Pei Gaocai started his lecture on "Chen Shi, President of Chung Hua University" in the "Er Cheng Lecture Hall" of Er Cheng College.
When Pei Gaocai started his lecture in the "Er Cheng Lecture Hall" of Er Cheng College, the writer Pei Gaocai introduced the "Bauhinia Song" in "Chen Shi, President of Chung Hua University" - —
One day in early spring, Chen Zuoyi (Chen Shi’s real name) saw a redbud tree in front of the steps of Wanglu Academy. Before the leaves had grown, the purple-red flowers were covered with the entire trunk and branches of the redbud, which was delicate and beautiful. Incomparable. Moreover, the tree trunk grew in the cracks of the cliff. He felt strange and asked Mr. Yu for advice. The teacher told him that in the "Er Cheng Chronicles" of Huangpi County Chronicles in the 5th year of Kangxi and the 60th year of Tongzhi, there was a chronicle of "Wanglu Academy, Bauhinia Song". It turns out that this redbud plant was planted by Er Cheng when he was young. .
Peng Nansheng led the Central China Normal University alumni, school directors, and publishers to premiere "Chen Shi" at Huangpi Ercheng Academy, which was jointly built by the district and school.
During the turmoil in the late Ming Dynasty, bandits fled to the foothills of Lutai Mountain, destroyed Ercheng Academy, and cut down Bauhinia. Tree, since then, this place has been deserted and inhabited. Unexpectedly, thirty years later, the new county magistrate Yang Tingyun of Huangpi took the lead in rebuilding the academy and renamed it Wanglu Academy based on the legend of "Lutai Wangdao". Since then, the teaching has been mutually beneficial. Unexpectedly, the redbud tree was reborn among the rubble, and the redbud flower bloomed again. What is the reason for this?
Pei Gaocai and Chen Qi: "Chen Shi, President of China University", Central China Normal University Press 2022.1, ISBN9787562295204 priced at 88 yuan
"If you bite the green hills and don't relax, you will have your roots in the broken rocks." Xiao Zuoyi listened to his teacher at Wanglu Academy. After explaining the story of the redbud tree, I once wrote an eloquent essay on the topic of the redbud tree. He described "roots as the basis" in the opening chapter:
At the foothills of Lutai Mountain, by the waterside, the knowledge of philosophy and benevolence shines through the past and the present;
The forefathers built a platform to look at Lu, and planted a redbud tree as a testimony;
The second Cheng Confucius opened the school, and the nectar nourished the roots. This is the basis;
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the wars burned endlessly, and after the disaster, there was rebirth and spring again.
Shuangfeng Pavilion shaded by greenery
Then, Xiao Zuoyi described the unique spring scene of redbud blooming first and leaving leaves later, and at the same time expressed his own state of "not showing off his glory". The poem goes:
Flowers come first, then leaves, spring comes early, bees and butterflies are swarming around, but the beauty is not exposed;
Look at the old trunk of Lu and send out new branches, piles of purple and red and fragrant.
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"Three thorns are happy in the same tree, but four birds are sad in different forests." Once again, Chen Xuankai explained "Yu Zhang Xing" by Lu Ji, a writer and calligrapher of the Jin Dynasty, and introduced his son to a deeply rooted story. In the homes of ordinary people, it symbolizes the Bauhinia culture of family harmony and deep affection. For example, the neighboring Tian family genealogy was named "Zijing Hall", and the local Huang Xiao Huagu (now Chu Opera ) artist also put "Crying Bauhinia" on the drama stage.
Ercheng Academy Bookshelf
When Chen Zuoyi was studying at Wanglu Academy, the scale of the academy continued to expand, with dozens of study rooms, and teachers and students stayed here for lectures and study. Wanglu Academy inherited the tradition of Ercheng Academy and carried forward the past. Talents emerged in large numbers, creating famous scholarly families and promoting the rise of Huangpi's literary style and talents in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. According to the book "Records of Titles of Jinshi in Ming and Qing Dynasties", during the Jiaqing, Daoguang and Xianfeng years of the Qing Dynasty, 106 people were admitted to the imperial examination in Huangpi, accounting for the third place in Hubei; 27 people were admitted to the imperial examination, accounting for 10% of the total in Hubei. Nearly one-tenth, ranking second in the province. In the Qing Dynasty, Zeng Daguan, Liu Binshi, and Jin Guojun, the "three civil and military candidates" in the Qing Dynasty, Jin Guangjie and Jin Guojun, the "two flagpoles in one discipline", and Fan Shi, the "father and son in the same subject" were elected At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Chen Xuankai, an academic official in the late Qing Dynasty, and Chen Shi and his son, who were well versed in both Chinese and Western studies, founded and managed China University of Science and Technology for forty years, and it was even more well-known.
"Er Cheng's Suicide Notes", Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House, 2000 edition
According to the "Huangpi County Chronicles" of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, because the Chen family was good at managing money throughout the generations, they owned tens of miles of thousands of acres of farmland, mountain farms, fisheries, and shops in the local area. Shops and properties. Chen Taihe, Chen Jianzao (also known as Lisheng, sixth grade) and Chen Xuankai inherited the genes of their ancestors who were good at managing money. They continued to add to their family property on the basis of their ancestral property and became the most wealthy gentlemen in Huangpi. At the same time, they are also charitable and charity-loving, generously donating funds to repair bridges and roads and other public welfare undertakings, and provide relief to the lonely elderly. There are Chen Shi's recollections as evidence, saying:
"Gao Zeng was fond of doing charity work, building bridges, roads, and temples..."
The first president Chen Xuankai wrote the preface and inscription for the "Private Wuchang Zhonghua University Charter"
During Chen Xuankai's tenure as Xuezheng, At the time when Governor Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909) of Huguang was reforming academies, establishing schools, and promoting study tours in Hubei, a relatively complete modern education system was formed in Hubei. Traditional academy teaching focuses on the study of Confucian classics. Zhang Zhidong devoted himself to the restructuring of academies and successively made major adjustments to the courses of Jianghan Academy , Jingxin Academy , and Lianghu Academy , each with its own emphasis, in order to "create The purpose is to use genuine materials for timely use.
Pei Gaocai visited the former site of Ganlu Academy in Ganlu Mountain
In terms of establishing new schools, Zhang Zhidong successively founded the Mathematics School, Mining School, Self-Strengthening School, Hubei Military Preparation School, Hubei Agricultural School, Hubei Craftsmanship School Xuetang , Hubei Normal School, Hunan Normal School , Women's Normal School, etc., cover general education, military education, industrial education, normal education and other levels. For this reason, Chen Xuankai successively restructured academies in Qizhou, established new schools, inherited and pioneered new schools.
Portrait of Principal Chen Shi (1891-1953) - Pei Gaocai Cang
Since Chen Zuoyi entered Wanglu Academy in Huangpi County, the academic system has been reformed three times in the past five years. In the second year after he entered school, Huangpi began to implement new learning and changed Wanglu Academy into a normal school. Therefore, he transferred to the normal school to study and began to understand the leading role of teachers in education. In 1905, the normal school was changed into a higher primary school - Wanglu Higher Model Primary School in Huangpi County, and he became the first student of Wanglu Academy.
Chen Shiti Zhonghua University School Motto 1943
Personally experienced three different forms of education, including academies, normal schools and new schools, which allowed Chen Zuoyi to increase his knowledge. At the same time, it also made him realize that from the academy to the school, what remains unchanged is the school's purpose of "cultivating people with virtue" - adhering to the principle of adhering to both morality and learning, and running a school based on morality. This is why Chen and his son founded Chung Hwa University and listed "Chengde" as the first motto of the school.
From left, Wenhua Middle School secretaries Wu Xiangzhong, Fan Xing, Pei Gaocai and principal Yang Wenping at the former site of Chung Hua University, in front of the Zhonghua Building of Wenhua Middle School
