This is a TV series about a group of young students growing up in the flames of the country's destruction and family death.
In this TV series around "National Southwest United University", which has only existed for 8 years, although it lacks the realism of flesh and blood in the battlefield, it unexpectedly made me feel what Shin Shin students thought and realized in that era.
It is a pity that although in the first two episodes of "Youth in War", although the beginning of that period of history is routinely recounted, many contents are not explained and described in more detail.
One of them is the story behind "Nankai University" after the "Japanese bombing of Nankai University".
Oversimplified "Japanese bombing of Nankai University"
"Nankai University" came out later in "Youth in War" than "National Tsinghua University" and "National Peking University".
It was not until the second episode began to tell the story of "the Japanese bombing of Nankai University" that Cheng Jiashu and Lin Huajun teamed up to go to Tianjin to try to rescue Ye Runming's cousin Ye Runqing and take them out of the school.
And also shaped the role of Ye Runqing as one of the many reasons for the historical event of "the Japanese bombing of Nankai University".
But in fact, although "Youth in War" announced to the news media through the "press release officer of the Japanese North China Garrison Headquarters" that it would bomb "Nankai University" on the same day, explaining the reasons and reasons for the "Japanese bombing of Nankai University".
However, there is no strong refutation and proof of truth against this statement.
This history actually comes from the first book in the "War of the Four" by the Jewish-Polish Israel Epstein, "The War of the People."
This history is described in more detail in this book.
At that time, the "press release officer of the Japanese North China Garrison Headquarters" actually released this news to "foreign journalists."
The foreign journalists present repeatedly questioned and questioned the press officer as "speechless."
In the end, he said the real reason: "Nankai students resist Japan and support the communists, and they always cause trouble for us." "Gentlemen, I am a military man. I tell you that today we are going to blow up Nankai University, because it is an anti-Japanese base, and all Chinese universities are anti-Japanese bases. ”
At the same time, the Japanese historian Kifumi Ishijima's "History of China's War of Resistance Against Japan" mentioned that the Japanese army actually did not just bomb the specific target of "Nankai University", but the entire Tianjin was affected and implicated.
The two buildings of Xiushan Hall and Zhiqin Lou, shouted out by Ye Runqing in "Youth in War", were completely destroyed in this bombing.
The full name of the library where Sugar Duner died is "Muzhai Library", which is similar to what is shown in "Youth in War", and this library was partially bombed in history.
In this bombing, the real heavy damage suffered by "Nankai University" is much greater than that shown in "Youth in War".
In addition to the damage to buildings such as teaching buildings, libraries, dormitories, factories and laboratories, nearly 100,000 copies of Chinese books, 45,000 books in foreign languages and a large number of complete sets of periodicals were lost.
Later statistics on the damage caused by the bombing showed that it was worth about 6.63 million legal tender, which is almost one-tenth of the total losses of all Chinese institutions of higher learning.
Not just Nankai University, but Nankai University is small
In the history of this "Japanese bombing of Nankai University", many people only paid attention to the institution of higher learning "Nankai University".
But in fact, the Japanese army destroyed not only "Nankai University", but also middle schools, girls' middle schools and primary schools with the word "Nankai".
And after searching these schools, they also expelled all the teachers and students from the school.
These so-called fortified buildings were militarily occupied and used for military purposes.
And all this is also one of the important reasons that forced "Nankai University" to move south.
To a certain extent, it also promoted the establishment of "National Changsha Provisional University" and "National Southwest United University".
Speaking of this, it must be mentioned that "Youth in War" has a true restoration and description of history to a certain extent.
But there are still some places that are too vague and jumpy, such as the description of the names of the three universities, which is somewhat thick and thin.
In "Youth in War", we can clearly see that today's Tsinghua University and Peking University have a standard "Republic of China style" in their names, and they are both called "National Tsinghua University" and "National Peking University".
When talking about "Nankai University", there is no word "national", but just "abbreviated" it is called "Nankai University".
In fact, at that time, "Nankai University" also had a more formal and formal name called "Private Nankai University".
Because the university with Zhang Boling as president is different from Tsinghua University and Peking University.
He was founded by Yan Xiu at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the People's Dynasty, and it originated from the Yan family's private school "Yan Family Pavilion".
Before the establishment of "Nankai University", the earliest school with the name of "Nankai" was "Private Middle School", which is today's "Tianjin Nankai Middle School".
It is worth mentioning that the so-called "Nankai" actually has no special meaning and meaning.
Only because the original Tianjin village sage Zheng Juru donated more than ten acres of vacant land in the south of the city to run a school, and this vacant land was used by Zhang Boling in exchange for a place called "Nankaiwa", and began his road to running a school here.
So there is "Nankai University", and there is also a huge teaching settlement of "Nankai School" or "Nankai Series Schools".
As a "Nankai series of schools" founded by Zhang Boling and Yan Xiu, although "Nankai University" is the most famous part of it.
In fact, in addition, there are many educational institutions or schools such as Teda College of Nankai University, Binhai College of Nankai University, Nankai Middle School, Nankai Girls' Middle School, Chongqing Nankai Middle School, Zigong Shuguang Middle School, Nankai Primary School and so on.
Write at the end
It is no exaggeration to say that among the three universities that make up the "National Southwest United University".
Although "Nankai University" is far less famous and famous than "National Tsinghua University" and "National Peking University".
But from the perspective of "legend", the "Nankai University", which was forced to move south, is definitely more topical and dramatic than the other two universities.
Although "Youth in War" deliberately avoids the fact that "Nankai University" is "private" compared to Tsinghua University and Peking University, which are titled "national".
But this university, founded by private and private individuals, definitely deserves a special chapter on his history.
Even from a certain point of view, the so-called "Nankai" is not just such an understatement by Zhang Boling in "Youth in War".
Because behind the word "Nankai", it is not only a university, but also has a history and origin as far back as the late Qing Dynasty.
In addition to Yan Xiu and Zhang Boling, the two important historical figures, the historical figures and events bound to the word "Nankai" are not just as simple as being bombed by the Japanese army and forced to move south.
As an ill-fated institution of higher learning, the story and history of "Nankai University" is not something that the author can tell clearly with these two thousand words.
I only hope that "Youth in War" that has not been clearly explained by "Nankai University" can clearly tell the history and story of "National Southwest United University" in 39 episodes.
At least we should know that the motto of Nankai University is "allow fairness and ability, change with each passing day", the school's philosophy is "governing the country with culture, strengthening the country with reason, and making the country rich with business", and the purpose of running the school is "knowing China, serving China".
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