Xu Ke
Xu Ke
Xu Ke (1869-1928), formerly known as Chang, was born in Hangzhou county, Zhejiang Province. Guangxu years (1889) Ju people. Later, he served as the commercial press. Join Nanshe. He once served as Yuan Shikai's aide when he was training in Tianjin small station, and soon left. In 1901, he served as the editor of diplomatic daily and Oriental Magazine in Shanghai. In 1911, he took over the "miscellaneous compilation Department" of Oriental Magazine. He is friendly with Pan Shicheng, Wang Jinqing, Wang Jitang and maoheting. There are "Qing barnyard notes", "selected vernacular poems of past dynasties", "ancient and modern CI anthology review" and so on.
Character experience
In 1901, Xu Ke went to Shanghai to associate with Shu Yadong and Lu Tong. Because he was good at writing and was familiar with official documents, he liked to collect official newspapers. Diplomatic daily needed such literati, so Xu Ke joined the newspaper. He served as the editor of diplomatic daily. The members of diplomatic daily are Dong Li (Zhang Yuanji), Cai Yuanpei (Cai Yuanpei), Xu Ke (Xu Ke) and Wen zongrao (Wen zongrao), all of whom are appointed by the founding shareholders. In addition, there were one translator, one treasurer, one repairer and two clerks. Shareholders: Zhang Yuanji shares, Cai Yuanpei shares and Du Yaquan shares, Wen zongrao shares and Commercial Press shares, Zhao Congfan shares, Xu Ke shares and Shen Youshan shares are unknown (above, according to the information provided by Mr. Wang Jiarong). The signers on Zhang Yuanji's receipt are Zhao Congfan, Cai Yuanpei and Wen zongrao; the signers on Wen zongrao's share receipt and receipt are Zhao Congfan, Cai Yuanpei and Zhang Yuanji. The annual budget is about five thousand five hundred yuan (plus 50 yuan of start-up expenses) By 1910, diplomatic daily had been running for ten years and had a certain influence on society. Xu Ke later became a staff member of the compilation Office of the commercial press along with diplomatic daily. Then he became a member of Oriental Magazine. Zhang Xichen, one of the famous businessmen, recalled: "Oriental Magazine was founded in 1904. It was originally a selective journal. It cut and collected the notes and papers in the monthly newspapers and magazines, and published them in categories for those who pay attention to current affairs. Gongmencuo and memorials were the most important, followed by Shilun, which only published a few translated articles occasionally. Xu Ke was the editor before 1909. Because editing this kind of magazine is entirely the work of scissors paste, he can finish it in a few evenings in his spare time, and there are not many readers. " Therefore, later, Xu Ke worked as a compilator in business, and he was a real compilator. Although Zhang Xichen's words are a bit exaggerated, they are also true. in 1911, Du Yaquan took over the post of editor in chief of Oriental Magazine, reformed the magazine and made great changes and development. Therefore, Xu Ke took over the "miscellaneous compilation Department". According to my colleagues in the compilation office at that time, "Xu was the director of the miscellaneous compilation department in the compilation office. When I went in, he was doing his best《
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》At the same time, under his leadership, he published "Shanghai guide", "daily instructions", "guide to awakening the world", "popular new letters" and so on. The main tools of this department are paste and scissors. All kinds of materials are cut out from newspapers, magazines, government bulletins, etc., or copied on Loose Leaf Tablets by people everywhere "(quoted from Xie Ju's" profile of shiliyangchang "). The purpose is to provide relevant information.
Social evaluation
Funny
According to the old business colleague, "Xu Zhongke is short and extremely short-sighted. When reading and writing, he must wear glasses to contact the real object (referring to Books) before he can see it. But he was very funny. In the late Qing Dynasty, he strongly advocated women's Tianzu, that is, his study was named "tiansu Pavilion". He liked to fill in Ci poems and sing with Cheng Zida of Ningxiang. His works were found in the novel monthly at that time. " "Xu is friendly and considerate to his colleagues. Every Spring Festival, as usual, he prepares spring wine at his home and invites his colleagues to get together. This has never happened in other departments."
Diligent in writing
Xu Ke did not write for a day. Once when his eyes were sick, he seemed to be in a state of anxiety and depression, and he was at a loss all day. Extreme myopia, reading and writing must wear glasses and physical (that is, books) contact together, to see. Busy during the day, he used a small book to memorize the things he wanted to record, and then sorted out and wrote them when he was free. Every day when he was going to bed, he would prepare a pencil and a small book to put at the head of the bed. When he thought of something, he would get up and write it down. Even if it affected his sleep, he didn't care. Although the things he wrote were not described in his diary, they were sorted out every ten days. Xia Jiancheng, an old friend, once said that he was a very diligent man who would record everything he heard. Unfortunately, he did not serve in the military aircraft department in the former Qing Dynasty. Otherwise, what he wrote down would be very precious military and national affairs. Xu Ke himself wrote another saying: "you (Xia Jiancheng) don't taste the cloud, but the Qing people don't take notes? I want to learn this Seeing that he was busy compiling all day long, his wife he Mojun, who used to be a teacher of patriotic girls' school, worked as a media for Cai Yuanpei, took notes of Liang Shuming's interviews with eastern and Western cultures, and his concubine Li Xidu buried their grievances and said, "can't you really write until you die The real image of Xu Ke's writing is that he works diligently and holds the pen day and night.
Hospitality
Chen Yu of the Song Dynasty, when he talked about Jiang Kui in his "Zang Yi Hua Yu", left such a famous saying: "the Taoist of Baishi, Jiang yaozhang, is as handsome as his clothes, and his pen is strong enough to carry the tripod of a hundred dendrites. Home without cone, and a meal without diner. The collection of books and calligraphy is enormous. " Xu Ke once quoted some of them“
Home without cone, and a meal without diner
”Tell me about your family. Xu Ke's father and grandfather had a good Hakka style in both generations, especially Xu Ke. He never had a meal without guests. Most of Xu Ke's family members were celebrities, such as Zhang Yuanji, Cai Yuanpei, Kang Youwei, Hu Shi, Liang Qichao, Kuang Zhouyi, pan Shicheng, Wang Jinqing, Wang Jitang and Mao heting. Xu Ke is a native of Hangzhou. The custom of Hangzhou in the late Qing Dynasty was that when guests arrived, even when they had dinner, no one was left at home. The Xu family's style was just the opposite. He was very funny and liked to fill in Ci poems. He sang with Cheng Zida of Ningxiang and others. His works were found in the novel monthly at that time. When Xu Ke worked in the compilation Office of the commercial press and presided over the miscellaneous compilation Department of Oriental Magazine, she cared for her colleagues very much. Every Spring Festival, she prepared "spring wine" at her home as usual and invited her colleagues to get together. The colleagues said, "this is something that other departments have never had before.".
work
Qing Ji Lei Chao
It's a collection of predecessors' notes that he left to posterity. "48 volumes. It is divided into 92 categories, including seasons, geography, diplomacy, customs, arts and crafts, and literature, with more than 13500 articles. It was recorded from hundreds of Qing Dynasty people's notes and referred to newspaper records. It has a wide range and convenient inspection, but the selection is rather miscellaneous. " (see Cihai) in the 1980s, this book was reprinted, which shows that there are many readers. In addition, he has compiled the unofficial history of the Qing Dynasty, tiansu Pavilion series, Kangju notes Huihan and other anecdotal notes.
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