June 2, 1927. After Wang Guowei got up early and took a shower, he went to the dining room to have breakfast, and after the meal he went to the study to sit down. Wang Guowei arrived at the office and prepared to grade the graduate students. However, he found that he had not brought the test papers and articles, so he ordered the institute's footman to get them from home. After getting the manuscript, Wang Guowei made an evaluation very carefully
Hou Houpei, the office manager of the Wang Guowei Peace Research Institute, talked about the enrollment for the next semester. They talked for a long time and said that he wanted to borrow two foreign dollars , Hou gave a five-yuan note, and Wang Guowei left the office. Wang Guowei hired a rickshaw and headed to the Summer Palace. After Wang Guowei finished smoking a cigarette, around 11 o'clock, he jumped headfirst into the water and sank in the Yuzao Pavilion of Kunming Lake in the garden.
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Wang Guowei’s main achievements:
1. Literature
Wang Guowei’s literary creation and literary theory The most famous ones are his "Ren Jian Ci" and "Ren Jian Ci Hua", both of which form a mutually reinforcing relationship. The achievement of his poetry lies in the development of realm, and realm is exactly what "Renjian Cihua" focuses on emphasizing. From the analysis of specific works, most of Wang Guowei's poems get rid of the clichés of expressing emotions of separation, favors and disgrace, gains and losses, and focus on showing the tragic fate of individual people in the vast universe, which is a question of life and soul.
2. Historiography
Wang Guowei’s historical research results are mainly collected in the 14 volumes of "Historical Records" from Volume 9 to Volume 22 of "Guantang Jilin", which roughly includes eight Aspects: research on Yin and Zhou Dynasties, research on Sima Qian, historical geography research, research on ancient northern peoples, research on Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties, research on Han and Jin bamboo slips, bronze artifacts, stone scriptures, inscriptions, measurement research, Dunhuang research, and Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Han and Jin Dynasties He has made the most outstanding achievements and made the most outstanding contributions in the five major areas of research on bamboo slips, Dunhuang documents and cultural relics, ancient northern peoples, and the Liao, Jin, and Yuan Dynasties.
3. Philosophy
Wang Guowei made great contributions to the construction of the Chinese philosophy discipline. Wang Guowei's pioneering work in using Western philosophical methods to sort out Chinese philosophy largely determined the prototype of Chinese philosophical research in the 20th century.
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