After chatting with them for a long time, the students from Hongwen College "let" Li Yu go.
In fact, Li Yu found it quite interesting to chat with them. After all, they will all be great people from now on.
But at this time, Hantaro Nagaoka came to Hongwen College and found Li Yu: "Great, I finally found Mr.! I thought he left Tokyo Imperial University in a fit of anger."
Li Yu smiled and said: "How could I be so narrow-minded?"
Hantaro Nagaoka said: "This incident is originally our school's fault. If not, sir, come back to school with me, the principal will solemnly apologize to you."
Li Yu said: "It's not necessary, it's not a big deal."
Hantaro Nagaoka shook his head vigorously: "The school is a sacred place. If such a discriminatory incident occurs, and it is targeted at an outstanding scientist like Mr., if word spreads, we at Tokyo Imperial University will probably be laughed to death by others."
Seeing his sincere attitude, Li Yu had no choice but to say, "Okay, let's go back to Tokyo University first."
Li Yu did not like to add the word "empire" intentionally or unintentionally. After all, the University of Tokyo will not have this word in the future.
Li Yu first said goodbye to Jigoro Kano: "Mr. Kano, I'm really sorry, but I have to go back to Tokyo University temporarily due to something else. I will definitely learn judo skills from you when I have time in the future."
Jigoro Kano said: "No problem, I will also humbly learn broadcasting gymnastics from you!"
Li Yu smiled awkwardly: "Learn from each other."
Kano Jigoro said that he was also practicing competitive sports, which suddenly reminded him of a joke he had heard before: There was a foreigner who came to China to study martial arts. After studying for a year, he returned to China and performed well. Later, there was a Chinese
When I saw it, I felt something was wrong: Why did this foreigner come back after learning a set of radio gymnastics?
Li Yu also said goodbye to the students of Hongwen College temporarily: "You can contact me at any time if you have the opportunity in the future. I also have a telegram, which is very convenient."
They also got along very happily with Li Yu during this short period of time. After all, they are students with advanced ideas, and a brief collision of ideas can leave a deep impression.
When he returned to Tokyo Imperial University, President Kenjiro Yamakawa actually greeted him at the gate of the school.
Kenjiro Yamakawa stepped forward to shake hands with Li Yu and said, "I'm really sorry. The best oriental scientist today came to our school, and I only got to see him today. It's a pity!"
Hantaro Nagaoka introduced: "This is our president. Coincidentally, he also studies physics. President Yamakawa received a bachelor's degree in physics from Yale University in the United States more than 20 years ago."
Li Yu said: "I'm glad to meet you. The University of Tokyo really attaches great importance to the science of science."
Kenjiro Yamakawa said: "Sir, he is the most outstanding talent in mathematics and physics. Now that I am too old, I have long retreated to the direction of education. In the emerging scientific research direction, the gap with you is not the same."
Li Yu said: "The principal's words are serious."
Yamakawa Kenjiro solemnly said: "This is the fact! I have been fortunate enough to read all the papers written by Mr., and they are really wonderful and truly admirable. This time, the students of our school are blind and offend Mr., which makes me ashamed.
It has also brought shame to the school. After discussion by our school committee, we unanimously decided to give him a warning of expulsion."
Li Yu said: "That's not necessary, it's just a verbal offense. Besides, I don't take it to heart."
He really didn't take it to heart. This kind of idleness was something Li Yu was too lazy to have, and he wasn't a great person, so it wasn't worth his anger.
On the other hand, Kenjiro Yamakawa felt that Li Yu had a lofty personality after listening to Li Yu's words: "Sir, he is worthy of being from an ancient Eastern country, and his belly can hold a boat! No wonder Professor Nagaoka has always said that he should be in awe of China."
Hantaro Nagaoka also added: "Sir, you must give another lecture or seminar at our school."
Kenjiro Yamakawa agreed: "That's right! I promise that the last situation will not happen again. And this time I will invite all colleges and universities. Anyone who wants to listen can come and enjoy Mr.'s style together."
"Okay." Of course, Li Yu didn't need to refuse, so he seemed to be a host.
Kenjiro Yamakawa added: "Please move on, sir. We have summoned the famous alumni of the school in advance to hold a tea party for you. It is also an act of our university to express our apology."
Unexpectedly, they prepared quite a lot of tricks.
When they arrived at the tea party, several professors from Tokyo University were already present. Nagaoka Hantaro introduced him: "This is Takamine Joeyoshi, an excellent professor in chemistry. He just returned from the United States. This is Professor Shiga Kei, the infectious disease professor."
Experts in disease."
Gao Fengjiang Ji Li Yu knew that this person completed the crystallization of adrenaline in 1900, and he was indeed very powerful in chemistry.
As for Shiga Keima, although there is no obvious connection with the later Unit 731, when it comes to Japanese experts in infectious diseases and bacteriology, people will always think of it in a bad direction.
Li Yutong shook hands with the two of them: "Nice to meet you!"
The two of them also respected Li Yu very much: "I have heard about Mr. Li Yu for a long time, and when I saw him today, he is indeed extraordinary."
Hantaro Nagaoka continued to introduce: "This is Natsume Soseki, a lecturer at the Faculty of Liberal Arts. He heard about your situation and felt deeply unfair."
Natsume Soseki has not yet become famous, but his talent has begun to show.
Natsume Soseki ranks first among Japan's most popular writers, and his face has been printed on Japan's 1,000-yen currency.
Li Yu said: "I have admired you for a long time!"
Natsume Soseki said: "It's Mr. I have admired him for a long time! Although I also studied in the UK, I have deeply felt that just being proficient in English is not enough to strengthen the country's power. I really regret not studying mathematical sciences at the beginning."
Natsume Soseki also suffered from neurasthenia around this time because he felt that studying English for so long was "of no use" to the country.
Li Yu said with a smile: "There is an old saying in China, good fortune lies on the back of misfortune, and misfortune lies on the back of good fortune. There is no real good or bad."
In fact, it was indeed this neurasthenia that inspired Natsume Soseki to start creating, and then he became his own.
But neurasthenia really tortured him greatly. There was no advanced psychology or neuroscience in this era, so there was almost no way to deal with neurasthenia.
After the introduction, Kenjiro Yamakawa presided over the tea party: "Today, I suddenly heard that students in our school were disrespectful to Mr. Li Yu. I am deeply worried, which may cause the reputation of our school to plummet. You must already know that Mr. Li Yu is an extremely
It should be our honor for an outstanding scientist to come to Tokyo Imperial University, but it is a pity that I did not learn about it at the first time, so I was unable to make arrangements in advance. Here, I would like to solemnly apologize to Mr. Li Yu!"
Yamakawa Kenjiro took a step back and bowed directly at 90 degrees, which made Li Yu feel a little embarrassed and felt like he owed the other party a big favor.
After the speech, the tea party officially started.
This was Li Yu’s first time drinking Japanese “tea ceremony”.
In fact, it's a pity to say that when it comes to matcha tea ceremony, it seems that the whole world thinks of Japanese tea ceremony, but in fact, Japanese tea ceremony was completely learned from the Song Dynasty.
People in ancient China have always drank matcha, which involves mashing the tea leaves and pressing them into tea cakes. Then when drinking tea, they break the tea cakes into tea bowls and beat them with a tea brush until they become a bowl of green soup.
Drink.
Of course, this is just a brief talk. In fact, the tea ceremony is very complicated. Now there are more than fifty procedures in the Japanese tea ceremony, which were simplified on the basis of the Song Dynasty.
Japan has been very fond of tea ceremony since their Warring States Period. People such as Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and others were very obsessed with collecting tea sets, and even regarded them as treasures. Among the tea sets, the best are "Kangmono", which are from China.
Imported goods.
After all, Japan at that time even made all kinds of strange pottery, and exquisite porcelain was naturally extremely valuable in their eyes.
Nowadays, people may have heard that the ancients had four elegant things: tasting tea, listening to the piano, burning incense, and hanging pictures (flower arrangement).
Tasting tea ranks among them.
It's just that these gadgets are the favorites of literati and officials. They cost money and time, and are not affordable for ordinary people.
When Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty conquered the world, Zhu Yuanzhang came from a poor background and hated the aristocratic culture. He ordered that tea cakes should not be tributed and that tea cakes should be replaced with loose tea.
Since then, China has slowly transformed from matcha culture to the current loose tea culture.
Natsume Soseki saw that Li Yu didn't seem to know how to drink matcha, so he deliberately sat next to him.
Li Yu followed his example and did not make a fool of himself.
Natsume Soseki's family used to be very powerful in the Edo area, but it declined when he was young.
But a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. He still knew all kinds of upper-class life since he was a child.
It feels like Natsume Soseki's experience is a bit like that of Cao Xueqin, a noble in decline.
Natsume Soseki said: "I have loved Chinese culture since I was a child. I started studying ancient Chinese books at the age of fourteen. When I was young, I determined to be born in Chinese."
There are definitely not a few Japanese who think like him, and Li Yu certainly knows that.
Natsume Soseki always has a relatively upright mentality, and there are many people who regard Japan as their mission to replace Chinese Han culture. That is terrible.
Li Yu said: "I'm afraid your master's level of Chinese poetry is better than mine."
Natsume Soseki said with a smile: "I don't dare to try my best. After all, I am just a Japanese. Even if you don't specialize in studying Chinese poetry, you will not be inferior to me. When I was twenty-two years old, I first adopted the pen name 'Soseki'.
Taken from the Chinese book "Book of Jin"."
I really don’t know about this Li Yu, but Natsume Soseki does have a very deep understanding of Eastern culture.
The entire Eastern culture has been influenced by China to a certain extent and has many similarities. Perhaps the most typical difference between Eastern and Western cultures lies in unrestrainedness and implicitness.
Among the several literary jokes that people like to play nowadays, one is from Natsume Soseki.
It is said that when Natsume Soseki was teaching English classes to his students, he once gave the students an English article and asked them to translate into Japanese the sentence "I love you" that the hero couldn't help but say when the hero and heroine were walking under the moon.
Some students translated it as "I love you" which is more straightforward.
Unexpectedly, Natsume Soseki shook his head and said: "Japanese people don't say 'I love you' on their lips. This literal translation has no charm."
So the student asked: "How should it be translated?"
Natsume Soseki pondered for a moment and said: "The Japanese would say, 'Tonight's moonlight is so beautiful.'"
This is typical reservedness, but it is indeed a little too reserved.
Anyway, when Li Yu heard this story, he felt that if he really pursued girls like this, he would definitely be dumped countless times.
The same sentence "You stand here and don't move, I will buy you some oranges" is more like a literary meme.
The expression is also very implicit, but the meaning~~
Ha, everyone should have an impression of this sentence. It comes from Zhu Ziqing's prose "Back" in the Chinese textbook. As for what it means, it is: I am your father!
Natsume Soseki was also very interested in Li Yu's situation. After all, Natsume was not that kind of "Wen Aotian" and he himself also knew the importance of science.
"I admire you so much that you can become an outstanding scientist in such, well, such a miserable environment in the Qing Dynasty. I just came back from studying in the UK a year ago. The two years in the UK made me deeply aware of how powerful British and Western science is. , it is so difficult to catch up. But I actually found out from the newspaper that Mr. has been highly recognized by the Royal Society, which is incredible! You may not know that this is something that our principal and the entire School of Science cannot do."
The current Faculty of Science of Tokyo Imperial University is indeed nothing in the world, but Li Yu can tell from the fact that their principal has a doctorate in physics that Japan attaches great importance to the Faculty of Science.
I have to say that there are many places in Little Japan that are really worth learning.
Whatever they set their sights on, they really risk their lives to do it, and they must use whatever means to achieve their goals.
Li Yu said: "Science in Western Europe is still booming. It won't be long before there will be even more explosive development. The achievements in a few years will even exceed the sum of the previous hundred years."
Hantaro Nagaoka on the side was surprised: "Why did you say this, sir? According to my understanding of physics, the development of science should be gentle."
Li Yu said: "Of course development is gentle, but no matter how gentle the process is, there will inevitably be ups and downs, just like..."
Li Yu wanted to say that it was like "quantum fluctuations", but they definitely couldn't understand it, so he changed his mind and said, "It's like the sea, even if there are no waves on the surface, there are undercurrents under the sea surface, and it is very likely that there will be tsunami-like waves in the near future. .”
The Japanese are so familiar with tsunamis. Nagaoka Hantaro was surprised: "In this way, the gap between the Empire of Japan and Western Europe is still infinite. We can't even catch up with their current achievements. If Western Europe experiences another volcanic eruption, the same thing will happen." Progress, what else do we have to catch up with?”
Li Yu said: "I don't think this is a bad thing. Science always progresses through accumulation, and it's time to erupt."
Even with the two dark clouds in physics, the theoretical foundation has almost been laid. Even Maxwell had already touched the threshold of relativity, but he was just one step behind. Planck also discovered the founding formula of quantum mechanics three years ago. It's just that it didn't attract attention.
Anyway, it’s the so-called storm that is about to come.
During the conversation, Kenjiro Yamakawa, president of the University of Tokyo, handed a telegram to Li Yu: "This is from your country's embassy in me."
Li Yu asked doubtfully: "Looking for me?"
Kenjiro Yamakawa nodded: "Yes, it seems that the telegram sent by the University of Göttingen in Germany to Beijing has not received any response, and they are looking for teachers everywhere. The name is the famous Professor Hilbert."
No wonder Kenjiro Yamakawa would personally find Li Yu and Hilbert with the letter. Of course they knew what level he was.
Hilbert was looking for Li Yu by name, which of course made him curious and surprised.
Li Yu read it.
Everyone around them turned their heads when they heard Hilbert's name. Kenjiro Yamakawa asked: "Why did Professor Hilbert find you?"
Li Yu said casually: "He wants me to write him a paper."
But they were no longer calm: "Professor Hilbert! I'm asking you to write a manuscript?!"
Li Yu encountered this kind of thing not once or twice. Seeing their surprise, he said, "Yeah, it's not a big deal."
"It's no big deal?!" Kenjiro Yamakawa was shocked, "How did you talk about such an important thing so lightly!"
Li Yu was a little overwhelmed and had to say in a surprised tone: "It's really incredible!"
Natsume Soseki almost fainted: "Can you pretend to be more realistic?"