At the beginning of 20 centuries, hesperian Ceng Liu spreads a word: Go to China to need not see 3 audience hall, cannot not see Gu Hongming.
　　
Is Gu Hongming what kind of person also? He is born in southern Asia, learn to be in West, marriage in Dong Yang, be an official is in the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning. Perfectness flower, 9 kinds of languages such as law, heart, Latin, Greek, Malaya, obtain 13 doctor's degrees, read English newspaper to mock an Englishman, say American does not have culture, the first China " the analects of confucius " , " middle " with English He Dewen translates the west. By shiver tongue, to Japanese premier Yitengbowen tells Kong Xue greatly, as epistolary as Liefu Tuoersitai of literary Great Master contact, discussion world culture and political field condition, be called by Indian mahatma gandhi " the most exalted Chinese " .
　　
Gu Hongming, word soup is unripe. Was born at island of areca of northwest of southern Asia Malaya on July 18, 1857 inside the balata garden of an Englishman. One's early years, his ancestors by southern Asia of Chinese Fujian change one's dwelling house, accumulate next rich and generous belongings and prestige. His father crime violet cloud the manager that at that time is the balata garden that the Englishman manages, speak the word austral fluent Fujian, can tell English, Malay. His mother is the occidental of eye of fair green jade, tell English and portuguese. The from a child of crime grand inscription below environment of this kind of family is having exceptionally comprehension and memory with respect to antonym character. The balata garden that does not have children advocate Mr Braun likes him very much, receive him for the foster son. From a child lets him read the Shakespeare, work that trains the person such as the root.
　　
British gunboat opened Chinese entrance door 1840. Gu Hongming's adoptive father Mr Braun says to him: "You can know, your motherland China already was put on chopping block, ferocious aggressor the butcher's knife since brandish, preparation is divided and feed. I hope you learn to connect Chinese and Western, carry the responsibility that has Fu Guozhi state, jiaohua Europe and America. " when Fu of cloth Lang Fu returned England 1867, take Gu Hongming of 10 years old to the most formidable at that time west empire. Before before leaving, his father censes before ancestral memorial tablet admonish he says: "No matter where do you walk along, the Englishman is beside you no matter, german still be a French, did not forget, you are a Chinese. You are a Chinese..
　　
Went to England, below Braun's guidance, gu Hongming from the west the most classical language formal name used at school writes proceed with, mastered article of English, heart, French, Latin, Greek very quickly with the mechanical memorizing method of the plainest clumsy, be admitted by famous Edinburgh university with outstanding achievement, get the president, well-known writer, historian, philosopher blocks Lyell's appreciate. 1877, after Gu Hongming obtains degree of Master of Arts, go to German Lai to study literature, philosophy than the famous institution of higher learning such as stannic university again. Later, cai Yuanpei goes when study of university of Lai comparing stannum, gu Hongming already was the well-known figure with celebrated reputation; And after 40 years, will to Lai compare stannic great period when Lin Yutang, gu Hongming's composing already was the school appoint read surely. The teenager Gu Hongming that student studying abroad of 14 years makes be full of endowment alive becomes the young learned man of perfectness west culture.
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