Huang Kan (1886-1935) was first named Qiao Nai, later changed his name to Qiao Xin, and finally to Kan, also named Jigang and Jizi. In his later years, he called himself Liangshou layman. A native of Qichun County, Hubei Province. Master of Chinese studies and philologist.

Huang Kan and Zhang Taiyan met in Japan. At that time, Huang Kan lived upstairs and Zhang Taiyan lived downstairs. One night, Huang was in a hurry and had no time to go to the toilet, so he took off his pants from the window and had diarrhea. Zhang Taiyan was reading vigorously at night, when suddenly a stream of fishy urine splashed down like a waterfall, and he couldn't help but curse loudly. Huang Kan was born as a noble son, and he was young, impetuous, and domineering, so he retaliated with the scolding. There was no acquaintance without scolding. After the two parties exchanged their names, they both knew each other's name well, so the conversation turned to knowledge. The more the two talked, the more they became more and more congenial. Zhang Taiyan was an extremely knowledgeable master of Pu Xue, and Huang Kan called him his disciple. Since then, Huang Kan studied under Zhang Taiyan for many years. Zhang Taiyan was aloof and aloof, and rarely praised modern scholars, but he only treated Huang Kan with admiration.

Huang Kan once visited Wang Kaiyun, who was a leader in the literary world at that time. He greatly appreciated Huang Kan's poems and could not help but praise: "You are already very talented in literature at a young age. My son and You are quite old, but you still know nothing. What a sleepy dog!" After hearing the good words, Huang Kan immediately went crazy and said, "You, the old man, don't know anything, let alone your son."

Once, the school bell rang and students filled the classroom, waiting for the teacher to teach. But Huang Kan was sitting in the teachers' lounge without any intention of getting up and walking to the classroom. The student waited for a while, but when the teacher did not arrive, he quickly reported to the Academic Affairs Office. When the staff of the Academic Affairs Office knew that Mr. Huang Kan had lost his temper, he immediately ran to invite him to class and said, "It's time for class. It's time for class." Unexpectedly, Huang Kan looked at the sky and said coldly: "It's time, money." It’s not here yet.” It turned out that the school did not pay the salary in time, and Huang Kan expressed dissatisfaction. The Academic Affairs Office quickly collected his salary on his behalf, and then he went to the classroom.

While Huang Kan was in Nanjing, he met Dai Jitao, the director of the Examination Yuan. Dai asked him: "Sir, what are your recent masterpieces?" Huang replied: "The main compilation of "Selected Works of Darkness", your masterpiece has been selected." The word "Jihei" here comes from the opposite meaning of "Zhaoming" in "Selected Works of Zhaoming" Lai means that Dai's daily behavior is not fair and aboveboard, and the irony is very obvious. Dai Jitao was at a loss and was too embarrassed to speak.

In 1919, Hu Shi returned to China after studying abroad and taught at Peking University. He launched the New Culture Movement and became famous. With the emergence of Hu Shih, Huang Kan's most proud student Fu Sinian, who had high hopes for him, quickly fell into the camp of new literature. It is said that every time Huang Kan attended class, he would always scold Hu Shi before giving formal lectures.

Huang Kan ridiculed Hu Shi whenever he had the chance. Once, Huang Kan reprimanded Hu Shi in person: "You keep saying that you want to promote vernacular, but you don't necessarily mean it out of sincerity?" Hu Shi didn't understand what he meant, so he asked why. Huang said: "If you practice it personally, your name should not be called Hu Shi. It should be called 'Where to go'." Hu Shi was very embarrassed.

Once again, when Huang Kan was giving lectures to his students, he talked about Hu Shi and vernacular literature. He said: "Which is better in vernacular or classical Chinese does not need to be spent too much ink. For example, when Hu Shi's wife died, his family sent a telegram to inform Hu himself. If he used classical Chinese, it would be enough to say, 'My wife is dead and come home soon'; if I used vernacular, Just write 11 words: 'Your wife is dead, come back quickly', and the telegram fee is twice as expensive as writing in classical Chinese." The whole audience burst into laughter.

Back then, there was a restaurant in Shanghai called "Si Er Lou". In order to attract business, it once placed large advertisements in newspapers and periodicals. Some students read the name of the building "Si'er" and were confused about its meaning, so they went to ask the famous Professor Hu Shi for advice. Hu Shi was not sure of the original intention of the original poster and did not dare to answer rashly. When Huang Kan heard about it, he laughed and said to the students in class: Hasn't this Hu Shizhi read the "Three Character Classic"? The book says, "One equals ten, ten equals hundreds, one hundred equals thousands, and thousands equals tens of thousands." The poster is probably looking for a sign of great wealth.

Huang Kan once lectured at Peking University with Hu Shitong. Peking Opera star Tan Xinpei is popular in Beijing, and there are many good performers in various universities. One day, during the recess at Peking University, teachers were chatting about Tan Xinpei's "Qin Qiong Selling Horses". Hu Shi interjected: "Peking opera is too outdated. A whip can be regarded as a horse, and two flags can be regarded as a car. Real cars and real horses should be used. That's right!" Everyone present listened quietly to the argument, but no one said a word. However, Huang Kan stood up and said: "Suitable, suitable, what should I do if I sing the martial arts song to defeat the tiger?" The whole hall was filled with excitement.

Huang Kan was very lecherous in his life. Because there were so many people visiting him, he hung a small wooden sign on the door that read "No sitting and talking for more than five minutes." Once, female students Shu Zhirui and Cheng Junying went to Huang Kan's place to borrow magazines. After seeing the wooden sign, they were about to leave. Huang Kan said: "Female students are no longer restricted. They can sit for a while longer."

Huang Kan is also very delicious. Once, someone hosted a banquet and there were delicacies such as bear paws, snake soup, and eight delicacies. After Huang Kan learned about it, he wanted to go and have a feast. But he once scolded the host and made it inconvenient to go, but he couldn't resist the temptation of delicious food, so he asked his friend Liu Chengyu to find a way for him, and promised not to say a word from the time he entered the table to the end. Liu Chengyu went to discuss with the host, but the host reluctantly sent a message to invite Huang Kan to the banquet. During the dinner that day, Huang Kan only ate and said nothing. Everyone felt strange and thought he had changed his temper. In fact, they didn't know that he was willing to "suffer his anger" just for the sake of delicious food.

Feng Youlan recalled that when Huang Kan was teaching at Peking University, he often wore a blue satin floral robe, a black satin mandarin jacket, a black velvet melon skin hat on his head, and a white silk belt exposed around his waist. When giving a lecture to the students, he reached a key point and suddenly stopped and said, There is a secret here. I can’t tell it just because of my salary of several hundred yuan from Peking University. If you want me to tell it, I have to tell it separately. Invite me to dinner.

Chen Zushen also recalled the incident when Huang Kan asked his students to treat him to a meal: "(Huang Kan) true knowledge is not passed on to ordinary disciples. Those who want to be the true disciples must worship the disciples. Once they enter his disciples, they must drink and eat wherever they want." It will be a great pleasure to have dinner with you, and all expenses will be paid to you."

Huang Kan has a student who is very respectful to Huang Zhi. One day, the student was having a banquet at Tongheju. After the guest of honor was seated, he suddenly heard Huang Kan talking next door. He inquired and learned that Huang Kan was also entertaining guests for dinner here, so he hurried over to say hello. Unexpectedly, Huang Kan scolded him when they met. The student listened attentively for a long time. Seeing that Huang Kan had no intention of stopping, he came up with a plan. He called the people from the restaurant and confessed in front of Huang Kan: "Mr. Huang is here to treat guests today. No matter how much money he spends, he will remember it." On my account." Upon hearing this, Huang Kan immediately stopped reprimanding and said to the student, "Okay, let's go."