President Jiang Ping lived in seclusion in an ordinary residential building in Beijing's South Fourth Ring Road for more than 10 years.
Far away from China University of Political Science and Law in Changping District and the Graduate School of China University of Political Science and Law in Jimenqiao, Jiang Ping chose a lonely but not silent life.
The reporter visited Jiang Ping many times, and a docile big dog accompanied him all the time. Different cacti decorated the table. Gentle and straightforward, the character of a generation of legal experts implies this.
With sparse white hair, he was full of energy from 1980 to 1980, and talked to reporter Kan Kan. His strong concern for the law made the old man frown and his voice was still ringing: "Is the development of the rule of law in China a step back or a step forward?" Of course, we should also see that some places are going backwards now. "
Although Jiang Ping only served as president of China University of Political Science and Law for two years from 1988 to 1990, the title of president has continued to this day, and this kind of "treatment" is rare among presidents of French universities. A law graduate with 1990 told reporters: "Jiang Ping is the eternal president, and he is the spiritual symbol of China University of Political Science and Law."
A few years ago, Jiang Ping's inscription "The Rule of Law in the World" stood on Jimenqiao Campus, which represented Jiang Ping's lifelong ideal and became the ideological destination of China jurists.
Jiang Ping said solemnly, "This is also my Chinese dream." . Jiang Ping's love for students made He Weifang forget for a moment.
1984 the first anniversary of China university of political science and law (Beijing university of political science and law was renamed as 1983). A group of graduate students, such as He Weifang, were dissatisfied with the food in the canteen and launched a strike during the celebration. He and several classmates blocked the entrance of the canteen and persuaded everyone to join the strike. He, a young and energetic man, is arguing with school officials in the crowd. As more and more people gathered, he was suddenly pulled out by a strong hand. He looked up and saw Mr. Jiang.
"Weifang, can you stop pretending to be the leader of the opposition?" Although Jiang Ping's tone is dissatisfied, his eyes are still gentle. "Everything should be solved step by step. How much can this method play? "
A year later, He Weifang stayed in China University of Political Science and Law to teach, and had the opportunity to listen to Jiang Ping talk about the past: "When talking about the hardships he experienced, his tone was mild, but it was some details that embodied the beauty of human nature that made him unforgettable. This positive and optimistic outlook on life is the most infectious part of Teacher Jiang's personality. "
Jiang Ping, who returned to the podium of Beijing University of Political Science and Law, became famous for his knowledge and personality. In his words, he was "reused at special points in history".
Beijing University of Political Science and Law, which resumed classes, faces the biggest problem: lack of teachers and teaching materials. During the Cultural Revolution, everyone was abandoned. The teachers of the older generation who were beaten to the right are very old and can no longer play their abilities; However, the students who stayed in school in 1950s and 1960s were "politically popular", but their teaching was poor.
Jiang Ping, once praised by Mr. Qian Duansheng as "one of the two gifted scholars in politics and law", has become a scarce resource. "Few people came back from the Soviet Union. I studied in yenching university. I have a certain foundation in English and Russian, as well as experience in studying abroad and studied systematic (legal) courses, which was already very good at that time. "
Jiang Ping broke through the forbidden zone of law, began to talk about Roman law and civil and commercial laws of western countries, and introduced the concept of private rights to China, which brought his thoughts imprisoned for many years into line with international trends.
He Weifang recalled Jiang Ping from the rostrum. "Teacher Jiang's class is really a pleasure. Standing on the three-foot platform, he is handsome, standard in Mandarin and pleasant in voice. His talk is full of confidence in knowledge. Historical allusions and subtle theories more than 2,000 years ago nourish the hearts of students. "
During this period, Jiang Ping presided over the formulation of the first civil law in New China-General Principles of Civil Law. This landmark law affirmed the private rights of China people for the first time, and was praised as "China Declaration of Civil Rights" by foreign countries. A number of separate laws on the private economy have been promulgated one after another, and the "blind spots" of market economy laws have also been filled in one after another.
From 65438 to 0983, Jiang Ping became vice president, and his personal experience made him cherish talents. After the Cultural Revolution, the first batch of students were mainly trained and stayed in school to form the "first echelon", and legal talents emerged after "dating".
From the "poor law" in the early 1980s to the "prosperous law" in the 1990s, Jiang Ping regarded it as "a very primitive and vigorous period of law education in my life", and "in fact, my main contribution to the school was also in this period."
1990, Jiang Ping, who had been in charge of politics and law for two years, was removed from the post of president of China University of Political Science and Law.
At the end of that year, Jiang Ping's 60th birthday. The graduates of politics and law spontaneously held a birthday party for them, and everyone unanimously asked Mr. Jiang to perform a program. His prosthetic leg is not very flexible, but he walks forward firmly, singing an English song of American trade union movement "We Will Never Shake".
It has been 20 years since I stepped down as the president of the University of Law, and some details have comforted Jiang Ping.
One year, in commemoration of the anniversary of Fada University, the host read the name of the principal present. Just as Jiang Ping was read, the audience began to applaud. "I understand the students' feelings for me. I think this is support for a president with a sense of justice. "
"Only bow to the truth", "The rule of law reigns in the world", "Four times in four years, the army is in the spring, and I will be an adult all my life", "All I can do is shout" ... At the scene of Jiangping's 80th birthday, Qin Huang, the current president of China University of Political Science and Law, recited the famous words of the old president. 65438+On February 28th, 2009, Jiangping celebrated his 80th birthday.
I don't know if it's to comfort disciples from all over the world. Jiang Ping optimistically set living to 90 as "the next goal". He said: "Although I lost 22 years when I was young, if I retire at 60, I can make up for the lost time by working for another 22 years. I still have two years to make up for it. "
Jiang Ping's 22-year "care" condensed his unforgettable sadness and concentrated the tragedy of China law.
"From 1957 to 1978, I lost what I should have lost and what I shouldn't have lost. At the lowest point, there was nothing but this life. "
The lowest valley in Jiangping appears at 1957.
In this year, Jiang Ping, who graduated from the law department of Moscow University and returned to China to teach for just one year under the rectification movement of "drawing snakes out of holes", was turned into a rightist overnight because he frankly expressed his views to the Beijing Institute of Political Science and Law, and was transferred from the "people's camp" to the "enemy camp", so he was not allowed to engage in a legal profession that belonged to the "tool of state dictatorship".
Abandoning the journalism department of yenching university to join the revolution and sending the first batch of overseas students to Jiangping, the Soviet Union, they knew nothing about the domestic political situation.
Today, Jiang Ping still dreams of being classified as a "Rightist" and wakes up with a lingering fear.
The "Rightist" hat made Jiang Ping, then 27, have bad luck, and his new wife, whom he met in the Soviet Union, broke up with him under political pressure.
In Xishan, Beijing, Jiang Ping was too tired to hear the sound of the train. The whole person was caught under the train. Fortunately, he survived, but he lost a leg forever.
In Jiang Ping's view, beating the Rightists, divorcing, breaking legs, and successive disasters are all "tolerable", but the perspective of the problem has changed. "I have recovered my life from the wheel of the train. I think I should have an optimistic attitude towards life. How nice it is to live one more day! "
In the following years, Jiang Ping struggled to survive: 1963 began to teach Russian, and the "Cultural Revolution" was transferred to Anhui May 7th Cadre School. 1972, Beijing Institute of Political Science and Law was officially dissolved and assigned to Yanqing Middle School as a political teacher. He stayed until 1978 when classes resumed.
Meanwhile, Jiang Ping organized another family, and his wife's father was the same rightist.
Jiang Ping's students once listened to his teacher and mother recall the hardships of that year: Jiang Ping, who worked in Yanqing, took his son alone. The winter outside the Great Wall is bitterly cold, and he has no money to buy his son a cotton-padded coat. He changed his old coat into a cotton-padded jacket and knitted a sweater by himself.
Jiang Ping used to be very pessimistic about the future. In the late Cultural Revolution, he scrimped and saved, and brought back precious legal books from the Soviet Union, most of which were sold as waste paper, which made him regret it to this day.
From 1957 to 1979, break off relations with the law. Jiang Ping experienced the most depressing 22 years for intellectuals. He regarded it as "the greatest regret in life": "I was fifty years old when I was able to contribute to the rule of law in China. The golden age of my life should be exactly in the 20 years between the ages of 30 and 50, and I lost the most precious time in my life. "
1979 When I returned to Beijing University of Political Science and Law after a long absence, my white hair had climbed onto Ping Jiang's forehead. A year ago, a stroke caused 79-year-old Jiang Ping to fall.
Due to the timely admission, the operation was finally successful. Jiang Ping stayed in the hospital for more than two months. It's been half a month, although he knows it very well, but the language expression function is stuck and he can't say a word, which scares many students.
He has never been old, but his health is not as good as before.
"Life comes first, really old." Jiang Ping's rare sigh worried many people.
From General Principles of Civil Law and Administrative Procedure Law to Contract Law, Company Law and Trust Law, and then to the drafting and promulgation of many laws in recent years, Jiang Ping, known as the "conscience of China legal circles", has spared no effort to run for many years and played the role of "preacher" of the rule of law.
From 199 1 to 19. During 19 years, Jiangping trained nearly 100 doctors in civil and commercial law. These graduates have become influential young scholars, judges and lawyers on all fronts. "These are my excellent students, but the students I train are more engaged in teaching and scientific research. There are almost no officials, and there are even fewer big officials."
As soon as he recovered from his illness, Jiang Ping got up obstinately, appeared more frequently and participated in public legal events.
In June+February of last year, 5438, Professor Wu of Peking University wrote a letter requesting to amend the demolition regulations, which caused a sensation. Jiang Ping made comments in Caijing, Southern Weekend and other paper media, and then appeared on Phoenix Satellite TV to support the revision of the demolition regulations.
"President Jiang is racing against time." His students told this reporter that Lao Jiang cherished time beyond ordinary people's imagination, and he always insisted on "bowing only to the truth", neither flattering nor obsessing.
On June 25th, 2008, 10, an audience asked him about his attitude towards Yang Jia's case. Jiang Ping said, "I completely agree with the judgment of the second instance of the Shanghai High Court." A listener immediately grabbed the microphone and said, "I don't agree with your view on Yang Jia's case. If I had an egg in my hand, I would definitely throw it to you. "
In the "nail house" incident in Chongqing, he thought that the reason why Wu Ping's family refused to move was "not related to public interests" and was besieged by the Internet. In the case of Xu Ting, he also issued a statement saying that he did not conform to the "public opinion".
However, this does not detract from Jiang Ping's image in people's minds.
He defended freedom and democracy all his life, but did not agree with populism. "People who make laws should be fair and pay attention to the interests of the masses, but not everything is based on the feelings of the masses." I'm afraid not. "
In Jiang Ping's view, the real revival of China lies in the fact that private rights are truly rooted in people's minds, but the process will encounter difficulties and obstacles. "The biggest problem in China now is the conflict between private rights and public rights, and private rights are protected by public rights. This is my greatest hope. " For example, our recent research on the demolition law, how to ensure the interests of private property rights in demolition.
He still has an independent opinion on the merger and reorganization of Shanxi coal industry: it is wrong for government departments to merge private enterprises into state-owned enterprises by administrative coercion, which violates the protection of private property by laws and regulations such as the Constitution and the Property Law.
"If the variability of this policy becomes a precedent, it may lead private entrepreneurs to worry about their own consequences, which is a very dangerous signal."
The sequelae of stroke slowed Jiang Ping's speech, "not as sharp as in the past". However, the elderly who are over eighty are still shouting for private rights, which is consistent with yenching university's ideal of "serving the country by public opinion" 60 years ago.
2012121Professor Ping Jiang and Professor He Weifang from Peking University Law School attended the first Guanghua Scholars Forum held in Taipei and were received by Taiwan Province provinces and cities.