Luo Jialun has already gone to Chengdu to arrange teaching work, and today Zhou Hexuan was received by Hu Shuhua, president of Chongqing University, and Wang Dong, dean of the Faculty of Arts of Central University.

In the history of Chung-Ang University, there are four school songs.

The lyricist of the first song is Li Shutong, and the lyricist of the second song is Wang Dong. At this time, the third song was used, which was written by the president Luo Jialun himself, and the school motto of Nanjing University in later generations was intercepted from Luo Jialun's version of the school song - honest and majestic, encouraging learning.

Wang Dong is a disciple of Zhang Taiyan, and Zhou Hexuan also holds a discipleship ceremony in front of Zhang Taiyan, and the two are considered peers.

This gentleman is seventy-seven this year, eight years older than Zhou Hexuan, with a long goatee and a long jacket that looks like an intellectual in the late Qing Dynasty. He is indeed an old-school intellectual, proficient in calligraphy, painting and poetry, followed Sun Yat-sen in the early years of the revolution, and began to abandon politics and religion during the Northern Expedition, and stayed in the university as a teacher with peace of mind.

"I've been looking forward to Mingcheng for a long time, and I'm finally waiting for you!" Wang Dong looked quite excited, holding Zhou Hexuan's hand for a long time.

Zhou Hexuan smiled: "Brother Xuchu is too polite. ”

Wang Dong is now the dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts at Central University, and the Department of History is also under the jurisdiction of the Faculty of Letters. Historically, after the Central University moved to Chongqing, there was no new head of history until the spring of 1938.

Hu Shuhua joked beside him: "Mr. Zhou, you are not authentic, I will invite you three times and five times, and only invite you to be an honorary professor of Chongqing University." Now as soon as President Luo comes out, he immediately asks you to be the head of the history department, do you look down on our Chongqing University? ”

Zhou Hexuan soothed: "Then when I give a lecture, let the students of the major history department come and listen together." ”

"That's right, it's a word!" Hu Shuhua was afraid that Zhou Hexuan would change his words, so he hurriedly sealed the way out.

Anyway, there are only about 40 students left in the entire history department of Central University, and there are more than 100 students in the history department of Chongqing University. Students from the two schools share the school building temporarily, so it is not too much to get together for big classes.

The three of them chatted for a few words, and Wang Dong said, "Mingcheng, I'll take you to the office first." ”

"It's fine." Zhou Hexuan nodded.

As the host, Hu Shuhua led the way: "This way, please!" ”

Central University is under the fence at the moment, and Chongqing University is not well-off, so the office of the head of the department is extremely simple. It is an ordinary small bungalow, with an area of about 10 square meters, and in addition to the desk and chair, there is only a filing cabinet left.

In less than a moment, a young man about 30 years old came to the office, and he greeted: "Hello Mr. Zhou, I am Guo Tingyi, a professor in the Department of History. ”

Wang Dong said: "Xiao Guo graduated from the Institute of History of Tsinghua University, and President Luo's high feet were brought to Central University from Tsinghua University by President Luo. I know that Mingcheng has precious time, so I specially sent Xiao Guo to be your assistant to help deal with some trivial affairs of the history department. ”

"Hello, Professor Guo." Zhou Hexuan stretched out his hand and said.

Guo Tingyi hurriedly shook hands with Zhou Hexuan, and said respectfully and adoringly: "Mr. Zhou, I have listened to you talk about the history of human civilization at Tsinghua University, and I have benefited a lot. It's a pity you didn't finish the lecture at the time, and I still have a lot of questions about this class. ”

"Ahem, I'm busy." Zhou Hexuan was a little embarrassed, he didn't fill the holes in his lectures at Tsinghua University and Peking University.

Guo Tingyi was also regarded as a bull in the academic circles of the Republic of China, and was later known as the "pioneer of modern Chinese history", and will serve as the next head of the history department of Central University. He is a student of Luo Jialun, Hu Shi's apprentice, and belongs to the junior in front of Zhou Hexuan, so he puts his attitude very low.

Zhou Hexuan asked directly: "What is the current situation of the Department of History?" ”

Guo Tingyi took out a roster and said: "Due to the impact of the war, many students did not move with the school, but returned to their hometowns to reunite with their families, and the entire history department now has only about 40 students, of which the number of sophomores and juniors is the largest." There are five professors and lecturers in the Department of History, and six of them are Mr. Zhou. ”

Zhou Hexuan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Six teachers teach more than forty students, are the students busy?" ”

"It's good to wait for next year's enrollment, the number of students will definitely increase, and some of the original students will come one after another." Guo Tingyi said.

Zhou Hexuan asked, "I want to teach the history of human civilization and the general history of the world, who is the teacher of these two courses?" ”

Guo Tingyi said: "Central University does not have a course on the history of human civilization, and the teacher of global general history is Mr. Shen Gangbo. In addition, Mr. Shen Gangbo also teaches Western Ancient History, General Western History, Greek History, Roman History, British History, Russian History, Indian History, French Revolution History, and Introduction to Western Culture. ”

Khan, it turned out to be Shen Gangbo, another great historian in the Republic of China. This gentleman is not only an all-rounder in Chinese and Western history, but also a major promoter of the study of China's frontier history.

Fortunately, Shen Gangbo is a teacher of ten courses, and Zhou Hexuan came to teach the general history of the world, which is not a robbery of his job.

Guo Tingyi took out another form: "Mr. Zhou, this is the class schedule I set for you, please take a look at it and see if it needs to be modified." ”

Zhou Hexuan only glanced at it, and then said, "Transfer all the two courses I want to teach to Sunday." In the morning, I teach the general history of the world, and in the afternoon, I teach the history of human civilization, so that the history students of Central University and Chongqing University come to listen to it, and those who do not want to come are not compulsory, these two courses are minors. ”

"Sunday? Wouldn't the students be without holidays? Guo Tingyi said in surprise.

During the Republic of China period, students did not have two days off, and only had Sunday as a day off every week.

Zhou Hexuan said directly: "I want to take a big class, regardless of grade, it will inevitably disrupt the teaching order of other teachers, so it is better to put the class on Sunday." ”

Guo Tingyi said: "That's okay, I'll notify you immediately." ”

In the blink of an eye, on the weekend, Zhou Hexuan took a boat to the school and went straight to a large classroom specially designed for him - in fact, the auditorium of Chongqing University.

The large auditorium was overcrowded, not only by students from the history departments of the two universities, but also by students from other departments, and by many lecturers and professors.

Zhou Hexuan looked at the black head below, was stunned, and then smiled: "There are a lot of people." ”

The history teachers of Chongqing University and Central University are all here, such as Jin Yuhuang, a big bull in the future history of the Northeast Frontier. This gentleman used to be a professor at Northeastern University and also served as the director of the Liaoning Provincial Department of Education, and was arrested by the Japanese army after the 918 Incident, and had to be an official in the puppet Manchurian government. He took the opportunity to go to Japan, using a pseudonym, and quietly sailed to Shanghai last year, where he became a professor at Central University on the recommendation of Cai Yuanpei.

Historically, in two months, Jin Yuhuang will be appointed as the head of the history department of Central University, and Zhou Hexuan has simply grabbed someone else's position.

At this moment, Jin Yuhuang is like an ordinary student, sitting with a small notebook, just waiting for Zhou Hexuan to speak.

Zhou Hexuan wrote a big word "history" on the blackboard that was temporarily erected, and said loudly: "Before we study history, we must understand why we study history!" Tang Taizong has a good saying, taking copper as a reference, you can be dressed properly; Take people as a reference, you can know the gains and losses; Taking history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall. Today I want to talk about the "General History of the World", that is, the whole world, and there is also China, which is different from the "General History of the West". Although my "General History of the World" is widely used as a textbook in Chinese universities, there is a serious problem. That is, when professors give lectures, they often talk about the "General History of the World" as the "General History of the West", and the Chinese part of the "General History of the World" is taught separately in another course of the "General History of China". This is not true, it has caused a split between China and the world! The essence of the General History of the World is 'global', not ...... 'General History'"

The opening words immediately grabbed the ears of teachers and students.

Especially those teachers who study Western history, if they understand Zhou Hexuan's words, Shen Gangbo nodded again and again.

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