Maozishui

Maozishui

Mao Zishui (April 11, 1893 - May 11, 1988), male, was born in the countryside of Jiangshan County, Quzhou, Zhejiang Province. Mrs. Zhang Juying is a native of Yinxian, Ningbo.

Life of the characters

Study when young

Mao Zishui was fond of learning, intelligent and addicted to reading when he was young. When he was 6 years old, he entered a village school, studied three character classic, thousand character essay, read four books, Zuo Zhuan and so on. In the winter of 1911, after graduating from qujun middle school, maozishui immediately returned home to study at home. In 1913, when Mao Zishui was 21 years old, he was admitted to Peking University as a preparatory student of science. Four years later, he was promoted to a bachelor's degree to study mathematics. He only liked literature and history. He often took Mr. Zhang Taiyan and Mr. Hu Shizhi as masters and made friends with like-minded students in liberal arts. Before the outbreak of the May 4th Movement in 1919, Mao Tse Shui founded "new trend" and published "national heritage and the spirit of science", becoming one of the pioneers of the ideological enlightenment new culture movement at that time.

Go abroad for further study

In 1920, Mao Zishui graduated and stayed in school to work as a lecturer in the Department of history of Peking University. In the winter of 1922, after being selected by the History Department of Peking University, Mao Zishui went to Germany with Yao Congwu and others to study the history of Science in Berlin University. When he arrived in Berlin, Fu Sinian also came to Berlin from London. Fu said: Chen Yinke and Yu Dawei are also here. They are the most outstanding Chinese students. Mao is in contact with them, and he is also familiar with Zhao Yuanren and his wife. Yu Dawei graduated from Harvard University and went on to study in Germany. In the second year, he entered the Institute of science of Berlin University to study mathematics and physics, and then specialized in the history of science.

Teaching

In the spring of 1930, maozishui returned to China and taught in the Department of history of Peking University, teaching science history, cultural history and other courses. He was the director of Peking University Library in 1932. After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, Peking University, Tsinghua University and Nankai University moved to Changsha, Hunan, and merged to form "Changsha temporary University". Later, due to the worsening of the war, the University was relocated to Kunming, Yunnan, and renamed "National Southwest United University". In order to protect the rare books of Peking University Library from loss, Mao Zishui went from Changsha to Guilin, Humen, Hong Kong, Annan (today's Vietnam) coastal defense, and then Yunnan Vietnam road to Kunming. He arrived at the school safely. In 1949, at the invitation of Fu Mengzhen (Si Nian), a classmate friend and then president of Taiwan University, Mao Zishui went to Taiwan to teach Chinese, the Analects of Confucius, translated literature and the history of Chinese Science in the Department of Chinese literature of Taiwan University. He taught Chinese rhetoric and exegesis in the Institute of Chinese Studies of Taiwan University for 37 years. At the same time, Mao Zishui also served as the executive director of Taiwan's "Chinese language society," Councilor and chairman of the National Science Committee for long term development, "editor in chief of new era," and commentator of Academia Sinica. ". After his retirement in 1973, Mao Tse Shui, despite his 81 year old age, was still a part-time professor at the Institute of Chinese Studies at Taiwan University. He was also employed as a chair professor at Fu Jen University, offering courses such as "Symposium on Chinese Studies" to doctoral students. In 1986, when he was 94 years old, he was employed as an honorary professor by Taiwan University; in 1987, he won the highest academic award in Taiwan - "Executive Yuan" cultural award. On May 11, 1988, Mao Zishui died at the hospital of Taiwan University. He was 96 years old.

And free China

On October 31, 1956, Chiang Kai Shek's 70th birthday, the magazine "free China", which had already angered Chiang Kai Shek, launched another "birthday special issue", which published articles by Hu Shi, Lei Zhen, Xu Fuguan, Mao Zishui, Wang Shijie, Tao Baichuan and other scholars. It was "the total number of liberal people's advice to Chiang Kai Shek, the people who dare not speak", and the special issue was very popular. Thirteen editions of the special issue were added to attract people's attention The party, the Communist Youth League and the armed forces besieged the publications collectively.

Character evaluation

Professor Mao Zishui is an open-minded person, disdains fame and wealth, has no competition with others, is addicted to reading, advocates science, and devotes his whole life to learning. He has a lot of knowledge. Professor Wu Dayou, the former president of Taiwan's Academia Sinica, who worked with Mao Zishui at Southwest United University in his early years, said that "Mr. Mao is a rare person who has read well and has broad vision and profound and fair opinions.".

Anecdotes of characters

Sit in on Einstein's lecture

During his stay in Berlin University in Germany, Mr. Zishui went to listen to Einstein's lectures three times to see the elegant demeanour of a scientific master. He once wrote in his recollection article: "Einstein's lectures are wonderful. What is particularly rare is that his speech is more superficial than writing a book, which is easy for students to accept. He is a scientific genius who is good at speaking and writing."

Refuting Taiwan independence

Since he left his hometown in February 1949 and went to Taiwan via Shanghai, Professor Mao Zishui has devoted himself to studying, writing books, cultivating posterity, and reposing his nostalgia for his hometown and the mainland of China in his works. In the early 1960s, Mao Tse Shui vigorously refuted the remarks of Taiwan independence which were rampant for a time: "anyone who can think a little knows that Taiwan has no reason to be independent from the motherland."

Care for the growth of youth

Professor Mao Zishui was very concerned about the growth of the young generation. In his vast works, there are quite a lot of discussions on the youth's ideals, cultivation, style of study, determination, being a man, patriotism, brain drain and so on. Between the lines, there is a generation of masters' hope for the youth and their love for the motherland. Mao Tse Shui has repeatedly cried out that young students "in addition to seeking knowledge, they should pay attention to cultivating true patriotism". His biggest hope is that "our outstanding young people can work hard to cultivate their true talents and learning" and "strive for the honor of our nation and country". Professor Mao Zishui not only said that, but also practiced it. He helped young people from many aspects and helped them to make progress.

Writing epitaph for Hu Shi

The epitaph of Mr. Hu Shi was written by Mr. Zi Shui: "this is the tomb of Mr. Hu Shi (21-1962 BC). This man, who is anxious for academic and cultural progress, for freedom of thought and speech, for the honor of the nation, and for the happiness of mankind, is now at rest here! we believe that the human remains will eventually disappear and the valley will change, but now the light given by the philosopher in the tomb will always exist! "

Publishing works

Maozishui has left a rich spiritual heritage for posterity. His works include academic papers, academic works, editorials, essays and biographies. Nearly 400 works cover theory, cultivation, science, education, Confucianism, reviews, books, characters, essays and so on. After the death of Mr. Mao Zishui, his wife, Ms. Zhang Juying, invited Professor Wu Dayou to compile and publish five volumes of complete works of Mao Zishui.

scholarship

The moon is bright in my hometown. In 1996, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Ningbo University, Ms. Zhang Juying, Mao Zishui's wife, in accordance with her husband's last wish, on the basis of a special field trip to Ningbo University three years ago, overcame all kinds of difficulties. Regardless of the leg disease and the long way to go, she personally donated all the 120000 US dollars from the seller's income to Ningbo University, set up the "Mr. Mao Zishui cold outstanding scholarship" fund, and made a donation to Ningbo University Ningda library presented "complete works of maozishui" as a gift, which became the largest scholarship of Ningbo University since it was founded in 1986. The noble character of Professor Mao Zishui's husband and wife, who do not seek fame and wealth but devote all their money to helping the young students in their hometown, has been widely spread among Zhejiang people at home and abroad for a time, encouraging the students in their hometown to study hard and work hard for the development of the Chinese nation.

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