Chapter 74 Section VII

Peking University, Tsinghua University, and Nankai University, which moved thousands of miles from north to south to escape the war, returned to their original places after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.National Southwestern Associated University has completed her historical mission. On May 4, 1946, Southwest Associated University held its graduation ceremony.Since the school started on May 4, 1938, the United Nations University has been in Kunming for eight years. In eight years of running the school, a total of about 8,000 people have received education at Southwest Associated University, and there are a total of 2,522 graduates of the Southwest Associated University.

On July 31 of this year, Southwest Associated University officially announced the end of its school history. "The long march of thousands of miles, resigned from the five historical palaces. Temporarily stopping at Hengshan and Xiangshui, it became parting again. The absolute call was transplanted to Zhenqianzhi, and the blood of Li Yuan was sprinkled all over Kyushu. Playing the strings and chanting in the spring city, the feeling is deep. The shame of the ages. , When it finally snows, Zhongxing needs outstanding people. It will become three households, and it will be difficult to break the strong heart. The hardships are worrying about the new national movement, and the former philosophers are tempted and patient. Waiting to drive out the enemies and restore the capital, and return Yanjie..."

The tragic and exciting school song was sung again, and the teachers and students of the United Nations with tears in their eyes stared affectionately at every room, every plant and every tree on the campus, bidding farewell to their eternal spiritual home. In order to commemorate this most extraordinary page in the history of Chinese higher education and to retain the most memorable years in life, when the three schools were preparing to move back, the staff of the United Nations University dedicated their efforts and built a monument to Southwest Associated University. The 1,178-character inscription reads:

"On September 9th, the thirty-fourth year of the Republic of China, our country was surrendered to Nanjing by Japan. It was eight years since the Marco Polo Bridge was changed on July 7th, 26th year, and eight years since September 10th, 20th year. It took 14 years for the transformation of Shenyang on the 8th, and 51 years since the Sino-Japanese War of Jiawu. In the past 50 years, all Japanese looted and devoured our country, and all the books and books have been prepared and returned. Complete victory This situation is unprecedented since the Qin and Han Dynasties. National Peking University and National Tsinghua University were originally established in Beiping, and private Nankai University was originally established in Tianjin. Since the change in Shenyang, the authority of our country has gradually moved south, but we have to use cultural power to compete with Japan in Peiping and Tianjin In 26 years, when Pingjin fell, the three schools were ordered to relocate to Hunan, and they were combined into a National Changsha Temporary University. The presidents of the three schools, Jiang Menglin, Mei Yiqi, and Zhang Boling, presided over the school's affairs. The School of Science and Engineering was in Changsha, and the School of Arts was in Nanyue. Classes began on November 1. When Beijing and Shanghai fell, Wuhan was shaken, and the temporary university was ordered to move to Yunnan. Teachers and students walked through Guizhou, and on April 2, 27 Arrived in Kunming on the 16th. Xuan was ordered to change its name to the National Southwest Associated University, set up the School of Science and Engineering in Kunming, and the School of Arts and Law in Mengzi. Classes began on May 4. After one semester, the School of Arts and Law also moved to Kunming In the 27th year, a Teachers College was added. In the 29th year, a branch school was established in Xuyong, Sichuan, and merged with the school after one school year. Kunming was originally a famous city in the rear. Since the Japanese army entered Annan and fell into Burma, it has become an important town in the rear. Union University During the support period, more than 2,000 students graduated successively, and more than 800 people joined the army. The rivers and mountains were restored, the sun and the moon were shining again, and the wartime mission of the United University was completed. It was ordered to end on May 4, 1935. The original three schools , is about to return to his former residence and resume his old business. The eight years of support from Myanmar and Uyghur, and the harmony of cooperation with the three schools of husband, can be commemorated with four things: Our country is an ancient country in the world, and it is located in the heaven of East Asia. It should have been Shaohan The martyrs of the Tang Dynasty, as the pioneers of the world, will occupy a unique position in the history of the world when the country is established in the future. The great powers of the Tang Dynasty are new but not ancient; Greece and Rome have the past but not the present. Only our country will last forever Today, it is both new and old, as the saying goes, "Although Zhou is an old state, its destiny is to restore the new"! The great cause of the past, the eight-year war of resistance has opened up its scale and established its foundation. Today's victory has a great influence on our country. The merits of Zhuan Kun and the mission of the United University began with the end of the Anti-Japanese War. This can be commemorated. The literati have been neglected since ancient times. What people said in the past has the same feeling today. The three schools have different histories. Different styles of study, for eight years, continuous cooperation, sameness does not hinder differences, differences do not harm sameness, five colors complement each other, eight-tone ensemble, and finally peace and peace, these are the two memorable ones. All things grow together without interfering with each other Harm, the way of heaven parallels and does not contradict, small virtues flow, and great virtues transform, the reason why this world is so big. Although the ancestors always said, it is the true meaning of democracy. United University, with its spirit of inclusiveness, diverts the temporary social Ethos, the scale of academic freedom is established inside, and the title of democratic bastion from outside, violates the promise of thousands of people, and acts like a man, these are three things that can be commemorated. Judging from the past history, if our nation cannot gain a foothold in the Central Plains, it will An Jiangbiao is called Nandu. No one who crossed south can return to the north. The Jin people crossed south, the first example; the Song people went south, the second example; the Ming people went south, the third exampleand also.The scenery is different, Jin people's deep sorrow; return my rivers and mountains, Song people's empty wish.This is my fourth trip to the south, and I was able to reap all the achievements of recovery in less than ten years. Yu Xin did not mourn the south of the Yangtze River, and Du Fu was happy to return to Jibei.The school anthem of the United University was initially set. The speech begins with lamenting the hardships of moving to the south, praising the unyielding aspirations of teachers and students, and finally expressing the hope of final victory. The school's success today is not happy in the past, if it fits the agreement.Isn't the end and beginning of the United University a grand event in a generation, a rare event in a lifetime!Yuan made the speeches of the songs, and made them the inscriptions on the steles.Mingri: It hurts to cross the south, and resigns from the palace.Stationed in Hengxiang, and parted again.Longer march, Jingze.Looking at the Central Plains, blood is sprinkled all over the place.Resist it, and continue to talk.Poetry and calligraphy utensils still have tongues.As much as possible, the love is cut.The shame of a thousand years has finally snowed.See Japanese pirates, like smoke.From Shuobei to Nanyue, looking at Jin'ou, everything is complete.Great unity, no inclination, Zhongxingye, continue to be strong.The three schools of Luo, brothers and sisters, are one body, such as glue.Difficulties together, joys together, united, mission fulfilled.Shenjing was restored, and Yanjie was returned. With this stone, Xiang Jianjie, Ji Jiaqing, told Lai Zhe. "

The inscription was drafted by Feng Youlan, dean of the Liberal Arts University, and Wen Yiduo, a professor of the Chinese Department, and Luo Yongshudan, the director of the Chinese Department, are known as the "Three Wonders of Modern Times".The body of the stele is majestic and majestic, with a magnificent momentum, overflowing with wordless sanctity. An American scholar who spent 30 years studying the history of Southwest Associated University said on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of Southwest Associated University: "When some countries borrow a lot from the experience of Western education, the Chinese are can take pride in their modern education system; and half a century ago, was able to produce a world-class university whose legacy belongs to all mankind!"

An invisible monument is erected majestically in the hearts of the teachers, students and future generations of Lianhe University at the same time. In order to repay the kindness of the fathers and elders in Yunnan for eight years, at the request of the Yunnan Provincial Government, Southwest Associated University left the Teachers College in Kunming when it moved back, and established the National Kunming Teachers College independently, which developed into today's Yunnan Normal University. The former site of National Southwest Associated University is in the northeast corner of the main campus of Yunnan Normal University. On the side wall of the main campus of Yunnan Normal University, there are two lines of golden characters inscribed by Zhu Guangya: "The Former Site of National Southwest Associated University, a famous historical school in China"; two classrooms remain on the former site , a monument, and Wen Yiduo's tomb and the tombs of the four martyrs of the "1.2.1 tragedy".