Crimson Dawn

Chapter 31

September 1905, 9.It was already afternoon when Mr. Ma Xiangbo woke up on the sickbed.Except for the occasional sounds from the central hall, the mansion was quiet.Mr. Ma has been suffering from wind and cold for a few days. He took a nap at noon and felt much better.

Hearing voices from inside the house, a middle-aged man walked in quickly.This person is handsome, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a straight nose, wearing a pair of round glasses, and his lips are slightly pursed, showing a sense of fortitude.He has a straight back, and although he is wearing a long robe and mandarin jacket, his waist is straight, and he walks vigorously, like a soldier.

"Mr. Xiangbo, you're awake." The man asked with concern.Mr. Ma was still on the sickbed. The man deliberately lowered his voice, but he was full of energy, and his thick voice was more penetrating.As he spoke, he supported Ma Xiangbo to lean on the pillow.

Mr. Ma Xiangbo looked at the thread-bound manuscript in his hand, and asked, "How many. Have you read the book?"

"That's why Mr. Xiangbo called me here." The middle-aged man asked.

"Young people are awesome, young people are awesome." Mr. Ma Xiangbo said, "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never believe that this book was written by a young man in his 20s."

The middle-aged man nodded, "Mr. Xiangbo, I'll pour you a cup of tea." After he finished speaking, he put the book beside his pillow and got up to pour tea by himself.

On the book cover is a line of beautiful regular script, the first volume of "Chinese Cultural Inheritance and the Rise of Materialism".

"You, Yan Jidao, wrote "Evolution of Heaven" a few years ago, and everyone praised it. I, an old man, also felt that it was enlightening. Once this book is ten percent, the response will be greater than yours." Mr. Ma said calmly.

The man who brought the tea was the famous Yan Fu, who had an inseparable relationship with Ma Xiangbo.Ma Xiangbo founded Fudan Public School, and Yan Fu made great efforts.Now Yan Fu is the principal of Wanjiang Middle School in Anhui.Originally, Ma Xiangbo had already made an appointment with Yan Fu, and next year, that is, in 1906, Yan Fu would take over as the principal of Fudan Public School.But a few days ago, I suddenly received a letter from Ma Xiangbo, asking him to come to Shanghai as soon as possible. Ma Xiangbo said that he got the treasure.Yan Fu saw that the intention in the letter to let him go was very firm, so he rushed over without stopping.

It was only when I arrived at Mr. Ma's house that I found out that Mr. Ma spent almost all night reading a book except for the start of school these days.Occasionally caught a cold and fell ill.Even so, Mr. Ma also specifically confessed to his family that if he could not receive Yan Fu, he would let Yan Fu go first.After Mr. Ma's family conveyed Mr. Ma's intentions, they handed over a copy to Yan Fu with a look of resentment.

Mr. Ma is a Ph.D., well-versed in both Chinese and Western cultures, and knowledgeable.What book can he recommend so much.Yan Fu liked the book as soon as he saw the title.As a domestically recognized master of Western learning, Yan Fu was highly praised by Kang Youwei as "I have never seen such a person!" But like his contemporaries, the purpose of Yan Fu's proficiency in Western learning is to revive China and Chinese culture.The words "inheritance of Chinese culture" in the title made him very appetizing.But Yan Fu himself was also well versed in Chinese studies, so he felt that the author was too shameless.

The content of the opening Chapter 1 is not Chinese studies. The title is "The Material Unity of the World", which is a debate between materialism and idealism.This person wrote the book but used vernacular, but it can be seen that he has some foundation in Chinese culture.Yan Fu's "Tian Yan Lun" used classical Chinese, and Yan Fu thought hard about how to translate many words, so he proposed the translation standards of "faithfulness, expressiveness, and elegance" that will be recommended by later generations.After this person used the vernacular, he was able to tell the truth even if he didn't read much.For such actions, Yan Fu felt uncomfortable, but at the same time felt very good.

In the article, the author makes no secret of the materialist standpoint of the book.Yan Fu himself has some concepts of simple materialism, but when he saw that "the world exists independently without relying on human subjective consciousness, but without human subjective consciousness, the world would not be perceived."

Soon, Yan Fu saw two unfamiliar words, "productivity" and "production relationship".Focusing on productivity and production relations, the author tells that the production of material materials is the decisive force for the development of human society.Then put forward the concept of "labor creates man himself".Then, the article quoted Chinese literature from all sides, and pointed out that the ancient kings "Youchao", "Suiren", and "Shennong" were all outstanding talents who made great contributions to productivity, and they were regarded as the masters of the world.

Yan Fu had never looked at the world from such a perspective. When he first came into contact with it, he felt very uncomfortable. After thinking about it carefully, he felt that this argument could be justified, and it was quite difficult to disagree.Although everyone doesn't like to talk about profit, everyone has no objection to "the prosperity of the world is for profit, and the world's hustle and bustle is for profit." This book talks about profit so straightforwardly, which makes Yan Fu very uncomfortable.The writing of this book is not philistine, no matter how uncomfortable it is to read.

Although the text of this book is vernacular, the reasoning is rather deep.The further you read, the more puzzled you become.I re-read it again, only to find it suddenly clear.Yan Fu is not a person who is obsessed with reading, he put down the book and closed his eyes to meditate quietly, and he understood the truth after a while.The reasoning in this book is layer upon layer. If you don't think about it according to his previous ideas, you will naturally not be able to read through the rest.This is completely different from the traditional Chinese "small words and big righteousness".It is the model of European philosophy.Yan Fu not only wrote "Tianyanlun", but also read many European philosophy books.

This author must be proficient in Western learning, and his attainments in Chinese learning are not too low.Yan Fu became very curious, not knowing who wrote this article.While thinking about it, Mr. Ma Xiangbo had already woken up, and Yan Fu hurried in to say hello.

After serving tea to Mr. Ma, Yan Fu asked, "The author is only in his 20s."

"25 is old."

"It's at this age. I read the first article. I just think that this person is quite domineering in his discussion. It seems that there is a family who speaks out the meaning of the world. He shows his sharpness."

"It's not like it's like, it's just like it is."

Hearing this, Yan Fu was surprised and said, "Is this person a madman?" But in a blink of an eye, he remembered that Mr. Ma had a good opinion of this book just now.

"If it's a crazy student, I don't have to make a special trip to invite a few people here. This person's reasoning has something to say, I read it several times, and the book with hundreds of thousands of words can't find any flaws."

"Hundreds of thousands of words?" Yan Fu was really surprised.

Mr. Ma Xiangbo pointed to the bookshelf in the room, on which there was a thick stack of books, with more than a dozen books.The binding is exactly the same as the one Yan Fu read.Mr. Ma's knowledge is very clear to Yan Fu. If Mr. Ma says he can't find any flaws after careful inspection, then he definitely can't find any flaws. If young people in their 20s can write essays of thousands of words, they will be able to connect logically with each other without flaws.Already a rare talent.The logic of hundreds of thousands of words has never been chaotic... There are such talents in China?Yan Fu immediately made up his mind to read this book carefully.

"Who wrote this book?" Yan Fu felt very curious.

"This person's name is Chen Ke."

"Chen Ke? Is it the pharmaceutical company that announced the molecular formula?"

"Are you aware of this news in Anhui?"

Yan Fu did know the news, but others took it as a joke.As an international student, Chen Ke actually made medicine for Hualiu disease.In the eyes of scholars, it is really degrading.But Yan Fu was born in the Nanyang Navy, studied at the British Naval Academy, and became the principal of the Beiyang Naval Academy.Once the sailors disembarked, they would definitely visit brothels.It is not just one or two who are infected with the disease.If this medicine had been available back then, the combat effectiveness of the Beiyang Navy might have improved a little bit.For professional reasons, Yan Fu didn't feel disgusted at all when Chen restrained the medicine.It's just that Chen Ke disclosed the molecular formula, and it was obvious that the cheap ones were foreigners. Yan Fu was quite dissatisfied with this.

"Since Mr. Xiangbo has read this book, which category do you put this book in?"

"It is not Confucianism, Taoism, interpretation, illegality, and political strategists. But there are all kinds of sayings, but they are all under the theory they advocate."

"It's not Western learning?" Yan Fu became more and more surprised as he heard it.

"If you want me to say it, it has a bit of a Catholic meaning. The meaning of this book is that what I say is the way of heaven. But this book is atheistic. It's really... ah."

Yan Fu thought about Mr. Ma Xiangbo's words, and then asked: "Mr. Ma called me, what is your order?"

"First, Fudan Public School is about to start. You have to come. Second, I want you to read this book. This book is bound to be popular in the world. Heresy. Young people read it, and there must be many followers. A few words, the person who wrote the book is a genius. If you want, I would like you to accept him as a disciple. If no one disciplines him, this person will only cause disaster world."

"How could it be so?" Yan Fu frowned.

"Not to mention this man's knowledge, he has a very sharp vision. He said in other articles in the appendix that the difficulty of China today is that it has not experienced the industrial revolution of foreign countries. The purpose of this book is to point out the relationship between Chinese culture and industrialization. As long as we can cross this gap, China will definitely return to the central country. Judging by his meaning, he even faintly thinks that it is the orthodox Chinese culture."

The words were so serious that Yan Fu was speechless.Yan Fu stared at the book next to Ma Xiangbo's pillow for a long time.That's why I asked. "Mr. Xiangbo, listen to your words. I want to ask, how does this person compare with Confucianism?"

"If Han Feishi had this book, Confucianism would definitely not be the only one."

Chen Ke didn't know that someone was "calculating" him.Facing a large group of young people who were far less knowledgeable than those two predecessors, he was talking about materialist dialectics.This class has been taught for several days, and it is about the part of "Historical Laws and Changes in Social Forms".After talking about slavery and the feudal system, the students below were already whispering and discussing.

Chen Ke also felt tired, and announced a break between classes.He sat on the stool, picked up the teacup and took a vigorous gulp.After drinking, Chen Ke wiped the water stains from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand without grace, and sighed comfortably.

Since reaching an agreement with Mr. Ma Xiangbo to use the Fudan Public School site, Chen Ke used it every day unceremoniously.Because of the mess, Chen Ke gave another lecture on medicine.Anyway, Chen Ke's current name is the principal of Shanghai Renxin Medical College.It is somewhat unreasonable that the medical school does not hold medical lectures.

But the time to start the class is not right, Jiangnan has entered the rainy season.Chen Ke had no choice but to move the lecture to the classroom.At this time, the opening of Fudan Public School was approaching, and students from other places had already rushed to the school.The students have nothing else to do. Since someone is giving a lecture, everyone will naturally come to listen.As a result, more and more people gathered. When Chen Ke talked about "Chinese Cultural Inheritance and the Rise of Materialism", the number of people attending the lecture had increased from a hundred to more than 400.The lecture venue had to be moved to the largest auditorium of Fudan Public School.

At this time, the dark clouds that were making autumn rain outside the auditorium were low. Although it was afternoon, it seemed as if it would be dark soon.It rained from time to time, but it kept pouring down without stopping.Most of these 400 people were students, and they couldn't go out freely due to the rain. The auditorium, which was already slowing down, was still crowded.Now that Chen Ke announced the end of the get out of class, the students began to feel free. Most of them discussed the content of the lecture, and the auditorium was really full of people.

No students asked Chen Ke questions, not because they were unwilling or dissatisfied with Chen Ke.It was Chen Ke who set the rules.At the end of the lecture, he will set aside time to answer the students' questions one by one.Chen Ke has to give lectures for nearly six hours every day and answer questions for more than an hour.Most importantly, it's time for free Q&A.The students saw that Chen Ke's voice has become hoarse recently.I also understand him.During the break, try not to disturb Chen Ke.

"Huangpu School of Social Sciences is recruiting!" Someone shouted.

"Huangpu Institute's Industrial School is recruiting!" Someone shouted.

"The constitutional faction of the Huangpu Institute is recruiting!" Someone shouted.

These people are the groups formed spontaneously by educated youths who joined Whampoa students recently during the course of attending lectures.The genre distinctions between them are actually far less clear-cut.It's just that young people think it's fun, so they have to pull a big banner out.Young people who participated in multiple, or even all, so-called factions at the same time can be said to account for the vast majority of the members of the "Huangpu Society".

You Gou comes to class every day these days.Hospitals are on the right track, and demand for poisons is on the rise from all sides.But You Gou excused that he couldn't make medicine by himself, so he had to come to the class.After Chen Ke goes back, they will make medicine together.In fact, not only You Gou, but most of the comrades except Qi Huishen and Wu Xingchen insisted on attending the lectures every day for various reasons.The only one who didn't take the initiative to ask to attend the class was Xie Mingxian.Xie Mingxian's reason was simple, he came to work, not to attend lectures.He felt embarrassed about taking lectures and taking money for nothing.But Chen Ke asked Xie Mingxian to attend the class.

Qi Huishen is really busy, but as long as he has time, he will definitely come.What surprised Chen Ke was Wu Xingchen. Originally, Chen Ke didn't expect Wu Xingchen to be really interested in these subjects. As a result, Wu Xingchen would come whenever he had time.Sitting in the crowd with his 195 tall figure, it was really hard not to see him.

The book is already in print.Qi Huishen found a printing factory and ordered [-] sets in one go.This book is divided into volumes, each volume is a chapter.Twelve sections plus appendices, a total of thirteen volumes.Qi Huishen was very clever. He asked the seventh volume to be printed, and it happened to be delivered yesterday.Chen Ke has nothing to do with the publicity of his comrades.Today, under the envious eyes of the students, the members of the People's Party handed out the book once in a while.Some students have already asked how to sell this book.

Chen Keben didn't intend to make any money, but he told everyone a story, if you give a horse as a gift, everyone will naturally not cherish it.But if you sell it to others at a lower price, the person who bought the horse will cherish it.Money is not the problem, this subtle psychological change is the problem.Therefore, Chen Ke set the price of this book at 4% of the cost price, and a thick book only sold for 150 articles.There are no poor people who can come to study, they can definitely afford it.You know, Lu Xun bought "Tianyanlun", which is much thinner than this book, for 500.Moreover, the members of the Huangpu Society also told the students how many books there are in total.We suggest that students buy different volumes separately and exchange them with each other to save money.

"Student days are good." You Gou sat beside Chen Ke and sighed.You Gou has already come out of his disappointment.After the disturbance, You Gou began to give lectures at Fudan Public School on the third day.Everyone respected this lady very much, so as the only woman in the auditorium, she got a seat in the middle of the first row.No one dared to rob her.Also as a teacher, she sits next to Chen Ke on the podium during breaks.Ever since the experience of the public class, You Gou always wears a white audition suit no matter whether he is lecturing or listening to the class.This alternative style made the students afraid to approach her.

"The academy has also been established. The things I really want to talk to everyone have also started. Hehe! I am very happy." Chen Ke laughed.

"Wen Qing, to be honest, if you tell me these things as soon as you know me, I will definitely think you are a big liar." You Gou didn't know why, but suddenly had such emotion.After talking comfortably, Yougou tapped his left hand with the book in his right hand. "But now, I think what Wen Qing said is the most reasonable words."

"Revolution is not that easy." Chen Ke answered this question.

You Gou raised his left hand, and all the students who saw this action focused on the watch on You Gou's wrist, "Wen Qing, it's time, it's time to give a lecture." After deliberately delaying for a while, You Gou withdrew his wrist, Under the envious eyes of the students, You Gou jumped off the podium and sat back on his seat.

This was a signal, and the students began to return to their seats. There was a rumbling sound, and the order in the auditorium began to restore.A lot of notes began to be passed around, and then piled up on the table in front of Chen Ke.Chen Ke flipped through it for a while, then suddenly smiled and said: "Today, everyone's questions are very focused. Everyone asked about the changes in the social system in Europe. Many students also asked about the history of Europe. I remembered that I wrote in the appendix An article with a very vulgar name." After speaking, Chen Ke stood up and scribbled a few words on the blackboard under the light of the gas lamp.

The students read it word by word, "Ancient European history made out of nonsense".After reading these words, the audience burst into laughter immediately.

Chen Ke turned around with a smile, "It wasn't until the end of the 18th century in Europe that this history was considered reliable. What I said was reliable was compared with Chinese history. Chinese history is divided into official history and unofficial history. Why do you call it that, students? There must be someone who knows. Please stand up and answer boldly!"

The students looked at each other in dismay. At this moment, one of them stood up and said loudly: "The official history is the history recorded by professional historians. The unofficial history is the record of the literati themselves." Chen Ke recognized this person. His name was Cui Guoxi, and he was from the industrial school of Huangpu Publishing House. the initiator.

Chen Ke nodded and signaled Cui Guoxi to sit down. "To be honest, although I also read some history books, my difference between official history and unofficial history is the same as what this classmate said. I am not a professional historian, and I have never asked others this question. I think the answer is 90 points , can pass."

The students laughed again.Chen Ke never pretended to understand.His level of Chinese studies is absolutely incomparable with the masters of this year.In order to promote his ideas, Chen Ke had to make use of his strengths and avoid his weaknesses.

"The history book that foreign countries think is relatively early is called "Homer's Epic". This book has a history of 2500 years. It is written about the Greeks who were known as the birthplace of European history 3000 years ago. From the perspective of Europeans, It is a history book. In China, which book can be compared with this book?" Chen Ke made a fool of himself?

The students saw Chen Ke just looking back and forth, but did not reveal the answer.

""Historical Records"?" Someone shouted.Chen Ke shook his head.

""Warring States Policy"?" Someone else shouted.Chen Ke still shook his head.

The students even called out several names, and finally even called out "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Chen Ke still shook his head, no one dared to say anything anymore, everyone was waiting for Chen Ke's explosive speech.

"This "Homer's Epic", which is considered by Europeans to be equivalent to a history book, is equivalent to China's "Shan Hai Jing." Chen Ke said word by word.

The students were taken aback for a moment, and immediately burst into long bursts of laughter.

According to the famous "face-slapping article" on the Internet, Chen Ke told the historical records of Europe.It is not that Chen Ke wants to belittle Europe on purpose. Today, young people in China feel more and more that Chinese culture is backward. Chen Ke must point out where the real gap between China and Europe lies.The self-confidence of the Chinese must be built up.After introducing the poor history of Europe, Chen Ke said in a very calm tone: "Students, China itself is civilization. China itself is culture. Some people believe in God, and some don't believe in God, but everyone believes in their ancestors. Today's Chinese must have their own ancestors. The deeds of our ancestors are in the history books. The greatness of our ancestors is also in those history books. Now China is backward and beaten. This is The things of our generation depend on our generation to save China and restore China. However, this does not mean that our ancestors are lagging behind those Europeans.”

Speaking of this, Chen Ke looked around the audience, and suddenly found a middle-aged man who had never seen standing by the door at some time.Although he was far away, and the sky was dark, the man had the light behind him, so he couldn't see his face clearly.But just one stop there, the demeanor of the middle-aged man is different.Slightly startled, Chen Ke ignored that person and continued talking.

"Our current decline cannot erase the glory of our ancestors. We are backward. We can only say that our generation is all despicable people. It is not that our ancestors are despicable. Now many people have criticized how backward Chinese culture is. Immediately changed to a foreign species, and I just felt noble. I only have one evaluation of this kind of person, borrowing Zhang Fei’s words in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, three-surnamed house slaves, I’m sorry. I wrote this book "Inheritance of Chinese Culture and Materialism The Rise of the World", I am talking about this book here to point out where the gap between us and Europe is. Just to tell you what the world looks like. How can we catch up with Europe and how can we surpass Europe? Europe! Classmates, you are all in the good years of youth, and it is also a good time to study. I only have one sentence to send to you.”

Having said that, Chen Ke turned around and wrote a large line of words on the blackboard, then turned around and said loudly: "Read for the rise of China."

After a while, the students started to applaud, and everyone stood up one after another, clapping and cheering.The whole auditorium roared with cheers.

Looking at the enthusiastic faces of the students, their faces flushed with excitement, some even had tears in their eyes.Chen Ke couldn't bear his emotions, and shouted again almost hoarsely: "Study for the rise of China."

It's raining harder and harder outside.

Chapter 31

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