Chapter 29 Section 2 Mei Yiqi goes into exile in Lizhuang

Several academic and scientific research institutions in Lizhuang, except Tao Menghe, according to seniority, Mei Yiqi is almost everyone's predecessor, especially the students from Tsinghua University.The well-known Li Ji, Liang Sicheng, Liang Siyong, Li Fanggui, etc. are all students of Mei Yiqi. Mei Yiqi (named Yuehan), who was born in Tianjin in 1889, graduated from the first normal class of Nankai Private School in 1908 with the first place. The principal at that time was Zhang Boling, and Tao Menghe was the assistant. Tao was Mei's teacher. Seniors. In 1909, Mei Yiqi was accepted by the predecessor of Tsinghua School, the first group of overseas students recruited by the Youmei Academic Affairs Office, and directly entered the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering of Wuster University of Technology in the United States. After graduating in 1914 with a bachelor's degree in engineering, he returned to China. In 1915, he went to Tsinghua School to teach, teaching mathematics, English, physics and other courses.According to Li Ji, who was studying at Tsinghua School at that time, he recalled: "I was a student of the trigonometry course taught by him (Mei Yiqi), and the impression left by him at that time is preserved to this day. There are only two points: he is a A very strict teacher, but I can’t be considered a good student.” Mei Yiqi is not talkative by nature, and is called a “Gentleman of few words” by his disciples. Yan Xiao.Mei's slender figure is often matched with a long blue cloth gown, and his face is like a sculpture with sharp edges and corners. The ideal embodiment of Chinese scholars".

Mei's demeanor and generosity left a deep impression on people as early as 1909 when he took the exam for the first batch of Geng students studying in the United States.Xu Juntao, Mei’s classmate of the same year, recalled that on the day the results were released, the candidates were very active. Those who passed were happy, while those who failed were depressed.Only Mei Yiqi, who is tall and thin, has always looked calm, "reading the rankings there in a calm and unhurried manner", making people unable to detect whether he has passed the exam-in fact, among the 630 candidates who participated in the Among them, he ranked sixth.

Later, Li Ji went to study in the United States. Clark University in Wuster City, Massachusetts, in the eastern United States, was in the same city as Wuster University of Technology, where Mei Yiqi studied in his early years. Many Chinese students have enrolled in this university. Once when Li Ji came to this university for a visit, a Chinese student said to him: "Mr. Mei Yuehan is a talented student who graduated from this industrial school." This scene "left a deep impression" on Li Ji. Not long after Li Ji entered the Tsinghua Academy of Chinese Studies as a tutor, Mei Yiqi replaced Zhang Pengchun as the Dean of Tsinghua School, responsible for the entire school's academic affairs and management of the research institute, and began to have the opportunity to showcase his academic ideas and talents. From 1928 to 1931, Mei Yiqi was sent to the United States to serve as the supervisor of Tsinghua students studying in the United States. In the winter of 1931, on the recommendation of Li Shuhua, Minister of Education of the Nanjing National Government, Mei returned to China to serve as the president of Tsinghua University. Mei expressed her love and deep friendship for Tsinghua with the aspiration of "I love my hut as I grow up".

After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident broke out, Mei Yiqi led the teachers and students of Tsinghua University to Changsha and then to Kunming.The Southwest Associated University was established, and Mei took charge of the de facto affairs of the Associated Assembly in the name of a standing committee member. In 1940, Wu Shituan University in the United States awarded Mei Yiqi an honorary doctorate in engineering in view of his outstanding achievements in serving Tsinghua University for 25 years, and his noble personality and unyielding spirit in presiding over Southwest Associated University in the arduous war of resistance against Japan.It is a matter of course that Mei Yiqi and others' trip to Lizhuang received the general admiration and respect of many scholars.

On the morning of the second day when Mei Yiqi and others came to Lizhuang, accompanied by Dong Zuobin, Liang Siyong, and Li Fanggui, they visited Wu Dingliang's workplaces, such as the theater, Tianbianshang, and Xinyuan. Inspected the dormitory of the young students of the Institute of Liberal Arts of Peking University, and told them to prepare for thesis defense.According to Mei Yiqi’s daily record: “Dinner was prepared for Dong’s family. There were Ling Chunsheng and Rui Yifu in the same seat. They were researchers in the fourth group, specializing in ethnic scholars. After drinking a little more alcohol, they felt more stuffy and hot. After sitting down for a while, go back to bed first. Mrs. Li (Fang Gui) gave Yu Wanjin oil to apply on his forehead, and Gai Yu appeared to be drunk."

Regarding drinking, Mei Yiqi is known in the academic world for being fond of drinking, being able to drink but not making a fuss, whenever someone else is toasting in the wine shop, they always come to them, and they drink it up very freely, so they have a " The wind of wine is very good" and the reputation of "sage of wine".Li Ji once wrote a special article and said: "Everyone knows that Mr. Mei drinks a lot, but his drinking virtue is even higher. He always maintains a quiet attitude when drinking at banquets. I saw him get drunk, but I didn't see him make a fuss Liquor. Among the contemporary people I have seen, only Mr. Mei Yuehan and Mr. Cai Zimin have this kind of record of "not as good as chaos." After Mei Yiqi arrived in Taiwan, an assistant named Sun Guanhan said in his recollection article It is more true: "Everyone knows that Mr. Mei is most admirable when he is eating wine. In many gatherings, I have never seen him reject any kindness of the toast. The bitterness of his toast The joyful expression on his face will never be forgotten by those who have seen it. Among the teachers and students of Tsinghua University, Mr. Mei can be called the number one drinker."

All things in the world are born and restrained by each other, and there is a price to be paid to win this series of "good names".On this point, after Mei Yiqi's death, his son Mei Zuyan once discussed: "My father gave the impression of being serious and cautious on the outside, and he was not serious about acquaintances. In fact, he was still full of enthusiasm for life. For example, he He likes to drink, and he drinks a lot. This may be due to the social needs at that time. In addition, he often tastes fine wine with his friends in his spare time. In his diary, he admits that he drinks too much and has self-criticism, but nothing seems to have changed .”

It is said that there is no better way to know a son than a father. As a son, Mei Zuyan also seems to know his father's life well.Judging from Mei Yiqi's diary, on many occasions, Mei had records of drinking too much and blaming himself afterwards.Just before flying from Kunming to Chongqing this time, on May 23rd before coming to Lizhuang, Mei Yiqi recorded: "At around 6 o'clock in the evening, I had a meal appointment with 16 or 17 Tsinghua alumni of China Commercial Bank. I was already hungry, and before I could eat, I took turns persuading my master to drink. I drank twenty cups in a row, but the quality of the wine seemed not very good, and I gradually felt faint. I planned to discuss fundraising with the princes after the meal, but I couldn't talk about it. At around ten o'clock, Baodi and other generals helped me back, and I am quite ashamed and regretful."

This time at Dong Zuobin's house in Lizhuang Lizhuang, although Mei Yiqi did not have the "feat" of drinking freely, nor did he lose his composure on the spot, but judging from the records, he was somewhat regretful.When I left Lizhuang, Zheng Tianting and Luo Changpei went to Chengdu and Chongqing for investigation, they also offered all kinds of drinks to friends, and there were still many drunken records. In less than 20 days There are three times.Please see May's own record: On July 25th, at 6:30, I went to No. 99 Nandajin Street to have dinner with Deng Jingkang and Wang Mengfu, and met Peixian, Li Youchun, Wei, Secretary General Li, etc. there.The wine was quite good. I drank about 20 cups for the master and Zhu, Li, Song, etc., and I was slightly drunk.

9:00 Back at the apartment, Su Yongxuan came to talk about Tsinghua Middle School.Liu Dizhai lives in the apartment, and an extra bed is added to the room. On August 4th, at 3:00, Wang Zhengru (specialist of the Bank of China) came to accompany Yu to visit Liu Jitao on Chaoyang City Wall. Meet with Liu Hongwan and Kang Mou.Dezhang slipped and fell, hurting his cheekbone severely. The dinner was reserved for Mrs. Liu, and Yu sent a letter to invite Zheng, Luo and Yang to come with them.Mrs. Liu was in high spirits when she drank Daqu during the meal, but she vomited and went to bed after the meal, and Luo Yi went to the hospital to vomit twice.Yu Chu played a round of cards on behalf of Liu and his wife, and then stopped playing cards. He fell asleep on the chair in the main room, and Gai was also a little bit drunk.

10:30 When I returned to my apartment, I put on the king's clothes by mistake. I didn't realize it, and the king also went back because he was drunk. On August 11th, at 5:30 to Xiaoke Restaurant, the hosts are Wang Hanxian, Zheng Yingsun, Dai Yingguan, Zou Shuchun, the guest is Yu and three people: Yang Zhongzi, Ren Dongbo, and Ms. Zhang.Drinking Daqu during the banquet, the wine glass is quite big, if you can't win after five glasses, you will vomit before leaving, the host will send you back with a sliding pole, and the king will accompany you, you will feel more uneasy. According to the above records, the first time Mei, Zheng, and Luo arrived in Chengdu, the inviters were all old friends and students of Mei’s family. side.Mei Shi drank twenty cups at a time, which shows that he is indeed a rare and forthright person in the wine market.Before the hero Wu Song fought the tiger, he only drank 18 bowls of "Touboxiang" in the hotel with the flag of "three bowls but not the hill". Smaller local old wine, if it is not frightened by the tiger and the cool wind blows, it wakes up with a jolt, it may even enter the tiger's belly with a whistle stick.And Mei's even drank twenty cups of high-grade baijiu, and he was able to discuss affairs with visitors after returning to his apartment. It can be seen that there are indeed a lot of them. It's just that his body is not as tough as Wu Song's, so it's hard to say what the consequences will be. The second time in the above record is Neijiang on the way back to Chongqing with the Mei family.The third time is the wine bureau that has been experienced in Qingmuguan, Shapingba, Chongqing.In the future, similar drinking situations will continue. As the president of a famous university, socializing at the drinking table is inevitable, but the body can hardly resist the corrosive power of alcohol on health. On October 14, 1945, Mei Yiqi recorded in his diary: "At 10 o'clock in the morning, the Tsinghua Council had a dinner after the meeting. There were eleven people in total....Drinking 'Luo Siding' wine was very strong during the meal, and even I drank too much, and after about five or six cups, I became drunk and was sent home. In the future, I should stop drinking and drink less." Two weeks later, on October 28, there was another "at 10:30 in the morning, the Tsinghua Service Society Committee discussed the end of the matter , had dinner after the meeting, thanked you for your hard work, drank about 20 cups of wine, and fell asleep after the break..." According to Mei Zuyan's speculation: "In fact, the stroke he (Mei Yiqi) suffered in his later years must be related to drinking too much." Mei's reputation as a good drinker eventually cost him a heavy price.From this, a life proposition is derived: once a person's living habits are formed, it is difficult to change due to external forces. Even those who are as wise and resolute as Mei Yiqi are no exception, and eventually collapsed due to excessive drinking and stroke.sad husband! Let’s say that after Mei Yiqi drank heavily at the home of Li Zhuang and Dong Zuobin, the next morning, Mei, Zheng, and Luo visited the social science institute of the official Tian Taomenghe.According to Mei Yiqi's daily records, the weather on this day is "clear and hot, blue sky, no cloud at all, and it is hotter than yesterday". A few people rushed to the Institute of Social Sciences panting, and just sat down in the hall when an alarm sounded outside. Mei Yiqi asked Tao Menghe: "There are always alarms here?" Tao Menghe said with a nonchalant expression: "The alarm is constant, but it is not high enough here. The Japanese don't have so many bombs to take care of them. Countless bombs have been dropped on Chongqing, Luzhou, and Yibin." There was a "rumbling" bombing sound, and the three guests including Mei Yiqi were a little panicked. More than a dozen young scholars in the Institute ran outside to look at the sky and the surroundings. He was blown up, and what we hear here is the reverberation of the explosion." Mei Yiqi couldn't help smiling when she heard this, wondering if the young man had a neurological problem, and the Chongqing explosion happened in the Lizhuang Col, a few hundred miles away. How can it be heard so clearly?So in the diary that day, it was clearly recorded that "I don't believe that the sound can travel so far." At 1:30 in the afternoon, the sirens stopped for a while, and eight or nine people from Tsinghua University in the Institute told Mei Yiqi that they would hold a banquet in Lizhuang Town to express their affection for teachers and students.Mrs. Mei couldn't refuse, so she had to walk down the mountain.Before they had gone far, there was another loud bombing sound from the east. At this moment, Tao Menghe's complexion changed suddenly, and he immediately called Mei Yiqi and others to run to a forest under the hillside to hide.Dodging like this, I didn't arrive in Lizhuang Town until after two o'clock in the afternoon.Seeing that "there were so many people on the street, and those who were rushing to the market did not evacuate", Mei Yiqi thought that such a risk was "really inappropriate".Luo Changpei also felt a little unbelievable about this situation, but when he asked the locals if they heard the bombing and why they didn't disperse to avoid it, the villagers rushing to the scene said nonchalantly, "This is the echo of the bombing of Chongqing." The next day Luo Changpei A pair of newspapers found that "the time of the air raid recorded is really good."It seems that Mei Yiqi's previous estimate was wrong, and there was such a big echo hundreds of miles away, which shows how tragic Chongqing was bombed. A total of 13 people participated in the Li Zhuang banquet. Mei, Zheng, Luo, Dong, Tao and other veterans were guests, and young graduates, all of whom were born in Tsinghua University, were Tang Xianglong, Liang Fangzhong, Wu Baosan, Pan Jialin, Yan Zhongping, Lin Xingyu, and Sang Henglian. , Xia Nai (belonging to the Preparatory Office of Zhongbo at the time) consisted mainly of eight people.In a foreign land, when teachers and students meet each other, there are many emotions and blessings, and many past events come to my mind, as if they are in front of me in a world away. After the "September 18th" Incident in 1931, Japan's intention to invade China became very clear, and the sense of crisis among Chinese people became more urgent.On October 14 of this year, the National Government appointed Mei Yiqi as the president of Tsinghua University. On December 3, Mei Yiqi came to work and delivered a famous speech "The so-called university students do not mean that they have buildings, but they are called masters".At the same time, it emphasizes the principle of "one is to study academics, and the other is to cultivate talents" in university education.Regarding the crisis since September 18th, Mei Yiqi reminded teachers and students that "China is indeed at a critical juncture, and every member of the nation must be concerned about it. But we must know that there are many ways to save the country, and saving the country is not a day. We only need to look at Japan’s situation in plotting China to know. You have all seen Japan’s Tanaka’s countermeasures. If you look at their deliberate efforts, you should know the difficulties in our cause of saving the country. Now, as long as we keep in mind the critical situation of the country, never forget the heavy responsibility of saving the country, and each of us do our best in our own position, we will be able to achieve the goal of saving the country after a certain period of time. As teachers and students, the best and most practical way to save the country is to devote oneself to academics and create useful talents who will serve the country in the future.” Mei Yiqi’s good intentions are fully expressed in this passage, but some thoughts are different The students felt that this expression did not represent the will of the teachers, students and the people of the country, so they petitioned the principal without knowing the reason and depth, asking for the relocation of the school, and posted the strange theory of "being patriotic and wanting to seek refuge but nothing to do" on the wall of the school to confuse Congregation.At that time, the situation in North China was precarious. Tsinghua Garden, which was peaceful on the surface and kept singing, was actually in turmoil and panic.Mei Yiqi, who has not been in office for a long time, believes that the request of some students is cowardly and hypochondriac behavior. Attention those who are struggling to survive: The future of the country depends on the efforts and deeds of young people. "Self-improvement" is the school motto of Tsinghua University. It is expected that young people should take up the sacred responsibility of the times, and they should not underestimate themselves.Moreover, Tsinghua University was partially established with Boxer indemnity refunds, which has a very painful historical background. Therefore, Tsinghua students should have more responsibilities to the country to "drink water and think about the source" and "continuously strive for self-improvement".Mei's announcement caused a great shock in Tsinghua University, and those unconventional people who bewitched to move to a more peaceful school had to shut up their absurd mouths.And Mei's "this proclamation sowed excellent seeds for students after the 20th year of the Republic of China." When Mei Yiqi took office, the vast majority of Tsinghua students had no party or affiliation. Their sole purpose was to study and were not interested in political struggle.As time went by, a small number of students began to have relatively strong political ideals and beliefs, and they were backed by explicit or covert political factions in society. This caused commotion in Tsinghua University. In the winter of 1935, Tsinghua students Yao Keguang (Yilin), Jiang Nanxiang, Lu Cui, Huang Cheng, Wu Chengming, etc., under the secret instigation of Lin Feng, Ye Xiaozhou, Huang Jing and others from the Northern Bureau of the Communist Party of China, called for resistance against Japan. Instigated the famous "December 9" and "December 16" student demonstrations, as well as the 1936 Southward Expansion Propaganda Team and other political activities.A large number of patriotic students were involved in several activities. The Kuomintang government was very annoyed by this, and sent military police to the campus many times to arrest the students who took the lead in instigating the student riots, but it was difficult to catch them. On February 29, 1936, the first day of the year-end exam, Song Zheyuan, a warlord entrenched in the Pingjin area and then chairman of the Hebei-Chahar Political Affairs Committee, sent troops to Tsinghua University to investigate student Communist Party members.Song Ben was acting under the orders of the Nanjing government, and he was not very willing to do such things that were not thankful or even discredited. In addition, Mei Yiqi, the president of Tsinghua University, and others often met with Song to talk about the problem of student unrest and how to solve it. Song Zheyuan had complicated feelings. The mentality ordered a regiment entering Tsinghua University to carry guns as intimidating tools, but not to use real ones. It is best to capture the "stabbing" students with bare hands.The head of the regiment ordered that the troops enter the campus with unloaded guns.A well-informed person learned of this order and saw the "gentleness" of the officers and soldiers, and thought that the soldiers were stupid, naive, and a little weak to be bullied.As a result, under the command of several underground party student elements, the gathered students swarmed up, knocked the officers and soldiers to the ground with three fists and two feet, handed over their guns, and overturned the transport vehicles. All were detained.The more and more students gathered, they were passionate and held a criticism meeting against the officers and soldiers.A few radical students felt that it was not enough to just hold meetings and criticize, so they simply tied several officials with ropes and hung them from trees.At the same time, a school protection organization organized by teachers and students came into being. This organization seems to use Tsinghua Garden as a fortress, and has the intention of confronting the military police for a long time. , Gather classmates to expand momentum.Many people of insight have a premonition that such a ruckus will inevitably lead to greater conflicts and even disasters.When it was getting dark, the atmosphere on the campus became even more tense. A group of students closed the school gate. Chen Futian, the head of the foreign language department, guarded the gate with the campus police in person, ready to prevent any accidents.After dark, suddenly a division with thousands of people armed with live ammunition, accompanied by a broadsword team and some police and secret service teams, came from Xiyuan in a mighty manner. The closed school gate was smashed open, guarding Chen Futian and several The guard was beaten to the ground by the intruding officers and soldiers, and then tied up with a rope and hung from a tree, which means an eye for an eye.Soldiers chanting chant, like the tide came to the depths of the campus, only the sound of running chant, the sound of impacting gun barrels, and the rustling sound of bayonet friction were heard in the darkness, and the whole campus was shrouded in terror.Those "stabheads" who organized the siege of officers and soldiers during the day saw the ferocious approach of the opponent, knew that the disaster was coming, turned their heads sharply, and left behind a team of students who were bewildered and didn't know how to deal with it. .Most of the students saw that the most bewitching and noisy people fled away, and they also ran away amidst yelling.The officers and soldiers who were ordered to hunt down searched around in the dark. They first searched in the student dormitory, but found few people, and finally found nearly a thousand students who "avoided the Qin Dynasty" in the new gymnasium.The officers and soldiers separated the students, searched and checked the underground party members and the troublemakers one by one according to the names on the list.After tossing for most of the night, none of the people on the list were caught, and only more than 20 participants were taken away by officers and soldiers. The menacing military and police agents withdrew, and the campus returned to its former appearance, but more than 20 students were arrested, and their life and death were unknown, which made people unable to calm down.After dawn, several leaders who slipped away quietly last night reappeared from nowhere, re-entered the podium and incited some students to ask the school who provided the list last night?What should the provider do?In the midst of discussions, some people believed that the list was provided by Dean Pan Guangdan, so they gathered in front of the office building to intercept Pan Guangdan, wanting to show color as a retaliatory punishment. Pan Guangdan studied at Tsinghua School in his early years. He injured his leg due to a high jump. He was not treated in time and became permanently disabled. In 1922, when Pan’s Tsinghua studies were over, when it was time to go abroad, he asked acting principal Yan Heling: “Can I go abroad with one leg?” Yan said without hesitation: “It’s not so good, Americans will think of us Chinese. There are not enough people with two legs, so we sent all those with one leg!" Pan Guangdan was frustrated and helpless after hearing the headmaster's bastard words that implied sarcasm and insult.An American female art teacher, F.S. Starr, learned of this, and went to Principal Yan to fight for Pan's injustice: "He can't go abroad, who should go abroad!" After many twists and turns, Pan Guangdan finally went to study in the United States with other students.After Pan arrived in the United States, he first entered Dartmouth College and received a bachelor's degree in 1924. In the same year, he entered Columbia University Graduate School, where he majored in psychology and obtained a master's degree in science. Returned to China in 1926, taught at Shanghai Guanghua University, Fudan University and other schools, and founded "New Moon" magazine and New Moon Bookstore with Wen Yiduo, Xu Zhimo, Liang Shiqiu, Hu Shi, etc. In 1934, he returned to his alma mater Tsinghua University as a professor.When Song Zheyuan's officers and soldiers entered the school to search for students, he was serving as the dean.When the students saw that Pan came to the campus with a cane, they immediately besieged him. Several "stab heads" came forward and snatched his cane and threw it on the ground. Pan had to stand on one leg while jumping to keep his balance.Seeing this, the students in the back were very proud, and yelled and asked the teacher for their crimes.Pan Guangdan's hair was disheveled, but he was smiling and bouncing back and forth on the ground.A student named Lin Congmin couldn't bear to see this scene. He and another student Fang Jucheng stepped forward to support him, picked up his crutches, and carried Pan to the auditorium. There were still a group of students behind. Shouting the slogan of crusade loudly.Walking up the steps, I saw Mei Yiqi wearing a dark gray robe, walking slowly from the direction of the Science Museum.Mei stayed for a moment to get a general idea of ​​what was going on, then quickly came to the steps next to Pan Guangdan and stood there, with a sullen expression and a serious expression, staring at the two or three hundred students, without saying a word for half a minute, apparently trying to Hold back the anger in your chest.Seeing this, the students who were yelling and beating in the crowd shut their mouths immediately, and the other students also fell silent. I saw Mei Yiqi moved up the steps, puffed out her chest, and said sharply to everyone: "If you want to beat someone, hit me! If you think that the school handed over the list to outsiders, it's up to you." I am in charge." The students at the scene were immediately shocked by Mei Yiqi's majestic posture and iron-like words, staring at each other, shrinking their necks, and gradually dispersed without a sound.Many years later, Lin Congmin, who had been helping Pan Guangdan at the scene, recalled with emotion: "We remember a certain senior play a doggerel, describing the situation of the principal speaking modestly and reservedly: 'Probably or maybe, but we dare not say, but The school always thinks, maybe it doesn’t seem to be true.’ But on the day when Mr. Pan Guangdan was pushed and beaten, Mr. Mei was firm and decisive, and he was unequivocal. This is the first time we have seen Mr. Mei show that he acted decisively in a ‘crisis’ situation the spirit of." The students who besieged Pan Guangdan dispersed in all directions, and the matter did not end there. The matter of the list can no longer be pursued, but the fate of more than 20 students had to be inquired about.On the morning of the same day, Mei Yiqi called all the students of the school to give a speech, and warned in a sad and affectionate tone: "Young people must have correct judgment and consideration in doing things. Be responsible. Your heroic performance yesterday morning hung up the officials sent by others. You are unreasonable, and others are even more unreasonable. The attack was too strong at night, and your leaders did not listen to the school’s advice, and something happened It can be evaded, but I can’t evade it as the principal. People are pressing for the list of student dormitories, can I not give it?” After a pause, he said again: "I have to give him a list from last year. I told them that the names and residences may not be accurate." School and academic independence.After hearing this, the students were deeply moved and all responded with warm applause. Three days later, all the arrested students were released, and the turmoil was resolved. Mei Yiqi "is a very realistic person. Although he does not engage in actual politics, he has a clear understanding of political trends."This is Li Ji's evaluation of Mei Yiqi, and it is also a true portrayal of Mei himself.But now, sitting in this foreign restaurant on the street of Lizhuang, there are several Tsinghua students who participated in the riots back then. During the conversation, I once again felt the political vision and open-mindedness of this "trivial gentleman" in the face of big issues, and thus gained a better understanding of the plight of his alma mater Tsinghua University and himself, including himself, which suffered from the war.Amidst the sound of mutual comfort and blessings, Mei Yiqi, who was intoxicated with wine, repeated to his disciples a few words he said to his colleagues at Tsinghua not long ago: "In this stormy autumn, Tsinghua is just like a boat, drifting in the turbulent waves. Among them, someone is catching up with the responsibility of driving it. This person must not retreat, must not shrink back, only muster courage, and move forward with perseverance. Although it feels like a long night at this time, we believe that it will soon The sky is bright and the wind is set. At that time, we will sail this boat back to Tsinghua University. Only then can he dare to plead not guilty to his colleagues and alumni of Tsinghua University." These words made the Tsinghua students present excited and passionate, and they all expressed their desire to stay honestly in this remote town’s mountain depression, whether it’s with the company of cows on weekdays or dancing with wolves at night (South Press: At this time the society The young scholars of the Institute are still neighbors to the cattle pen, and they often hear wolves howling at night, and there are reports of wolves rushing into the courtyard to look for food and cannibalism), so they must devote themselves to research, only in this way can they learn from Tsinghua University Friends dare to sue innocent, and so on. The banquet ended in an emotional and impassioned melody. This time Mei Yiqi drank more than 20 cups without showing drunk, but was still full of energy and spirit.After leaving the banquet, Zheng and Luo, under the guidance of Tao Menghe, walked lightly and did not hesitate at all. As usual, they came to the headquarters of Tongji University in Neiyu Palace in Lizhuang Town, visited the president of Tongji University Zhou Junshi, and then went to At No. 6 and No. 8 of Yang Street in the town, I visited Li Ji's, Liang Siyong's and other houses respectively, and then returned to the suburban Chestnut Au in the evening.They had just climbed the 500 steps, and before they wiped off their sweaty sweat, the young Dong Tong and his wife rushed over from a small hill, claiming that they had set up a banquet at home, waiting for a few masters to taste it.Limited to the conditions of Li Zhuang during the war, Dong and Wang, a young couple, could only entertain their teacher with carefully prepared braised noodles.Since they had already drank white wine at noon, they felt particularly comfortable eating braised noodles at night. For this reason, Mei Yiqi and the other three were very satisfied. Dong Tonghe was born in Tsinghua University, his wife Wang Shoujing was born in a well-known family, her father was one of the first Chinese students who returned from studying in Japan, and Wang herself graduated from Southwest Associated University. Mei, Zheng and Luo are all her teachers.Dong Tonghe graduated from the Chinese Department of Tsinghua University in 1936. When he was in school, he was the editor of the supplement of "Tsinghua Weekly" and the chairman of the Tsinghua Chinese Literature Society. He studied phonology with the famous linguist Wang Lixi.At that time, the fragmented version of "Qie Yun" in the Tang Dynasty was attracting the attention and attention of Chinese language scholars. Dong Tonghe seized this opportunity to conduct research. Professor's high praise.Because of this achievement, Dong Tonghe, who had graduated from Tsinghua University, was successfully admitted as a graduate student of the Institute of History and Philology of the Academia Sinica. He first worked as an assistant to Zhao Yuanren, and consulted Li Fanggui, Luo Changpei and other famous teachers from time to time.Later, he engaged in dialect investigation and traveled all over half of China, especially the ethnic minority areas in Southwest China. He made a lot of money and attracted the attention of the linguistics circle.Shi Zhangru once had a simple memory of the couple's rather strange personalities, knowledge and experience. He said that when he was in Kunming, Fu Sinian looked majestic and arrogant on the surface, and his colleagues usually didn't like to talk to him. But Dong Tonghe of the second group (language group) was not afraid of him and often debated with him.Fu Sinian's figure is like a giant, weighing about 180 kilograms, and he walks like a small hill moving.Once Luo Jialun laughed at Fu Sinian and said: "How can you fight with people, a fat man?" Fu replied confidently: "I multiply the volume by the speed to generate a great momentum that can overwhelm everything." The source of Fu's famous saying is very wide.Later, Fu Sinian said to his student, He Ziquan, an assistant researcher at the Institute of History and Philology in Nanjing: "I am not afraid of death. When I was studying at Peking University, dozens of people beat me at the gate of the Red Building and pressed me down. I’m not afraid of being pulled out by my co-workers in the office.” From the two different passages before and after, it can be seen that Fu Sinian’s so-called invincibility and overpowering also have prerequisites, otherwise he would have to be beaten to the ground and step on the ground. For a few feet.Just like the law of mutual generation and mutual restraint of all things in the world, Dong Tonghe of the second group of the Institute of History and Philology was also born tall and burly, towering in front of everyone like a black tower. If "volume multiplied by speed", the explosive power produced is by no means inferior to Fu Sinian, and The Dong family is young and full of vigor and vitality, and is more powerful than the already decadent Fu family, so the newborn Dong family is not afraid of Fu's "overwhelming" tiger. ——Of course, the comparison between the two does not really mean punching and kicking. It is mainly reflected in the usual academic debates.Although Fu Sinian has extensive knowledge and profound attainments in literature, history, mathematics and science, he claims to have mastered the magical skills of five hundred years ago and five hundred years later. It's not Zhuge Liang's little tricks of playing and singing that can deceive people, but the real cultural language art of "the elephant has no shape, and the big sound has no sound". It is not necessarily possible to fully understand the mysteries and mysteries.In this regard, Dong Tonghe, as an expert, naturally knows more, more profoundly, and more extensively than Fu Shi. Therefore, when Fu Sinian and Dong Tonghe debated with Shi Zhangru in person, "most of the time, he couldn't argue with Dong Tonghe. Sometimes I don't know why. , the two began to raise the bar, and colleagues from the Institute of History and Philology gathered to watch."Fu Sinian saw that he was unable to support himself, so he declared his defeat in the name of "this Dong Tonghe's favorite brawler". At this time, neither Dong Tonghe himself nor the surrounding colleagues of the Institute of History and Philology could have imagined that this seemingly fierce debate in which Fu's family was defeated in the end actually concealed another kind of Fu's scheming.A few years later, Fu Sinian revealed this mystery in the preface of "Yin Calendar" written for Dong Zuobin.Fu's subtlety and good intentions are why everyone understands and respects them. This is a later story, so I won't show it for the time being.