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Chapter 221 The Peking University here

Lin Zixuan came to Peking University and asked about Chen Congwen because there was no address of Chen Congwen on the manuscript paper.

He did not go to the Peking University teacher, but directly asked the students for inquiries.

This practice is hard to imagine in later generations. There were at least tens of thousands of students from Peking University, subdivided into dozens of subjects. Even if you find a subject, you may not be able to find a student who is not registered in the school.

But at this time, there were only about one thousand students at Peking University and only a hundred faculty and staff.

Students can go directly to the principal's office to talk about things, and basically achieve equal communication and open atmosphere.

Peking University is set as the School of Literature, School of Science and Law. The school manages students more freely. The classroom practice is: no one who comes, no one who goes, no one who goes.

In other words, if you like to listen, you will leave if you don’t listen.

The professors are all very personal, and the school does not have rigid assessment tasks. They don’t care much about who is the one who is listening to the class below.

This creates great convenience for the audience. Because they are indifferent, no one cares or cares about it when they come and go, and no one will investigate it.

There is often such a situation. In one semester, I often go together in class. I don’t know which ones are selected and which ones are here to listen to; I don’t know which ones are from the school and which are not.

This approach seems casual and casual, but it reflects the spirit of tolerance. This is what colleges should look like.

If you don’t say it’s a higher education institution when you close the door, then you’re really a higher education, just deceiving yourself.

Many famous figures appeared among the attendees at Peking University, and they are the capital that Peking University deserves to be proud of.

Lin Zixuan came to the School of Literature, which is the famous Red Building of Peking University.

The Red Building was named after the main body of the building was built with red bricks and red tiles. It was built in 1916 and is the location of Peking University’s school, the school of literature and the library.

The Red Building is a brick and wood structure building with an I-shaped floor plan, four stories high and a semi-basement.

The semi-basement has a printing factory, and new literary publications such as "New Trend", "National", and "Weekly Review" are printed and published in the Red House Printing Factory in the basement.

There are also many innovation groups such as Xinchao Society, National Magazine, New Literature Research Association, and Philosophy Research Association.

The first floor is the library. The second floor is the administrative office, and the third and fourth floors are classrooms.

When Lin Zixuan saw the Peking University Library, he couldn't help but remember the incident of a Peking University owing a salary of a library management employee in later generations.

This incident is actually a misunderstanding. Peking University did not arrears the salary of the librarians, and the salary arrears occurred in Shanghai.

In 1924, the former Peking University librarian served as secretary in Shanghai, responsible for some paperwork, with a monthly salary of 120 yuan, while Shao Lizi and Xiang Jingyu, who worked together at that time, had a monthly salary of 80 yuan.

Perhaps because of the tight funding of the activity, the salary has not been implemented.

Lin Zixuan just went upstairs and met Zhou Zuoren who was teaching at Peking University. The second floor of the Red Building is the teacher's lounge.

Although his speech at Peking University yesterday has not been published in the newspaper, it has already spread in Peking University, especially the last poem has been widely circulated. Many people even went to the auditorium to visit Lin Zixuan's handwriting.

That song "Qinyuanchun" is considered famous.

Lin Zixuan and Zhou Zuoren chatted for a few words to show their purpose. They wanted to find a listener here.

Zhou Zuoren found a student of his own and took Lin Zixuan to the classroom upstairs to check it out. These professors would not remember the students' names unless they were particularly talented students.

At this time, Chen Congwen had a poor foundation and had not shown his writing talent, so he would naturally not attract the attention of Peking University professors.

Chen Congwen listened to Peking University for more than half a year. Many people knew about such a person, so they pointed it to Lin Zixuan.

Lin Zixuan didn't expect it to be so smooth. He originally thought that the audience would not live on campus and might not be well-known.

Moreover, Chen Congwen is afraid that he still has to earn living expenses, so he may not be able to attend classes at Peking University every day. It takes a lot of trouble to find it.

Unexpectedly, Chen Congwen was listening to the phonology taught by Peking University professor Ma Youyu. Ma Youyu is a disciple of Zhang Taiyan, a master of ancient Chinese literature. He has a profound foundation in ancient Chinese literature and is quite prestigious among Peking University masters of Chinese studies.

He has a daughter named Ma Jue, who was born in 1910.

Ma Jue was recognized as the school beauty of Peking University in the 1930s, and the school beauty of Yenching University and Tsinghua University were both overshadowed by her.

So how beautiful is she?

A friend of Ma Youyu who studied foreign languages ​​once praised this: "It is as beautiful as marble carved."

It is said that when Ma Jue was studying at Peking University, he received more than a dozen love letters every day, and even had binding costs.

The point is that Luxun and Ma Youyu are colleagues, and Luxun and Ma Youyu's daughter Ma Jue have been in correspondence for more than seven years. In Luxun's diary, Ma Jue mentioned that Ma Jue has been 53 times in total.

Later, Ma Jue got married. When Lu Xun found out, he gave a book he originally planned to give to Ma Jue and let his friend deal with it.

Since then, the two have stopped contacting each other.

Lin Zixuan did not call Chen Congwen out, but stood outside and listened. His ancient Chinese was not very good, and listening to the class was also beneficial.

It took about half an hour before the class was over and the students left, and he stopped calling Chen Congwen.

Chen Congwen didn't expect Lin Zixuan to come to him and was a little at a loss. He listened to Lin Zixuan's speech yesterday and felt that he should learn some traditional culture, so he came to listen to the courses of the masters of Chinese studies.

At Peking University during this period, Chinese studies were not popular, and new literature was considered popular.

Chen Congwen used to listen to courses in new literature and foreign literature.

Lin Zixuan didn't want to be watched, so he took Chen Congwen to leave Peking University. After all, many students had heard his speech yesterday.

Although he left, he left an interesting story.

That is to stand outside the classroom for half an hour without rashly disturbing the lectures inside. This is respect for the lecture hall and the lecture teachers inside. With Lin Zixuan's current reputation, it is rare to do so.

This is a basic politeness, and respect is mutual.

There are many low-end restaurants near Peking University, suitable for students to eat and gather.

Lin Zixuan chose a random family, found a private room, ordered food, and asked Chen Congwen about his current situation.

It was similar to what he remembered. Although Chen Congwen was not as embarrassed as he needed relief, he was the kind who had no meal after eating the first meal. He was financially struggling and often went to his fellow villagers to have free meals.

After the two had a meal in the restaurant, Lin Zixuan took out the manuscript and started to talk to Chen Congwen.

He taught a course on how to write at Shanghai University, and there was no problem in guiding Chen Congwen at this time. He pointed out the problems in the manuscript to Chen Congwen, and how to modify them if they need to be modified.

This talk is just one hour.
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