Chapter 17 Soongsil

Facts are often not as good as words. For example, this "Free Talk" is actually not free, and it is called "Free Talk" now. Finally, we are talking here so freely. Another example is the relocation of antiquities in Peking [2] and the prohibition of college students from fleeing [3]. The orders were justified and the criticisms were also justified, but these are just words, not the essence. If it is said that because the antiques are very old and unique, they are treasures, so they should be removed as soon as possible.This certainly makes sense.But we don't have two Beipings, and that place is older than all the existing antiquities.Yu is a worm[4], let’s not talk about it at that time, as for the Shang and Zhou dynasties, this place did already exist.Why leave it alone and just move the ancient things?To be honest, it is not because of the "ancientness" of the antiquities, but because they can be carried around and sold for copper coins at any time after Peiping is lost.

Although college students are "hardcore elements", they have no market price. Even if they are worth 500 U.S. dollars per person in the European and American markets, they will definitely pack them into boxes and transport them out of Peiping in a special car along with the antiques. hidden. But there are many college students but new ones, what a pity! It's better to say less than to waste words, just peel off Cui Hao's [5] "Yellow Crane Tower" poem to hang it, saying-the rich people have gone to the culture, and there is no cultural city here. 〔6〕The culture is gone forever, and the ancient city has been deserted for thousands of years.

The special convoy stands at the front gate, which is not conducive to many college students. When the sun is thin and where is the resistance at Yuguan, no one is surprised in the fireworks field. January thirty-first. 〔1〕This article was first published on February 6, 1933 in "Shen Shen Free Talk", signed by He Jiaqian. [2] Relocation of Antiquities from Peking After Japan invaded and occupied Shanhaiguan in January 1933, the Kuomintang government hurriedly transported the antiquities collected by the Institute of History and Linguistics, the Palace Museum, etc. ,Shanghai. [3] College students are not allowed to escape. On January 28, 1933, the Ministry of Education of the Kuomintang government sent a telegram to all universities in Peking: Early holidays, etc.,... Cha university students are the core elements of the nation, and they are harassing themselves and breaking the school rules; the school authorities have not reported it, and they are close to leniency, which is also wrong." [4] Yu is a worm. This is Gu Jiegang in the Viewpoints presented in a 1923 article discussing ancient history.When he made a textual research on Yu, he used "Shuowen Jiezi" to teach "Yu" as a "worm" as a basis, and put forward the inference that Yu was a "worm" of "lizards". (See page 63 of the first volume of "Ancient History Debate")

[5] Cui Hao (?—754) was born in Bianzhou (now Kaifeng, Henan), a poet of the Tang Dynasty.The original text of his "Yellow Crane Tower" poem is: "In the past, people have gone by the yellow crane, and the Yellow Crane Tower is vacant here. The yellow crane will never return, and the white clouds will be empty for thousands of years. The Jingchuan is full of Hanyang trees, and the grass is luxuriant on the parrot island. .Where is the township pass at dusk? The Yanbo River makes people worry." [8] Cultural City In October 1932, more than 30 people including Jiang Han from the cultural and educational circles in Peiping submitted a letter of opinion to the Kuomintang government at the time when the Japanese army was advancing into the pass and North China was in crisis, arguing that Peiping preserved the "sent to pay the lifeline of the country" "Cultural objects of the national spirit" and "most of the country's specialized scholars of various cultures gather in Beiping" as reasons to demand that "beiping be designated as a cultural city" and that "military equipment in Beiping be removed" and that it be achieved without defense. Peiping was saved from Japanese artillery fire.This actually catered to the traitorous surrender policy of the Kuomintang government and was conducive to the aggression of Japanese imperialism.