Chapter 31 Section 4: Southern geese return to the north to welcome guests in spring

The student movement in Kunming, which attracted attention from both home and abroad, subsided temporarily, and the students returned to the classroom to start classes.But every teacher and student feels that the situation of the Southwest Associated University at this time is quite different from the past. There seems to be a mysterious thing that seduces the soul and wanders around the campus, making the teachers and students uneasy. And there is a feeling of mutual alienation and precaution. The original warm, romantic, united and harmonious atmosphere has drifted away with the fog and is nowhere to be found.This feeling is unforgettable, and most teachers and students will never forget it.Many years later, when Feng Youlan recalled this period of life, she said: "After the 12.1 Movement ended, the United Nations University appeared to be peaceful on the surface, but in fact it suffered serious internal injuries. It is internally divided, and it can no longer have a consistent attitude and action on major issues. The authority of the professors' association that has been cultivated for many years since the May 4th Movement has been completely lost. The original "professors governing the school" shared by the three schools So far, the principle has become an empty form and has no vitality.” A living body has its own process of birth, growth, aging, and death, and once it disappears, it will never exist again.At this time, the United Nations General Assembly has come to the end of its life stage, and no effort can restore the prosperity and strength it once had.The most urgent task before the UNU Professors Meeting is not to heal internal injuries, regroup, and rebuild the prestige and power of "professors governing the school", but to disband the UNU, and the three schools will try to return to Pingjin and create a new situation in the future.

On April 12, the Southwest Associated University held a professor meeting in the Tsinghua office, and Mei Yiqi reported on the preparations for demobilization.According to the previous idea in the correspondence between Fu Sinian and Mei Yiqi, in view of the difficulty of rent-seeking land, sea and air transportation, the United Nations University will continue for one semester and will not move until September.This plan was opposed by many professors, who strongly demanded that the migration start on May 10 as originally planned. At 1 p.m. on April 14, the Kunming Alumni Association of Southwest Associated University held a farewell meeting at Longyun Mansion, No. 172, Linjiangli, outside Dadongmen, Kunming, to send off the teachers and teachers of the alma mater.It is said that Wen Yiduo chose this location in order to make the attendees see things and think about others, and to arouse grief and indignation in their hearts. A total of more than 60 professors and more than 200 students of the United Nations University attended the meeting.At the meeting, Wen Yiduo delivered a speech as usual, but this time it was more intense than before.According to the records at the time, after Wen Yiduo said a few polite words, he changed the subject and said:

The United Nations University is about to separate, and Peking University, Tsinghua University and Nankai University will soon return to their hometowns!This is of course something to be happy about. Like everyone else, I miss my hometown and Tsinghua Garden.It's a pity that there is no happy land anywhere except that half of China!For example, how quiet this beautiful garden is!What a joyous meeting place!You also know that ugly things are hiding nearby, threatening to sabotage the meeting, bringing the military and police to inspect it, and forcing their reactionary stuff into the meeting place. Enjoy, even such a farewell party violates some assembly laws.Now it's finally open.However, this made me think of Beiping. I am afraid that what awaits us there is not happiness, but even uglier disasters!

… What I want to say today is that these three universities are closely related to the United States. We are all cultivated in American-style education. Of course, we can also learn some knowledge and skills, but after eight years of testing , it can be said that the American education I received in the past was really bad.It teaches us to only care about ourselves, separate from the people, and disregard the nation. This is the so-called individualism, and it almost killed me all my life!Some people graduated, stayed abroad, and never came back; It's different from others!In fact, what is there to boast about? ...People thought I was swearing again.Yes, for reactionary, unjust and wrong things, why shouldn't we scold them?A few days ago, a publication vaguely scolded Chiang Kai-shek, so his party members shouted, saying that it was an insult, and some kind-hearted intellectuals followed up and said that this was too much. Could it be that he has created There are so many crimes, and so many people have been harmed, can't you just scold them?We should tell the truth and tell right from wrong.I have a name and a surname, so I will scold you!

According to Feng Youlan who participated in the meeting, Wen Yiduo became more impassioned as he spoke. There was a passage that said: Everyone says that Tsinghua has a fine tradition. This is wrong. Tsinghua does not have a fine tradition. Instead, it has a semi-feudal and semi-colonial educational tradition.I have been poisoned by this tradition and am just now waking up a bit.I learned from the youth and learned one thing, that is, to say what is in my heart.For example, if I want to say that Chiang Kai-shek is a bastard, I say that Chiang Kai-shek is a bastard, he is a bastard! Wen Yiduo's speech horrified the audience. Many people thought it was too much, and some thought it was Wen's intentional sensationalism to gain fame. Of course, some people applauded it.Mei Yiqi, the person in charge of the United Nations University in the school, listened to other people's reports, and naturally felt a special feeling in her heart.He wrote in his diary that day:

In the afternoon, there was a "farewell" meeting of the Kunming United University Alumni Association. Yu didn't go because he hated his reorganization in December.In the evening, Mian Zhong (according to the south: Cha Liangzhao) came to report the meeting and was even more disappointed.In the meeting, Wen Yiduo began to abuse and abuse, and those who followed were those who controlled the meeting.Criticizing the school wantonly and insulting the professor, why do you want to do this?The meaning of democracy and freedom has been tarnished by this generation.However, the future of the school is even more worrying.

The next day, on April 15th, Mei Yiqi wrote again: "John Ma came here this afternoon and was very angry when he talked about the situation of the alumni association yesterday." Wen Yiduo's thoughts, and "at this time, Mei Yiqi received a letter from the University of California, saying that they wanted to invite someone who could speak Chinese literature to give courses there, and asked Mei Yiqi to recommend one. People. Mei Yiqi wanted to recommend Wen Yiduo, but when he told Wen Yiduo, he refused. He wanted to stay in the 'land of right and wrong' and continue to fight."

Mei Yiqi originally wanted to make things easier and bring Wen Yiduo, a difficult "fighter", to the United States, so that he could "fight" face-to-face with the US imperialists and their "running dogs" between the east and west coasts of the United States of America. "Go on until "Dou" comes out famous.But Wen Yiduo knew very well that once he got to the Yankee's one-acre land, not only would he not be able to "fight" for anything, but he might even "fight" himself, squatting in a dark prison, so he didn't worry about it. Follow Mei Yiqi's instructions and resolutely stay in the United Nations General Assembly to "fight" with the Chinese.Because of Liaowen's tough attitude, Mei Yiqi, who still has the style of a modest gentleman, does not force others to make things difficult for him, so he has to let him go.It's just that Mrs. Mei didn't expect that after just over two months, Wen Yiduo would do his best and die.The great significance of his "fighting" to death is just as Feng Youlan said: "With his death, he pushed the status of the 'fortress of democracy' of the UN General Assembly to the highest peak at that time, and the democratic movement at that time. At its climax, the General Assembly concluded its eight-year run."

On May 4, 1946, which was the 27th anniversary of the outbreak of the famous May 4th Movement, the long-awaited demobilization day of the three schools finally came.Teachers and students of Southwestern Union and special guests held the last graduation ceremony in school history on the square in front of the school library.Mei Yiqi, the only member of the UNGA Standing Committee who was in charge of the overall situation in Kunming, made a report with historical and commemorative significance. Representatives of Peking University, Tsinghua University, and Nankai University Tang Yongtong, Ye Qisun, and Cai Weifan delivered speeches one after another.After the meeting, all the teachers and students came to the hill behind the school building and erected a monument representing the emotional and spiritual sustenance of the teachers and students of the union.According to the traditional style, the signatures of the monument are: "Written by Feng Youlan, Dean of the Faculty of Arts; Wen Yiduo, Professor of the Department of Chinese Literature; Luo Yongshudan, Director of the Department of Chinese Literature."

On the back of the monument is engraved a list of 834 students who have joined the army since the Anti-Japanese War.The inscription says: On September 9th, the thirty-fourth year of the Republic of China, our country was surrendered to Nanjing by Japan.It lasted eight years from the change of Marco Polo Bridge on July 7, 26th year; it lasted 14 years from the change of Shenyang on September 18th, 20th year; Fifty-one years.In the past fifty years, Japan has devoured and devoured our country, and even returned all the pictures and books.The game of complete victory has never been seen since the Qin and Han Dynasties.National Peking University and National Tsinghua University were originally located in Beiping; private Nankai University was originally located in Tianjin.Since the change in Shenyang, the authority of our country has gradually moved to the south. Only with the strength of culture, we can compete with Japan in Pingjin. These three schools are indeed the backbone.In the 26th year, Pingjin fell, and the three schools were ordered to move to Hunan. They were combined into a national Changsha Temporary University. The presidents of the three schools, Jiang Menglin, Mei Yiqi, and Zhang Boling, were the standing committee members. , the School of Liberal Arts at Nanyue, began classes on November 1st.When Beijing and Shanghai fell, Wuhan was shaken, and the Temporary University was ordered to move to Yunnan.The teachers and students passed through Guizhou on foot and arrived in Kunming on April 26, 27.Xuan was ordered to change its name to National Southwest Associated University, set up the School of Science and Engineering in Kunming, and the School of Arts and Law in Mengzi, and started classes on May 4.After one semester, the Faculty of Arts and Law also moved to Kunming.In the 27th year, a Teachers College was added.In the 29th year, a branch school was established in Xuyong, Sichuan, and after one school year, it was merged with the school.Kunming was originally a famous city in the rear. Since the Japanese army entered Annan and fell into Burma, it has become an important city in the front.With the support of the United University, more than 2,000 students have graduated and more than 800 have joined the army.

The rivers and mountains have been restored, the sun and the moon have regained their light, and the wartime mission of the United University has been completed. It was ordered to end on May 4th, 1935.The original three schools are about to return to their former residence and resume their old business.There are four things that can be commemorated by the hard work of supporting Myanmar and Uyghur over the past eight years, and the harmony of cooperation with the three schools.As an ancient country in the world, our country is located in the Tianfu of East Asia. It should have been the legacy of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and be the advanced of the world.When the founding of the country is completed in the future, it will occupy a unique position in world history.Although the great powers of the world are new, they are not ancient; Greece and Rome are ancient but not present.Only our country, from ancient times to the present, is both new and old. It is also the so-called "Although Zhou is an old state, its destiny is to be renewed".The great cause of the Kuang Dynasty, the eight-year war of resistance has opened up its scale and established its foundation.Today's victory has contributed to the success of our country, and the mission of the United University has always been consistent with the War of Resistance.This is one of the commemorative ones.It has been true since ancient times that literati look down on each other. What people said in the past has the same feeling today.The three schools have different histories and styles of study, and they have cooperated seamlessly for eight years.The same does not hinder the difference, and the difference does not harm the same; the five colors complement each other and complement each other; the eight-tone ensemble, the final peace and peace.There are two commemorative ones.All things grow together without harming each other, Taoism runs parallel without conflicting, small virtues flow, and great virtues teach and transform, the reason why this world is so big.Although Si is the constant saying of the ancestors, it is actually the true meaning of democracy.With its spirit of inclusiveness, the United University has diverted the social atmosphere of the moment, built the scale of freedom of learning, and called it the "Fortress of Democracy" from outside.There are three commemorative ones.Judging from the past history, if our nation can't gain a foothold in the Central Plains, it is called Nandu.People who crossed south did not return to the north: Jin people crossed south, example one; Song people crossed south, example two; Ming people crossed south, example three. "The scenery is not different" is the deep sorrow of Jin people; "Return my rivers and mountains" is the empty wish of Song people.For our fourth trip to the south, we were able to reap the full power of recovery in less than ten years.Yu Xin does not mourn Jiangnan, but Du Fu welcomes Jibei happily.There are four of them that can be commemorated.The school anthem of the United University was initially set, and the lyrics began to lament the hardships of moving to the south, praised the unyielding ambitions of teachers and students, and finally expressed the hope of final victory.With today's success, the school is not happy in the past, if it fits the contract.Isn't the end and beginning of the United University a grand event for a generation, a rare event that lasts forever!Yuan is the lyrics, Le is the inscription.Ming said: It hurts to cross the south, and resigns from the palace.Stationed in Hengyang, and parted. The longer march, Jing Xiaoyu.Looking at the Central Plains, blood is sprinkled all over the place. Resist it, and continue to talk.Poems and books are mourned, but there is still a tongue. As much as possible, the love is cut.The shame of a thousand years has finally snowed. When you see enemies, you will be wiped out like smoke.Zhao Shuo north, as far as South Vietnam. Looking at Jin'ou, it is complete.Great unity, no inclination. Zhongxingye will continue its legacy.Weisan School, brother column. As one, as cemented.Share hardships and share joys. Unity, the mission is complete.Shenjing is restored, and Yanjie is returned. This stone is like a firm knot.Ji Jiaqing, tell Laizhe. After Feng Youlan recited the inscription on the monument, the unveiling ceremony began.The eight-year life of the General Assembly came to an end.In addition to the Teachers College staying in Kunming and changing its name to National Kunming Teachers College (according to the south: later Yunnan Normal University), the teachers and students of the United Nations returned to Pingjin in batches. On the same day, more than 90 teachers and students went north by truck. "Thousands of shame, it will eventually be snowed, Zhongxingye will need outstanding people, and then there will be three households, and it will be hard to break..." The school song sounded, and the siren sounded.When teachers and students gather on campus all day, they don't feel any difference, but once they separate, they suddenly feel that their souls are tightly connected together.Cutting constantly, the reason is still chaotic, it is the sorrow of parting, don't have a feeling in my heart.Many teachers and students looked at each other speechlessly, embracing each other and weeping, reluctantly leaving the Spring City where they poured their youthful blood and the red land under their feet.