【Opening Remarks】
Patriotism, the most fundamental spiritual gene, replenishes the calcium of the backbone of the Chinese nation; the most powerful spiritual internal force, boiling the dantian qi of the sons and daughters of China.
For 5,000 years, patriotic feelings have endured the wind and frost, and countless benevolent people have written magnificent chapters with their lives. The history of the Chinese nation, a patriotic history.
The patriotic words of the Chinese sages and revolutionary predecessors shook the historical time and space. The scalding "patriotic theory" is said to the 70th anniversary of the Republic, and to every Son and Daughter of China.
Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of New China?" Patriotic Talk" is one of a series of reviews
At the age of 17, Zhongxiucai, 22, and 25, Cai Yuanpei took a step by step, and "zhihu also" walked "within the system" of the imperial examination.
When he was appointed as the editor of the Hanlin Academy, it seemed that the "career was immeasurable" that year, the Chinese side was defeated in the Sino-Japanese War, the dream of "Zhongxing" in the late Qing Dynasty was shattered, the empire returned to the light, and the Chinese nation was in crisis. Cai Yuanpei abandoned his official position and returned to his hometown to set up a new school, enlighten the people's wisdom, and educate to save the country.
Cai Yuanpei's education is the most vigorous stage for saving the country, when Peking University. Anxious about the national education institute, Cai Yuanpei stood up for responsibility, shouldered the burden of the president of Peking University, and gave a new soul to the "first institution".
"As a president, I am afraid that the world will not be able to find a second one except Cai Yuanpei, who can lead a university and play a turning point for a nation and an era." The American philosopher and educator John Dewey commented on this.
Cai Yuanpei Peking University President Appointment Letter.
Reading does not forget to save the country, and to save the country does not forget to read
In January 1917, the cold wind in Beijing was cold. Cai Yuanpei took office, and Peking University was equally cold.
Although the school has been renamed from "Kyoshi University Hall", it still looks like a yamen in its bones. Some teachers are bent on seeking officials, and their learning is not big or small; most of the students are "second generation officials" and "second generation rich people", drinking flower wine and holding famous horns, and many of them spend 5,000 silver dollars a year. Group depravity, which "first school" looks like?
If the country's higher education is loose and crumbling, how can it see the future!
For the establishment of Peking University, Cai Yuanpei advocated "freedom of thought, inclusiveness" and supported the new cultural movement. Representatives of the new trend of thought flocked to the scene, such as the two founders of the Communist Party of China, Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao, the "Southern Chen and Northern Li." Chen Duxiu was hired as a dean of liberal arts and brought a "dowry" "New Youth" from Shanghai. Li Dazhao served as the director of the library and was the first to spread Marxism in China.
The wind and rain are obscure, and the chickens are chirping. The new cultural movement invited two "Mr. Yang" - Mr. De (democracy) and Mr. Sai (science) to nourish the patriotic enthusiasm of young people and lay a solid foundation for the May Fourth Movement. Peking University's "Gu Ben Peiyuan" has refreshed its appearance and become the birthplace of a new cultural movement.
A hundred years ago, students from Peking University and other colleges and universities shouted to wake up the Oriental Sleeping Lion. Peking University, the birthplace of the May Fourth Movement, is also the "land of the Chinese Communist Party", which truly "plays a turning role for a nation and an era", and China's future is to find the right way to open.
Cai Yuanpei has always advocated "reading without forgetting to save the country." After the May Fourth Movement, some students at Peking University had no intention of studying, and Cai Yuanpei had an insight into the bad signs and put forward the complete proposal of "reading without forgetting to save the country, and not forgetting to read when saving the country", warning young students that to save the country, we need to increase our skills and rationally accumulate patriotic forces.
The fate of the individual is closely related to the fate of the country, and "the patriotic heart is the lifeblood of a country." Cai Yuanpei not only ignited a patriotic heart, but also expected patriots to sharpen their blades and continue the lifeblood of a country with more tension.
Peking University Library, where Mao Zedong was the administrator.
Patriotic Paradise, which influenced the most influential people
Touching the feudal nerves, Peking University "opened up the ban on women" and opened the curtain of coeducationality in China's public universities. No student can also observe, Peking University "classroom open". One of the most famous observers was called "Mao Zedong".
In August 1918, Mao Zedong entered Beijing for the first time in his life, and he and Hunan went to France to work-study young people "Longran Gao Kang, big sleep". On the recommendation of his mentor Yang Changji, Mao Zedong visited Cai Yuanpei many times and "worked" at the Peking University Library under the supervision of Li Dazhao.
Like many patriotic youths, Mao's faith was in a period of uncertainty. When he entered the library of Peking University and read books that could not be read in Changsha, his horizons were wide open; he came into close contact with Li Dazhao, the "master of Chinese Marxist enlightenment", who was "close to Zhu Zhichi"; when he was observing, he got to know Chen Duxiu, Deng Zhongxia and other big names of the new school, and he improved day by day.
For more than half a year, Mao Zedong's ideals in life raised the flag and oriented himself, from "a hodgepodge of liberalism, democratic reformism and utopian socialism" to a belief in Marxism, which stimulated a qualitative leap.
At the end of 1919, Mao Zedong "drifted north" for the second time. When he entered Beiping three times, it was already 30 years later, from Xibaipo to "enter Beijing to catch the examination", and the brilliant Chinese light was in front.
Profoundly influencing China, the great man Mao Zedong rewrote the fate of the Chinese nation. Cai Yuanpei created a patriotic paradise at Peking University, influenced the most influential people in China, and new China opened up the world to continue the lifeblood of the country.
Hong Kong Cai Yuanpei cemetery, Heung Kong has the honor of burying loyal bones.
Patriotic monument, standing the "Pearl of the Orient" Hong Kong
Cai Yuanpei's last stop in life is to guard the "Pearl of the Orient" Hong Kong.
At this time, Cai Yuanpei was nearly ancient, still not wading through the years, and "saving the country and not forgetting to read" could not release the volume. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the mountains and rivers were broken, and the fate of the anxious nation could not sleep for a long time, and in 1940, Cai Yuanpei was buried in Xiangjiang.
Practicing his patriotic words, Cai Yuanpei never forgot to save the country in his life, once sent a telegram to rescue Yang Kaihui, and participated in the rescue of Liao Chengzhi, Chen Geng and other patriotic "political prisoners"... Strive to preserve the vitality of the country and the nation.
Living in Hong Kong, Cai Yuanpei did not stop in spite of his foot diseases: he wrote a meeting song for the Chinese branch of the International Anti-Aggression Movement Congress, and the white-headed people sang "Man Jiang Hong"; emotionally gave a speech at the "Hong Kong National Defense and Medicine Preparation Association" art exhibition, "The War of Resistance most needs everyone to have a quiet mind and a strong will."
Xiangjiang had the honor of burying loyal bones, and Mao Zedong sent a telegram of mourning to Cai Yuanpei as "a great fighter in the academic circles and a model for the world". Schools and shops in Hong Kong lowered the flag at half-mast to raise a funeral for Cai Yuanpei. There were tens of thousands of public priests, and hong Kong's population at that time was less than 500,000. In memory of cultural giants and patriotic celebrities, Yu Guangzhong composed the poem "Before the Tomb of Cai Yuanpei" - I think that the arms in the tomb were shook by a cradle sixty years ago, and the baby's breast name was called May Fourth.
In the end, in memory of the sages, Hong Kong Baptist University named a building "Cai Yuanpei Hall" and hosted the "Cai Yuanpei Festival" many times. Sowing the seeds of patriotism, Cai Yuanpei lives in the hearts of Hong Kong people, and the patriotic spirit has not diminished to this day. Patriotic roots are deeply rooted, and a patriotic monument stands in Hong Kong, the "Pearl of the Orient". The sea breeze has been blowing for five thousand years, and the face will never change yellow.
Cai Yuanpei's 120th birthday commemorative stamp.
In the long river of history, patriots are like stars. "Long tai breath to cover up the sniffles, mourn the many hardships of the people's livelihood", Qu Yuan sacrificed himself to serve the country; "the zombie isolated village does not mourn itself, and The Shangsi is the wheel of the country", Lu You Lao Ji Futuo; "Thirty meritorious dust and soil, eight thousand miles of road clouds and moon", Yue Fei was fierce.
The world rises and falls, and the pirate is responsible. Patriotism has been internalized into a duty and duty, and generations of Yanhuang descendants have their hearts and feelings.
In peacetime, patriotism no longer wears the white blade and the rain of bullets, and ordinary days can also be imprinted. Each Chinese is brick by brick, working together to build the "Renaissance of China" building!