However, his voice was too small, because his reputation was too weak, so weak that he could only become Gu Hongming's foil and become "another madman" ridiculed by teachers and students in Beijing. But because of this, Gu Hongming is still very proud of this "bosom friend" who was killed halfway, and Zhang Hanqing, who has no experience in studying abroad, has a far better understanding of Western literature than his contemporaries, which makes Gu Hongming, who claims to have "traveled through the four oceans" ---- "born in Nanyang, studied in the West, married in the East, and served in the Beiyang", is amazed and praised as a prodigy. If it weren't for the fact that after getting along for a while, I found that this "prodigy" didn't want to eat literature at all, maybe Zhang Hanqing could become his close disciple---- and it was natural that his literary skills were not as good as Gu Hongming, but no matter in terms of knowledge and understanding of Western literature, Zhang Hanqing has his own uniqueness, after all, hundreds of years of experience are there.

From the Westernization Movement, the Wuxu Reform, to Yuan Shikai's proclamation as emperor, there has always been a trend of thought ----that wants to establish a unified, prosperous, strong, and independent country through the power of the state, through the power of power, and through the maximum social mobilization. This line of thinking, called "nationalism," means that for the sake of the country's independence and prosperity, individual freedom must be sacrificed. In this context, Gu Hongming as the representative put forward the "respect for Confucianism".

This is undoubtedly another extreme for Zhang Hanqing. Even advertisements in the 21st century have praised "the combination of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine has good efficacy", and worshipping the West or respecting China is not conducive to the treatment of China's disease. It cannot be denied that after the Renaissance Movement, the West's scientific and technological capabilities leaped forward, and its economic and industrial strength increased greatly, and China still has a long way to go to catch up with the powerful countries among them, so there is a later "reform and opening up" to attract foreign investment and technology. In terms of science and technology, China should learn from foreign countries.

However, the precipitation of morality and values formed by Chinese Confucian culture, except for some dross, is very beneficial to the formation of a harmonious society and a healthy atmosphere, and culture is also an important part of the country's soft power. Chinese culture is like a big oven that integrates all the foreign cultures that have intersected with it in history, and through tolerance and inclusiveness, it has formed the characteristics of richness and diversity, and finally formed the Chinese nation. In terms of cultural merits, China can be regarded as a teacher of all nations.

What should a strong China look like? In addition to being strong in the military, industry, science and technology, and economy, it should also be psychologically strong, which is a kind of cultural self-confidence. Taking the middle as the body and the west as the use is a brief description of achieving this goal. Now, how can soft power be used to destroy martial arts when hard power is insufficient?

So it didn't take long for Zhang Hanqing to become a new wonder at Peking University: he not only agreed with Gu Hongming's praise of Chinese culture, but also opposed the elevation of Confucianism to the level of state religion, advocating "taking its essence and removing its dross", and also raised his hands to support the "mastery of skills" abroad, which made Master Gu very hurt.

But the germinators of the new culture don't need to be complacent, especially the group of grandmaster-level figures represented by Qian Xuantong who advocate "abolishing Chinese characters", Zhang Hanqing also burst out and attacked, but his way is very special and humorous.

During a class with Qian Xuantong, Zhang Hanqing, who was an auditor, handed over a note: "Sir, I know that you have always had a grand idea to pinyin Chinese characters and romanization letters, and students dare not agree with this. But when it comes to academics, students never dare to look forward to the back of Mr. Xiang, so I wrote a story in Roman letters and asked Mr. to teach the students the meaning. If Mr. can solve the problem, the student will naturally think that the pinyin of Chinese characters is feasible, otherwise he will not dare to accept it..."

The students laughed, in the era of respecting teachers and valuing education, it takes courage for students to test teachers in public, and of course it is also very good for enlivening the classroom atmosphere, so the classroom began to be filled with happy air.

At this time, the academic atmosphere of Peking University has begun to be strong; At this time, in the university, the professor really preached and taught and solved doubts; At this time, students can openly question the teacher and be promoted; At this time, professors are really able to put aside personal biases to conduct academic exchanges. Despite the opposition to Gu Hongming's thoughts, and despite facing the students who wore a pair of pants with Gu Hongming, Qian Xuantong still gladly accepted the challenge. Of course, in addition to having to fight, he is still very confident, and he must be a master of linguistics.

What Zhang Hanqing handed over to him was a large string of "shi" groups composed of the same pinyin, with a title of 5 words and a full text of 96 words.

This is actually a very famous article in the history of Chinese literature that he stole "The History of Shi's Lion Eater", written by Zhao Yuanren, the "father of modern Chinese linguistics", in the thirties, and only one Chinese character syllable is used to narrate one thing. Zhang Hanqing believes that articles can be understood in Chinese characters, but they can't understand it by looking at pinyin or just listening to pronunciation. Except for Chinese, I am afraid that there is no other language that can do it.

Sure enough, Qian Xuantong was even the most outstanding Chinese phonetist in the later period, and he couldn't understand this "article" in a short period of time. With his writing skills, as long as he is given a period of time, he may be able to make a new "shi" article. But at this moment, there was nothing he could do, and he honestly replied, "I can't do it." ”

For a moment, Zhang Hanqing's admiration for him was like a wave, and the river was endless. As a professor at Peking University, it is a great magnanimity to say frankly that his short time and not caring about whether the presence of many students will affect his reputation, which is unimaginable in later generations. I believe that in the 21st century, if a teacher is asked this question, I am afraid that he will be crazy on the spot: "Where did you find such a boring question?" Is it related to the issue? What's more, teachers and professors who feel insulted or provoked will not be angry and use force instead of Wengong: "You will not be allowed to attend my class again!" ”

Seeing that the well-known Professor Qian Xuantong was asked, the enthusiasm of the students was fully stimulated. The nature of the Chinese people has always been like this, not weakened by the changes of the times, and continues to maintain vigorous vitality with the development of the times. They talked about everything from how difficult the subject was to what a crazy student it was...

Zhang Hanqing has been prepared for a long time, this is a rare opportunity to use his insignificant strength to change the people, especially the real pride of the sky at this time, how can he let it go? He had already printed dozens of questions in advance and immediately sent them out like leaflets, so the classroom was filled with a cheerful air.

In the confusion of staring at each other for nearly ten minutes, Zhang Hanqing sent out dozens of answers and said unashamedly: "This is a "Shi's Lion Eating History" that I conceived: 'Shi's poet Shi's love of lions, swears to eat ten lions. The city is always in the right place. Ten o'clock is the right time for ten lions. It's time ,...'"

The students were immediately attracted by the well-conceived essay. It's true, it's a "shi" sound from beginning to end, it's really hard to figure out how this young junior came up with it, it's a completely good narrative essay. At first, the students just thought it was funny, thinking that this young student, who was known as the "big and small madman of the north", was about to be in the limelight again. However, looking at it, they thought of a Yan Jun question, and gradually looked at Zhang Hanqing's eyes began to become solemn, surprised, relieved, secretly praised, slandered... Both.

At this time, Zhang Hanqing's voice was still very loud: "... When eating, the first acquaintance is ten lions, and the real ten stone lion corpses. Trial release is a thing. ”

Qian Xuantong's expression also became solemn. As one of the pioneers of the vernacular literary movement and the first of the radicals of the literary reform, he could not fail to understand what Zhang Hanqing's drama (let's put it mildly) represented, but he could not refute it.

The initiative to "abolish Chinese characters and replace them with Roman letters" may be debatable, but it is not unexpected, but it is far less thrilling than this "Shi's History of Lion Eaters". I believe that if the text is phonetized in the Roman alphabet, the reader will go crazy without exception.

Zhang Hanqing was very proud, and he couldn't help but give Zhao Yuanren a gesture in his heart: "Old Zhao, I'm sorry, I borrowed your baby in advance." This is the first time he has plagiarized an article since he crossed over, and for the first time, he naturally feels a little guilty. Of course, stealing and stealing became a habit, and then it became a matter of course, after all, "the business of a scholar is not called stealing." ”

It was cold for a while.

For Zhang Hanqing's such sharp methods, Qian Xuantong felt that he had no way to start. He is a true master, and naturally he will not oppose for the sake of opposition with a clear conscience. For a long time, in front of dozens of students, he calmly said to Zhang Hanqing: "I can't refute you now, but the pinyin of Chinese characters is good for the popularization of Chinese education..."

Zhang Hanqing bowed: "The students also recognize Professor Qian's contribution to the reform of the Chinese language, and I also think that the pronunciation of Chinese characters is very beneficial for the people to get rid of illiteracy, but will it be radical to abolish Chinese characters and replace them with letters?" After all, it's a little unconvincing to blame the country's poverty and the people's strength simply on the backwardness of Chinese characters. I'm the first to disagree anyway. After all, we once had the Han and Tang dynasties, and we were more than 90 percent ahead of the West in the long river of recorded history. Oriental Japan, where we studied, still has half of the kanji in Japanese, but it does not affect the country's progressiveness. So, it's not the kanji that causes us to fall behind, it's the people who use kanji who have a problem! ”

He softened his tone and said, "As for Chinese characters, I also think that it is indeed time for it to change. This change is not because it is backward, but because its greatness can only be recognized by a small number of people! Zhuyin is very beneficial to improving people's literacy rate and primary education, and can be popularized and applied; Another problem is that many traditional Chinese characters are indeed too cumbersome to write, which affects the efficiency of written communication. I think the direction of our character reform can start from these two aspects: learning Chinese and increasing the phonetics at the same time, and simplifying Chinese characters. ”

This is a very pertinent conclusion, and it is also the direction of the reform of Chinese character education and the plan that has been proved to be very effective in practice. Qian Xuantong is an upright professor and will never ignore this fact for the sake of opposition. On the contrary, he admired Zhang Hanqing's clear logic very much, and some agreed with some of his views, and even began to like this eloquent young man. Thinking of the other party's age, Professor Qian couldn't help but have some questions, is this the thinking of a child of the age of a middle school student?

This question does not affect Zhang Hanqing's shy smile in his heart, I am me, eating different fireworks...

Zhang Hanqing has made a name for himself in the cultural world.