Qian Yuan's evaluation

When my father married Qian Yuan, I was 18 years old and just arrived at the factory.

I wasn't sad then. Because "Aunt Qian Yuan" is a very easygoing person, unlike "stepmother". At that time, I was still thinking, "Anyway, Dad should get married again, so Qian Yuan is at least a good choice.". Sure enough, after entering the life of Xishi Chaoyang family, we began to associate with my sister and me in the form of big friends, which never made us feel like stepmother. At the same time, the help we get from her is various, and she has a great influence on our life trajectory. For example, when I was in college 25 years ago, I never thought that coach Qian Yuan's English would play such a positive role in my life, so I will always thank her!

Qian Yuan is not a housewife who is good at housework. Perhaps no one will ask her that. Therefore, Qian Yuan, who is "self-aware", will try his best to make up for this "shortcoming" in other ways. For a long time, every Saturday when she should go back to Xi Shi's nest, I would look forward to her, because she often brought us back some delicious food ... because she had to change trains several times to go shopping along the way, she often came home late. If it had been winter, it would have been dark. We prepared dinner for her at home. Sometimes it's almost seven o'clock, and my father always says, "Eat first. Mom may be here soon. " Often, as soon as we sit down to eat, the door opens and my mother comes in carrying a big bag wrapped in a cold wind. She always walks with a red face and a sweaty forehead. As she hurriedly took something out of her bag, she said hurriedly, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm late." We are used to her like this, and we like this evening very much.

We usually watch TV after supper; There are many TV plays. Qian Yuan never has the time or patience to watch a TV series, but she doesn't want to be "ignorant" about it. Therefore, she always watches TV programs in advance, understands the ins and outs of a story in this cheating way, and then proudly tells us: "Later …" We have many "opinions" on this, thinking that she ruined the suspense.

Yang Hongjian is Qian Yuan's stepson. He graduated from Beijing Institute of Physical Education with a master's degree in Physical Education from new york State University, and is now the business manager of Beijing International Sports Exchange Center. Interpersonal processing

1On March 4th, 997, Professor Qian Yuan, doctoral supervisor of Beijing Normal University, died of illness at the age of 59. She is the only daughter of Qian Zhongshu and my college classmate Jiang Yang.

1960 In late spring and early summer, Beijing Normal University held an exhibition on educational reform. The organizers of the exhibition are all young teachers. Qian Yuan and I were transferred from the Foreign Languages Department. I am an editor and she is an artist. In class 59, four generals are called "demons": in the history department, people pronounce "one" as "demon", which is the origin of "demon"; A physics department can do magic, and the title of "magic" deserves its name; One of the biology departments has long been nicknamed "kid", and of course he is a "ghost". And Qian Yuan is the only woman among the four. She doesn't have a nickname, but since she ranks fourth, she has to recognize the word "strange". "Demon" and "Demon" dated for many years, fell in love and finally got married. People call it "monster marriage", and their marriage is very happy. Ms Jiang Yang mentioned her son-in-law Wang Deyi in Six Chapters of Cadre School. 1969 1 1 month, when the money delivery man got on the bus, Wang De came forward to help him as soon as he saw that someone was carrying too much luggage. The article describes the parents' mood at this time: "Silent and I can't help admiring the good fashion of the new society, and at the same time comfort each other by saying: Deyi (this is the number given by Mr. Qian Zhongshu to his son-in-law, in Mr. Yang's article) is kind and honest, and Ayuan is by his side, so we can rest assured." But who would have thought that just six months later, when Beijing Normal University was besieged on May 16th, Wang Deyi was framed and forced to commit suicide. This is the biggest blow in Qian Yuan's life. Now, 27 years later, "strange" also walks with "demon". On March 8, "Magic" and "Ghost" came together to bid farewell to the body. In those days, I sent away a "demon" with grief and indignation, but today I bid farewell to "monster" with sadness, which makes people deeply moved.

Not long ago, I saw the list of 55th graduates from Beijing 12 Middle School, and everyone introduced themselves. Qian Yuan wrote: "I graduated from 1959 and have been working in the Foreign Languages Department of Beijing Normal University. He taught Russian before the Cultural Revolution, and now he teaches English. He is in charge of a postgraduate training program with English teaching as the professional direction. I take two or three specialized courses every semester. Although it is difficult to prepare lessons, I can keep learning new things. It is really' only half learned'. " What impressed me most about this self-report of less than 100 words was her modesty. She was the first student in our class to be promoted to professor and doctoral supervisor, but she always felt that her original major was Russian. Now she is going to teach English, so she has to work harder and learn while teaching, which is why she says she has only learned half. In fact, Qian Yuan has a deep family background and a solid English foundation. He didn't stop learning English while learning Russian. When he switched to teaching English on 1966, his level was not low. From 65438 to 0978, he studied at Lancaster University in England for two years, and visited Newcastle University in England from 65438 to 0990 to study English Stylistics, Pragmatics and Applied Linguistics, and wrote English Stylistics Course (English version), English Speech Rhythm, English Poetry Metry and other articles. Some people say that she comes from a rich academic family and her works must be attributed to her parents. As far as I know, when Qian Yuan encounters a problem, Yang Qian's parents always put forward the search scope or the title of the book, so that she can find, read and solve the problem by herself.

Being a professor and a doctoral supervisor is certainly a good thing, but outsiders can't understand the joys and sorrows. Qian Yuan is indifferent to fame and fortune, but he can attach importance to the responsibility on his shoulders. Because of the shortage of manpower, her doctoral supervisor offered undergraduate courses in addition to postgraduate courses. In addition, she lives in the city, so it is inconvenient to travel, so the classes are arranged intensively, with four classes in two mornings a week. It's tiring to turn four joints in a row. At this time, she was as excited and nervous as when she was preparing for war at the army level. Traffic jams often occur in Beijing during rush hours. In this case, the usually calm and elegant doctoral supervisor is like an ant on hot bricks. In order not to miss classes, there is only one way: get up early and leave early. Once, I got up late for work at night, hurried out, hurried all the way, arrived at the station, waited for the bus, crowded the bus ... finally arrived at school, relieved, but went up the steps of the teaching building, looked down and found that my leather shoes were actually yellow and black. What a big mistake I made in my haste! What shall we do? I have to ask a teacher who lives on campus to go home quickly and bring my wife's shoes ... It seems like a funny little thing, but it shows Qian Yuan's nervousness. She is like a clockwork machine, which can't be loosened. Once I asked her how she was doing, and she replied, "I'm exhausted." I advised her to "stop" quickly, and she said, "I'm on the back of a tiger ..."

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Qian Yuan is also responsible for what others see as "unusual things". There are many examples For example, when she found Weng in the foreign language department reference room studying hard and taking time off to attend college courses, she took the initiative to correct his homework and guide him to study. Over the past few years, she has never stopped, and finally let this aspiring young man be admitted to the graduate school of the University for Nationalities with the same academic strength.

A few days ago, I chatted with Professor Chen for many years about an unforgettable thing. 1996 At the beginning of this year, Chen visited Qian's family. During the chat, Qian Yuan took out a thick dictionary-Webster's English Dictionary. Chen Mei understand its meaning. When I opened it, I saw that the pages were densely covered with neat small characters, and then I turned down, almost every page. There were thousands of pages in this book. What a big project! Facing Chen's surprised eyes, he explained: "My father took this dictionary with him during his decentralization, read it three times from beginning to end, and carefully read and annotated every phrase: revision, supplement, correction and quotation are equivalent to revising this dictionary." Professor Chen said excitedly, "This is a treasure! It's up to you to sort it out later! " Qian Yuan replied, "It's a pity that I can't take care of myself." Professor Chen said with emotion: "Qian Lao's style of study is a family heirloom, which has a great influence." The English intensive reading textbook compiled by a university in Shanghai was written by Qian Yuan. She also read it word for word several times from beginning to end, and many pages still left dense handwriting. "

People are not steel, and steel will break if they are "overtired". Long-term overwork has cracked the steel in Qian Yuan, first coughing, and then backache. Let her see a doctor. She said it doesn't matter, just take a rest, but it really doesn't work. Just buy some pills and take them on the way home, even if she is "cured". 1996 In the spring, my waist got worse. One morning, I couldn't sit up. I quietly called the Foreign Languages Department for help without telling my mother. Although unwilling, he was "escorted" to the hospital. The examination found that it was bone tuberculosis and there were three lesions in the spine, and the possibility of cancer cells was not ruled out. Later, I found that there was something wrong with my lungs and I was admitted to Beijing Hot Spring Chest Hospital. After expert consultation, it was diagnosed as lung cancer. In the late stage, my lungs were filled with water and cancer cells spread. I am terminally ill.

The above diagnosis results are confidential to the patient. But Qian Yuan already know fairly well, and the expressions of relatives and friends, the doctor's conversation, the drugs taken and the medical measures taken have all leaked out. But she pretends not to know, doesn't ask about her illness, doesn't talk about her illness, and seems to have just moved to work in a hospital bed. She regularly gives guidance to doctoral and master students, writes a discussion outline for the scientific research project of "2 1 century foreign language curriculum system and teaching content reform" of the State Education Commission, and also writes a manuscript for the magazine "Foreign Language Teaching in Primary and Secondary Schools". I mentioned the manuscript on the phone and advised her to rest more. She said: "This is a debt. I promised for a long time, and the debt is always bad. "

In order to ensure the rest of patients and prevent more people from visiting the school, I had to call and write. Once, Professor Chen was asked to bring a letter. After reading it to her, she looked very happy, saying it was a letter from an old classmate and carefully put it under the pillow. At the beginning of last year 1 1, I heard that my condition deteriorated. My wife and I rushed to the hospital in spite of the ban. We sat face to face in front of her bed. I said "Troika" affectionately (Russian, three-person team, three carriages), and she nodded knowingly. At that time, I was the Communist Youth League Secretary in my class, Qian Yuan was the organizing committee, and Haiyun was the propaganda committee member. Troika, more than 40 years ago, was reunited with his sickbed today, so we took out photos and letters of our old classmates, recalled the past years and talked about the situation of our classmates today. Haiyun brought a Russian wooden doll, and Qian Yuan said with surprise, "Ah, Matlioshka (Russia), how lovely! I used to have one, but ... once a little guest came to my house, and the father couldn't coax the child, so he let him play with this doll and gave it to him. I really can't stand it! " I saw that she opened the wooden dolls one by one and arranged them in a row, from big to small, with five dolls. She stroked one by one, her eyes full of true feelings, just like watching her own children. She has never given birth and has no children of her own, but at this critical moment, she is still full of maternal love ... We asked her father in the chat and she said, "My father is also in the hospital. He knows I'm sick in the hospital, too. I write to him, and my mother often delivers messages for both of us. But ... "She swallowed her words gloomily. She also told us: "My mother once told my father that he was so ill, which was pitiful. But my father said,' I am not poor, you are poor, and you have to take care of the patients.' I think so now. My mother is the most pitiful. He is 86 years old and has to take care of two patients. "Since she was admitted to the hospital, I won't let my mother visit me, for fear that my mother would be sad to see her like that. But mother and daughter talk on the phone every night.

At this time of Qian Yuan, lung cancer spread, lung function is extremely weak, and oxygen delivery is essential all day! Cancer cells invade the bones, and the spine is osteoporosis, so you can only lie flat. The back bedsore festers and exposes the bone, so it can't be turned over for treatment. Lower body paralysis, stomach peristalsis, unable to eat, only infusion. Moreover, the veins that can be infused all over the body have been punctured, so we have to find another way. On the day we went, it happened that the doctor gave her a small operation and opened a small infusion port under the left scapula. It is said that the first time the mouth was opened on the right, it failed, and it was changed to the left. The pain can be imagined. Seeing us, she smiled and said, "It's cruel to punch holes in your body!" " In order not to let others suffer for her, she used jokes to cover up her pain.

In this terminally ill situation, Qian Yuan is still worried about her work and thinking about others-she always writes down her thoughts or tells others that her body doesn't listen to her and her brain can still think; She set off for Yunnan to buy medicine for her old classmate's wife and sent the money she just received ... how many things she had to worry about!

She left at the wrong time. I once advised her that the ancients said, "If you don't do it, you will do it." To protect yourself, learn to say "no!" She understands this truth, but she can't. She forgets everything at work. The annual physical examination "has no time" to participate, and the long-term cough and low back pain can not be treated, which eventually leads to great disaster. Recently, I often wonder: Who will protect the talents who have been trained for many years in a country like Qian Yuan? These people are devoted to their careers, but they don't know how to protect themselves? Family and friends? Leadership? Organizations at all levels? Or the government? Can you stand by and watch them all "die hard" and do nothing? In the 1960s, I was a student of the Chinese Department of Beijing Normal University, and Qian Yuan was a teacher of the Foreign Languages Department. She is just my teacher in a broad sense, and she didn't teach me directly. In universities, departments are separated like mountains, not to mention different departments. Even in the same department, different grades, or even different classes at the same level, there is little contact. If the boundaries between departments, teachers and students had not been broken during the Cultural Revolution, I might not have interacted with Mr. Qian Yuan.

Qian Yuan's mother, Jiang Yang, must have a chance to associate. At that time, I had a close relationship with Zhang of the Foreign Languages Department. He often comes to my dormitory to chat. We were walking on campus that day, and the school art troupe was taking a ladder to draw colorful oil paintings waved by Chairman Mao. Qiang Ren pointed to one of them and said, "Qian Yuan." Before that, I heard the name from him, and I also knew that her husband, who was teaching in the history department at that time, committed suicide at school during the isolation review because he was suspected to be a member of May 16th. At that time, the dormitory building where he committed suicide was also labeled "So-and-so committed suicide!" Big slogan, crossed names. It was Qiang Ren who told me, and I realized it was her husband. I have been afraid to ask her about it, and I don't know what to say. I had to say nothing as if nothing had happened. Needless to say, it was because she couldn't speak at that time. In retrospect, she probably couldn't bear to touch her inner wound. But on the surface, she is as gentle as ever and speaks very gently, but I think she is silently enduring all the storms.

I met her at lunch in the dining hall one day. I stood at the table with her, eating and talking. Speaking of translating novels, Fu Lei said that she is an uncle, but he hasn't read the novel Dover in john cleese translated by Roman Roland. This novel was regarded as advocating "individual heroism" before the Cultural Revolution. Of course, it can't take Chinese courses, and it doesn't even borrow from the school library. During the Cultural Revolution, it was nowhere to be found. I kept a set in my hand and lent it to her. I don't remember what she said after reading it.

However, I remember that when I was allowed to move to Hong Kong and prepare to leave Beijing, I met her in the dining hall at lunch. I said goodbye to her. She smiled and said that many years ago, her father stayed in an inn in Hong Kong and pushed the door in. The housekeeper said there was no room. Qian Zhongshu argued that the door clearly said "there is a room"! The housekeeper showed him around and pointed to the signboard and said loudly, "What a nice room!" " "It turned out that Qian Zhongshu, a great scholar, was also stumped by the word" Xia "in Cantonese, and the word" Xia "was also regarded as" you "!

I have been writing to Qian Yuan since I came to Hong Kong. At that time, I was making up my English. In her letter, she told me many ways to learn English. It's a pity that I'm too lazy to achieve anything after all. Of course, my qualifications are far behind that of Qian Yuan. Even if I study hard, I'm afraid I can't make progress. When Qian Yuan went to college, his major was Russian, which was the most popular foreign language in mainland China at that time. After staying in school to teach, I turned to English for teaching needs. I don't think everyone can succeed in this transformation, but she did, and her business is at the forefront. Apart from her family history, she must have extraordinary intelligence and her own efforts. No wonder Jiang Yang wrote about her like this: "A Xuan is a masterpiece of my life, and Zhong Shu thinks it is a' usable material' and a' reading seed' in my father-in-law's mind." 1990, Qian Yuan returned to Beijing after visiting Britain for half a year. That night, Qiang Ren invited her to Tsim Sha Tsui for dinner, and I was with him. After dinner, I went to his new home in Mobil to catch up, and then we sent her back to the Chinese University Hotel where she stayed. When our car drove away slowly, I looked back and saw her still standing in front of the Spanish building in the night, waving. This is the first time I have seen Qian Yuan since I left Beijing, but I didn't expect to see her for the last time.

After she returned to Beijing, there was still a letter, but it was not dense at first, and then it became thinner and thinner, so that I didn't care if there was no news. I thought everyone was busy. I couldn't believe it when the bad news of her death came. After reading The Three of Us, I realized that she was hospitalized on 1995 for low back pain, 1996 1 month. But I don't know. She never revealed it in her letter. I remember that in the mid-1980s, Qian Zhongshu's novel Fortress Besieged was reprinted by People's Literature Publishing House, and Qian Yuan asked her father to send me an autograph. I haven't seen Qian Zhongshu. This book has been on my bookshelf. Every time I see it, I will be in a trance and flash the gentle smile of teacher Qian Yuan. Qian Yuan, like her parents, has no ambition. She was admitted to Beijing Normal University and determined to be a leading teacher. Sharp soldier, I thought it was my daughter's new word. I thought it was a soldier, a good soldier, but not a general or an officer. After graduation, she stayed in school to teach and devoted herself to becoming a top soldier. Her classmates, colleagues and students must know Qian Yuan better than I do.

Qian Yuan is unyielding and upright. Beijing Normal University cooperates with Britain to train English teaching postgraduates. Qian Yuan often argued with the British flight attendants, accusing them of sending experts whose English level was too poor to meet the requirements of English postgraduates in Beijing Normal University. As a result, the British ambassador invited her to dinner, apologized to her and asked her to talk about her plans and requirements. Qian Yuan's answer was clear, and the British ambassador nodded. I listened to her words and understood that she was building a useful theme.

One day, Beijing Normal University will receive supervisors from the British Council. British experts on campus have heard that this man has been to many universities in China, and he has a big temper, which is always embarrassing. So he greeted Qian Yuan in advance, saying that the man's severity was "aimed at us" and told Qian Yuan not to mind. Qian Yuan unavoidably also posed for the battle. Unexpectedly, after talking with Qian Yuan, the guest was very friendly and said he was satisfied. He said that "The First Hospital of Beijing Normal University has successfully run this cooperation project in China", and then lamented that "you China people are too wasteful and have good grades, and you don't know how to promote it." Qian Yuan obtained the certificate issued by the school for this work. Before admission, she gave her mother three awards. I think she should be a good soldier and a top soldier.

Qian Yuan loves teaching and students. When she comes home from class at night, she has to squeeze the bus and reverse the car halfway. You must be very tired when you get home. But often when I get home and can't sit down, someone will call to ask this and that, and the phone call is still very long. Sometimes students come after dinner. Qian Yuan told me that the graduate students in her class have the most questions. Unmarried people should get married, and married people should get divorced. Marriage has a great influence on her study, so we should take it seriously. So the students talked to her about all the questions, and she answered them patiently and seriously, never tired of it.

Professor Qian Yuan's Stylistics is a heavy and boring course, but she makes good use of examples to illustrate the problem, and the examples she chooses are very exciting, which makes stylistic students interesting. She often goes to the library of New Peking University (Old Yanjing) to borrow and return books. She read borrowed books in batches and read many English literary works, which provided rich information for her to choose example sentences. Yang Jiang

Qian Yuan went to England for further study for two years and studied very hard. She said that when the tutor arranged to read a poem, she didn't understand it at first and was very anxious, so she found many other poems of the same period to read and then studied the rhythm of the poem. When she has read enough books, she will come back to read the poems designated by her tutor. She couldn't move in the hospital bed, so she continued reading. She reread many foreign original works and said, "Now I have time to read intensively, and I really read a lot." I still don't publish books when I am sick, and I am diligent in thinking. -Qian Bixiang

Optimistic and strong:

Face the pain and refuse to admit defeat.

Most people always like to talk about their diseases, but Qian Yuan is not like this. She is always enthusiastic about others. Qian Qing.

In the "Cultural Revolution", she did not fall down in the face of bumps and blows. She is calm and firm, but she still insists on studying.

Indifferent to fame and fortune, modest:

She went to England for further study, and the quota was limited, so she didn't fight for it. When it was time for the qualification exam, someone chickened out and she was pushed out to take the exam.

She has never been proud of her family background, but she is very grateful to her parents for their silent teaching.

Exquisite:

Qian Yuan is a busy man and never takes part in sightseeing activities. She often has meetings or lectures at the local normal school before the meetings. After the meeting, she either goes back to Beijing school immediately, or reads books and prepares lessons in the hotel, and seldom goes out to play with all of us.

She always puts others first and never considers herself.

Some people have dealt with him all their lives, but you don't know what he is. Some people are close to him when they see him, and Qian Yuan belongs to the latter. Ye Tan