Wu Mi initiated the study of world literature and comparative literature in China, introduced comparative literature into the academic field of China, and published many important comparative literature papers, such as New Culture Movement, Old and New Things in China, which laid a solid foundation for the establishment of comparative literature discipline. Wu Mi is also a pioneer of comparative literature in China. He is not only the first scholar in China to systematically study comparative literature, but also the first person to offer comparative literature courses in colleges and universities and study China literature with his theories and methods. As early as 1920, Mr. Wu Mi published two articles, Recording the New Culture Movement and China's Theory of Old and New, in the Quarterly Journal of Students Studying in the United States, which introduced the concept of comparative literature to domestic intellectuals for the first time. Wu Mi's familiarity with many languages in the world and his profound attainments in foreign languages and literature laid a solid foundation for his comparative study of world literature. After Wu Mi 192 1 returned to China, a "Comparative Study of Chinese and Western Poetry" was set up in Tsinghua University, which made comparative literature enter the university classroom in China. It is the first time for Wu Mi to study A Dream of Red Mansions by means of comparative literature in China. Wu Mi also taught students western European literature in this way, and trained the first generation of comparative literature researchers for China. Wu Mi's knowledge can be seen from the complexity of his courses: English, translation, rhetoric principle, English composition, Greek and Roman literature, introduction to western literature, selected reading of English poems, English prose, English novels, English romantic poets, selected reading of European masterpieces, history of English literature, history of western literature, history of world literature, history of ancient European literature, humanities research, comparative literature between China and the West, modern European history, Britain. The ancient history of the world, the ancient history of the world, the general history of the world, the reading guide of classical Chinese, China's novels, the study of a dream of red mansions, China literature, the history of ancient literature, and so on, are surprisingly rich in content. His students rated Wu Mi as a liberal arts generalist, who has been read at home and abroad. In the field of humanities and social sciences, it is difficult to define which subject he is an expert, and you have to admit that he can be called an expert in any subject.

Participate in the establishment of Tsinghua Institute of Chinese Studies.

At the beginning of 1925, Tsinghua University wanted to set up an institute of Chinese studies. Under the auspices of President Cao Yunxiang, Wu Mi, director of the Institute of Chinese Studies, hired Wang Guowei, Liang Qichao, Zhao Yuanren, Chen Yinque and Li Ji as professors, which became famous all over the world and spread for a long time. They are all the most outstanding scholars in modern China. Mei Yiqi, the old president of Tsinghua University, once said: "The so-called great scholar is not a building, but a master." At that time, Tsinghua Institute of Chinese Studies, because of them, created a new atmosphere of studying Chinese studies after its establishment. Tao Li's favorite students and private disciples have flooded the academic circles of several generations in China and become a miracle in the history of modern education in China. The fine tradition initiated by the research institute can be continued in Tsinghua campus, which has become an important reason for the emergence of talents in Tsinghua. Its reputation surpassed that of similar schools founded earlier. Since then, Tsinghua University has established the tradition of academic independence and freedom of thought in China. Feng Youlan once said: "One of the great contributions of monk Yu (Wu Mi) in his life is to be responsible for the establishment of the Tsinghua Institute of Chinese Studies, and rarely invited Wang, Liang, Chen and Zhao to Tsinghua as mentors. He could have been the dean himself, but he only admitted that he was the' executive secretary'. This situation is rare! " In addition, when Wang Guowei, a master of Chinese studies, sank in the Summer Palace, Chen Yinque and Wu Mi were designated in the suicide note to handle the books they left behind. This shows Wang Guowei's trust in Mr. Wu Mi.

Founding Xue Heng magazine

During his teaching in Ning, he founded Xue Heng magazine with Liu Yizhi, Liu Boming, Mei Guangdi, Hu Xiansu and Tang Yongtong, and served as editor-in-chief. This journal published 79 issues during the period of 1 1. Its main purpose is to advocate Chinese studies and introduce European and American academics. Because of the disagreement in vernacular Chinese, it formed a confrontation with the new culture movement at that time. During this period, he wrote China Old and New, On the New Culture Movement and other papers, adopted classicism, criticized new-style free poetry, advocated maintaining the proper value of China's heritage, and tried to take Babbitt of China as his own responsibility. Wu Mi believes that "only by finding something universally effective and enduring in China's cultural tradition can national self-esteem be rebuilt". After the May 4th Movement, advocating vernacular Chinese and writing new poems became the fashion of society. However, while introducing western literary theories and propagating new humanism, Wu Mi capitalized classical Chinese and wrote vernacular poems, claiming to "prosper the quintessence of the country" and carry forward excellent traditional culture. In the era when the New Culture Movement was in full swing and the traditional culture was criticized, Wu Mi founded the Xue Heng, and advocated the integration of Chinese and Western cultures, which not only absorbed the advanced western culture, but also retained the excellent traditional culture, which was the embodiment of his academic "seeking balance". His thoughts put him at the forefront of the New Culture Movement. Wu Mi, on the other hand, insisted that "Confucianism and Taoism are the foundation of the country", so he was nicknamed "Confucius in modern China" by Lu Xun. As he once summed up his life, he said: "Wu Mi is a civilian, a scholar and an ordinary person; Learning, teaching and writing poetry are just so-so. However, Mi devoted his whole life to the national traditional culture, and he died nine times without any regrets. I have been pursuing independence and freedom of personality and academic freedom all my life, and I have never followed suit. " He didn't want to make a statement for himself, but wanted to put the national culture in the field of world culture and seek a universal way of learning. Today, this thought, dubbed "cultural conservatism", seems to have clearly demonstrated its forward-looking and practical value. However, the dualistic thinking mode that has been formed for a long time often forms such an idea, which seems to affirm that Wu Mi is denying the new culture school. It is this that branded his life with tragedy. Later, during the Cultural Revolution, according to the political logic of "anti-Lu Xun is anti-Party", Wu Mi was brutally criticized for viciously attacking Lu Xun, the great proletarian cultural standard bearer, and was imprisoned through labor reform, which naturally became a "genuine bourgeois academic authority". But he still didn't think about "repentance" and squatted in the bullpen. Judas wrote that "the essence of my crime is that China culture is extremely precious and should be preserved and developed", and as a result, he was labeled as "the current counter-revolution". In criticism, he broke his left leg and later became blind.

A Study of A Dream of Red Mansions

Wu Mi is also a redology master. He devoted himself to the study of A Dream of Red Mansions in his early years. During his stay in the United States, he published A Dream of Red Mansions in Minxin Weekly, which was the earliest paper to comment on A Dream of Red Mansions after the May 4th New Culture Movement. During the period of 1944, he went to Wuhan University in Leshan, Sichuan and Zhejiang University in Zunyi, Guizhou to give academic reports on A Dream of Red Mansions, which was a sensation. The following year, Chengdu Meteor, Chengdu Weekly and other publications published his Literary Value (Dream of Red Mansions), Typical Characters (Dream of Red Mansions), Lessons (Dream of Red Mansions), Jia Baoyu's Character, Wang Xifeng's Character and On Zi Juan. 1947 When he returned to Shaanxi Province, he was invited to teach Redology at the guest table of Northwest University. 1963 helped Chongqing No.2 Sichuan Opera Troupe to compile and direct the Sichuan opera Qingwen Biography. His extensive and profound research on A Dream of Red Mansions is well-known at home and abroad, and he is one of the earliest authoritative scholars who introduced A Dream of Red Mansions to foreign countries. In domestic redology circles, he is as famous as Hu Shi, Cai Yuanpei, Yu Pingbo, Jing Meijiu, Zhou and other redology experts. In the study of A Dream of Red Mansions, Mr. Wu Mi has written many insightful literary works in both Chinese and English, such as A New Theory of A Dream of Red Mansions, Comments on a Stone Story, Literary Value of A Dream of Red Mansions, A Dream of Red Mansions and World Literature, Typical Figures of A Dream of Red Mansions, etc., which have greatly promoted the development and research of a Dream of Red Mansions at home and abroad.

Teach knowledge and educate people.

Wu Mi, a lifelong teacher, is an outstanding educator. In the teaching career of nearly half a century, a large number of well-known writers, linguists, philosophers and foreign literature research and translation talents have been trained. Contemporary famous scholars Qian Zhongshu, Cao Yu, Li Jianwu, Zhao Ruizhi, Ji Xianlin, Li Funing, Tian, Zhang Junchuan, Wang Minyuan, Sui, Zhao, xie guozhen, Xu Zhongshu, Yao Mingda, Wang Li, Xiang Da, Pujiang Qing, He Lin, Shen Youding (.