Chapter 129 Limited-Battery Saver: Set clocks forward one hour

During the Anti-Japanese War, there was a shortage of electricity in Chongqing.The lights are dim, and even then there are limits.At a meeting of the Executive Yuan, Jiang Tingfu proposed to adopt daylight saving time, and set the clock forward by one hour on April 1 every year.Kong Xiangxi was the first to express his objection. He said that he had never heard of this method. He did not understand how people could advance or delay the time arbitrarily. He said that he agreed to advance the office hours, but he did not agree to advance the clocks casually.Xu Kan strongly supported Kong's opinion and accused Jiang of interfering with time and destroying nature.Later, the Americans made the same proposal and it was adopted.

Shang Zhen is very boastful.In the early years, he often said, "My wife (Shang's wife Yang Zengzhao)'s English notebook is more than three feet thick." After returning from the Cairo conference, Shang Zhen often said to people: "My English dictionary is really perfect. When I was in Cairo, Wang Zhengting wanted to look it up. Find me for every new word." The words were extremely proud. Zheng Tianting said: Chen Yinke is a professor of professors, and most of his lectures are attended by scholars and professors.When Chen talked about Yuanbai poems, the first lesson was, first of all, he talked about whether Yang Yuhuan entered the palace as a virgin.From time to time, a famous drama director He Mengfu lived in Chengdu. He heard about Chen’s name and wanted to attend a lecture. He heard that the first lecture was about virginity, and thought it was boring. thing.

After Chen Bijun was arrested, he refused to plead guilty. On April 16, 1946, the Jiangsu High Court tried Chen Bijun. Chen Bijun said in court: "The Japanese invaded, the land was lost, and the people suffered. The area under the rule of Nanjing is not allowed to be sold by Mr. Wang. The area under the rule of Nanjing was occupied by the Japanese, and Mr. Wang did not give up even an inch of land. On the contrary, only by retaking the rights from the enemy, what country can be sold? Mr. Wang created The peace movement took back the enemy-occupied area with bare hands, and now it is completely returned to the country. Not only is it innocent but also meritorious.” The court finally sentenced Chen Bijun to life imprisonment, but when Chen Bijun received the verdict, he said: “I have the courage to die, but I have no patience to go to prison, so Hope the court commutes the death sentence."

Lin Yutang is very mean. He once said: "No matter what, no matter how we mix the law, it is always remarkable to be able to survive the five thousand years. It shows that our vitality is very tenacious." In the 1950s, Lan Ling and Li Xifan co-authored an article criticizing Yu Pingbo's views on Red Studies. Mao Zedong intervened and became famous. Many units invited them to make a report on "A Study of a Dream of Red Mansions".Some people remember only the fashionable language in the report. Li Xifan kindly mentioned that Zhou Ruchang had published an article "criticizing Yu". My own opinion." Lan Ling started the lecture and asked: "It is said that Lan Ling is Li Xifan's lover, please take a look, does it look like it?" After winning a lot of laughter, he added coldly: "I'm afraid this is also a kind of asset Class thinking, right?"

Wei Junyi recalled that Haoran, a great writer during the "Cultural Revolution", and his famous work "Golden Light Avenue" often had the power of "political elevation" by editors. Strong "blocking", changed "Giving the House" to "Giving the House to Break the Conspiracy", Hao Ran said with a wry smile: "I don't agree with such a change, there is no other meaning, just want to protect a little bit of my artistic creation..." But he finally He accepted the editor's request, and he became a smash hit "writer" after the novel was published.Haoran said in his later years: ""The Cotai Strip" fulfilled my dream... So far, I have never regretted the previous works; on the contrary, I am proud of them..."

Gladys was hit during the "Cultural Revolution" and imprisoned for three years.After he was released from prison, he didn't complain at all, but his words were arguing like "proletarian revolutionaries", and there was no killing spirit, and his warmth was like water, like the English poet Browning or Jane Austen.One day, she met Huang Zongjiang and asked Huang: "Zongjiang, what hardships have you suffered?" Before Huang had time to think about it, she asked herself vigorously and answered: "The biggest hardship I suffered was not being able to eat eggs in Chongqing." She In a nutshell: "We lack class hatred."

Han Sanzhou recalled that during the "Cultural Revolution", criticisms of Lin and Confucius were in full swing.An old worker took the stage to speak impassionedly: "Lin Bandit, an ambitious and conspirator, really knows what to do. He has already become the second in command, and he is not satisfied. He still wants to usurp the party and power! If it were us working class, we would definitely do a good job!" In his later years, Ji Xianlin expressed in Chinese the reason why Chinese culture will lead the world, that is, "Hedong in 30 years, Hexi in 30 years", and the 21st century should be the century of Chinese people.