Chapter 109 Study Tour

Chen Yinke traveled to the top universities in Europe and America, but he didn't get half a degree.Chen Yinke is extremely disdainful of those overseas students who are only for the purpose of obtaining a degree and finding a job to gild themselves by studying abroad.He said: In the past, scholars studied stereotyped writing for the sake of fame and wealth; now foreign students are flocking to study engineering technology.His nephew Chen Fengxiong once asked him: "You have studied abroad for more than ten years, why didn't you get a doctor's degree?" I don’t have time to learn other knowledge. As long as I can learn knowledge, it doesn’t matter whether I have a degree or not.” Later, Chen Fengxiong dubiously mentioned this to his uncle Yu Dawei (Chen Yinke’s cousin, classmate and brother-in-law). Yu said: “ His (Yin Ke) idea is right, so he is a scholar. I got a Ph.D. from Harvard, but my knowledge is not as good as his. "

Regarding Chen Yinke's degree, Chen Zhesan, his apprentice, explained it this way: "Because Mr. is not studying to obtain a diploma or degree, if he knows that there are students who can learn in a certain university, he will go to learn, and if he succeeds, he will go. A diploma." Another theory is that Chen Yinke once obtained a bachelor's degree.There is another theory, which was put forward by his nephew Chen Fenghuai in "Memoirs", saying that Chen Yinke had received three bachelor's degrees: "At that time, our uncle and nephew often talked about Europe, especially about Britain. Chinese, German and French language academics, with a deep understanding. He has obtained three bachelor's degrees in these three countries."