Chapter 133 arrogant

In the late Qing Dynasty, there were two schools of research on Confucian classics: Jinwen Confucian classics and ancient Chinese classics. The former focused on exploring the so-called subtle words and great meanings in the scriptures, while the latter focused on the textual exegesis and historical textual research of the classics.Zhang Taiyan, who was studying at the Jingshe Jingshe at that time, wrote a 500,000-word masterpiece to refute Liu Fenglu, a representative of Jinwen Confucianism. Zhang Taiyan agreed with the idea of ​​reform, but he did not agree with Kang Youwei's academic attitude and purpose.When he was studying in the Jingshe, Zhang Taiyan wrote an article to criticize Kang Youwei's "Xin Xue Pseudo-Classic Test".In the article "Confucius's Restructuring", Kang Youwei proposed that he hoped to provide theoretical support for the reform by reconstructing the Confucian system.Zhang Taiyan believed that Kang Youwei was far-fetched and deviated from the original way of academic research.

Zhang Taiyan was once recommended by Liang Qichao to work in the "Current Affairs News". Shizhang was very contemptuous of Liang and other disciples of the Confucian sect respecting Kang Youwei as a saint, saying: "These disciples of the Confucian sect are like a group of dung beetles rolling dung balls! "After Zhang Yan spread to the disciples of Kang Dang, "Kang Dang's title is second to none!" On this day, in the current affairs newspaper, "Kang Dang (collection) is full of arms and shouts", and finally met with Zhang Taiyan and others. One of them A disciple of the Kang family named Liang Zuolin vehemently said that in Guangdong, there used to be a scholar who slandered Kang Shengren. We beat him up in public, and we will beat you up again today!Not to be outdone, Zhang Taiyan is said to have slapped Liang Qichao hard.After the incident, Zhang Taiyan left "Current Affairs" angrily.Zhang Taiyan never forgot to ridicule Kang Youwei in his letter to his friends: "Hey! Long has always been a number of sons, and his fruit is like Zhongni's freedom, and the evil words are not in the ear? So he and Zhonghua returned to Hangzhou one after another to avoid the poison Also." It is said that Zilu was strong and strong, and if someone said that Confucius was not good, he would retaliate with old fists, so, so far, Confucius "hasn't heard the evil words".

Since then, Zhang Taiyan and Kang Liang's Liangzi have been married.Kang Liang went into exile overseas, arguing with the revolutionaries, Zhang Taiyan poured out his anger accumulated for many years, started a debate with the royalists, gained the upper hand, and finally the royalist "Xin Min Cong Bao" had to stop publishing. As long as there is a chance, Zhang Taiyan will mock Kang Youwei.Zhang Taiyan once wrote a couplet mocking Kang Youwei, saying: "When a country is about to perish, there must be; old age is not dead." Two sentences.The word "monster" is hidden at the end of the first couplet, and the word "thief" is hidden at the end of the second couplet.The word "Youwei" appears at the end of the couplet, which means that Kang Youwei is a "monster" and "thief".

Kang Youwei called himself the "religious leader" and claimed that "within ten years, there must be a talisman".Zhang Taiyan sneered at this: "What does Kang have! Is he worthy of being Shaozhengmao and Lu Huiqing? You are talking nonsense, but Li Zhuowu's kind!" When Zhang Taiyan was in Zhang Zhidong's tent, Liang Dingfen asked Zhang Taiyan, "I heard that Kang Zuyi (Kang Youwei) wanted to be emperor, is that true?" Zhang replied, "I only heard that he wanted to be the leader, but I never heard that he wanted to be emperor." In fact, it is common for people to have the idea of ​​an emperor; just wanting to be the leader of the sect is a fantasy!" Liang was horrified and hurriedly reported to Zhang.

After Zhang Taiyan was expelled from Wuhan, he felt resentment towards Zhang Zhidong, so he changed the Tang poem to satirize Zhang: "Hanyang Iron Factory locked Yanxia, ​​and wanted to take Yingzhou as the governor's office. .Now there are no gentlemen in Liang, and Wenchang in the middle ages called for tea. If you meet Zeng Taifu underground, how can you ask about spinning cotton yarn again. " The sentence "cloth bags should go to the end of the world" satirizes Zhang Zhidong's establishment of the Hanyang Iron Works and the Fourth Bureau of Yarn, Linen and Silk Cloth. The yarn and linen products are wrapped in cloth and sold everywhere.This is a virtuous policy, but Zhang overtook Zeng Wenzheng (Zeng Guofan), Yun Wenzheng was able to manage the family well, and women in daily classes spun cotton for four liang, so Zhang Yun: "To set up four bureaus is also the will of Taifu Jinglun's family."

"Want to take Yingzhou as the governor's office" refers to Zhang's superstition. When he took office, he wanted to move the governor's office to Yingwuzhou. He heard that Huang Zu had opened his mansion here during the Three Kingdoms period. When Zhang Zhidong was in Hubei, on his way to inspect the spinning factory, he met a tea seller girl, who was "beautiful".The subordinate understood what he meant, negotiated with the girl's father, and tricked her into serving the third concubine in the mansion.After the girl entered the supervisor's office, Zhang Zhidong accepted her and lingered for two months.The young girl died of malnutrition, that is, the back wall came out.Therefore, there is a sentence of "Wenchang calls for selling tea in ancient times".

"Now there are no gentlemen in Liangshang" is a satire of Liang Dingfen who first attached Zhang and then rebelled against him; the sentence "Yuxi did not belong to Zaifeng" satirized the Qing court. Zhang Taiyan likes to change poems to mock people.When Li Yuanhong entered Beijing, Zhang Taiyan sarcastically changed Tang poems: "Just order the general to wave his legs, and finally see the descendant king take the train." "Looking west to Yaochi to see the Empress Dowager (Li Yuanhong came to Beijing to meet the Empress Dowager Longyu), the south is full of bad luck. The cloud moves the heron's tail to open the military cap, and the monkey head around the sun to recognize the holy face. I lie on the Yingtai and treat guests to Western food several times. "

When Zhang Taiyan was in Japan in his early years, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department asked him to fill out a household registration form.The items that Zhang Taiyan filled in are: "Occupation - saint; birth - illegitimate child; age - long life without bounds." Because many people call him "sage", and most illegitimate children are in Japan, facing Zhang this is full of ridicule The Japanese police were dumbfounded by his answer. After the "Su Bao case" happened, Zhang Taiyan mocked the Qing government and the judges in the public court of joint trial.Regarding the fact that the four characters "Zaitian clown" written in the "Revolutionary Army" violated the sacred taboo of the Qing emperor and insulted the Qing emperor, he said: I only know that the Qing emperor is a Manchu, and I don't know the so-called "sacred taboo".And according to Western laws, people don't shy away from it, so I just wrote "Zai Tian", there is nothing wrong with it.Besides, in terms of the meaning of the characters, among the two characters "clown", the word "ugly" was originally used as a character for "class", or interpreted as a child, so "clown" is also a "little thing" or "children". Not meant to be defamatory.Zhang Taiyan's eloquent eloquence drew thunderous applause from the audience, and the judge was also in a cloud of mist, unable to laugh or cry, very embarrassed.One of the judges suddenly thought that Zhang Taiyan was a famous scholar at home and abroad, and he must have been born in the imperial examination, so he cautiously leaned forward and asked, "Where did you get it from?" Taiyan felt even more ridiculous when he heard this question, pretending to be confused , and answered loudly: "I am flying all over the sky, why do I have a nest?"When the judge asked Zhang Taiyan whether he had any fame, Zhang replied, "I didn't recognize Manzhu when I landed on both feet. What fame is there?"

During the interrogation, Zhang Taiyan showed off his eloquence, humorous, sharp, and made Sun Jianchen, a bureaucrat representing the Qing court attending the plaintiff, dumbfounded and stunned.Finally, Zhang Taiyan laughed loudly: "Your majestic Qing government even went to a small court in the concession to sue me as an ordinary person. The country has been corrupted by you, so what face do you have to attend and clamor?" Sun was furious, and blurted out: "You and I No injustice, no enmity, why bother to tease like this? What else do you have to say!" The audience laughed loudly.

Zhang Taiyan and Zhang Ji were sworn brothers to Jinlan, and later they clashed, and Zhang wrote "Beishan Yiwen" to break off friendship with him.Zhang Qin went to Zhang's house to make peace, but Zhang refused to see him without saying a word. At the beginning of Sun Yat-sen's advocacy of the revolution, it was not known to the public, and Zhang Shiqi also echoed the views of others at the time, believing that Sun Yat-sen was an "unlearned and incompetent bandit" and a "gangster".After getting acquainted with Sun, he said that Sun was "proficient in Western affairs, but also knows how to distinguish races."

In 1907, at the request of the Qing government, the Japanese government expelled Sun Yat-sen from the country.However, the Japanese government did not want to offend Sun Yat-sen completely, so the Ministry of Foreign Affairs donated 5,000 yuan to Cheng Yi (travel expenses).In addition, Suzuki Kyugoro, a stockbroker in Tokyo, also donated 10,000 yuan to Sun.At that time, Sun was worrying about raising funds for the revolution, so he readily accepted it.The colleagues in the League knew nothing about it, and then caused a storm.At that time Zhang Taiyan supported Min Bao, the official newspaper of the Tongmenghui, and was short of funds. When he heard that Sun received a large amount of black money, the funds allocated to Min Bao were only 2,000 yuan, and he was immediately angry.He took down the portrait of Sun hanging in the editor-in-chief's office, threw it on the ground with a clang, and wrote: "Sun Wenying who sells "Minbao" should be torn up immediately." Comments sent to Sun. Zhang Taiyan often criticized Sun Yat-sen, but when he scolded Sun Yat-sen, others could only listen to him, but could not answer, let alone echo. If someone agreed that the scolding was right, he immediately slapped him and said: "What are you? Prime Minister ( Sun Yat-sen) is the number one great man in China, who would dare to scold him except me?" In the early years of the Republic of China, Huang Xing came to Beijing at the invitation of Yuan Shikai. Yuan Yufu hosted a banquet in honor of Huang and invited Zhang Taiyan to the banquet.After Zhang received the invitation, he wrote four large characters on it: "We will not accompany you!" and then put it in the mailbox. When Zhang Taiyan was under house arrest by Yuan, someone persuaded Zhang to hold a meeting to give lectures. Zhang readily agreed and held a seminar on Chinese studies at the headquarters of the Republican Party in Fossil Bridge.In addition to giving lectures, Zhang used to scold Kang Youwei and Chen Huanzhang for entertainment. He posted a notice at the entrance of the Chinese Studies Seminar saying: "Kang Youwei's disciples are not allowed to enter." After Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor, he wanted to find someone with high morals and prestige to write his draft edict for New Year's Day. Some people thought that Zhang Taiyan was the only candidate.Yuan Shikai sighed: "Why do you have to be difficult for others? Have you forgotten his hunger strike? If you use this to force him, you will hasten his death! I don't want to let Taiyan be your balance, how can I become a disguised form?" What about Huang Zu? If he is really dead, at least he will be Fang Xiaoru, and I can’t make his reputation perfect. When the empire flourishes in the future, it will not be too late to deal with Zhang Taiyan, and now is not the time to move him.” Zhang Taiyan heard this. After speaking, he said contemptuously: "The surname of the emperor of Ming Dynasty is Zhu, and the surname of emperor Hong Xian is Yuan. I am neither Ni Heng nor Fang Xiaoru, and Yuan Shikai is not Ming Chengzu Zhu Di. I just took advantage of the chaos to live an emperor's addiction. It’s just Yuan Shu.” In 1917, at the invitation of Sun Yat-sen, Zhang Taiyan went to Yunnan to lobby Tang Jiyao to join the French Protectorate Army, and was hired by Tang as Secretary-General.When setting off with the army, this flag was held high and swaggered among the army. It was very eye-catching, and it was actually much taller than Tang Jiyao's handsome flag.When Tang Jiyao's adjutant told Tang about this, Tang just laughed it off and ordered the adjutant to take good care of Zhang Taiyan. Zhang Taiyan hated Wu Tingfang. In 1922, Wu Tingfang died of illness, and his son Wu Chaoshu passed by Shanghai and came to pay homage to Zhang Taiyan.The two talked about Wu Tingfang's illness. Wu said: "My father was in good health, but because the prime minister was in trouble, he traveled to Hunan and Guangdong, and overworked, so he fell ill. Within ten days, his beard and hair were all white..." Zhang said: " There is a precedent for Wu Zixu to cross Zhaoguan overnight, and the Jun family has a precedent." Zhang's words compare Wu Tingfang to Wu Zixu who fled Zhaoguan in embarrassment in the Spring and Autumn Period.Hearing this, Wu Chaoshu could only smile awkwardly, and then talked about Wu Tingfang's cremation, saying: "As in Europe and the United States, cremation is very common. But in China, it is still a new idea." Zhang Yan said with a smile: "Our country has had it in ancient times, and Wu Dalang is it. Cremation." The next day, Zhang sent someone to send an elegiac couplet to Wu Chaoshu: "It's rare for Donggao to make a plan to change his eyebrows overnight; move the bones in time, and don't need Ximenqing to spend money." During the Beiyang government, Wang Zhengting (named Rutang), who had been the chief minister for many times, believed in Jesus Christ. Zhang Taiyan wrote a couplet to express his ridicule: "The Zhengting has been ordered by the false court many times; Rutang is originally a churchman." When Cao Kun bribed the president, Zhang Taiyan scolded him.Cao was quite afraid of Zhang, so he sent people to Zhang's house to ask him to seal his mouth.Zhang didn't wait for the person to explain Cao's intentions, so he picked up his crutches and beat the person head-to-head and face-to-face.The visitor ran away in fright. After the first volume of Hu Shi's "Outline of the History of Chinese Philosophy" was published, a special copy was given to Zhang Taiyan, with the words "Mr.Seeing the black bars next to his own name, Zhang couldn't help cursing: "What kind of Hu Shi! You scribbled on my name!" When Hu saw that there were also black bars next to his own name, he calmed down: "He There is also a slash next to his name, even if they cancel each other out!" When Tsinghua established the Academy of Chinese Studies, Hu Shi was originally invited to be the director, but Hu Shi declined and suggested that Tsinghua hire Wang Guowei, Liang Qichao, and Zhang Taiyan as professors of the Academy of Chinese Studies.With Hu's efforts, Wang and Liang applied for the job successively.But Zhang Taiyan, who had always been at odds with Liang Qichao, was unwilling to work with Wang and Liang. When he saw Tsinghua's letter of appointment, he threw the letter of appointment on the ground and stepped on it to show his rejection. Zhang Taiyan advocated in the article "Zhang's Yeshu·Yuanxue" that "that's why all the nine streams come from the king's official", and Hu Shi wrote "Zhizi do not come from the king's official theory" to criticize it.Zhang Taiyan was very disdainful of Hu Shi's evaluation, and smiled contemptuously: "Philosophy, is Hu Shizhi also worth talking about? Kang and Liang have more or less 'roots', but Hu Shizhi, he doesn't even have 'roots'!" Someone in Shanghai once selected the writings of modern literati and famous writers, and Zhang Taiyan's articles were naturally among them.But after Zhang heard the news, he complained a lot and was quite unhappy.It turned out that he blamed the selectors for not selecting so many good articles of his own, and only selected some "shallow" works.Then, full of resentment, he accused the selectors of juxtaposing his article with those of Huang Zunxian, Tan Sitong, Kang Youwei, etc., giving these people the opportunity to "mislead" and lowered his worth! In Zhang Taiyan's later years, someone asked him his opinion on Liang Qichao, and he said unceremoniously: "Writing seeks his person, and there are not many generations, and there are not many people. It is not an easy task, but if you want to enter history, it is possible. If Liang Qichao, did one word enter history?" Asked again about Wu Zhihui's essay, Zhang said: "What a shame! The so-called stunned man, you speak incoherently!" According to Chen Cunren's recollection, Zhang Taiyan had a drink outside the building, "Chairman Jiang and his wife went up the building accompanied by Zhou Xiangxian." Zhou told Jiang that the person who wrote was Zhang Taiyan.Jiang then came over to say hello to Zhang: "Mr. Taiyan, how are you?" If you have anything, you can take care of Xiangxian at any time." Zhang replied: "No need, no need." In order to show respect, Jiang wanted to take him back in a car, but Zhang insisted on refusing, and Jiang had no choice but to send his walking stick to him. Give it to him, Zhang was satisfied with the cane and accepted it. "The next day, various newspapers in Hangzhou reported on the news, saying that Zhang Shi'zhang Guozhang Dynasty', Chairman Jiang is very concerned about the old people." Zhang Taiyan often scolded Chiang Kai-shek for making a fake revolution, and later he was very dissatisfied with Chiang because Chiang Kai-shek refused to let him write the epitaph for Sun Yat-sen. In the spring of 1929, the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum was completed, and the epitaph was originally written by Zhang Taiyan in "Official Documents for the Sun".Zhang Zengyun: "In terms of the close friendship and deep mutual understanding with Mr. Zhongshan, only I can win his epitaph, and only I have the qualifications to write it. I want to work for Mr. Zhongshan's preparatory office and write the epitaph."However, Jiang refused to use the epitaph written by Zhang Taiyan because Zhang Taiyan often reprimanded Jiang, and Jiang was resentful.Therefore, after the completion of Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum, only the "The world is public" stele was placed in the stele pavilion instead of the epitaph.In this regard, Zhang Taiyan said angrily: "It is a pity that Jiang would rather make the tomb of the revolutionary hero lack an inscription because of his personal likes and dislikes." Zhang Taiyan was extremely conceited throughout his life. When he was dying, he left his last words: "Pu Xue will never be seen again."