Wang Guowei (18771February 3, 927-1June 2, 927), whose real name was Jing 'an, whose real name was Apollo, was a late-night Guantang (one of the four halls of Oracle bones), a native of Haining, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, and a master of Chinese studies. The pioneer of China's new school, connecting Chinese and Western aesthetic masters, has made outstanding achievements in the fields of literature, aesthetics, history, philosophy, ancient Chinese characters and archaeology. One of the four halls in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Together with Liang Qichao, Chen Yinque and Zhao Yuanren, they are called the "Four Masters" of Tsinghua University Institute of Chinese Studies. Chen Yinque believes that Wang Guowei's academic achievements are "almost endless and traceable." His works are rich, including 62 kinds, such as Mr. Wang Jing 'an's Haining Testament, A Dream of Red Mansions Review, An Examination of Song and Yuan Opera, Flowers on Earth, Visiting the Hall and Picking Forests, New Evidence of Ancient History, Qu Lu, On the System of Yin and Zhou Dynasties, Slip of Quicksand, etc. 1927, the northern expeditionary army marched northward, and the Hunan military government shot Ye Dehui. 1June 2, 927, borrowed five yuan from a friend and drowned himself in Kunming Lake in Beijing. I found a suicide note in my pocket, the cover of which read: "Send it to Mr. Wang of Xiyuan 18". The content of the suicide note said: "Fifty years, I only owe one death. After this world change, I will never be humiliated again. "

Why Wang Guowei committed suicide by drowning is still controversial. Generally, there are so-called scholars' sayings: "martyrdom", "forced debt", "personality tragedy" and "cultural decline". Chen Yinque wrote in the preface of Mr. Wang Guantang's "Wan Ci": "Or ask why Mr. Guan Tang died. It should be said: there is a saying that close people have eastern and western cultures, and there is no need to discuss whether their geographical division is appropriate, that is, the so-called similarities and differences, advantages and disadvantages, and there is nothing to say; However, a hypothetical meaning can be drawn. Its meaning is: when the value of a culture declines, people who are transformed by this culture will feel pain, and the greater the performance of this culture, the more painful it will be; Very deep, almost not because of suicide. " "My definition of Chinese culture is based on Bai Hutong's theory of three cardinal guides and six disciplines, and its significance lies in drawing the highest ideal, which is better than the so-called concept of Greek Plato. If you put it in the outline of this subject, you are Li Yu and Liu Xiu; According to my friend's words, it should be sent to him by a friend to treat him with Uncle Bao. The way he died, the righteousness he achieved, is the universality of the ideal, not the concreteness. "

[Editor] Life

1877 was born in Yan Guan, Haining.

1882 entered a private school.

1893 Chinese scholar.

/kloc-entered Shanghai times in 0/899, studied foreign languages and physics and chemistry in Oriental Literature Society in his spare time, and began to get in touch with western culture.

190 1 autumn, he was sponsored to go to Japan to enter Tokyo Physics School. The following summer, I returned to China due to illness.

1903 has taught philosophy and psychology in Tongzhou, Jiangsu Normal University and other schools. He has written many philosophical and aesthetic papers such as A Dream of Red Mansions Review. Later, it was edited into Jing 'an Anthology and published in 1905.

/kloc-went north in 0/907, worked as a compiler, and was an assistant to the terminology database. During this period, he wrote Shi Shuo Xin Yu and Song Yuan Opera History.

19 1 1 year, Fusang, Du Dong.

19 16, returned to Shanghai to give lectures, edited academic journals, and concurrently served as a professor at Cangsheng Zhi Ming University run by Harbin. He also compiled the Bibliography of Miyun Building for the bibliophile Jiang Ruzao and participated in the compilation of Zhejiang Tongzhi.

1923, at the call of Emperor Puyi, he went north to take the post of "South Study Walk".

From 65438 to 0925, he was employed as a professor at Tsinghua University Institute of Chinese Studies, teaching Confucian classics in primary schools, and studying Han and Wei classics, ancient northwest geography and Mongolian historical materials.

/kloc-0 sank in Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace in June, 927, with different causes of death.