Mr. and Xu Le walked back to their residence slowly, and the two of them didn't go to the study, but went to the reception room, which was the only place where Xu Le had a sofa, and Mr. would be more comfortable to sit on.

Mr. sat on the side, and Xu Le sat in the lower corner, holding a notebook and a pen.

Mr. leaned on the sofa, didn't speak, closed his eyes, and after a while, Xu Le saw tears in the corners of Mr.'s eyes!

Xu Le didn't speak, "Xu Le, is there any smoke?"

Xu Le was taken aback, Mr. Qi had never smoked, he hurriedly went upstairs and opened the cigarette he brought back from home, found a match and went downstairs, Mr. tore open a new cigarette, took out one, and put it to his mouth, Xu Le respectfully half-squatted and lit the cigarette for Mr.

Mr. took a puff violently, choked a little and coughed twice, Xu Le quickly patted Mr. on the back, "I haven't smoked for decades"!

The gentleman said slowly: "There are a lot of things that I don't want to recall, too long, too much, too messy, all in the past!"

"As for me, I graduated from Qing University in '49, and before that, I studied at Beijing University. I have listened to the classes of Deng Chengzhi, Qi Hesi, Weng Jiandu, and Debei, and what about the Monday you asked before, hey, it is also my husband, and I will now give some impressions of the lectures and the deeds of several teachers that I know. ”

Xu Le heard what Mr. said that these gentlemen were all everyone, and he quickly remembered it!

"Mr. Deng Chengzhi is good at both literature and history, and he hates Hu Shizhi. He is originally from Suzhou Prefecture, and I have heard two courses from him: "History of the Qin and Han Dynasties" and "History of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties". He was just sixty years old when he taught us, but he looked old. In winter, he wears two leather robes, a hood, and cotton pants to tie his legs. When you enter the classroom, take off a leather robe.

Mr. Deng's lectures are rich in content and eloquence, and the textbook is based on the "2,000-year-old History of China" compiled by him. The writing method of "2,000 Years of Chinese History" is: the main text is based on large characters, concisely describing the development of Chinese history; For the purpose of small print, each paragraph is followed by a number of historical materials. This method of compilation not only discerns the author's point of view, but also provides clues for students to further study. The examinations of the two courses taught by Mr. Deng were both in the form of essays. But he had two requirements: first, it should be written in classical Chinese; Second, it is not allowed to read the writings of today's people, but to write according to historical materials. He said, "If you are found not to comply with these two points, you will be given a failing grade." I and the other students in the class were able to write simple classical Chinese, and I finally passed.

Deng Chengzhi. He is the author of "The History of China for 2,000 Years" and "The Complete Chronicles of Gu Dong". Mr. Deng is known as a "living dictionary" in Yenching Literature and Law School. Because the students of these two academies often ask him for advice when they are making their graduation theses. Mr. Deng has a special study of Qing history, and his protégé, Mr. Wang Hanzhong, can pass on his mantle.

Mr. Tang made great contributions to the Department of History at Beijing University, and he worked closely with Mr. Hong Ye (Xuan Lian) to train a large number of students, many of whom later became famous scholars. My teachers, Mr. Qi Hesi, Mr. Weng Jiandu, and Mr. Zhou Yi, were all his students. Although I have listened to Mr. Deng's classes directly, I have always respected him as Mr. Tai.

Mr. Tang has a temperament and is suspicious of his peers. He hated Hu Shizhi very much. When we were in class, I counted a few words from Hu Shi every once in a while. At the beginning, he always said, "Do you know that there is a man named Hu Shizhi in the city?" Then he said how Hu Shizhi was uneducated. More than ten years ago, I read the book "After All is a Scholar" by Zhou Shi, and I found that when Mr. Deng was teaching Zhou Shizhi, he often belittled Hu Shizhi, and the opening sentence was also "There is a Hu Shizhi in the city". Mr. Deng was extremely dissatisfied with the foreigners who were in power at Beijing University. Once, he said to several of our students at his home: "Qi Hesi's salary is actually higher than mine. "Qi is his student, and he thinks it should be lower than him. But Beijing University is a university funded by the people of the moldy pear country, Qi is a doctor from Hefu University, and Deng has no degree, so he will not be paid a higher salary than Qi anyway.

Although Mr. Deng is well-educated, he believes that he also has shortcomings. Once, during a class, he said, "I'm not a historian because I don't know the astronomical calendar." "At first I didn't understand why he said that. Later, I thought, he probably demanded himself according to the standards of ancient historians. Ancient Chinese historians not only revised historical records, but were also in charge of the astronomical calendar. Sima Tan, Sima Qian, father and son, are both proficient in astronomical law calendars. Later historians may not all be proficient in this way. Of course, Mr. Deng also knows the astronomical calendar, but he thinks that he is not good enough in this area, so he modestly says that he is not a historian. Mr. Deng has a large collection of books, and there are also many photos from the Republic of China, which are very precious.

"Xu Le, write it down, the calendar, the astronomical calendar, are you mainly using the astronomical calendar as a method to presume this time?" The gentleman asked suddenly.

"Yes, sir, I didn't quite understand at first why the astronomical calendar was used as the standard of archaeological constancy, but now that I understand something, I will strengthen my research in this area later"!

"Well, okay, in addition, I'll go back later, I still have some things from Mr. Deng, you can take them all then, the Fourth Division Hall will really be established in the future, don't forget to start with Mr. Deng!"

Xu Le nodded!

Subsequently, Mr. Qi began to say that Mr. Qi Hesi respects teachers and learns from both China and the West. He is a Ph.D. from the University of Hefu. I have listened to two of his courses: "History of the Warring States Period" and "Modern History of the West". The history of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period is Mr. Qi's specialty. Mr. Qi has also studied modern Chinese history and has written important articles such as "Wei Yuan and the Late Qing Dynasty Style". Before the liberation, Mr. Qi's works were mainly on Chinese history, including "The Westward Migration of the Xiongnu and Its Influence in Europe" and "The Relationship between China and the Byzantine Empire".

Mr. Qi respects his teacher very much. It is said that every year during the Spring Festival, when he gave Mr. Deng Chengzhi New Year's greetings, he performed the ancient Chinese ritual of kneeling.

Mr. Qi was in poor health in his later years and suffered from severe diabetes. Later, the illness became more and more serious. He was lying on the bed, but there were still Western books on the bed, which showed that the old man still did not give up reading during his illness, and his academic spirit was really admired by later students.

Weng Jiandu admires Mr. Chen the most, Yin Ke, Bo Xihe, and Hokkien people. Mr. Weng is very eloquent and good at argumentation, but he doesn't talk much about specific materials. Mr. Weng is an expert in Yuan history, he is very interested in Yuan history, and is one of the three masters of Yuan history who is later than Mr. Chen Yuan (the other two are Shao Xunzheng and Han Rulin). He was extremely cautious in his writing, and only wrote six or seven academic papers in his life, but they were of very high quality.

Why did Mr. Weng mention this? Scholars of Mr. Weng's generation were deeply influenced by empirical historiography, and they were most afraid of "hard wounds" in their works, as if they were caught "never able to turn over". In my opinion, of course, we should try to avoid "hard wounds", but it would be wrong to dare not write because we are afraid of "hard wounds". I think it's almost impossible for a person to write something in his life without a single "hard injury".

Mr. Weng admired Mr. Chen very much, and once said in class: "If we can invite Mr. Chen to come to Beijing University, even if we don't attend classes, it will be our honor." For Western scholars, he admired Birch the most. He said to me that Birch and Bach are really powerful, and a note in "The Interpretation of Marco Polo's Travels" is a big article with evidence.

Mr. Weng was generous to others and helped many people in his life. Here are some examples. His teacher, Mr. Deng Chengzhi, was upright and had no scruples in his discussions. After the liberation, Mr. Weng was very afraid that he would cause trouble because of his inadvertent speech, so he persuaded Mr. Deng to retire, and Mr. Deng agreed. At that difficult time, Mr. Weng said to me that Mr. Deng was fortunate to retire, otherwise it would be difficult to get through this hurdle. And he protects several professors.

Later, before the merger of Beijing University into Peking University, there was a "scolding group" incident. At a critique meeting, someone wanted to use force to beat someone. Mr. Weng was present, he was the acting president of Beijing University at the time, a leftist professor with great prestige among the students, and he tried his best to dissuade him before the situation was calmed down. Another time, I met a guest at his house, and after this man left, he said to me, this is the famous Xiao Qian. Xiao is a famous reporter for Ta Kung Pao, and has been wrongly classified as a "rightist". Xiao is also an alumnus of Beijing University. Later, I learned that after Xiao was classified as a "rightist", Mr. Weng did not discriminate against him, treated him as usual, and helped him many times, so Xiao was very grateful to Weng and often visited Weng's house.

There is also Mr. Zhou, Mr. Zhou is now known as a master of Chinese studies, and he is also the top in the study of world history, but now, I basically have no contact with the only surviving gentleman, why? A lot of times, I don't know whose problem it is, I persuaded him at the beginning, he didn't hear that I didn't improve, and then later, after I recovered, he might be embarrassed to meet me, anyway, it's also my husband, hey!

If you have the opportunity to see the meaning of Liang Xiao for yourself, you will know his history, I don't want to say more, you want to date him, I am not good to see, but what about you, it is his three generations of descendants, he still has to meet, otherwise he can't say it, I understand what you mean, you want to consider more comprehensively, I agree very much, no problem, I'll make an appointment, you don't care, you tell me your time, because now the main thing is that your time is not good!

However, for Mr. Zhou, one of the things I want to tell you is that there must be a bottom line! And then no more!

On the issue of cultivating academic successors, Qi Hesi, Weng Jiandu, and Zhou Yi are all graduates of the Department of History of Beijing University. They are brothers. They also studied at Hefu University and obtained a doctorate. Is this a coincidence? No, it was the result of their teacher, Mr. Hong Xuanlian, who was carefully cultivated.

After graduating from Henford in the 20s of the last century, Mr. Hung returned to China to teach at Yenching University, where he headed the Department of History for many years. Hong is also the Chinese head of the Yenching Hefu Society, and has the right to recommend students to study in the United States. Hong is a very rare academic leader, who has both vision, courage and methods. He had a whole program for cultivating historical talents. As far as I know, those who have been selected and trained by him to become famous scholars in the field of history include Zheng Dekun (archaeology), Qi Hesi (Shang and Zhou), Qu Tongzu (Han), Zhou Zhou (Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties), Nie Chongqi (Song), Feng Jiasheng (Liao), Weng Jiandu (Yuan), Wang Zhonghan (Qing), Hou Renzhi (historical geography), Zhu Shijia (Fang Zhi), Chen Guansheng (history of Buddhism), Deng Siyu (institutional history), and so on. He wanted to arrange every section of Chinese history to be carried out by a student with academic prospects, and his plan was finally basically realized. What a contribution. To be truly worthy of being called a master, you must not only learn greatly, but also cultivate a group of outstanding successors.

Xu Le, do you understand? You can't be strong on your own, you have to have a heritage, you have to be able to form a forest, you must not be a big tree, next to the grassland, just to set off you, understand? Academics cannot be interrupted, and it is very important whether there is a successor or not.

Mr. actually smoked a cigarette, Xu Le looked at his watch, and actually chatted until half past six, he looked at the time, "Sir, I am going to Yuzhou University in the last week of next month to give them a report, and they have already been invited three times through my classmates; The eighteenth to the twenty-second is the exam, the fifteenth is a meeting, the fourteenth there are many people coming, there may be exchanges, so I am the fifteenth, on the afternoon of the twelfth I went to Hezi's home, the tenth is Mr. Pei Zhong Zhang to the school inspection, that is, the next week will be fine"!

"Okay, I know, I'll tell you about it, let's go, go back and bring Mr. Deng's information with me, I'll hand it over, I'm relaxed"! The gentleman's tone is much better!

Xu Le followed Mr. out of the door!