Qian Zhongshu not only has such an excellent father, but also his adoptive father is excellent. Qian Zhongshu was adopted by his uncle Qian Jicheng when he was very young, and lived under the protection of his adoptive father for a long time. His adoptive father, like his father, has high academic attainments and rich academic achievements.
In fact, Qian Zhongshu didn't waste his background at all. He received a very good education at an early age, and Qian Zhongshu also showed a strong interest in learning. However, Qian Zhongshu also has a key problem, that is, his achievements are seriously biased.
Qian Zhongshu's living environment made him interested in literature and foreign languages, but he had no idea about mathematics and science. Because of this, Qian Zhongshu's grades are very biased. His Chinese and foreign languages are very good, almost full marks, but Qian Zhongshu's math is really poor.
It is not surprising that Qian Zhongshu is poor at math. After all, as can be seen from his family environment, his family's liberal arts tutor is very good, and I'm afraid I can only let Qian Zhongshu study science alone. Such research will naturally not arouse Qian Zhongshu's interest. Everyone knows that without a good teacher, you can never learn math well. Unlike liberal arts, mathematics is not a subject that can be learned by self-study.
However, Qian Zhongshu still wants to study in Tsinghua. 1929, Qian Zhongshu is 20 years old. He took the entrance examination in Tsinghua University. Although he was not good at math, Qian Zhongshu didn't flinch. It is always necessary to give it a try. Mathematics can be supplemented by other subjects, as long as it is not too bad.
Unfortunately, Qian Zhongshu himself did not expect that his hard-earned grades would be so embarrassing, which embarrassed many people.
Qian Zhongshu's exam results are seriously biased. To what extent?
Qian Zhongshu got full marks in Chinese and English, but his math score was only 15.
You know, even in the current college entrance examination, mathematics is a public subject, and there is nowhere to escape. As long as math is poor, they will basically go to famous schools. However, after all, Qian Zhongshu did not take part in the current college entrance examination, and there was still some room for manoeuvre at that time.
This embarrassed the teacher in charge of enrollment in Tsinghua University at that time. Because for Tsinghua, such a student can be admitted or not. He was admitted because of his excellent performance in liberal arts, and full marks are enough to prove Qian Zhongshu's achievements in these areas. We can't let him in because Qian Zhongshu's math performance is very poor and seriously biased. According to the enrollment regulations of Tsinghua University at that time, he should be dissatisfied.
During the Republic of China, although the society was chaotic at that time, the first-class universities like Tsinghua still maintained a lofty position in the field of education, and they would not let some people in easily. Qian Zhongshu's achievements made the admissions teachers powerless. After all, the relevant rules and regulations are there, and no one can ignore them, and no one dares to make an exception easily.
The Tsinghua University Admissions Teacher, who was in a dilemma, invited Luo Jialun, then president of Tsinghua University, to make a ruling.
President Luo Jialun, with a background of studying in Europe and America, made great progress in his thoughts at that time. Faced with such talents as Qian Zhongshu, he naturally refused to let go, so after reading Qian Zhongshu's Chinese and English papers, he decided to make an exception and recruit Qian Zhongshu to study in Tsinghua.
Why did the headmaster agree so readily?
In fact, this is because after reading the examination paper, President Tsinghua thinks that Qian Zhongshu's talent will not be buried after all. Although he is not good at mathematics, he is very talented in literature. After all, he can do a lot in the future. In ancient times, he still paid attention to teaching without distinction. Anyone who wants to study must meet his needs, and a university like Tsinghua can't let go of a talent.
It can be said that the president of Tsinghua University is eager for talents, so what about Qian Zhongshu's academic achievements? Did he disappoint the president of the university?
In fact, Qian Zhongshu's achievements in literature are very high, and he has created many impressive works.
Second, Qian Zhongshu's literary achievements
Qian Zhongshu was admitted to Tsinghua University Foreign Languages Department, where he studied happily and hard every day. There are many foreign language experts in Tsinghua University. Although Qian Zhongshu is lucky enough to study here, it doesn't mean that he can lie on the credit book and be carefree. He studies hard every day, but his grades finally live up to his efforts and he is far ahead of his classmates. Qian Zhongshu responded to the president of Tsinghua University who accepted him at that time with his own achievements.
It was also in Tsinghua University that Qian Zhongshu met the other half of his life, which we now know as Jiang Yang. Finally, Qian Zhongshu and Jiang Yang lived happily together for a long time. Jiang Yang still remembers Qian Zhongshu after his death. The love between the two has long been passed down by netizens as immortal love.
By 1935, Qian Zhongshu had graduated from Tsinghua University. At that time, he didn't stop studying. He passed the exam of studying abroad at public expense at that time with excellent results and won the first place, and successfully obtained the number of students studying abroad at public expense in boxer indemnity.
Boxer indemnity refers to the reparations paid to the United States when Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China. Later, under the persuasion of some people of insight at that time, the United States promised to give up this indemnity to fund China people to study in the United States.
Since then, Tsinghua University has been the base for studying in China. Although there is great resistance for Tsinghua graduates to study abroad now, in the early days, many Tsinghua students returned to China to build their motherland.
Qian Zhongshu is one of these high flyers who returned to the motherland. Although he studied liberal arts, it was generally believed that only science could save China, but Qian Zhongshu was not discouraged. A pen and a gun can save China, a gun can save people's body, and a word can save people's spirit.
When Qian Zhongshu was in England, he made small academic achievements. He published many studies, which promoted the development of China culture at that time. 1938, Qian Zhongshu returned from studying abroad and was immediately hired as Professor Tsinghua University. Later, Qian Zhongshu also created a series of popular literary works.
For example, Fortress Besieged, which has been ranked first in reading, is still drawing spiritual food from his works in China, and people will regard besieged city as a phenomenon. Constantly deepen and interpret, so as to gain new meanings.
Many years after Qian Zhongshu's death, Jiang Yang published The Three of Us to commemorate the affection between him and Qian Zhongshu and the time of that year.