Chapter 92 Mourning He Yigong ①

Mourning He Yigong ① ①He Yigong, that is, He Honglie, a student of Tsinghua University, was the editor-in-chief of Tsinghua Weekly at the time, and a native of Wenzhou, Zhejiang. The injury recurred, and he died on December 30. --editor One week after Yigong was ill for the first time, one day, his fellow countryman Xia Jun told me in a hurry: "Yigong is sick; he asked you to help the weekly magazine." It's just a common disease.On the evening of that Saturday, Mr. Li Jianwu came to me because of something, and he mentioned Yigong's illness from his manuscript; I didn't know that Yigong's illness was very serious, but he got better in those two days.I made an appointment with Kengo to see him after dinner.When I went to the hospital after supper, the footman told me that he had moved to Union Hospital.This surprised me, because I always go to Xiehe when I am seriously ill!So I thought of going to town to see him the next Saturday; where did I know that he would leave us by Thursday!It was like a dream that I went to his funeral on Sunday morning.

The news of Yi Gong's death was told to me by Mr. Li Weiguo upstairs in the library on Thursday night.At that time, I had just returned from a banquet and was checking books in the library when Li Jun came to me suddenly and said, "Sir, do you know that Ho Honglie is dead?" That's all.Li Jun said that their level is very unfortunate. After Zhou Mingqun, there is another one weaker; and both of them are very good!He said that their peers discussed the commemorative book before, and everyone said that this commemorative book should be "dedicated" to the kings of Zhou Ming; he also said that this should be the last person who can "dedicate" it.Who knows what else is there?Li Jun also said that when Yigong was ill for the first time, he went to see him and joked with him: "Mr. Yigong is sick; when will he die? We can prepare elegiac couplets and sacrifices." Yigong also said with a smile: "Okay, you Prepare quickly." These have become prophecies, which is really undreamed of.

Yigong's death, no one can dream of!Even when he was sick, he couldn't think of it!On the day of the funeral, his fellow villager Ye Jun told me that he never had a last word; they tried several times, but he still didn't seem to feel it.He, a lively young man, how could he have thought that he would actually meet the god of death?He was really a lively man, and a very kind man.His death was mourned by all who knew him; I think he will always be remembered. Yigong is the best at talking.After the summer vacation the year before last, when I first arrived in Tsinghua University, he was the first classmate to talk to me, and he was also the first classmate I met.This is because he is from Wenzhou, and I have taught in Wenzhou, so he came to see me as soon as I arrived.It was one evening; we talked for two hours.I can't remember the subject of the discussion, but it probably involves a lot.I just remember that his words and the way he talked were very funny.He also had a long conversation with me once or twice afterward.Once, Mr. Sun Chuntai came to Tsinghua University to paint chrysanthemums and stayed for a week.He and Yigong are also friends.Yigong often came to talk to him at night; I only remember one time when he talked about going back to the dormitory at two o'clock.The next day Chuntai told me that what he was talking about was drama and politics, and that he would specialize in these two subjects in the future. I knew he was interested in drama a long time ago, and I only found out this time that he was interested in politics. .But in his usual conversations, he actually talked a lot about drama.

His theatricality, his love of literature, seemed too political; I always thought so.This can be proved by the evaluation of "Shakespeare" given to him by his classmates.He is really passionate about drama.He wrote several plays, but I haven't read them carefully; I saw a play written and directed by him at the school's National Day celebration the year before last.Although he said humbly later that it was not good, I think it was really good.He has various plans for the school's play, but due to lack of help, none of them have been realized.But Mr. Li Jianwu told me that Yigong told him before his illness that he must act in a play in the near future.It's all over now!When talking about drama and literature, there are often wise words.When I returned to the south last summer vacation, I was on the same boat as him.One night, we were all leaning on the railing to watch the moon: when the moon was perfectly round, it was full of silver light; below was the surging waves, and the waves rolled up from time to time, making us all wet.Yigong and I talked about nature and creation; his words are very important.

Mr. Li Weiguo told me that Yigong talked to him about his recent plans before his illness: he said that he planned to live in France with his fiancée for two years after graduation; he returned to China in 1929 to take the first public examination in the United States of our school, and then went to the United States. go.His plans and intentions are good, but now they are just "vanity of vanities."What can we say?When he was buried, he seemed to still have a smile on his face when he was alive. We know what he thinks now? (Originally published in the Commemorative Book of Martyr He Junhong in "Tsinghua Weekly" on January 14, 1927.)