Chapter 44 The second part of the world is full of tears

On July 7, 1937, when gunshots rang out at Lugou Bridge, Chen Yinke, as a joint professor of the History and Chinese Departments of Tsinghua University, taught many subjects while also serving as the director and researcher of the History Group of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica.In the seven or eight years prior to this, Mrs. Chen had written profusely in academic research and made brilliant achievements in teaching, and won praises from Cai Yuanpei, Zhu Jiahua, Fu Sinian of Academia Sinica, as well as Mei Yiqi, Feng Youlan, Zhu Ziqing of Tsinghua University, etc. and respect. On May 27, 1934, Fu Sinian specifically mentioned in his letter to Hu Shi, "If you take Yinke's affairs as an example, Yinke's position will still be presided over by him for major affairs, and I will handle minor matters on his behalf." He also said: " And Yin Ke was able to stay behind closed doors at Tsinghua University, so the articles came in a steady stream (the number of his articles was higher than that of all colleagues in the Institute).” During this period, according to the regulations of Tsinghua University, the monthly salary of professors was limited to 400 yuan at most, and the disciplines in which he worked had special requirements. Contributors may exceed this limit, and their number shall not exceed one-fifth of the total number of professors.Chen Yinke is a well-deserved "special contributor", so he was able to raise his salary year after year. By the first half of 1937, his monthly salary had reached 480 yuan, making him the highest salary among Tsinghua professors.The family lives stable and carefree.What made Chen Yinke most proud was that his father Sanli was able to move from Nanjing to Beiping City to meet with his children and grandchildren often, and he was no longer lonely.Usually, there are servants to take care of both the housework in the city and the Tsinghua Garden, which saves worry and effort, and can be contacted at any time through the phone at home for major and minor matters.

During this period, Chen Yinke had frequent contacts with celebrities such as Wu Mi, professor of the Department of Foreign Languages, Ye Qisun, dean of the Faculty of Science, Feng Youlan, dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, and Zhu Ziqing, professor of the Chinese Department of Tsinghua University.Since Chen Yinke's diary was unfortunately lost during the "Cultural Revolution", his state of mind is unknown, but from the few diaries left by his friend Wu Mi, we can get a glimpse of the scene in Tsinghua University and the different profiles of the professors. On May 21, 1937, Wu Mi's diary said:

"Meng Xia's grass and trees grow long, and the trees around the house are sparse." Recently, I feel that the trees are prosperous, the green leaves are vast and bright, the beauty of the scenery, and the tranquility of the residence are all enough to suit my nature and my feelings.It is true happiness to be able to read good books by yourself. ... Gai Mi has long been troubled by career, morality, and love, and has worked hard for many years without knowing how to enjoy it.In the near future, I can gradually become detached, achieve a little relief, and achieve a state of peace of mind.If it can grow like this, then love and marriage problems, no matter how to solve them, can benefit from it and not be tired.

In such a pleasant and comfortable environment and state of mind, Wu Mi interacted more frequently with Chen Yinke during the process of thinking about the relationship and function of love and women all day long.Extending along the track of Wu Mi's diary, you can see such a scene: On the evening of May 24, June 3, morning and evening of the 11th, evening of the 22nd, and evening of the 23rd, Chen Yinke either went to Wu Mi’s residence to chat, or the two of them took a walk in the outdoor West Garden, talking about learning and discussing the world. And weddings and funerals, full of interest. On the evening of June 25, Chen Yinke and Wu Mi went for a walk in the West Garden of Tsinghua Garden, watching the colorful rain clouds and rainbows in the sky. After returning at night, Wu Mi wrote the poem "Writing Hearts" to comfort the happy and happy feelings of that night.

At 7:00 p.m. on July 6, Chen Yinke and Wu Mi went for a walk in the garden again, and then sat on the back court of the gymnasium to watch the sunset, feeling the beauty of nature and the shortness of life.Suddenly Chen Yinke felt lost in his heart, sat silently for a while, and then talked about the changes in the current situation, feeling the menace of Japan and lamenting the backwardness of China, he couldn't help feeling sad.On the second night, gunshots rang out beside the Marco Polo Bridge.Since then, the clouds and clouds in the western sky have been shrouded in the rising smoke of gunfire.

On July 14, Wu Mi recorded in his diary: "Reading the newspaper, I know that the war situation is critical and catastrophe is approaching. In the future, either (1) North China will fall and be humiliated as a slave. Or (2) the war will destroy it and destroy everything If you want to seek such a peaceful, comfortable, rich, comfortable and noble life as before, you must not get it. The golden period of my life is now over. This period is not short, but I did not enjoy it at the beginning. Marriage and love , everything goes against one’s will, loneliness, anger and depression, extreme pain. Looking back on life, would you rather live up to it? In the future, you may commit suicide, or become a monk, or fight against moral integrity, or die righteously. That is to say, Mi was originally a stern, generous and diligent person. Since 1928, because of the failure of marriage and love, the dissatisfaction of sexual desire in life, the body and mind have been destroyed, and the sex has become useless. Therefore, the country is undergoing great changes, and I am also weak and powerless. I can't be uplifted, I can't be Wen Tianxiang, Gu Tinglin, and I can't be Wumei Village. Gai Cai's character and ambition have been completely wiped out! This is the most sad and incurable thing for me. Such despicableness, what's the use of life? Think about it, but there is suicide, there is no other way."

On July 15th, Wu Mi’s diary also recorded: “On this day, Tsinghua University paid the faculty members’ salaries for July in advance. Taking self-interest into account and escaping in a hurry, this is the best Chinese people can do!” Press: Doctor of Philosophy in Germany, was a lecturer at Tsinghua University), took a walk together. Hong Jun said that the people of the country vented, endured and lived, humiliated and retreated, and did not attempt to resist at all, so that Japan took North China without any effort. Such a loss, There is no precedent in history for Wan Guoteng laughing, and it is something that Westerners cannot understand. Therefore, Mr. Hong was deeply indignant and painful, and Mi also sympathized. According to the ancient Westerners, such as the death of Troy and Carthage (southern note: refers to the ancient Greek city of Troy and the The demise of Carthage in the ancient Roman era), all of which were long-term and bitter battles, that is, the demise of the Song and Ming Dynasties in China, the support of the war, and the attempts to recover after the demise are all completely different from the situation in China today. China's science, technology, material economy is not as good as human , and the moral spirit of the Chinese people is particularly humble, which is a fatal wound. Unless people's spirit and behavior can be completely improved, it is absolutely impossible to hope that the nation will not perish, let alone revive."

On July 21, it was rumored that the Lugou Bridge had started a war. This was the beginning of the war, and the teachers and students in Tsinghua University were even more panicked.Faced with this situation, Wu Mi recorded quite sadly and indignantly: "3-4, Jiang Zhendong came. Yousheng are mostly for personal escape, or to transport books, and rarely talk about state affairs with passion and anger. ; Not to mention giving up one's life for righteousness?" On July 29, Wu Mi’s diary described in detail the urgency of the war, the doomsday of Tsinghua University, the appearance of various people, and his panic when he fled into the city:

In the morning, walking in the lotus pond, the flowers are still in full bloom.The Japanese planes flew in the air as a whole team, and occasionally heard the sound of one or two bombs or guns, and it was peaceful. At 8:00, Qisun telegraphed that our army was defeated due to the defection of Zhang Zizhong's army and Shi Yousan's security team, and Song and others had retreated to Baoding last night.There are already other political organizations in the city.Overnight, the whole situation turned upside down, turning joy into sorrow.Not only a great loss in fact, but also a great failure in morality and spirit.I sigh that people can't kill me, but I can kill myself!

Chen Changnian planned to accompany all the students to Mentougou, and then to the south to avoid the enemy, because the students would be hunted down and so on.Feng Shengwu, a student from Gansu Province, came here twice, seeking to be Mi's servant because he didn't have much savings and no means of living.Mi refused.At this time, students were seen leaving school by bicycle (carrying small bags), or carrying luggage into the city by rickshaw.Professors also sent their families into the city with cars.The janitor returned the deposit and paid two months' salary to dismiss. It is rumored that the Japanese army has marched south to Qinghe, and the front team has been stationed at Tsinghuayuan Station.Soon, or come to the school to accept.The situation was very hectic.Mi deeply felt the ease of Tsinghua University's disintegration, and he and the students only wanted to escape themselves, not to unite and maintain.Mi originally planned to stay in Tsinghua University, but Ye Qisun tried his best to persuade him to enter the city.Chen Yinke also said, "Life is worry-free here, and you can avoid humiliation when you enter the city."Professor Mi Yizhong acted like this, so he also decided to enter the city (thinking about it afterwards, it was too hasty).Dial K, and the Xiangshan phone line is no longer available.

10:00 Bian Hui is new.Return books.Mi and Wu Yanzeng hurriedly collected their personal belongings, single clothes, and some diaries, etc., in two small suitcases.Dispose of the rest (deeply regret that I did not decide to leave early on weekdays, double-track preparation. At this time, I can hire a car and bring more essentials, valuables and books for the trip, but the whole line is discarded, regret is too late)!End at 1:00. At about 2:00, I bid farewell to Wu Yanzeng and entrusted him to take care of Mi's books temporarily.He also took a pack of Yan letters, and asked him to take it home and keep it at home.Wu Yanzeng cried again and sent me off with tears.Mi Hu gave up the lovely west living room of Tsinghua Garden in this way, and the happy and comfortable environment and life of his life is hereby exhausted!Guan Kuiyuan also came to see him off.Mi attached to Ye Qisun's car and entered the city with Lord Xiong Dazhen.Arrived at the aunt's house at No. 1 curtain storehouse in the city at about 3:00. On this day, Chen Yinke saw that the Tsinghua Garden was in chaos, and knowing that the spring was over and nothing could be done, he also took a rickshaw and carried some small items in the chaos and fled to the apartment at No. 3 Yaojia Hutong, Xisi Pailou, Beiping City, to reunite with his family.As soon as he entered the gate, Chen Yinke eagerly summoned his nephew Chen Fengxiong, saying that other things can be sacrificed, but the commonly used books and manuscripts purchased over the years cannot be thrown away, so Chen Fengxiong should find a way to hire a car to go to the apartment in Tsinghua Garden to grab these things as soon as possible. .Knowing that the books and manuscripts were his uncle's life, Chen Fengxiong tried every means to hire a car to grab them.It is well known in Tsinghua University that Chen Yinke buys a lot of books. As early as when he was studying at Harvard, he advocated buying a lot, buying more, and buying all books. On August 18, 1919, Wu Mi recorded in his diary: "Harvard Chinese students, who read the most, should recommend Chen Junyinke and his cousin Yu Jundawei. The two monarchs read a lot and bought a lot of books. So far less than half However, the newly purchased books have filled the cupboard with hundreds of volumes. Mr. Chen Jun and Mr. Mei (South Press: Mei Guangdi) have repeatedly persuaded Mi to buy books. After returning to China, Western books are rare. , must be purchased by yourself. And if you don’t buy it sporadically and randomly at this time, you may not be able to do it in the future. Therefore, Mi decided to use the surplus of board and lodging and miscellaneous expenses every month and save the income. Buying books. Buy the most essential books first, then sort them out, and this will be implemented from this month on.” When Chen Yinke returned to China, he bought a large number of books abroad, and after arriving in Tsinghua University, he continued to buy books everywhere.Once, I bought a set of Tripitaka printed in Japan with 2,000 yuan of savings, about two to three hundred volumes, and put it in the Tsinghua Garden apartment for study.This time, Chen Fengxiong drove to Chen's apartment in Tsinghua Garden. He wanted to take this set of masterpieces with him, but the volume was too large and the space in the car was limited, so he had to abandon it for the time being. The books were hurriedly packed up and stuffed into the car.When the car full of books and manuscripts drove out of the west gate of Tsinghua University in a panic, it happened to encounter a Japanese tank driving in head-on.When the door of the car was opened, the devils waved the bayonets on their guns and randomly picked them up. Seeing that they were loaded with bundles of torn books and papers, they were a little disappointed and yelled some incomprehensible nonsense at Chen Fengxiong. , raised his foot and kicked the car door hard, signaling to let him go.According to Chen Fengxiong later, the Japanese army was still dropping bombs in the Xiyuan area at that time, and the situation was very dangerous, so he did not return to Tsinghua Garden.The next day, the defeated security forces in Tongzhou were pursued by the Japanese army, and the defeated personnel fled around the north and west of Beiping City. There was still fighting at the Wanshou Temple outside Xizhimen. Xizhimen was closed for several days, and they were unable to leave the city. All the professors from Tsinghua University went out of the city by car, trying to enter the Tsinghua Garden to rescue books and clothes, but they were all prevented from returning.Later, Tsinghua Garden became the barracks of the Japanese army, and Chen Yinke suffered his father's death again, so no rescue measures were implemented. The "Tripitaka" and a large number of other books that he spent a lot of money in those years were all missing. In line with the old saying that "blessings come without pairs, misfortunes never come singly", when Chen Yinke entered the city, his 85-year-old father, Chen Sanli, was already suffering from a serious illness and was about to die.After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, faced with broken mountains and rivers, devastated lives, and the aggressive arrogance of the Japanese army, the old man Sanli was filled with worry and indignation, depressed, and eventually fell ill.No matter how the family members comforted her, they were always worried and indignant.While lying in bed, whenever relatives and friends came to visit, the old man struggled to support his sick body and asked in a low and hoarse voice: "What is the current situation? Can the national army win?" Relatives and friends asked whether the news was true.When the Chinese army retreated and some pessimists said that China was no match for the Japanese and would abandon Pingjin and perish the whole country, the old man Sanli opened his eyes wide on the sickbed and angrily said: "The Chinese are not as good as dogs, and they will eventually be defeated." Do you want to be slaughtered?" After saying this, he stopped taking medicine and food, and wanted to die to show his will.After the fall of Pingjin, the old man was heartbroken and let out a cry of grief, saying: "Why is the heaven so evil to China!" It was postponed to September 14, and a generation of poets and prose masters passed away suddenly. In the midst of heavy artillery fire, the unfortunate death of the old father made the Chen family worse.At that time, Chen Yinke's brothers were all in the south. Due to traffic barriers, it was difficult to rush to Beiping for the funeral. Chen Yinke had to prepare for the funeral while waiting. Wu Mi, who entered the city, sneaked into Tsinghua Garden several times since August 10th, counted and packed books, clothes and bedding in her apartment, and hired a rickshaw to take them back to her aunt's house in the city for storage. On September 2, the President's Office of Tsinghua University issued an announcement: "There will be no term for the semester, and a school property preservation committee is now organized, and the salary will be stopped from September." Each tried to concentrate in Changsha, but Wu Mi hesitated. On the 23rd, Wu Mi went to Chen's house in Yaojia Hutong in the city to participate in the memorial service for the elderly in Sanli.At this time, Beiping had already fallen, the Japanese army had already entered Tsinghua University, and most of the teachers and students of Tsinghua University had escaped and fled.Wu and Chen Yinke discussed ways to escape.Wu Mi didn't want to go south, and wanted to stay in Beiping to avoid studying temporarily. Chen Yinke agreed, but said, "the Japanese were invited to a banquet at the embassy in the spring. Yinke and Mi, etc., also have to subdue him." That is to say, the Japanese have noticed their identity and started to woo them, and they will come to entangle them in the future. If you want to avoid the coercion and coercion of the Japanese, be willing to be a traitor, and do things that insult your personality and national integrity, you must leave Peiping and go far away.So, the two decided to go to Changsha Temporary University. Wu Mi left for Tianjin with two female students, Ye Qisun, Xiong Dazhen and others a week earlier than Chen Yinke, that is, on October 26, and began exile in the Southwest. chaotic life.And Xiong Dazhen arrived in Tianjin.He suddenly decided to go to Hebei to join the troops commanded by the Communist Party of China and directly led by Lu Zhengcao to fight against Japan, and thus embarked on a confusing and dangerous life. After Wu Mi, Ye Qisun and other colleagues and friends left, Chen Yinke continued to stay at home in Beiping for the funeral.National hatred and family worries overlapped, and Chen was in a hurry, resulting in a sharp drop in vision. He had to go to Tongren Hospital for an examination and was diagnosed with retinal detachment in the right eye. The doctor ordered him to be admitted to the hospital for surgery without delay.After hearing this, Mrs. Chen showed panic, but hesitated.According to Chen Yinke's daughter, Chen Liuqiu, recalled: "I remember that night after my grandfather's deceased relatives and friends left, my father was still reclined on the rattan recliner in the corridor for a long time, with a serious expression, without saying a word." He also said: "Considering the surgical treatment at that time , although there is hope for the recovery of vision in the right eye, it will take a long time. More importantly, my father would never teach in the enemy-occupied areas. , Liuqiu was eight years old (according to the South: it should be nine years old). Listening to his parents' serious conversation and repeated discussions, he felt from the adults' sentences that his parents made a decision very carefully and extremely difficult. His father finally decided to give up surgery to treat eye diseases and prepare Quickly rushed to the school site where Tsinghua University moved in. At this time, the four brothers of the father's generation had arrived to discuss the grandfather's death. When the grandfather passed away just after the "July 7th" and the funeral was not yet held, on November 3, the father concealed the identity of the professor. With his wife and daughter, he left Peiping, determined to continue working with his only left eye." Regarding the origin of Chen Yinke's eye disease, Liu Qiu said: "My father was born in a family that has been studying for generations. The family has a rich collection of books. He has been fond of reading since he was enlightened in a family school at the age of five or six", which affected his eyesight.According to Wang Zhonghan, Chen Yinke's assistant when he was teaching at Yanda University in Chengdu, when he talked about Chen Yinke's sudden right eye retinal detachment, he revealed: "Mr. Books, there is no book without reading, day and night, there is neither electric lamp nor foreign candle in the old days, only a small oil lamp is hidden in the bedding, and mosquito nets are placed around to prevent the light from being exposed, so as to prevent family members from knowing it. In the Qing Dynasty, there are many glossy papers Lithographed miniature books, the characters are small and blurry, which is the most damaging to eyesight, and sometimes you can’t put it down after reading, and you can’t put it down until you reach the sky. Over time, high myopia and retinal detachment have become unavoidable.’ Mr. Yu said After all, I can’t help feeling deeply about it.” Although Chen knew that “eye disease cannot be cured by medicine and stones”, he still went to England for treatment with a glimmer of hope, but he was unfortunately told by himself, and the surgery failed in the end. Blindness in both eyes caused an irreparable tragedy. Chen Yinke wandered overseas to study all the year round and had no intention of getting married. He didn't marry Tang Yuan until 1928 when he was 39 years old.Tang Yuan Xiaoyinke was 8 years old and was born in Guanyang, Guangxi. His grandfather was Tang Jingsong, governor of Taiwan in the Qing court. In the Sino-Japanese War of 1895, China was defeated. On April 17, Li Hongzhang, the representative of the Qing court, signed the "Treaty of Shimonoseki" with Japan, ceding Taiwan to Japan.Taiwanese officials and gentry heard the news, outraged and indignant, and jointly wrote a letter to Tang Jingsong, saying: "All the people swear not to obey the Japanese, they will die if they are cut off, and they will die if they refuse. They would rather die at the hands of the rioters than the Japanese." stand guard.On May 23 of the same year, Tang Jingsong published the "Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Taiwan", declaring that "Taiwan compatriots swear not to obey the Japanese, and would rather die in battle than the enemy" and so on. On May 25, the Democratic Republic of Taiwan was established. Tang Jingsong was elected as the president, and the reign name was "Yongqing". He began to organize the army and recruit volunteers to fight against the Japanese invaders. On June 3, the Japanese army fell to Keelung, and Taiwan was in danger. On June 4th, Tang Jingsong felt that he was invincible, so he disguised himself as an old woman, led his entourage and some officials and bankers and fled to Huwei (now Tamsui), and transferred to Xiamen on the German ship Arthur. .Qiu Fengjia, a Taiwanese gentry and newly-appointed volunteer leader, learned that the Tang family had fled and stopped fighting against Japan. In the chaos, he fled to Jiaying Prefecture, Guangdong with 100,000 yuan of public funds.Afterwards, the entire island of Taiwan was in panic, and the army was looted everywhere. The silver in the Taipei Domain was robbed, and then the warehouse caught fire, and the order was in chaos.On June 7, the mighty Japanese army occupied Taipei, and the short-lived Taiwan Democratic Republic came to an end, and Taiwan fell into the hands of the Japanese. After Tang Jingsong fled back to the mainland, he was deposed by the Qing court for his disobedience. He died at home in 1903, and his "Diary of Inviting Yingying" is handed down. At that time, Chen Yinke's uncle, that is, Yu Dawei's uncle Yu Mingzhen, had entered Taiwan to assist the Tang family in planning defense and served as the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of China.Hu Shi's father, Hu Chuan (zi Tiehua), once served as the magistrate and (military) commander of Zhili Prefecture in Taiwan, helping Tang Jingsong and Liu Yongfu to guard Taiwan, and then withdrew from Taiwan in 1895 and died of illness in Xiamen. He was convicted of abandoning Taiwan and was given death by the Qing court).Hu Shi lived with his father in Taiwan before he was 5 years old.Many years later, Hu Shi transferred from the United States to Taiwan to serve as the president of the Academia Sinica. He searched for his childhood home, which was widely reported by the media.Because of this historical origin, the Tang family has friendship with the Yu family, Hu family, and Chen family.Chen Yinke returned to China to teach at Tsinghua University after studying abroad. By chance, he met Tang Yuan, then a physical education teacher at Beijing Women's College of Arts and Sciences, and they "know each other at first sight". They got married with Hu Shi and Zhao Yuanren.In the years that followed, Chen and Tang lived together together, shared weal and woe, and walked hand in hand through the joys and sorrows of life. Chen Yinke and Tang Yuan had three daughters: the eldest daughter, Liuqiu, was named Taiwan in ancient times; the second daughter, Xiaopeng, meant the Penghu Islands, and both were named in memory of Taiwan Island and Tang Jingsong.The three girls were named Meiyan.When the Anti-Japanese War broke out, when the Chen family fled from Beiping, Chen Yinke was 47 years old, Liuqiu was 9 years old, Xiao Peng was 7 years old, and Meiyan was only 4 months old. Not long after, Chen Yinke and several brothers who rushed to Peiping hastily agreed on the method of his father's funeral (such as suspending the coffin in a temple in the western suburbs, etc.). Mi-yeon's mother Wang and others embark on a journey of escape.At this time, the Japanese army has stabilized its position in the Pingjin area, and the whole situation has been completely controlled by the Japanese and puppet regime.In order to prevent people from the cultural and educational circles of Pingjin from fleeing south to join the anti-Japanese forces, the Japanese and puppet troops set up checkpoints at the station wharf and important points along the way.Before fleeing, the Chen family had heard that Gao Chongxi, an old professor from Tsinghua University, had escaped from Beiping, and when he got off the train at Tianjin Railway Station, his identity was identified by the Japanese and puppet soldiers. The hands and feet were seized.In order to prevent accidents, Chen Yinke pretended to be a businessman, and asked the children to memorize the addresses and names of people along the route and destination, so that they could try to find relatives or old friends after they got lost.After all these hastily arranged, the family embarked on a dangerous escape journey. At this time, late autumn has come to the vast land of northern China. In the raging cold wind, the leaves are withered, the vegetation is withered, and the world is bleak.In the early morning, the city of Beiping was frosty and the cold wind was blowing, making people feel even more desolate.Chen Yinke's family, together with Mao Zishui and several other professors from Peking University, quietly bid farewell to their beloved homeland in Peiping under the cold and bleak starlight, walking in the morning frost in the twilight night, and set off for Tianjin by train from Qianmen.Fortunately, due to the flood of refugees overflowing like the water of the Yellow River, no matter inside the train or at the stations stopped along the way, they were like a pot of boiled dumplings. restricted.Chen Yinke and several other professors took advantage of the chaos and led their family and children through the panicked crowd.One by one, the children held their parents by the corners of their clothes, crossed the checkpoints set up by the Japanese army and the puppet police, walked out of Tianjin Railway Station in fear, and temporarily hid in the concession.The next day, Ye Qisun, who arrived earlier, received a secret telegram from Mei Yiqi and stayed in Tianjin to keep some of the funds. He and his student Xiong Dazhen were jointly responsible for the southward relocation of Tsinghua teachers and students.Chen Yinke received part of the salary from Ye Qisun as travel expenses, and decided to take the British merchant ship Jinan to the south. The family took a bus from Zizhulin, Tianjin to Dagukou Wharf, boarded the British cruise ship "Jinan" and sailed to Qingdao.Zhongliang, a servant who has served the Chen family for ten years, was unable to move forward due to family matters. After sending the Chen family members to the ship, he said goodbye with tears in his eyes and left reluctantly. Only Mama Wang accompanied the Chen family.In addition, Yuan Fuli, Mao Zishui and a Peking University professor accompanied the Chen family.The ship bumped and tumbled all the way in the sea and finally arrived at Qingdao. It was past midnight after the passengers landed. The Chen family, Mao Zishui and other professors did not dare to stay.As far as Jinan, the train stopped and there were no flights.Here the wind is getting tighter, the shops are closed, and people are scrambling to hear that the Japanese army is coming, all kinds of people are scrambling to leave this dangerous place, and the whole city is in chaos. Formed into a ball, each struggling and colliding with the goal in their hearts.Every time a train departs southward at the railway station, crowds of people rush up like a huge sea. As for where they will eventually flee, many people don't know.Chen Yinke's family was trapped in the surging tide, and they didn't know where they were going in the vast crowd.Fortunately, the heavens were merciful, a train stopped at the station, and Mao Zishui, who was squeezed and sweating, suddenly discovered from a window that the family of Professor Liu Qingyang of Tsinghua University had already been in the car.This discovery was like a ship lost in the sea suddenly saw the lights in the dark night, and everyone squeezed forward with all their strength to ask for help.Liu Qingyang and others saw that the door of the car was impassable, so they simply dragged Chen Yinke's family through the window into the car one by one, and Mao Zishui and others also took the opportunity to get in.The inside of the carriage is like a sealed hot pot, and the overcrowded crowd is like ants on the hot pot, rushing and swimming around in the midst of yelling and crying, trying to find a place to stay.Meiyan, who doesn't understand the world, suddenly saw such a chaotic situation, and she was shocked and cried continuously, which made the Chen family depressed and complained endlessly.At this time, the north wind was howling, the rain was continuous, and the enemy planes continued to bomb along the line. From time to time, Jinan Station heard the sound of bombs exploding nearby, and the blasted gravel and dust fell on the platform. The state is heartbreaking.Fortunately, the train the Chen family was traveling on was not overturned by the bomb, and it left Jinan Station not long after, rushing all the way to the south.After getting off the car at Xuzhou, the sky was raining heavily, and the Japanese plane could not take off to bomb and shoot. The Chen family and other professors transferred to Zhengzhou on the Longhai line, and then turned to Wuhan. In the chaos at night, Mao Zishui My suitcase was stolen, and I felt remorseful and resentful.After half a day's rest at the Hankou Hotel, I took a Cantonese-Han train to Changsha in the rain. After going through many hardships, I finally arrived in Changsha on the night of November 20.The intellectuals who came together, big and small, were looking for accommodation. The Chen family had nowhere to look for a house, so they temporarily lived in a relative's house.From Beiping to Changsha, the entire journey lasted more than 5,000 miles and lasted 18 days.When he was in Tianjin, Chen Yinke originally wanted to go straight to Shanghai or Hong Kong by ferry and then transfer to Changsha. For the sake of speed, he decided to land in Qingdao and transfer to the south by train. Unexpectedly, the journey was delayed for more than ten days, and the family was prepared for chaos and pain. Finally made it to the day of landing. The family was still struggling, and Changsha Temporary University was ordered to move south to Kunming, Yunnan. Chen Yinke had no choice but to continue the journey with his family.Among the three routes to Kunming, the Chen family chose the waterway.before heading south.Chen Yinke packaged and mailed a batch of private books from Tsinghua University to Changsha separately, but the mailed books had not yet been received due to traffic barriers when he was about to leave here.Seeing that most of the teachers and students had left, Mrs. Chen couldn't care less, so she had to set off with her family.According to Liuqiu’s recollection: “When we left Changsha, it was already frosty. We took a long-distance bus via Hengyang. On the way, we broke down and stopped and stopped. The North China Plain has reached the fertile south of the motherland." Then he took a bus to Guilin, Guangxi.Guangxi is Tang Yuan's hometown, his parents have passed away long ago, and some relatives work and live in Guilin.This is an ancient city that looks quieter than the north. The goods are bought and sold in "Gui coins", and the prices are still stable.The Chen family stayed in a hotel near the lake, and while making preparations to continue on the road, they visited Tang's family or relatives in the city. The days in Guilin passed quickly, and Chen Yinke's family was in a hurry again.In the drizzle, the family boarded a long-distance bus and arrived in Wuzhou City, Guangxi via Pingle. After a short rest, they transferred to an inland river ship and sailed down the river at night, arriving in Hong Kong via Humen.It was the end of the lunar year in 1937. When he first arrived in Hong Kong, Mrs. Chen, Tang Yuan, suffered a heart attack due to overwork from the journey. The third daughter, Meiyan, was also suffering from whooping cough. She had a high fever and screamed and coughed day and night. The whole family could no longer move, so they had to find a hotel to stay.According to Liuqiu’s notes: “Professor Xu Dishan and his wife from the University of Hong Kong came to visit our hotel. Seeing that the third sister was sick and had a high fever, Aunt Xu took my second sister and me to their house and rented a house for them to live in temporarily. My home is simple here. Luggage and furniture in the house to spend the first Spring Festival after fleeing.” On the New Year’s Eve, on the dining table under the dim light, Tang Yuan quietly told his daughter: “Mother Wang and us travel around for half a year. Let her eat a few more pieces of meat." It means to let Liuqiu and Xiaopeng, who are not very sensible, take the initiative to restrain themselves, be more modest, and try to let Mama Wang taste a little more of the rare delicacy.Mother Wang heard it from the side, and she was moved to tears. After the Spring Festival, Chen Yinke had to go to the Southwest Associated University to give lectures. Tang Yuan's heart disease was not recovered, and he was exhausted and could not accompany him.Chen had no choice but to bid farewell to his family and set out on the road alone, from Hong Kong to Mengzi, Yunnan via Annan Haiphong City.After months of arduous trek, Chen Yinke, Wu Mi, Zhu Ziqing and other colleagues from Tsinghua University reunited in this small border town, adding a special footnote to the life course of anti-Japanese exile.