In the summer of the same year, Wang returned to his hometown of Hangzhou to discuss with his friend Chen Handi the establishment of a new school in Zhejiang. Zhi Zhu, a retired Beijing official, tried his best to agree. At that time, 22-year-old Chen Handi eagerly looked forward to "developing education and constantly striving for self-improvement", so he took Wang to travel to other places and tried his best to advocate the significance of establishing a new school. However, due to the obstruction of Zhejiang officials and gentry, it has not been possible for a long time.
Qi Lin was transferred from Quzhou to Hangzhou in February (1896) in the 22nd year of Guangxu, just as Emperor Chen and others were running around to start a school. Liao Shoufeng (word Gu Shi) was also transferred to the Governor of Zhejiang in the same year. Qi Lin was a juren of Jiazike Tongzhi (1864) and a scholar of Bingzike Guangxu (1876) in Qing Dynasty. He successively served as Jishi Shu in imperial academy, a political scholar in Shaanxi, an imperial adviser in Zhejiang and so on, and later released Quzhou as the magistrate. After twenty years as an official, he deeply realized the importance of saving talents and keeping promises, so he very much agreed with Wang, Chen Handi and Zhu Xi's thought of promoting learning. With the support of Governor Liao Shoufeng, he resisted various pressures and decided to open a school in Puci Temple in Hangzhou. At the same time, he was ordered to investigate the illegal cases of monks without temple property. With the vigorous promotion and help of Wang and Emperor Chen Handi, Qiushi Academy was finally established in the first month of the following year (1897). The so-called "seeking truth from facts" means "seeking truth from facts, preserving its correctness and abandoning its mistakes". Why not call it a school but an "academy"? Chen Handi wrote in the 1947 celebration of Zhejiang University: "I was worried about the officials or the obstruction, so I named it Academy."
Qi Lin is the general manager and supervisor of the Academy, and Chen Han, a tribute student, is the first official (actually the deputy supervisor) of the Academy. Chen Handi, a young tutor, is very serious and talented. Although Wen Dazhai's work is very complicated and his income is not high, he is "diligent and energetic."
In April, 1898, Maoxun Liu was appointed as the first generation supervisor. In July, Maoxun Liu Chunyong received good news, entered Linz and was appointed as the dean of the college. Emperor Chen Handi was promoted to prison by Wen Li Zhai Wu.
With the rise of the Reform Movement, studying in Japan has become the unanimous voice of people. In the 24th year of Guangxu (1898), on August 2nd, with the consent of Emperor Guangxu, "sending overseas students to study in Japan became a major national decision". In fact, as early as when Chen Han was the first inspector, it was agreed that Qiushi College would send Yushi He (Xie Hou), Chen Yun (Le Shu), Liu Shifen (Zhong Fang) and Qian Chengzhi (Nianci) as the first batch of students to study in Japan according to the request of Liao Shoufeng, the governor of Zhejiang Province, and Qi Lin's opinion. (Zhejiang Military Equipment School also sent four students from Hunan and Hubei to study in Japan, including Xiao Xingyuan, Xu, Duan Lanfang and Tan Xingpei. ) Zhejiang's move became "the first measure for all provinces in China to send students to study in Japan" and "the first case for China to study in Japan". In order to reduce the burden on international students (200 yuan per person per year), Chen Handi tried every means to solve it. In the letter 1900 to Wang, Qiushi Academy "draws 10% of the funds of various bureaus, and gets more than 500 yuan every month, and the interest of the academy is saved, and the official class award goes to Qiushi, and it gets 89,000 yuan a year." Later, due to the expansion of the school, he "please allocate more than 3,000 yuan to Cao Ding Yuping in each county." Chen Handi proposed to extract education funds from taxes, which showed that the source of funds for Qiushi Academy changed from traditional to modern.
After Chen Han was sent to prison, he worked very hard because of the political turmoil. First, "Kang Liang was in charge", and the court ordered many times to set up schools in various places. Qiushi College has also expanded the number of students-in addition to the original "internal students", it has added 60 external students. In this way, in addition to paying for meals, each student has to pay a tuition fee (that is, 24 yuan). Chen Handi had to buy land and build more school buildings. In August, there was a sudden coup and life was contracted. The hospital borrowed more than 6000 yuan of buildings and equipment, and it took a lot of effort to get it back. After the coup, many students dropped out of school one after another, leaving only 12, all of whom had fixed knowledge and passed the exam.
Chen Handi not only devoted himself to the affairs of the academy, but also cared about the students very much. In the year of Gengzi (1900), Eight-Nation Alliance captured Beijing, and the empress dowager fled to Xi 'an. Jiang Fangzhen and other progressive students were very angry at the humiliation and incompetence of the imperial court, so they set up an "inspirational club" and published articles attacking current politics, which attracted the attention of the authorities. Worried that they would be persecuted, Chen Handi warned Jiang Fangzhen: "It is natural that you are unfair to politics, but you should not leave traces. You should avoid writing." That winter, Tang organized a "self-defense force" in Hankou and was killed. Jiang Baili was filled with indignation and wrote poems to mourn. Due to the pressure from the authorities, the college intends to remove him from the list. But it didn't take long for Qiushi College to send 18 people including Jiang Fangzhen, Jiang Zungui and Wang Jiachui to study in Japan. Later, Jiang Fangzhen became an outstanding strategist and military theorist in China.
After Gengzi (1900), people of insight proposed to establish universities in various provinces. The authorities planned to change Qiushi College into a university hall, so Xin Chou (190 1) was renamed as "Zhejiang Qiushi University Hall". Renyin (1902) changed the word "Qiushi" and renamed it "Zhejiang University Auditorium", and at the same time expanded the enrollment to 120 people. At that time, Maoxun Liu had gone to Beijing, and Lao Naixuan was in charge of the school. Chen Handi also resigned from prison for various reasons and left Qiushi College. After that, Emperor Chen Handi went to Japan to study abroad and embarked on a political career from the Revolution of 1911. He has served as director of the water affairs supervision office, director of the printing and casting bureau, secretary of the presidential palace, secretary-general of the State Council, and Senate participation in politics. Academically, he served as an editor, translator and member of the Palace Museum in Qing Dynasty. Chen Han lived in Shanghai in his later years and devoted himself to the artistic creation of calligraphy and painting.
Qi Lin served as the magistrate of Hangzhou for four years (1896— 1900), and achieved outstanding results. He is a pioneer of modern education in Hangzhou. He founded Qiushi Academy (predecessor of Zhejiang University), Zhejiang Silkworm Academy (predecessor of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University) and Zheng Yang Bookstore successively, and trained a number of outstanding talents such as Shao Piaoping and Xu Shoushang. When Qi Lin was alive, he had a special liking for this lonely mountain. He not only often enjoys the lakes and mountains there with his colleagues and friends, but also comments on "Mrs May and the Crane" in Lin Hejing. He also replanted hundreds of plum trees at the northern foot of Gushan Mountain, making the Meilin of Gushan Mountain flourish. In the spring of Gengzi (1900), when Qi Lin was chanting with friends, he once said, "Leave a famous mountain for me and watch people go to Yun Fan." . It can be seen that he had special feelings for Gushan before his death.
On April 24th, 26th year of Guangxu (1May 22nd, 900), Qi Lin died at the age of 62. His family originally planned to ship it back to Fuzhou, but later, because Hangzhou people such as Chen Handi, Chen Jingdi and Hou missed Yongzhi, they proposed to set up a sacrifice in the forest society near Xizi Lake, so they decided to stay and bury the lonely mountain. Led by Zhu Hefan, Xiang Zao's new and signed society set up an official letter, saying that "there is still an open space of six minutes and seven centimeters behind the foundation of the society, which is not a spirit." Fan Ling was buried, and Chen Handi, Chen Jingdi, Xu Shoushang and Ma Xulun signed the funeral. Here, Chen Jingdi is a famous political activist and patriotic Democrat Chen Shutong. He is Chen Handi's younger brother.
When the Forest Society was first built, it was a Chinese bungalow with brick and wood structure. 1925, Chen Shutong personally drafted Raising Funds to Expand the West Lake Forest Association, and together with sixty people including Chen Handi, Yushi He, Jiang Fangzhen and Ma Xulun, raised funds to expand the Forest Association, and published the Twenty-five Years Memorial Book of the Forest Association. 1946 In the summer, Zhejiang University was demobilized from Zunyi, Meitan and Yongxing in Guizhou and returned to Hangzhou. When it saw the "gradual collapse of the community", it started the reconstruction of the forest community. It was not until 1948 that the project was gradually completed. "The statue of Lin in the society is engraved with the statue of his sage and mentor, Mr. Gao Xiaoyu, Changle." However, due to the shortage of funds, the house was not capped and the inscription was not engraved.
195 1 spring, Linshe was built. For the three buildings, the macro is in the old space. The small building faces south, covering an area of 206 square meters and a construction area of about 250 square meters. Mr. Zhang Langsheng (Zong Xiang), then the director of Zhejiang Library, was invited to write a note for the forest society-"Rebuilding the Monument of the Forest Society", and selected it to be carefully carved. April 20th (the lunar calendar) is the anniversary of Gong Lin's death and a public holiday.
Chen Handi and Chen Jingdi (Uncle Tong) played an important role in the establishment and growth of the forest society.
Since then, the Forestry Society has undergone two major transformations: one was organized by Zhejiang University and Zhejiang Silk Vocational and Technical College (now Zhejiang Sci-Tech University) on the eve of the centenary of Zhejiang University in March 1997. In addition to carving "Restoration Forest Society", plaques and couplets were added. Linshe plaque was inscribed by Pan Yunhe, then president of Zhejiang University. These three couplets are all written by famous painters and calligraphers. Another time, in April 2003, Zhejiang University reformed the Forest Society again after the merger of the four universities. Due to personnel changes, all couplets are rewritten except the plaque. The school once asked the author to write two couplets: "The society is connected with lakes and mountains, and Zhejiang opens a new school; Love is the same as Meihe, accompanied by a pavilion spring breeze. " "The window contains a tower shadow, and the building drinks peaches and plums; The curtain rolls plum fragrance, the name of the poem on the lake. "The latter one was selected in the book Integration of Ancient and Modern Couplets in Zhejiang.