Chapter 59 fourth quarter

There is a saying in China that goes, "If you are a man, don't do things; if you do things, don't be a man."It means that in order to maintain a perfect moral image, you must not be contaminated with real affairs, because when dealing with real affairs, there will inevitably be times when you conflict with morality; if you act completely according to the requirements of morality, then nothing can be done.Another old saying, "Charity does not command soldiers, righteousness does not command wealth", also speaks of this truth. Cai Yuanpei, as the top administrator of a university, is of course a person who wants to "do things", and he cannot handle everything the same as he treated Einstein.He thought that if he didn't expel a student during the handout craze, he wouldn't be able to do his job as a principal, so poor Feng Shengsan was kicked out of Peking University.

Feng Shengsan was expelled, the school discipline became more dignified, Cai Yuanpei gained face, the students who made trouble got a scapegoat, and the faculty and staff retained the principal, everyone was happy.As for the morality of this matter, apart from Feng Shengsan himself, only Lu Xun, who was also a lecturer at Peking University at the time, wrote an article to discuss it.