The book "Crossing the South and Returning to the North" is about the wandering and fate changes of intellectuals in the Republic of China. In the book, the stories of Wang Guowei, Liang Qichao, Cai Yuanpei,,, Chen Yinque and others are written. Of course, there are also stories between Liang Sicheng, Lin, Xu Zhimo and Jin. 1937 after the lugouqiao incident, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Nankai university and some research institutes moved from Beijing to Changsha, Hunan, then to Yunnan, and finally some institutions moved to Lizhuang, Sichuan. In the book, a large number of intellectuals and students risked the war and, under the organization of school teachers, transported books and cultural relics to the southwest. Then the war stopped and they returned to the Central Plains.

For this period of history, most people know "crossing the south and returning to the north" and "National Southwest Associated University", but they don't know the hardships. I read this book as if I had accompanied them through this journey. 1937, Peking University, Tsinghua University and Nankai University first moved to Changsha, Hunan, and established Changsha Temporary University. Then, Japanese planes bombed Changsha and could not continue the class. 1938, these schools moved to Kunming, Yunnan, and established Southwest United University. 1On April 28th, 938, when 290 students formed the "The National SouthWest Associated University Hunan-Guizhou-Yunnan Tour Group", led by professors such as Huang Yusheng, Wen Yiduo, Zeng Zhaolun and Yuan Fuli, they trudged from Changsha for 68 days and arrived in Kunming 1600 kilometers, the whole city was boiling. The future outstanding poet Cha Liang Zheng (Mu Dan) is also one of the students of the team.

Professor Zhao Zhongyao risked his life to bring 50 milligrams of radium to Kunming, pretending to be a refugee. Holding a lead tube full of radium, he didn't sleep a wink for days and nights on the train. When he arrived in Kunming, his chest had been branded with two blood prints, but Zhao Zhongyao was excited about it because he kept all the property of China's high-energy physics.

Zhu Ziqing suffers from a serious stomach trouble, which is even worse in Kunming because of hunger. He suffered from dysentery and insisted on correcting students' compositions overnight. His wife advised him to have a rest. He said, "I promised to give it to the students tomorrow." There is a toilet beside the desk. I changed my composition all night and pulled it for more than 30 times. The next day, I took off my face and went to class without washing my face.

Mr Fu Sinian.

At present, I have only seen the story of Nandu, but I have never seen the story of Beigui. In this book, I am most impressed by Mr Fu Sinian. I don't think he looks like a scholar, but more like a "knight-errant". His academic research results are indisputable, but his hot temper makes others evaluate him differently.

However, Zhou Zuoren thinks that Fu Sinian is just an invisible man. "I'm afraid that people will see his cowardly and despicable thoughts, but on the surface, he deliberately behaves boldly. It is his trick to call Fu Cannon at every turn."

Li Ao said in "Li Ao has something to say": "There was a student leader named Fu Sinian who refused to join the Kuomintang all his life. Not only did he not join the Kuomintang, but he also encouraged his teacher Hu Shi to take a less cooperative attitude with the Kuomintang. I think Fu Sinian is great at this point ... They want to give full play to the power of this intellectual, but they don't want to be assimilated by the Kuomintang ... The real liberals in the cracks don't want to be the Kuomintang or the * * * production party. He has no social status and is very bitter.

1938, Fu Sinian served as state councilor and twice wrote to impeach Prime Minister Kong Xiangxi. Although the upper echelons ignored him, he was later allowed to expose corruption crimes, bombard him at the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference meeting, and finally ousted Kong. Kong's successor can't escape this number. Fu Sinian's article "Song Ziwen must go on like this" shocked the ruling and opposition, and Song Ziwen had to step down. It is also rare in history that a State Councilor suddenly dismissed two prime ministers.

Of course, in this book, I also wrote the story of the most popular talented woman Lin. Lin, Liang Sicheng, Xu Zhimo and Jin are doomed to be inseparable. I won't go into details here. What's interesting is the small friction between Lin and Bing Xin. Lin is very active and likes to make friends. She often invites some literati to hold tea parties at home. However, Bing Xin didn't like this kind of behavior very much. She also wrote "Our Wife's Living Room" to satirize Lin. It is said that because Lin often organizes tea bureaus, he always becomes the focus of all people, and Kan Kan will not allow others to interrupt. Lin did not show weakness, and directly sent a can of vinegar to Bing Xin. Even funnier is Mr. Qian Zhongshu. Their family and Lin are neighbors, and their cats often fight. Lin said that her cat is a treasure, and the family is reluctant to fight. When Mr. Qian Zhongshu heard about this incident, he left the cat fighting time at night to prevent his cat from being bullied.

This book also has some controversial points, such as its narrative style. Many people think that as a book about historical facts, the author should write it in a more serious and cautious way, rather than with his own personal emotions and subjective thoughts.