Subtitle of this chapter: By asking what it is, he is called a master.

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To make it clear, Tang Yongtong, Wu Mi and Chen Yinke came here for a banquet tonight naturally to meet our protagonist - Yuan Yanqi.

However, our Master Yuan's protagonist aura so far has not been so strong that it can allow them to appear here when they are not in the United States.

In fact, in April 1921, in the original timeline, the three heroes of Harvard were all at Harvard University.

And after this point in time, Wu Mi is about to return to China and become a scumbag...... After that marriage, Chen Yinke will transfer to the University of Berlin in Germany to study Oriental ancient scripts, Central Asian ancient scripts and ancient Mongolian. Only Tang Yongtong would remain in the United States and would not return to China to become a professor of philosophy at National Southeast University until 1922, when he received his master's degree in philosophy.

Master Yuan looked at the three Chinese students from Harvard University in front of him again, and the three future masters of the Republic of China, and nodded with great satisfaction in his heart.

Now it's all alive, and it's full of the three heroes of Harvard, and then you can summon ...... Well, eat.

But there's one more thing you have to do before you eat, and that's ......

"Ladies and gentlemen, it's rare for us to get together, how can we not take a picture as a commemoration?"

Yuan Yanqian is now also going to start thinking about his posthumous name, in order to facilitate the future "Yuan scholars", he decided to take more pictures as long as the conditions allow.

Well, in fact, this is the after-effect of smartphone users a hundred years later, and meeting celebrities is like taking a selfie with them.

He beckoned, "Someone......

Outside, a manservant holding a camera and a magnesium lamp came in, and when everyone sat down, they "snapped" and left a famous group photo known as the "Eight Horses" in later generations.

Therefore, this meal was later called the "Eight Horses Banquet".

"Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats."

Yuan Yanqian naturally sat on the main seat, and the other seven Seris people took their seats after a humble manner.

According to the custom of the Seris, the eldest Chen Yinke, who was born in 1890, is Chinese New Year's Eve one year old. In fact, according to his background, he is also the highest in the scene, and his grandfather is Chen Baozhen, who is the governor of Hunan.

followed by Tang Yongtong, who was born in 1893, and Wu Mi, who was born in 1894 and was the same age as Yuan Yanqi, and Master Yuan's three card partners sat in the next seat as an escort. Huang Zongyi is not only the youngest, but also the younger generation of Yuan Yanyi, so he resolutely accompanies the last seat.

Our Master Yuan naturally felt that this process was very troublesome, but he knew that he would have to face this kind of scene often after returning to China, so he had better get used to it first.

I saw the host's Yuan Yanqi pick up a glass of wine, stood up and said: "It is really a great blessing that Yuan can get to know Brother Xiyu and Brother Yu today. ”

"It's a great pleasure to see Brother Heshou again, who I haven't seen for a long time."

"It's a great pleasure to come from London to New York to see me."

"As for the three of you...... he said with the last finger of the three cards, "it's a good thing that you finally don't want me to play mahjong......"

When everyone heard this, they naturally laughed in unison very face-savingly: "Hahaha......"

Yuan Yanqian smiled and said, "Come on, come on, brother, I'll give you a glass first." Cheers! ”

"Cheers!"

After this glass of wine, the atmosphere at the banquet was lively. It was not lively for everyone to push the cup and change the lamp, and the atmosphere was also very harmonious.

The so-called people are divided by groups, and things are gathered by like.

Some of the eight here are world-famous masters of the Republic of China, and some are unknown historical setboards. However, they were all in one vote, and they could be called the elite of the Ceris elite at that time.

After the Cyris people of the late Qing Dynasty finally realized that they were not good and began to send students to the West, the new intellectuals could be roughly divided into four classes:

At the bottom are students from normal schools and local universities like the Heavenly Demon Descendants; Students from China's major universities, such as Peking University, Tsinghua University, Southeast University, St. John's and other well-known universities; Beyond that, there is the sun; Naturally, the top students are studying in Europe and the United States.

Luo Puxiang studied as a veterinarian who took care of livestock, and he was from Cornell University.

What about Lu Yan, who studied for six years as an undergraduate, is from Harvard University.

What about Yang Jingbang, who is a ...... at Columbia University School of Medicine? Auditors.

Of course, these three disciples came to the United States to study at their own expense mainly for gilding, and they will not rely on their diplomas to eat in the future. The more special Huang Zongyi also studied at the Dutch Military Academy.

When the three heroes of Harvard returned to China in the future, they immediately became professors at famous universities, with a monthly salary of at least one or two hundred silver dollars.

Looking at the origins of these people, none of them are not more than 1%. Tang Yongtong's father is also my Jinshi master in the Qing Dynasty.

And don't look at them now drinking a belly of foreign ink, the foundation of Chinese culture is just now, even the four gentlemen of Meilan Zhuju and Huang Zongyi were also read from the Four Books and Five Classics when they were young.

To put it bluntly, if our Master Yuan hadn't had the memory of his great-great-uncle and grandfather, it is estimated that he would not have been able to open his mouth for this meal.

President Yuan's three card partners can be regarded as unlearned, but if they just chat and don't talk about learning, they still have a common language with the three heroes of Harvard.

Sadly, the masters of the Republic of China only have a common language with the people in their own circle.

Tang Yongtong, the least famous of the Harvard Three Masters, is also a great figure in the history of religion and philosophy in ancient China.

Wu Mi and Chen Yinke, not to mention.

The former is so knowledgeable that he can teach dozens of courses by himself, from ancient Hiro literature to classical Chinese and the Dream of the Red Chamber. In the field of humanities and social sciences, it is difficult to define which subject he is an expert in.

The latter is called by Fu Sinian, Mr. Chen's learning, the first person in the past three hundred years; Wu Mi, who is already very knowledgeable, said that his classmates, I will regard Yin Ke as the most knowledgeable person in China. Although Yin Ke is my friend, he is my teacher.

However, such a learned gentleman is now in a troubled world...... What's the use of eggs?

Why didn't the Seris people, who were still alive in the fifties and sixties, set off a craze for Chinese studies and didn't miss the style of the Republic of China? Then the seventies, the eighties...... It wasn't until the late nineties that there was such a saying that "there was no master after the Republic of China"?

First of all, the most important reason is that there are finally some Seris people who have eaten too much and are panicking, and they want to find something to eat.

The second is a truth, all history is contemporary history, and some of these panicked people want to use the past to satirize the present.

In the end, I have to admit that the Republic of China style is indeed very beautiful.

Just look at these eight people who can eat a meal, eat flowers, and eat elegantly. It would be a good thing to be able to drink with these people at the same table.

As the saying goes, eat freely, and drink well. It is a year of drought in the south of the Yangtze River, and the people of Quzhou cannibalize.