In the 2010 College Entrance Examination (Forum), Fudan University wanted to admit Sun Jiankun, a "talented Chinese scholar" from Shaanxi who was 6 points below the first-class score, but was rejected by the Shaanxi Provincial Admissions Office. This matter has aroused widespread public attention, and whether admission regulations should be strictly enforced or whether talents should be promoted eclectically has become the focus of debate. In the end, Sun Jiankun was not admitted to Fudan University. He did not choose to repeat his studies, but went to his second choice, Shanxi University, and prepared to apply for graduate school at Fudan University in the future (Forum). How is Sun Jiankun's current study and living situation, and what are his plans for the future? Reporters tracked this.
The latest development: "I am slowly adapting to college life"
When Sun Jiankun arrived at Shanxi University Junior College, apart from being "quietly discussed" by his classmates at the beginning, he soon felt that he fit in. into normal university life. Neither his teachers nor his classmates treated him specially because of his previous controversial experiences, and he felt very relaxed about this. He said that, just like his mother said, he was just an ordinary freshman who had a preference for Chinese studies and a specialty.
Sun Jiankun said that there are 12 courses to be studied in one semester this semester, which is quite stressful. In addition to public courses such as politics, English (forum), and physical education, the rest are basic courses in literature, history, and philosophy. Based on his expertise, the college equipped him with tutors who studied ancient Chinese history. At present, the tutor is providing him and other students with macro-level guidance in some subjects, so that if they encounter specific problems in their studies, they can come to him for discussion. The tutor asked the students to submit a reading plan, and the book list he handed in filled 4 pages of letter paper. He said that after studying the course for nearly a semester, he felt that he had gained a lot.
Before enrolling, he felt that university was a place to study. Although the specific situation now is slightly different from what he imagined, it is basically consistent. For example, he originally thought that when he got to university, he would need a lot of time for self-study, but that was not the case now. And at Junior College, such intensive courses may last until the end of the sophomore year. However, he now has much more spare time than in high school, and the courses he studies are all of interest to him. He feels that life here is quite happy. "Now I am slowly adapting to college life."
In his spare time, he still maintains his habit of reading. In fact, in addition to studying ancient books, he is also interested in many other issues. He wrote in his blog post: "Like the origin of Chinese despotism, the political system of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the origin of "Guofeng", the original appearance and the relationship between Zong Zhou's ritual and music civilization and Origin, ancient nation and culture, evaluation of the Qing army’s entry into China, the process and trend of China’s modernization, Mr. Sun Yat-sen’s thoughts and theories, etc. “He has a special respect for Sun Yat-sen, and his QQ avatar and QQ space avatar are all related to Sun Yat-sen. , also named his study "Yixian Room". He said that if the conditions were met, he would also consider doing research on Sun Yat-sen's thoughts. Of course, he will continue to have a strong interest in mystery novels.
"I want to restore the Eastern Han Dynasty's "Ancient Documents"
According to the regulations of Chumin College, students will receive a general education divided only into liberal arts and sciences in the first two years, and then in the third year they will be divided into Enter various majors.
Sun Jiankun said that he will choose history as his original wish and apply for Fudan's graduate school when he graduates as an undergraduate. "I will still take basic courses this semester. Next semester I plan to contact the teachers at Fudan and ask them for advice." His goal is very clear: to do academic research on history after finishing reading. "It feels good to have something that I am fully committed to." Regarding the postgraduate entrance examination (forum) and specific plans for the future, Sun Jiankun feels that it is too early to consider it now and he still has no idea. He said that he wanted to finish the "New Interpretation of the Classic of Mountains and Seas" that he was writing first. The paper for which he won the award at Fudan was actually the preface to "A New Interpretation of the Classic of Mountains and Seas".
In the second half of 2008, when he was reading "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", he found that there were many ancient, strange and uncommon characters in the book, and the "Book of Seas" mentioned many magical and supernatural things. I was interested and wanted to find out what they were, so I started looking up the phonetic notations and looking for notes. He found various deficiencies in various annotations: He originally read and took notes by himself, but gradually came up with the idea of ??writing a comprehensive annotation of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas". "Maybe it's because I prefer to be comprehensive when doing things. When I'm reading a book, I can skip over anything I don't understand, but when I'm writing annotations, I have to clarify all the issues."
Currently, ***5 volumes The annotations of the "Shan Jing" have been basically finalized, and the revision of the next three volumes and the entry of all five volumes were completed after entering the university. He estimated that it would take at least another year to complete the remaining part of Hai Jing.
Sun Jiankun revealed to reporters that after "New Interpretation of the Classic of Mountains and Seas", he wanted to restore the three versions of "The Classic of Classics" of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He introduced that the "Guwen Shangshu" that has been handed down to this day is a fake book from the Wei and Jin Dynasties. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were "Guwen Shangshu" annotated by three outstanding scholars, Ma Rong, Jia Kui and Zheng Xuan. However, when the Tang Dynasty revised the "Five Classics of Justice", they chose to use After that, these three "Guwen Shangshu" were lost. Qing Dynasty scholars such as Sun Xingyan and Ma Guohan collected these annotations. What he wants to do is to restore these three versions to a certain extent and explore the reasons why they were lost.