Who are the celebrities in The National SouthWest Associated University?

There are many famous people in The National SouthWest Associated University: Mei Yiqi, Jiang Menglin, Zhang Boling, Wen Yiduo, Shen Congwen, Liu Wendian, Qian Zhongshu and Yang Zhenning. ...

University is a place where wisdom and talent are concentrated. A university, without a group of teachers and students with personality, will lose a lot of charm even with abundant funds, beautiful scenery and rigorous style of study. At that time, the National Southwest Associated University fully explained the charm of the university, which is unforgettable so far. (Excerpted from Xie Yiqun's How many things happened in the Republic of China? Published by Kyushu Publishing House)

Mei Yiqi, President of National Southwest Associated University.

Mei Yiqi (1889- 1962), 193 1 became the president of Tsinghua.

"The so-called scholar is not a building, but a master." This famous educational saying was written by Mei Yiqi, president of Tsinghua University and member of the Standing Committee of The National SouthWest Associated University University. Speaking of The National SouthWest Associated University, people can't forget Mei Yiqi.

"Silent Gentleman" Mei Yiqi

Mei Yiqi is a man of few words and many lines. Not only people call him a "taciturn gentleman", but his students have also played limerick because of his reticence: "Probably, maybe, but we dare not say it, but the school always thinks it seems that it is not the case."

Chen Yinque once said: "If a government's laws and regulations can be discussed with Mr. Mei so carefully and so little, that government is the most ideal."

But it was such a taciturn man who took on a great responsibility in that special period in The National SouthWest Associated University. When Tsinghua, Peking University and Nankai University were ordered to move to Kunming, Mei Yiqi once said a "high-profile" sentence: "In this stormy autumn, Tsinghua is like a ship drifting in the stormy waves, and someone is chasing it and shouldering the responsibility of driving it. This person should not retreat, should not retreat, only summon up courage and persevere. Although it feels like a long night at this time, we believe that the wind will calm down soon. At that time, we will drive this boat back to Tsinghua campus, and then he can dare to say' fortunately, he is not guilty' to his fellow alumni in Tsinghua. " At the beginning of the school, three people presided over the school affairs, but Jiang Menglin and Zhang Boling attended important government affairs in Chongqing and had other official duties. Many things in The National SouthWest Associated University, already in a corner, fell on Mei Yiqi.

At the beginning of the establishment of National Southwest Associated University, Zhang Boling said to Mei Yiqi, a former student, "You are wearing my watch." Although Jiang Menglin's social prestige and political status were higher than Mei Yiqi's at that time, he held a detached attitude of "managing general affairs". "In terms of equipment, funds and the number of teachers and students, Tsinghua has the largest number. From a secular point of view, this alliance (combination) is impossible for Tsinghua. On the contrary, it can be said that Tsinghua will always have an overwhelming advantage. " Some people say that no matter what others say, Mei Yiqi still talks less and does more. He continued the style formed in Tsinghua during his time at National Southwest Associated University.

Mei Yiqi became the president of Tsinghua University on 193 1. Before that, it was normal for teachers and students in Tsinghua to drive away principals and professors. No president can stay in Tsinghua for long. A few years later, when Mei Yiqi was firmly in the presidency, someone asked him what his secret was. Mei Yiqi said: "Everyone pours this and that, and no one wants to pour plums (mildew)!" No one wants to surpass him in ability. After Mei Yiqi became the principal, he pursued the principle of "professor running the school", stressing both democracy and strict regulations, and Tsinghua's school affairs have been in good order. In less than ten years, Tsinghua was beyond recognition and became famous.

During his stay in The National SouthWest Associated University, Mei Yiqi continued this trend, making the leaders of all functional departments in charge of school affairs in The National SouthWest Associated University well-read and well-informed.

Shen, a former The National SouthWest Associated University student and professor of chemistry at Nankai University, said: "There are absolutely no idle people in the school leadership team who don't teach, so there is no question of laymen leading experts."

I only have national The National SouthWest Associated University in my heart, not Tsinghua.

Within eight years, the National Southwest Associated University can be "different from each other, and the differences do not harm each other; The five colors intersect and complement each other; Mei Yiqi is a credit for the ensemble of eight tones, and Mr. Fu Rengan said that Mei Yiqi "only has the General Assembly in his heart, but not Tsinghua".

Indeed, Mei Yiqi, who has a good democratic style, often said "I follow the crowd", and there is no contradiction that cannot be solved. When dealing with specific issues, Mei Yiqi also paid great attention to the relationship between the three factions. For example, in order to solve the teachers' living difficulties, Tsinghua Teachers of Institute of Technology organized "Tsinghua Service" to carry out exploration, design and production, and the income was given not only to teachers in Tsinghua, but also to colleagues in Peking University and Nankai University. Many teachers in The National SouthWest Associated University praised the cooperative spirit of the three universities when they recalled those years. Mr. Zheng Tianting said: "In the eight years in The National SouthWest Associated University, the most precious thing is friendship and unity. Between teachers, between teachers and students, between three schools. "

Mei Yiqi lived up to everyone's trust. At that time, when Peking University, Tsinghua University and Nankai University merged into Changsha Temporary University, the presidents of the three universities were not unified. Ye Gongchao, director of the Foreign Languages Department of The National SouthWest Associated University, recalled that he didn't know that Jiang Menglin was still in Hangzhou until he arrived in Changsha. Ye Gongchao asked him when the principals of Nankai and Tsinghua would come. Jiang Menglin said he was not optimistic. At that time, some people said that if Zhang Boling and Mei Yiqi didn't come, they would tear down the fire! Later, Mei Yiqi, who came to The National SouthWest Associated University, lived up to everyone's trust. National Southwest Associated University became the "captain" of National Southwest Associated University with its orderly management.

(Article source: Sing Tao Global Network)

Jiang Menglin, doing nothing in The National SouthWest Associated University, dropped out of Peking University.

Jiang Menglin (1886- 1964), 19 19 and 1945 have worked in Peking University for more than 20 years.

1938, Peking University, Tsinghua University and Nankai University moved to Kunming, officially renamed as National Southwest Associated University, and Jiang Menglin was appointed as President of Peking University as a member of the Standing Committee of National Southwest Associated University.

Wen Liming, grandson of Wen Yiduo, a researcher at the Institute of Modern History of China Academy of Social Sciences, said that at the beginning of the merger, the three universities also had frictions in staffing and department setting, and it didn't get better until 194 1. He Bingdi recalled in "Sixty Years of Reading History" that "at first, the friction between Peking University and Tsinghua was serious, mainly because Peking University had the oldest qualification, but it lost to Tsinghua at the conference".

However, whenever it comes to competing interests with Tsinghua, Jiang Menglin always chooses to back down. In Memories of The National SouthWest Associated University Mengzi Campus, Qian Mu tells a story: One day, Jiang Menglin went to Mengzi from Kunming and was welcomed by teachers and students of Peking University. Many professors complained about the unfairness of the conference at the party. For example, Feng Youlan of Tsinghua is often the dean of the College of Liberal Arts, not Peking University. Qian Mu said that in the future, schools will remain independent after successful recovery, so don't compete in today's crisis. Jiang Menglin immediately said: "What Mr. Qian said tonight has become a final conclusion, but there is controversy on this issue, which is another matter." The professors were silent.

"Jiang Menglin indisputably established the National Southwest Associated University in the National Southwest Associated University. If we fight, it will become Northwest United University, "Ma Yong said of Jiang's" inaction ". Northwest United University was established in Xi in September, 1937. It was composed of Beiping University, Beiping Normal University, Beiyang Institute of Technology and Beiping Research Institute, and fell apart in less than a year.

In Ma Yong's view, Jiang Menglin's indisputability is more due to the overall situation of intellectuals than personality. "Jiang Menglin is a very stubborn person and will never follow suit."

Jiang Menglin's inaction at the conference eventually led to the dissatisfaction of many professors in Peking University, and to some extent, he was finally excluded by Peking University. 1944, Peking University, which was about to be demobilized to Peiping, began a wave of "falling down on Jiang Juhu". Chiang Kai-shek's old friends and Zhou were also part of the "overthrow of Chiang Kai-shek". They hoped to invite Hu Shi, who was still in the United States at that time, to come back as the principal. The most readily available reason is that Jiang Menglin took Song Ziwen as the Executive Dean of the National Government as the Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan, and in 1929, Jiang Menglin, then Minister of Education, personally formulated the University Organization Law, stipulating that the president of a university should not concurrently serve as a government official.

1In August, 945, Jiang Menglin officially resigned as the president of Peking University and withdrew from the National Southwest Associated University. Hu Shi succeeded President of Peking University and was represented by Fu Sinian when he did not return to China.

(This article Source: China Newsweek? Author: Yan Yong)

Zhang Boling, "Give talented people a suitable academic environment"

Zhang Boling (1876- 195 1) is a famous educator in China and a pioneer of the China Olympic Movement.

Zhang Boling said that the first thing for university presidents is to find money, and the second is to find someone. Looking for money, he found art; By employing people, he also found the most suitable person and put him in the most suitable position.

"The most important person in a university is a good teacher." Nankai, though small, has gathered a group of big professors, including the head of chemistry department who later worked in the National Southwest United University, Chen, dean of Law and Business School, dean of Normal College, head of Business Department, head of Chemical Engineering Department, and Jiang Lifu, the pioneer of modern mathematics in China, etc.

He Lian, a doctoral student at Yale University and a professor at Nankai Business School, has been employed by other universities and research institutions for many times, and her work and responsibilities are more free. He wrote in Memoirs of He Lian: "President Zhang stood up and said earnestly that I should stay in Nankai, because Nankai needs me more than the Chinese Culture and Education Foundation. He promised to explain my situation to Professor Tao, and proposed to allocate some money from the school budget for my research next school year. He also suggested reducing my teaching time. I was deeply moved and immediately decided to stay in Nankai. I suggested to him to set up a research institute in Nankai, and he agreed. " -This is the Nankai Economic Research Institute, which later created modern higher education in China.

Wu Dayou is a world-famous physicist. He graduated from Nankai University and stayed there to teach. Perhaps his words can best explain why teachers choose Nankai: "I think one of the necessary conditions for an excellent university is naturally excellent scholars and teachers, but the higher ideal is to give talented people a suitable academic environment to develop their talents."

Nankai often loses money, but Zhang Boling has a belief that the accounts of educational institutions should be at a loss. If any school authority has a balance in the bank account at the end of the year, it proves that he is a miser and has not made full use of the money to do a good deed. Zhang Boling always spends every penny on students and teaching as much as possible.

Teachers are satisfied with the streamlining and high efficiency of Nankai. Liu Wuji, former director of the English Department of Nankai University, wrote in his memory: "This brilliant leader set an example and guided people to serve the ideal of' positive energy' like him ..."

It should be pointed out that teachers and administrators in Nankai often cross posts. Secretary-General Huang Yusheng holds a master's degree in educational psychology from the University of Chicago, and registered class teacher Heng Nairu is a chemistry teacher deeply loved by students. Hua Wuqing is an expert in architecture, and Yu Chuanjian holds a master's degree in education from Columbia University. ? (Source: Jin Bao. Com- Tianjin Daily)

Wen Yiduo: Students are allowed to smoke in class.

Wen Yiduo was one of the professors in wartime The National SouthWest Associated University. Zhu Ziqing said in the preface of Wen Yiduo's Complete Works: "He is a fighter. But he is also a poet and scholar ... He will always be a poet and a fighter in the period of poets and scholars. " During his stay at National Southwest United University, he vividly interpreted three roles: poet, scholar and soldier.

Wen Yiduo (1899- 1946) is a representative poet, essayist, scholar and great patriot of Crescent School.

The class is very "seated" and students are allowed to smoke in class.

When Wen Yiduo was in The National SouthWest Associated University, he taught Chu Ci, Tang Poetry and Ancient Mythology successively. When talking about ancient myths, the pictures and texts are illustrated, and the rather boring topics are also fascinating and very popular. Therefore, not only students from the College of Liberal Arts came to the lecture, but also students from the Institute of Technology. The National The National SouthWest Associated University Institute of Technology is located in Tuodong Road, and the College of Arts is located in the west gate. It takes a whole Kunming city to listen to a class. Wang Zengqi wrote in the book Plants on Earth: "Wen Yiduo is a good actor. Fuxi Nuwa was originally a boring topic, but after listening to teacher Fu's lecture, people felt a kind of beauty, the beauty of thought, the beauty of logic and the beauty of talent. It is also worthwhile to listen to such a class and walk through the city. "

In the Chu Ci class, although there are not many people, the atmosphere is also very active. In Wen Yiduo's class, students can smoke. "Mr. Wen lit a pipe, and so did we smokers." Wen Yiduo likes to write with a bald pen, so he collected all the used pens.

Wang Zengqi said: "There is no other person who can speak Tang poetry like Mr. Wen." Later, his student Zheng Linchuan recorded Wen Yiduo's wonderful understanding of Tang poetry one by one and compiled it into Wen Yiduo's On Tang Poetry for publication.

Wen Yiduo's speech

When the National Southwest Associated University was in Yunnan, the College of Literature held a class in the former site of Bible College on the mountainside of Hengshan Mountain in Nanyue. The dormitory is very tense. Wen Yiduo shares a room with Qian Mu, Wu Mi and Shen Youding. No matter how difficult the conditions are, he can devote himself meticulously to academic research and prepare lessons hard. Qian Mu recalled in "Eighty Memories of Parents, Teachers and Friends": "At night, there was a long table in the room, and there was more than one lamp in front of the seat that spontaneously ignited. At that time, many people often read The Book of Songs and Songs of the South, and wrote articles when they came across new ideas. A person sits quietly under the lamp and writes. "

When he was in National Southwest Associated University, Mr. Wen was often locked in the library to concentrate on his studies. It is a whole day, and the professor loves to fast. For example, Mr. Zhu Ziqing's learning is called "learn from others" and Mr. Wei's learning is called "learn from others". A professor gave Mr. Wen a vegetarian name: "Why not ask the landlord?" . It is said that Teacher Wen never goes downstairs. It is precisely because of his serious and rigorous academic attitude that Wen Yiduo completed the academic monograph "Collation of Chuci" in 1944 under extremely difficult conditions. After publication, it was recognized as a masterpiece in literary research by academic circles, and its spirit was really admirable.

I want to be a traitor to the old world when printing is famous.

Wen Yiduo Yin Zhi

At that time, the life of professors and their families in The National SouthWest Associated University was very hard. Professors' wives even made cakes and sold them in stores, including the wife of Mei Yiqi, president of Tsinghua University. In the era of soaring prices, famous professors also had to sell clothes, words, books and printing to make a living. Wen Yiduo was famous for running India, mainly during the period of National Southwest Associated University. (article source: online)

Shen Congwen: a big professor who didn't graduate from primary school.

1938165438+10 In October, The National SouthWest Associated University made a shocking decision: he hired Shen Congwen, a 36-year-old writer, as a professor.

The teachers in the National The National SouthWest Associated University concentrated the elites of the national academic circles at that time, and there were countless teachers who returned from studying in famous universities in Europe and America and obtained doctoral and master's degrees. Most people without high academic qualifications graduated from top universities in China, such as Peking University and Tsinghua, and made outstanding achievements in academic circles. And this Shen Congwen, on academic qualifications, did not graduate from primary school; As for academic research results, he is a writer, not a scholar, and has no academic works.

Shen Congwen

Shen Congwen, who had no outstanding performance in academic circles, became a professor at the General Assembly. This compromise has caused resistance and even anger among some professors. The most fierce attitude is the famous scholar Liu Wendian, who is called "the master of Chinese studies".

Liu Wendian studies traditional culture, especially Zhuangzi. He said that only two and a half people have known Zhuangzi since ancient times, one is Zhuangzi himself, the other is Professor Liu Da.

Liu Wendian despises new literature. In his eyes, modern vernacular literature is shallow and rough. What is the research value? And this Shen Congwen didn't even study vernacular literature, just a writer who wrote novels. Being a professor with Shen Congwen, whom he despised, was unfair and felt that his value had declined.

Liu Wendian openly questioned: "What qualifications does Shen Congwen have to be a professor? When it comes to professors, Chen Yinque can get a dollar, Liu Wendian can get a dime, and Professor Shen Congwen can only get a penny. "

When the air raid alarm sounded frequently in Kunming, Liu Wendian and the students escorted Chen Yinque, a great scholar, out of the classroom and saw Shen Congwen running out in a hurry. He cursed in public: "I was killed, so no one told the students about Zhuangzi. Why did you run Shen Congwen? " Shen Congwen, who has always claimed to be a "countryman", has a sensitive mind. Faced with the cruel injury of his predecessor Liu Wendian again and again, he didn't say a word, but taught his writing class seriously. However, his Hunan dialect often puzzled the students, but he still cultivated a famous novelist, Wang Zengqi, who came down in one continuous line with his style and was later called "the last Beijing-style writer".

The greatest legend and regret of Shen Congwen in today's literary world is that in 1988, the College of Literature of the Royal Swedish Academy of England has agreed to award the Nobel Prize in Literature of that year to Shen Congwen, a writer in China. But in May this year, 86-year-old Shen Congwen passed away, and the Nobel Prize in Literature only awarded it to living writers.

Shen Congwen (1902- 1988)? Modern famous writer, cultural relic researcher, representative figure of Beijing School novels.

"If Shen Congwen was still alive at that time and lived to 10 months, he would definitely win the prize. The death of Shen Congwen is my greatest regret. " In 2005, Ma Yueran, a Nobel Prize in Literature judge and an academician of the Royal Swedish Academy, said sadly in Beijing. This year's Nobel Prize in Literature winner was replaced by Egyptian Mahaffudh.

The General Assembly School did not stick to a model, resisted the pressure and insisted on giving Professor Shen Congwen the post, which made an excellent writer gain his due position at a young age and made people admire him.

Liu Wendian: Proud and unrestrained.

Liu Wendian, who is arrogant and unruly, also caused a storm in the General Assembly: 1943, Wen Yiduo, acting director of the Chinese Department of the General Assembly, refused to issue his letter of appointment as a professor and dismissed him.

The main cause of the incident was that Liu Wendian left school without authorization and stayed in Mohei County in southern Yunnan for half a year. He went to Mohe because he was addicted to opium, and Mohe produced good opium. At the invitation of the local school and the squire, he made a verbal greeting to Jiang Menglin, a member of the Standing Committee of the Congress, and left the Congress course for half a year.

Liu Wendian often talks while smoking in class. Next to him, the school also arranged an office boy with a teapot to add water to him at any time. This kind of behavior has long been talked about by teachers and students, but this time it was abandoned for half a year because of opium, and the impact was even worse.

Liu Wendian (1889~ 1958) was born in Hefei, Anhui. My ancestral home is Huaining County. He used to be Professor Peking University, President of Anhui University and Head of the Department of Literature in China, Tsinghua University. From 65438 to 0938, he went to Kunming and taught at National Southwest Associated University and Yunnan University.

Wen Yiduo, then acting director of the Chinese Department, insisted on not hiring again. Wang Li, a famous linguist, pleaded for him, saying that the old gentleman moved south from Peiping with the school and was still patriotic. Wen Yiduo was angry and said, "Don't you think you can leave your post without taking responsibility for teaching because you are not a traitor?"

Liu Wendian, who didn't even care about Chiang Kai-shek, refused to swallow this tone. As soon as he returned to Kunming, he rushed to Sijiaying in the northern suburb to talk to Wen Yiduo. The two were emotional and quarrelling endlessly, and Zhu Ziqing tried his best to persuade them.

Because Wen Yiduo refused to give in, and Liu Wendian often publicly laughed at his colleagues' lack of knowledge, which offended many people, the public opinion situation was very unfavorable to him. Finally, Liu Wendian hated going to Yunnan University, which was also in Kunming. It was headed by Xiong Qinglai, a famous mathematician and educator, and served as a professor in the Chinese Department of Dayun University until 1958 died.

At that time, professors were free to flow, as long as you were really knowledgeable and talented, and were hired by your own university, without the constraints of compilation, archives and organizational relations. This is also the condition for intellectuals to show their individuality.

Qian Zhongshu: the "human dragon" among the younger generation.

Liu Wendian is a senior professor. Among the rising stars, there is also a madman who left The National SouthWest Associated University in unhappiness. He is Qian Zhongshu, who is called "Kunlun of Culture" today.

Qian Zhongshu was only 28 years old when he was an associate professor in the Department of Foreign Languages of National Southwest Associated University, but he was already famous in academic circles. His teacher Wu Mi said that Chen Yinque is the strongest scholar of the older generation, and Qian Zhongshu is the "dragon among people" of the younger generation. Qian Zhongshu often wears a light brown suit or navy blue dress when giving lectures, which makes him look natural and unrestrained. He lectures only in English, not in Chinese, and never asks questions, which fascinates and relaxes students.

Qian Zhongshu (1910-1998)? Modern famous writers and literary researchers.

But in the summer of 1939, Qian Zhongshu left the General Assembly and became a professor at Lantian National Teachers College. The reason why he left is generally believed by the academic circles to be arrogant, outspoken, often hurting people and deteriorating interpersonal relationships. For example, he once criticized the Foreign Languages Department of the General Assembly: "The Foreign Languages Department of The National SouthWest Associated University is not good at all, Ye Gongchao is too lazy, Wu Mi is too stupid, and Futian Chen is too vulgar." Among these three people, Futian Chen was the head of the department at that time, Ye Gongchao was the foreign minister of the National Government, and Wu Mi was his mentor. Both of them were famous scholars who valued fame for a period of time.

This sharp comment was widely circulated, but in the 1990s, Qian Zhongshu's wife Jiang Yang wrote an article to refute this rumor, claiming that there was no such thing.

Another reason is that the conference originally intended to hire him as a professor, but only an associate professor was hired in the end. Qian Zhongshu is unhappy and unwilling to stay long; In addition, his father, Qian Jibo, was teaching at Lantian Teachers College for Nationalities in Hunan, hoping that his son could take care of himself.

Yang Zhenning: Many college students are "crazy"

Yang Zhenning physicist? One of the China Nobel Prize winners.

Intellectuals have a strong sense of self, so it is easy for scholars to despise each other. Feng Youlan, the literary dean of the United Nations General Assembly, who is called "the only true philosopher in China in the first half of the 20th century" by westerners, is also a Tibetan in class. The object of his "attack" was Hu Shi, saying: "Hu Shi was finished by 1927, and there was nothing after that, which didn't play much role."

Hu Shiben was appointed as the Dean of Literature of National Southwest Associated University, but he immediately became China's ambassador to the United States, so he left no footprints in National Southwest Associated University.

The entanglement between these masters, perhaps the troubles of the parties, has spread to this day and has become an anecdote that can be relished.

There are also many "fanatics" among college students. For example, today's Yang Zhenning, a senior leader who is arrogant and polite to others, was not crazy at that time.

There are two gifted students in The National SouthWest Associated University Physics Department: Yang Zhenning and Huang Kun. They often chat in the teahouse. At this time, the students heard Huang Kun ask, "Einstein recently published another article. Have you read it? " Yang Zhenning said that he had read it, and Huang Kun asked him how he had read it. Yang Zhenning waved his hand and said dismissively, "There is no creativity (innovation). You are old and confused. " (Excerpted from Xie Yiqun's How many things happened in the Republic of China? Published by Kyushu Publishing House)