Grandpa Mao always learned from all kinds of people with a humble attitude, whether it was a teacher who taught and educated people or a respected scholar, he was willing to listen to their opinions.
As a result, he made many mentors and friends, and developed deep friendships with many prominent figures of the day. In addition, Grandpa Mao also adheres to the principle of respecting teachers, once he identifies someone as a teacher, he will respect them wholeheartedly, regardless of the identity and age of the other party.
Therefore, in this regard, he left many beautiful legends that people often talk about.
When he was studying at the Hunan Provincial Fourth Normal School, he had a strong interest in ancient literature. He knew that this was the basis for his later achievements in ancient poetry and historical stories.
He asked his classmates, "Who in our school teaches the best ancient literature?" "Although there are many names of teachers that have been mentioned, there is one name that has been mentioned the most often, and that is Yang Shuda.
Yang Shuda, a native of Hunan, devoted his life to the study of ancient texts, especially Chinese grammar and philology. **By auditing Yang Shuda's ancient Chinese class, I found that he has a very deep understanding of ancient Chinese, and the class is always full.
**After listening to this class, he felt very beneficial, and although he was not able to have an in-depth communication with Yang Shuda, he already regarded Yang Shuda as his mentor. **Realizing that Yang Shuda has a lot of affairs and heavy teaching tasks, it may be difficult to have more time for academic work with him**, and I felt very sorry at that time.
Six years later, that has changed. ** Presented in his contribution "Xiangjiang Review"."What is the world's biggest problem? It's a matter of eating. What is the strongest force?
It is the power of the people to unite. "This point of view. "Xiangjiang Review" has caused great repercussions across the country, selling well from Hunan to Beijing, and has won the appreciation of many people of insight.
However, the ** at that time was dissatisfied with this, and Zhang Jingyao, the governor and overseer of Hunan Province, brazenly seized the Xiangjiang Review a month after it was launched, which caused public anger.
Zhang Jingyao's rule in Hunan caused the people to complain, and he was expropriating and profligate. ** decided to use the influence of the "Xiangjiang Review" to mobilize the people, and at the same time take advantage of the contradictions between Beiyang ** to force Zhang Jingyao to leave Hunan, which is the "expulsion movement" in history.
In this movement, ** was elected as a citizen representative, and Yang Shuda was a representative of the education sector, and jointly led a delegation to Beijing. This campaign was successful, and ** and Yang Shuda also formed a deep friendship.
Yang Shuda was very surprised by ***'s performance, thinking that he was really a young talent. ** said that he had audited Yang Shuda's literature class and benefited a lot, and now he finally had the opportunity to ask him for advice.
Yang Shuda's praise for *** has deepened. The two admire each other, but eventually they have to separate. ** Devoted himself to the revolution, resisted the invaders, and fought against the reactionaries, while Yang Shuda refused to be wooed by the Japanese side, resolutely defended the interests of the people, and continued to engage in education.
When the Kuomintang reactionaries were defeated and retreated to Taiwan, and many cultural relics and talents from all walks of life were accepted to Taiwan, Yang Shuda resolutely chose to refuse. His heart was full of yearning and expectation for the new China.
Prior to this, he had read a lot of *** books in the war-torn era, and his feelings for *** gradually changed from initial appreciation to reverence. He called *** "the unity of the king and the teacher".
Many years later, one day in 1954, ** after finishing work, he asked to meet his mentor Yang Shuda. The scene of the reunion made Yang Shuda very moved.
** Tightly held his hand, smiled and said, "Old man, do you still recognize me?" Yang Shuda had mixed feelings, and was speechless for a while, so he could only nod with tears in his eyes.
The two of them sat down for a long talk, talking about the new achievements in ancient literature research, and talked about the earth-shaking changes in the past few decades. **There is still inspection work to be done, and after talking for a while, we arranged for a car to send Yang Shuda back to the residence, and the two said goodbye.
In his hometown of Hunan, the chairman remembered his mentor Yang Shuda again. When he went out to inspect in 1955, Yang Shuda gave him some books, and he always wanted to find an opportunity to talk to Yang Shuda.
However, when he returned home this time, he found Yang Shuda sick in bed and unable to get up to greet him. The chairman immediately walked to Yang Shuda's bedside and talked with his wife to understand his condition.
He gave his wife 500 yuan and told her to take some if it was not enough. Because the chairman knows that Yang Shuda is an upright person and his family is poor. He hopes to be able to serve Yang Shuda as soon as possible.
Under the gaze of everyone, Yang Shuda looked at *** with a firm gaze and said unceremoniously: "The source of this money is unknown, you take it back quickly, don't think that you are powerful, you can mess around!" ”
Before he could finish speaking, the chairman understood what he meant. Yang Shuda firmly believed that the 500 yuan was obtained through the privilege of embezzlement of public property, so he would rather die of illness than accept it.
Seeing this scene, the chairman immediately returned to Yang Shuda's bedside, clasped his hand, and said sincerely: "This money is my previous manuscript fee and current salary, I am your student, and it is a matter of course that students repay their teachers."
Please recuperate with peace of mind, you accept this money without any guilt. Yang Shuda nodded slightly on the hospital bed, his eyes flashing with tears of emotion.
Mr. Yeung Shu Tat died of illness on February 14, 1956, at the age of 71. His death was deeply regretted by ***, who once said: "There is another person who is a master of language and literature." ”
Although he had only attended one of Mr. Yang's classes, the chairman's respect and admiration for the teacher was touching, and this quality of respect for teachers is worth learning from and emulating by all of us.