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Chapter 4 hobbies

⊙Liu Wendian was a heavy smoker. Zhou Zuoren recalled: "He often held one in his mouth, and it stuck to his lips even when he was talking. I don't know how it could be like this. He only discarded it before entering church (classroom)." ⊙Luo Peijin seldom walks and does not self-examine, and has no foothold in the village.Later, he was killed by Tang Jiyao. When he died, he was wearing a cotton robe, which was full of banknotes and gold leaves, worth two to three hundred thousand yuan, which was obtained by Tang. ⊙Qin Dejun said in his memoirs: "Once I gave Mao Dun the money to buy a boat ticket, he put the money in a small wallet, took it out and sniffed it on the tip of his nose, and said, 'It smells good, it smells good, I really hate to spend it'. I repeatedly explained that the banknote was occasionally pressed under the soap for washing the face, and no perfume was applied. I only learned later that Mao Dun often sprinkled perfume on his body."

⊙When Zhang Taiyan eats, he never cares about the taste, and always grabs food from the nearest place. Even if there are delicacies from mountains and seas on the table, as long as they are a little far away, he will never touch a chopstick. ⊙Zhang Xun likes drama. When he was in Xuzhou, he often entertained guests. After getting drunk, he was so excited that he couldn’t control himself, so he went on stage in person until he was addicted to drama. The usual speech and behavior all have the charm of singing.When the restoration came to Beijing, Zhang paid homage to Puyi, and Puyi gave him a seat. Zhang Naicao said to him, "Long live, is there a seat for an old minister?"

⊙Yan Fu likes to contradict others. After the founding of the Republic of China, there were voices praising the republic from far and near. After the launch of the "Hongxian Monarchy", Yang Du, the leader of the Preparatory Committee, wanted Yan Fu's support. He told him that the republic system would lead to chaos in China, and asked him "how about switching to the monarchy?"Yan said: "National affairs are not a trifling matter. How can they change again and again?" When Hongxian's monarchy failed, there were calls for Yuan to abdicate everywhere, and Yan said: "It is not Yuan who can maintain the mess."

⊙Zhang Taiyan loves to learn but is not good at cleanliness. People at the time said that he has the style of Wang Jiefu (Wang Anshi). ⊙Linsen's diet is very simple.The chef complained that Lin was only allowed to buy meat for 20 cents a day, and when he first arrived in Chongqing, he could buy as much as a catty, but later the prices soared, and he could only buy a piece as big as two fingers.How do you think this is called cooking?If the food purchased by the purchaser is too expensive, Lin Sen will criticize it. ⊙Lin Shu once commented on himself: "I have been lonely in my life, and the mention of being an official is like a serious illness."

⊙Xu Zhimo described the logician Jin Yuelin in this way: "Mr. Jin's hobby is to pick up a noun's hair and hold it patiently in his hand to give points. He can stop eating for a while, but this hair is so thick that it is annoying. It's not comfortable to split it." ⊙Ma Yinchu was very poor in his youth.I can't afford electric lamps for reading at night, so I use oil lamps.Once, a friend came to visit his dormitory and found that the light was very dim, so he lit two wicks for him.When the horse found out, he immediately extinguished one of them, and apologized to his friends: "I can't afford two wicks, please don't laugh!"

⊙Wen Yuanning commented on Wu Mi: "He is a humanist and a classicist in theory, but he is a romanticist through and through in terms of sexuality." ⊙Wu Zhihui is very interested in the affairs of men and women. He once considered himself a "hooligan". In his later years, he felt powerless and had no choice but to talk on paper. He once said with a smile: "After the age of 60, I will never act rashly." ⊙Liu Wendian is known as the "Eryun Jushi" because he loves to eat Yunnan tobacco and Yunnan ham. In 1943, Liu Wendian was invited by Zhang Mengxi, a wealthy Pu'er gentry and salt merchant, to write the epitaph for his mother. Zhang Mengxi presented him with 50 taels of "cloud soil".This move attracted criticism from his colleagues at the UNGA, who believed that he was not worthy of being a teacher, so the school dismissed him.

⊙Lv Bicheng has a eccentric personality, he can turn his face faster than a book, and offended countless people for this.In his life, he only had two bosom friends, a man and a woman. The woman was Qiu Jin, and the man was Yuan Kewen, the son of Yuan Shikai. ⊙ Zhu Xiang, a poet in the Republic of China, was very withdrawn.He was most afraid of his elder brother, who often received punches from him and did not dare to fight back, but was very violent towards his wife and often beat him with fists and kicks.When he was teaching at Anqing University, once, his wife rewarded the water bearer too much for working too hard, and Zhu quarreled endlessly, saying that she must have something to do with him for treating the water bearer so favorably.He often turned against the school because of some trivial matters, and was even dismissed. From then on, he suffered from poverty and illness, and even committed suicide.

⊙Gu Hongming is called a geek by students: In class, students ask him in Chinese, and he answers in English. If they ask him in English, he answers in Chinese. ⊙Feng Youlan once mentioned the joke about Pan Guangdan eating rat meat in "The Preface of Sansongtang": "The story of Pan Guangdan eating rat meat was also widely rumored. His brother is a banker in Chongqing. I heard that he ate rat meat, so I hurried to remit I brought some money and told him to buy pork to eat. In fact, Pan Guangdan was not out of greed, but out of curiosity." ⊙Feng Guozhang was stingy by nature, and when he was living in Beijing, he kept going to eat at friend's places, rain or shine.A certain gentleman laughed and said: "This can be said to fly to eat meat, and you are sincerely appointed as the prince." Feng Ji likes to eat Yutian sauce meat.Returning to the fast blade is extremely thin, so that customers can avoid the thicker ones.Occasionally touch the meat knife and lick it with the tongue until it is wounded and bleeds.

⊙In 1926, Zhang Zuolin and Wu Peifu attacked Feng Yuxiang at Nankou.Commander-in-chief Zhang Zhijiang gathered his subordinates and prayed in person: "Lord, Zhang Zuolin and Wu Peifu launched a civil war in an attempt to unify China by force. They are like a ship lost in a strong storm. May the Lord give them wisdom and let them turn back and board shore." ⊙When he was at the United Nations General Assembly, Jin Yuelin usually wore a suit and leather shoes, with a straight back, and his leather shoes were polished to a shine, without any dust.Wearing shorts in summer, you must also wear stockings. When walking, you look up slightly, with one foot deep and the other shallow, which looks weird.

⊙Wang Chonghui, Chief Justice, is stingy by nature. He doesn’t hire a cook at home, so he eats casually for breakfast, and goes to a friend’s house for lunch and dinner.There are four ways to get money: 1. After finishing business in the afternoon, I went to a friend's house and sat there until six or seven o'clock, so the owner had to leave him for dinner.At this time, he still pretended to be polite: "It's still early, let's go home and eat!" The host repeatedly asked to stay, but he said bluntly: "Is there any beer? I will eat here if I have wine." 2. Stay at a friend's house until the end During the meal, if the friend did not ask him to eat, he would invite the friend out to eat in a restaurant, and said that he would treat the guest, and the host would be embarrassed, so he would let him eat at home.3. If a friend really goes to the restaurant with him, then when he finishes eating and pays the bill, he will go last and let others pay.4. The friend left after eating and asked him to pay the bill, so he slapped his pockets and shouted: "You guys came back, I forgot to bring the money!" These four methods have been tried repeatedly.

⊙Since Yan Xishan made too many enemies in the early years, he was afraid of being plotted against, so he was very careful in everything: his chef never changed, and the water he drank was brought from home, and he did not drink water from outside.For the convenience of drinking water, during his decades of military service, an adjutant around him specially carried the water bottle for him. ⊙Hu Shi not only regards henpeia as a mantra, but also likes to collect stories and relevant evidences about henpeia from all over the world.A friend brought 10 copper coins from Paris with the words "PTT" cast on them. Hu Dun was inspired, saying that these three letters are not the homophonic abbreviation of "Fear of Mrs."So he distributed the copper coins to his friends as badges of the "Wife Afraid Association". ⊙During the Anti-Japanese War, Ma Zhanshan, Deng Baoshan, Zhu Shouguang, and Gao Shuangcheng, the commander of the 22nd Army, were stationed in Yulin together. All four of them were addicted to theater, cards, and opium. It's a birthday, and the 22nd Army Troupe will be pulled out to sing a big show.Ma Zhanshan injured his hand due to the explosion of a gun while hunting before, and he was inconvenient to move. He specially made a wooden ruler to prevent missing the game. ⊙Liu Kun's family was poor when he was young, and he often ate his last meal without finishing his next meal.A day of treats with friends, good food and wine, quite sumptuous.It's a pity that there were too many guests, Liu Kun was worried that he would not be full, so he pretended to catch lice between his feet, lifted the smelly socks in the air, and shook them off repeatedly.Dirt and dust flew into the dishes and bowls, and no one dared to put down their chopsticks.Liu Kunyi then chewed a big meal by himself, and left with a full stomach. ⊙Yuan Kewen, the son of Yuan Shikai, had to use up all his pawns every time he traveled south. He was unwilling to ask for help, so he sold calligraphy for money.He once published an advertisement in "Beiyang Pictorial": "Combined screens, straight widths, and banners are two yuan per foot for whole paper, and half paper is one yuan per foot. Folding fans are six yuan per piece, too big or too small. All use running script as the standard, seal script is twice as straight, regular script and official script add half, and the quality is different. Run the script first, relatives and friends will be halved, and the cost of grinding ink will be increased by 10%." ⊙Gu Hongming likes his wife Shugu's little feet. Whenever she is bored, Gu asks her to take off her shoes, then lower her head and smell the fragrance of flowers; when writing needs inspiration, he will call Shugu into the study and ask her to put jade Put your feet on the stool prepared in advance, pinch and pinch from time to time, enjoying yourself.Gu once said with great relish: "Foot binding in the previous generation is not a tyranny. My wife's little feet are my stimulant." : "Kang Youwei knows my heart well." ⊙Lin Shu was afraid of seeing women when he was young, and hid when he saw them.When he was studying in Cangxiazhou, there was a woman surnamed Zhuang who had both sex skills and insisted on seeing him, but Lin fled in fright. ⊙Zhang Taiyan likes to eat stewed products with a bad smell.Painter Qian Huafo is a frequent visitor to Zhangfu.Once, Qian brought a pack of purple-black rotten eggs. Zhang was overjoyed when he saw it, and asked generously, "Just tell me what you want to write." Qian immediately asked Zhang for the words "Republic of the Five Races".Later, Qian kept bringing amaranth stalks, stinky peanuts and other smelly things in exchange for more than a hundred inscriptions.Qian Qian framed these words, hung them in his own shop, and sold them for ten yuan each, making a small profit. ⊙In November 1916, Su Manshu said in a letter to Liu Bannong: "The chest and diaphragm hurt from time to time... cigars should be used for a month."
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