The virtue of the sage is silent · He Qifang

In the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, He Qifang is undoubtedly one of the leaders who attach great importance to the construction of books and data. This is not only because he has a deep understanding of the laws of academic work and the laws of the Institute of Science, but also more important It is a scholar himself who is still working hard on Chinese classical literature research. He is still climbing the peak of scientific research and is still trying to overcome the "commanding heights" in the discipline. It is important, spending effort to promote the construction of the institute's book and materials. First of all, he organized the book data committee headed by Qian Yan and Li Jianwu. These two major researchers are known for their knowledge and mastering rich academic data. The enthusiasm, they successively served as the director of the Institute of Books and Information Management Committee. Without them, the Institute of Literature could not order such a complete foreign academic data at the time, and collected so many valuable ancient books. Secondly, He Qifang also used the spirit of unrestrained selection of talents, figured out and appointed a job of a person who had no college diploma but self -taught and opened a bookstore to host the book and data room. Emphasized again. With the long -term efforts of He Qifang's team, the books and information libraries of Chinese literature and foreign literature of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences have been greatly enriched, and the books are rich in the country. Compared with the university library, it is better than.

He Qifang often goes out to buy books and buy books for the institute. This is originally working for the public. He can use his own special car, but he is all at his own traffic, almost without exception. It is rumored to be Meimei and laughs. He went to the old bookstore or Liulichang, and often brought an umbrella. After he was collected, he became a pack. In order to save effort, he was often hung on the umbrella and carried it. And return. Please imagine that he is wearing a cloth, a pair of cloth shoes, and a packet of books on his shoulders with an umbrella. He slowly walks on the streets of Liulichang. Get up slightly up, and from time to time, I have to support the glasses rack with my hands ... Where is this a ministerial cadre? It is simply an ordinary and unwavering, nerd ...

In addition to his early prose and poetry, He Qifang's achievements were mainly his research performance in the field of Chinese classical literature. Although, because of the traditional family education and his early literature interest and complete university education, He Qifang had already studied in Chinese classical literature, but he really conducted academic research and achieved significant achievements in Chinese classical literature. After the "Chief Executive" of scientific research institutions, it was specifically in the 1950s. He himself said that: "When I was working in the Institute of Literature in February 1953, I planned to study the history of Chinese literature. Starting from Qu Yuan, I wrote my first paper on our classical literature." Then It is about Wu Jingzi and his "History of Confucius", Li Yu, "Dream of Red Mansions", "Pipa" ...

Within a few years, He Qifang successively came out of the papers of "super weight", saying that they were "super weight". As far as their scale, length and weight were concerned, they were extraordinary, which greatly exceeded general academic journals published in general academic journals. The paper, such as his "On the Dream of Red Mansions", has nearly 100,000 words. As far as the content of their discussion is concerned, they are complete and comprehensive, including all important aspects of the discussion objects related to many academic issues. As far as its value is concerned, its data and citations are solid. Its discussion is clear and creative, and it is by no means old words. The language is affinity, natural and penetrating, showing the inherent skill of American writers. As far as its social influence is concerned, not to mention deafening, at least it is also convincing and playing a "one -time confusion". All of this laid the authority of He Qifang in the 1950s and 1960s in Chinese classical literature research. And such academic cultural achievements are the result of his hard work. In his own words, it is "doing administrative work during the day, reading or writing at night", and his more than one papers are often either "early morning", "late night" or "holiday period". An ordinary and respectable thinker, a cultivator!

Perhaps it can reflect the three volumes of "History of Chinese Literature" collectively written by the Institute of Literature. Prior to this book, the most famous and most influential academic work in the field of Chinese literature history was the "History of Chinese Literature" by Liu Dajie, a professor at Fudan University and the "History of Chinese Vulgar Literature" edited by the former Minister of Culture Zheng Zhenduo. In contrast, the three volumes of the Institute of Literature "History of Chinese Literature" obviously have a certain transcendence in scale, length and content discussions. It can be said that it is an epoch -making work. The writing of this book concentrated on the elites of all the academic research of Chinese literature history at the time of the Institute of Literature at that time: in ancient times to Sui from Yu Guanying, Hu Nianyi, Cao Daoheng and others participated; Wang Shuizhao and others participated; the Yuan and Qing dynasties were chaired by Fan Ning, and Wu Xiaoling, Chen Yuzhen, Liu Shide, Deng Shaoji and others participated. There is no editor -in -chief signature in the book. Only the "Institute of Literature Institute Chinese Literature History Writing Group" was signed. He Qifang is actually a real editor. "From the planning plan, the preparation meeting to the full book, he has been a veritable leader and participant from beginning to end. Especially the first draft of the whole book has been carefully reviewed. In the discussion, he participated in the section, and he made a lot of opinions. He was so large that he evaluated the literature, a certain writer or work of a certain period of time. "He will not let everyone choose him as the editor -in -chief", and even "can't find his name in the list of members of the writing group", so unreasonable and selflessly pouring his own efforts in a collective work, but Reject the name you deserve, willing to be an unknown hero. Can you still find another example? I have witnessed the development process of literary history in the decades after He Qifang to He Qifang, and knows the nobleness and valuability of He Qifang's spirit and the example of He Qifang. I still miss his spiritual example so far.

(This article is excerpted from one of the "Everyone's Elegant" series "Liu Mingjiu -Ferryman of French Literature", one of the "Everyone's Elegant Things", which is deleted)

Source: China Social Science Network-Journal of Social Sciences of China

Author: Liu Mingjiu/Self -described Liu Yujie/Organization

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