Teachers and students greeted each other one after another, but most of their eyes fell on Zhou Hexuan. On the contrary, not many people paid attention to Liu Xiang, the principal.
Liu Xiang introduced: "This is Mr. Lu Zifang, the Dean of Academic Affairs of Chongqing University."
"Hello, Mr. Lu!" Zhou Hexuan stretched out his hand and said with a smile.
Lu Zifang quickly shook hands and greeted: "I have admired Mr. Zhou's name for a long time, and I am lucky enough to meet him today."
Lu Zifang is thin, wearing round glasses, and has a standard image of an intellectual in the Republic of China. He is from Shapingba and one of the founders of Chongqing University. Chongqing University moved from Caiyuanba to Shapingba a few years later, and he has a lot to do with Lu Zifang
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Lu Zifang was an all-rounder. He left behind more than 30 works after his death, covering astronomy, calendar, mechanics, acoustics, meteorology, earthquakes, mathematics, archeology, medicine, biology and many other subjects. He was hailed by Joseph Needham, the world's authority on the history of science and technology, as "an important influence on China".
A scholar with profound insights into the history of science and technology."
Liu Xiang then introduced: "This is Mr. Wang Yunsong, the dean of the College of Engineering in France at Chongqing University."
"Hello, Dean Wang!"
"Hello Mr. Zhou!"
Wang Yunsong is relatively old, already over 50 years old. He has organized work-study studies for Sichuan students in France many times, including Deng Gong, Chen Shuai and Nie Shuai.
In Chen Shuai's original words, Wang Yunsong trained three vice prime ministers for New China. He is truly a legendary figure.
The third person Liu Xiang introduced was Wu Fangji, a native of Jiangjin, nicknamed "White House Poet".
This man was a child prodigy who could recite chapters such as "Zhou Nan" and "Zhao Nan" in the Book of Songs at the age of three. After his father went bankrupt in business, his family moved to a slum area. Because his neighbors were drug dealers and gamblers, his father used wooden signs to
He wrote "White House" and hung it on the wall to show his family's innocence, so Wu Fangji named himself "White House Wu Sheng".
When Wu Fangji was only 10 years old, his father was imprisoned due to a business dispute. He filed a lawsuit to redress his grievances and successfully rescued his father, which became a good story in Chongqing for a while.
There are many anecdotes about Wu Fangji. When he was studying at Tsinghua Preparatory School for Studying in the United States (the predecessor of Tsinghua University), he was expelled for protesting against foreign teachers for insulting students. Fortunately, Wu Mi and others funded him and he was able to leave school and return home. In
On the way back to his hometown, Wu Fangji encountered war again. Due to running out of travel expenses, he had to beg on foot. It took him more than five months and more than 3,000 miles to return to Chongqing. On the way, he wrote more than 70 poems and kept tens of thousands of words in his diary.
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"If you don't write about people's sufferings for three days, your articles will let down many people."
This is the poetry of Wu Fangji. Most of his works are ancient poems, often describing the sufferings of the people, but there are also some "new poems" that are half written and half white.
Moreover, this gentleman likes to write long poems, and his famous work "Wanrong Ci" was just a small test. His "Ba Ren Song" praising the 19th Route Army's resistance to Japan is a full 1,500 words, which is quite similar to the "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" during the Anti-Japanese War.
"Mr. Zhou, Brother Yuseng (Wu Mi) mentioned you many times in his letters. Your famous name made my ears ring with laughter." Wu Fangji joked.
Wu Fangji and Wu Mi are classmates at Tsinghua University. They have a close friendship and have maintained correspondence for many years.
Zhou Hexuan clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Yu Seng also often praises Mr. Wu's poems. I have been admiring him for a long time."
Liu Xiang introduced several more people, all of whom were well-known cultural figures in Sichuan.
Zhou Hexuan then donated ten sets of "General History of the World", ten sets of "The Rise of Great Powers" and ten sets of "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" to Chongqing University. Accompanied by Liu Xiang and others, he visited the library and classrooms of Chongqing University and also watched
Participated in the football match of the Chongqing University team.
At 4:30 in the afternoon, Zhou Hexuan stood on the playground podium and gave a speech. He looked at many teachers and students and said: "Two days ago, I met Mr. Lu Zuofu and talked to him about Japan. We were all very worried.
Mr. Lu visited Northeast China last year and wrote a book "Travel Notes on the Northeast", which recorded some of the conditions he witnessed with his own eyes. He found that Dalian has become the Dalian of the Japanese, with docks, schools, shops, factories, railways...
Everywhere was occupied by the Japanese, and the management was very orderly and the expansion rate was very fast. Mr. Lu also visited the Manchuria-Mongolia Resource Museum built by the Japanese. All the animals and plants produced in the Northeast were collected and displayed by the Japanese and made into specimens.
The production quantity of each product was clearly investigated, and even tabulated statistics were provided, with detailed illustrations and pictures."
Some of the teachers and students in the audience looked confused, wondering why Zhou Hexuan was talking about this; others looked indignant, obviously they were always concerned about current affairs.
"The Japanese already regard Northeast China as their territory, and in the future, they will regard the entire China as their territory!"
"Teachers and classmates, Japan's invasion of China is imminent. Once the two countries go to war, what are the chances of China winning? Sichuan is China's rear area and the last fortress for the Chinese people. I hope that you can learn something.
Work hard to make Sichuan more prosperous and stronger, and build this fortress stronger!"
Zhou Hexuan's speech continued, and the content was nothing more than the same, emphasizing instilling anti-war ideas and emphasizing the view that Japan would inevitably invade China and China would inevitably win.
What he said is obviously ahead of its time, but in a few months, many people will understand it.
The government and warlords may have been slow to respond to the September 18th Incident, but that does not mean that all Chinese people were like this. Historically, after the September 18th Incident, all parts of the country, including overseas Chinese, were extremely angry, and then established various anti-Japanese groups.
National Salvation Organization.
For example, Lu Zuofu, just three months after the September 18th Incident, called for the establishment of the "Chongqing National Salvation Association", issued a national salvation message, discussed national salvation strategies, publicized and agitated for anti-Japanese resistance, organized fund-raising, and supported the frontline war of resistance.
The most active ones are the Japanese students. Between the September 18th Incident and the July 7th Incident, they painstakingly collected all kinds of information about Japan, including Japanese society, customs, economy, education, military, public opinion, politics, etc.
Historical and other related information has been sent back to China every day for several years, allowing Chinese people to understand Japan more clearly.
There were also many Japanese students studying abroad who resolutely returned to China. They gave up good jobs in big cities and went voluntarily into rural towns and villages to spread the word about Japan's ambitions towards China and the brutality of the Japanese to the ignorant and ignorant people at the bottom.
The establishment of anti-Japanese base areas provided great convenience and enabled many people to have a fundamental understanding of the Japanese.
The anti-Japanese war began as early as the September 18th Incident. Not only the Northeast Anti-Japanese Federation was fighting hard, not only the 19th Route Army was fighting hard, but countless unknown people with lofty ideals were working hard for this.
Another example is European and American students. They also made spontaneous contacts and took advantage of the convenience of educational institutions in various countries to expose the Japanese ambitions. They formed an anti-fascist alliance at the World Youth Conference and called on governments and the League of Nations to support China's anti-war cause.
These people are all unsung heroes.
Zhou Hexuan now has a great reputation, and he can make full use of this reputation to constantly promote and call for anti-Japanese ideas. This kind of behavior may seem to be a useless effort, but it contains huge power and is often even more useful than guns and guns.
