1980, Meng Erdong stayed on as a teacher after graduating from Suzhou Normal University. During this period, he was lucky enough to enter the Chinese Department of Peking University to study ancient literature, and began to study under Mr. Yuan Xingpei. From 65438 to 0985, Meng Erdong got the master's degree from Yuan Xingpei with the first place in his major. From 65438 to 0988, after graduating from graduate school, Meng Erdong came to the newly-built Yantai University to teach as the director of the teaching and research section of ancient literature in the Chinese Department of Yantai University. 199 1 year, Meng Erdong obtained the doctor's degree from Mr. Yuan Xingpei.194 After graduation, he stayed in the teaching and research section of ancient literature of Chinese Department in Peking University. 1994 to 200 1 At the beginning of the year, before going to Tokyo University as a visiting scholar, Meng Erdong served as the academic secretary of Peking University China Traditional Culture Research Center and was Mr. Yuan Xingpei's right-hand man.
Cheng Yuzhui, Minister of Social Science and Professor of Chinese Department of Peking University, told the reporter that for a long time, Meng Erdong worked with the librarian almost every day in order to complete the monograph Textual Research on Deng Keji, which is of great historical value, and became the most loyal reader in the rare book room of Peking University Library. The Senior High School Entrance Examination is a masterpiece about the ancient imperial examinations written by Vae, a scholar in Qing Dynasty. 1994, Meng Erdong looked up a lot of materials and found that there were many mistakes in this book. So he began to study and sort out the book. It took Meng Erdong seven years to finally complete the 654.38+000-word Exam in Deng Ke (Volume I, Volume II, published by Beijing Yanshan Publishing House). In 2004, this monograph won the first prize of Beijing Excellent Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences, which was highly praised by the literary and historical circles in China and considered as a rare masterpiece in recent years. When writing this book, Meng Erdong searched all the relevant ancient books that could be collected. After a lot of hard research, the number of people in the imperial examination alone has increased by half. He made a lot of efforts, but only got 30 thousand yuan. Even with this 30 thousand yuan, he changed it into a book and gave it to his teachers and students.
Teacher Yuan Xingpei said that learning pays special attention to the use of first-hand materials. Meng Erdong started with first-hand materials and his research foundation is very solid. His research achievements of more than 4 million words, from General Theory of China's Poetics to masterpieces handed down from generation to generation, from Collected Notes of Tao Yuanming to History of China Literature, are as solid and credible as him.
Meng Erdong is not an isolated case in Peking University. More than ten years ago, Mr. Ji Xianlin, a master of Chinese studies, spent several years in the rare book room of Peking University Library in order to compile the History of Sugar. Meng Erdong's academic spirit of being willing to sit on the bench and concentrate on studying is the inheritance and development of Peking University's glorious tradition. Under the temptation of the tide of social fame and fortune, some teachers in universities are really busy with social activities and earn extra money by giving lectures outside the school. Some teachers are keen on saving bestsellers and making money. According to Meng Erdong's knowledge, he was invited to give lectures in many places with high salaries, but he refused. His lover Geng Qin said that for so many years, Lao Meng has never received any extra rewards.
Professor Peking University, director of the news center and vice president of the School of Journalism and Communication, said with deep feelings that in our society, utilitarian thoughts are serious and impetuous trends prevail, while Teacher Meng is loyal to the party's education, devoted to teaching and research, willing to be lonely and willing to contribute, which is a noble spirit that should be vigorously promoted. The largest room in Professor Meng's home is the study, and there are bookcases on the east, west and north walls. Plus the library in the living room, his personal library has thousands of books. "In the 1980s, Lao Meng and I only earned tens of dollars a month, but the books he needed still moved back home." Professor Meng's wife, Ms. Geng, said, "I wish I had bought a house with an attic opposite, which is convenient for Lao Meng to collect books." Having been together for so many years, she is most familiar with Professor Meng and supports his career.
The books in the study cupboard are neatly arranged in columns. Many books are wrapped in white covers with index notes inside. Some books without covers have turned black. Professor Meng's profound literary accomplishment and foundation come from hard study day after day and year after year. Professor Meng, who has lived in the 44th floor of Peking University for many years, has become the "first reader" in the ancient books reading room of the school library. He holds a cup open every day, leaving early and returning late, rain or shine, for many years. It is precisely because of this solid and diligent work accumulation that his representative work "Textual Research on Deng Keji" was widely collected and brought forth the new, and it was widely praised as soon as it was published. Immersed in traditional culture for a long time, Professor Meng was deeply influenced. The ancient people's concept of cherishing time, that is, "the ruler is not precious, and time is ten gold", also made him sensitive to his arms and turned it into a poetic and beautiful language. He lamented in the postscript of Deng Keji's Textual Research: "Cold comes and summer goes, and the green light is yellow; Day after day, Xiao Shu's temples are spotted, and I dare not steal for half a day. " Professor Meng drank a lot before he got sick, and few people in the Chinese department could beat him. Drinking, reading and studying have a harmonious unity in him. From Tao Yuanming to Li Bai, many people in ancient times had romantic relationships with wine and literature. He used to annotate Tao Yuanming's poems in Wei and Jin Dynasties, and he felt a lot and was deeply touched. He is still used as a university textbook by Japanese friends.
There are as many pens, ink, paper and inkstones as there are on Professor Meng's desk. His calligraphy is quite accomplished, and his brushwork is vigorous and clever. "Words are like people." Mr. Yuan Xingpei, Dean of Peking University National College, commented. Writing is a compulsory course for Professor Meng every day. Even though he is suffering from the patient now, he has never stopped. The seal cutting handed down by the ancients also fascinated him. "When we first got married, he fiddled with those stones every day." Ms. Geng said with a smile. The versatile Professor Meng exudes a refined atmosphere. Professor Meng usually doesn't talk much. He seems to be talking less because the disease oppresses the vocal cords and makes it difficult to speak. But he is also talkative when he is silent. As soon as he talked about academic issues, his interest immediately came.
A further education teacher asked Professor Meng for professional questions, and he treated them warmly. From pre-Qin to Sui and Tang Dynasties, from ancient books to ancient people, we talked endlessly until three or four o'clock in the morning. His daughter slept next door and said to her mother the next morning, "I can't believe that my father is not only knowledgeable, but also can speak so well!" " "In the impression of ordinary people, he doesn't talk much, his professional skills are famous for his textual research, and his life should be very haggard. In the face of these, Professor Meng did not deliberately refute or prove anything. When he was reading and thinking in the ancient books reading room, was he at home in the spiritual intercourse with the ancients? Did he suddenly find himself in a beautiful peach blossom garden at a certain moment, and he was too rich to be a humanitarian? He shuttles between many bookshelves, and he lives in his own poetic world.
On the back desk of Professor Meng's study, there is a thick stack of paper. Spread out, it is all Wang Xizhi's Preface to Lanting Collection copied by Professor Meng. The striking black Chinese characters are too striking. Professor Meng never imagined that the disease would come so seriously and suddenly. He described the course of his illness in a calm tone. But why did he copy this Preface to Lanting Collection over and over again? The Preface to Lanting Collection is immortal not only because of Wang Xizhi's outstanding calligraphy talent, but also because it is a philosophical beauty that embodies the demeanor of Wei and Jin Dynasties. The life feelings of "death is great, life is great, so it hurts" have aroused almost everyone's voices. Every day, his wife goes to work and his daughter goes to school, leaving him alone in an empty home. What is Professor Meng thinking? Life and death are also great, be sincere and experience self-knowledge. In the face of the loneliness and loneliness of the disease, the compassion connected from ancient times to the present has not been expressed and written, but has been devoted to the repeated description of Preface to Lanting Collection. The sun shines on Professor Meng's face. He smiled. Meng Erdong is a doctoral supervisor in the Department of Ancient Literature of Chinese Department of Peking University. He devoted himself to teaching undergraduates in Shihezi University, Xinjiang, and prepared lessons carefully. He is willing to be lonely and concentrate on his studies. In order to complete a monograph with great historical and documentary value, he finally completed the 1 10,000-word "Revision of Texts for Senior High School Entrance Examination"; He has undergone three major operations in one year, but he is still optimistic about life and positive.
Mr. Ji Xianlin once said that the most valuable thing for China intellectuals is their strong patriotism, which has different manifestations in different times. Meng Erdong's love for the Party and the people is all concentrated in his work. In him, we see the noble character of a people's teacher who is indifferent to fame and fortune and selfless dedication, and the incomparable rich inner heart and noble feelings of a scholar. Meng Erdong is an outstanding representative of intellectuals trained by the Party. During his decades of study and teaching career, he harmoniously unified life and academics, always took students to heart, practiced a value standard of * * * producing party member and people's teachers in obscurity, and reinterpreted the true meaning of life with his own actions.
Today, in building a harmonious socialist society, our education needs more teachers like him. We learn from Meng Erdong, that is, to learn from his spirit of demanding himself by party member's advanced standards everywhere, indifferent to fame and fortune and selfless dedication to the education of the party and the people; Learn from his professionalism, be a model, be conscientious, and strive to teach and educate people; Learn from his spirit of advocating teachers' morality, rigorous scholarship, persistent pursuit of academics, and seeking truth and being pragmatic; Learn from his spirit of cherishing life, perseverance, perseverance and positive optimism to overcome diseases.
He is an example for contemporary intellectuals to learn.
In the short film, Meng Erdong is weak but optimistic, and her voice is dumb but weighty. He said to everyone, "Liu Yuxi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote two poems,' Qian Fan on the side of a sunken ship and Wan Muchun in front of a sick tree', which he wrote after suffering great political and life setbacks. He encouraged himself to face the future and life with an optimistic and positive attitude. I became a sick tree today, but my sick tree is also full of confidence. I want to greet and embrace the new spring with you towering trees.