Chapter 129 praise

The Chen family in Yining actually holds the pivot of the world's destiny, contains the news of the times, and is also the one entrusted by Chinese culture and academic ethics. ——Wu Mi's "Poems of Kongxuan" Wu Shichang and Tang Lan talked about the most learned scholars in the world Zeng Dayan said: "Today's scholars can be called a great group of books, one is Liang Rengong (Liang Qichao), one is Chen Yinke, one is you, and one is me." When Wu Mi first met Chen at Harvard, he declared to his friends that "combining all kinds of Chinese and Western cultures, old and new, I must regard Yin Ke as the most knowledgeable person in China."

Fu Sinian also said that Chen Yinke "is not as good as Qian Xiaozheng in Sinology". Fu Sinian commented on Chen Yinke: "Mr. Chen's knowledge is only one person in the past three hundred years!" Liang Qichao introduced Chen Yinke to others and said: "Mr. Chen's knowledge is better than mine." Later, when Liang Qichao recommended Chen Yinke to Tsinghua University President Cao Yunxiang, he said: "His works are not as valuable as Mr. Chen's few hundred words." Wang Rongzu, a professor at the University of Virginia in the United States, said: "Chen Yinke occupies an extremely important position in modern Chinese historiography. His influence abroad is also profound."

The Japanese Shiratori Kuji called him the most knowledgeable person in China, but he has no worldly reputation at all. An American scholar wrote a book "On Han Yu", which was marked on the title page; he dedicated this book to Mr. Chen Yinke. Chen Hengzhe (Sophie, 1893-1976), Hu Shi’s “literary confidant” and the first female historian in modern China, once commented: Oxford’s appointment of Chen Yinke proves that Chinese academics have been valued by Western academic circles.But she proudly added: With Chen Yinke's knowledge, there are probably very few who can understand him when he lectures in Oxford.

Hu Shi said: "Read several papers by Chen Yinke. Yinke is certainly the most profound, knowledgeable and able to use materials today in historiography." On April 16, 1946, Hu Shi wrote in his diary: "Yinke has a strong heritage, is very careful in reading, and has excellent workmanship. He is a major town in the history circle of our country. Now both eyes are abolished. It is a great loss for the academic circle. .” Ji Xianlin said: "Mr. Yinke is a master of history. I am afraid this is the public opinion of the world, not the private words of his friends and disciples."

Ji Xianlin recalled Chen Yinke in this way: He inherited the fine tradition of Chinese "scholars": everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. …For young scholars, they only talk about their merits, and their enthusiasm for caring for young scholars is really awe-inspiring. Wu Mi said: "Shi Mi met Chen Yinke at Harvard University in the eighth year of the Republic of China. At that time, he was amazed by his erudition, and admired his insight. He wrote to all friends in China, saying that all kinds of knowledge, old and new, Chinese and Western, are summarized. I Yin Ke must be regarded as the most knowledgeable person in the country...Although Yin Ke is my friend, he is actually my teacher."

In 1967, when Premier Zhou met with leaders of student rebel organizations in Guangzhou, he talked about "making the past serve the present" and said: "You can ask Mr. Chen Yinke of Sun Yat-sen University..." Yu Dawei said: Chen Yinke's lifelong wish is to write a book, "Lessons of Chinese History", and seek historical knowledge in history. Not only his personal tragedy, but also the tragedy of our time." Lao Gan said: "Although several good universities and research institutions in China have made contributions to historical research in the past twenty years, the Institute of History and Language of the Academia Sinica and the Institute of Liberal Arts of Peking University, chaired by Meng Zhen, can indeed To achieve a central position. In particular, the historical part of the Institute of History and Linguistics has had a profound influence under the leadership of Mr. Chen Yinke's advanced, rigorous and profound methods of history."