Chapter subtitle: What is Master Stream? Lao Tzu's broken book is the real master ball...... That stream!

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Monday evening, April 25, 1921.

The sun was setting in the west, and this "organizational life meeting" had also ended, and only two Chinese, Yuan Yanqian and Huang Zongyi, were left on the balcony.

Our Master Yuan walked to the edge of the balcony and stretched a big lazy waist, squinted his eyes to enjoy the sunset on the horizon, then turned his head to look at his nephew, who now looked respectful, and said, "Grant, I'm sorry to let you delay here for an afternoon." ”

Huang Gongzi naturally shook his head and denied: "Uncle, if you say that, you will see the outside." What's more, my nephew has really benefited a lot this afternoon, and I have appreciated your uncle's demeanor......"

He showed an admiring expression and said: "My nephew thought that the rumors about my uncle were still a little exaggerated, but now it seems that those rumors are still reserved!" ”

"Hahaha......" Yuan Yanqian asked with a smile, "Teach it, you also heard about me in London?" ”

"Of course, I've heard a lot about you from my sister and my brother-in-law. My sister is full of praise for you, which shows that Aunt Zhu is a discerning person, and the two of you are even more talented......"

Huang Zongyi glanced at his uncle, who was both talented and good-looking, and felt that the idiom "talented and beautiful" was a bit inappropriate.

Not to mention women, even men like Huang Gongzi have to admit that if a man grows up like Yuan Yanqian, even if he doesn't have this talent, he can eat soft rice justifiably.

No wonder the Don lady entered the convent of France for him.

He had no choice but to swallow a mouthful of saliva and said, "That's really a good couple!" Shaochuan's brother-in-law, he said that you are talented...... Well, he also admires your talent. ”

Master Yuan chuckled lightly and said leisurely: "Hehe, you are arrogant...... Minister Gu is a humble gentleman and a kind gentleman. ”

At that time, he had a lot of trouble with Gu Weijun and Shi Zhaoji, the two ministers, because of the duel with Lieutenant Colonel Alexander, so the current minister to Britain said that he was "arrogant" It is really polite.

Compared with Gu Shaochuan, Shi Zhizhi, who is a little older, is even more unaccustomed to Yuan Da Traverser who reveals his true nature, and thinks that Xiao Yuan is too flamboyant and domineering, not a way to deal with people, let alone be a diplomat. Therefore, the two have never met in Washington.

"Speaking of us Chinese gentlemen...... Yuan Yanqian changed her words and said, "Grant it, there will be three gentlemen later, are you interested in having dinner with me and them?" ”

"It's better to be respectful than to obey your nephew."

"Well, that's good. Uncle, I'll go change my clothes first, and you can change your clothes too. Just order it casually, we are not foreigners, there is no need to eat in evening dresses. ”

Our Master Yuan is actually a pretending to be a man, not a really crazy maniac. This time, he wanted to invite a stranger he had never met, so naturally he could no longer wear pajamas, so he had to change into a set of clothes for visitors.

So when Huang Gongzi saw his uncle again, he found that they had changed their style again.

Our Master Yuan just took the route of the Wei and Jin Dynasty celebrities who roared in the bamboo forest and talked about lice, and now he has become a Western gentleman who gets on the horse to kill the Indians and dismounts to pick up the noble lady.

I saw that he was wearing a well-tailored brown-colored tweed plaid suit, not so formal but full of pedantic, no tie or bow tie around his neck, but a plaid silk scarf of the same color, which immediately made the somewhat dull dress lively.

As a result, Yuan's articles were not only a regular in The Atlantic and The New Yorker, but his photographs also appeared in the old fashion magazines Vogue (founded as early as 1892 and is known as the most important fashion magazine brand) and Vanity Fair (founded in 1913 as a pictorial magazine dedicated to high society and fashion pioneers).

And his daily handsomeness not only led the men's fashion trend on this timeline, but also really changed the stereotype of some Americans about the Serisians.

"Uncle, who is your guest tonight......" Huang Zongyi couldn't help but ask curiously when he saw the Chinese banquet from Chinatown in the side hall.

Yuan Yanqian smiled slightly and said, "Teach it, it's all our Chinese...... who came today."

At this moment, the three Syrisian gentlemen walked in, led by the servants. The uncle and nephew, who were the masters, naturally got up to greet them.

Master Yuan pointed at these three gentlemen and said very familiarly: "Teach them, these three are my uncle's close friends." Luo Puxiang of Jinmen, Yang Jingbang of Shanghai, Lu Yan of Xiangjiang. ”

That's right, Camel Xiangzi, Xiao Yang Shengfang, Six-Fingered Qin Demon plus his President Yuan, just happen to be the four gentlemen of Meilan and Zhuju.

Next, he introduced to his card partners: "This is the son of the Huang family from Nanyang, the big Zongyi." ”

When these three gentlemen heard the words "Nanyang Huang Family", they couldn't help but be in awe. So they immediately showed a flattering smile, casually said hello to Yuan Yanqi, and surrounded Huang Gongzi in the middle.

"Huang Gongzi, my uncle is the consul in New York, you can greet your little brother if you have anything here."

"Huang Gongzi, Ala House (home) is also an old customer of Jianyuan Company. It was a pleasure to be able to meet each of them (here). ”

Seeing this, Yuan Yanqian frowned, grabbed Lu Yan and said, "Xiao Lu, what about the three classmates you are talking about?" ”

In fact, he was so solemn not to entertain his three card partners, but to entertain the three classmates of the Six-Fingered Qin Demon.

Don't look at Lu Yanchao's Hongmen, he studied at Harvard University, and now he is in the sixth grade...... Anyway, Harvard University is a private university that you can go to if you pay money, and his family is not bad for money, so he wants to study for a few years.

The diligent six-fingered piano demon not only studied hard at Harvard University for six years as an undergraduate, but also transferred several departments, which can be called an encyclopedic college student, but he is missing a horn, and he has an extra finger.

His scholarly spirit not only allowed him to be knowledgeable, but also had another benefit, that is, he got to know many Chinese students at Harvard. Some of them wanted to meet Master Yuan through him, so there was this banquet tonight.

Lu Yan then remembered the matter and said: "Old Yuan, you said that they ......"

Just as I heard the sound of footsteps outside, a housekeeper of Ms. Brooks's house led three gentlemen who were not much older than Yuan Yanqian and Cyris to walk in.

The Six-Fingered Qin Demon smiled and said, "Look, aren't they here!" ”

"Old ...... Let me introduce you to that Hongji. ”

I saw Lu Yan pulling Master Yuan to greet him, and he acted as an introducer between the two sides with a straight face.

"This is Longnan Tang Yongtong, the word Xiyu."

The six-fingered qin demon is also a cultural person, and if you want to call people's hometowns, you have to use ancient names, in fact, this Mr. Tang is from Weiyuan County, Gansu Province.

Our Master Yuan immediately stretched out his hand and said enthusiastically: "Brother Xiyu, I am fortunate to be here, I am fortunate to be here." ”

He said in his heart, this is really a blessing! Later, in order to pretend to be forced on the Internet, Lao Tzu read your "History of Buddhism in the Han and Wei Dynasties and the Northern and Southern Dynasties", and I really didn't expect to see you alive at that time.

With his current prestige, he can still be so polite, and people are quite moved to hold his hand and say, "Mr. Hongji......"

"Brother Xiyu, sir or something, brother, I don't like to hear it!"

"That's good, that's good, I'm going to bother Brother Hong today."

"Where, where."

After the two finished greetings, Master Yuan looked at the second gentleman, only to hear Lu Yan introduce: "Hong Yan, this is Xianyang Wu ......"

Speaking of Xianyang, it must be a Shaanxi person, a Harvard student surnamed Wu in Shaanxi during the Republic of China, Yuan Yanqian doesn't need to be introduced by the six-fingered qin demon, and he doesn't even need to know which one it is without the master ball Baidu.

He asked directly: "Dare to ask Your Excellency, but is it Jingyang Wu Yuseng?" ”

Xiao Wu, who was still a little handsome, was stunned when he heard this, and immediately nodded and said, "It's Wu Mi below." Does Brother Hung know me? ”

Here I want to say that Wu Mi's Mi has three pronunciations, one is "Fu", and Fuxi's Fu is also written as "Mi" in ancient times.

One pronounces the fourth tone of mi, which is the pronunciation of modern Chinese, which means quiet.

Three, Wu Mi's students, such as Qian Zhongshu, Ji Xianlin and others, all read the fourth bi. Therefore, when he pronounces his name, he should pronounce the sound of "coin".

There is nothing strange about this, there is no Hanyu Pinyin and no Chinese character standardization scheme in these years, and it is very normal to have several pronunciations of a word.

And the name Wu Mi is also an anecdote of the masters of the Republic of China.

His real name was Wu Yuheng, and he was frail and sickly since he was a child, so his grandmother decided to change his name for him, so he invited his uncle, Chen Bolan, a famous poet in the late Qing Dynasty, to choose a new name. Chen Dashi was drunk at that time, and wrote the word "Toman" on a piece of torn paper, and Wu Yuheng became Wu Toman.

In 1911, when he entered St. John's University in Shanghai, some of the children of Xiao Yangnu took advantage of Wu Toman's recess to write the homophonic "confused men" on the blackboard, and when he entered the classroom, he burst into laughter. This made him decide to use his own "Wu Mi" instead of "Wu Toman" on the occasion of making speeches in the future.

Yuan Yanqian wanted to say it again, nonsense, I know you too well!

Those lovers of "Republic of China style", the little soup in front of you may be ...... Basically, I don't know, but how can I not know you?

Of course, those guys who don't learn and don't know what your academic achievements are, they only know that you are as famous as Xu Zhimo, and you are the two major scumbags in the Republic of China.

Oh, speaking of this, in fact, it is still too late at this point in time, and you can indeed save it...... It depends on how Lao Tzu is in the mood for a while.

He smiled and groaned: "Now I listen to the rain monk's house, and the temples are already stars." ”

Wu Mi couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this famous sentence from the Southern Song Dynasty lyricist Jiang Jie's "Poppy Beauty - Listening to the Rain". Because this is the origin of his name "rain monk", but he has not told anyone else...... Well, this is the speculation of later generations.

In his eyes, our Master Yuan couldn't help but be unfathomable.

Yuan Dagaoren smiled and stretched out his hand and said, "Of course I know." The son of the Wu family in Jingyang, the cousin of the former Qing Dynasty's "Lady Protector", how could I not know? ”

That's right, Wu Mi also has the identity of being the richest woman in Shaanxi, that is, the cousin of Zhou Ying, the heroine played by Sun Li in "The Year the Flowers Bloomed and the Moon Was Full".

In 1900, the Gengzi Incident, the Empress Dowager Cixi fled to Xi'an, and Zhou Ying offered 100,000 taels of silver, so she was accepted as a righteous daughter by Lafayette. So Zhou Ying is really a very legendary woman.

Wu Mi said in surprise and respect: "Brother Hongjian is so well-read and strong, and the rain monk admires it!" ”

After he saw Xiao Tang and Xiao Wu, Lu Yan introduced again: "This is the ...... of Xiushui."

In later generations, Xiushui was a famous old revolutionary base general city, but now......

"Xiao Lu, you don't need to introduce it."

Our Master Yuan waved his hand, looked at the third gentleman with a smile, and said in a slightly teasing tone, "Brother Chen, why did you come too late?" Dude, do you need someone else to introduce me? ”

Brother Chen Shi, who was about thirty years old, blushed and said with some embarrassment: "Brother Hongji, are you making fun of me or complaining about me?" ”

"Hahaha, how dare I?" Yuan Yanqian didn't think much of herself, and changed the topic by herself, "Brother Heshou, Yuan Weng has always been good?" ”

Brother Heshou breathed a sigh of relief and said, "My father is very healthy, but he ......"

He suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help but show a ridiculous expression for a while and said, "But of course it's not as good as Ling Zun." Didn't you write that "A Group of Wives and Concubines" because of this? ”

When Master Yuan heard this, the smile on his face suddenly froze, and he was really angry in his heart. Lao Tzu's concubines have reached the ears of this family, and Lao Tzu's Lao Tzu really gives Lao Tzu a long face!

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little weird, Lu Yan next to him immediately made a round and said: "Hahaha, I can't imagine that Hongjian and Heshou are still world friends......

Wait a minute, how did the Jiangxi Xiushui people from the famous Soviet District become brothers and sisters with the people of Wuxi, Jiangsu, the famous "sweet" area?

This is because the father of the two of them is a friend of literature and an old man.

In 1900, Mr. Chen moved to Nanjing, and he lost his father a little, which made him even more uninterested in his career. Therefore, in Jinling Qingxi bank to build a house of ten wings, called "scattered original fine house". He often communicates with friends in poetry and ancient Chinese, and calls himself "relying on the wind and clouds to be a person in China." ”。

By the way, who is Mr. Chen?

His name is Chen Sanli, the word is strict, and the name is scattered.

He was the eldest son of Chen Baozhen, a famous minister of the late Qing Restoration; Together with Tan Yanmin and Tan Si, he is known as the "Three Sons of Huxiang"; Together with Tan Sitong, Xu Renzhu, and Tao Jucun, they are known as the "Four Sons of the Restoration"; An important figure of the Tongguang Poetry School, he is also known as "the last traditional poet in China".

So, who is Old Man Yuan?

He is an official fan who is bent on being loyal to me, but he has always been unfavorable...... That traditional literati.

This kind of traditional literati saw Chen Sanli, a famous poet and famous figure, come to his hometown, and he didn't immediately step forward...... That's a friendship. Under the efforts of Old Man Yuan, he has also become one of the "Shenzhou Sleeve Hands".

As a result, their old Yuan family and the old Chen family became world friends!

And Chen Sanli, the son who came to study at Harvard, is naturally called the "Harvard Three Masters" along with Tang Yongtong and Wu Mi......

Chen Yinke!

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I have to say that Chen Yinke's Ke character does not read the fourth tone of ke (gram) in these years, but reads the fourth tone of que (but), for the same reason as Wu Mi.