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Chapter 7 Part Two: The Death of Fu Sinian

Fu Sinian, who took the chair of the president of National Taiwan University, once again "talked about being a teenager", displaying the ability of daring to fight hard and "riding on the back of a tiger before everything", and made a drastic transformation of National Taiwan University's internship. No matter whose note and connection they are through, or how strong the background is, all professors who do not meet academic standards and pretend to be numbers will be expelled from the school.The school staff, especially the medical staff left over from the former "Emperor University", who have no medical knowledge, don't know what it is to save the dying and heal the wounded, and only want their own salary and treatment, will be dismissed.Within a few months, Fu Sinian rounded up the knife of power in his hand, like cutting watermelon, cut off more than 70 unqualified professors and staff, and drove them out of the campus.Since then, National Taiwan University has taken on a new look, forming a vigorous and upward situation.Many years later, whether it is Fu's pursuer or the opponent who was driven away, when recalling this past event, they all have to admit that without Fu Sinian, National Taiwan University would have wanted to be in such a turbulent situation in such a short period of time. It is unimaginable and impossible to rise rapidly and lay the foundation of a modern university.According to Chen Xueping's recollection, when Fu went to Taiwan, his health was already worrying. "But on the one hand, he was worried about the overall situation. At the same time, he was determined to build National Taiwan University into a world-class university. He worked hard and never felt relaxed."It was also because of the turmoil and overwork in the world that Fu Sinian died young.

While some people applauded Fu's reform at National Taiwan University, it naturally touched the interests of many powerful people, making them extremely unhappy and annoyed.At that time, teachers and students in Taiwan opposed the Kuomintang's corruption and incompetence, and the use of power for personal gain and other outrageous scandals.Some Kuomintang politicians published an open letter to Fu Sinian in the newspaper, accusing National Taiwan University of embracing the Communist Party, and named the dean of the college, Sa Mengwu, as "participating in the Communist Party and pro-communist", and that the certain dean and department head were "communist elements or Participating in the Communist Party, they control the departments and exclude dissidents", turning each department into a hotbed for cultivating pro-communist forces, etc., trying to put Fu in a desperate situation of infidelity, filial piety, inhumanity, and injustice.

Fu Sinian has always hated Taiwan's teachers and students, especially the anti-Chiang and anti-Chiang activities of Taiwan's aboriginal aboriginals who are fighting for independence. It was the same during the tide, and the resounding slogan "Let the Bolsheviks get out of NTU!" was shouted more than once.But at the same time, he believes that if there is no real evidence, the authorities cannot arbitrarily enter the campus to search among teachers and students, and he firmly opposes arbitrarily accusing others of being the Communist Party.In the year when the Southwest Associated University student unrest broke out and people were killed, he said in a letter to Yu Dacai that the Southwestern Associated University uprising "the local authorities are ridiculous, Li Zonghuang should be killed, Qiu Qingquan should be killed" and so on. and principles.

It is precisely because of this guiding ideology that after reading the accusations against the teachers and students of National Taiwan University in the newspaper, Fu Sinian was both annoyed and angry, and scolded with "fuck!" without hesitation, and then adopted a strategic offensive posture of tit for tat , published two strong-worded articles in the newspaper to counterattack: "The school does not serve as a police officer", "I am not a policeman, and I do not also serve as an agent", "If the authorities have real evidence that someone is a Communist Party, I will investigate and deal with it according to the law. But when I handle this kind of thing, I must not be vague and bloody."The final statement: "Anti-communism must have an anti-communist stance. Corrupt officials and other vested interests have ruined things. I cannot be regarded as comrades." Fu's stern and aggressive posture forced the opponent to retreat temporarily. Waiting in the wings.

The opportunity came soon. At the end of March 1949, students from Taiwan Provincial Normal University and "National Taiwan University" joined forces and chanted the slogan of the student movement in mainland China: "Anti-civil war, anti-hunger, and anti-persecution", which triggered The authorities are seriously concerned, and believe that Taiwan’s campuses are indeed being united and infiltrated by the Communist Party, and the masterminds must be arrested and severely punished.Chen Cheng, chairman of Taiwan Province and commander-in-chief of the police, ordered Peng Mengji, the deputy commander-in-chief of the police, to lead his troops to arrest him. On April 6, a large number of military police from Taipei broke into the campus as planned to start a killing. Fu Sinian expressed dissatisfaction with the authorities for entering the campus of National Taiwan University and arresting teachers and students without legal procedures. Approved by the principal.Fu said to Peng Mengji, who was going to carry out the mission: "I have a request. When you drive away the students tonight, don't bleed. If any students bleed, I will fight with you!" Once, he promised on the spot: "If someone bleeds, I will commit suicide." Not long after, most of the students arrested in National Taiwan University were released, and nearly 100 students of Normal School were sent to prison, and 7 students were shot dead on counter-revolutionary charges. .After the incident, the Provincial Taiwan Normal University was suspended for rectification. Teachers and students re-registered and received military training and martial law on campus.Although the National Taiwan University was affected, it is much better than the Normal University. This is all thanks to Fu Sinian's efforts to protect and mediate.Many years later, the teachers and students of Taiwan Normal University still compared this incident with National Taiwan University, and scolded the school leaders for being weak and incompetent, almost a pile of worthless stinky shit, and praised Fu Sinian endlessly.

In the entrance examination for freshmen in 1950, Fu Sinian personally set the questions for the Chinese paper, and the most important question was excerpted from a passage in "Mencius Teng Wen Gong Xia": To live in the vastness of the world, to establish the right position in the world, to walk the way of the world.If you are successful, you will be free with the people; if you are not successful, you will follow your own path.Wealth and honor cannot be promiscuous, poverty and lowliness cannot be moved, and might cannot be subdued. This is called a real man. This question can be regarded as Fu Sinian's monologue after he went to Taiwan, "Although there are tens of thousands of people, I will go there", and it is also a spiritual sustenance to the students of Taiwan.

In January of this year, the turmoil returned, and there were rumors inside and outside the school that Fu Sinian "will go abroad and resign".In response to the rumors, Fu published an open letter "To Colleagues and Classmates of National Taiwan University" in the school magazine on the 23rd. In the letter, he said: "For more than half a year, there have been many people who attacked Si Nian outside the school. They deeply believe that National Taiwan University cannot be colonized It's a pity. However, they didn't know what a university is, so they followed their ambitions, and the school collapsed. In view of the kindness of my colleagues and classmates for this year, at this difficult time, I will never resign, never accommodate, and never resign. Redouble your efforts and strive for the progress of the school!"

It was this kind of internal and external difficulties and his unyielding character that caused Fu Sinian's blood pressure to rise suddenly, and his body collapsed very quickly. In the summer of 1950, Fu suffered from gallstones and had to go to the hospital for surgery.When he was discharged from the hospital, the doctor advised him to rest at home for at least a week, but the affairs of National Taiwan University were so chaotic that it was impossible to do so.In this regard, Zhu Jiahua, who went to Taiwan with the Kuomintang, recalled with a very sad mood: "A few days before his (Fu Sinian) passed away, during the chat, he suddenly said to me: 'You have made me suffer, National Taiwan University. There are so many things, I can’t take it anymore, I’m afraid my life will be ruined at National Taiwan University.” At that time, I only thought that he made such bitter words because he felt the hard work of doing things. Unexpectedly, a few days later, it became a prophecy.”

As if there was a kind of abyss in the dark, Fu Sinian's pace of life came to a sudden stop in exhaustion, and he plunged into the misty and misty ancient road of the underworld.Yu Dacai has an affectionate memory of his love and scene: "December 19, 1939, the eve of his death, was a cold winter night. I raised a charcoal basin for him in the small study to keep warm. He He was writing at his desk in a thick cotton robe. I was sitting across from him, mending his socks. Because he would attend two meetings the next day, I urged him to rest early. The published "Mainland Magazine" rushed to write articles, and wanted to get the manuscript fee in a hurry to make a pair of cotton trousers. He also said, you don't want to cry to me, and I know your hardship. A bale of cotton, and sew a pair of cotton trousers for me, my legs are afraid of the cold, and the suit trousers are too thin to keep out the cold."

When Fu said this, Yu Dacai's heart was broken for a while, and she wanted to cry but had no tears.Although the economic situation in Taiwan was extremely chaotic and bad at that time, it was better than that in Kunming and Lizhuang during the Anti-Japanese War. He should no longer be poor like in Li Zhuang’s time. Little did he know that at that time, Fu received only a salary from National Taiwan University, and his son Fu Rengui was still studying in the United States. able to maintain a minimum of living.Previously, Fu Sinian received a payment for a newspaper article and wanted to ask Liu Ruiheng, an official from the Department of Health, to buy a ready-made suit when he was on a business trip to Hong Kong, but after adding the payment and family savings, he could only buy one coat.Fu Sinian had no choice but to say, "Fortunately, I still have unbroken trousers, so let's just buy a top."

On this ominous winter night, just as Yu Dacai was saddened by the poor life at home, Fu Sinian got up and yawned tiredly, then suddenly pointed to the bookshelf on the wall and said: "These books are still in the The books in the room of the Institute of History and Philosophy will be left to my son after I die. I will ask Mr. Dong Zuobin to make a stamp and engrave the words "Book of Meng Zhen's legacy." After speaking, he sighed and said to Yu Dacai uncharacteristically: "You married me, a poor scholar. You haven't had a few days of comfort in the past ten years, and after I die, you don't have a penny left to your mother and child. I'm sorry for you." Yu Dacai was horrified when he heard this. , hurriedly got up and covered Fu Jinian's mouth, not letting him continue. Later, when Yu Dacai recalled the ominous omen of this night, he said: "I have never been superstitious. Could it be that these few words are his last words? It was late at night, and a cold wind blew outside the window, and the charcoal in the indoor basin had turned to ashes. I suddenly felt a sudden Bitingly cold." A few days later, when Dong Zuobin sent the manuscript fee to Fu's family with tears in his eyes, Yu Dacai held the envelope containing the money in both hands, and cried out of grief.The manuscript fees paid for with hard work came, but at this time, Fu Sinian had passed away, and he no longer needed to make cotton trousers for his legs to keep out the cold. On the morning of December 20, 1950, Fu Sinian attended a meeting of the Agricultural Rehabilitation Conference convened by Jiang Menglin to discuss the improvement of agricultural education and the issue of recommending Taiwanese students to study abroad.At the meeting, Fu put forward a lot of opinions. According to the people present, he spoke in Chinese for a while, talked with Americans in English for a while, and mixed Chinese and English for a while, making grandiose remarks incessantly.In the meeting of more than two hours, he talked more than anyone else.After a short break after lunch, Fu rushed to the Provincial Assembly Hall at 2:00 p.m. to attend the fifth meeting of the Taiwan Provincial Senate.On this day, the questions asked by the Senate were all related to educational administration.After the meeting started, Fu Sinian took the stage to speak, but Chen Xueping, then director of the Taiwan Provincial Department of Education, mainly answered.At about 5:40, Senator Guo Guoji suddenly stood up to ask questions about National Taiwan University.Guo Guoji is a native of Pingtung, Taiwan Province. He was born in 1900 and studied in Japan.This person was brave and ruthless. When he was studying in Japan, he began to lead some like-minded people to raise the banner of "the sky is dead, and the foundation of the country should be established" to carry out campaigns either explicitly or secretly.After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he was extremely unwilling to send personnel from the Nationalist Government to take over Taiwan. He began to gather a group of people such as Jiang Weichuan and Wang Tiandeng, and publicly challenged the officials of the Taiwan Provincial Administrative Office represented by the Nationalist Government's receptionist Chen Yi. Mainland military and political officials who went to Taiwan tried their best to vilify and slander.Chen Yi, who is still known for her iron fist, expressed deep sympathy for the fate and fate of the Taiwanese during the Japanese occupation period, so she maintained restraint and hesitated to use force. She always thought romantically that her kindness would one day get the same response.But not long after, the situation deteriorated rapidly, and finally on February 28, 1947, a social riot broke out because of the authorities' ban on illicit cigarettes.People led by Taiwanese natives Guo Guoji, Jiang Weichuan, Wang Tiandeng, etc. gathered people from the island and Hainan Island and other places who had returned to Taiwan, and established the "Taiwan Province Autonomous Youth League", "Datong Youth League" (for those who served in the Japanese army), "Hainan Island Returnees League" (Hainan Island returnees), "Wakaying Death Squad" (serving members of the Japanese Navy suicide boats) and other organizations.And Wang Tiandeng plans to organize a provisional democratic self-government of Taiwan Province, with himself as the chairman.Various sports organizations gathered more than 100,000 people (140,000 people in total) at one time, united one place, returned soldiers to one family, and formed a coalition army. They wore Japanese ronin costumes, and their organization was like that of the Japanese army. Carrying a long gun, waving an oriental sword, singing the Japanese national anthem, and even shouting slogans such as "The Imperial Army is coming back soon", they began to frantically attack and occupy the Taiwan Executive Office and the Taiwan Radio Station, in an attempt to call on the entire Taiwan people to join the sports team through the broadcast .At the same time, weapons and ammunition from warehouses in various places were snatched everywhere, and large-scale armed forces captured important military locations. The entire island of Taiwan was soaked in riotous gunfire and blood.At that time, there were less than 1,000 Kuomintang troops stationed in Taipei. The Taiwan authorities, Chen Yi and others, adopted a strategy of restraint and failed to suppress it.However, nearly 20,000 mainland military personnel who went to Taiwan for public education are facing life-threatening danger if they fall into a deep pit.In just a few days, about 200 people were killed and shot, and about 800 were injured.The Kuomintang army guarding the platform was attacked and began to fight back. On the day of the incident, Chen Yi called Chiang Kai-shek: "Traitors and gangsters colluded with gangsters, took advantage of the opportunity of the monopoly bureau to ban private cigarettes, gathered people to riot, and hurt people from other provinces." Just transfer back to Taiwan (the division once went to Taiwan to accept the surrender of the Japanese army, and then most of it was withdrawn to the mainland).Chen Yi's kindness and restraint were misinterpreted by Guo Guoji, Jiang Weichuan and others as cowardly and incompetent; Chen's concession made the opponent press forward step by step as a winner.At the meeting where the government officials were coerced to co-operate with the leaders of the movement, Peng Mengji, commander of the Kaohsiung Fortress, was invited to attend.Guo Guoji was so arrogant that he jumped on the table and yelled at the sky, mocking the Kuomintang army as a group of vulnerable mobs, and pointed at Peng Mengji's nose and said loudly: "I doubt that you have much fighting power." Peng Mengji Ji realized that the opponent might attack the military base of the Taiwan Island Fortress, so he took the time to quietly leave the venue and sneak back to the fortress to deal with emergencies.Facing the crisis, the Taipei Station of the Central Unification Bureau was extremely sober and far-sighted to send a secret message to Nanjing, "The question today is not whether Chen Yi can rule Taiwan, but whether the motherland can keep Taiwan."When Chiang Kai-shek heard that these people were going to split the motherland, was it okay?So he cursed loudly in anger: "Mother Xipi! I think it's toasting and not eating fine wine. Conspiring to rebel and splitting China is a heinous crime against the heavens. Let me kill you!" Immediately ordered the commander of the 21st Division stationed in Kunshan, Jiangsu Liu Yuqing led an elite reorganization division to take a boat to Taiwan to suppress the rebellion.At the same time, the Navy Commander Gui Yongqing was ordered to send two gunships, Taikang and Fubo, to Keelung, under the command of Chen Yi, to bombard the mob camp; Air Force Commander Zhou Zhirou dispatched a plane to the sky above Taiwan Island to scout the enemy, to cooperate with the Army and Navy, and to distribute leaflets. Advise the people of Taiwan "don't be instigated by others, don't sacrifice your own life, and don't be a tool for careerists", etc. On March 9, 20,000 elite Kuomintang troops landed in Keelung and Kaohsiung one after another.In the ensuing battle, except for a few people from Guo Guoji's side who retreated to the central mountain range for guerrilla struggle, the brigade was quickly defeated one by one.Hundreds of people including Wang Tiandeng were shot dead, and hundreds of people including Guo Guoji and Jiang Weichuan were captured. ——This is the famous "February 28" incident in Taiwan's modern history.This incident had a profound impact on Taiwan's political situation, and also laid the groundwork for the subsequent turbulent situation. As the Kuomintang withdrew to Taiwan, in order to appease the local indigenous leaders, and at the same time threatened by local politicians, the top Kuomintang officials decided to elect several famous leaders from the "February 28" incident as provincial senators to achieve a balance and peace. Effect.In this way, after Guo Guoji was detained for more than 120 days, with the arrival of the new policy of the Kuomintang, he was released from prison smoothly.Not long after, he became a member of the Taiwan Provincial Senate and a member of the Legislative Council with the incarnation of justice.Guo Guoji, who sits on a wooden and leather chair specially used for government officials, likes to express his heart and mind with some long and powerful talks with a strong gunpowder flavor, and people in the world have given him the nickname "Guo Dapao". Unexpectedly, Fu Sinian, the president of National Taiwan University, encountered such a person in the parliament hall. At that time, National Taiwan University was funded by the Taiwan Provincial Government, and it was specifically operated by the Provincial Director of Education, Chen Xueping, who contributed a lot to quelling the student unrest at Southwest Associated University and made suggestions in Nanjing in "Rescue Scholars".Therefore, "Guo Dapao" opened fire on "Fu Dapao" Si Nian as a native of Taiwan.According to those who were present afterwards, Guo's attack was mainly about how to deal with the equipment that the Ministry of Education of the Kuomintang brought to Taiwan from the mainland and stored in Taiwan University, and how to relax the admission standards of National Taiwan University.This matter seems simple, but it is very sensitive, complicated and tricky.For example, National Taiwan University’s admissions standards have been relaxed as far as possible, and the number of students has reached the maximum limit. However, people from all walks of life are still dissatisfied. Putting pressure on him made Fu extremely annoyed and angry.Of course, Fu Sinian had to answer Guo's question in person today, so Fu had no choice but to speak on stage for the second time.After answering the above two questions, Guo also proposed that National Taiwan University used Taiwanese money, so it should hire more Taiwanese professors and recruit more Taiwanese indigenous students, otherwise it would be equal to the Taiwanese people.In response to Guo's proposal, Fu Sinian counterattacked, talking about the principles, rules, plans, and ideals of running a school on the podium, and taking the big exam, taking care of Taiwanese students as much as possible. Considering that Taiwanese students' Mandarin skills are poor, Guangfu Not long ago, when the admission was made, it was specifically stipulated that the Chinese liberal arts score was 10 points lower than that of mainland students.As he talked, Fu became emotional and said: "The scholarship system should not be abolished. For those students with good qualifications who are willing to work hard, I am very sympathetic to those young people who cannot study because they have no money. They are abandoned outside the school." He also said: "When we run a school, we should first solve the difficulties for the students so that they have a stable living environment, and then ask them to study diligently. If we do not solve the difficulties for them first, we will not let them have It is not humane to only ask them to study hard in a stable environment for studying..." After speaking, it was about 6:10, and Fu Sinian walked down the platform slowly full of resentment.Just when she was about to return to her seat, she suddenly turned pale and staggered. Seeing this, Chen Xueping, who was sitting under the stage, hurried forward to help her. Fu just said: "Not good!" and then fell into Chen Xueping's arms and passed out.The nearest member, Liu Chuanlai, stepped forward quickly, helped Fu Sinian to the seat of the attendees, let him lie down, and took Chen Xueping's leather bag as a pillow by the way.From then on, Fu Sinian fell into a coma. Liu Chuanlai himself is a professor of medicine at National Taiwan University. After his preliminary diagnosis, Fu suffered from hypertension, so he put a cold towel on his forehead and called the affiliated hospital of National Taiwan University and Yu Dacai.Fu Yuan scheduled a meeting at his home at 6 o'clock that night to discuss the joint establishment of the "serum vaccine manufacturing institute" by the Taiwan Provincial Government and National Taiwan University. The cooperation method drawn up by hand will be delivered to the home on time for use in the meeting. At around 5 o'clock, Mr. Na Lian came to Fu's house. Yu Dacai thought that everyone was having a meeting at home and he was inconvenient to disturb, so he planned to go out for dinner.After a while, Fu's driver Lao Yang ran in panting and shouted: "The principal is dead, the principal has fainted!" Yu Dacai, Na Lianjun and others hurried to the Provincial Assembly Hall. At about 6:30, Wei Huoyao, president of the Affiliated Hospital of National Taiwan University, Ye Shu, acting dean of the National Taiwan University School of Medicine, and associate professor Wang Dajie also rushed to the venue.After being diagnosed by Wang Dajie, Fu Sinian had a cerebral hemorrhage, and he took emergency measures immediately.At this time, political figures such as Chen Cheng, He Yingqin, Wang Shijie, Cheng Tianfang, Luo Jialun, and Zhu Jiahua from Taiwan, as well as academics such as Li Ji, Dong Zuobin, Mao Zishui, Sam Mengwu, Ying Qianli, and Lao Gan came to visit the patient.Upon hearing the news, Chiang Kai-shek immediately ordered Chen Cheng to mobilize all famous doctors in Taiwan to save Fu Sinian's life at any cost, and asked Chen Cheng to call every half hour to report Fu Sinian's condition.Chen Cheng was ordered to do his best to organize Taiwan's first-class medical personnel to rescue him.Fu Sinian was still in a coma on the hospital bed, his suit had been cut open, his head was covered with ice cubes, and the doctors and nurses ran back and forth nervously.Chen Cheng, who was full of anxiety, paced back and forth in the conference room. The circle of party and government dignitaries standing around him dared not sit down, and watched the troubles coming from the ward solemnly. At around 9:30, Fu Sinian's blood pressure gradually dropped to about 180, and his body temperature also dropped to 38°C. His condition improved slightly.At 11:23, Fu Sinian, who was lying on his back, suddenly opened his eyes. The medical staff beside the bed were surprised and thought that Fu had finally woken up.The doctor hurried over and pressed his pulse, raised his hands and closed his eyelids, stepped back without saying a word and lowered his head.Only then did everyone realize that Fu Sinian had left.Yu Dacai, who was outside the door, understood, and hurried in, hugging Fu Sinian and crying loudly: "Meng Zhen, Meng Zhen..." Chen Cheng and others rushed out of the conference room and rushed to the ward after hearing the news. ——Fu Sinian bid farewell to everyone. The next day, Li Wanju, deputy speaker of the Taiwan Provincial Council, held a press conference and announced that President Fu Sinian of National Taiwan University "passed away" on the night of the 20th.Li Wanju is a native of Taiwan, and his Mandarin skills are extremely poor. Some mainland journalists mistakenly heard "abandoning the world" as "death of anger".Immediately thereafter, news spread that Fu Sinian participated in the Provincial Assembly and was pissed to death by Senator Guo Guoji.On the same day, Taiwan's newspapers published news, saying that the two cannons "Guo Dapao" and "Fu Dapao" had an unfortunate exchange of fire. On December 21, National Taiwan University announced a one-day suspension of classes to commemorate the president and fly the flag at half-staff. The student representative associations of each department organized students to line up to the Bliss Funeral Parlor to express their condolences.When the students heard the news that Fu Sinian was pissed to death by Guo Guoji, the grief in their hearts immediately turned to anger. They rushed out of the mourning hall one after another, holding a white banner of "Lost my mentor", and rushed to the Provincial Assembly Hall.The students gathered at the entrance of the Provincial Assembly Hall, strongly urging Guo Guoji, who was so mad at Fu Sinian, to come out and tell the story of the questioning in the venue yesterday.Guo Guoji looked through the crack of the door, and the students surrounded the council, and shouted loudly: "Guo Guoji has the guts to come out, come out..." The students rushing in front shouted and scuffled with the obstructing council members.Seeing this, Guo Guoji, who was hiding behind the door, immediately realized the seriousness of the matter. He was afraid of being beaten by the other party, and his arrogance disappeared, so he quietly slipped out of the back door and fled like a mouse.Li Wanju, the deputy speaker, saw that Mrs. Guo was slipping away. In desperation, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and explain to the students, saying that Guo Guoji's questioning yesterday did not hurt Principal Fu's office, and his words were not too much, etc., and the students ignored them.Chen Xueping came forward to explain again: "Yesterday's questioning included a total of six questions. I answered four questions myself, and Principal Fu answered two questions. Those questions are not difficult..." But the students insisted that Guo Guoji come out and answer.More and more people gathered, and some people shouted slogans such as "Kill Guo Guoji to avenge President Fu" and began to rush into the parliament hall. The situation was extremely tense. The chief of Taipei City Police came to the scene to direct a large number of policemen to maintain order.At this time, the wind suddenly picked up, the heavy rain fell suddenly, and the scene became more chaotic due to the intertwined wind and rain.The angry students finally refused to leave and continued to storm the parliament hall and had physical conflicts with the police.Until 1:20 in the afternoon, Fu Qixue, the dean of National Taiwan University, came in the rain and shouted to the angry students: "When I was at Peking University with President Fu, we were good friends. I came to National Taiwan University because President Fu asked me Come on, I am very indignant about this incident. But now there are only a hundred of us, and we will go back and gather the teachers and students of the school for a meeting to attack him. And it is the period of martial law." Fu turned his head and looked at the heavily armed military police, and said , "Guo Guoji can be irresponsible when he speaks in the parliament. The questions he asks are questions without common sense. President Fu is a top-notch figure in the academic world. He cannot be compared with a senator who has no common sense. Yes. Everyone came here today out of respect and love for Principal Fu. If he was still alive, he would definitely not want everyone to do this. If something happened to a classmate today, tell me how to be worthy of the underground Principal Fu." After finishing speaking, Fu Qixue Already burst into tears.Seeing this, the students felt sad and wept together. Tears and rainwater flowed in front of the entire parliament building.Seeing that it was dusk, Fu Qixue said with tears in his eyes that he would submit the questions raised by the students to the Provincial Senate, and the senators would give written answers. The students who had not had lunch were already hungry. He heard that Guo Guoji had escaped through the back door, and it was difficult to catch him for a while. I had no choice but to pull the team back to school. On December 22, Fu Sinian's body was buried. Since 7:00 in the morning, more and more people came to express their condolences, and there was almost no room and yard for the funeral parlor.Among the thousands of mourners, there are Taiwanese scholars, celebrities, military and political officials of the Kuomintang, Fu Sinian's relatives, friends, colleagues and students of National Taiwan University.The veteran of the Kuomintang, Yu Youren, came with a stick. Chen Cheng cried so much that his eyes were red and swollen. Qian Mu, who was not on good terms, stood in the crowd and saw each other silently. At 10:30, Fu Sinian's body was sent to the crematorium. Thousands of people braved the heavy rain and walked slowly on the muddy road.The tearful students held small flags with the words: "Principal, come and see us!" It was heartbreaking to see.Yu Heng, a Taiwanese reporter who witnessed this scene, said in a long article recalling his interview career: "Mr. Fu Sinian's death is the most sincere and touching scene that I have seen in my 25 years of interviews." On December 31, the last day of 1950, the funeral committee held a memorial service for Fu Sinian in the auditorium of the Law School of National Taiwan University (at that time, there was no auditorium in the headquarters of National Taiwan University).In the middle of the auditorium, there is an elegy of "National Lost Teachers" written by Chiang Kai-shek himself, and elegiac medals and elegiac couplets of senior Kuomintang officials, celebrities and scholars are hung on both sides.Chiang Kai-shek came to offer sacrifices in person, and dignitaries from all walks of life also came. More than 5,000 people offered sacrifices every day.According to statistics, at that time, people from all walks of life sent more than 270 elegiac couplets, more than 60 elegiac poems, more than 20 elegiac words, 6 sacrificial essays, and more than 90 letters of condolence.More than 110 commemorative articles were published in newspapers, magazines and special issues. An elegiac couplet from the colleagues of the "Academia Sinica" Institute of History and Linguistics: Twenty-two years of farsighted, far-sighted, far-sighted, long-term thinking, academic foundation, bear to look at it for a while; five hundred years of famous talents, who are in the middle of the world, the country is like this, and it is painful to call out the soul. An elegiac couplet for all teachers and students of National Taiwan University: Open up the atmosphere early, is a generation of masters, my way is not right?Fuhai said three thousand disciples; he could bear to look at the inscription, and the sky was full of clouds and things, and the people went away, mourning for millions of people. KMT leader Yu Youren's elegiac couplet: It is Zilu, it is Yan Hui, it is the strongest in the world; it is for freedom, for justice, and for the youth of the times. Jiang Menglin's elegiac couplet: Schools love teachers, and the whole country cherishes geniuses. Chiang Kai-shek sent a letter of condolence to Mrs. Yu Dacai on December 22. On December 30, commendation orders were issued frequently.Fu's death can be described as extremely mournful. In order to commemorate President Fu's achievements in creating a generation of NTU, National Taiwan University has set aside a piece of land in the National Taiwan University Experimental Botanical Garden to build a Roman-style memorial pavilion in accordance with the example of the University of Virginia in the United States who built a mausoleum for Thomas Jefferson in the garden. , A rectangular tomb is built in the pavilion. At the same time, according to the Chinese tradition, a stele without characters is erected in front of the tomb, a memorial pavilion is set up, and a fountain is matched to form a unique landscape. On December 20, 1951, the first anniversary of Fu's death, a funeral ceremony was held.The ceremony was presided over by the successor principal Qian Siliang, and Yu Dacai personally placed Fu Sinian's ashes in the marble tomb.There were more than 2,000 people watching the ceremony, and the atmosphere was solemn and solemn.Since then, this place has been called "Fu Garden", and the tomb pavilion is named "Sinian Hall", which is integrated with the surrounding scenery and is magnificent.The Ordnance Industry Administration specially donated a commemorative clock, on which Fu Sinian's eight-character school motto of "Diligence and Encouragement, Love the Country and Love People" proposed by Fu Sinian was engraved on it.Later, this clock was erected between the pool in front of the administrative building and Yelin Avenue, named "Fu Zhong", and became a symbol of the spirit of National Taiwan University.When Fu Sinian passed away suddenly, Hu Shi, who was far away in the United States, immediately sent a condolence message to Yu Dacai: "Meng Zhen's death has caused China to lose one of the most talented patriots, and I have lost my best friend, admonishment and protection. people……" Following the media reports, academics on the other side of the strait also received news through different channels and had different reactions.Zhu Kezhen, who has become the vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, wrote in his diary: "Reading "Reference News", Fu Mengzhen attended the Taiwan Provincial Senate on Tuesday afternoon and reported the situation of National Taiwan University. He suffered from cerebral congestion and died at 11:20 p.m. , aged 55. Meng Zhen is arbitrary, talented and selfish. Before liberation, he moved the Institute of History and Philology to Taiwan and influenced the Institute of Mathematics. He is also the sinner of the Institute.” Almost at the same time, Chen Yinke, who lived in Lingnan, also learned of Fu's death. He remembered his friendship with Fu, especially the help and care given to him by the Fu family during the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War. His grief came from it, and he wrote a poem to commemorate it.In view of the fate, personnel, and harsh political atmosphere and pressure at that time, Chen could not express his heart directly, but could only adopt the "brush" method that intellectuals have always used to use "Frost Red Niches Collection Looking at the Sea Poetry Clouds" (One Light) Continuing the title of "Sun and Moon Insomnia, according to the troubles of life and death, how to embrace) feelings and questions later", to express the condolences in my heart.Poetry goes: The most painful thing is not to live and not to die, still say Fuyu Haiwang. Together into the troubled dream of rise and fall, Shuanghong has gone through vicissitudes of life with a pillow. This is a poem written in imitation of Fu Shan (Qing Zhu), a famous scholar at the end of the Ming Dynasty who destroyed his family after the fall of the Ming Dynasty to relieve difficulties.Fu Qingzhu's original poem says: Close the window and let out the sea clouds, and the cloth is wrapped in Qiu Hao. In the middle of the night, the sound of the tide came, and Yuzhou fell in Aoba. One lamp continues the sun and the moon, illuminating troubles when insomnia. Buddhist affairs Feng Xuexing, looking at Tian Hengdao. Between life and death, how to embrace. By imitating Fu Qingzhu's meaning, Chen Shi implicitly mourned the deceased friend who "returned to the island of Tian Heng". ——This was the only written commemoration of Fu Sinian in mainland China at that time.
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