At the beginning of the semester, because it is the first year of study, undergraduate students take the same courses regardless of major: "Fundamentals of Mathematical Analysis in Engineering", "General Physics", "Electronic Circuits", "Principles of Chemistry", and "Overview of Wireless Communication Systems". On the one hand, it is of course because of the shortage of teachers, and on the other hand, these are basic courses of the subject. In addition, there is an English class, which is divided into different classes such as higher elementary and junior high schools, because everyone's level is uneven. That's when Vera and Lilith helped a lot.

Preparatory students, similar to high school, need to complete all the courses in high school within one year and pass the exam in order to successfully enter the undergraduate level. Of course, if you are exempted from a course at the time of admission, you can also directly audit the undergraduate course.

The teaching was in pairs, and a group of people surrounded Sun Yuanqi and another Western teacher. For example, in the "Principles of Chemistry" class, a Ph.D. from Yale University first spoke in English, and the students held Chinese textbooks in their hands, trying to understand what the teacher meant. Originally, the students had to solve the questions they didn't understand while listening to the lectures, and on the other hand, they were learning English. Sun Yuanqi is the bridge, and only when one side does not understand, or both sides do not understand, he will come forward to answer.

The school was obviously much more lively because of the addition of 30 new students, the playground was full of running crowds, there were students discussing in the classrooms, and there were laughter or discussions in almost every corner. In order to create a beautiful environment, benches are installed in quiet, beautiful corners for students to study and rest.

These new students are obviously divided into three factions: one is the old team of the Physics Institute, because the middle school is an alumnus of Chongshi Middle School, receiving the same education, and the relationship with Sun Yuanqi is relatively iron, and it is easy to hug each other. In addition to undergraduates and preparatory students, these people also include high school students, and they are the most powerful faction. Most of them receive Western-style education, with balanced development of mathematics, physics and chemistry, and excellent quality. The other is a small group of four people, Hu Xun, Zeng Guangxian, Zuo Gongxian, and Li Guobing, who are also familiar with Sun Yuanqi. They are more likely to receive traditional education, and there will be partial subjects in mathematics, physics and chemistry, but they are highly motivated and eager to learn. The last one is the other students, but there are signs of gradual differentiation, and according to individual circumstances, the first two factions are moving closer.

This became evident in the later editions of the Jingshi University, where the "affiliated schools" were formed by the affiliated schools of the Jingshi University, and the "foreign schools" were formed by those who were admitted from other places, and there was often overt or covert competition between the two factions. Generally speaking, the affiliated school faction should have a relatively obvious advantage. It was only after the fame of Jingshi University and the formation of a unified national examination that the affiliated school faction gradually declined due to the increasing scale of enrollment.

Sun Yuanqi originally wanted to teach them to organize a "student union" or something, but it seems that they prefer a looser organization. Moreover, Sun Yuanqi didn't want bureaucracy among the students, so he let them go.

Every evening, Sun Yuanqi likes to wander around the Jingshi University by the sunset, thinking about the problems encountered in compiling books, papers, and schools. At this time, Vera, Lilith, Elena, and Nina followed her for a walk. This is already a scene in the Jingse University. Zhao Jingfan secretly told Sun Yuanqi that now everyone says that they are Mr. Sun's four foreign wives......

"Hello Mr. Sun!"

When Sun Yuanqi was thinking about what specific problems he needed to solve if he built an electron cyclotron, he heard someone greet him, and when he looked up, it was Hu Xun, Zeng Guangxian, Zuo Gongxian, and Li Guobing, bowing and clenching their fists. Sun Yuanqi waved his hand, signaling that they didn't have to be polite: "Hehe, you guys are still used to coming here?" Do you have any difficulties in class? ”

Mr. Law asked, he was a little unaccustomed to it at first, but now he is better. Hu Xun shaved his beard and looked much younger, but he really looked like he was twenty-four years old.

Sun Yuan nodded.

Li Guobing said: "Of course, when it comes to the school's environment and school teaching, this school is the top in the Great Liquidation, but the accommodation and meals are a little worse!" ”

When Sun Yuanqi saw Li Guobing speak, Zeng Guangxi stabbed him several times and wanted him not to say it, but he still said it, and it was estimated that he was indeed emotional. He explained with a smile: "Accommodation and food are indeed a big problem. Why not fix it? There are several problems here: first, the school has just been built, and there is no specific plan, such as where the student dormitories and canteens are located. If it is built casually, it will affect the long-term development of the school, and even duplicate construction. At present, the architectural design firm in the United States is conducting on-site surveys and preparing plans, and it is estimated that the design plan will be released next year. Second, the school is in the initial stage, and the funds are somewhat stretched, and it is impossible to cover everything. Eat it in one bite to become fat, that's impossible. Besides, didn't Ouyang Xiu say in "The History of the New Five Dynasties", 'Sorrow and hard work can rejuvenate the country, and Yiyu can die'. If you have to live a harder life, you can devote more energy to study and research! ”

"Yes...... But ......" Li Guobing "can" for a long time, and he didn't say anything.

Vera and the four of them followed, and when they saw the four young men surrounding Sun Yuanqi and didn't know what they were talking about, Vera asked, "Yanke, what is this gentleman asking?" ”

"Regarding the accommodation and food," Sun Yuanqi explained, "the school facilities are relatively poor now, so I am a little dissatisfied. ”

Lilith said bluntly: "Then you tell him that when the place is built, there will be a place to live." ”

Lilith was referring to the twelve small courtyards being built on the hillside near the dormitory and cafeteria. Because several cattle teachers of the National Academy were about to arrive before the New Year, and they couldn't live in low-rise adobe houses, Sun Yuanqi gritted his teeth and squeezed out the money, and asked the O&C firm to design and build twelve two-story villas in that beautiful location that did not affect the overall planning. Before, Nina and Lilith had also complained to themselves about the poor accommodation conditions, and Sun Yuanqi pointed to the construction site to comfort them. As a result, Lilith took the mallet - and it did.

"Yes, yes! What a nice view of that place, if you stay there, everything about this school is perfect! Li Guobing was so happy that he only slapped his face. Several others were also happy.

Sun Yuanqi opened his mouth wide: By the way, Li Guobing's English is excellent, and they can fully understand the conversation between him and the girls!

Sun Yuanqi dared to tell Lilith that not only because there would be a few spare units in those houses, but also because these girls would return to the United States at the end of November, so it would be okay for them to live there. But how do you tell your students?

After a long time, Sun Yuanqi said: "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, those houses are for the upcoming teachers." After the Spring Festival, teachers from Changsha Wang Yiwu, Ruian Sun Zhongrong, Hou Guanyan Jidao and other Chinese Academy teachers will come to teach ......"

Sure enough, the four students' faces turned bitter.

Zuo Gongxian pursed his lips: "Then build a few more!" ”

Sun Yuanqi could only smile bitterly: "This year's budget is already about to run a deficit, so you can't let the school borrow to get by, right?" ”

"That's no problem, we'll pay the money ourselves!" Li Guobing said assumedly.

"The land is owned by the school, and it is not allowed to build houses without permission. This is the school rule. "This is a matter of principle, Sun Yuanqi can't let go, otherwise there will definitely be a mess in the school in the future. In later generations, many universities had the phenomenon that the family area was larger than the teaching area. It is said that it is a university, and the dog barks and the child crys, but it is better to say that it is a public activity area in the community. At the beginning of the establishment of the school, Sun Yuanqi stipulated that "the land belongs to the school, and it is not allowed to build houses without permission", and the school only allows the teachers to enjoy the right to use the residences when they are alive. Once a teacher dies, the school is automatically repossessed.

"......" The four of them were speechless.

Sun Yuanqi remembered another compromise method: "Of course, the school accepts donations from the society. If funding is available to improve student accommodation and food, the university will start the project as soon as possible. ”

Hu Xun and Zeng Guangxio understood and said goodbye to Sun Yuanqi.

Two days later, the school received a donation of 20,000 taels, but the donor didn't say anything, put down the silver ticket and drifted away. Only Sun Yuanqi was left in the principal's room, covering his mouth and snickering. Subsequently, the construction of the student dormitory building was put on the agenda.

At the end of October, Jingshi University welcomed its second teacher who could speak Chinese, Yan Fu, a giant who translated Western natural science and social and political theories in the late Qing Dynasty and early Minchu.

Yan Fu (1854-1921), formerly known as Zongguang, was a native of Houguan (Fuzhou) in Fujian. He was the first Enlightenment thinker to systematically introduce Western studies and advocate the use of Western ideas and culture to save China. Yan Fu's translated books include Thomas Henry Huxley's "Theory of Heavenly Evolution", Adam Smith's "The Original Rich", John Mill's "Theory of the Rights of the Crowd" and "Nomenclature", Herbert Spencer's "The Words of the Group", Zhenx's "Social Interpretation", Montesquieu's "Law and Italy", Yefangs's "A Brief Introduction to Nomenclature", etc., covering biology, logic, economics, Sociology, law and many other departments. Among them, the influence of the book "The Theory of Heavenly Evolution" is particularly huge. Lu Xun described how he read "The Theory of Heavenly Evolution" when he was studying in Nanjing, which was almost to the extent of forgetting to sleep and eat, which shows the charm of this book to readers at that time and its profound and extensive influence on culture and scholarship. The theory of "natural selection and survival of the fittest" on the theory of natural evolution played a deafening role in the ideological circles at a time when imperialism was competing to carve up China and the country and nation were in danger.

Yan Fu's translation of modern Western social and political theories focuses on introducing the idea of natural human rights and the idea of freedom and equality. These ideas were regarded as a flood beast by the diehards, but they were deeply welcomed by the young intellectuals. This played a very beneficial enlightening role in the academic circles at that time, which despised the monarchy and admired the rights of the people. Slightly earlier than Yan Fu, the early reformists Feng Guifen, Wang Tao, Xue Fucheng, Chen Chi, Ma Jianzhong, Zheng Guanying, etc., all introduced or praised Western social and political theories, advocating enlightenment of the people's wisdom, opening the parliament, promoting commerce, abolishing the imperial examination, running schools, and translating Western books. But their influence is far less far-reaching than Yan Fu's.

Sun Yuanqi expressed his most sincere respect for Yan Fu's arrival, and took all the students to the small square at the school gate to wait. Seeing Yan Fu get out of the car, Sun Yuanqi stepped forward to greet him.

Yan Fu graduated from the Greenwich Naval Academy in the United Kingdom when he was young, although he is now almost 50 years old, he still wears a robe and a horse coat, and has the bearing of a soldier. When he saw a young man with a group of young people greeting him, he jumped out of the car.

Sun Yuanqi quickly stepped forward to support: "Mr. Yan, student Sun Yuanqi, as the president of Jingshi University, warmly welcome Mr. Yan to teach at our school!" ”

Yan Fu nodded: "It turned out to be Principal Sun." The old man came here to make a living, but I want you to take care of it! ”

"Mr. has studied both Chinese and Western, rigorous and sophisticated, and is admired by students at home and abroad. In front of Mr., he deserves the title of 'principal'. The so-called principal is just in charge of school chores. The cultivation of the school's spiritual temperament is still taught by Mr. If the gentleman is not stingy with advice, you can call the junior 'Baixi'. Sun Yuanqi replied respectfully.

"Okay, then the old man will ask you to call you 'Baixi'!" Yan Fu laughed, "When the old man was young, he studied at the Greenwich Naval Academy in England, and I heard that Baixi is a doctor from Yale University in the United States. ”

When Sun Yuanqi heard this, he suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, after all, he had accepted Western civilization and was relatively open. After greeting for a while, he accompanied Yan Fu into the campus. Sure enough, he had spent time in a Western university, Yan Fu appreciated Sun Yuanqi's idea very much, and that familiar feeling seemed to remind him of the time when he was young and frivolous, and when he spoke, there was a kind of nostalgia and expectation.

At the foot of the mountain, there are bluestone steps leading to the teacher's housing area built on the mountainside. Nowadays, the residential area is customarily referred to as the "Mid-Levels House". Because I knew in advance that Yan Fu and Yang Shoujing were going to come in advance, they took the lead in starting construction, and now they have been built, cleaned and renovated, and they can move in.

This is a small courtyard with a single family, from the living room to the bedroom, from the study to the bedroom, from the bathroom to the toilet. Yan Fu dragged his family to come, and he was very satisfied with the layout of this small courtyard, and thanked him repeatedly. Sun Yuanqi gave a general introduction to the situation, for example, you can go to the canteen below to eat, if you cook by yourself, you can ask the people in the canteen to go to the city to buy vegetables and rice, or you can follow the car to the city to buy it yourself, but you have to go in the afternoon and come back at noon the next day.

Seeing that Yan Fu had only arrived at his new home, he might need to be arranged, and after saying a few words, he got up and said goodbye. After Yan Fu rested for a few days, Sun Yuanqi made a special trip to Yan Fu to present a letter of appointment from Jingshi University, with a salary of 2,000 taels of silver. The letter of appointment reads respectfully:

"Letter of appointment from the University of the World

Hereby hired

Mr. Yan Fu is the head of the Department of Philosophy and Professor of Western Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts of Jingshi University, with an annual salary of 2,000 taels of gold and silver.

This hire.

President of Jingshi University: Sun Yuanqi (Seal of Jingshi University)

September 15, 27th year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty"

This is the first letter of appointment signed by Sun Yuanqi. Although the Faculty of Liberal Arts has not yet been established, and the Department of Philosophy in the Faculty of Liberal Arts is even more imaginary, Sun Yuanqi promised Yan Fu that the Department of Philosophy will admit students from next year.

On the second day after receiving the offer, Yan Fu taught Western philosophy to students at Jingshi University twice a week. Jingsei University has finally taken on the appearance of a university.

At the beginning of November, Yang Shoujing also arrived at Jingshi University with his disciples and nearly 10,000 volumes. This time, even Yan Fu went to the school gate to greet him.

Yang Shoujing (1839-1915), the name Pengyun, the name of Wu, the old man of Linsu in his later years, was a native of Yidu, Hubei. He was an outstanding historical geographer in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, a philologist of gold and stone, a catalogue editionist, a calligrapher, a numismatist, and a bibliophile. There are 83 kinds of works such as "Notes on the Book of Water", "Chronicles of Visiting Books in Japan", "Chronicles of Hubei Jinshi", etc., which are well-known at home and abroad. From 1880 to 1884, Yang Shoujing served as attaché to the Imperial Envoy to Japan, at a time when Japan was at the time of the Restoration, advocating new learning and spitting on the old. As a result, Yang Shoujing was able to buy a large number of rare books that had been scattered in China. It has a collection of more than 100,000 volumes, including more than 10,000 unique books at home and abroad, which has contributed to the preservation of China's cultural classics.

Looking at the white-haired Yang Shoujing, Sun Yuanqi suddenly felt respect in his heart, and the salute became more and more respectful. Yang Shoujing has also stayed abroad, and his mind is relatively open, although he has been sixtieth, but his body is strong. Sun Yuanqi accompanied him to inspect the campus, and Yang Shoujing was also satisfied with the environment of the school, and especially appreciated the petal-shaped lecture hall:

"The lecture hall in the middle of this building is high and dome-like, just like a flower; Surrounded by petals, realistic peach blossoms, exquisitely conceived, suitable for the place of the school. Wonderful! Wonderful! What is the name of this building? ”

Sun Yuan bowed and replied, "I know that this building has just been built and has no name. If you don't give up, please give your name! ”

"Well, it's easy to say, it's easy to say." Yang Shoujing is also not polite, ""Historical Records: The Biography of General Li" has a proverb that says, "Peach and plum do not speak, and the next is a strange thing", and now this building is in the shape of a peach calyx, and in the campus, it can be called "Cheng Qi Pavilion". ”

"Good name!" Yan Fu stroked his palms and praised.

Sun Yuanqi didn't know what was good, but Yan Fu said that it was good, it must be good, and he also praised it a few times.

Yan Fu also said: "I am the essence of old learning, but calligraphy is also unique for a while, in the past in the East, the Japanese people all worshipped, and there was an endless stream of apprentices. Today, to get this name, you also need to ask my old inscription to write it, so it is called Shuangmei! ”

Now Sun Yuanqi understood, it turned out that Yang Shoujing was still a great calligrapher, and he also begged for it.

The two respectfully begged for the book, and seemed to scratch Yang Shoujing's itch, laughed, and did not refuse, just returned to the residence and splashed ink. After walking a few steps, you will arrive at the half-level residence. Yang Shoujing listened to the name "Mid-Mountain Residence", nodded frequently, and said: "This name fits the environment, has endless charm, and has a classic." Good! Good! ”

Entering the small courtyard equipped for him, Yang Shoujing was relieved: "Okay! It is hidden in the mountains and forests, the scenery is excellent, and there is no trace of vulgarity. Here, you don't have to worry about food and clothing, and you can write books with peace of mind, what more can you ask for? What more could you ask for! ”

After settling down Yang Shoujing's family, Sun Yuanqi was settled. Isn't this school going up? A few days later, Sun Yuan went to Yang's house, respectfully presented a letter of appointment, two thousand taels of silver, and appointed Yang Shoujing as the vice president of the "soon-to-be-established" Academy of Chinese Studies and a professor of history and geography. Yang Shoujing, who had not yet passed the freshness of the new place, accepted the letter of appointment with a smile, and opened it with great interest. Then he pointed to the words "historical geography" on it and asked Sun Yuanqi: "Baixi, what kind of knowledge is this 'historical geography'?" ”

Sun Yuanqi has compiled a lot of textbooks, and has a certain understanding of the basic composition of the subject, although he has not studied "historical geography", since he can write this word, he also knows some of the meanings of this word. At present, I will expound the discipline of "historical geography" from the perspectives of discipline definition, research object, research method, basic theory, etc., and fool the giant of historical geography in front of me. In short, Sun Yuanqi discussed two issues: first, historical geography is a specialized discipline, which has a great need and space for research; Second, you should teach your students, and it is best to write a basic textbook of historical geography according to the new subject system.

Sure enough, Sun Yuanqi analyzed "historical geography" from a new angle, which touched the old gentleman a lot. He nodded: "Baixi, you are very insightful. In Chinese scholarship, geography is often regarded as a category of historiography, and as Bai Xi just said, various geographical sciences are confusing and confusing. This historical geography, the old man has studied for many years, and he does have some experience, but he does not know that it is an independent science. When I was in my sixtieth year, although I wanted to compile a textbook, I was afraid that I would not have enough energy. These are the two disciples of the old man—"

Yang Shoujing said, pointing to the two people beside him, one of whom was already in his forties: "This is Xiong Huizhen, who has followed me for many years, and his knowledge is no less than that of the old man." If I can't afford to take a class in the university hall, I have to ask him to teach on my behalf. ”

Sun Yuanqi greeted him.

Yang Shoujing pointed to a young man, only about twenty-five years old: "This is Lu Bi, the word is cautious, and he is from Chuyang." I'm afraid the age is similar to Baixi. ”

Sun Yuan nodded and saluted him again.

Yang Shoujing said: "About the compilation of the book, you and these two people discussed, the manuscript can be brought to me to read once, how about it?" ”

With this academic overlord as the honorary editor-in-chief and reviewer, what is Sun Yuanqi afraid of? You only need to roughly write out the style of the book and give it to the two of you to fill in the materials. Sun Yuanqi agreed.

A few days later, Sun Yuanqi roughly wrote the outline and sent it to Yang's house. Along with the outline, there are also letters of appointment for two people: Xiong Huizhen is an associate professor of historical geography at the National Academy of Sciences, with an annual salary of 1,000 taels of silver; Lu Bi is a history teacher at the High School Affiliated to Jingshi University, with an annual salary of 500 taels of silver.

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