In 1937, Zhou Zuoren, who taught at Peking University, did not leave and went south and became one of the four "Liuping Professors". The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info did not leave Meng Sen, Ma Yuzao, and Feng Zuxun. At that time, the president of Peking University signaled him not to leave and take care of the campus property of Peking University.

After the assassination in 1939, he successively served as the director of the Peking University Library, a member of the North China Education Committee, the director of education, the president of the East Asian Cultural Council, the vice chairman of the North China Institute of Investigation, the director of the Reporting Association, and the director of the Sino-Japanese Cultural Association.

Assassination?

On New Year's Day in 1939, Zhou Zuoren was chatting with Shen Qiwu, a teacher at Beijing Women's Normal School who came to celebrate the New Year. Shen Qiwu is an old student of Yan University.

At this time, Xu Tian, a servant, came in and handed over a letter, saying that two students had come to visit Mr. Er (i.e., Zhou Zuoren). Zhou Zuoren has a calm temperament and does not refuse visitors.

Originally, Zhou Zuoren and Shen Qiwu sat opposite the table, because two students were going to come in, so Shen Qiwu sat on the sofa next to Zhou Zuoren from the opposite side of the table.

The two students entered the living room, and Zhou Zuoren stood up. One student said to another, "This is Mr. Zhou." ”

The student was only one meter away from Zhou Zuoren, quickly took out a pistol from his pocket, raised his hand and shot Zhou Zuoren in the left abdomen.

Zhou Zuoren fell in response.

Shen Qi heard the gunshot, stood up reflexively, and subconsciously said, "I am a guest." The student thought he was going to resist, and another shot was shot in the chest. Shen Qi fell to the ground without a sound.

After the student succeeded, he ran away and disappeared.

Zhou Zuoren and Shen Qiwu were sent to Rihua Tongren Hospital by Zhou's family for treatment. Zhou Zuoren actually hit the button of Zhou Zuoren's sweater, and the metal button slowed down the impact of the bullet on the one hand, and changed the trajectory of the bullet on the other hand, and the result was only a scratch on the skin. The injuries were relatively minor, so I applied some medicine and went back.

Shen Qiwu was left in his back because the bullet passed through the lungs, and he was seriously injured and hospitalized.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Japanese military police called Zhou Zuoren to a basement of the gendarmerie (now the Red House in Beida) on the beach, and asked him for two hours.

From the next day, the puppet police district bureau sent plainclothes to live in Zhou Zuoren's house, which was both protection and surveillance. Zhou Zuoren also accepted it with peace of mind. When he went out, the detectives were not far from him.

This is the sensational assassination case of Zhou Zuoren, but the Japanese have never solved it.

This matter, in the end, the case was not solved, and there are many explanations.

Zhou Zuoren himself believed that the Japanese forced him to cooperate. So, he soon cooperated with the Japanese. Of course, this is his unanimous excuse.

Some people say that it was assassinated by a hoe gang formed by young people from Beiping. This hoe gang was a peripheral organization of the military command.

Later, a Chinese in the United States wrote an article saying that he was the only one who did it. However, there are many doubts.

Some scholars once said: "A bullet did not penetrate his belly, but it bent his knee." ”

He participates in traitor organizations, even spy organizations, which can be seen from the name.

Now, the trajectory of history has changed, and the Japanese have turned out to be unable to do it and driven away. What to do? Leave, or stay? How do you get a family that is old and small? Although Grandma Lurui has passed away, she is not a young person. Besides, where is a famous cultural person going?

Nobuko is also stupid. Now, people in the political and military circles are withdrawing on their own, and the husband is just a professor, who cares about him at this moment of life and death in the evacuation?

What to do?

The Eighth Route Army occupies Beiping, and it won't arrest Fujun, right?

Just when the atmosphere of the Zhou family was dull, someone knocked on the door.

The person who came was a former student at Peking University, but now he doesn't know what to do. He talked with Zhou Zuoren for a while and left.

The family immediately gathered around, and it was Nobuko who walked in front. She still has a round cake face, but she has not combed her Japanese round head, and her walk is still bumpy.

Zhou Zuodao: "I decided. We don't go. ”

Nobuko is old now, not when she is young. At that time, when she wanted to lose her temper, she lost her temper, and when she wanted to faint, she fainted. "Why?" she asked. ”

Zhou Zuoren: "Anyway, I also had a relationship with their chairman back then. Although their chairman is now in Yan'an, he commands two million people, and his voice is very strong, and he has the count. ”

Yoshiko: "What did the person who came just now?" ”

Zhou Zuoren: "The person who came just now was from Yan'an. He said that the Nanjing government would not spare me, but Yan'an was not prepared to deal with me. He also said: They are not prepared to embarrass the literati, but they want me to raise my awareness, stand on the right side, do some practical things, and prove myself. If you do something that is good for the country, you can be punished. ”

Nobuko: "What do they want you to do?" ”

Zhou Zuoren: "They want me to help stabilize people's hearts and protect the school." "His mood is much calmer.

Nobuko: "You're just a librarian, professor, how do you make the school stable?" Why should we listen to him? Shall we get out of here? ”

Zhou Zuoren: "As long as I communicate with a few professors, inform the faculty and staff, and explain the policy, it's fine." Also, they have people among the students, so I don't need to talk to them. Don't say it. I still have some students. I can do things. ”

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1. Regarding the Japanese army's voluntary retreat: The Japanese army took the initiative to retreat during the Battle of Changde in 1943. 1944 year. The Japanese army once reached the territory of Guizhou in the Battle of Guiliu, but still took the initiative to retreat.

2, Yuta Yoshiko died in Beijing in 1964 at the age of 68. Nobuko Yuta died in Peking University Hospital in 1962 at the age of 75.

3. In December 1945, the government arrested Zhou Zuoren. The crime is traitor. Immediately, he was escorted to Nanjing for trial and imprisoned in Laohuqiao Prison.

4. After being imprisoned, Zhou's students and friends pleaded for him. Jiang Menglin also explained that he wanted Zhou Zuoren to stay in Ping to take care of the school property. On November 6, 1946, the High Court sentenced him to 14 years in prison, which was commuted to 10 years on December 9, 1947, and on January 2, 1949, Li Zongren became interim president and ordered the release of ******. On January 26, 1949, Zhou Zuoren was released. He wanted to go to Taiwan, but in the end he did not make the trip, one of the reasons was that Fu Sinian had already become the president of National Taiwan University on January 20, 1949.

5. Zhou Zuoren wrote a letter to Mao in 1951, and Mao's secretary Hu Qiaomu wrote a report to Mao on February 24, 1951: "Zhou Zuoren wrote a long letter to you, pleading himself and asking not to confiscate his house, not to be a traitor. "My opinion is that he should completely admit his mistake and repent in the newspaper like Li Ji. His house could be settled separately (in fact, the Beijing District Court was not prepared to evict him). He is now translating European classics for a living, and he can still do some work in this area in the future. Zhou Yang agrees. When you don't, ask for instructions. ”

Mao Pi: "Do it." ”