Who knows Zhu Dongrun?

Zhu Dongrun (1896- 1988), a native of Taixing, Jiangsu Province, is an expert in China ancient literature and various kinds of literature. 19 16 graduated from southwestern college, London, England. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as director of the Chinese Department of Fudan University and honorary president of the National Writing Society, and was one of the first doctoral tutors of Fudan University. He offered courses for the Chinese Department, such as the history of China's literary criticism, Lu You studies, Mei studies and China literature, and trained dozens of master's and doctoral students. His research field involves China ancient literature and China ancient history, especially the creation of biographies of historical figures. He is good at combining China ancient literature with China history, and pays attention to the collection and analysis of historical materials. He is the author of biographical works such as Biography of Zhang Chuan and Commentary on Du Fu, and his Outline of the History of China Literary Criticism is one of the earliest literary criticism works in China. He is also a calligrapher, good at seal, official, line and grass.

During the "Great Leap Forward" period, the Chinese Department once held a "Leap Forward Conference", the purpose of which was to ask everyone to "go all out" again and strive to do their work as quickly and economically as possible. Students and teachers came to the stage one after another, determined to "advance" and "advance". Everyone urged Mr. Zhu Dongrun to the podium and asked him to speak. He sat there without saying a word, but by this time he was on the verge, and he couldn't get off the stage without hesitation. He finally spoke in a hurry. Look at his expression, it seems that he is going to hell. He said that the three books, Biography of Lu You, Research on Lu You and Selected Poems of Lu You, which were originally scheduled to be completed in five years, have been completed four years ahead of schedule. Now he is determined to finish them one year and three years ahead of schedule. Unexpectedly, his determined gesture still caused a lot of laughter. At that time, the index pointed out that one year was still too long, let alone three years! People advised him to "cheer up" and speed up a little more, but he refused to change his mind again, just sighed helplessly: "This is already very tense and can't go any further!"

Three years passed quickly. After the upsurge of "leap forward" subsided, people have long forgotten the lofty sentiments of that year. But Mr Zhu Dongrun finished and published his three books on schedule.