If an educator becomes the first on the blacklist of Kuomintang reactionaries after the assassination of Mr. Li Gongpu and Mr. Wen Yiduo at the time of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, some people may say that he only touched the interests of the four major families, and the exclusion of dissidents by others does not explain anything.

What's more, he later died of a sudden cerebral hemorrhage, which just proves that the "so-called" assassination list is just a false rumor.

But it is such a person, after his death, more than 2,000 people from all walks of life in northern Shaanxi held a grand memorial service for him in the border area, and the great man personally wrote a memorial couplet for him:

"Mourn the great people's educator, Mr. Eternal."

In our recent history, there have been many well-known educators, but he is the only one who can be called "people" and "great".

He was the young man standing in front of him - Mr. Tao Xingzhi.

It's just that at present, he is proceeding from the dual needs of perfecting individual personality and seeking a way to save the country, and is still seriously studying and studying Wang Yangming's theory, and is fascinated by it, believing in his theory of "the unity of knowledge and action", and has just changed the original name of Wen Jun to "knowledge and action".

It was not until 1934, combined with years of experience in civilian education, that the name was changed again after the theory of "action is the beginning of knowledge, and knowledge is the completion of action" was put forward in combination with years of experience in civilian education.

Squatting down, Mr. Tao Zhixing hugged his student and gently patted Wan Laiming on the back.

"Xiao Wan, I'm sorry, it's the teacher who is not good, I shouldn't have left you there alone to suffer, if I took you with me, I wouldn't have to suffer so much. But now that the teacher has returned, everything is fine. ”

Feeling the warmth in it, Wan Laiming not only did not stop sobbing, but cried out of breath, releasing all the grievances brought by the past.

As the eldest son in the family, there are three younger brothers at the bottom, in line with the tradition of the eldest brother as a father, Wan Laiming never dared to show weakness in front of the public, even in front of Cheng Nuo, his most emotion is only nervous, and he still maintains that strength in his heart.

But in front of his mentor, just a hug and a few warm words completely destroyed the psychological defense line he had been building for many days.

"Old ...... Teacher, I don't blame you, it's all useless to me, otherwise I wouldn't have let people see me laughing. Lying on the teacher's back, Wan Laiming wanted to reach out and wipe his tears, but the tears were like beads that had been taken off the thread, and he couldn't stop it: "Teacher, I'm ...... I actually want to laugh, but I just can't laugh, I can't even do this little thing, isn't it useless? ”

Tao Xingzhi gently patted the student's back, with red eyes: "I don't agree with this, Xiao Wan is the best person in our class, I remember that you painted a portrait of me at the beginning, it's still very good." ”

It's okay not to mention this, but when I mentioned this Wan Laiming, he sneered, and directly hummed a snot bubble: "Teacher, you still remember this, in fact, I didn't draw it well at the time, and I painted the teacher's face too long, but it didn't look good." ”

Tao Xingzhi took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped Wan Laiming's snot off little by little: "Isn't it, it's not good to go to class during class, and I secretly draw the teacher there, can I draw well?" I haven't seen you for so long, has your ability improved, can the teacher ask you to draw another one? ”

"Teacher...... I'm sorry teacher, maybe I can only draw horses, and the rest is a waste of things. Wan Laiming was very happy, but thinking that he couldn't do a good job of sketching, painting for the teacher was "insulting" others: "I was very happy to give people free paintings, but after painting, I let the dog bite me." ”

Looking at the torn clothes on his body and the drawing board placed in the corner, Tao Xingzhi instantly understood the general situation.

Pursed his mouth, he patted Wan Laiming on the shoulder again: "It's all going to be fine, the teacher believes in you." ”

Although Wan Laiming has basically calmed down, he still has some convulsions: "Thank you, teacher." ”

"It's good that you know in your heart, and some roads still have to be walked by yourself." Helping the student up, Tao Xingzhi slapped the soil off his body, and then held the drawing board between his arms: "Let's go, our teachers and students are here to be an eyesore, let's take you to the next restaurant first." ”

At this time, Wan Laiming realized that because of his sloppyness, he even hugged and cried like this just now, and the teacher was also sloppy, and passers-by were far away when they saw this, turning from a strange person to a pair of strange people.

Tao Xingzhi led the way in front, walked for a while and suddenly found that the students did not follow, turned around and bumped into this scene, looked around and quickly understood what was going on, and said with a smile: "Before you go over, can you accompany the teacher to put things down, this clothes that have been worn for a day are really too smelly, and I dislike myself." ”

Wan Laiming originally opened his mouth to say something, but when the words came to his mouth, he gave up again, clenched his fists and followed closely.

It's just that in the process of running, tears seem to well-up from the corners of his eyes.

"Teacher, you wait for me......"

When he came to the residence, Tao Xingzhi put down the sketchpad, took out two apples from the cabinet, walked to the bathroom and said while washing: "You can sit casually, just take this place as your home, there is a cool white open on the table, pour it yourself when you are thirsty, you don't have to be polite to me." ”

Under the big sun, Wan Laiming was really a little thirsty, turned over the cups buckled on the table, poured two cups, and drank one of them in one go, so that he didn't feel so hot.

"Teacher, don't be busy, I'll just drink saliva."

"I'd like to invite you to my house as a guest, and I have to entertain you as a teacher." Tao Xingzhi held the washed apple in both hands, and after shaking off the water droplets in mid-air, he took a bite first: "Crispy and sweet, it happens that your junior brother's family sells this, I will buy a few catties by the way, the taste is really good, you taste it." ”

"Thank you, teacher, then I'm welcome, touch the teacher's light." Wan Laiming took the apple, bit it in his mouth and sweetened it in his heart: "The apple is delicious, and the teacher has washed it even better." ”

"You, before you say a word, you can't hide your original tail." Seeing the students like this, I felt much more relieved, and said kindly: "On the way, I heard that you quit your original job at the Commercial Press and found a new job?" ”

Speaking of business, Wan Laiming swallowed the apple and said seriously: "Yes, carefully calculate that people only have 30,000 days in this life, it is better to do something that I think is meaningful, I am good at painting and like painting, and I am ready to do this in the future." ”

Tao Xingzhi hesitated for a moment, sat down beside the student and said earnestly: "Xiao Wan, logically speaking, I shouldn't get involved in your affairs, but as a person who has come over, I still want to say a few more words, painting is not necessarily a good choice, and the road behind will be very difficult." ”

Wan Laiming didn't know that the teacher had misunderstood, so he quickly explained: "Teacher, I don't do Chinese painting like Master Hongyi, nor do I do Western painting, but animation." ”

In order to convince the teacher of what he said, Wan Laiming took out the book he had been carrying, folded it and flipped it quickly, and the scene of the Great Sage releasing Pegasus was repeated in front of him again.

"Teacher, look, this is what I said about animation, and it is also the development direction that Professor Cheng found for me, and now I am the first person in China."

Talking about the arrangement Cheng Nuo gave him, Wan Laiming couldn't hide the pride on his face.

No matter how difficult the road is, he is at the forefront of the entire era.

Seeing this scene, Rao is Tao Xingzhi has been traveling south and north for so many years, and he also got a master's degree from the University of Illinois in the United States, and he couldn't help but be amazed.

"It's amazing that the horses and monkeys are jumping up and down like real people."

Wan Laiming said proudly: "The effect of animation is far more than this, Professor Cheng said that when the technology is mature in the future, it can be put on the screen, and all these little people can be painted in color and matched with sound, which is definitely better." ”

Tao Xingzhi smiled and said: "In this way, Xiao Wan, what you did is very meaningful, and we can carry forward our excellent culture later, so that more people can see the charm brought by our ancestors." ”

Wan Laiming nodded again and again: "Yes, that's what Professor Cheng said, saying that let these gringos also open their eyes, as if saying that cultural strength is also a kind of national strength." ”

Tao Xingzhi became interested and asked, "Xiao Wan, from the road to now, you have been talking about this Professor Cheng, what kind of person is he." ”

Afraid that the teacher would misunderstand, Wan Laiming pointed to the clothes on his body and said: "Teacher, don't look at me as dirty now, it has nothing to do with Professor Cheng, I was paid a salary on the first day of work, but I was reluctant to spend them, and I used them to buy books and paintings, and I didn't pay so much attention to dress." ”

Speaking of Xing, Wan Laiming put down the apple and told him everything before and after he met Cheng Nuo.

In his language, Cheng Nuo is a man who is knowledgeable, has ideals and abilities, and is full of talents in the Academy of Sciences.

"Teacher, in my impression, Professor Cheng is similar to you, both powerful and socially responsible, and you are all my role models." Wan Laiming hesitated for a moment and said, "Teacher, I think you two can cooperate, our Academy of Sciences is also running education, and there is a shortage of people." ”

Tao Xingzhi smiled, didn't answer in a hurry, gnawed the apple in his hand cleanly, and said: "Hearing you say so much, I can feel that you recognize this Professor Cheng very much, combined with my previous understanding, I also understand that he has always been doing practical things in society.

But in my opinion, there is a difference between education and education, and they do not necessarily match each other. ”

Unlike other educators, Mr. Tao Xingzhi does not seem to have taught many famous students in his life, and even he himself does not seem to be very famous.

This is precisely his greatness, not so much an educator as a social reformer, who has been promoting civilian education all his life, striving to allow more children of the people to go to school, and his educational practice has long been deeply rooted in the grassroots society.

It is for this reason that the pupils are merely the most ordinary workers and peasants, whose remembrances and praises have no high-sounding rhetoric, and whose simple and sincere language is not well documented in good newspapers.

The reason why the world can frequently remember those well-known educators on the Internet is because they themselves were the presidents of well-known Chinese universities at that time, and they were in high positions in both political and academic circles, and their students were often the elite among the people, and after graduation, they could also join the middle and upper classes of society and hold the right to public opinion.

As these people sang the praises of their teachers, their fame began to grow and become known to the society.

This was also the case for later generations, and the "experts" who frequently spoke out in public opinion often did not truly represent the silent majority.

Wan Laiming was what he happened to realize when he was the dean of Nanjing Higher Normal School and helped several students in difficulty, and when he caught up with the other party's middle way, he stretched out a hand, and the fate of the two was branded.

Wan Laiming was a little anxious: "Teacher, is it because the Academy of Sciences has not yet opened a school, I refused to agree, I asked the comrades of the Academy of Sciences, but there is no stable territory at the moment, and after this period of time, it will begin to be put on the agenda." If you are in the past now, you can just hold the right to speak, Professor Cheng has always been very decentralized. ”

Tao Xingzhi shook his head with a smile and asked rhetorically: "Xiao Wan, do you think it is better to teach people to be a master, or to teach people to be an ordinary person?" ”

Wan Laiming didn't know why, and puzzled: "I don't think this is a conflict, why can't we develop together?" ”

"It's very simple, because resources are limited, just such a pot of rice, I eat a little more, don't I eat a little less when I come to you?" Tao Xingzhi drew a circle on the table with tea, and divided it into two semicircles, one large and one small, with his fingers: "I am standing on this side, and your Professor Cheng is on the other side, and there is an invisible river in the middle." ”

Looking at these two semicircles, Wan Laiming thought calmly for a while, and then gave his opinion: "In other words, do you think that our Academy of Sciences only pays attention to elite education?" ”

Tao Xingzhi nodded and said firmly: "Compared with the elite, I think education in the countryside is more important, especially among the more than 30,000 peasants, universal education is more important, education reform is imperative, and it cannot be like the previous way of running a school that only serves the upper-class rulers." ”

Standing up, Tao Xingzhi paced back and forth in the living room for a few steps, looking back with sharp eyes: "Civilian education is the dawn of our Chinese education, and the fundamental problem of educational transformation is in the countryside. ”

Hearing this kind of remarks, Wan Laiming was even more shocked than when he saw the animation for the first time: "But these 30,000 farmers, if everyone can go to school, how much manpower and material resources will have to be spent is simply beyond the power of manpower." ”

Tao Xingzhi clenched his fists in the air, not at all intimidated by this difficulty: "Just now you said that your colleagues in the Academy of Sciences are called comrades, this is a good word, I believe that there are also this group of comrades in China who support civilian education.

In the future, we will raise 1 million yuan in funds, recruit 1 million comrades, advocate the opening of 1 million schools, and transform 1 million villages. ”

There is a saying that there is no shortage but unevenness.