Introduction to Wang Guowei:
On the afternoon of June 2, 2006 (the third day of the fifth lunar month) in the Republic of China/KLOC-0, an old scholar, dressed in China's clothes and wearing glasses with deep myopia on his nose, hired a rickshaw and set off from Tsinghua for the Summer Palace. I bought a ticket and went into the park. I walked to the fish and algae pavilion on the west side of Paiyun Hall. Facing Kunming Lake, I am thoughtful, but my attitude is unusually calm. I also took out my cigarette case from my pocket, took a cigarette, smoked it to the extreme, and then jumped into the lake! The gardener heard someone fall into the water and ran to save him, but he died within two minutes.
When he died, he found a piece of paper he wrote to his third son Zhenming in his underwear. The paper was soaked, but the handwriting was intact. The full text of this suicide note is as follows:
"Fifty years, only owe to die, after this world changes, not ashamed to ask. When I die, I will be buried in Tsinghua University as a coffin. You can't go back to the south, or you can live in the city temporarily. Your brother needn't mourn, because the road was blocked and the canal never went out. Books can be entrusted to Mr. Chen Wuer. Families have to take care of themselves and can't go back to the south. Although I have no property and left you nothing, I am cautious and diligent, and I will not starve to death. May 2 nd father. "
Wang Guowei (1877— 1927), a native of Haining, Zhejiang Province, was a famous scholar with international reputation in modern China. Since 1903, he has taught in normal schools in Tongzhou, Suzhou and other places, teaching philosophy, psychology and logic, and has written Jing 'an Anthology.
1907 has been the editor of the Library Bureau of the Ministry of Education, engaged in the research on the history of China's operas and lyrics, and has written Qulv, Textual Research on Song and Yuan operas, Ren Jian Hua Ci, etc. He attached importance to the position of novels and operas in literature, and created an atmosphere for studying the history of operas, which had a great influence on the literary and art circles at that time. After the Revolution of 1911, he regarded himself as an old man in the Qing Dynasty. In his later years, Wang Guowei had not cut off his braid as a symbol of the times.
From 19 13 to the study of Confucian classics and history, specializing in ancient philology, ancient artifacts and ancient historical geography. He devoted himself to the textual research of ancient artifacts, Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Qilu clay seals, Han and Wei inscriptions, Han and Jin bamboo slips, Dunhuang Tang Scriptures, Northwest Geography, Yin, Zhou, Qin and Han Dynasties, and Mongolian history, and did a lot of research. He is rigorous in history, meticulous in textual research, faithful and conscientious, unbiased, and advocates using underground historical materials to consult historical documents, which can make more contributions than the previous generation and has influence in the field of history.
/kloc-in the spring of 0/923, at that time, Puyi's small court wanted to choose a knowledgeable scholar in China, and Wang Guowei was recommended by Yun Sheng to go to Beijing to serve as the southern study room of the Xun Emperor Puyi (Wupin).
The following winter, Feng Yuxiang's "forced palace" incident occurred, and Wang Guowei ended his work of "going south to study". Hu Shi, Gu Jiegang and others invited him to be the dean of the newly established Tsinghua University Institute of Chinese Studies, but Wang Guowei refused and became a professor. Tsinghua scholars have influenced many experts and scholars in philology, history and archaeology with their profound knowledge, solid style of study, scientific research methods and simple life. At that time, Liang Qichao, Chen Yinque and Zhao Yuanren were called "professors" of Tsinghua's four great teachers.
From 65438 to 0927, he drowned himself in the Summer Palace, leaving a deep thrill and regret for the intellectuals in China and a mystery for later generations.
At that time, a veteran of the Qing Dynasty compared Wang Guowei to Qu Yuan who was loyal and drowned himself in Miluo. The draft of Qing history also set up a biography of loyalty and righteousness for him. Mr. Lu Xun, who has always praised people differently, thinks that "he can be regarded as a figure who studies Chinese studies" (hot wind, transliteration unknown). Guo Moruo called him a pioneer of new historiography.