"People who have the knowledge of benevolence and righteousness will always be sick", and his hard life in his early years has created his noble character. Mr. Wang was born in difficulties and hardships, and he knew the difficulties of material resources. He was extremely frugal all his life. In life, he sheltered from the cold and ate food. I remember when we first entered school, we went to see Miss Wang. As a famous university, Mr. Wang actually lives in two old houses with a total area of less than 30 square meters. Everyone was angry with him, but Mr. Wang took it in stride. Instead, he encouraged us to say, "People who engage in academic research should make academic contributions, and everything in life is a trivial matter." You must concentrate on your studies in the future and don't spend too much time and energy on trivial things in life. "Later, the school returned it to Mr. Wang's former residence, and Mr. Wang used the largest reception room as an ancient writing laboratory as a place for teaching and compiling Oracle dictionaries.
Xu Zhongshu is tireless in teaching others and devoted a lot of efforts to cultivating underachievers, but he never accepts any gifts from students. Everyone knows Mr. Wang's personality, and he never dares to buy anything when he visits him on holidays. I remember that a classmate applied for Mr. Wang's graduate student, went to pay a New Year call to Mr. Wang during the Spring Festival before the exam, and asked Mr. Wang some questions about his study. Mr. Wang answered his questions in detail and encouraged him to prepare for the exam carefully. When he left, he took out the gift. Mr. Wang suddenly changed his attitude and insisted that he take it away. Finally, he had to take it away. After he went back, he was nervous for many days and felt that it would definitely have an extremely unfavorable impact on his application for graduate students. In fact, Mr. Wang is generous and understands students' feelings, so he has no prejudice against him. Later, he was admitted to the graduate school of Mr. Wang with excellent results.
Xu Zhong's scholar is modest and simple, even for students. I remember that after graduation, we compiled an Oracle dictionary in his home. On one occasion, it happened that Chengdu Ancient Books Bookstore reprinted Notes on Explaining Words and asked Mr. Wang to mention the title. We also took the opportunity to ask Mr. Wang's Mo Bao as a permanent memorial, and Mr. Wang readily agreed, but called us "Sir" when signing. As students in his later years, we really dare not accept his orders.
Mr. Wang passed away, but he left behind immortal academic achievements and lofty demeanor of being a teacher, which was admired by future generations. As a generation of academic masters, Mr. Wang's moral career is immortal.