Chapter 14 Feng Youlan: Two Bunches of Essays, A Touch of Back (1)

Feng Youlan (1895~1990), courtesy name Zhisheng, was born in Tanghe, Henan, a philosopher and historian of philosophy. ???? There was a time when university professors were reserved and dignified. Around 1939, Chen Lifu, as the Minister of Education of the Nationalist Government, ordered Southwest Associated University three times to abide by the new regulations of the Ministry of Education, including the curriculum approved by the Ministry of Education, the unification of teaching materials for colleges and universities across the country, and the holding of unified examinations.The Academic Affairs Conference of the United Nations General Assembly decided to send a letter of defense.The author of this article is "She (Dean of the Faculty of Arts) Feng Youlan".

????Professor Feng said neither humble nor overbearing: "The Ministry attaches great importance to higher education, so the instructions are detailed, but in the future, the university will be equal to the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education. It is not sensitive to others, and there is nothing to say. ???? "Husband University is the highest institution of learning, all-encompassing. It is necessary to go to the same goal but take different paths. It is unanimous and full of considerations. How can it be rigid and ordered to follow the same. But it is so, so it can innovate, and academics can progress day by day. Today The Ministry of Education's restraint on all universities is swift, and it is seen in the uniform but not in the abnormal.

???? "The Ministry of Education is the highest educational administrative organ, and universities are the highest educational and academic institutions. The Ministry of Education may reward and punish the achievements of universities in research and teaching. However, it is appropriate to give universities the freedom to maneuver. The second is the unexplained. ???? "The Ministry of Education is a government agency, and the authorities sometimes advance and retreat; universities cultivate people for a hundred years, and policy facilities should not be changed. If the Ministry of Education must obey the Ministry of Education for the rise and fall of even a course within the university, it must be subject to the authorities in the Ministry The influence of advances and retreats, changes from day to day, how to plan and carry out research, and the students' hearing and hearing, and to strengthen their will are three things that have not been explained by others.

???? "The courses taught by the professor must be designated by the Ministry of Education, and the content of the courses must also be approved by the Ministry of Education, so that the professor is not as good as a member of the Ministry of Education in the minds of students. This same person said Four are unexplained. ???? "...Gai this school inherits the traditions of Peking University, Tsinghua University, and Nankai University. All the facilities are well-established. After many years of operation, even if we dare not say that it has achieved great results, it can be said that there are no disadvantages. It seems that there is no need to change it easily. open."

???? People who read it today are overwhelmed with praise, and then sigh for a long time.The dignity of intellectuals should be like this. The government and officials can issue orders as much as possible, but please note that we disagree and even refuse to implement them.The reservedness of intellectuals should also be like this. They don’t talk too much about their achievements, but they have confidence in academics and expectations for inheritance in their hearts—so “don’t change things easily.” Chen Yinke commemorated Wang Guowei's majestic essays, setting up the realm of "independent spirit and free thought" for scholars.Feng Youlan's majestic essays were praised by later generations as engraving the glorious quality of a university that "strives for academic freedom and resists ideological control".

????Feng Youlan wrote articles in his early years, with grandeur and profound meaning, and he was often pushed to write important texts. In 1943, he drafted a letter to Chiang Kai-shek, asking the government to open up the regime and implement a constitution in order to calm people's hearts.It is said that Jiang's reaction after reading the letter was "moved and weeping for it", and immediately expressed his willingness to implement a constitution. ???? Another majestic text, "National Southwest Associated University Monument Inscription", is recognized as the best commendation of the spirit of Southwest Associated University and its special historical significance.He Bingdi, a great historian with a deep connection with the United Nations University, called this article a "supreme article" and an "immortal article" that blends the past and the present:

???? "On September 9th, the thirty-fourth year of the Republic of China, our country was surrendered to Nanjing by Japan... The rivers and mountains have been restored, the sun and the moon have regained their light, and the mission of the United University has been accomplished. ???? "Our country is an ancient country in the world, and it is located in the heaven of East Asia. It should have been the legacy of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and it will be an advanced country. In the future, when the country is established, it will occupy a unique position in the history of the world. New but not ancient, Greece and Rome have the ancient but not the present, but our country has been from the past to the present, both new and old, as the saying goes, "Although Zhou is an old state, its destiny is to restore the new". The great achievements of the past, the eight-year war of resistance, Its scale has been developed and its foundation has been established. Today's victory has turned the world around in our country, and the mission of the United University began with the end of the War of Resistance. This is one of the commemorative ones.

???? "The literati look down on each other, since ancient times. The three schools have different histories and different styles of study. For eight years, they have cooperated seamlessly. The same does not hinder the difference, and the difference does not harm the same. The five colors complement each other and complement each other. The ensemble is finally peaceful and peaceful, and this is the second thing that can be commemorated. ???? "Union University, with its spirit of inclusiveness, diverted the social atmosphere for a while, established the scale of academic freedom inside, and won the title of the Fortress of Democracy outside. Those three also.

"...The end and beginning of the United University, isn't it a grand event for a generation, a rare event that lasts forever!"