Chapter 117 open-minded

Chen Yinke said that he was "confined in his thinking in the age of Tongzhi in Xianfeng, and his discussions were close to Nanpi in Xiangxiang". Chen Yinke said of himself in the preface to Jiang Bingnan: "Remembering your life in silence is certainly not an insult to your self-esteem. Learning from Ashi, it seems to be a comfort to friends." Chen Yinke's student Wang Yongxing recalled that from 1946 to 1948, Southwest Associated University and the Department of History asked Chen Yinke to fill out forms three times, and the column of the form was "Professional scope of teaching and research".Chen Yinke dictated to Wang Yongxing that he only filled in one item: the study of Chinese medieval literature and history.He never shows off the more than 20 foreign languages ​​he is familiar with, including some dead languages.In the column "What foreign languages ​​do you know" on your resume, simply write "German".Regarding history, Chen Yinke claimed: "Yinke dare not read the books of the Three Dynasties and the Han Dynasty, but likes to talk about the history of national culture since the Middle Ages."

Fang Hao once talked about an incident he personally experienced: "Another impression is that he (Chen Yinke) is too modest. At that time, I often regarded myself as a younger generation, because I heard that he had studied Sanskrit and several ancient Central Asian scripts, and he also knew Latin. I wanted to ask Mr. Chen for advice... I asked a series of questions about the history of transportation between China and the West, and asked for answers. Rigorous academic attitude.