Chapter 11 laying the foundation stone

On Beiling Plain. The opening ceremony of Northeastern University was held as scheduled. On the square in front of the fortress-shaped auditorium, the drum band played majestic music. The sound of the music was like the waves of the sea. More than 2,000 teachers and students formed a forest square on the square. The principal, General Zhang Xueliang, was dressed in a military uniform with a golden ribbon on his chest. He was majestic and heroic, with youthful vigor between his brows. He stood upright in the middle of the rostrum. Gao Xibing, dean of engineering, stood on both sides.The row behind them is celebrity scholars personally recruited by Zhang Xueliang: mathematician Feng Zuxun, chemist Zhuang Changgong, mechanical engineer Liu Huazhou, Pan Chengxiao, the newly opened head of the Department of Architecture Liang Sicheng, aesthetics professor Lin Huiyin and the famous graduates hired by the Faculty of Grammar and Law. Professor Wu Guanyin, Lin Shun, Huang Kan, etc.

After Zhang Xueliang made a brief speech, the music sounded, and more than 2,000 teachers and students sang the "Northeast University School Song" written by Liu Bannong and composed by Zhao Yuanren: The white mountains are high, the black waters are surging; With the greatness of the mountains and rivers, the living and the people are simple and majestic; What is produced in the land is rich and beautiful, and what is customary is diligent and laborious; May this be the basis to respond to the tide of world evolution. The sanctification of Mu's Three Principles of the People looks up to the clear sky and bright sun.

The pain of the country is endless, and the constant anger is burning. Eastern barbarians are cunning, northern captives are aggressive, Its eyes are scorching, its sword is glowing, If you can't defend well, you'd rather slaughter and escape? But to taste the courage while lying on the salary, the common people are ashamed of the dynasty. It is only the responsibility of the one who knows how to act together, and there is no such thing as empty talk. Only accumulating knowledge and nourishing energy can be applied, and there is no need to rely on the cry of fanaticism. It travels far because of its self-esteem, and climbs high because of its low self-esteem.

Love the school, love the hometown, love the country, and love mankind, and finally achieve the goal of world harmony. The mission is so great, it is my Cao who can not work hard, and it is my Cao who can not work hard. A song that sang more than 2,000 passionate hearts.The teachers and students were excited, and they seemed to hear the sound of blood gurgling in the veins. Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng rushed back to Beijing from Europe day and night, and it was already August 18 of this year.Liang Qichao's family was looking forward to it. Aunt Wang, the nanny, had already packed up the new house at No. 23, Beigouyan, Dongsi 14, for their young couple. They held a temple meeting ceremony, and went to Xishan to pay respects to Mrs. Li's tomb.Liang Qichao was not happy to see Sicheng's face was dark and thin, his head was swollen and haggard.After resting for a few days, I felt relieved when my son's face returned to its original appearance.The arrival of Lin Huiyin brought a lot of joy to the family. She was natural and generous, without the hypocrisy of the old family, and without the new fashion habits. She got along very intimately with the whole family. , And surrounded Huiyin all day long and refused to leave.

They rested at home for more than ten days, and it was time for the start of Northeastern University, so they hurriedly packed their bags and headed north.For their couple's career, Liang Qichao racked his brains. During their tour in Europe, Liang Qichao traveled in many ways.During the trip, they frequently received letters from their father, and almost every letter talked about their career problems after returning to China: The careers you have come back are being planned in various aspects. One is a professor at Northeastern University, and the other is a professor at Tsinghua University.In addition, there is another "non-professional occupation" - there is a great Tibetan painter Pang Laichen in Shanghai. His family has more than ten scrolls of Tang paintings, nearly a thousand scrolls of Song and Yuan paintings, and countless masterpieces of Ming and Qing Dynasties. This old gentleman is sixty years old. How old are you, I would like to ask someone to introduce you to worship him, and be his voluntary secretary for a few months. If you can do it, it will be a great opportunity for your academic future.what do you meanI also hope to express it in a letter before I get home.Now that you have completed your studies and formed a new family, you must immediately look for a job and seek self-reliance. However, given the current chaotic situation, whether you can definitely find a job is also very problematic.What I mean is, I will try my best to look for it. Of course it is best to find it. It’s okay if you can’t find it. For now, just let it go and wait for the opportunity.If it is only for the purpose of livelihood and independence, it is not worthwhile to forcefully take an inappropriate or unpleasant occupation, which may degrade the personality or cause mental pain.In general, most of the young graduates have to rely on their own labor to take care of their relatives or raise younger siblings. No matter what occupation they are in, it is impossible.You are lucky that you are not in such a situation. Even if you don’t get a job for a while, you can stay at home and be a student with me for another year or two (someone else can’t wish for it), it doesn’t matter much.What's wrong, with Huiyin's current situation, it's the right thing to do to welcome her mother. If you don't have professional independence, it's very difficult.But the difficulty of finding a job now is probably not what you expected, so I will make plans for you at any time, and on the other hand, I hope that you will have this kind of awareness first.Disappointment is the most terrible enemy in our lives, and we must keep him out of our lives.

"History of Chinese Palaces" is indeed a big undertaking, but in my opinion, it is difficult to succeed for a while, because its buildings were destroyed in the 1990s, and all the existing ones were affected by the military chaos. In addition, only Beijing can start.So I hope you pay attention to your by-product work—that is, "History of Chinese Art".In this work, I can guide you partly, and I can also try to show you the works of many famous masters of the past dynasties.When you come back, you must have a solid job right away, otherwise, it will take a year or two to create your future academic status in your writings, which is also a great thing.

When I proposed to invite you at Tsinghua University, it was a little bit reluctant. I advised the principal to add a lecture on architectural patterns and asked you to take it. He agreed and proposed a review committee.It is said that there are many proposals of this kind this year, which are under review but not voted on, and the negotiations at Northeastern University have gradually matured.I think Northeast China is indeed better than Tsinghua University in terms of your future. What's more, Northeast University needs Yin, while Tsinghua University is really reluctant.So I told the principal, please withdraw the original case. It is unknown whether he has done so, but now it is no longer a problem.In the past few years, many proposals have not been passed by the council, and none of the new teachers' appointment letters have been issued. The situation in Beijing has been renovated, the principal has resigned, there is no one in charge, and the school affairs meeting for the next semester is at a standstill.The school is contested by the party members, and will be reorganized soon. How can you get involved?Give up the previous discussion, but it's clean.

In fact, Liang Qichao really hoped that his son could stay in Tsinghua University. Although Tsinghua University is a gentle place, the academic conditions there are not comparable to those of Dongda University. However, due to the changes in the political situation, all his painstaking efforts were in vain. In June 1928, the Nanjing National Government University College and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs jointly called the dean of Tsinghua School and appointed him to act as the temporary representative of the school. Give way.The University College took over Tsinghua University in the name of unifying national educational and academic institutions, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs insisted that it inherit the power of the Beiyang government’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs over Tsinghua University. During the trip, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent eight people including Zhang Xinhai to the school to "check accounts" to show that they had taken over Tsinghua University.The next day, Gao Lu, the special administrator of the university, and three others also came one after another, claiming to "inspect". Personally go for it.Liang Qichao reviewed the situation, changed course, and decided to let his son and daughter-in-law go to the Northeast to seek jobs.

At this time, Zhang Xueliang implemented the New Deal in Northeastern University and actively recruited talents. Most of the teachers in the school have studied in world famous universities such as Britain, the United States, France, Italy, Germany, Japan, and Russia.The employment problems of Sicheng and Huiyin were settled soon. On June 19th, while they were still on their way to visit, the letter of appointment from Northeastern University was sent to Liang Qichao first, and the salary was very generous. Liang Sicheng's monthly salary was 800 yuan, and Lin Huiyin's monthly salary was 400 yuan, the highest among newly hired professors.

The predecessor of Northeastern University was the National Shenyang Higher Normal School and the Public Liberal Arts College. In 1922, Fengtian Governor Wang Yongjiang proposed the establishment of Northeastern University and acted as the president himself. He opened more than 500 acres of land in front of the Beiling Mausoleum and built it according to the drawings of the University of Berlin in Germany. In the spring of 1923, Northeastern University was officially established. The first batch of preparatory students were recruited in the summer, divided into four subjects: literature, law, science, and engineering. After two years of graduation, they can directly enter the undergraduate program. In the summer of 1925, the first cohort of undergraduates was recruited, still divided into 4 subjects and 9 departments, with a 4-year schooling system and a bachelor's degree awarded after graduation. In May 1926, a high school affiliated to Dongda University was added, which was divided into two categories: liberal arts and science.In addition, there are special courses of Dongda night school, special courses of politics and law, mathematics and science, and recruit in-service public and educational personnel.

In the fall of this year, Marshal Zhang Xueliang took office as the principal of the school. Not long after he took office, he embarked on the reform and expansion of the university, changing the original four disciplines of literature, law, science, and engineering into the Faculty of Arts, Law, Science, and Engineering. .The College of Engineering also has a Department of Architecture, recruiting talents everywhere. The young Department of Architecture of Dongda University has become the leading talent pool in China.Zhang Xueliang donated 3 million yuan, and added Hanqing South Building and Hanqing North Building. At the beginning of Northeastern University’s establishment, there were only two faculty members in the Department of Architecture, she and Sicheng. Students were called by the professor during class, and absenteeism was strictly restricted. Almost all science and engineering courses used textbooks from British and American universities for lectures, assignments, and experiments.All internship reports are in English.The Department of Architecture completely adopts British and American teaching methods. More than 40 students are gathered in a large classroom. The seats are not divided according to grades. Each teacher leads 14 to 5 students. Not long after Lin Huiyin arrived at Dongda University, he asked for leave to go back to Fuzhou to visit his mother.In Fuzhou, she was warmly received and welcomed by her colleagues in the private legal and political college founded by her father.During her return to Fujian, she was invited by Wushishan No. 1 Middle School to give lectures on "Architecture and Literature" to teachers and students, and also gave a lecture on "Garden Architecture Art" at Cangqianshan Yinghua Middle School. Lin Huiyin, who is in charge of aesthetics and architectural design, often takes students to Zhaoling Mausoleum and Shenyang Forbidden City to attend classes.Using the existing ancient buildings as teaching aids, it talks about the relationship between architecture and beauty.Lin Huiyin is knowledgeable, has a very sharp eloquence, and has a straightforward and humorous personality, so her classes are the most popular. In her spare time, she and Liang Sicheng also went to measure the ancient buildings there and make records for the drawings. In the first class, she took the students to the Daqing Gate of the Shenyang Imperial Palace, let everyone feel the palace building from the outside, and then asked: "Which of you can tell the aesthetics that best embodies this palace?" Where is it constructed?" Everyone discussed enthusiastically.Some say it is Chongzheng Hall, some say it is Dazheng Hall, some say it is Diguang Hall, and some say it is Daqing Gate. Lin Huiyin smiled: "Have you noticed the Eight Banners Pavilion? It has no special decoration, nor fine carvings. Compared with this magnificent hall, it is still a bit simple, and it is not so attractive if it is arranged on both sides. Pay attention, but its beauty lies in the harmony of the overall building, the change of levels, and the clarity of the primary and secondary. The symmetry of Chinese palace buildings is a reflection of the ruling regime and a symbol of power. These pavilions have nothing to do with the whole building. Coordination, but from an overall point of view, this building with flying eaves and brackets and the main hall form an organic whole of big and small, simple and complex. If you design a four-sided symmetrical building, this unique ingenuity will be lost." Speaking of this, Lin Huiyin told everyone the legend of the Eight Banners system. In 1615 AD, Nurhaci perfected the Eight Banners System of Bordered Yellow, True White, Bordered White, True Blue, True Yellow, True Red, Bordered Red, and Bordered Blue. power.It is said that at the beginning of the founding of the country, Nurhachi would set up eight tents on both sides of the hall, and the Baylors and ministers of the Eight Banners would sit in the eight places to discuss major plans.The leaders of the Eight Banners are of course Nurhachi's brothers and nephews.It will not be a side branch or ordinary people to fill in. She said: "Looking at the buildings from the Dazheng Hall to the Eight Banners Pavilion, it not only has a reasonable layout, is magnificent and harmonious, but also reflects the coalition regime in the early Qing Dynasty. It is a unique creation in the history of Chinese court architecture. The group of ancient buildings also tells us that beauty is the harmony of all parts, not only the harmony of the relevant elements in the architectural form, but also the harmony of the architectural form and its content. The greatest art is the combination of the simplest and the most The complex and diverse becomes a high degree of unity." This is Lin Huiyin's way of giving lectures, which is both simple and concise, with clear context, attention to details, and persuasion. Even after many years, his students have not forgotten the story of the Eight Banners system that opened the door to their artistic thinking. Because the department had just been established and the teaching tasks were heavy, Lin Huiyin often tutored students in English, and was busy every day until late at night.She was pregnant at that time, but she did not spare herself, and took her students to climb the Beiling Mountain behind the playground of Dongda University. Before the winter vacation, they received a telegram from their family saying that their father Liang Qichao was seriously ill and living in Union Hospital, so they hurried back to Peking. After getting off the bus, Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng went straight to Union Medical College Hospital. At this time, Liang Qichao had been in the special ward on the second floor of Union Medical College Hospital for nearly a week.Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng saw their father on the hospital bed like an old man in old age, with dim eyes, bloodless face, phlegm in his throat, and could not speak. Seeing their son and daughter-in-law, they could only express their inner comfort with their eyes. Yang Jishi, his father's attending physician, and Bai Lunlai, an American doctor who came to China to give lectures, told them: Liang Qichao's illness was hopeless.When I was hospitalized because of a severe cough, I suspected it was a lung disease. After X-ray examination, no abnormalities were found in the lungs, but a large number of "Fenilia" were found in the blood test. This is a rare disease in the world. There were only three cases recorded in the medical literature at that time, all in Europe and America, and Liang Qichao was the fourth case.The only drug to kill this bacteria is iodine, but Ren Gongji is too weak to use it more often, so he has to rely on cardiotonic drugs to maintain his life. Xu Zhimo, who came from Shanghai to visit his doctor, could only look at his mentor twice through the crack of the door. Zhimo looked at the sick teacher, feeling sad, and tears welled up from his eyes.Lin Huiyin said: "Father usually studies too hard, and doesn't pay much attention to his body. He is so sick that he is still rushing to write "Xin Jiaxuan Chronicle." After taking a period of traditional Chinese medicine treatment, Liang Qichao's condition unexpectedly turned around, he was able to speak, and his spirit improved a lot. Liang Sicheng was very happy, so he invited Xu Zhimo, Jin Yuelin and other friends to Dongxinglou restaurant for a small gathering. They went to Jin Yuelin's home to visit his old mother together.Jin Yuelin lives in Dongdan Shijia Hutong, which is a small foreign house owned by Ling Shuhua's family.As soon as they entered the gate, they saw the red carpet on the ground floor, which was an old item of the Crescent Club in Shihu Hutong. Everyone felt hurt when they touched it. Thinking of the prosperity of the Crescent Club back then and the lack of it now, they were very moved. On January 17, Liang Qichao's condition deteriorated again. After consultation, the doctors decided to inject iodine.The next day, Liang Qichao suffered from shortness of breath and was in a coma. Liang Sicheng hurriedly sent an urgent call to his second uncle Liang Qixun who worked at Nankai University in Tianjin. Slightly awake, unable to speak, he just held his younger brother's hand and looked at Sicheng and Huiyin with his eyes, but he didn't say a word, and a few tears flowed from his eyes. On that day, the "Beijing News", "Peking Daily", and "Ta Kung Pao" all reported the news of Liang Qichao's critical illness in a prominent position. At 2:15 pm on January 19, Liang Qichao died forever.Liang Qichao's body was sent to the basement, and after being buried, it was sent to Guanghui Temple outside Xuanwu Gate that night. The Liang family issued a brief obituary to relatives and friends: The head of the family, Mr. Liang, Mr. Ren, died of illness on January 19th at Xiehe Hospital, and moved into Guanghui Temple on the same day, and received three on the 21st. The funeral took place at 3 pm on the 20th. In addition to his family members, there were dozens of people, including Ren Gongsheng's former friends, Hu Rulin, Wang Jingfang, Liu Chongyou, and Jian Nianyi. After the third ceremony, a Buddhist funeral was held for Liang Qichao. The ceremony was mixed, and the coffin was sent to Xidonggou Village of the Reclining Buddha Temple in Xishan to be buried with Mrs. Li.The tombstone was designed by Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin. It is 2.8 meters high and 1.7 meters wide.The front is engraved with 14 characters: "First examine the tomb of Mrs. Li Tai, the first concubine and concubine".Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin did not expect that their first work after graduation was actually this tombstone designed for their father. More than 40 years later, Liang Sicheng learned the truth about his father's early death from the doctor who treated him.Because of Liang Qichao's popularity in the society, Union Medical College Hospital appointed Dr. Liu, a famous professor of surgery, to perform the nephrectomy.After the patient was wheeled into the operating room, the nurse on duty used iodine to mark the wrong place on the belly.Dr. Liu did not carefully check the X-rays during the operation, and removed the healthy kidney by mistake.This mistake was discovered shortly after the operation, and the hospital kept it as a "top secret".Until now, this matter has not been widely known in China.Shortly thereafter, Dr. Liu resigned from Union Hospital and went to the Ministry of Health of the Kuomintang government as the Deputy Minister of Public Affairs. After school started, Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng returned to Dongda. The Institute of Science and Technology is a college with the best teaching and living environment in Northeastern University. The majestic white building stands at the front of Shenyang Beiling. The Hun River flows in front of the school. The teaching conditions of the college are very good. Stately, the professor's residence is a small bungalow for each person. In the summer of 1929, at the invitation of Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin, classmates Chen Zhi, Tong Jun, and Cai Fangyin, who were in Pennsylvania, also came to teach in the Department of Architecture of Dongda University.The old classmates get together, like-minded, and make an architecture department full of vitality.Every weekend, a group of old classmates gather at Liang's house, having tea and chatting, and their days are happy. After several old classmates made an agreement, they established a "construction office" in a lively manner, not only doing research, but also contracting construction projects.It coincided with the construction of Jilin University, and they took care of the overall planning, teaching building and dormitory design. This year, General Zhang Xueliang, who also served as the president of Dongda University, set up a prize to solicit the "Emblem Pattern of Northeast University". Lin Huiyin won the prize with the design of "White Mountains and Black Water". What makes people feel uncomfortable is the chaotic situation in the Northeast. Various factions are vying for territory. I can turn off the lights, hold my breath, and take a look through the window. Under the moonlight, the bearded horses are riding tall horses and wearing red cloaks, which is very mighty.Lin Huiyin said: "This is really a bit romantic!" In July of this year, Lin Huiyin's delivery date was approaching. Taking advantage of the summer vacation, Liang Sicheng accompanied Lin Huiyin back to Peiping. They were admitted to Xiehe Hospital in August. With a flash of scissors, they leisurely felt that after the umbilical cord that was attached to the mother's body was cut off, two hearts, wandering like kites, tied a thread tightly between the two. on the small arms. The baby's first cry detonated a loud and clear cicadas outside the window.