Chapter 70 Crazy-Chapter Crazy

In July 1906, international students in Tokyo held a meeting to welcome Zhang Taiyan's release from prison to Japan. Zhang said at the welcome meeting: "Everyone who is not crazy can think about it. At that time, people who are not insane can never turn back and do their own way. Therefore, in ancient times, those who have learned a lot and made great achievements must have insanity to do it... For this reason, brothers admit that they are insane. Comrade, everyone has one or two points of insanity." Zhang lunatic has evidence for this. Liang Dingfen once asked Zhang Taiyan: "I heard that Kang Zuyi (Kang Youwei) wanted to be emperor, is that true?" Zhang replied: "I only heard that he wanted to be the leader, but I didn't hear that he wanted to be the emperor. In fact, it is common for people to have the idea of ​​an emperor. ; Just wanting to be the leader of the sect is a fantasy!" Liang was horrified!

Han Yan lived in poverty, and sometimes he was so poor that he pawned clothes to survive.Gao Yuhan later recalled: "Mr. lives in Baihuating, a desolate room! When he was stabbed, he was still wearing an old silk padded robe of mine." And life jokingly called it: "Talk about hell, and do a rooftop tour." One year during the Spring Festival, he posted a couplet with "Pangu is the second, beggars are unparalleled" in Lvyun Tower. When Zhang Taiyan was running a public newspaper in Tokyo, Chen Duxiu visited him.Zhang's disciples Qian Xuantong and Huang Kan were present, and when they heard the visitor, they had to hide in the next room.The host and the guest talked about the development of Sinology in the Qing Dynasty, and listed Dai, Duan, and Wang, most of whom came from Anhui and Jiangsu. Somehow, Chen Duxiu suddenly mentioned Hubei, saying that there were no great scholars there, and the host also said perfunctorily: Yes. , no one came out.At this time, Huang Kan said loudly from the next door: "Although there are no scholars in Hubei, this may not be nothing; although there are many scholars in Anhui, this may not be a single step."

After Yuan Shikai became president, he regarded himself as a polite and virtuous corporal, and sent a special envoy to welcome Wang Kai to Beijing. When he met him, he ordered his secretary to greet him with a car.Wang Kaiyun entered in wearing the official uniform of the Qing Dynasty, the boa robe and gown.When the car arrived at the gate of the Presidential Palace, there was an archway called "Xinhua Gate". Wang asked Secretary Yuan, what kind of evil is this?Tell Yi Nai Xinhua Gate.Wang said: I think it looks like Xinmangmen.When he saw Yuan Shikai, Yuan said: Now that the Republic of China has passed, why does the old man still act as a clean and obedient evil?Wang smiled and replied: You are wearing Western-style clothes, Naiyi clothes, I am wearing Manchurian clothes, Yiyi clothes, each other.

In 1915, Yuan Shikai stepped up his activities to restore the imperial system. Zhang Taiyan wrote a letter denouncing Yuan for violating his oath when he became president. Crazy, why should I be serious with him?" Zhang was nicknamed Crazy, and has since become famous all over the world.After Yuan's death, Zhang was released and went south. Zhao Fan, a famous scholar in Yunnan (the author of the famous couplet of Wuhou Temple in Chengdu, known as the "sick man") gave him a poem of Qijue: "You are a lunatic Zhang from western Zhejiang, and I am from southern Yunnan." Zhao sick man. Are you really crazy and I am sick? Make up the sky and bathe in the same heart." Zhang Taiyan admired this poem very much, and often read it and listened to it in his later years.

When Zhang Taiyan was under house arrest by Yuan Shikai, he thought that he had no hope of regaining his freedom, so he wrote a very sad letter to his wife, Ms. Tang Guoli. The letter mentioned two things: First, "After I die, the national quintessence will be discontinued." The second is "It is a great pity that the ancestors are not safe." Chen Duxiu said: "I only pay attention to my own independent thinking, and I don't accommodate anyone's opinions. The remarks I made here have been widely stated to others. They are just my own opinions and do not represent anyone. I no longer I belong to any party, I am not ordered by anyone, I am self-assessed and responsible, and I don’t know who my friends will be in the future. I am not afraid of isolation.”

When Hu Shi was giving lectures at Peking University, he often had banquets with Huang Kan.Once, when Hu Shi talked about Mohism by chance, Huang Kan immediately scolded: "Today's Mohist scholars are all fools and forgetful." Hu was speechless.After a while, Huang Kan said again: "Even Hu Shi's venerable old man is also a bastard." Hu Shi was furious, saying that he insulted his ancestors.At this point, Huang Kan laughed and said: "Calm down, I will test your ears! I heard that Mozi received both, and he has no father. Now that you have a father, how can you learn from Mohism? Yu Feijun, let's talk about the ears of the test. "The whole audience burst into laughter.