When a breeze blows, the water on Weiming Lake is crumpled, and the reflection of the leafy trees on the lake's edge swayed with the sparkling water.

Boya Tower rises from the ground in the green bushes, and you can see it from afar, which is a living "mess" (a tower lake map).

Yenching University is the first university in modern China and the highest university in China today.

At this time, in the president's office of Yenching University, President Cai Yuanpei did not sit behind the desk, but sat in the guest chair with three other people, except for one of them, he and the other two people were holding a stack of A4 paper and reading carefully.

Wang Lijian looked at the three people in the office who were reading books seriously, and sighed secretly, half of China's literary scene is basically here, and the old, middle and young have their own representatives.

He originally came to Cai Yuanpei first, in order to show him the draft of "Alive", but after Cai Yuanpei knew that he had to find the other two, he called Ma Yinchu and Kang Youwei to invite them out.

The three of them read very quietly, but they sometimes frowned, sometimes sighed, and sometimes laughed weirdly, which made Wang Lijian restless, this was not his own book, but at this time he was more nervous than his own book.

This feeling reminded him of when he was very young, when he handed over his homework to the teacher and waited for it to be reviewed.

Of course, he is very confident in "Alive", otherwise he would not have taken the liberty to bring the manuscript over to Cai Yuanpei and them to see, but who can say for sure about literature, this is not mathematics, one plus one equals two, yes or no.

However, as time went by, Wang Lijian gradually became more reassured, two or three hours have passed since they got the manuscript, and they have not put down the manuscript yet, which is enough to show that "Alive" has attracted them.

However, the book "Alive" is more than 400,000 words, and there are hundreds of pages of printed manuscripts, and you can feel heavy in your hand.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for Cai Yuanpei to put down the book first, and when he saw that the other two were still reading, he coughed lightly and pulled the two of them out of the book.

When Wang Lijian saw him close the manuscript, he immediately became nervous and looked at him with blazing eyes.

Feeling Wang Lijian's gaze, Cai Yuanpei smiled and comforted him: "Zijian, don't worry, let Kang Gong talk about his views first." ”

Zijian is Wang Lijian's cousin, Cai Yuanpei and Wang Lijian are also acquaintances, of course, it is the cousin who calls him, and although this is his office, Kang Youwei is the predecessor after all, so he should be allowed to speak first.

Kang Youwei didn't shirk either, stroked the manuscript that lay flat on his lap and said with a smile: "I've only finished reading half of this work, so I'll just talk about my views on this half." Admittedly, the humanistic background of this book is unheard of, but we can completely ignore these backgrounds and refer to the story itself. I see some shadows of realism in this book, Fugui is a typical little person, or a rich second generation......"

"Haha......"

When Kang Youwei said this, Cai Yuanpei and the three of them all laughed, and Ma Yinchu pushed his eyes and smiled: "Kang Gong is really fashionable, and he even knows such a fresh word as the rich second generation." ”

Kang Youwei also smiled: "Should we old decay just work behind closed doors and lock ourselves in our rooms every day to study knowledge? Let me tell you, that's not called learning, that's called lewdness." ”

He said directly, but it had a deep meaning, Cai Yuanpei arched his hand and said: "Kang Gong is very right, Yuanpei has been taught. ”

Kang Youwei waved his hand and continued: "Fugui is a rich second generation, at first, he represented the feudal landlord class, and later became poor, and then he represented the peasant class, or the proletariat. He represents two classes and is alive in two different eras, and the author seems to want to convey to us an idea, an idea that represents classism. ”

Sure enough, there are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people, maybe Yu Hua himself doesn't have this meaning, but he was excavated by Kang Youwei, and his comments are not far-fetched, it is indeed his real feeling. Of course, this is also his opinion after reading half of the book, and if he finishes the book, he may have another thought.

Kang Youwei won't say anything about it when he says this, it seems that he also knows that if he only looks at half of it, he really shouldn't say too much.

At this time, Cai Yuanpei spoke: "Gong Kang lives in the rivers and lakes and thinks about the temple, and he naturally sees this aspect. Wonseon, what do you think?"

When Ma Yin first heard Cai Yuanpei point at him, he said with a smile: "I read faster, and I should read more than Kang Gong, so my opinion is different from Kang Gong." ”

Kang Youwei laughed: "You kid, you are timid, you don't have to be honest, if you have a different opinion, you can say it, this is not to ask you to do the question, there are standard answers." ”

Cai Yuanpei also said: "Yuanshan just speaks and expresses his own opinions. ”

Ma Yinchu nodded and said, "Although I haven't finished reading it, I have also seen the back, as for the plot in the back, I am inconvenient to say more, it is suspected of spoilers." ”

Cai Yuanpei and Kang Youwei nodded at the same time, spoilers have not been popular since ancient times.

"I think the author wrote about Fugui in order to create a tragic character who struggles against fate and cannot part with it. At the same time, I also want to explain to people that people can't manipulate their fate, nor can they abandon their fate, and in the end they can only accept it calmly. Fugui's tragedy began with himself, but in the end, it certainly did not end by himself......" Ma Yin began to talk eloquently, and talked for several minutes in a row.

After listening to this, Cai Yuanpei stroked his palms and praised: "Yuan Shan's insights are in-depth, and he analyzes this book from two different aspects, which is really good." ”

He looked at Wang Lijian again: "Zijian, you found a good book for us, I want to thank you." ”

Saying that, he also bowed to Wang Lijian, how dare Wang Lijian bear it, immediately stood up from the seat, and saluted back, even saying that he didn't dare.

At this time, Kang Youwei spoke, "Okay, Heqing, you are too hypocritical, I still want to hear what you think, don't cheat and play tricks." ”

Cai Yuanpei smiled and said, "Yuanpei's careful thinking, Kang Gong can see through it at a glance. Okay, I'll tell you what I think. Like Kang Gong, I've only watched half of it, and I won't talk about the story. I'm going to talk about my thoughts on the way this book is written. ”

"When it comes to vernacular promotion, I think Kang Gong has a deep understanding of it, and we have been promoting vernacular over the years, and now, vernacular learning has become the authentic form of literature. But so far, I have rarely seen really good vernacular works, many authors, if not influenced by classical Chinese, made things that are not in vain, simply four dislikes, there are also some authors, although it is vernacular, but many times it is still incomprehensible, it is difficult to understand, but from this book I see a direction, a vernacular really direction to go. ”

"When I read this book, I can imagine that even if it is a junior high school student, not to mention how much he can understand, at least he can read and understand. And the mission of vernacular literature is not to try to spread the culture so that more people can accept cultural edification?"