Subtitle of this chapter: Finally, it is natural to argue about the "bottom" of the vernacular

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Our Master Yuan finished saluting Chen Yinke, and personally got up to fill a cup for Tang Yongtong, and Master Tang also stood up.

Yuan Yanqian patted the shoulder of the person and said with emotion: "Brother Xiyu, you are a kind person......

In fact, Tang Yongtong, who is also one of the three masters of Harvard, has a much smaller reputation than Wu Mi and Chen Yinke, two super-first-class masters. Of course, just by virtue of a copy of "The History of Buddhism in the Han and Wei Dynasties and the Northern and Southern Dynasties", it is enough to rank among the first-class masters.

This is because he is low-key, concentrates on academics, does not make scandals, and does not mix politics. And his old man's "luck" is better than Wu. Chen and the others are much better. Originally, in that timeline, he happened to drive the crane west in 1964, and he could have avoided that.

You know that...... Therefore, some well-intentioned people mentioned that Wu Mi and Chen Yinke, who would only talk about being rectified very miserably, and omitted Tang Yongtong.

Qian Mu's evaluation of Tang Yongtong is that Xi Yuzhi is a merciful and merciless, has a harmonious family, eats and lives, advances and retreats, and is like a typical example of a dull Confucianism. A group of harmony, it is not easy to know its people when it reads, and it is difficult to know its learning when it is handed over to others.

Master Tang returned to China in 1922 and first went to National Southeast University to be a colleague with Wu Mi, and in 1926 he transferred to Nankai University as the head of the Department of Philosophy. He then began his teaching career at Peking University in 1930 until his retirement in 1954.

Because of his character and profound learning, he has a high reputation among these three famous universities.

In 1948, Beiping fell...... Well, before the liberation, Hu Shi left Peking University, and there was no president on campus for a while. The professors set up their own school committee and publicly recommended Tang Yongtong as the chairman of the school committee, which shows that his popularity is quite good.

This kind of benevolent gentleman naturally won't make the scene too ugly, so he personally patted our Master Yuan's ass...... In fact, it is not a sycophant to really say it, and with Yuan Yanqian's writing "level", it can only be regarded as telling the truth.

Anyway, his words calmed down the quarrel just now, and did not make everyone break up unhappily, and everyone present, including Master Yuan, was blind and ate rice balls--they knew it.

Therefore, Master Yuan specially came over to toast him to show his gratitude: "Come, brother, I will toast you!" ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and drank it all.

"Brother Hongji, speaking of yours, I would like to read your latest masterpieces, which are the ones that Mr. Einstein praised so much...... Well, science. ”

That's right, at this time Seris didn't have the proper name "science fiction", but literally translated Science Fiction as "science".

Our Master Yuan immediately pretended to be forced and said: "Brother Xiyu, I call these of mine 'science fiction' ......"

"After all, the so-called Science Fiction of Westerners, including what I wrote, is not really science, but fantasy literature derived on the basis of science, so I think it should be translated as science fiction."

Everyone nodded their heads when they heard the words and gave him a thumbs up. So he became the "father of Chinese science fiction".

Although Seris's first real science fiction is "Anonymous" published in "Embroidered Image" in 1904 "The Lunar Colony", which is about the adventures that occur after the protagonist takes a balloon to the moon. Well, the book is still a eunuch.

However, in this timeline, when it comes to SF from now on, the first thing that comes to the mind of the Seris is the "Grey Knight", after all, even the name "science fiction" was obtained by him.

"Sci-fi, very apt, good name!" Tang Yongtong is also a book lover, his eyes flashed with little stars and said: "I don't know if Brother Hong is willing to give it?" ”

"Brother Xiyu, what is not given, the words are serious." Yuan Yan laughed and said, "The three of you are liberal arts experts at Harvard University, and I am flattered if you are willing to read what I write as a layman." ”

He turned to the crowd and shouted, "All right, the meal is almost done." Since we're in New York, let's do as the locals do, and let's have an after-dinner bar as the Westerners do! ”

The advantage of the big house is that the gang came out of the big dining room and into a very spacious smoking room.

Our Master Yuan confessed and said, "Everyone, brother, I will be with you for a while......

And as soon as he walked out of the smoking room, he shouted in his heart: "Master ball, start work!" ”

"Host, what are you going to print?"

"Master ball, of course, the sci-fi I wrote, the Chinese version too. By the way, the Chinese version should use this format......"

A short time later, he returned with a stack of manuscripts and distributed them to everyone present.

These manuscripts are not collections, but individual volumes. However, each book is bound together in Chinese and English.

Not to mention the three heroes of Harvard, even his three card partners and Huang Gongzi were looking forward to it, and opened these pamphlets with a little reverence.

Again, these four were well-informed intellectuals, and they were very curious about nature, which the greatest scientists of the twentieth century had so much to say.

Some of the crowd were the first to flip through the English version, while most of them looked directly at the Chinese edition......

"Huh, how could this be?!"

When everyone was just looking at a topic, some people exclaimed.

Yuan Yanqian took a look, and sure enough, it was......

He immediately asked with concern, "Brother Heshou, is there anything wrong?" ”

"It's not appropriate, it's not appropriate!" Chen Yinke raised the pamphlet in his hand and said, "Brother Hongji, why is your book lined up horizontally?" ”

That's right, the Chinese version that our Master Yuan printed out with the master ball is the horizontal version of the later generations.

That's right, our Master Chen hated simplified horizontal typesetting books the most in his life, and he once made it clear that his works must be typeset vertically in traditional Chinese, otherwise he would rather not publish them. Since then, the publications of the anthology written by Chen Yinke have all complied with his last wishes, and they are arranged vertically in traditional Chinese.

For example, Wu Mi and Chen Yinke's book "Wu Mi and Chen Yinke" by Wu Xuezhao (Master Wu's daughter) is a common horizontal simplified Chinese type, but Chen Yinke's poems or articles are all printed in traditional Chinese characters. (Author's note: Murong happens to have a 2014 triptych edition on hand, and it is true, all Master Chen's articles are in JPG.) ）

Of course, in order to take care of the reading habits of readers, some mainland publishers later made their works available in simplified horizontal typesetting.

What's more, our Master Yuan deliberately did this to disgust...... No, no, no, it should be said that it is Master Chen who saved us.

"Brother Heshou, you said this......" Yuan Yanqian said as a matter of course, "Brother, I think science fiction, as a new thing, should of course have a new atmosphere." In addition, it is inconvenient for the printing of Western scientific formulas in the vertical arrangement, so it is better to simply change it to the horizontal arrangement. What's wrong with that? ”

And Chen Yinke shook his head and said, "Brother Hongji, your problem is big......