Chapter 16 Chapter 15 President of Qilu University

Su Fengqi returned to China to marry in 1908, the year of "Erli".The traditional grand wedding was held in Taigu, Shanxi Province, and the bride, Anshi, was a "good lady" originally from Xinzhou.The doctor bought real estate in Taigu, settled down with his newly married wife, and returned to England alone after donating a sum of money to the Xinzhou Gospel Church.As Su Fengqi himself said, when he married An Shi, not only did he not have "emotions", but he had never even met her face to face.The matchmaker did not back down on one basic point, namely that the bride was indeed beautiful; but unfortunately, Su Fengqi only discovered An's bound feet on the wedding night - some said that he did not want to take his wife back to England the real reason.

Su Fengqi was already fourteen years old when she left China, and she has clear memories and deep feelings for her homeland.In the UK, Pastor Zha Zhishan often chats with the children in Shanxi dialect, recalling the past, recalling China, and talking about Shanxi, Xinzhou and Taigu with the children. In 1898, Su Fengqi turned twenty years old and was studying in Cambridge. Zha Zhishan specially arranged for Su Fengqi to visit relatives and friends in China for the first time.At this time, Su Fengqi, in his own words, besides having a fairly "round skull" and being able to speak monosyllabic Chinese characters, especially without the "pig tail" behind his head, other things such as gestures, clothes, clothes, and life Habitual demeanor, appearance, etc. are purely a young English gentleman.

Before Su Fengqi left, the pastor asked him to bring a personal letter to a church member named Kong in Taigu.Su Fengqi glanced at the envelope and said, "He is a descendant of Confucius. I went to his house with my father when I was a child." The pastor said: "I know this. I asked you to visit Kong's residence to restore this relationship. Remember, he has a son who is about the same age as you, named Kong Xiangxi..." Su Fengqi nodded: "Kong Xiangxi? I ​​know him. His name is Yongzhi, and he is two years younger than me. Of course it's great to see him."

After returning to China, Su Fengqi went to Xinzhou and Taigu first, and then went to Beijing to help the pastor deliver several other letters, including one to Huang Zunxian.It was mid-September 1898 when I walked from Taiyuan to Beijing, and I immediately felt the sharp confrontation between the reformists and the diehard forces and the complexity of the situation.A few days after he came out of Huang Zunxian's residence, the "1898 Coup" took place. Su Fengqi witnessed the execution vehicle carrying Tan Sitong and other "six gentlemen" slowly leave Xuanwu Gate and headed for Caishikou.A bloody storm enveloped Beijing.This was followed by the arrest of Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao, and the dismissal of dozens of senior reformist officials—one of whom was Huang Zunxian.During the search of Huang Zunxian's residence, Pastor Cha Zhishan's letter was found, and he was severely interrogated.Su Fengqi fled in a panic, ran to Tianjin, and boarded a foreign ship...

For a while after that, Su Fengqi did not dare to return to China.In 1900, the Eight-Power Allied Forces captured Tianjin and Beijing, leading directly to Shanxi. In September 1901, the government was forced to sign the "Xin Chou Treaty." Broken, Su Fengqi was able to travel back to China.Pastor Zha Zhishan said with a wry smile: "Now you can rely on the arrogance of the 'foreign devils'!" In 1905, Cha Zhishan passed away at the age of eighty.Su Fengqi was very sad.However, at this time, he also started a brilliant career.From returning to China in 1908 to get married and returning to China to settle down in 1924, Dr. Su Fengqi returned to China once every two years during these sixteen years, staying for two or three months at a time, collecting ancient books on astronomy and arithmetic. Investigate ancient astronomical facilities.In 1910, his son Su Guanlan was born; it was not until 1924 that Su Fengqi had another daughter, named Su Nana, and her baby name Shanshan.At this time, he decided to move his family to Taiyuan.There are some close relatives of An's here, as well as church middle schools and church primary schools run by the British, and the doctor has always had a soft spot for everything about the British.However, shortly after settling in Taiyuan, An Shi died of illness—this unfortunate event contributed to Su Fengqi's determination to return to China.He did not forget his responsibilities as a father.He thought, he had been wandering outside for half his life, and now he had to take care of the two children directly!

From the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, a large number of Chinese students studying abroad flocked to Europe and Japan.This has aroused the worry and vigilance of some American politicians: these overseas students are bound to affect China's future, which determines that China is likely to be inclined to Europe or Japan, which is very unfavorable to the United States.As a result, the U.S. government adjusted its strategy significantly, returning part of the "Boxer Indemnity" to China, and directed the training of students studying in the United States.When Su Fengqi returned to China in 1908, he was invited by the Qing government to inspect the Tsinghua Garden in the northwest suburb of Beijing.Soon, it was selected as the site of the preparatory school for studying in the United States.In 1909, the construction of the school building began, named Tsinghua Academy, and the school opened in April 1911, completely copying the American model.After the Revolution of 1911, it was renamed Tsinghua School.In 1925, it began to recruit four-year college students, but its purpose is still to train students who are preparing to study in the United States.Since 1911, more than 1,700 Tsinghua graduates have all gone to the United States.

Su Fengqi never got married after returning to China.In addition to his status as a professor at Peking University, he is also one of the six "professors employed by the Ministry of Education"; in addition to "Qin Tian Jian Zheng", he also holds a lot of titles.The warlords fought constantly, and the leaders of the Beiyang government changed one after another, but Su Fengqi's position was as stable as Mount Tai.No matter who is the president, the prime minister or the chief minister, he is treated with "respect and corporal".In 1928, the Beiyang warlords collapsed completely. After Chiang Kai-shek established Nanjing as his capital, he also treated Su Fengqi with courtesy.

In short, Dr. Su Fengqi is very important and prestigious, and has been busy with official duties, too busy to take care of his children. This is the reason why he let his two children stay in Taiyuan for a long time under the care of relatives, friends and church schools.His son Su Guanlan graduated from a church middle school in Taiyuan in 1927 and was admitted to Tsinghua University.At that juncture, Su Fengqi went to Jinan once.He is also the dean of the Department of Mathematics and Astronomy at Qilu University, and he goes to Qilu University once or twice a year to inspect events and give lectures.After returning from Jinan, he suddenly decided to let his son improve Qi University.He asked Tsinghua University to cross out Su Guanlan's name, and then rushed to Jinan to complete the admission procedures for his son at Qilu University.The reason why he did this is probably because of Tsinghua's "completely copying the American model."Doctors have a soft spot for everything in the UK, and Tsinghua has nothing to do with the British from the very beginning.After the national government took over the school and renamed it "National Tsinghua University" in 1928, it no longer had anything to do with Britain, but its relationship with the United States became closer.Although Su Fengqi cursed that Britain was created by the bloody invasion and occupation of the British Isles by "barbaric Angles, Saxons and Jutes", in fact he was still pro-British in his bones.He wanted the same for his son.

Qilu University just catered to Su Fengqi's appetite in this sense.Nominally, this school is jointly run by the Anglo-American churches, or even by the churches of Britain, the United States, and Canada. In fact, the British have been in power for a long time.The British have run many church primary schools and middle schools in China, but the church universities are almost monopolized by the United States, and Qi University is the only exception.In addition, it is also because Dr. Chalude, the president of Qilu University, is an old friend of Su Fengqi. When Professor Su Fengqi gave a lecture at the Department of Oriental Studies of Cambridge University, there was a tall, thin, red-haired young man among the people who came to listen to the lecture.It turned out later that the man was Lynde Charles, who had graduated from Divinity School at Cambridge University and had gone on to graduate school.Like all men preparing to be priests, Charles was good-looking, articulate, and a man of talent.He was ten years younger than Su Fengqi, in his twenties at the time, and was an English-American - which is fine, the doctor likes young people, likes English, and even more English called "Charles", because all this reminds him of Cha Zhishan, who is as generous as a mountain.The old pastor's original name was Charles.

Charles went to China twice with Professor Su Fengqi during his vacation, and became very interested in this ancient oriental country, and he has since fallen in love with Sinology.In 1916, he returned to the United States after obtaining a doctorate in divinity and a bachelor's degree in oriental studies, and became a priest, but he has been in correspondence with Su Fengqi.Charles has been trying to work in China; later, he got his wish and was sent to China. The Anglo-American Christian Church first established the "Academy" in Shandong, China in 1865.Some of these academies teach modern physics, chemistry, mathematics, and astronomy and calendar, some promote modern Western medicine and run hospitals; of course, there are also churches and "Shinto schools".These academies merged in 1917 to form "Shandong Christian University", which is called Qilu University in China. It is the earliest church university in China and the earliest university in the modern sense.The above-mentioned academies and schools became the predecessors of Qi Dali College, Medical College and Divinity College respectively; the Literary College was opened later.

Funding for Qida University is provided by the Christian Education Foundation in New York.After Charles returned to the United States from England, he worked in this foundation.Because he is proficient in Orientalism and Sinology, has been to China, can speak fluent Chinese, is familiar with the customs and customs of North China, and is a British-American, and because he knew the famous Dr. Su Fengqi, so he was admitted in 1921. Sent to China, served as a seminary professor and pastor of a small church at Qilu University.His identity and experience are conducive to reconciling the struggle between the British and American factions in the school, and are also conducive to the existence and development of Qi University in China.Before leaving for China, he wrote to ask Su Fengqi what kind of Chinese name he should choose.The doctor suggested that he be called "Charrod". In the 16th century, the religious reform movement against the Pope's rule occurred within the Catholic Church, and some new sects gradually emerged, collectively referred to as "Protestantism", mainly including Lutheranism, Calvinism, and Anglicanism.In China, "Catholicism" generally refers to the Roman Catholic Church, also known as the Old Church, that is, the church organization under the control of the Pope of the Vatican and the Holy See; Christianity mainly refers to the Protestant Lutheranism. Martin Luther, the leading representative of the Reformation movement, was a German, doctor of theology and professor of theology, born in 1483 AD.He published "Ninety-five Theses" in 1517, slamming the pope's ugly act of selling "indulgence notes", which opened the prelude to the religious reform, and later put forward a series of opinions on the religious reform.Martin Luther simplified the basic teachings of Christianity, and believed that the crucifixion of Christ was a great sacrifice, and the barrier between man and God had been eliminated, and believers could directly communicate with God only by faith, without having to use the Pope, bishops and priests as " Intermediary" - Martin Luther's statement denied the authority of the Pope and the Holy See, triggered the religious reform movement, and even evolved into wars and revolutions in some places. Su Fengqi gave Charles the Chinese name "Cha Luther" in the hope that he could become Martin Luther among missionaries.Charles was overjoyed and thought the name was better than "Cha Ji Sun"! The friendship between Su Fengqi and Kong Xiangxi continued.After the Revolution of 1911, Kong Xiangxi worked as an aide to Yan Xishan, and Su Fengqi would meet him every time he returned to China in Taiyuan.The Taigu Confucian family believed in Christianity. Kong Xiangxi sacrificed his life to protect the missionaries in the "teaching case" in his youth; his feat touched the American people and the American government, so he was recruited into Yale University and awarded Master's Degree in Economics.Kong Xiangxi has a standard "Shanxi Merchants" lineage. He was good at management since he was a child. After returning to China, he often compared himself to Liu Yan, a great financial manager in the Tang Dynasty. Gu's hometown opened Mingxian School, and has been enthusiastic about education since then, actively raising funds to attract talents, and has held or supported many universities, middle schools and primary schools.After Kong Xiangxi came out of Shanxi, he was proud of himself, full of ambition, and became more and more powerful, but he respected his old friend Dr. Su Fengqi as always, and took good care of Dr.'s friend, Pastor Chalude who went to China to serve.When Su Fengqi returned to China in 1924, the 36-year-old Chalude had just become the president of Qilu University and the dean of the seminary under the care of Kong Xiangxi.Su Fengqi also gave Chalude a face, that is, she agreed to concurrently serve as the dean of the Department of Mathematics and Astronomy at Qi University. Therefore, Chalude is very grateful to Su Fengqi. Dr. Su Fengqi's position is so high and powerful that he doesn't need Chalud's "gratitude"; however, he will need it a few years later.It was in April 1927, when he went to Qi University to give lectures; one afternoon, in the "Xinghua Village", the eyes were full of flowers, and the doctor and the pastor walked slowly side by side, admiring the brilliant apricot blossoms.Su Fengqi looked a little dazed, and said in a low voice: "Chalude, you have to do me a favor..." "Don't say helping one, helping ten should be!" Chalude nodded again and again, "Say it, tell me, I will definitely do it." "It's like this... I, I want two children to study at Qida." "Didn't Guan Lan just get into Tsinghua University?" The pastor was greatly surprised, "Tsinghua University is pretty good." "I prefer Qida!" "Oh, that's good, that's good!" Chalud nodded repeatedly, "However, Shanshan seems to be only a few years old." "Yes, three years old." "Then, do you want to go to Qida Kindergarten?" "No, it's not Shanzha. The one I want to put in Qi University is my daughter-in-law..." "When did you have a daughter-in-law?" "You can be regarded as a daughter-in-law who has never been married." "Why have I never heard of it? What's the name? What do you mean, which department is it placed in?" "Her name is Ye Yuhan." Su Fengqi frowned slightly, thoughtfully, "My idea is to go to medical school, it suits her!"