Chapter 30 Liang Qichao died of illness

In winter in Shenyang, it gets dark early, and the severe cold of minus 20 degrees makes people reluctant to go out.Knowing that Huiyin was afraid of the cold, Sicheng heated up the stove, and the kettle on the stove was emitting white smoke. Huiyin lived in the south since she was a child, and she was not used to the long and cold winter in the northeast. She often caught colds.But the student's class cannot be delayed. She is busy preparing and attending classes as usual, and cannot get a good rest. The cold lasts for a long time and cannot be cured. She looks tired and weak. To Huiyin and Sicheng's relief, the work of the Department of Architecture has gradually embarked on an orderly track, and the progress of the students is very obvious.They discussed that once they figured it out, they would start researching ancient buildings, which was a subject they couldn't let go of.

In December 1928, on a day when the dripping water turned into ice, they received a telegram that Ren Gong was seriously ill. Sicheng and Huiyin put down everything at hand and rushed back to Beijing immediately. A few days ago, they received a letter from their father. The lowercase script on the letter looked a bit scribbled, which is rarely seen in Ren Gong's letters. ——This time going to Xiehe Hospital was a big scam.He only healed hemorrhoids, disregarding the whole body. He drank two cups of laxative oil every day for a full 10 days, which knocked down his appetite.It was also my own fault. Because of my poor appetite, I wanted to eat some strange-smelling fried rice and preserved meat rice.The person is too thin to look like, and the spirit is also very tired...

After reading this letter, Sicheng and Huiyin felt very heavy.If it weren't for the unbearable pain, my father would not have written such a letter, because my father never liked to complain about suffering.They just want to return to their father as soon as possible, but they never imagined that this is actually the last letter their father wrote to them. Liang Rengong has been in and out of Xiehe Hospital in the past two years, which has become a routine.This time I was hospitalized, I didn't feel abnormal at the beginning.After being hospitalized, he thought he was in good health. Although he had a persistent fever, he still insisted on writing "Xin Jiaxuan's Chronicle" on the hospital bed. Unexpectedly, this was his deadline.

Several sons and daughters Sishun, Siyong, Sizhuang and Sizhong are all abroad.When Sicheng and Huiyin returned to him, his mind was still clear.Looking at his beloved child, although he couldn't speak, he had a happy expression on his face. In January 1929, Ren Gong died suddenly at 2:15 pm on the 19th, at the age of 57.Liang Rengong wrote 14 million words in his life, but he did not leave a last word when he died. The memorial and memorial activities of the Rengong family and all walks of life lasted for more than a month. As the eldest heirs of the Liang family, Sicheng and Huiyin experienced the biggest event in their lives.Huiyin was pregnant at this time, and together with Sicheng in grief, he was planning the funeral with all his strength.

Newspapers across the country published the news of Ren Gong's death and the circumstances before his death in a prominent position and space.Well-known people in the ideological and cultural circles have written articles recalling his life and achievements, and remembering his moral articles. The sudden and long death of Mr. Liang Qichao has caused the loss of a giant in China's ideological and cultural circles, and the pain of his family and children is even more serious.Liang Qichao worshiped Mozi's personality and spirit throughout his life. He called himself "Ren Gong", took the world as his own responsibility, endured hardships and stood hard work, and became a banner in the academic and cultural circles in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.He once pinned his hopes on the Qing court, Yuan Shikai, and the government of the Republic of China, but he was disappointed again and again.In the end, he chose to place his ultimate concern on the modernization of Chinese culture.His life choices and orientations profoundly affected his children.Under the circumstances of rainy weather, difficult times, and unsustainable academic research, Ren Gong's descendants have passed on their salary and become top figures in different disciplines.Their achievements are obviously inseparable from Ren Gong's teaching and influence.