<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="140" > [appointed in times of defeat, ordered in times of danger].</h1>
In the early spring of 1828, the warm morning light shrouded the quiet Tsinghua University!
Late at night, the cold dew faded, and the birds on the branches gradually woke up and greeted each other cheerfully.
Suddenly, a sharp army trumpet sounded, breaking through the quiet atmosphere of the scholarly campus.
Flocks of frightened birds flew away from the resting branches with flapping wings, venting their dissatisfaction with their determined backs.
The clarion call that heralded military training continued to ring, reverberating in the deserted corners of the campus, as if waiting for a warm response.
However, not a single student from Tsinghua University came to participate in military training.
The sun warmed the cold of early spring, but it also blew an untimely cold wind, and the publicity board and the slogans of the teaching building were raised in a whirlwind.
On the paper, there are several large black characters that make people particularly eye-catching: "boycott", "strike", "opposition"...
The mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings, and there is no rest in the Book Garden.
This was the first year of the victory in the Northern Expedition, and in order to strengthen ideological circulars, the Nationalist government carried out party-oriented education throughout the country, and it was strictly stipulated that students should take "party righteous classes" and receive military training.
Tsinghua teachers and students, who have always advocated freedom and equality, have been engaged in arduous maneuvering with the authorities and governments with weak but courageous resistance for months.
Class strikes, school strikes, demonstrations, refusal to participate in party training, and refusal to participate in military training exercises...
In the face of shangfeng's continuous pressure and the endless counterattacks of students, Luo Jialun, then president of Tsinghua University, could not help himself and simply applied for resignation.
Unexpectedly, the authorities and government have not yet issued instructions, and the students who have learned the news have already posted a notice - "No one in the school has expressed retention."
After Luo Jialun left with a gray face, the Nationalist government in Nanjing sent Wu Nanxuan again.
His hard-line behavior led to the intensification of contradictions and progress, until the procession of students was forced into the Dongjiaomin Lane Hotel, and Wu Nanxuan hurriedly wrote a resignation letter, and was able to leave by chance.
In June 1930, Qiao Wanxuan, the third president of the school, led the guards and subordinates to Tsinghua University in an attempt to take charge of the school by force.
But they did not think: After the Tsinghua teachers and students learned of this, they ran to the school gate one after another and hung a big banner - "reject Qiao Wanxuan"; and prepared a rope to decide to "invite" the principal to the auditorium to reason, and the timid Qiao Wanxuan had to give up.
When he was hastily retreating, Qiao Wanxuan was forced by teachers and students to sign on the spot, writing down the oath of "never again having the ambition of President Tsinghua", which became a ridiculous talk.
Tsinghua teachers and students, seemingly barbaric and strong, are actually sober and self-aware.
"Although the style of study has caused lingering, morale must not be preserved", this is the faith of Tsinghua teachers and students to defend the Pure Land, and it is also the protection of the spiritual homeland.
For the National Government: At this time, Tsinghua Garden was like a hot potato, and who would serve as the principal and who could serve the public became the biggest problem.
And the Tsinghua teachers and students who are on guard day and night are also waiting bitterly, waiting for a principal who truly redeems Tsinghua and leads Tsinghua forward.
This hesitation and waiting is exactly 11 months.
Until 1931, Mei Yiqi, who had returned from studying abroad, was appointed to formally take over Tsinghua University.
If you look at Mei Yiqi's photographs, you will find that he is the perfect example of a Chinese scholar.
A green cloth robe, with cheap and ordinary black cloth shoes; the angular facial features, like a very frosted pedestrian.
Although the spectacle lenses are thick, they can't hide the torch-like gaze; the personality is low-key and introverted, but it has the calmness of a thousand jun powers.
Knowing that the new principal was about to arrive, the teachers and students gathered together, full of anxiety and expectation.
Everyone wants to see what the principal of this time is, and even more wants to know: whether this big Tsinghua Garden can be guided and blessed in the stormy world.
In the early spring, the cold snow melted, the warblers flew everywhere and the grass grew, and the Confucian talents slowly returned.
Appointed to the defeated army, he was ordered to be in danger.
That year, Mei Yiqi came to Tsinghua Garden wearing a green cloth long shirt and carrying a black briefcase;
Under the suspicious eyes of teachers and students, he put forward the concept of running a school that was widely praised by later generations in a calm and calm tone:
"Running a school, especially a university, should have two purposes, one is to study academics, and the other is to cultivate talents..."
"The so-called university is not only a building, but also a master..."
Speak generously and be bold!
In the great era of the collapse of the army, the shattering of mountains and rivers, and the surging tide of learning, Mei Yiqi, who was dressed in a green shirt, carried this thousand pounds of heavy responsibility with a thin body, leading Tsinghua teachers and students through the terrifying waves of the times and composing a legend of Tsinghua that can be called a miracle.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="139" > [for the government is not to say much, compose the legend of the two schools].</h1>
Mei Yiqi is too clear:
"The reason why a university is a university is that there are no good professors."
In the face of pressure from the Ministry of National Education, he responded silently and protected the growth of Tsinghua teachers and students with a super-partisan liberal spirit.
After taking office, Mei Yiqi's drastic reform of Tsinghua University began with "daring to employ people".
He broke with the rules and regulations of the past and formed the "Appointment Committee".
In the selection of professors, Mei Yiqi never talks about his origin, regardless of school, only depends on whether he is really talented and practical; as long as he meets the conditions and can contribute to Tsinghua, he will be hired according to standards and procedures.
It is worth mentioning that at that time, the National College of Tsinghua University was mei Yiqi who personally hired professors, and finally determined the list of four legendary tutors - Zhao Yuanren, a doctor who stayed in the United States, Wang Guowei, a former Qing Dynasty master, Liang Qichao, the leader of the Restoration, and Chen Yinke, who did not have any diplomas.
He also cherishes talents and does his best in hiring teachers.
Despite the public opinion, he hired Shen Congwen, who did not graduate from primary school and did not have any academic works, as a professor; insisted on being admitted to the school without any difficulty in walking, and only Hua Luogeng, who had just Chinese, went to Tsinghua for training.
When he learned that Zhao Yuanren, a doctor of linguistics, returned from staying in the United States, he personally went to the railway station to pick him up and escort him all the way.
For example, Cai Yuanpei's "inclusive" school philosophy, Tsinghua University during Mei Yiqi's tenure, also presented a grand situation of a hundred schools of thought.
Among the many professors of Tsinghua University, there are the highly respected former Qing Hanlin, the advanced doctors who have studied abroad, the literary writers who graduated from junior high school, and even the talents who have no diplomas.
Diversified educational concepts, diversified thinking collisions... This acceptance and selection of talents has injected new vitality into the lifeless Tsinghua University, and in the spring and autumn, Tsinghua has become a top university with first-class academics.
"For the sake of the government is not to say much, Gu Li is like an ear", is Mei Yiqi's motto.
He adhered to the motto of "I follow the crowd" and respected the different opinions of all parties; he urged the professor to govern the school, saying that the principal was just a person who brought tea and poured water for the professor.
The love for talents from all walks of life, the tolerance of students' nature, the adherence to the concept of running a school, and the loud cry of "free thinking and independent spirit" have finally created the golden age of Tsinghua.
Li Zhengdao, Yang Zhenning, Liang Qichao, Wang Guowei, Chen Yinke, Wu Youxun, Ye Qisun, Gu Yuxuan, Chen Daisun, Chen Shengshen, Qian Zhongshu, Hua Luogeng, Qian Xuesen, Qian Sanqiang, Qian Weichang...
These masters who came out of Tsinghua have become an insurmountable peak in the history of Tsinghua in the past century.
Some people say that Mei Yiqi has only done one thing in her life, that is, to lead Chinese education to the world's top level at the earliest.
I would like to say that Mei Yiqi's contribution not only laid the wind and bone of Tsinghua for a hundred years, but also composed the education legend of Southwest United University.
After the "July 7 Incident", in order to protect the spark of Chinese culture, Tsinghua, Peking University and Nankai University established temporary universities and established the Southwest United University in Kunming.
Because Jiang Menglin of Peking University and Zhang Boling of Nankai both held positions in Chongqing, the burden of the three schools fell on Mei Yiqi.
In the era of ups and downs, the smoke of war is like a cloud.
With the rain of Japanese air raids, Mei Yiqi used wisdom and responsibility to write the most colorful stroke for the history of Chinese education.
At that time, due to the shortage of funds, the southwest United University buildings were all built with thatched houses and iron sheets; in the face of wind and rain, the iron sheets on the roof trembled and shook, and there was a lot of shouting, and it was impossible to give lectures.
In order to subsidize the lives of teachers and students, Mei Yiqi rented the most rudimentary mud house, and the richest meal was spinach and tofu soup.
The living expenses saved by racking their brains are all spent on buying vegetables for schools and books and stationery for students.
In order to subsidize the family, his wife, who came from a famous family, shouted along the street to sell pastries and made handmade stalls.
In the "Memoirs of the Southwest United Congress" there is this scene recorded:
Mei Yiqi was invited by Southwest United University students to give them a lesson, but he ran into the classroom sweating as he approached the class.
As soon as he stood firm, he quickly explained:
"I was just on the street for the insider pastry stall to guard the stall, she went to buy goods, but she did not do a good job, I told her that I had a class at eight o'clock, she did not come back at half past seven, I had to leave the stall and run, but today the dim sum sold very well, there is money to earn!" 」
The environment is harsh, but it creates a strong bone!
At that time, the Southwest United University, whether it was a teacher or a student, really deserved the title of "the heavy instrument of the country".
So we are also fortunate to see:
Despite the dilapidated environment, in the low school building of Southwest United University, there are 2 Nobel Prize winners, 4 national high-tech award winners, 8 two-bomb and one-star merits, 171 academicians, and more than 100 masters, which can be called a miracle in the history of education.
Every time the Southwest United Congress is mentioned, it will be called the "Everest" in the history of Chinese education.
Whether it is the golden age of Tsinghua University or the immortal legend of Southwest United University, it is inseparable from Mei Yiqi's efforts at all costs.
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Mei Yiqi is legendary all his life, but he is also controversial for a lifetime.
People can't let go: on the eve of liberation in 1948, why did Mei Yiqi insist on flying south despite the retention of all the teachers and students of the school, and since then he has left the Tsinghua Garden for which he has struggled for many years?
The moment I read many books and found the answer, I felt that I was already in tears!
His departure is due to his cultural stance and educational philosophy, and it is also the inevitable result of Tsinghua's leader.
According to Wu Zelin, the provost of Tsinghua university at the time, he once asked Mei Yiqi: "How?" I heard you're leaving? ”
Mei Yiqi's answer is:
"I must go! Only when I leave can I protect Tsinghua's fund; if I don't leave, the money will be gone. ”
The Tsinghua fund comes from Gengzi's indemnity, and if you want to use this school money, you must have the signature of two people, one is the minister of education, and the other is the president of Tsinghua.
If the Nationalist government had not gone south at that time, the Nationalist government would have appointed a Tsinghua president to sign it, and the money would have been gone.
Therefore, he could only go south.
After arriving in Nanjing, Chiang Kai-shek repeatedly persuaded Mei Yiqi to become the minister of education, but Mei Yiqi insisted on resigning.
He chose to flee south and flew all the way to New York to keep the Tsinghua Fund.
Faced with the difficult life in a foreign country, Mei Yiqi only gave a salary of 300 yuan, and could not support his family at all.
To make a living, the dignified and elegant wife once again supported the family with her hands; she washed other people's clothes, took care of children, and even worked as a temporary nurse in the hospital.
It was not until 1955 that Mei Yiqi learned that Taiwan wanted to establish the "Tsinghua Institute of Atomic Energy".
In order to develop electricity, Mei Yiqi chose to return to Taiwan.
But the wandering in a foreign country made Mei Yiqi's body seriously lack of nutrition, and with the decline of resistance and the influence of radiation substances, Mei Yiqi's body completely collapsed.
He held a huge amount of reparations in his hands, but he had no money to cure his cancer; it was not until Tsinghua teachers and students heard the news that they launched a fundraising campaign in all walks of life.
The Taiwan authorities invited the best doctors for him to fight the disease in a combination of Chinese and Western treatment, but Mei Yiqi's body could no longer withstand any tossing.
On May 19, 1962, the reticent Tsinghua president died at the age of 73.
Deep mourning, all kinds of prayers, and the thousands of calls of relatives and teachers and students, Tsinghua on both sides of the strait can no longer wait for the second President Mei.
When sorting out the relics, people suddenly found:
This elegant and silent Principal Mei has been in a high position for half a lifetime, but he has no savings.
From a foreign country to Taiwan, inseparable from him, it is the black leather bag he carried with him when he entered Tsinghua University.
Slowly opening, everyone present burst into tears:
There was no check passbook, no last words, only a worn-out book that recorded every use of the Tsinghua Fund.
He remembered where the money had gone in those years, meticulously and carefully, without a single omission or a penny falling into his pocket.
At that moment, everyone was silent.
People have lamented his incorruptibility and high style, and lamented that he has a huge amount of money in his hand, but he has no choice.
This nobility and incorruptibility has been admired by future generations and even more touching.
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Some people commented that Mei Yiqi was: a lifetime of Qinghua, a lifetime of innocence.
He created the golden age of Tsinghua University, dominated the educational miracle of Southwest United University, and made China's higher education rank among the world's advanced levels; Western education circles once praised Tsinghua University as: a thousand years in the western soil, thirty years in Zhongbang.
Throughout his life, he was taciturn, modest and reserved, did not slap the table and angrily cursed the glorious deeds of the authorities, did not have witty and humorous celebrity quotes, and did not have the classics of works that have been circulated throughout the ages, but he provoked the responsibility of the nation with his thin shoulders and guarded the flame of culture.
Born Si Longs, I love my love! Mei Yiqi once used these eight words to summarize his fate with Tsinghua!
He was buried in the Tsinghua Plum Garden, knowing that he had a light and elegant personality, people planted countless flowers and trees to accompany him;
The wind blows every year, every year there is wind! Today's Merlin is lush with foliage, the summer shade is cool, and the autumn brew is prosperous!
If the gentleman knows, it should be infinite joy!
In his spare time, he looked down at the spring and watched the grass in the courtyard;
Thin twilight slanting sun full of trees, high in the courtyard, you can see the smoke horizontal bridge...
The idyllic years of the mountains and forests are leisurely, which has always been the heart of The Gentleman!
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