Qian Zhongshu’s classic quotation: Rumors spread faster than the flu, contain more energy than meteors, are more malicious than gangsters, and are more debilitating than miscarriage.

Refers to the speed and harm of rumors.

1 Character profile

Qian Zhongshu (1910-1998), a native of Wuxi, Jiangsu, was originally named Yangxian and given the courtesy name Zheliang. Later he was renamed Zhongshu, given the courtesy name Mocun and his nickname was Huaiju. , who once used the pen name Zhongshu Jun, is a modern Chinese writer and literary researcher.

In 1929, he was admitted to the Foreign Languages ??Department of Tsinghua University. In 1932, he met Yang Jiang in front of Guyue Hall of Tsinghua University. [1-2] In 1937, he received a bachelor's degree from Exeter College, Oxford University, with the article "China in British Literature of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries". [3] In 1941, he completed the writing of "Talking about Art" and "Written on the Edge of Life". In 1947, the novel "Fortress Besieged" was published by Shanghai Chenguang Publishing Company. [4] "Selected Annotations of Song Poems" created in 1958, was included in the Chinese Classical Literature Reader Series. In March 1972, 62-year-old Qian Zhongshu began writing "Guan Zhui Pian". [5] In 1976, the English translation of "Mao Zedong's Poems", which Qian Zhongshu participated in the translation, was published. In 1982, the "Updated Edition of Guan Zi" was published. [6]?

At 7:38 am on December 19, 1998, Mr. Qian Zhongshu died of illness in Beijing at the age of 88.

2 Character evaluation

Mr. Qian is the last elegant person in Chinese classical culture. He is a pure scholar. Not only does he not have the slightest interest in climbing up the political ladder, but he is also afraid to avoid it. Mr. Qian is conceited, but very measured. [16]? (Yu Ying's commentary)

Qian Zhongshu's memory ability is undoubtedly extraordinary. He is proficient in multiple languages, can recite countless poems and documents, and can pick up classics and history collections at will, and compare them clearly. The academic superwomen and supermen on TV today are completely different. [17]?

Qian Zhongshu is rich in knowledge and talented. He is known as a "erudite scholar" and a "cultural Kunlun". [18]?

Qian Zhongshu is also a master of humor. He is eloquent, eloquent, has a lotus tongue, and has witty remarks that often make people laugh. Qian's eloquence and eloquence are in the style of Mencius and Han Yu, and are known to almost everyone in the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. [19]?

3 classic sentences

1. Wherever people live, there is politics. ——Qian Zhongshu "The Besieged City"

2. May the love be with you forever, and the love will be deeper and deeper. ——Qian Zhongshu

3. I hope that the love will be gone, and the relationship will become deeper. ——Qian Zhongshu

4. Wherever people live, there is politics. ——Qian Zhongshu "Fortress Besieged"

5. Women are all stupid, just as stupid as men want them to be, no more, no less. ——Qian Zhongshu "Fortress Besieged"

6. I found that flattery is like falling in love, and no third party is allowed to look on coldly. ——Qian Zhongshu "The Besieged City"

7. Turning endurance into enjoyment is the greatest victory of the spirit over the material. The soul can be independent or self-deceptive. ——Qian Zhongshu

8. Science is very different from scientists. Scientists are like wine, which become more valuable as they get older. Science is like women, which become less valuable when they get older. ——Qian Zhongshu's "Fortress Besieged"

9. Roasted potatoes are originally like the affair between a man and a woman in the Chinese proverb, "It is better to steal it than not to steal it." The fragrance is worse than the taste; when you smell it, , I felt that I had to eat it, but it was barely enough to taste. ——Qian Zhongshu's "Fortress Besieged"

10. It is most unsuitable to get married when people are traveling together, because each other is an expert and no one can coax the other. The husband will not worship his wife unfathomably, nor will he blindly worship his husband. , the foundation of marriage is not strong. ——Qian Zhongshu's "The Besieged City"

11. This kind of spiritual self-pity made him write autobiographies and diaries, just like a woman wearing Chinese and Western clothes of spring, summer, autumn and winter, making gestures such as bowing, twisting her neck, walking Standing, sitting and lying in various postures, photos are taken as souvenirs. ——Qian Zhongshu "The Besieged City"

12. The meaning of a sentence, in the listener's mind, is often like a strange cat coming into the house, making no sound, and then meowing "meow" after a while. , you just discovered its existence.

——Qian Zhongshu's "Fortress Besieged"

13. If you want eternity, you should look for it in pain. If nothing else, just a sleepless night, or an afternoon when you can't make an appointment, or a boring class. Listening to the lectures is more effective than all religious beliefs and can make you taste "eternal life". The thorn in life is here. Those who linger and refuse to leave quickly are the ones you don't linger on. ——Qian Zhongshu "On Happiness"

14. Eating is sometimes like getting married. The most important thing in name is often an accessory. Eating fine food is actually just eating vegetables. Just like a lady who wants to be courted by a rich man, the purpose is not to be a woman. ——Qian Zhongshu

15. Many women smile so sweetly, but their smiles are just a soft exercise of facial muscles, as if a coach is shouting the command: "One!" Suddenly their faces are full of smiles, " Two!" Suddenly the smile disappeared, leaving only an empty face, like the curtain before a movie. ——Qian Zhongshu "Fortress Besieged"