When studying in Jinhua Zhejiang No.7 Middle School, Wu Han often skipped classes and learned to smoke and play mahjong. If it weren't for his outstanding achievements in China and history, he would have been expelled. 1927 Wu Han wanted to pursue further studies after graduating from high school, but his father only wanted his son to have a job as a primary school teacher for economic reasons. Father and son had a big fight and left home at once. It rained heavily that night, and his family thought he fell into the pond and drowned, and spent the whole night trying to save him.
A few days later, the father received a letter from his son. Wu Han said that he planned to become a monk in Tiantai Mountain, where there was a learned master. Thanks to the support of students, Wu Han did not become a monk in the end, but was admitted to Hangzhou Zhijiang University.
A year later, Zhijiang University closed. With the rest of the expenses, he came to Shanghai University in China, where he met Hu Shi, then president of China University.
1March, 930, Wu Han, 2 1 year-old, wrote to Hu Shi for the first time, saying that he planned to proofread Buddhist classics such as Buddhist Kingdom and Records of the Western Regions of Datang, and asked Hu Shi for advice.
Shortly thereafter, Hu Shi resigned and returned to Beiping. So I haven't decided to transfer to yenching university. However, with his "C-level" English score in domestic public schools, he could not be admitted to yenching university run by the church.
Fortunately, before he went to Peiping, he asked another professor of China College to write a letter of recommendation so that he could meet Gu Jiegang, a talented teacher in yenching university. Under the arrangement of Teacher Gu, Wu Han found a job in the library.
Gu Jiegang mentioned in an article that Hu Yinglin, a famous scholar in Ming Dynasty, was born in his 60s, while the historical materials Wu Han saw in Yan _ Library said that Hu Yinglin died at 1602 at the age of 52. This issue may not be important today, but it is precisely the interest of authoritative scholars such as Hu Shi and Gu Jiegang. However, I seem to realize this opportunity. He looked everywhere.
After the manuscript was written, Wu Han immediately handed it to Hu Shi, hoping that Hu Shi could "contribute a little and make some suggestions".
This chronicle is really popular with Hu Shi! Hu Shi had previously "boldly assumed" that Hu Yinglin was about 50 years old when he died. Unfortunately, there is no time to find evidence. Now, Wu Han not only "helped" him to verify his hypothesis, but also got a preliminary understanding of Hu Yinglin's life and whereabouts. How can Hu Shi be less excited about Wu Han?
The day after receiving the manuscript, he happily wrote a letter to Wu Han.
Sincere Wu Han finally won Hu Shi's esteem and was able to worship.
193 1 At the beginning of the year, Wu Han decided to resign from Yan _ University Library and applied to enter Peking University College of Literature hosted by Hu Shi. As a result, he got full marks in literature and history English and zero in mathematics. The rule of Peking University is that as long as the score is zero, you can't be admitted. Hu Shi doesn't want to break this rule.
But he had to transfer to Tsinghua, where he was still 65,438+000 in literature, history and English and 0 in mathematics.
But Tsinghua made an exception and accepted him.
Hu Shi wrote to Weng Wenhao, president of Tsinghua University, asking him to train Wu Han and arrange work-study programs to solve his economic problems.
With the support of Hu Shi and others, Wu Han gradually became an academic star.
Because of the concern of Hu Shi and others, when ordinary college students face the life problems of "Adventure Island", Wu Han doesn't have to worry about what to do after graduation. Before graduation from 65438 to 0934, the Institute of History and Language of Academia Sinica, chaired by Fu Sinian, planned to recruit a teacher. However, the Tsinghua University History Department finally hired Wu Han as an assistant professor to teach the study of Ming history which he was good at. His monthly salary is 100 yuan, which is higher than that of ordinary assistants by 40 yuan. Soon, he was promoted to a lecturer with a monthly salary of 125 yuan, which was enough to cover all kinds of expenses at that time.