Where does the dialect sound like a foreign language?

Come to a reading contest today, who can read the following passage in one breath:

Lion lover Shishi Shishi vowed to eat ten lions. Shi always sees lions in the market. At ten o'clock, ten lions are suitable for the market. Shishi is in the right market at the right time. Stone regards it as ten lions, relying on the vector potential to make its ten lions immortal. Stone picks up the bodies of ten lions, which is just right for stone chambers. The stone room was wet, so I asked the servant to wipe it. After the stone room was cleaned, Shi began to try to eat the bodies of ten lions. When I was eating, I first learned that ten lion corpses were actually ten stone lions. Trial interpretation is a problem.

Are you still angry after reading it?

I know every word on it, but if someone is reading it to you, you must look puzzled and don't know what "stone stone" is doing.

How free is the person who wrote this article on the Stone?

Not idle! The somebody else but professor Tsinghua, write this but to prove a big problem:

Feasibility of Chinese Pinyin.

His name is Zhao Yuanren, and he is the youngest of the four tutors of Tsinghua National College.

Zhao Yuanren is a descendant of Zhao Yi, a historian and "spiritual" poet in Qing Dynasty.

The Zhao family has been an official for generations. Zhao Yuanren's father Zhao Hengnian was a juren of Wu Jiasi in Guangxu, and his mother Feng Laisun was proficient in poetry and calligraphy.

When I was a child, Zhao Yuanren followed his grandfather everywhere. I went to Cizhou at the age of three, qi zhou at the age of four, Baoding at the age of five and Jizhou at the age of six. ...

At the age of babbling, he changed places every year, and people with different accents always came and went, which inspired his language talent.

Less than 12 years old, Zhao Yuanren learned Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Baoding, Changshu and Suzhou dialect. Later, he came to Beijing to prepare for the formal study abroad in Tsinghua. In a short time, he taught himself Latin by the way and made a good friend Hu Hongqi (later renamed Hu Shi).

Good friends walked together, embarked on the road of studying in the United States together, and began to learn from God. (Please note that it is learning God, not top student)

In addition to linguistics, Zhao Yuanren also took courses such as the history of philosophy, logic, experimental physics, mechanics, heat, finite group theory and system psychology, which spanned arts and sciences.

I got my degree easily at the age of 23 and still have a bachelor's degree in mathematics. Later, I applied for a postgraduate scholarship in philosophy and became a graduate student in the philosophy department.

As soon as he graduated from graduate school, Zhao Yuanren applied to Harvard University. At the age of 27, he received a doctorate from Harvard University and returned to teach at Cornell University.

As a physics lecturer!

A little messy. ...

In the words of his later wife Yang Buwei:

When he boarded the ship "China", he planned to become an electrical engineer. Get on the train, cross the American continent and become a physicist; Cornell 19 14 became a mathematician after graduation; Later, he got a doctorate in philosophy from Harvard 19 18.

In front of Zhao Yuanren, the professional division of labor seems to be just a joke. He plays with it in his hand.

Its talent and learning ability are probably unprecedented.

Even a great genius like Hu Shi admired him deeply.

Every time you comment on people studying in the United States, you should put Changzhou Zhao first.

1920, Zhao Yuanren returned to China and began to teach in Tsinghua University.

Everything has advantages and disadvantages.

It is precisely because of his high talent and outstanding achievements in all aspects of learning that Zhao Yuanren has been unable to determine what he wants to do.

It was not until 1920 that Russell visited China as an interpreter.

Who is Russell?

British philosopher, logician and historian, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate 1950. These four completely unrelated identities are put together, namely Russell. You keep watching, I'll keep messing around for a while ...

Another all-rounder like Zhao Yuanren. No wonder two people smell alike.

Accompanied by a translator, Zhao Yuanren's extraordinary language ability surprised everyone.

Everywhere he went, he learned the local dialect in less than three days.

In Changsha, he used the Changsha dialect he had just learned to communicate with people. After a while, someone asked him again, "What bandits was Senji when he attacked?" -just ask him "when did Mr. Zhao return to the province" and treat him as a native!

People translate in standard Mandarin, but he is naughty. When Russell gave a speech, he translated it in the dialect of that place, which made the students laugh.

Zhao Yuanren finally understood what he wanted to pursue all his life-linguistics.

192 1 After that, he returned to Harvard University to study linguistics, and returned to Tsinghua one year later.

The school arranged 10 courses for him, including mathematics, physics, philosophy, phonology, modern dialect research, music score research and western music appreciation.

It would be perfect to miss a physical education class, otherwise you can proudly say, "My Chinese is taught by a PE teacher!" " "If others have to obey you, what a beautiful picture it would be.

1925, Tsinghua institute of Chinese studies was established. The first four tutors hired were the famous "Four Tutors of Tsinghua National Studies": Wang Guowei, Liang Qichao, Chen Yinque and Zhao Yuanren.

Four resounding names! Goddess in Xiao Xin's heart!

Zhao Yuanren was the youngest of them, only 33 years old at that time.

From 65438 to 0927, Zhao Yuanren began to collect folk songs in rural areas and conducted the first systematic dialect survey in China.

The result of this study is the study of modern Wu dialect. This is China's first book to study dialects with modern linguistic methods, which marks the birth of modern Chinese dialectology.

1929, he set out again, traveled all over Hunan, Hubei and Guangdong, investigated 67 dialects, recorded a large number of folk songs, and learned 33 dialects in China.

Zhao Yuanren was proficient in English, German and French all his life, and seven foreign languages, including Japanese, ancient Greek, Russian and Latin. Immersed in the children's shoes that recite words in the fourth grade, you can cry for a while before reading the text.

For Zhao Yuanren, learning a language is a pleasure, and it is happy to contribute to this pleasure all his life.

When he returned to Tsinghua to teach, Zhao Yuanren often showed off his skills in front of his students. With such professors, students in Xiao Xin are reluctant to skip classes.

The history of Shi's lion-eating, which supported Chinese Pinyin and was abused by crazy descendants at the beginning, is countless, which is the idle time in the research process.

You know, there is a sign of learning God: if someone has studied his major all his life, he will play a new height casually.

There are not many books translated by Zhao Yuanren. The most famous is Alice in Wonderland, which is called Alice in Wonderland.

There are dozens of translations of this book, but no one can compare with him because of its charm, exquisite translation and appropriateness.

He is also proficient in many musical instruments. He began to compose music when he was a student and stayed with the piano all his life.

Don't think it's just a "karaoke king". He broke through the mode of "school music songs" borrowing foreign music scores to write lyrics, and began to compose music entirely by China people, which made modern music in China enter a new stage of development.

The most popular song written by Zhao Yuanren is "Teach me how not to think about him", with a hint of sadness. However, Xiao Xin prefers another song "Hai Yun" sung by Teresa Teng, which is based on his music.

What kind of woman deserves such a fun and talented man?

Let's welcome Mrs. Zhao to the stage-

Yang Buwei

Yang Buwei, formerly known as Yun Qing, was born in a noble family, and was also a figure that was difficult to be defined by a certain identity.

When I met Zhao Yuanren, she was 365,438+0 years old. Today, she is also an older young woman. Yan value is also average, stocky, not naive girl at all.

But such a woman, the young genius Zhao Yuanren, who is three years younger than her, is still engaged, but she is addicted to tea and rice.

Why?

Because, the mind is also a kind of sexy.

Yang Buwei has received a new education since he was a child, and he dares to speak and act. When it was time for 16 to get married, she wrote to her fiance in person, asking for an annulment, which turned her father against him.

At the age of 23, she accepted the invitation of Anhui Governor and became the principal of Shi Chong School, helping the Northern Expedition to train more than 500 female students.

When she became the principal, she turned her head to study in Japan, making history and becoming the first female doctor of medicine in China.

After returning home, Yang Buwei and his friends jointly opened Senren Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital.

Such a woman who doesn't take the usual path, the average man can't hold it or dare to hold it.

Zhao Yuanren took a fancy to her independence and insight, fell in love at first sight, and was recognized in life.

At first, Miss Yang wanted to refuse Zhao Yuanren, but Zhao Yuanren's confession finally touched her:

Yun Qing! That's it, okay? -I mean, our words? ..... Yun Qing! I can't.

1 921June1day, they held a new wedding.

How new is it? Just look at the wedding notice.

With the background of their two families, it is easy to have a big banquet.

However, people have clearly stated in writing that they will not accept any gifts. If they really want to send it, they will send personal letters, poems, music scores, or donate money to the Chinese Science Society.

This style is rare in the world, full of personality and romance.

Marriage not only precipitated Zhao Yuanren's rich emotions, but also prompted him, a cross-border madman, to find the career direction of lifelong struggle.

Yang Buwei said:

I didn't advise Zhao Yuanren not to engage in philosophy, and there is no harm in engaging in philosophy. But I think I got him into China linguistics. ..... I actually don't feel the influence on him, he is unconscious.

After marriage, Yang Buwei still has her own world. She advocated family planning, opened a restaurant and published a bestseller.

When she was a housewife, she accidentally put herself on the altar of "non-professional female chef" and wrote a book "China Cooking Book". The preface of the book was written by Hu Shi, and the introduction was written by Nobel Prize in Literature winner Pearl Buck.

Today, it is the best-selling and most famous China diet book abroad, and it has been reprinted more than 20 times.

Zhao Yuanren's men are very talented, coupled with Yang Buwei's boldness, it is a match made in heaven.

1 971June1Sunday is their golden wedding anniversary, and the couple each wrote a poem. Although he is 70 and 80 years old, dog food is worse than young people's selfie shows.

Yang Buwei:

After arguing for 50 years, everyone said that marriage is good. Ren Yuan owes me this life, and I will reunite after reversing Yin and Yang.

Zhao Yuanren:

Yin and Yang are reversed and reunited, just as sweet as honey in those days. In the new century, men and women have equal rights and jointly benefit the world.

In the next life, if you want to exchange husband and wife status, the key is to reunite and continue the honey juice.

What is even more enviable is that she has four daughters, and her talent and temperament are excellent.

Zhao Rulan, the eldest daughter, is a doctor of music in China, Radcliffe College, and the second female full professor in Harvard history. She and her husband Theodore Hsueh-Huang Pian are both academicians of Academia Sinica in Taiwan Province Province.

The second daughter, Zhao Xinna, graduated from the Chemistry Department of Harvard University. Later, she returned to China with her husband, a famous material science and metallurgist and an academician of China Academy of Engineering, and became a professor at Changsha Zhongnan Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

Third daughter Zhao, Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, has published 23 books. Her husband is a math professor at the University of Washington and a Japanese.

The fourth daughter, Zhao, holds a master's degree in physics from Cornell University.

198 1 year, Yang Buwei died. A year later, Zhao Yuanren also died.

This couple, who have been standing at the top of the world, support and encourage each other and lead a wonderful life.

If you weren't Zhao Yuanren, you wouldn't have found Yang Buwei.

Since there is a Zhao Yuanren in the world, there must be a Yang Buwei to write a legendary life with him.

The only way to find good is to make yourself better.

The world will not fail a better you.

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