The letter was written by Lord Zhang Baixi.

Sun Yuanqi only remembered at this time that he was still the deputy organizer of the Beijing Normal University Hall of Lao Mozi. Mr. Zhang's letter said that "if you have spare time, pray for a talk about it", if there is no big event, who would be so simple and simple on a rainy day? Sighing, Sun Yuanqi asked Lao Zheng to put on the carriage and enter the city in the rain.

As expected, after days of autumn rain, the official road was already muddy. Originally, you could enter the city in one hour, and after walking for nearly three hours, you saw the towering Desheng Gate in the distance. Sun Yuanqi was certainly upside down, and even the two horses were foaming at the mouth, covered in sweat, and they were tired a lot.

didn't care about washing, and hurriedly came to Zhang's mansion to knock on the door and ask to see.

Zhang Baixi was at home, and hurriedly introduced the main hall when he heard the sound, and the greetings were over, and the two sides sat down, and their own servants served fragrant tea. Perhaps he expected Sun Yuan to get up in a hurry, and he hadn't eaten lunch yet, and the refreshments that came up were very rich.

The road was bumpy, and Sun Yuanqi was very hungry, so he unceremoniously picked it up and ate. It's a pity that those refreshments are only enough to fill up half full.

Seeing that Sun Yuanqi finished eating, Mr. Zhang gossiped with Sun Yuanqi all over the world, and even asked about the customs of the United States with great interest. Back and forth, half an hour passed, and I still haven't gotten to the point. The snack at the door is turned into energy and consumed at this time. Hunger in the abdomen.

Sun Yuanqi couldn't hold it back, so he asked directly: "My lord came to me, I don't know what to order?" ”

"Hehe, that's a good thing!" Zhang Baixi smiled and said, "A month ago, the old man submitted the "Statutes of the Beijing Normal University Hall", "Admission Statutes", "Statutes of the Higher Education Hall", "Statutes of the Middle School Hall", "Statutes of the Primary School", "Statutes of the Mengxue Hall", etc., which were drafted by you, and waited for the decree to be promulgated. The Empress Dowager and the Emperor have a purpose! ”

When Sun Yuan saw Zhang Baixi standing up, he also hurriedly stood up.

Zhang Baixi saw Sun Yuanqi standing like this, and didn't say anything, so he had to remind him: "You should kneel down and accept the order!" ”

"Oh." There was no way, Sun Yuanqi had to reluctantly kneel.

"There is a purpose: to reward Sun Yuanqi Xuandelang, Guozi Supervisor and Supervisor, from the sixth rank, temporarily appointed as the deputy chief teacher of the Beijing Normal University Hall, and promoted to the Translation Bureau of the Beijing Normal University Hall. Chin this! ”

Sun Yuanqi got up from the ground, and was very unhappy in his heart: Just this matter, you summoned me in a hurry? I can write a letter directly to our house, and it saves me so much travel. Are you just kowtowing to me?

"What else do you have to say?" Sun Yuanqi asked. The subtext is: It's okay, I'll go back!

Zhang Baixi suddenly sighed, with a sad face: "Alas, Baixixian's nephew doesn't know anything. In half a month, the entrance examination will be held in the hall of Beijing Normal University, and some test papers have not yet been prepared. ”

That's the real reason for coming to me, right? You said it earlier!

Sun Yuanqi was indignant in his heart, but he couldn't show it, and said with a big bag: "If you have any test papers that you haven't prepared, just hand them over to the humble position!" I must do my best to serve the dogs and horses! ”

"Then, there is Lao Xian's nephew!" Zhang Baixi said, pulling out a piece of paper from his cuff, "Virtuous nephew, there must be a test paper on it!" ”

When Sun Yuanqi looked closely, there were two categories listed on it:

Examination subjects of Shixue Hall: arithmetic policy, physics policy;

Subjects of the Normal Hall exam: arithmetic, algebra, physical chemistry.

After all, Sun Yuanqi had taught at Beijing Normal University for a period of time and knew what level those students were. It is not difficult to produce these five test papers, but it is only a day or two of work. At that moment, he folded the paper, stuffed it into his arms, and said to Zhang Baixi: "My lord, I will send the test questions tomorrow afternoon, do you think I will delay the exam?" ”

Zhang Baixi nodded: "Okay, good, the virtuous nephew is really brave to do anything, the old man didn't look away!" However, it is better to produce two copies of each type of test. ”

Two copies? Afraid of me leaking secrets? Sun Yuanqi couldn't say anything, so he had to agree: "If it is two, it may need to be postponed by one day!" ”

"Okay, the virtuous nephew doesn't have to be in a hurry, you can brew it carefully." Zhang Baixi combed his beard with his fingers and said slowly, "It's not that I can't trust my nephew, but the exam in this university hall has to be recruited twice!" ”

Historically, on October 14, 1902, the entrance examination was officially held at the Kyoto Normal University, and the first students to take the accelerated course were recruited. Candidates for the Shixue Hall are recommended by each yamen. There are 7 subjects in the examination: Historical Theory, Public Opinion Policy, Political Policy, Negotiation Policy, Arithmetic Policy, Physics Policy, and Foreign Literature Theory. Candidates for the Normal Hall are selected by each province, seven from large provinces, five from central provinces, and three from small provinces. There are eight subjects in the examination, including self-cultivation ethics, pedagogy, Chinese and foreign history, Chinese and foreign physics, arithmetic, algebra, physical chemistry, basic English, and Japanese. As a result of the examination, 36 students were admitted to the Shixue Hall and 56 students were admitted to the Normal Hall.

On November 25, 1902, the University Hall re-enrolled, and a total of 90 students were admitted to the Shixue Hall and the Normal Hall. Among them, this Shixue Museum is now Peking University; The Normal Hall is the predecessor of Beijing Normal University.

Now what Zhang Baixi is talking about is what it is.

Sun Yuanqi was about to get up again to say goodbye, and Master Zhang said leisurely: "Virtuous nephew, you are now the deputy chief teacher, and you should also take some things to heart in the hall of Jingshi University." In his position, he must seek his own government. ”

"For example!" Sun Yuanqi is rectum and asked directly.

"For example?" Zhang Baixi's hand paused, "For example, there is a lack of teaching in the university hall." Alas, at the beginning of the spring of this year, those foreign teachers who were dissatisfied with the salary of the university hall were invited one after another. Now that the preparations for the university hall have been completed and the school is ready to start, there is a lack of teaching in mathematics, chemistry, physics, etc. You are the vice president, you have to think of a way not to let those mediocre people gossip. ”

What is the meaning of "please go one after another", it is clear that you directly fired people, okay? Little brother, I know the roots, don't pretend to be pure in front of me!

Sun Yuanqi pondered for a moment and said, "My lord, there are some trivial matters in the daily life of the lowly job, and it may be a little inconvenient if you go to the city every week. However, there are a few students in the humble position, who have studied with me for three or four years, and they will teach some children on a daily basis, and they are slightly proficient in mathematics, chemistry, and physics. I taught in the university hall a few years ago, and I have a little understanding of the level of the university hall. I thought that those few students would have more than enough to teach and learn. The required salary will not be too high. I don't know what adults think? ”

"Since it is sponsored by a virtuous nephew, the old man is naturally relieved. In a few days, I'll report the list! ”

Later, when students at Peking University laughed at Jingshi University, they would say, "Is Jingshi University very good?" The principal of their school is the vice principal of our school - no, it was just a teacher in our school before. Haha, it is said that even the name of the school is plagiarized from our school! The students of Jingshi University would reply with disdain: "Cut! You cows? The sophomores in our school are more than enough to be your teachers! ”

Sun Yuanqi stayed in the city and helped hand over the test papers to Zhang Baixi. took advantage of the sunny weather to take Vera and Xiao Huaizu over, and went to Lianzi Hutong to visit her uncle and grandfather. When they met, they were all overjoyed. The old man and the old lady couldn't put it down when they saw Xiao Huaizu. Needless to say, a lively full moon wine was arranged in the house.

Because he had been thinking about what Liang Qichao had entrusted him, Sun Yuanqi soon returned to school and began to plan for the compilation of the book. The basic structure is to draw up a good program in accordance with the historical dynasties, and then on the premise of taking into account the basic historical facts, praise the heroes who safeguard the unity of the country and uphold the general interests of the nation, denounce the traitors who sell the country for glory and harm the public and private interests, and promote the idea of the supremacy of the state and the nation, and even the iron-blooded policy.

For the content, Sun Yuanqi is naturally a scale and half a claw, even if there is Yang Du's accelerated training, it is still not enough when he really starts writing. Fortunately, in this Jingshi University, there are many famous teachers and Confucians such as Yang Shoujing, Sun Yirang, and Wang Xianqian. Sun Yuanqi can take a pen and paper at any time, come to the door to ask for advice, and then come back and sort it out according to his own ideas. If you don't understand it, you can still go to Tong Wenlou to flip through the books according to the bibliography they opened.

One day in mid-October, when Sun Yuanqi was writing a book, he encountered something unclear again. That was what Mr. Wang Xianqian said yesterday, the story of Geng Gong of the Eastern Han Dynasty guarding the lonely city in the Western Regions, I was too absorbed in listening to it at that time, and I didn't have time to write down many details. Wang Xianqian mentioned that the story is recorded in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Volume 19, "The Biography of Geng Yilie".

Sun Yuanqi didn't want to trouble the old gentleman because of trivial problems. It seems that Tong Wenlou has "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty" in it, so it is better to find it and read it yourself. After all, it has been a long time since the Qing Dynasty, and simple classical Chinese can also be read.

As soon as I came upstairs, I heard a hearty laugh in the office with the sign of "Oracle Bone Research Institute": "Hahaha, although our President Baixi is not very proficient in scripture and history, but this vision is first-class, I am afraid that ordinary scholars can't compare!" ”

Sun Yuan slowed down: Hey, what are they talking about?

"It's called 'one law, one hundred laws'. is like calligraphy, picking up a pen and drawing, usually a cut above mortals; This painting is well drawn, and the handwriting is generally good. That's it! "This thick Hunan accent sounds like Pi Xirui.

"Later, I'll bring this manuscript to Baixi to see, and let him be surprised!" Zhang Yuanji's voice can be recognized by Sun Yuanqi with one ear.

When Sun Yuanqi heard this, he walked to the office: "Don't wait a while, Cao Cao has already arrived at the door!" ”

"Haha, 'Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive'! It's really Cao Cao! There was a sound of tables and chairs moving in the room. When Sun Yuanqi arrived at the door, he saw Zhang Yuanji, Sun Yirang, Pi Xirui, Cui Shu and others coming out. There are two fresh faces in the crowd, which are Luo Zhenyu and Wang Guowei invited by Zhang Yuanji. Sun Yuanqi, who is a novice in liberal arts, naturally didn't know that they were the Snow Hall and the Guantang in the "Oracle Bone Four Halls".

After Sun Yuanqi greeted everyone, he invited a few big bulls to sit down first, and quickly explained: "I originally came to check the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, but when I heard everyone talking and laughing, I came uninvited. ”

"We're all talking about you!" Zhang Yuanji said with a smile, "Do you know how big a treasure the more than 100,000 oracle bones you bought by accident?" ”

Although Sun Yuan knew that this was Yin Shang's treasure, he had to pretend to be ignorant now: "Oh? What are the new findings from your research? ”

"Look at this manuscript, Mr. Zhongrong has just finished it. After his research, it was determined that this object was an old thing from the Yin Shang period, and the source of Chinese characters, not to mention the Qianjia scholars of the Qing Dynasty, was Zheng Xuan and Xu Shen of the Han Dynasty, and I am afraid that I would not have the opportunity to see it. Zhang Yuanji excitedly handed a thick manuscript to Sun Yuanqi.

Sun Yuan first looked at the cover, and there were four big characters written on it: Deeds for example. Even though I didn't know anything about philology, I still flipped through it.

Mr. Sun Yirang explained: "From the beginning of the year to August, the students worked hard for half a year, and finally numbered all the oracle bones, totaling 138,000 and 53 pieces. With the help of the students, I rubbed nearly 10,000 copies, and compiled the "Yin Shang Script A Collected by the Private Jingshi University" in advance, and the "B Edition" has also been completed for most of the time, and it can be completed by the end of the year. In the process of compiling the book, Lao Yu found that many characters are the prototype of today's seal characters, some of which are more the same as Zhong Ding's characters, and some of which are more clumsy than others, and I believe that this is the ancestor of my Chinese characters. Nearly 1,000 words were selected from this rubbing, and compared with Zhong Dingwen and seal script, it was confirmed that this oracle bone was indeed an antiquity of Yin Shang. ”

In the original history, Sun Yirang's "Examples of Qiwen" was based on one thousand and fifty-eight rubbings in Liu Yi's "Iron Cloud Hidden Turtle". In the process of topography and reprinting, the glyph font is inevitably distorted. And now it is based on more than 100,000 pieces of first-hand materials, which is naturally more complete.

Pi Xirui praised: "Mr. Sun's book is not published because of the conclusive arguments, the careful arguments, and the credible conclusions. Count and correct the fallacies of the predecessors, and when the elders of Qianjia see it, they will also smile and bow down. The so-called 'I don't hate Xu Shen and I don't see it, I hate Xu Shen and I don't see my book!' 'It will be hidden in all famous mountains and passed on to all generations.' ”

"Hahahaha, brother Xian praises, praises." Sun Yirang was also very happy, and after laughing, he continued to let him go, "If you want to say, you still have to praise Principal Baixi's insight." The keel is a medicinal material, which is in the "Materia Medica", and the Chinese people have used it for hundreds of thousands of years. Principal Baixi returned from overseas, and at a glance he concluded that this was a rare treasure, and vigorously searched for treasures. This gave Lao Yu a chance to open his eyes and write this book. ”

Sun Yuanqi didn't dare to take credit: "The first person to determine this thing is not our person, but Mr. Wang Yirong of the Hanlin Academy." ”

In middle school Chinese and history textbooks, Wang Yirong's discovery of the oracle bone inscription is mentioned. I'm just stealing.

"The prince of the country, the wine king, Wen Mingong?" Luo Zhenyu on the side suddenly interjected, "Indeed, it is rumored that when Wang Wenmin was in the twenty-fifth year of Guangxu, he took medicine due to illness and discovered the abnormality of the keel, and then searched for the keel in the Jingshi Pharmacy. Collected at the same time as Wang Wenmingong, there were also Wang Xiang and Meng Dingsheng in Tianjin. ”

Hearing that there was still this public case, everyone calmed down and listened carefully to him continue:

"Gengzi changed the country, Wang Wenmin was martyred in a referendum, and part of the oracle bones he hid were transferred to Liu Yi. Liu He continued to collect, and a few days ago I heard that there were more than 1,000 pieces of the count, but the size was different, the good and the bad were uneven, and there was even no engraved text on it. In the past, the keel was only four or five pounds of money, and the medicinal herb merchants did not take it seriously, only knowing that it was produced in Henan. At the end of last year, it was rumored that someone was buying in Anyang Mansion, Henan Province, and everyone didn't feel different at first. When the purchaser left, the medicinal herb merchants who came to purchase it found that it was difficult to find this thing, even if the price was more than ten or twenty yuan, and it could not be dug up in the ground. Occasionally, but only a few pieces. ”

"Haha, these oracle bones were naturally taken by Principal Baixi!" Cui Shu said with a smile.

"Yes, this surviving oracle bone has been accepted by Principal Baixi for too much time." Luo Zhenyu nodded and continued, "Businessmen are not stupid. Everyone contacted the previous search and purchase of Beijing and Tianjin scholars, and now it is sold out, and they all guessed that this thing might be a treasure. What kind of treasure is it? Ordinary people can't tell. It was once rumored that this keel could prepare a kind of elixir, which could open people's minds. This is nonsense, of course. ”

"......" as the initiator of the rumors, Sun Yuanqi felt a little weak.

"According to the ancient bronzes unearthed in Anyang, some people guessed that this oracle bone is also a relic of three generations. That's eight or nine and ten. When the news spread, not only antique dealers from all over the country gathered in Anyang, but even missionaries from various countries also vigorously searched for it. It's just that there are no more large quantities of excavations. Nowadays, if there is writing, one or two pieces of silver, there is still no market. ”

"Foreigners are really hateful!" The audience said in unison, "It's a shame that Principal Baixi is the first to get there, otherwise I don't know how many will be overseas!" ”

Luo Zhenyu continued: "There are not many oracle bones unearthed in this underground, so everyone's eyes have begun to shift to those that have been acquired. First of all, of course, the largest batch purchased by our school. Those Anyang people are all said to have been bought by Shandong medicinal herb merchants. Some antique dealers even went to pharmacies in Shandong to inquire about it! ”

When Sun Yirang heard this, he patted the manuscript in his hand: "Now this oracle bone is a strange commodity!" As the saying goes, 'If you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves.' 'If someone is obsessed with wealth and comes to steal or take this oracle bone, it will not be beautiful.' The manuscript of the old decay is only read by everyone here, and then it will be put into the coffin, and the secret will not be revealed. Outsiders won't know that these oracle bones were originally hidden in our school! ”

Sun Yuanqi shook his head and said, "That's not necessary. If anyone wanted to inquire, they should have known that this oracle bone was hidden in our school. Now that we understand that it is a rare treasure, then we should ask the security guards to strictly guard it, how can there be any reason why the work is put away and not published? ”

Zhang Yuanji also said: "Principal Baixi is extremely right. Mr. Zhong Rong's book is meticulously interpreted, rigorous, interprets doubts, corrects errors, and has been repeated for thousands of years, which is extremely beneficial to the study of ancient characters. How can you delay time because of some clowns? We have partnered with the Commercial Press to produce a textbook that can be published in it so that scholars from all over the country can read it! ”

"There's no need to bother the Commercial Press!" Sun Yuanqi said, "The Commercial Press is now very busy compiling and printing books and printing teaching materials. A few days ago, I sent a remuneration for the manuscript, a donation, and a help for our admissions exam. It's really a shame to trouble them all the time. I have an idea, tell it to all of you and see if it works. ”

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