At this time, Hu Shi was abroad, Lu Xun was in Xiamen, and Lin Zixuan was in Shanghai.

Many scholars in the cultural circles of Beiping have gone south, and most of the leading figures, including Cai Yuanbao, are not in Beiping.

It can be said that this is the most vulnerable time for the cultural circles of Beiping.

They nominated Liu Bannong as a representative to negotiate with the Swedish delegation.

Liu Bannong is the character who was ridiculed by the new literary writers for writing the novels of the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School.

Later, he taught at Peking University, but because he did not graduate from middle school and did not have a doctorate, he was looked down upon by his colleagues at Peking University.

At an internal editorial meeting of "New Youth", Hu Shi even mentioned the issue of the editor's academic qualifications.

This hurt Liu Bannong very much, and in a fit of anger, with the help of Cai Yuanyuan, he went abroad to study abroad at public expense in 1920.

He first studied at the University of London in the United Kingdom and then transferred to the University of Paris in France to study experimental phonetics.

He transferred to France to study because of the cheap cost of living in France.

He had a very hard time abroad, often without a meal, and he was not alone, he brought his wife and children abroad when he was studying abroad.

"My recent situation is really incredible, every day is a lack of cooking...... The study abroad fee has also been owed for several months...... I had a little money in my pocket, so I bought a loaf of bread to eat, and if I didn't have it, I would forget it. ”

He is also a well-known figure in China, and he also taught at Peking University, but he was extremely embarrassed when he went abroad.

Liu Bannong's contact with the study of cultural relics began when he was studying abroad.

In 1921, during his expedition to Europe and the United States, Cai Yuanyuan investigated the cultural relics of Northwest China in various countries.

Liu Bannong, who was studying in London, accompanied Cai Yuanyuan to the British Museum to learn about the Dunhuang artifacts obtained by the British explorer Stein.

During his studies in Paris, Liu Bannong used his spare time to transcribe the Dunhuang documents collected by the National Library of France and edited them into a manuscript called "Dunhuang Trivia".

In 1925, Liu Bannong received a doctorate in French national literature after passing the defense.

Interestingly, among his chief examiners was the Frenchman Bo Xihe, who stole the cultural relics of Dunhuang in China.

Because of these origins. Liu Bannong is quite attentive to the protection of cultural relics.

This time, the Swede Sven Heding wanted to go to the northwest to investigate, and the academic circles in Peking immediately organized themselves and contacted more than 10 institutions in Beijing, including Peking University and Tsinghua University, to protest.

They founded the Chinese Association of Academic Societies, of which Liu Bannong is a key member.

The Constitution of the Chinese Association of Academic Societies states: "The main purpose of the Association is to preserve all materials within the territory of the country, and to include antiquities, monuments, works of art and other scientifically important and rare materials."

This is a bit of a secret competition with the Chinese Cultural Relics Rescue Association established by Lin Zixuan in Shanghai.

Beiping has always been the center of Chinese scholarship. There are many masters of Chinese studies and institutions that study Chinese culture, but they didn't expect to be taken the lead by Shanghai in this regard, which makes them a little disagreeable.

In fact, the work of protecting cultural relics has been going on in the academic circles of Beiping.

In 1925, Harvard University in the United States sent Warner to lead a team to conduct the second Dunhuang expedition, with the aim of stripping and transferring all the murals of a Western Wei grotto in the Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang.

In order to monitor and secretly obstruct the activities of the Americans, the Chinese Studies Department of the Institute of Peking University appointed photographer Chen Wanli to participate in the expedition.

Academic investigation and theft of cultural relics are not easy to define, and scholars from Western countries are involved, which is prone to disputes.

So. They can only secretly obstruct it, unlike Lin Zixuan's fanfare, and even directly describe foreign scholars as tomb robbers and robbers of cultural relics.

In academia, this is a difficult thing to define.

Archaeology is the open excavation of tombs with official permission, while tomb robbery is private theft.

However, both do the same thing, which is to dig up the tomb and take out the artifacts inside.

In this day and age. Westerners can get permission from the Chinese government for a little money to get some officials. Dig in the open.

Just like Sven Heding this time, the Beiyang government has agreed to this expedition, and it is very difficult to stop it.

With Lin Zixuan's stimulus in Shanghai, the academic community in Peking became tough and jointly protested against the Swedes' expedition.

Liu Bannong's status in the Chinese cultural circle cannot be compared with Cai Yuanbao, Hu Shi and others, and it is also slightly less than the Zhou brothers.

However, due to his early contribution to the development of new culture. He is a veteran figure and has a certain amount of influence.

At a time when other leaders in the cultural world were not in Beiping, it was appropriate for him to come forward.

Lin Zixuan posted an article in a newspaper in Shanghai to express his support, and sent a Shanghai historian to Beiping to participate in the negotiations, which can be regarded as the support of the Chinese Cultural Relics Rescue Association in Beiping's academic circles.

He knew that the expedition of the Swedes could not be stopped. But fight for your rights.

Lin Zixuan put forward three principles.

First, the Chinese academic community should send scholars to supervise the scientific expedition of the Swedish delegation, and the two sides should cooperate in the investigation.

Second, if it is found that the historical site cannot be excavated in a destructive manner, it is necessary to give priority to protection.

Third, all cultural relics should be handed over to China for safekeeping, so that foreign scholars can study them, but they cannot take them out of China.

These three principles later became the consensus of foreign scientific expeditions in China.

A few days later, the Shanghai historian who had gone to Peking sent a telegram to Lin Zixuan, in which he said something.

He talked to Sven Heding, who revealed to him his intention to nominate for the Nobel Prize in Literature in the Chinese cultural circles.

Domestically, many people believe that Lin Zixuan is the most likely person in China to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

The historian felt that this was a good opportunity, and the only thing that could be done was to make concessions to the Swedes in this negotiation.

Although Sven Hedin did not say it explicitly, he only revealed the news, but the Shanghai historian speculated that it should have been a transaction.

He couldn't make the decision, so he asked Lin Zixuan's opinion.

How to choose between a concession in a scientific expedition and a Nobel Prize in Literature candidate is a question in front of Lin Zixuan.

At the same time, Liu Bannong and many people in the academic community in Peking received the news revealed by Sven Heding.

The academic community in Peking fell into a strange atmosphere because of this incident.

Sven Hedin only said that the candidates were selected from among the Chinese writers, without delimiting the scope or specifying the candidates, which means that anything is possible.

Lin Zixuan didn't know the Swede.

Maybe Sven Heding really really wants to nominate Chinese writers for the Nobel Prize in Literature, and we are living the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, but when he talks about this at this time, it is inevitable that people will think that it is an exchange of interests.

Of course, it may also be that Sven Heding just wants to exchange interests, I nominate you, you give in, and everyone has benefits.

No one knows.

Lin Zixuan's choice is very simple, that is, refuse.

It's just a nomination, and it's not worth his concessions, and even if he can guarantee winning, he doesn't plan to agree.

Once it is exposed that he has exchanged national interests for the Nobel Prize in Literature, his life will be stained.

Besides, as a time-traveler, it is a matter of time before you win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Lin Zixuan is not in a hurry, he will write a world famous book every year in the future, are you afraid that he will not have the opportunity to win an award?

The traverser should be so proud. (To be continued.) )