Chapter 43 Section One Three Hundred Years A Master

In 1928, Chen Yinke joined the Institute of History and Philology of the Academia Sinica as a researcher and director of the first group (history group).Unlike Li Ji and Zhao Yuanren, because Chen Yinke was reluctant to lose the Tsinghua Academy of Chinese Studies, an academic position with which he had established a close relationship with him, and those eager students, although he agreed to Fu Sinian's employment, he did not go to Guangzhou to take the post.After the disintegration of the once prosperous research institute, Chen Yinke still served as a joint professor of the history and Chinese departments of the university after the restructuring of the Tsinghua Park. Wait for major policies to work on in person, and don't ask about specific matters.

In the late spring of 1929, the Institute of History and Philology of the Academia Sinica moved from Guangzhou to Jingxinzhai, Beihai, Beiping. Chen Yinke was able to meet colleagues from the Institute of History and Philology, and had the opportunity to discuss together frequently.At this time, after countless negotiations between Chen Yinke and a bibliophile named Li Shengduo in Tianjin, the so-called 8,000 sacks, totaling about 60,000 kilograms, were finally released from the Qing Palace. The waste paper was sold and later acquired by Luo Zhenyu and Li Shengduo), bought it under the name of the Institute of History and Language, and transported it to Beihai Jingxinzhai for a group of sorting and research presided over by Chen Yinke. ——This is the first valuable historical material and academic research resource that the Institute of History and Philology has acquired since its establishment. The Institute of History and Philology "has gained a lot of sound and light", and has achieved a blockbuster effect that is highly valued by the world's academic circles.With the expansion of the excavated results of Yinxu in Anyang, the prestige of the Institute of History and Philology is growing day by day, and it has become an important academic center that stands out from the crowd.As Dong Zuobin later said in the article "Academic Contributions of the Institute of History and Linguistics": By 1948, the Academia Sinica had 13 research institutes, and the Institute of History and Linguistics ranked ninth. He has always been pushed to the top of Big Brother's chair in the academy".The Institute of History and Philology has as many as 84 people, which is one to nine times more than other institutes.And "those fraternal institutes, under the complex emotions of respect, awe, jealousy, can't but respect him as the big brother, and call him the 'big institute'".

Fu Sinian, who was walking on the road to the "Dasuo", moved to Beiping, and he had the potential to dive into the abyss and hide in the mountains.In addition to commanding the headquarters of the Institute of History and Philology, Fu also jumped back to Peking University with a gun and fought for the territory in the fog, so as to show the demeanor and glory of the student leaders back then.Fu Sinian's public title as a part-time professor of the History Department of Peking University's Faculty of Liberal Arts, when Fu Sinian entered Peking University, secretly planned to use the opportunity of teaching to find the seeds of reading and promising academic research seedlings to cultivate and win over, so that he could be drawn into the Institute of History and Philology after graduation. , continued to expand the camp and momentum of the "big institute", and later joined the Institute of History and Philology, Hu Fulin, the one who left without saying goodbye in Kunming, who was discovered and cultivated by Fu Sinian at this time.Regarding the astonishing number of cabinet files stored in Beihai Jingxinzhai, Fu Sinian believed that Chen Yinke had to come forward to preside over the sorting out, so he asked Chen Yinke, who lived in Tsinghua Garden on the outskirts of Beiping, to immediately "change to Peiping, at least a few days a week, so that engaged in the above-listed (Cabinet file) work".

Since he is the director and researcher of the history group of the Institute of History and Philology, and the work of sorting out the cabinet files belongs to the history group, Chen Yinke is duty-bound, so he readily agreed to Fu Sinian's request, except to keep his apartment at No. 36, Xinxiyuan, Tsinghua Garden. , and rented a spacious and comfortable courtyard house at No. 3 Yaojia Hutong, Xisi Pailou in Beiping City, and brought his father Chen Sanli and his sister-in-law from Nanjing to live there.With two houses in the city and outside the city, and telephones that were extremely rare at that time were installed on the walls of the two houses, Chen Yinke began to travel between the two places more calmly.Apart from teaching at Tsinghua University, he spent most of his time at Jingxinzhai in the city, leading the history team members of the Institute of History and Philology such as Xu Zhongshu, Lao Gan, Li Guangtao and others to sort out cabinet files.In September of this year, Fu Sinian and Chen Yinke planned to set up the "Ming and Qing Historical Materials Editing Committee of the Institute of Historical Linguistics". In addition to Fu and Chen, Zhu Xizu, Chen Yuan, and the young academic backbone Xu Zhongshu were hired as editorial committee members. A huge publication plan was drawn up, and the history team members sorted out, classified, and cataloged while publishing and printing the precious historical materials to the world, named "Ming and Qing Historical Materials". ——The stick is the heyday of Chen Yinke's life when he was the most comfortable in life, the most proud in spirit, and the most creative in academics.

Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long. After the "September 18th" Incident in 1931, Japan occupied the three eastern provinces, and China's political and cultural center gradually moved southward. In April 1933, in accordance with the instructions of the Academia Sinica General Office, the Institute of History and Philosophy set out from Beiping to work in Xiaowanliutang, Caojiadu, Shanghai. Except for a small number of personnel and cabinet files who stayed in Beiping, all other personnel moved south .Chen Yinke couldn't bear to abandon the living environment and academic atmosphere of Tsinghua Park, so he didn't move with the school, and stayed on to teach at the school. At the same time, he was transferred to the Institute of History and Philology as a "temporary full-time researcher and part-time salary" (according to the south: meaning Chen's director and researcher at the Institute of History and Philology The name is retained, but only a small salary subsidy is given, and the main salary is paid by Tsinghua University.) This is the first time that Chen Yinke and the history group of the Institute of History and Philology under his leadership have lived together for four years.As far as Chen Yinke was concerned at the time, the Institute of History and Philology had planned to move to Peiping since its establishment in Guangzhou, and the reason why Chen agreed to Fu Sinian as the director of the history group was that after the Institute of History and Philology moved to Peiping, he could take care of both. To resign from one side and focus on the other side, whether it is to teach in Tsinghua Garden, or to engage in specialized academic research in the office of the Institute of History and Philology in the city, both are fine.Unexpectedly, the Institute of History and Philology came to "the peacock flying southeast" in only four years in Beiping, and ran to Shanghai in one breath. Chen Yinke, who stayed alone in Tsinghua Garden, planned to resign from the Institute of History and Philology. There is still no clear goal of where to settle down. Although there is a proposal to settle in Nanjing, it has not been implemented after all, not to mention the unstable political situation. Maybe something will go wrong one day, and it is not known whether to return to Peiping again.Therefore, Chen Yinke had no choice but to take a wait-and-see attitude, and make final plans depending on the specific situation. In 1934, the offices of Academia Sinica in Nanjing Beiji Pavilion were completed successively, and most of the research institutes moved in successively. The Institute of History and Philology then moved from Shanghai to Nanjing. In May of the same year, an anthropology group was added. Dr. Wu Dingliang, a big name "Sea Turtle" who returned from Europe in 2010, was invited to host.At this time, Chen Yinke had the idea of ​​resigning as the director of the history group of the Institute of History and Philology, and devote himself to teaching in Tsinghua University, but Cai Yuanpei and Fu Sinian did not agree.

In the spring of 1936, Fu Sinian sent a letter to Chen Yinke, inviting him to attend a meeting of the Institute of History and Philology in Nanjing to discuss future major policies and development directions.After much deliberation, Chen Yinke wrote to Fu Sinian on April 8, 1936, deciding not to attend and formally submitting his resignation.The letter said: About Brother Meng Zhen: First show of respect.Therefore, those who were restored before Jichi had not yet decided whether to go south or not.I decided not to go south today, and here are the reasons: Tsinghua University does not have a spring break this year, so if you go south, you will have to ask for two weeks off. Others can go to class as soon as they come back, but my younger brother can’t go to class for a few days unless he rests and prepares for homework. It must be three weeks.If the students who are new to school may strike, they will not need to take a few days off. I don't know that it is not the case, but this point is still not very important.There is another point, which I have kept in my heart and has not been told to others, that is, I found out that the teachers of Tsinghua Institute of Technology did not ask for one hour of leave all year round, which is not the case in the School of Grammar.At that time, my brother felt that although this was a trivial matter, it was no wonder that students and the society had a bad impression of the Grammar School. Therefore, my brother did not ask for one hour off last school year, and he has not asked for one hour off this year.In fact, one hour more has nothing to do with one hour less, but because of the silent oath in my heart at that time (I dare not say it openly to show aggression, and offend others, this time it is the first time to report to the public), there must be no special reason. I don't ask for leave, so I often go to class with illness.I feel that there is still a reason to ask for leave for this trip to the south, but if it takes more than two weeks, it will be too much, so I hesitated for a long time before making a decision.The Sichuan capital sent by the hospital is 200 yuan, which will be remitted to the bank or post office later.And my younger brother, the name of the director of the first group of the Institute of History and Philology, must not be taken away any longer, causing guilt to the gods, please approve it immediately at the meeting of the Institute, and change it to a communication researcher, and will not receive [any] any remuneration. When the opportunity arises, re-enter the institute to hold a position.Since the Institute of History and Philology officially moved to the south, there must be no reason for the overseas Chinese from Beiping to lead the director.There are still many people who want to say, so I will give you a brief reply first, that is, I hope to learn from you, and I am deeply grateful to you on behalf of you.Respectfully written by Andi Yinke Dunshou Fu Sinian received a letter on April 8th, and refused to accept Chen Yinke's non-attendance and resignation. Only attend the meeting for a few days, and guarantee to return to Peiping within a week.In order to increase the weight of the invitation, Fu Sinian and Li Ji jointly sent a telegram to show their respect and urgency, but the Chen family still did not go south. On April 13th, Chen Yinke said in a letter to Fu Sinian and Li Ji: "I received a call the day before yesterday, and I hesitated for a long time. I still decided not to go south today. I am very grateful and ashamed. Although my brother can do it in a week. In fact, due to physical fatigue and homework preparation, I have to ask for a two-week leave. Since yesterday, I have a slight cold and forgive me, so there may be fewer trips in the short term. Brother, please cancel the second day after the summer vacation. The name of a group of directors has been carefully considered and considered necessary. Otherwise, I will not stick to it. I hope that my brother will discuss with the lords for permission. I am very grateful and pray." There are several words in the letter's margin, including "brothers are not listed or can It is convenient for discussion, otherwise, if we are polite to each other, it may not be easy to decide. This is not a small reason for going to the meeting."

Since Chen Yinke replied twice stating that he would no longer go south, and cited considerable reasons, Fu Sinian was naturally inconvenient for the overlord to force his bow. The post was not fulfilled, not only after this year's summer vacation, but also when the war of resistance against Japan was burning in most of China.With Chen Yinke's extraordinary knowledge and reputation in the academic world, the domineering Fu Sinian managed to recruit him under his command, so naturally he would not give up easily.What Fu and Chen didn't expect was that after five years of separation in Peking, Chen Yinke and his colleagues from the Institute of History and Language had another chance to meet again. However, this time the meeting was neither in Peking nor Nanjing, but was filled with gunpowder and shrapnel. Flying across the southwestern border Kunming City.