Mr. Chen's knowledge has only been one person in the past three hundred years.
- Fu Si Nian
Lu Xun is the founder of modern literature in China and has a very high status and influence in the field of oriental culture. And in the primary school Chinese curriculum, there are many excerpts from essays written by Lu Xun. For Lu Xun, he is not unfamiliar, but as Lu Xun's classmate and friend Chen Yinke, many people do not know him. He is a master of Chinese sinology in China, one of the four great philosophers of Tsinghua in the past century, and a famous historian in China.
Although the two were former friends, Chen Yinke did not say a word to Lu Xun and did not say the reason until his old age.
First, the first acquaintance for two years in the same window
Chen Yinke was born in 1890 and is a native of Changsha, Hunan. The family was a famous and prestigious family at the end of the Qing Dynasty. Chen Yinke's father was one of the four princes of the late Qing Dynasty. Influenced by family thought since childhood, Chen Yingke laid a deep foundation in traditional Chinese studies.
In 1902,
The 12-year-old Chen Yinke followed his brother Chen Hengke to study in Japan. At that time, Lu Xun was also on this ship from Nanjing to Japan.
Lu Xun and Chen Yinke also began to know each other, and after arriving in Japan, both of them went to Tokyo To learn Japanese at the newly established school of Hongwen Academy. It was not until 1904 that the two graduated from The Academy of Hirofumi in Tokyo.
During their studies at Hongbun Gakuin, the two were not only friends at the same school, but also lived in the same dormitory, so it can be said that the two spent two years together day and night. Because Lu Xun and Chen Yinke were about the same age at that time, and the beds of the two were connected, the relationship was very close.
People who know Lu Xun know that Lu Xun has scolded countless people who make him unhappy in this life. From the president down to the student, no matter who he is, he will scold as long as he is unhappy,
However, among the people who have scolded him in his life, there is no Chen Yinke, a classmate of the same window for two years
。
2. Get together for the first time after returning home
Because Chen Yinke's family was a well-known and prestigious family with a very high status in the late Qing Dynasty at that time, the family held a lot of power, so
After Chen Yinke returned to China, he served as Cai Yi's secretary
That is, this short experience is also the frequent exchange between Chen Yinke and Lu Xun. At that time, Lu Xun had just published a book written for him by Chen Yinke's brother Chen Hengke, entitled "A Collection of Novels Outside the Territory".
After the Qingming Festival, Lu Xun took the books he had written to the palace of General Cai Yi.
When he arrived at the General's Mansion, Chen Yinke was still writing hard in a pile of files, and did not notice Lu Xun's arrival.
It wasn't until Lu Xun took the initiative to greet him that he looked up at Lu Xun and didn't look back for half a day. It wasn't until Lu Xun put several novel collections in front of him that he reacted. Then he ordered the concierge to prepare two cups of hot tea, and the two sat down to drink tea and chatted for a while.
Lu Xun put his own collection of novels in front of Chen Yinke, and gave him time to read and flip through them when he had time. Chen Yinke picked up one of the novel collections, looked at it a few times and said to Lu Xun, Didn't you like to read foreign novels before, and you didn't come to class for this reason.
Your foreign language translation, I guess it was at that time that the foundation was laid.
Lu Xun told him that his mind was not on studying, that he was going to school at public expense, and that the imperial court wanted to see his lectures. But later, after returning to China and getting married, all kinds of money was not enough. Chen Yinke said don't you know how to write a manuscript, and your life is still good. Although Lu Xun returned to life, he still couldn't compare with you family children.
Third, the last time we talked in our lives
Later, Chen Yinke resigned after working in the Cai'e General's Mansion for about three months. Instead, he chose to go abroad for further study again, and when he was ready to leave Beijing, he came to say goodbye to his brother Chen Hengke, who worked in the Ministry of Education, and said hello to Lu Xun by the way. Several people sent Chen Yinke off at a nearby restaurant.
Chen Yinke and Lu Xun also recalled their lives in Japan
Even the two of them sighed. Chen Yinke felt that at that time, Lu Xun had read a lot of books and knew about the enemies who invaded China. Have their own opinion on some things.
At that time, Lu Xun's thought had a great influence on Chen Yinke.
Lu Xun's remarks were often mentioned in letters to his father. Later, the two recalled many things, such as the snub and discrimination they received in Japan.
Fourth, there is no mention of Lu Xun
Chen Yinke
from
After meeting Lu Xun at a restaurant near the Ministry of Education in Beijing, the two were no longer in touch
。 When Chen Yinke was away, he did not say a word to Lu Xun, but Lu Xun often mentioned this once best friend in his diary.
As two famous literary masters in our country, the former friends of the same window have now broken off contact, which is very puzzling
Some people speculate that it is because Chen Yinke did not want to participate in politics, and Lu Xun's fame at that time was getting bigger and bigger, and Lu Xun was using his pen to save the country, and the two people were different and did not conspire with each other. This is probably the reason why Chen Yinke did not mention Lu Xun at all. Of course, it is not just this speculation, some people think that the two have different personalities, Chen Yinke is relatively low-key in dealing with people, and Lu Xun was called the soul of the nation at that time.
The crowd speculated about this until the end of his life.
Chen Yinke said the real reason because Lu Xun's fame was growing, and he was worried that he would be mistaken by the Chinese people for a boring person, so he did not mention Lu Xun.
V. Teaching career and research achievements
After returning to China, Chen Yinke served as a mentor at Tsinghua University and was known as one of the three giants of Tsinghua. Not only does he teach at Tsinghua University, he has also served as a mentor in many famous universities in China.
In 1939, he was also hired by Oxford University as a professor of Chinese literature. He was also awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society by the University of Oxford
。 After the founding of New China in 1949, he held a number of important positions in China.
He died in 1969 at the age of 79
During his teaching at the school, Chen Yinke was extremely concerned about the students' lives and employment problems.
He was opposed to rote memorization by students in teaching, and was very opposed to the cramming teaching methods used by some teachers. He tends to encourage students to think for themselves. During his teaching period, he cultivated many outstanding talents for our country and contributed to the future development of our country. Among his many students was the more famous Ji Xianlin and so on.
Chen Yinke has long been committed to the study of historical literature. He analyzed the basis of political evolution after the Eastern Han Dynasty.
He was the first person to study the history of the Southern and Northern Dynasties of the Wei and Jin Dynasties.
And in this study put forward a lot of incisive insights. He analyzes from many aspects and studies them in depth. Arguments were also made on the relations between nations and cultures.
It can be said that he has important significance for studying the history of the integration of Chinese culture.
Not only the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he also analyzed the Sui, Tang, Ming, and Qing dynasties. It has provided many valuable results for the study of china's historical literature.
And in the analysis of the study of Ming and Qing dynasty literature, he also wrote a book "Liu Ru is a Biography",
This work reflects the political and social conditions of the Ming and Qing dynasties.
The publication of this book can be said to be the crystallization of Chen Yinke's ideas in the field of history.
Chen Yinke has walked a long and endless road of learning and research alone. Relying on his dedication to research, he eventually became a generation of literary masters.