Unwittingly, Mr. Gu Cheng had passed away exactly eight years. In the academic outsiders, few people and then bring the history master's name.
Handed down by Mr. classic "Ming Shi" will be reprinted, the people who read it carefully, can not help but marvel at it all thick and rich, which Combing through the data, many never seen before, unheard, and their word is a word, Mr. , copied out from the library.
The so-called Science Park, is a hard road, "no faith can not sign" is easy to say, but how many people really willing to burn their own lives, to pave the way for the school after it?
Mr. Gu Cheng quietly persisted, cultivators, when he was burnout, the less than 70 years of age.
Miss Mr. Gu Cheng is a genuine miss, miss the style of a generation of scholars and festival parade, no matter how diverse things, no matter how the times impetuous, a nation must remember who the real builders, because the heart will always fall for, the final trend will recede, leaving the final time, only the spirit and tradition, if not their nourishment, our pride and dignity, what should rely on to support?
In people's minds, Mr. Gu Cheng was a rigorous scholar, stern, some cautious, but his family's eyes, he is a flesh and blood, humane people, coincided with Mr. and death, "the Beijing Morning Post" Reporters interviewed Gary's wife, He Long Su teacher.
Gu Jiazi more talented brother
Gu Cheng and I married, he has more than 40 years old, he occasionally talked about a young man to do, more fragmented.
Gu Cheng is Nanchang, born in 1934 and 1950 to work in monitoring the Council as a cadre. At that time not many educated people, Gu scholarly family, the Ming Dynasty officials seem to have done, his father was president, the "Cultural Revolution" after the school gave him a statue erected, the mother is a teacher, tutor base is relatively better, so the unit recruit people, he admitted on the test.
11 Gu Cheng brothers and sisters who survived eight, unfortunately, Gu Cheng was the first of them to go, his home is not child's educational level is low, brother served as president of Children's Hospital of Jiangxi Province, Mahone at 301 hospital when the doctoral.
September 1957, he was admitted to Beijing Normal University, History Department, he likes to colleges, he said Mao Zedong is a graduate of Teachers.
Just college, Gu Cheng learning is not good, then the teacher constantly urging, he became serious, among the best in class performance.
Gu Cheng childhood physical weakness, high school drop out before Shihai, review the reasons of his own, and ranked number six on that, most parents like the boss, love old and young, in the middle of the often overlooked small to eat well, the war time and run around, naturally affecting the body. His lungs has been very good to find that there is a problem, almost all calcified.
More than others for five years
"Cultural Revolution", Gu Cheng has also been some impact, then as long as the reader, not the impact is impossible, he also engaged in rural areas under the "four clean."
"9.13 Incident" (referring to Lin Biao crash ondor Khan), he of the "Cultural Revolution" began to doubt, to meet a variety of movements are passive, unwilling to Chutoulumian, this is classified as a "three elements", said He has a serious political error, when not active will not work, because the unit sub-factions, how people want to be on how to set.
Since winter 1971, Gu Cheng began surreptitiously scholarship, he was glad that he more than others for five years, it is impossible to write so soon, "Ming history."
Then think scholarship is not easy, library too hard, "Cultural Revolution", the school data have been sealed, an old gentleman is very good thanks to Library, helped Gu Cheng, who meet around 6 pm, he opened the Library, Gu Cheng to pick the book, and then by reading the new.
"Cultural Revolution", the libraries open, Gu Cheng often ride to the Beijing Library, the winter cold hands are frozen, only a ride, stay a while to find stores, then shop with a coal stove for heating, can baked hand. Go to the library, sometimes just with a bread, at noon relied on to feed their families. Then Gu Cheng extremely impoverished living conditions, living in the school Tongzilou, only 13 square meters, a gas tank to put the corridor, where the cook, had not even gas stoves, can only use electric.
Indian hand-written manuscript for the information yourself
When reading is difficult, no copier, all data can only be handwritten. Gu Cheng not the card because the card can not write many words, he used writing paper copy, then he too inconvenient for ordinary writing paper, printed on the contact printing plant, a manuscript specialist, has a lot left at home.
Summer a few years, we have spent in Nanjing, as he Troop in Nanjing as a cadre, a library contacted him, he went to where the copied data.
Study hard all day, Transcription, Gu Cheng greatest pleasure is academic, a new discovery, he gave the best friend to call. The 1980s, the introduction Zhushikou Panda Museum of Natural History, he said the ancient called "tapir" Gu Cheng introduced me to the relevant copy back through to find information, to deny this claim.
To finish, "Ming Shi", is more fortunate, he was once seconded to the Foreign Studies, to see outside the reported foreign periodicals, writing analysis, not imprisoned, more relaxed, spare time every day reading "History of the Ming." Gu Cheng had to learn Russian, and later taught himself English. Later, hospital, nurse praised his English is good, he is busy waved and said not good.
Gu Cheng like learning, but the poor condition of the scholarship, if today's conditions, he will contribute more. Finished "Ming Shi", he was ready to write a book, but later fell seriously ill, can not be achieved.
Hate to see historical drama
Sincere love and care when around people say, such an old school, how come together on the character? It is really a contact, you will find he is a flesh and blood, humane person.
Got married, we separated, I went to Beijing to see him, he likes opera, so I went to buy a ticket, come back at night, being under the snow, look at the bus, only to find he had been standing in the snow, etc. me.
He did not talk much, but rarely say nonsense. Each selling scrap, he always asked me not to have given sold, leave a little to give scavenging. Since the 1980s, Beijing increasingly serious problem of water shortage, he let the family washing vegetables to save water are good, toilet flushing purposes. He not only so with themselves, so also requires students.
His trip, all things are finishing their first paper listed in the list, put into a box, like a ticked off, his most trouble others.
I am traveling, so he helped me pick up things, but also prepared for me every time snack, said that this road is not lonely, I like to watch television programs there, if I was not at home, he would have recorded, he they like to see "Network News" and the opera, but hate to see historical drama, that are fabrications.
Gu Cheng
Former history professor at Beijing Normal University, doctoral tutor, Ming and Qing experts. September 1957, he was admitted to Beijing Normal University, Department of History, 1961 to teach graduate Silurian, then served as lecturer, associate professor, professor, doctoral tutor, part-time study of the history of Chinese farmers, vice chairman of the war, consultants, executive Chinese Ming History director. The extremely rigorous style of study, full of the spirit of Park University. Author of "History of the late Ming peasant war", "Ming Shi" and other monographs.
Methods of teaching children problem
Gu Cheng is also angry, disobedient children, he is easy to worry.
Sometimes we fight, an angry, I said to divorce his disapproval, saying: "a fit of anger, then also really?" He once wronged me, we quarreled, the daughter said that he was wrong, should apologize, he said I This is not correct for your mother to explain it? Is not that apology? Daughter said no, we must kneel. He disagreed, saying: a man to be my knees?
In the children's education, and care methods are sincere, he was too strict, sometimes hitting the children, which children are more likely to reverse psychology. Ultimately did not engage in the history of the child, said study history so bitter. But then the children learn a foreign language, is the sincere care to choose a professional, he felt that foreign language life can be better.
Gu Cheng usually do not have time, he just look at report card, I study education, kids will leave some homework. Gu want their children to amount to anything, so demanding, Gu Cheng brother's daughter, eventually learning the other professional, it now appears, it should open up a bit for children's education, or liberal education is better.
Eating sleeping pills on the pounds
Gu Cheng been in poor health, because he had a high school drop out, in order to catch up with homework, he had to burn the midnight oil, life changed and this habit every day go to sleep until 4-5 o'clock, by tea, smoking to support. He later events more, to get up early entertainment, eating sleeping pills to fall asleep at night. Sleep, he would increase the volume. Control of the school was sleeping, Dean agreed to be open, but Gu Cheng exception, because he really can not do without, with colleagues saying that he can eat sleeping pills on the pounds around.
Sometimes the amount of eating too much up in the morning to attend the event, still groggy, he wrote a bed "has been sleeping pills," the paper, finished on the upside, fear not remember to eat.
Gu Cheng is very simple life, invited him to lecture abroad, he always refused, the Japanese scholars: Your peers have been to Japan, and why you not come? Year also, half a year also, it is not, three months, I accompanied. Gu Cheng habits that I do not like black and white reversed, too much trouble to someone else, or forget it.
Was to invite scholars in Taiwan, he promised, he felt all of China, should go and see. To visit, he specifically made a new dress, which is in the past never had to do.
■ Finally, regret
Not let the family live in a big house
Gu Cheng's "History of Ming" was published, to fame, there is a high official's widow hopes Gu Cheng wrote him a pass, willing to give a lot of money, but the tone must be laid down to write. Gu Cheng said, write history must be independent-minded, others set a good tone, I can not write, because I have my opinion, they refused.
Gu Cheng in his later years, the market economy's impact on the growing campus, which he is indifferent, that people have the ability to make money, I did not, I only scholarship ability.
Once a foreign school in question to consult Gu Cheng them, please dined, gave a slightly higher fee, Gu Cheng is very disturbing, hurriedly asked someone else can take this money. Because such activities, he generally does not participate.
Gu Cheng was seriously ill go to the hospital, he special account, to borrow school books I have out at once. In the hospital, he left last words are: the school spent so much money, I too harsh. In fact, in today's perspective, the money is not too much.
Gu Cheng and I rarely say that he has any regrets, fell ill, he told friends, said: I hope the family can be gone well with some, to have a big house, but unfortunately he did not do it, really sorry.
Edition the author Chen Hui
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