1、A MonsterIn 1915, he was called up by Cai Yuanpei to teach English literature in Peking University. After the Revolution of 1911, short hairstyle and western-style clothes caught on, but He still reserved his long brown and deep red pigtail and on which was a traditional bright skullcap. At that tim
2、e, if you look around the campus, if you find a silk long gown walking through the suits, it must be him. At the first sight of his face, you may be impressed by his thick eyebrows and amused by his goatee.He is a rebel. As a very stubborn person he is, he loves to sing a different tune. He objected
3、 what others had accepted. He allowed his hair to growwhen the short haircut came into fashion. He claimed to support the emperor when others are talking about overthrowing the throne with a great passion. He aimed at reviving the Confucianism when others are keen about western culture. When asked a
4、bout the polygamy, he explains that one teapot matches four cups; it is rational and natural; how can one cup match four teapots? He is such a person who is always different with the major.He is talented at and found of reviling a person and he thinks men who are abused by him deserve it. He pledged
5、 loyalty to the Qing Dynasty, but he cussed the Empress Dowager Ci Xi, Yuan Shikai, Xu Shichang and even his superior Zhang Zhidong. When Ci Xi was celebrating her birthday, he was very angry about her embezzling the navy funds and composed a poem very quickly,“ 天子万年，百姓花钱；万寿无疆，百姓遭殃“. Once when he he
6、ard Yuan Shikai praised himself not a man who is intellectual but a example of the practical, he laughed at him,“老妈子倒马桶，固用不着学问；除倒马桶外，我不知天下有何事是无学问的人可以办得好“. He is also known at ridiculing at foreigners. One day he was sitting with his pigtail in Peking University, an English professor passer-by, who k
7、new nothing about him, made fun of his haircut in English. He stood up and asked about what the professor tought. the professor answered English literature. He then talked in Latin fluently with him. The pro suddenly lost his words. He comment with quite arrogance, “How can a professor of English li
8、terature twists his tong when talk about Latin?“ However, he never says a single word like this to Cai Yuanpei. He thinks Cai deserves it, too.He is a man who is brave enough to steal a leopard. Mei Lanfang was very famous at his time. The price for Meis opera is 1 Yuan 20 cent. After the outbreak o
9、f WWI, he wrote a book to criticize the Western culture and said Chinese culture is much better which is the only cure of the war. He gave a speech, the Spirit of the Chinese People, in Liuguo restaurant, Beijing Legation Quarter with the price of 2 Yuan for foreigners. All seats are occupied.He is
10、indeed a genius. In 1877, he graduated from the University of Edinburgh with excellent grades in math, philosophy, ethics, Latin, rhetoric and some other disciplines with the degree of BA. And in the same year, he was enrolled in the University of Leipzig, Germany, to study civil engineering. Throug
11、hout his life, he has 13 Doctor Degrees and master 13 languages, including English, German, French, Latin, Greek, etc. Among them, English, French and Latin are his strength.He is a man of wisdom. When he first set his feet in the lecture stage of Peking University, students laughed at his hairstyle. He replied,“ My queue on the head is visible, but yours in your mind are invisible.“ He is a legend. His name is Gu Hongming.
