him. He opened the safe in the other room to pick up the book, and invited Yu to go with him. Perhaps I was afraid that I would be careless in bringing the book, and it would be inconvenient for me to confess.  … …Yu Yi lived at Xiyu’s house in Nanchizi, one evening, while visiting a small bookstall near the Dongsi Pailou, he came across this book and bought it for only a few cents.” Qian Mu also recorded an incident: After class one day, Mao Zishui, the curator of the Peking University Library, went to the lounge of the History Department to ask him, and sent him a copy of "Zhang's Last Letter", which is quite popular in Peking. , I do not know whether it is valuable.Qian Muzhi said, "This book is indeed a family biography of the Zhang family."If he told Mao Zishui that it was a fake, then the book would be returned to the bookstore, and Qian Mu could go to the bookstore to buy it and keep it privately.But he "reads that public collections can be read by the public, and it is not appropriate to keep them private. . . . That is to use the original Hui Zishui and ask him to purchase the collection for Peking University." Later Qian Mu heard that Mao Zishui did not buy this for the Peking University library. Books, purchased by Hu Shi for collection.

Qian Mu yearned for Peking's books very much. "Beiping is like a sea of ​​books. Swimming in it is a joy in life. At least since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there have been countless people who have swam in this sea of ​​books. Today, this sea has disappeared, and no one can swim and know its joy." .Thinking of this, how can I be at a loss." Qian Mu loves Kunqu Opera. He was influenced by his teacher when he was in Changzhou Middle School. He said that "Yu Zi is fond of Kunqu Opera. He is fond of Ping Opera, and also good at local operas, such as Henan Bangzi, Suzhou Tanhuang, Shaoxing Opera, Fengyang Flower Drum, and Dagu. Books are good as well." Because of his love for Kunqu Opera, he fell in love with flute and enjoyed it all his life.The eldest brother loves the sheng and the pipa, and he likes the flute. When he was teaching in the countryside, the two brothers often played together after school, which became a great joy in their early years.

Qian Mu learned to sing Kunqu opera when he was young, so he also learned to play the flute. He has put in a lot of effort.Practice outdoors when it snows in winter, and practice in the air outlet. You have to stand up on one leg, do the golden rooster stand-alone style, slowly squat down and then get up again, until the sound of the flute keeps constant. Qian Mu once said: "He likes to play the flute. When he is lonely, he often uses the flute to entertain himself. The sound is dark and dark, as if in a different world. It is really a great pleasure in his life." Qian Mu was in Changzhou Fuzhong School. Mr. Tong Bozhang has studied Kunqu opera and is very good at Xiaodi.Ms. Hu Meiqi also recorded the joy of Qian Mu playing the flute.

Qian Mu once wrote in "Eighty Remembrances of My Parents·Miscellaneous Memories of Teachers and Friends": "When Yu was in Fuzhong School, he was good at Go, and so was my elder brother...Guangluo played all kinds of Go records below the late Ming Dynasty, and played games here after school. Or put on a show... Almost every day there is a game of chess." Mr. Qian Mu was good at chess. Mr. Yu Yingshi recalled: "Mr. Qian was still interested in playing Go by chance at that time. Mr. Chen Bozhuang was his old opponent, because the two players were equal in chess strength. I was occasionally given a few pieces by him to guide a game. , as if I never won."

Ms. Hu Meiqi recalled that Qian Mu said: "...I also like Go. But I don't like to play against others. He thinks it is time-consuming and exhausting, so he prefers to play chess. When I feel depressed, he often says, let me play a game of chess for you. Occasionally, the husband and wife talked to each other, and he said, "That's the only way, it doesn't matter if you win or lose, it doesn't hurt your spirits." Qian Mu especially admired Zhu Zi's way of life of "going out to enjoy the beauty of mountains and rivers, and staying in to enjoy the joy of building" and practiced it consciously.For his study and academic research, he always chooses places with quiet environment and excellent scenery as much as possible.When he first arrived at Peking University, he stayed at the house of his friend Tang Yongtong for a while.The Tang family is located by the South Pond, close to the Ancestral Temple, surrounded by ancient cypress lawns, "the scenery is quiet and beautiful".Yanquan Temple in Yiliang County, where I lived when I wrote the "Outline of National History" in Southwestern Union, has beautiful mountains and rivers, and it is even a fairyland on earth.Later, I borrowed Suzhou Couple Garden to read my library, which is surrounded by water on three sides, "there is the beauty of the pool and forest, quiet and refreshing".The Wai Shuangxi Su Shulou in Taipei where he lived in his later years, next to the mountain and Mianxi, is a famous scenic spot in Taiwan.

Qian Mu likes to travel. Apart from studying, he always visits places of interest wherever he goes.In the past few years at Peking University, I traveled almost every year, covering Shandong, Shanxi, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei and other surrounding areas.Even under the difficult conditions of the Southwest Associated University, his interest in traveling remained undiminished. He swam to many places that the locals had never been to.When teaching at Zhejiang University in Zunyi, it happened that student Li Yan also came to teach, so he took him to travel around Zunyi's mountains and rivers. Li Yan was exhausted, but he was still in high spirits.Li Xun originally thought that a person like the teacher must be immersed in reading all day long, and he didn't want him to go out for a long time, so he sighed: "Unexpectedly, my husband's love of traveling is even worse than my generation. Today I know another side of Mr.'s life." Surprised by him. , Qian Mu has his own explanation: "When reading, you should focus on books, and when traveling in mountains and rivers, you should focus on mountains and rivers. Take advantage of your pleasure, and have no distractions....Reading and traveling in mountains, you must work hard with one heart."