Chapter 113 Mr. Xia Mianzun

Mr. Xia Mianzun Mr. Xia Mianzun is an idealist.He has lofty ideals, but they are not empty dreams. When he was young, he tended to be anarchist. He once wanted to organize a new village with a few friends and cultivate and feed himself, but he failed to realize it.His education is also idealistic.The best representative of him is Chunhui Middle School in Baima Lake, Shangyu, Zhejiang Province. At that time, the principal was the late Mr. Jing Ziyuan (Heng Yi).But he seems to have left all the school affairs to Mr. Xia.It was Mr. Xia who recruited a group of like-minded teachers, attracted many foreign and local students, and founded this middle school.He gives students an academic environment full of poetry and painting, allowing them to develop freely according to their personalities.The school has been established for two years, and I also went to teach. As soon as I arrived, I felt a calm and friendly atmosphere, which is not found in other schools.I read their school magazine, and found it very friendly and interesting, and it was quite different from other school magazines.As I teach, I can see that students' appreciation and expression of literature and art are much higher than those of other schools of the same level.

However, the idealistic Mr. Xia finally hit a practical wall.He disagreed more and more with his long-time old friend, Mr. Jing, the principal, and disagreed with his close relatives who hold important positions in the school; on the one hand, he maintained his personal friendship and friendship with them; On the school policy, he insisted on his proposition, his theory, without compromise or concession.He didn't use force, he just didn't cooperate; eventually he and some friends left Chunhui Middle School.My friend Zhong Kuang Husheng and several other gentlemen went to Shanghai to establish Lida Academy; but Mr. Xia was discouraged from running the school.But he was not discouraged about education, which is where he made his living; so he and some friends founded Kaiming Bookstore, founded "Middle School Student Magazine", and wrote guide books on Chinese liberal arts, which he specializes in. Everyone knows the influence of "Middle School Student's Magazine" and his books.He is a man who has always devoted himself to education and to the ideal of education.

Mr. Xia devoted himself to education in a religious spirit.He and Mr. Li Shutong have been friends for many years.He originally studied engineering, and his interest in literature and art may have been somewhat influenced by Mr. Li.He and Mr. Li have colleagues from Hangzhou Provincial First Normal School, and the principal is Mr. Jing Ziyuan.Mr. Li and he are both practicing reformatory education, and it has indeed achieved results; I can kindly see it from those who have been taught by them.Later, Mr. Li became a monk and became Master Hongyi.Mr. Xia told me that he also seriously considered becoming a monk at that time.Although he did not become a monk after all, he was greatly moved by Master Hongyi, and he simply believed in Master Hongyi.Naturally, he also has faith in Buddhism, but not in the ceremony.He is a passionate person, he reads, and shed a lot of tears.He translated this book in the spirit of Buddhist vows. From this incident, it can be seen that he integrated education and religion.This is also his attitude towards education.He loves his friends, he loves young people, he cares about everything about them.When he was in Chunhui Middle School, students nicknamed him "The Critic", and his colleagues often joked with him, saying that he had a "desire to dominate".In fact, he just cared too much about others and couldn't help but participate in some opinions.His manner is always kind, and his speech is always kind.

Mr. Xia is really a tireless educator. Made on July 5, 1946.