Ta Kung Pao directly gave Lu Bicheng an outlet to express her literary talent, and many of her lyrics were published in the newspaper.
Nowadays, the rarity of good female writers is not much different from that of outstanding scientific workers. In addition, Lu Bicheng’s writing is indeed full of flowers. Suddenly, all over Tianjin are
"Lv Bicheng is widely rumored." No matter what era or who you are, getting recognition from others is a very happy thing.
Lu Bicheng couldn't hide her smile: "It turns out that not everyone is so pedantic, and no one came to scold me." Li Yu smiled and said, "Do you feel happy when someone scolds you?" Lu Bicheng said, "I thought everyone thought women were worthless. Talent is virtue." Li Yu said: "How is that possible! This is just the beginning, and talented women will emerge one after another in the future."
"Definitely!" Lu Bicheng said,
"Women are just like men."
"Of course." Li Yu said with emotion,
"It would be great if everyone could understand scientific content as well as articles and poems." Lu Bicheng shook his head: "What you wrote is too difficult, how many people can understand it." Li Yu smiled: "Yes. Ah, it's too difficult." But what Li Yu was thinking about
"Difficulty" refers to the popularization of basic science. No matter what era or country, the popularization of science is not an easy task. As long as the difficulty is slightly increased, it will be a huge threshold for the public.
To give an inappropriate example: In his previous life, every year after the college entrance examination, the Chinese composition topic would be on the hot search on major websites that day, and everyone could comment on it, and even wanted to write it himself.
But when have you ever discussed the last question in mathematics or physics? As for mathematics, high school mathematics is just the beginning. After all, I only learned introductory calculus in high school.
Of course, there is no need to let the general public understand such profound scientific knowledge. But he deeply understands that at least the scientific content of the nine-year compulsory study should be popularized and is extremely useful.
Even though you may feel that you don’t need much physics and chemistry content in your work, it is ultimately a kind of scientific thinking that is very inspiring to people and can often prevent you from being deceived.
It is difficult to popularize it in later generations, and it is even more difficult in this era of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. After all, looking across the country, there are not even a few decent books on science.
The reason why Li Yu still used blackboard writing in his classes at the Beiyang Armed Forces Crash Course, and Wu Peifu compiled his notes, was because there were no Chinese textbooks.
All science and engineering textbooks in China are now in foreign languages. After all, there are too few good translations nowadays, and literary works cannot be translated well, let alone advanced mathematical works.
And this situation will be the norm for decades to come. Therefore, all the scientists in modern China are surprisingly good at English, and they are really forced to do so.
Of course, in Li Yu's era, English was also a necessary tool for science and engineering students. There is still a long way to go!
Tianjin takes advantage of the proximity of the port and receives overseas mail the fastest. On this day, Fu Zengxiang found Li Yu again.
"With the entrustment of Tang Shaoyi Daotai, I happened to see an overseas package of yours at the port. I intercepted it and brought it here." Li Yu looked at the shipping address and saw that it was sent from Stockholm. When he opened it, he found a thick parcel inside. A dozen second editions of "Fractals and Chaos."
The shipping costs for these books across the ocean were much higher than the books themselves, so Levler simply sent as many as possible at once.
Fu Zengxiang saw that there were books in the package and asked curiously: "Is this the scholar's academic work that shocked the West?" Li Yu said: "I wrote it." Fu Zengxiang said: "I am a super bookworm. Can I use one?" Are you exchanging this ancient book for one with your husband?" Li Yu knew that he was a big bibliophile and said with a smile: "I'll give him one as a gift." Fu Zengxiang shook his head: "In our book collection circle, mutual gifts and exchanges are common. How could I get Mr.'s book for nothing, let alone a book that promotes the spirit of our people." Li Yu said: "It's a pity that this book is in English. If not, I will find a book publisher to print a batch of Chinese versions for you. "Fu Zengxiang said: "It doesn't matter! To be honest, firstly, there are currently no original books in foreign languages in my Shuangjianlou; secondly, even if it is a Chinese version, I can't understand it at all."
"That's right." Li Yu took out a book and gave it to him.
"Then let me give you the original English version." Fu Zengxiang took the book. He couldn't understand the content anyway, so he was not in a hurry to read it. Instead, he looked at the book itself. He said: "It's strange. The ridge of this book is It’s so thin, it seems like there are no threads.” Li Yu said: “This is the latest glue binding technology in the West, and it can be made into a book without threads.”
"So magical!" The more Fu Zengxiang played with it, the more he couldn't put it down. He wanted to take apart the book to see how it was bound.
Of course, Li Yu was familiar with hard-bound books. However, it is true that most books, both at home and abroad, are now thread-bound, rather than glue-bound in later generations.
This is also a big reason why books are more expensive today than they were in later generations. Glue binding can use large-scale assembly lines, but the speed of line binding is much slower and the cost is much higher.
The perfect binding technology was just born eight years ago, and it was not until thirty years later that it began to be promoted on a large scale. However, as a scientific research institution, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is obviously more interested in emerging technologies, so it specifically asked the publisher to use glue binding.
It’s just that the price of perfect-bound books at this time is still not that cheap. And the sense of quality is slightly weaker than that of thread-bound books.
The promotion of new technologies always takes time! Fu Zengxiang felt that he had found a treasure: "I must appreciate it with my book friends when I go back!" A few days later, Fu Zengxiang unexpectedly came to find Li Yu again. He was holding an ancient book in his hand: "This is a Song Dynasty engraving. The remaining copy of "Historical Records" was given to Mr. Li as a courtesy." Li Yu knew the value of the Song Dynasty edition, and it was almost at the top of the pyramid in the book collecting world.
Waving his hand, he said: "It's too precious! With a history of a thousand years, you are no longer reciprocating with courtesy." But Fu Zengxiang said: "No! My friends all know that I like the new and hate the old. If I have a good book and don't have the money, I have to take it. Old books need to be replaced, and I don’t think the value of Mr.’s books is low. If you keep thinking about these old books without new ideas and new books coming out, I’m afraid these rare and rare books will not be preserved. As the pillar of the country, Mr. There is nothing wrong with exchanging Mr.'s advanced scientific knowledge." But Li Yu still felt that he couldn't accept it and kept pushing back.
Fu Zengxiang had no choice but to say: "Actually, I gave this book to Mr. Fu out of selfish motives in the hope that he can help you in the future." Li Yu said, "If you need anything, Mr. Fu, just tell me. Why are you so polite?" Fu Zengxiang looked at it. The fragment of the Song Dynasty's "Historical Records" in his hand said: "Actually, this book is not in my collection, but was recently purchased from the Lu family in Huzhou. You may not know this, but Huzhou Lu Xinyuan and Song Dynasty House are among my four largest collections of books in China. The building has the largest number of Song and Yuan engraved books. Unfortunately, Mr. Lu Xinyuan passed away eight years ago, and the Lu family's descendants used their family's money to help the victims, resulting in financial constraints. The Lu family has almost no ability to take care of the library. Now that the Lu family is in decline, they have to prepare to sell it. Take out the books collected in the Kansong Tower to tide you over. However, the value of the books in the Kansong Tower is too high and no one can take it. I heard from Tang Daotai that they have been targeted by the Japanese." Li Yu was surprised and said: "Japanese?" Fu Zengxiang sighed: "This incomplete volume of the Song Dynasty's "Historical Records" was almost bought by the Japanese Han Shimada. Fortunately, after I found out about it through a friend, I immediately borrowed money to buy it." Historically, Lu Xinyuan's son will start the business next year Publish the newspaper to seek buyers and prepare to sell the Kaisong House.
As a result, Yanosuke Iwasaki, the director of the Seikado Library where he worked, was persuaded by Han Shimada to buy them all for only 120,000 silver dollars.
That's right, Yanosuke Iwasaki is now the second generation president of the Mitsubishi Group. It's Mitsubishi Group again!
To this day, Jingjiatang Library is still the famous library in Japan with the richest collection of ancient Chinese books from the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Lu Xinyuan’s posthumous writings account for 36% of its total number of printed Chinese books.
This library was selected into Japan
Among the 18 kinds of ancient books listed as "Important Cultural Properties", Lu Xinyuan's old collection of Song and Yuan editions accounts for 16, which shows that the entire collection of books in the Song Dynasty in the late Qing Dynasty was put into the library, which made the Jingjiatang Library become a major collection of Japanese Chinese books.
Li Yu gritted his teeth and said: "Nothing can be allowed to fall into the hands of the Japanese!" Fu Zengxiang also hated the Japanese and said: "That's right! The Japanese took away my gold and silver after their victory in the Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War, and they also want to take away my territory! Now no matter what, We can no longer let them use the compensation money to buy up our cultural heritage! It feels disgusting just thinking about it!" Fu Zengxiang still doesn't know that what the Japanese will do in the future is a hundred times worse than the Sino-Japanese War.
Therefore, Li Yu hated the Japanese even more, but he didn't understand whether those officials and dignitaries were just losers, so he asked: "Are the government or the rich and powerful ministers indifferent?" Fu Zengxiang sighed: "In the middle of the court, Ministers have too much time to take care of themselves, how can they care about a few broken books? Even if they have money, they may not like to collect books." Li Yu found that he really asked too much. When there was a famine in Huzhou, the Lu family had to pay for disaster relief. Now the Lu family is in trouble. The Qing court couldn't even afford to rescue him.
Li Yu already understood what Fu Zengxiang meant and said, "Sir, if you say so, I can't even ask for this book. I know what you mean, sir. You want to gather as much people's power as possible to prevent the collection of books from flowing overseas." Fu Zengxiang nodded: " Individual strength is too weak, but it is much better if we unite. According to my estimate, the value of the books collected in the Song Dynasty Tower should be close to 700,000 taels, which is not something ordinary wealthy people can afford." Li Yu took a breath, 700,000 taels Two, the total is 1 million silver dollars!
One can imagine how much money the Iwasaki family of the Mitsubishi Group made four years later by purchasing the entire collection of books in the Song Dynasty for only 120,000 silver dollars, let alone their value for future generations. They are really terrible businessmen.
Li Yu said: "I understand, I will help as much as possible." Fu Zengxiang clasped his fists and said: "From the feat of exposing the Americans before, I know that Mr. is a righteous man." Fu Zengxiang naturally saw that Li Yu had received many rewards, and Not a
"Poor scholar", that's why I mentioned this matter to him. Li Yu touched his chin. It was really necessary to earn more money. Otherwise, in front of the huge Mitsubishi Group, he would really be just a person.
"Poor scholar". While these bastards haven't invaded in a big way and are just engaging in economic plunder, try to make up for it as much as possible.
A gentleman does not take away people's love. After all, Li Yu did not ask for the incomplete copy of "Historical Records" engraved in Song Dynasty. Although Fu Zengxiang didn't say it, he must have spent a lot of money.
After the incident here is over, it seems that Li Yu needs to find an opportunity to go to Huzhou and also take a look at the south.
