Chapter 39 Section 3 Wen Yiduo and the "Two Families"

Wen Yiduo entered Tsinghua University and lived in Xinnanyuan, next to his classmate Pan Guangdan who later came to Tsinghua University to work.The environment of Tsinghua Garden is very quiet, very suitable for studying at home. This is the most stable and comfortable time for Wen Yiduo after returning from the United States.At that time, the head of Tsinghua’s Chinese Department was Zhu Ziqing; professors included Yu Pingbo, Chen Yinke (jointly employed with the Department of History), Yang Shuda, and Liu Wendian; lecturer Huang Jie; full-time lecturers included Wang Li, Pu Jiangqing, and Liu Pansui; teachers included Xu Weitong; Yu Guanying.This structure of the teaching staff was basically maintained until after the Anti-Japanese War.As a newly hired professor, Wen Yiduo worked with Chen Yinke and Liu Wendian for the first time on the same stage, but the two seemed to be inseparable and their relationship was not close. The tragic repertoire of Wendian.

After Wen Yiduo made his official debut at Tsinghua University, he mainly taught courses such as freshman Chinese literature, "Songs of Chu" and Tang poetry. This put a lot of pressure on him, who was not a liberal arts student. There are rumors that the faction can't teach ancient literature".It was this kind of pressure that prompted Wen Yiduo to abandon poetry creation and devote himself to academic research when he was in Qingdao University.After several years of hard work, the hard work finally paid off, and the results obtained made Wen feel "very hopeful for development".With hope in his heart and a generous salary of 340 yuan a month, Wen Yiduo gradually got rid of the initial pressure and depression, and began the most free and easy golden period of his life.Feng Yi, a student of Tsinghua University who attended the lecture, described Wen’s lecture on "The Songs of Chu" in a passage with great fascination:

I remember it was the evening in early summer... At seven o'clock, the lights were already on. Mr. Wen combed his thick black hair, wore silver-rimmed glasses, and wore a black gown. With stacks of manuscripts, he walked into the classroom boldly like a Taoist priest.When the students stood up to pay respects and then sat down again, he also sat down; but instead of speaking immediately, he slowly took out his cigarette case, opened it, and showed his white teeth to the students as a gesture of kindness. He smiled and asked: "Which one sucks?" The students laughed, and naturally no one accepted this gentleman-style courteousness.So Mr. Wen lit a match and smoked one himself, causing a puff of smoke under the electric light to accentuate his mysterious face like a Taoist priest.So, like reciting "Poetry on Sitting", he said in an extremely slow tone: "Pain—drinking—wine—cooking—reading—leaving—sao—only then can it be true— —Master!” In this way, he began to speak.

Apparently, like many old celebrities in China, he spoke better at night than in the morning, which is why he went to the trouble of negotiating with the registrar to move the morning class to after dusk.Sometimes, when he was in high spirits, he would prolong the time until "the moon rises brightly", and then he returned to his new south courtyard house in "Cool Dew Falling on Clothes". Regarding Wen Yiduo's mental state and well-known celebrity style, Liang Shiqiu once sighed: "Smoking in class at dusk is a celebrity habit of Yiduo. I just don't know if he is still smoking red tin packets at this time. Probably the front door has been changed.” At this time, Wen Yiduo had completely shaken off the shadow and unhappiness of Qingdao University, and truly lived the carefree, comfortable and peaceful life of a famous professor.

While "familiar with Lisao" and being a "real celebrity", influenced by the academic atmosphere at that time and colleagues at Tsinghua University, Wen Yiduo gradually became interested in the writing on the tortoise shell, and began to dabble in research in this field, writing Several deeds and evidence-based articles.At this time, the archaeological excavation of the Yin Ruins in Anyang was in full swing under the command of Fu Sinian, Li Ji, Liang Siyong and others. With the large-scale appearance of underground oracle bone inscriptions in large-scale pits, the Chinese and foreign academic circles were shocked, and the Yin Ruins became the most eye-catching of scholars. Hot topics to focus and explore.In the turbulence of this academic trend, Wen Yiduo couldn't bear the temptation, and brought Chen Mengjia to Anyang in the spring of 1937, and went to the Yin Ruins excavation site to visit and investigate.It was the last excavation of the Yin Ruins site before the Anti-Japanese War. Wen Yiduo, Chen Mengjia and his mentor faced the unearthed large number of artifacts, like entering a treasure house of gold, and lingered on the excavation site, unable to bear to leave.The ruins are still there, and the Huan River is full of water. At this time, Wen Yiduo didn't realize that this was the first time he stepped into the sacred place of Chinese archaeology in Yin Ruins of Anyang, and it was also the last time to bid farewell to the royal city 4,000 years ago.After leaving this time, I will never have the opportunity to meet with the capital of the motherland under the dust of history.

With the sound of a cannon on the Lugou Bridge, the color of North China changed. Wen Yiduo, who was in the Tsinghua Garden, could no longer "drink wine hard and read Lisao well". Teachers and students set foot on the road of exile. At that time, it was summer vacation, and his wife had brought his two eldest sons back to his hometown in Hubei to visit his relatives. Wen Yiduo, his three naive children and his maid Zhao Ma continued to live in Tsinghua Garden.On the eve of the outbreak of the war, he accidentally met Zang Ke's family. Zang Kejia graduated from Qingdao University in 1934, and was soon employed as a Chinese teacher in Shandong Linqing Middle School. During this period, he became a well-known young poet throughout the country because of the publication of "Brand Seal" and a collection of poems. In the summer of 1937, Zang Kejia took advantage of the summer vacation to visit relatives and friends in Beiping, during which time he naturally visited his teacher Wen Yiduo in Tsinghua Garden.According to Zang’s recollection: “Mr. Wen was a little surprised to see me, and he could meet me in a pleasant surprise. He put down the work at hand and talked with me cordially. Talking about the recent situation of Mengjia and his research work, Talking about why he stopped writing poems, I was particularly impressed by a few words. He said: "A person who writes poems well will definitely do well in research work!" I understand what he meant, writing poems It will temper people's hearts."

Not long after the long-lost reunion, the master and apprentice reunited, the Marco Polo Bridge Incident broke out, and Wen Yiduo decided to send the child back to his hometown before making other plans.At this time, Zang Ke's family did not dare to stay for a long time, and quietly returned to Linqing, Shandong on July 19.Unexpectedly, at Qianmen Railway Station, he met Wen Yiduo again unexpectedly.According to Zang, in the rush and chaos, Wen Yiduo "brought two older children and couldn't squeeze into the car. A porter (red hat) tried his best to help Mr. Wen's family squeeze into the car, and Mr. Wen I handed five yuan bills to this coolie's hand. I was very moved when I saw this. This hand represents a heart."After settling in the car for a while, Zang Kejia asked: "Mr. Wen, you don't bring much. Where are those books?" What are a few books worth?! I only brought a few important manuscripts with me.”

Wen, master and apprentice Zang went to Tianjin with several children, and then went south along Jinpu Road.When the car arrived at Dezhou Station, Zang Ke's family got up to say goodbye. The master and apprentice said "cherish" and "goodbye" to each other. The whistle sounded, the train started slowly panting, Wen Yiduo continued to go south, and Zang Ke's family returned to Linqing Middle School.Two months later, Song Zheyuan's 29th Army Shi Yousan retreated to Linqing. This ancient city in the northwest of Shandong was wandering around with retreating remnants and defeated generals. The fierce Japanese army was about to approach the city. People were panicked for a while, and they rushed to pack their belongings and snatch their belongings. He left the city and fled south for his life.Linqing Middle School had to announce the suspension of classes and a holiday, and teachers and students fled in all directions.Zang Ke’s family packed the books and objects that could not be taken away separately and stored them in a student’s home, while carrying two particularly precious items with him.One is a collection of poems "Dead Water" presented by Wen Yiduo himself when he visited Tsinghua Garden in Beiping;In the panic, batch after batch of students came to say goodbye. Teachers and students met each other with gloomy faces and relatively silent.Many years later, Zang Kejia recorded this sad parting scene: "There was a girl with a strong poetic temperament. I named her 'Yi Jun'. She lowered her head and wrote on a piece of paper:' Master Ke, farewell!" Suddenly he raised his head again, with a ray of hope in his eyes, and wrote the six characters "Is it really a farewell?"... We walked from Liaocheng to Jinan, and when we crossed the Yellow River, Just as the sun was setting, I was sitting on the ferry boat full of emotions and emotions. The Yellow River, when will the ferry cross you again to go north?"

With the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Zang Kejia came to Chongqing all the way from Jinan, continued to engage in literary and artistic creation, and participated in the activities of the "All-China Association of Literary and Art Circles Against the Enemy", creating and publishing "My Poetry Life" and other poems.Wen Yiduo went to Changsha Temporary University alone from his hometown in Hubei to teach at Changsha Temporary University. Soon after, he walked through Hunan and Guizhou with more than 300 teachers and students to Mengzi, Yunnan and Southwest Associated University in Kunming.He went to Mengzi and Kunming with him, and there was another disciple——Chen Mengjia.

An important reason why Chen Mengjia bid farewell to Qingdao University and came to Peiping after Wen Yiduo was to become a student at Yenching University’s School of Religion instead of being a well-known assistant was that he became interested in paleographs when he was in Qingdao University.For this interest, he decided to continue his studies and strive to achieve something in this major.A year later, Chen was forced by life to go to Wuhu, Anhui Province as a middle school Chinese teacher.During this period, Rehe Province fell under the iron heel of the Japanese invaders, the situation in North China was critical, and the Chinese nation was at the most dangerous moment. Out of concern for the survival of his family and country, Chen Mengjia successively completed and published "Chen Mengjia's Poetry on the Front Line" and In "The Collection of Iron Horses", there are two majestic long poems full of blood and patriotism that have attracted the attention of all walks of life and have been widely recited for a while. , Chen Mengjia chanted:

Great Wall!Tell me how many fronts you have stored in Longzhong's waist; tell me the stories of those archery heroes and their heroes; tell me how much farther the towering towers can be seen now - with the banner of my Han family flying in the vastness Between the lines of the poem, there is quite the magnificent spirit of Cen Shen's frontier fortress poems, and the emotions in it are full of passionate and high-spirited national spirit.At that time, no matter the style, depth, magnificence and sentiment of the poems were quite different from the singing, charming language and romance of the Crescent School.Later generations of researchers generally believe that this is a symbol of Chen Mengjia's transition from a pure Crescent poet to a writer, paleographer, ancient history research expert, and scholar. In 1934, Chen Mengjia returned to Yenching University to study as a postgraduate student in paleontology under the tutor of the famous paleographer Professor Rong Geng, and began to formally transform from a poet to a scholar. After graduating with a master's degree in 1936, he stayed at the school as a teaching assistant.It was also during this period that Chen Mengjia selected 23 poems from the poems created over the years and compiled them into "Mengjia Poems", which can be regarded as a conclusion to the achievements of previous poetry writing and an explanation to readers.Since then, he bid farewell to the poetry world, devoted all his energy to the study of ancient characters and ancient history, and strived to climb towards the peak of academics.As he said in 1956 in "General Book of History · Preface": "In the past twenty-five years, I studied ancient characters because of my research on ancient religions, myths, etiquette and customs, and I turned to the study of ancient history because of my research on ancient philology." As soon as he changed, Wen Yiduo, as a teacher, was not only not disappointed, but he believed that this was the right path for a talented and ambitious young man to pursue and encouraged him greatly.Chen Mengjia changed from a poet to a researcher of oracle bone inscriptions, and he was quite inventive. Wen Yiduo once said to his friend Liang Shiqiu more than once after rewarding him: "A talented person who is willing to work is considered a successful person." example." Liang believed: "The mutual influence between the teacher and the student must be great." It is reasonable for what Liang Shiqiu said and Chen to influence each other.Wen Yiduo turned from a poet to a scholar, and his research scope continued to expand to the depth of history. He said in a letter to Zang Kejia in 1943, "My historical research topic even extends to before history, so I studied mythology, my cultural topic Beyond the cultural circle, I am studying cultural anthropology with primitive society as the object.” Judging from Chen Mengjia’s transformation from a poet to a scholar, and his 30-year career as a scholar, it is basically the same as his professional teacher Wen Wen. Most of them are in the same line, and a considerable part of the research fields are also quite the same. For example, the two are interested in oracle bones, bronze inscriptions, and mythology studies at the same time.Only with this common interest and ambition can we influence each other and open up a new academic world.After transferring to Tsinghua University from Qingdao University, Wen Yiduo's political enthusiasm gradually disappeared, and he was obsessed with academic research. His achievements were gradually valued by scholars. Occupying one of the only five professorships and being recognized by both the school authorities and the students is a proof in itself.And Chen Mengjia wrote more than a dozen academic papers in just two years before and after his graduation from the Graduate School of Yenching University, except for "New Interpretation of Lingyi", "Research and Interpretation of Yuhan Wanghu" and several explanations of single characters. In addition, most of them discuss the religion, mythology and etiquette and customs of the Shang and Zhou dynasties based on oracle bones and bronze inscriptions, including "Shang and Zhou Sacrifice in Ancient Writings", "Myths and Witchcraft in the Shang Dynasty", "Origin of Ancestral Temples and God Lords", etc. Well received by the academic community.At the same time, Chen Mengjia also conducted research on ancient geography, and published famous works such as "Shang Dynasty Geography Notes" and "Kai Yi Kao".Just as the poems of that year illuminated the entire poetry world as soon as they came out, this series of research results soaked in Chen Mengjia's extraordinary talent and profound skills and a new look shocked the entire academic world, and Chen Mengjia became famous. After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, Chen Mengjia was recommended by Wen Yiduo, and Mei Yiqi, who was reported by Zhu Ziqing, agreed to leave Beiping as a staff member hired by Tsinghua University and come to Changsha Temporary University as a Chinese teacher.Regarding this experience, Zhu Ziqing, the dean of the Chinese Department at the time, made it clear in a letter to Mei Yiqi: "The temporary university still lacks a teacher of philology, and it is planned that Tsinghua University will hire Mr. Chen Mengjia as a teacher with a salary of 120. Yuan, responsible for this kind of homework. Chen Jun graduated from Southeast University, studied at the Academy of Chinese Studies of Yanda University for two years, and taught there for one year. The papers he published on paleontology and ancient history were found in our school and Yanzhou University. University newspapers are highly valued by seniors. Hiring Chen Jun will not only meet the needs of temporary university philology teachers, but also cultivate a research talent for the school. If you agree, I am very grateful!" It can be seen from the letter that Zhu Ziqing is very grateful Chen Mengjia already understood and valued it, and coupled with the bright prospect of "cultivating a research talent for our school", Mei Yiqi's quick reply was quite predictable.It can be said that this letter is a major turning point in Chen Mengjia's life and academic career. Chen Mengjia and his wife, Zhao Luorui, arrived at Changsha Temporary University, and soon moved to Yunnan with the school, where they taught in the Chinese Department of the College of Liberal Arts of Southwest Associated University, and Wen Yiduo became a teacher, student and colleague who got along day and night.So far, the development direction and possible future achievements of the two "families" that Wen met and loved in his teaching career have been determined.Half a year ago, Zang Kejia's trip to Beiping not only meant the eternal farewell with his mentor, but also meant that the two were gradually drifting apart in their pursuit of career and the road ahead.When we met in the Tsinghua Garden, I heard the profound meaning of what Wen said to Zang, "A person who writes poems well will definitely do well in research work!" Zang claimed to understand the meaning, but it was full of tragedy Symbolically, it can be understood as "writing poetry will temper one's heart". ——Zang Kejia said this sentence in 1980, and he was 75 years old at the time. This means that not only did he not understand the true meaning of the teacher at that time, but he also failed to understand the true "meaning" hidden in the depths of the teacher's heart all his life. ".And the one who really understands is the Chen family, another favorite "family" of the Wen family.This is why Chen Mengjia quickly became a world-recognized famous paleographer, bronze research expert, historian, and archaeologist in just a dozen years after the poet. The reason for the brilliant achievements that can be achieved.At the same time, Zang Kejia spent his whole life in the small circle of poetry creation, beating like a small furnace maker in the increasingly political poetry circle, and selling hot, except for the works that won him fame in his early years, such as "Old Horse" Waiting for a few poems, it is rare to find a tragedy that can be achieved by a person.Of course, there are differences between human genius, spirituality, and insights, and the differences are profound and huge. No matter which aspect of them, Zang Kejia cannot match Chen Mengjia.This is another reason why Chen Mengjia could be a professor at Southwest Associated University, and Zang Kejia, who lived in Chongqing, wrote to Wen Yiduo several times, hoping to get a small teaching position in Kunming but failed. Chen Mengjia mainly taught courses such as Chinese Philology and General Theory of Shangshu at Southwest Associated University.According to Qian Mu, who also taught at the Liberal Arts School of the United Nations University, "A colleague, Chen Mengjia, first named it New Literature. Yu was a part-time course at Yanda University in Peking, and Mengjia also came to choose courses, so he became good at ancient pre-Qin history and curated Guijiawen. His wife is Yan University has a famous school beauty, chasing someone, but only admiring the dream. Parents’ clothes are loose and untied, and they have the smell of Chinese writers, so they gave them to them. And the couple came to the United Nations University together. His wife studied English literature, studied frequently and was often sick. The library of the United Nations University Almost all the books of English literature in the collection are read. Teachers and students recommend them. Mengjia’s first task in exile is to find a house and settle down first. All professors admire him and his wife for a trip, and the couple is also very happy to be with Yu Travel.” Qian Mu’s recollection, and then mainly narrates that Chen Mengjia’s enthusiasm in Mengzi led him to write the “Outline of National History”, which had a huge impact, and apologized for not mentioning Chen Mengjia’s contribution after the book was completed. "Yu Zhi's intention to write the book "Outline of National History" was actually facilitated by Mengjia's two-night talk. In Yu Zhi's introduction to "Outline of National History", it was not mentioned. Now that Mengjia has become an ancient person, How can it be better to hold a pen and think about it than to feel sad." In addition to becoming famous for his poetry, Chen Mengjia's study of ancient characters on tortoise shells was highly valued by the people of the time. He married Zhao Luorui, a beauty who looked like a fairy in Yan University, which made the professors restless and scrambled to swim with him. His ability is also highly respected by his peers, especially some older Confucian scholars.Among them, the resettlement of Wen Yiduo's family benefited from Chen Mengjia's special ability. On June 22, 1938, Wen Yiduo wrote to his wife Gao Xiaozhen in his hometown, saying: "I didn't get your letter last week, and it's already Wednesday today. I don't know why. How to decide, Come or not, I will prepare a house. Chen Meng’s house is very generous, and he is willing to share half of it with me, but there is one condition. His sister-in-law is currently living in Hong Kong and is also interested in coming. If he comes, he has to let his sister-in-law live. So if his sister-in-law wants to come, I have to find another house. This is not an easy task. Before I come to pick you up, I have to fix the house and arrange everything. There are many things. How can I be busy? So You must let me know sooner." At that time, Gao Xiaozhen was living in a small two-story building at No. 25, Moshi Street, Wuchang, with her child and her maid Zhao Ma. This was a joint venture bought by Wen Yiduo and his brothers.Unexpectedly, five days after the letter was sent, Wen Yiduo got the exact news. Because the Liuzhou Aviation School was going to move to Mengzi and occupy the school buildings of the School of Literature, Law and Business of the United Nations University, the military authorities ordered the teachers and students to move back to Kunming.Wen Yiduo hastily wrote to his wife to explain, "Now I have to live in Kunming. But it is very difficult to find a house in Kunming, and I have to go by myself. Now the school has decided to end homework on July 23. I wait for the end of homework, Immediately arrive in Kunming, and it will take at least a week to find a house. So you have to wait until the end of July.” He also said: “A total of 600 yuan was sent before and after, except that the previous letter asked you to give 100 yuan to my younger brother or father. , I want to spend some of the remaining 500 yuan before leaving. But there is always a budget in advance, please tell me the budget. If you can save, save. Kunming rent is very expensive, and it takes a lot of money to buy furniture. I have I have no savings, so I am very anxious. Naturally, I am looking forward to your coming day and night, and I also hope that you will come and suffer hardships with you, but if you have a little savings in your hand, wouldn’t it be better if you don’t suffer hardships? It’s been almost a month and I haven’t eaten Tea, only boiled water, I went to Meng’s place today, and he gave me the tea leaves that I didn’t want to eat. When I came back, I brewed a bowl after the meal, and finally opened the meat. I should quit smoking, but it’s not as good as tea. , so let’s quit tea first, and when you come in the future, if you want me to quit smoking, I think, for your sake, I can’t quit smoking.” Difficulties and Wen, and the friendship between teachers and students also indicate that Wen Yiduo's life of poverty and distress has begun since then. When teachers and students from Southwest Associated University's School of Literature, Law and Business came to Kunming, the Japanese army had launched large-scale bombing of Wuhan, Changsha and other cities. The family of Si left Wuchang in the smoke of gunfire, went to Hong Kong via Changsha, transferred to Haiphong of Vietnam, and rushed all the way to Kunming with difficulty.After Wen Yiduo came to Kunming, the situation was better than expected. Thanks to the help of Chen Meng’s family, he finally found a house. He said in a letter to his wife: “The house in Kunming is expensive and hard to find. I have been here for less than a week. Thanks to the help of Chen Mengjia, we found the house. Now we just need to arrange it slowly, and you will be satisfied when you come. The landlord promised to borrow furniture, so the money will not be too much... There are seven rooms in the house, on the upper floor, including electric lights, monthly rent 60 yuan, 200 yuan in deposit, and the landlord borrows furniture. This condition is not expensive in Kunming. The deposit has been paid, and the rent will be paid when you move in. The kitchen is downstairs. The most convenient place to buy vegetables, but it is a little far from the school. I can walk here, and there is an elementary school nearby." He added: "The landlord is a Chinese medicine practitioner who runs a large pharmacy, and his relative Xu Jun is a teacher. I know him and is a good friend of Mr. You." The house Wen Yiduo mentioned was the famous Yao’s house at No. 3 Fushou Lane in Kunming. The Yao family had practiced medicine for generations, and their medical skills and ethics were well-known, so they earned a fortune.What Wen's rented was only the front yard of Yao's house, and the back yard was still inhabited by Yao's family (according to the south: it was later rented by Tian Han's family).In the letter, Wen Yiduo also specially drew a schematic diagram of the floor plan, which is a two-story wooden building with three main rooms and two east and west wing rooms, all of which are spacious and bright.There is a large courtyard in the courtyard, about 30 square meters, which is like spring all the year round, with verdant flowers and trees, and the sound of butterflies and insects is very pleasant. This is completely a good house in Kunming.After Wen Yiduo’s wife and children arrived, a family of eight lived in three main rooms and a wing room upstairs. His younger brother Wen Jiasi was hired as an associate professor in the Department of Foreign Languages ​​of the United Nations University. A family of five lived in the other room upstairs. It's also fun.The landlord, Yao Jia, is a well-educated and well-educated master, who respects scholars very much, and has a close relationship with many professors of Lian University and Yunda University, such as Tang Lan, Luo Yong, Liu Wendian, Shen Congwen, Hu Xiaoshi, etc. Professors often come to Yao when they are sick. home healing.Wen Yiduo talked with the master from time to time, the two families got along well, and their children were studying in the primary school attached to Kunhua, so the relationship was very good.It’s just that the white-haired old lady of the host’s house may have been abused by her mother-in-law when she was young and suffered a lot, or her sex life was not satisfactory when she was young, and when she finally became a mother-in-law from a daughter-in-law for many years, she became a little abnormal He deliberately transferred the hatred of the past to a maid named Lotus, and gave him a beating in a new way every three days.Facing the stick and whip flying across the sky, the servant girl ran, jumped, or rolled around on the ground, screaming like ghosts and wolves.Whenever at this time, Wen Yiduo, who was doing research upstairs, had to stop working and went downstairs to dissuade him. When he returned upstairs, he shook his head and muttered to himself: "It's too shameful, it's too shameful." It's like talking!" After a long time, going downstairs to stop the old lady's arrogance became a routine for Wen Yiduo, just like giving lectures to students. It is said that after Chen Mengjia came to Kunming, he asked his good friend Xu Jiarui who was a lecturer at Yunnan University (according to the south: he later served as a professor and head of the Department of Literature and History of Yunnan University, and after the founding of New China, he served as the director of the Education Department of Yunnan Province and the chairman of the Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles) to find a house for him. Xu and Yao's family are relatives. Knowing that Yao's family has a great career, they asked him for help.In the face of a national crisis, the owner of the Yao family, who knows the general situation, vacated this high-end house to entertain guests.Later, when Kunming was bombed, Wen's family left Yao's house and moved in and out of the city several times, but there was no such good house for them to settle down anymore. After the school moved to the south, Wen Yiduo still continued the consistent style of Tsinghua University for five years. Except for lectures, he returned to the dormitory to study and study behind closed doors. He often stayed at home and had little interest in politics.It was like this in Mengzi, but it remained the same in Kunming. Until 1942, he was still full of confidence in the national resistance war led by the Kuomintang and its supreme commander Chiang Kai-shek at that time.Once he talked with his son Wen Lihe about the international and domestic situation. When talking about Chiang Kai-shek, he said: "This man has experienced many hardships and twists and turns in his life. During the Xi'an Incident, he was calm and calm, and turned danger into safety. He has a great and touching personality. The War of Resistance must be led by this man." , the future is bright, and victory is expected.” Just in June of this year, Tsinghua University held the 15th professor meeting after moving to Kunming, and decided to hire Wen Yiduo, Zhu Ziqing, Chen Yinke, Liu Wendian, Wang Li, and Pu Jiangqing as professors of the Chinese Department of the Liberal Arts College.At the same time, two teachers, Chen Mengjia and Xu Weitong, squeezed into the positions of associate professors under the strong recommendation of Wen Yiduo, then acting director of the Chinese Department.This is Wen's care for his disciples, and it is also a happy result of Chen Mengjia's own talent and hard work.Unexpectedly, four years later, Wen and Chen were separated by yin and yang, and they could no longer meet and talk.