There is a playground in Jigoro Kano's Hongbun Academy, and it is a standard-sized playground. After all, people also play sports, and the facilities in this area are much better than those in other academies.
Li Yu asked: "Does Mr. Jian Na have corresponding plans for the future of so many students?"
Kano Jigoro shook his head: "I just try my best to do what I should do. As for which university they can go to in the future, and even whether they can get into Tokyo Imperial University is their own responsibility. As for the major and direction, I will not influence it.
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Li Yu nodded, "I understand."
It seems that Kano Jigoro's education model is indeed a "free-range" type, but it is quite suitable for the current situation.
Because these international students from China basically have not had much exposure to Western learning, it is no more than a fantasy for them to say what they want to learn. They can only discover it through slow self-study.
Moreover, even if the direction is determined during the two to three years of studying at Hongwen College, it may change later. After all, the changes in this era are so fast that many people's minds cannot keep up with the changes. Otherwise, how can we say that?
This is a major change unseen in three thousand years.
Kano Jigoro called everyone to the playground to form a parade. This was very common in schools in later generations, but it was indeed very rare in the early 20th century.
Kano Jigoro was very proud of his "initiative" and said to Li Yu: "How is it? There are not many ordinary schools that can introduce militarized drills."
Li Yu said with a smile: "It's really neat. I feel like I can do radio gymnastics."
"What is radio gymnastics?" Jigoro Kano asked in confusion.
"Um...it's a kind of gymnastics that all students do together, just like you said, to keep fit." Li Yu explained.
"Sugao Yi!" Kano Jigoro opened his mouth wide, "It's really a great experience for me to have you here today. I didn't expect that sir, you have such a deep understanding of education."
This compliment really made Li Yu feel a little embarrassed.
However, anyone who has received modern education and traveled back to the beginning of the 20th century will have a far better understanding of education than anyone today. The development of education in these more than a hundred years has not been in vain.
Kano Jigoro was not ready to let Li Yu go: "Can you show me what kind of radio gymnastics can be done by all the teachers and students in the school? I have spent many years without success in promoting judo."
"This...isn't appropriate." Li Yu said awkwardly.
"Is there anything inappropriate?" Kano Jigoro looked seriously, and then bowed deeply: "Please enlighten me!"
Li Yu felt that one was bigger than the other, so he had to reluctantly do a few moves of the eighth set of radio gymnastics.
Unexpectedly, Kano Jigoro actually appreciated it very much and applauded frequently: "It turns out that this kind of gymnastics can be promoted in the whole school. It really opened my eyes! In the future, I will promote it widely in my Hongwen Academy!"
Li Yu rubbed his head awkwardly: "Actually, running is also quite good. Running three thousand meters every day is better than anything else."
Jigoro Kano was very modest: "What you said is absolutely true."
It would be really interesting to have him promote radio gymnastics...
After the chat, Jigoro Kano stood on the podium and said loudly: "You must have heard about the Mr. Li Yu invited today. He is the best young scholar in the scientific community today, and he is also from China. There are many more that I need not to mention.
, you already know him far better than I do, so let Mr. Li Yu come on stage and say a few words!"
There was a warm applause from below.
Li Yu looked at the young people in their twenties before him, many of whom were future bosses.
When I glanced over, Lu Xun was excluded first, and the famous ones include Hu Hanmin, Chen Yinke, Yang Du, etc., which is simply embarrassing!
This is just for those who come to school now. Hongwen College will be in operation for another six years, and many big names will still come to study abroad in the future.
Who could have imagined that there are so many big bosses in a school for international students in Japan?
Among these people are future great writers, great historians and political leaders, many of whom can influence the course of history.
Facing them, Li Yuzhen didn't know what to say. After thinking about it, he might just talk about the science he was good at.
Li Yu cleared his throat and said: "I won't introduce myself anymore. To put it simply, I am a science researcher. Everyone should also know about Western learning. The Western learning we lack now is mainly in two major directions, politics and law and science.
, Of course, these two directions are very big and important. Today I will briefly talk about the science I know.
"Many people may not know that our ancestors had a glorious time in science. There were four major inventions in technology, each of which had a profound impact on the modern West. Not much else to say about mathematics, Zu Chongzhi's calculation of pi
It is also a thousand years ahead of the West; in physics, even the Mohists understood the principle of buoyancy and the principle of leverage during the Warring States Period. It is a pity that we did not inherit it well, so it is not that we Chinese are not good at science, but starting from the Ming Dynasty, our
The stereotyped approach to recruiting scholars has severely restricted the development of ideas and restricted everyone's multi-angle development.
"Because of this, I am not a special being. I believe that Chinese people who are proficient in science like me will emerge in endlessly. You don't need to worry about not being able to learn Western learning. It is not difficult! It's just that our starting point is late and low.
But it’s nothing, we have been ahead before, so as long as we study diligently, we can eventually get back ahead again.”
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Li Yu stopped talking after more than ten minutes, and then said: "It's just that my talk is boring. It's better for you to ask more questions and let's communicate."
A young international student next to Lu Xun raised his hand and said: "I, Qian Junfu, once studied at Qiushi Academy in Hangzhou. We all respect Mr. Li Yu very much. According to what Mr. Li Yu said, how big do you think the gap is between us and the West?
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Good guy, Li Yu almost forgot about him.
Although Qian Junfu is not well-known, the Qian family is really a well-known family.
Qian Junfu’s son is Qian Xuesen, the famous founder of the aerospace industry.
The Qian family became famous later on, such as Qian Sanqiang, a meritorious figure in the field of nuclear physics, the great writer Qian Zhongshu, the masters of Chinese studies Qian Mu, Qian Xuantong, etc.
Of course, the Qian family is related to Xu Zhimo, Jin Yong, Jiang Baili, etc.
Qian Junfu and Lu Xun were die-hards, and together with Li Suizhi, the three of them came to Japan together, entered Hongwen College together, and slept in the same class, so their relationship was extremely good.
If it were in later generations, he would be a college roommate, a brother sleeping in the lower bunk, and an absolute best friend.
The Qiushi Academy in Hangzhou where Qian Junfu went to school is also amazing, because in the future its name will become: Zhejiang University!
Li Yu said: "The gap is of course very big, and it is very big. Europe started the industrial revolution a hundred or two hundred years ago, and we still regard science as a fancy technology and don't even have a decent primary and secondary school to catch up.
If you do, the journey will be like traveling to the West to seek Buddhist scriptures, it will be one hundred and eight thousand miles long, and there will be more than ninety-nine or eighty-one difficulties."
Qian Junfu felt a little discouraged: "It turns out the gap is really that big."
"Sir, just tell me, is it possible to catch up?" The speaker was Hu Hanmin.
I will be a big boss of the Kuomintang in the future, so when I ask questions, I prefer to get results first.
After all, those who play politics like to have a set direction and then move forward.
Li Yu thought for a while and said: "We can catch up, but it will take a long time."
Hu Hanmin asked: "How long? One generation, two generations? Sacrificing a little time is nothing!"
Li Yu said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid it will take hundreds of years, seven or eight generations."
Yang Du on the side was stunned: "It took so long? Can we afford to wait?"
Li Yu said: "Of course! After all, Western science is developing rapidly now, but we are still in the initial stage of ignorance. In the short term, even if we start to catch up, the gap will become wider and wider."
Yang Du was surprised: "The gap is getting bigger and bigger? How can we catch up? Although I don't know much about science, I also know how important it is. Isn't it just a matter of learning?"
Li Yu said: "Of course this is not the case, so I just said that politics, law and science are what we are most lacking, and even science takes longer. If you can study abroad, you are all the best in the country, but if I have a blackboard now, on
Just listing a few mathematics or physics questions from Western primary and secondary schools on the blackboard can stump everyone. So you can imagine how big the gap is! Talents are the most sensitive to the soil of science, and cultivating outstanding scientific workers is also the most important.
hard."
Li Yu's words were spoken from the bottom of his heart. This difficulty was something that people later became more aware of: even if excellent scientists can be cultivated through all kinds of hardships, whether they can be retained is another matter.
However, people are still not aware of it to that extent, because relatively basic scientific knowledge is already a huge threshold.
Although Lu Xun was not a revolutionary or a politician in the future, his ideological sharpness was definitely first-class. He clenched his fist and said: "Whatever, just learn!"
Li Yu said with a smile: "Yes, that's what I think! We are too far behind now, so it is of great practical significance to make up for the gap bit by bit. We are all famous scholars in Chinese studies, and we must know the empty talk during the Jin Dynasty.
The wind harms the country and the people. So I don’t want to shout slogans, but I think as long as we are down-to-earth and with the wisdom of the Chinese people, we will definitely stand up again. Even if it takes a hundred years, so what? Looking at the world, the civilizations that have survived are
Is one as old as us? Three or four thousand years have passed, so what will a mere hundred more years do? We can afford it!"
Lu Xun took the lead and started to applaud: "Sir, what you said is so good!"
Lu Xun turned his head and said to Li Suizhi next to him: "Suizhi, don't hesitate. From now on, like me, let's learn medicine! To heal the country, heal people first!"
Li Suizhi nodded vigorously: "I have decided to study medicine! The science is too profound, but medicine is also Western learning, and it is more practical to me."
Lu Xun patted him on the shoulder: "Yes, as Mr. Li Yu said, keep your feet on the ground and catch up slowly. The power of all of us united will be great, as long as everyone does his or her own thing."
Li Suizhi did become a doctor later, and was the first generation of Western medicine in China. He even founded Zhejiang Medical University and the Hangzhou Red Cross Society.
But Lu Xun agreed to study medicine together, hehe...
Li Yu didn't speak much today, but it is true that not many Chinese people understand science at the moment, so the students directly retained him and wanted to ask more questions.
Chen Yinke asked: "Sir, do you think Western learning is in opposition to middle school?"
Li Yu said: "Actually, the term 'Western learning' is incorrect in the first place. There is no difference between Chinese and Western knowledge. They are all shared by human beings. Otherwise, we invented gunpowder, and it would not be used more clearly by Westerners."
Chen Yinke is a very smart person. After one sentence, he has everything in his mind: "I understand."
Lu Xun even asked: "Is medicine relatively easy among all Western subjects?"
This is a subject that Brother Xun wants to "dedicate himself to", and of course he is more concerned about it.
Li Yu said with a smile: "There are no simple subjects. Strictly speaking, medicine can be said to represent the forefront of the application of science, especially now."
The "now" mentioned by Li Yu is not only the current early twentieth century, but also includes the twenty-first century.
Moreover, in the West, many of the best-learned people often go to study medicine.
There is even no medical major at the undergraduate level in the United States, and graduate students are required to study medicine, which shows how seriously they attach importance to it.
But after finally meeting Lu Xun, Li Yu couldn't help but ask one more question, "Sir, have you decided to enter the medical field?"
Lu Xun nodded firmly: "This is my ideal, I want to heal the Chinese people!"
Li Yu gave a thumbs up: "Great!"
But I thought to myself: You will definitely take another path in the future.
However, studying modern sciences such as medicine is indeed very useful for becoming an excellent literati. Maybe this journey of seeking medical treatment had a profound and subtle influence on Lu Xun.
Hu Hanmin added: "Sir, can you give me an example? I really want to know how difficult Western science is. Wait a minute, I'll get a small blackboard!"
Li Yu looked at the blackboard, thought for a while and said, "Okay, I just need to write a few questions, and they are only at the primary and secondary school level."
Li Yu casually drew a coordinate system on the blackboard, as well as a parabola, connected several lines, and then wrote a quadratic function and said: "This is called a function, and the one next to it is called a function image. This is the most basic
Mathematics problems.”
The people below looked confused, and Hu Hanmin asked: "Is this mathematics?"
Li Yu said: "Yes, and as I said just now, it is just the most basic mathematics topic in Western schools."
Hu Hanmin asked again: "What is the significance of this thing?"
Li Yu said with a smile: "Only when you know its significance can you truly understand why you study mathematics."
Hu Hanmin closed his eyes and sighed: "I know! I also know what to do in the future. I can't believe that we are so far behind! From this point of view, I am already too late. I can only think of ways to make China better in the future."
The young people started learning Western learning as early as possible."