Luo Jialun has already gone to Chengdu to arrange teaching work. Those who received Zhou Hexuan today were Hu Shuhua, president of Chongqing University, and Wang Dong, dean of the School of Liberal Arts of Central University.
In the history of Central University, there are four school songs.
The lyricist of the first song is Li Shutong, and the lyricist of the second song is Wang Dong. The third song is used at this time, and the lyrics were written by President Luo Jialun himself. Later, the school motto of Nanjing University was taken from Luo Jialun's version of the school song, "Sincerity, Pleasure, Majestic,"
Encourage learning and practice.
Wang Dong was a disciple of Zhang Taiyan, and Zhou Hexuan also performed discipleship rituals in front of Zhang Taiyan, so they were considered peers.
This gentleman is forty-seven years old, eight years older than Zhou Hexuan. He has a long goatee and a long coat, which makes him look like an old intellectual in the late Qing Dynasty. He is indeed an old-school intellectual and is proficient in calligraphy, painting, and poetry. In his early years,
He followed Sun Yat-sen through the revolution, and during the Northern Expedition he began to abandon politics and pursue education, and settled down to stay in the university as a teacher.
"I have been looking forward to Mingcheng for a long time, and finally I'm waiting for you!" Wang Dong seemed quite excited and held Zhou Hexuan's hand for a long time.
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "Brother Xu Chu is too polite."
Wang Dong is now the dean of the School of Liberal Arts of Central University. The Department of History is also under the jurisdiction of the School of Liberal Arts. He is worried about where to hire the head of the History Department. In the original history, after Central University moved to Chongqing, there was no new director until the spring of 1938.
Head of History Department.
Hu Shuhua was joking next to him: "Mr. Zhou, you are not honest. I invited you three times and five times, but I only invited you to be the honorary professor of Chongqing University. Now as soon as President Luo takes action, he immediately invites you to be the head of the history department. You are
Do you look down on our Chongqing University?"
Zhou Hexuan comforted him: "Then when I give my lecture, let the major history department students come and listen."
"It's just right, it's a deal!" Hu Shuhua was afraid that Zhou Hexuan would change his words, so he quickly blocked his retreat.
Anyway, there are only about 40 students left in the entire history department of Central University, and together with the history students of Chongqing University, there are only more than a hundred students in total. And students from the two schools temporarily share the same campus, so it is not too much to get together for big classes.
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The three chatted for a while, and Wang Dong said: "Mingcheng, let me take you to the office first."
"That's fine." Zhou Hexuan nodded.
As the host, Hu Shuhua led the way: "Please come this way!"
Central University is currently dependent on others, and Chongqing University is not well-off, so the department chair's office is extremely simple. It is an ordinary small bungalow with an area of about 10 square meters. In addition to a desk and chair, there is only a filing cabinet.
Within a moment, a young man of about 30 years old came to the office. He greeted: "Hello Mr. Zhou, I am Guo Tingyi, professor of the Department of History."
Wang Dong introduced: "Xiao Guo graduated from the Institute of History of Tsinghua University and was a student of President Luo. He was brought to Central University from Tsinghua by President Luo. I know that your time is precious, Mingcheng, so I specially sent Xiao Guo to be your assistant.
, help with some trivial matters in the history department."
"Hello, Professor Guo." Zhou Hexuan extended his hand and said.
Guo Tingyi hurriedly shook hands with Zhou Hexuan and said respectfully and admiringly: "Mr. Zhou, I once listened to you lecture on the history of human civilization at Tsinghua University. I benefited a lot and was lucky. It's a pity that you didn't finish the lecture at that time. Now I understand
There are still many questions about this course.”
"Ahem, I'm quite busy." Zhou Hexuan was a little embarrassed. He was digging holes in his lectures at Tsinghua University and Peking University.
Guo Tingyi is also considered a calf in the academic circles of the Republic of China. He was later hailed as the "pioneer of modern Chinese history" and will serve as the next dean of the History Department of Central University. He is a student of Luo Jialun and a disciple of Hu Shi. The person in front of me belongs to a junior, so I keep my attitude very low.
Zhou Hexuan asked directly: "What is the current situation of the History Department?"
Guo Tingyi took out a roster and said: "Due to the impact of the war, many students did not move with the school, but returned to their hometowns to reunite with their relatives. The entire history department now has only more than 40 students, including sophomores and juniors. At most, there are currently five professors and lecturers in the History Department, including Mr. Zhou, there are six.”
Zhou Hexuan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Six teachers teach more than forty students, can the students be busy?"
"Just wait until next year to recruit students. The number of students will definitely increase, and some original students will come one after another." Guo Tingyi said.
Zhou Hexuan asked: "I want to teach the history of human civilization and global history. Who are the teachers for these two courses?"
Guo Tingyi said: "Central University does not have a course on the history of human civilization. The teacher of global history is Mr. Shen Gangbo. In addition, Mr. Shen Gangbo also teaches ancient Western history, Western general history, Greek history, Roman history, and British history. Russian history, Indian history, French Revolution history and introduction to Western culture."
Khan, it turned out to be Shen Gangbo, another great historian in the Republic of China. This gentleman was not only a generalist in Chinese and Western history, but also the main promoter of the study of China's border history. During the Anti-Japanese War, in order to cultivate students' patriotism Spirit, we specially offer courses such as New Zombie History, Mongolian History and Northeastern History.
Fortunately, Uncle Shen Gang was a teacher of ten subjects, so Zhou Hexuan came to teach general history of the world and was not taking away his job.
Guo Tingyi took out another form: "Mr. Zhou, this is the course schedule I set for you. Please review it to see if it needs to be modified."
Zhou Hexuan only glanced at it and said: "Adjust the two courses I want to teach to Sunday. I will teach the general history of the world in the morning and the history of human civilization in the afternoon. Let the history students from Central University and Chongqing University come to listen. There is no requirement to come if you are willing, these two courses are minors."
"Sunday? Then don't the students have no holiday?" Guo Tingyi said in surprise.
Students during the Republic of China did not have weekends off, they only had one day off each week, Sunday.
Zhou Hexuan said directly: "I have to take a large class, regardless of grade, which will inevitably disrupt the teaching order of other teachers, so it is better to hold the class on Sunday."
Guo Tingyi said: "Okay, I'll inform you right away."
In a blink of an eye, it was the weekend, and Zhou Hexuan arrived at the school by boat and went straight to a large classroom specially designed for him, which was actually the auditorium of Chongqing University.
The huge auditorium was overcrowded. Not only history students from the two schools came to attend the lectures, students from other departments also came, and there were also many lecturers and professors mixed in.
Zhou Hexuan looked at the dark crowd of heads below and was stunned, then smiled and said: "There are a lot of people."
All the history teachers from Chongqing University and Central University came here, such as Jin Yufu, the future master of Northeastern frontier history. This guy used to be a professor at Northeastern University and the director of the Education Department of Liaoning Province. He was arrested by the Japanese army after the September 18th Incident and had no choice but to He could only serve as an official in the puppet Manchukuo government. Taking advantage of the opportunity to go to Japan, he quietly boarded a boat to Shanghai last year using a pseudonym, and became a professor at Central University on the recommendation of Cai Yuanpei.
Historically, Jin Yufu will be appointed as the head of the History Department of Central University in two months, and Zhou Hexuan simply stole someone else's seat.
At this moment, Jin Yufu was like an ordinary student, sitting upright with a notebook in hand, just waiting for Zhou Hexuan to start speaking.
Zhou Hexuan wrote a big word "History" on the temporary blackboard and said loudly: "Before we study history, we must understand why we study history! There is a saying by Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty that if you use copper as a mirror, you can correct your clothes.
; Taking people as a mirror, we can know gains and losses; taking history as a mirror, we can know the ups and downs. What we are going to talk about today is "General History of the World", which means the whole world, including China, is different from "General History of the West". Although China's universities now,
My "General History of the World" is widely used as a textbook, but a serious problem arises. That is, when teaching, professors often use "General History of the World" as "General History of the West" and treat "General History of the World" as "General History of the West".
"The Chinese part of "General History of China" is taught separately in another course of "General History of China". This is incorrect, and it causes the separation of China and the world! The essence of "General History of China" lies in the 'global', not the 'general history'
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The opening words immediately caught the ears of teachers and students.
Especially those teachers who studied Western history had some understanding of Zhou Hexuan's words, and Shen Gangbo nodded repeatedly.
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