On June 2nd, 88 years ago, 1927, two days before the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather was sultry. It seems that there will be a heavy rain. In front of the fish and algae pavilion in the Summer Palace in Beiping, a short and thin man wore a long gown, a melon hat and a long braid at the back of his head. He wandered around, looking at the dark blue, stagnant Kunming Lake, with a cigarette in his mouth, and the light of the cigarette butt kept flashing.

Suddenly, he seemed to make up his mind, jumped over the railing and jumped into the lake. After a flood, the lake was calm again. By the time the gardener heard the news and came to salvage it ashore, the man had stopped breathing forever.

Wang Guowei was a great scholar who enjoyed an international reputation in modern times. He used to be the teacher of Emperor Puyi. He has a wide range of books. Lu Xun said that Wang Guowei is a figure who studies Chinese studies. He was born in the late Qing Dynasty and experienced regime change and invasion by western powers. Let's look at his life today and what he has experienced.

Wang Guowei 1877 was born in Haining, Zhejiang, and his ancestors were scholarly. He read widely since he was a child, and he was a scholar at the age of fifteen. He is called Chen Shouqian, Ye Yishun and Zhu Jiayou. Haining four gifted scholars? .

/kloc-went to Japan to study in 0/900, and served as the editor-in-chief of Education World after returning home. During this period, I sorted out many advanced western ideas and devoted myself to study. Representative works include A Dream of Red Mansions Review, Jing 'an Poetry Draft, Ren Jian Ci, etc. After 1922, I worked in Peking University and Tsinghua. Concentrate on learning while teaching and educating people.

1927, Wang Guowei went to the Summer Palace and threw himself into the river in the fish and algae garden of Kunming Lake. After death, there is a suicide note: fifty years, only one death, after this world change, shameless.

There are many theories about the cause of Wang Guowei's death. Some people say that he died for culture, and the late Qing Dynasty was only the end of the whole feudal system in China. Therefore, what Mr. Wang Guowei wants to pay homage to is the whole traditional culture of China, and the Qing Dynasty is only his foothold. Some people say that he was loyal to the Qing Dynasty. When the Northern Expeditionary Army hit Beijing, he committed suicide. Some people say that he died of debt, and he was heavily in debt before he died.

The last reason is that he was pessimistic and desperate before his death. Desperate for the demise of the Qing court, the turmoil of the times and the decline of culture. In any case, Wang Guowei's achievements are obvious to all. Liang Qichao evaluated him? Not only in China, but all the scholars in the world. ? His achievements deserve everyone's respect.