Who will wake up to the big dream?Awakened from the predicament of the late Qing Dynasty, provoked the pillar of China's publishing industry, and successively had a long talk with Guangxu, Sun Yat-sen, and **, what a unique and wonderful life this should be!He was also asked by *** as a ** in the Qing Dynasty: "Will Cixi put up a fight?"”
This "Qing Dynasty" who can see *** in person is Zhang Yuanji, who participated in the imperial examination during the Guangxu period, and served as a scholar in Hanlin Academy after entering high school. At that time, Zhang Yuanji was in the same department, as well as Cai Yuanpei, the famous president of Peking University.
Soon after, Zhang Yuanji was promoted to the head of the Criminal Department and the prime minister's national affairs Yamen Zhangjing. However, the decline and decline of the late Qing Dynasty was obvious to all, especially the humiliation of the First Sino-Japanese War, which made Zhang Yuanji heartbroken, and he thought more about new changes and patriotic salvation.
At the time of the Wuxu Reform, Zhang Yuanji tried his best to advocate education to save the country, that is, to learn from the usefulness of the West Xi and cultivate talents. At that time, his reform ideas were affirmed by Emperor Guangxu and received an exceptional reception. However, after chatting with Emperor Guangxu, Zhang Yuanji faintly felt that he had a heart to change the law and was powerless to return to the sky.
Despite this, Zhang Yuanji still implemented the reform step by step. As a pioneer of the times, Zhang Yuanji inevitably suffered strong repression from conservatives. Cixi brutally stopped the Reform Movement, and Zhang Yuanji's status plummeted, ending up with a dismissal that would never be used again.
In the past, it was the Qing Dynasty of the Restoration, and now it is a patriot who thinks about saving the country, Zhang Yuanji is not bound by his identity, but is looking for a more suitable way for China's education to save the country.
In 1902, Cixi and Guangxu, who had abandoned Beijing and fled this year, returned to the Forbidden City, and Zhang Yuanji also ushered in an important change in his life. He was invited by Xia Ruifang, the manager of the Commercial Press, to start compiling books.
How can we save the country through education and rejuvenate the country through education?At that time, books were the key, foreign books were innovative, domestic books were photocopied and retained, and Mongolian textbooks were widely collected, which were compiled into textbooks after collation, which was also the earliest batch of textbooks in China.
At the beginning of the establishment of the Commercial Press, Xia Ruifang was often distressed by losses. Now that Zhang Yuanji has joined, he has actually turned the small printing house into a modern publishing enterprise!
With the sound of a gun in the Xinhai Revolution, the Chinese people sent away the feudal imperial system and ushered in a brand-new Chinese **. In 1915, Zhang Yuanji became the manager of the Commercial Press, and under the blowing of new ideas, the Commercial Press underwent a major change.
Under Zhang Yuanji's management, vernacular books were born, and new-style intellectuals gathered together. It was under such an opportunity that Zhang Yuanji was able to meet Mr. Sun Yat-sen. Although he once had the identity of the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Yuanji was willing to adapt to the changes of the times and keep pace with the times.
Until 1926, Zhang Yuanji, who was nearly 60 years old, resigned from his job at the printing house and devoted the rest of his life to finding and correcting ancient books. In that war-torn era, too many ancient books were lost overseas, which became the eternal regret of the Chinese people.
For this reason, Zhang Yuanji lived in Japan and brought back more than 40 kinds of ancient books, leaving a large amount of Chinese culture in China.
However, although Zhang Yuanji tried his best to protect ancient books, the Commercial Press was burned down by the Japanese in the War of Resistance Against Japan!Zhang Yuanji's eyes were split, and he sighed bitterly: "The factory machines can be rebuilt, but the books I have obtained after decades of hard work cannot be recovered!"”
In the days that followed, Zhang Yuanji devoted himself to reviving the Commercial PressSeeing that the Kuomintang high-level did not want to resist Japan, he wrote hard in an attempt to awaken the consciousness of the people;The Japanese invaders persuaded him to cooperate, but Zhang Yuanji refused to see him and lived in seclusion for a long time ......
It wasn't until the liberation of Shanghai that Zhang Yuanji's sad expression finally relaxed. He recognized the Communist Party of China, but also missed his homeland, and did not listen to the slanderous words of the Kuomintang, but stayed on the mainland with peace of mind.
In August 1949, Zhang Yuanji, who spanned the late Qing Dynasty and the first era, witnessed the rise of the "red star" representing the people. Zhang Yuanji was not absent from the first session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of New China, and he was already over 80 years old and resolutely came to Beijing with his son.
For such a respected old man, ** cordially invited him to visit the Temple of Heaven together, accompanied by **, Su Yu, ** and other founding generals. Looking at the scenery of the Temple of Heaven from afar, recalling the decline of the Qing Dynasty, ** felt a feeling, and looked at Zhang Yuanji with a smile.
Mr. Zhang Yuanji, who used to be the Hanlin of the Qing Dynasty, I don't know if I have seen Cixi and talk to you, is she putting on a show?”
As you know, this Hanlin of the Qing Dynasty is now a university professor. As an ordinary professor, how can he meet Cixi?”
It is true that the majesty of Cixi is more and more a reflection of the cordiality of ***. Mr. Zhang Yuanji can be described as a "veteran of the three dynasties", he has worshiped the emperor in the last pilgrimage, and has also seen Yuan Shikai, Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek and other figures, and now he can follow the scenery to enjoy the scenery!
But the above characters are different from ***, which is also Zhang Yuanji's true feelings. **He has always been among the people, and the people have exalted him,** and said: "Don't flatter me!."We must be wary of Mr. Lu Xun's slaughter!”
I think it is precisely the cordial charm of *** that can unite people of different professions and identities to talk about socialist construction. It is a blessing for the majority of Chinese people that Mr. Zhang Yuanji can participate in it and contribute to the cultural and educational undertakings of New China.