Chapter 105 Conscious - I didn't come to Cambridge to get a degree

Hua Luogeng was promoted to a teaching assistant in his second year at Tsinghua University. He was a teaching assistant with a junior high school education. This broke Tsinghua's precedent, but it was unanimously approved by the professors' association.In another year and a half, he was promoted to lecturer, and then worked as a researcher for two years. In 1936, at the age of 26, he went to study in the UK and studied at the most famous University of Cambridge.But he didn't want to study for a Ph.D., he just wanted to be a Visitor.Because being a visitor can break through the shackles and study seven or eight subjects at the same time.He said: "I came to Cambridge to study, not to get a degree." Until later, the only diploma he had was a junior high school diploma.

Ren Hongjun once said to the new students: "I remember that when the 'May 30th Incident' was at its peak in the 14th year of the Republic of China, the walls of a certain university were covered with slogans such as 'Down with Britain' and 'Go straight to England'. I I don’t know how our general navy, which is less than 100,000 tons, can reach London. We remember the “May 3rd” incident in the 17th year of the Republic of China. The slogan of our student circle is to “shoot Tanaka”. Sure enough, Tanaka can How could there be a "Jinan incident" if we shot them to death? After the recent "September 18th" incident, our student circles advocated organizing the "East Asian Alliance" and "Uniting the Weak and Minor Nationalities in East Asia". Where is the nation, how can it be organized to resist the strong sun."

When Southwest Associated University started school, Yin Haiguang chose "Introduction to Philosophy" by Zheng Xin. This professor had studied in Germany and had a deep understanding of Kant's philosophy.Zheng Xin found out that Yin Haiguang also came to his class, so she said to him: "You don't need to take my class, just go down and read by yourself." So Yin Haiguang stopped coming to class, and he read books and studied by himself at the end of the semester. And got the highest grade in this class.He took Jin Yuelin's logic class, and Professor Jin said to him: "You don't need to take my class. Wang Xianjun just came back from Austria. He must be better than me. Go and listen to him!"

In January 1949, Fu Zuoyi called a meeting of scholars and celebrities in Peking.Xu Beihong said: "Beiping is a world-renowned cultural ancient city. There are many magnificent ancient buildings here... I hope that General Fu Zuoyi will take the overall situation into account and obey the public opinion, so that Peiping will not be destroyed by artillery fire." Mr. Kang Youwei's sixty-year-old daughter Kang Tongbi made a generous speech: "Peking has the most precious cultural relics and historic sites for mankind. This is a priceless treasure and must not be destroyed by soldiers."

In 1969, Yin Haiguang passed away.In the article "Selected Works of Haiguang · Self-narration" completed 26 days before his death, he said: "...I feel more deeply in recent years that any good theory and system about human beings, including freedom and democracy, cannot be achieved without moral ideals. The driving force, if it is not restricted by ethical norms, will be used, it is very dangerous, and it can become its opposite. Democracy can become totalitarian, and freedom can become riots. Since ancient times, the concerns of great thinkers such as Plato, It's not superfluous."

Lei Zhen could read newspapers in prison, but the newspapers were cut so badly that many places became skylights.Lei protested, and the head of the prison said, "You have no right to read problematic news." Lei Zhen said, "Even if you are right, but once you cut it, the part on the back that is good will be cut off. I have that part. Look at the rights!" The prison had no choice but to use ink instead of cutting.But this kind of approach is just deception, important news can still be "made up".Lei Zhen gave an example: "The news about Li Zongren's return to China was cut, but after seeing the news about Bai Chongxi blaming Li in a few days, we can deduce what the news that was cut that day was."

Chen Yinke said of himself in the preface to Jiang Bingnan: "Remembering your life in silence is certainly not an insult to your self-esteem. Learning from Ashi, it seems to be a comfort to friends."