I have forgotten when I met Teacher Lu, probably at the Ming Dynasty Literature Research Conference or the Ancient Chinese Novel Research Conference. During the small talk, he learned that I was Zhou Weipei's master's degree, so he joked: "Then I am your uncle." It turned out that he and Teacher Zhou had both graduated from Anhui University, and Teacher Zhou was slightly older.
Teacher Lu Lin
Since then, I have exchanged emails with Teacher Lu, and I have also been called Uncle Shi. Unfortunately, the mail before 2004 is no longer there, and the only nine remaining mail messages are after 2004.
I remember accidentally seeing an article by Teacher Lu on the Internet on the academic atmosphere, and he took my research on Ling Mengchu as an example of solid information, and I was ashamed and weak-hearted. Later, when I met Teacher Lu at a meeting, he talked to me about article writing, talked about his Jin Shengsi research, and said: "Even if you examine an article, you can write beautifully. ”
I know that Teacher Lu is beating me tactfully, and the examination article is not a pile of materials, but a stripping and cocoon-like arrangement of many materials, to rough and refined, to select the main points, layer by layer of arguments, and to reach convincing conclusions. In this conversation, I felt teacher Lu's rigor and strictness.
Teacher Zhu Qing praised Teacher Lu's empirical research in front of me several times and asked me to study more. Later, it was found that he did not know Teacher Lu before, but only read Teacher Lu's articles, and his evaluation was not mixed with the slightest emotional factor. The reason why I say this is because at a later meeting, Teacher Zhu met Teacher Lu and told us about Teacher Lu's appearance, and I felt that it was not like what he imagined.
Mr. Lu, who is in charge of the Journal of Nanjing Normal University, said that there are suitable articles to submit. At that time, I was studying for a doctorate, wrote a series of papers, and submitted him a "Trial Discussion on the Dream-Loving Lying Habits Of the Author Dong". I remember that I received a notice of the use of the journal shortly after, but Teacher Lu's email did not affirm the paper, and I was a little nervous.
Later, on the phone with him, he criticized my thesis for not strictly following the format of the southern normal university newspaper paper. As a scholar, the submission does not conform to the format specifications of the journal, which in his opinion is very undeserved. Later, the paper was excerpted from the editorial of the Digest of liberal arts newspapers in colleges and universities, and he was very happy and said that it was an affirmation of me.
Teacher Lu Lin donated books
In the winter of 2006, Teacher Lu sent me his masterpiece "Zhifei Collection". After seven or eight years, there was almost no contact with Teacher Lu.
On April 13, 2014, I suddenly received a group email from Mr. Zhou Xishan, with more than 130 recipients, saying that there had been new progress in the plagiarism case of Teacher Lu's "The Complete Works of Jin Shengsi". I was greatly surprised, first, I did not know the incident, and second, this Mr. Zhou, I did not know, how he learned of my mailbox. Through the Internet, I learned some case information. I was deeply worried about Teacher Lu, and I didn't know how much thought and time he had to divide into this kind of thing.
I did not write to ask Teacher Lu, for fear of increasing his burden. One day, I suddenly received a letter from Teacher Lu. He said that he reviewed the final draft of my national project, "basically read it again", and although he suggested publication, he "did not say much good in the specific opinions".
Opening his review opinions, there were actually more than 4,000 words, of which the opinions accounted for more than 3,000 words, from the title to the wording, to the specification of the writing, to the meticulousness of the examination, to the punctuation and text, all put forward clear opinions, and the problems pointed out were marked with page numbers and lines.
I know that he sent me review comments in the hope that he would allow me to revise and polish the manuscript. To be honest, if I could choose a reviewer, I didn't want the manuscript to fall into the hands of Teacher Lu. He is very knowledgeable and known for his rigor and seriousness, and I deeply feel that my theory is lacking and my vision is narrow, and I always feel that my research is still just a data combing, afraid that he will be easier to see my clumsiness. But in any case, after reading such a review opinion, my heart is only full of touch and admiration, and I don't care about any of my clumsiness anymore.
"Research on the Compilation and Publication Activities of the Late Ming Dynasty: Centered on the Four Great Noble Families of Min, Ling, Mao and Zang in Huzhou", by Zhao Hongjuan, China Social Science Press, April 2021.
He suggested that I use the title of "Research on the Editing Activities of the Four Great Noble Families in Late Minghu Prefecture", which is both concise and in line with the research content. He said: "Making a big article on a small topic is the most effective way." "It made me a lot more grounded.
In the manuscript, I used a lot of tables, and the analysis was relatively small, and he suggested that I publish them as appendices or delete some of them. In the correspondence of e-mails, he said more specifically: "With regard to the form, except for one form about the travel examination that is less needed (or changed to a narrative and placed in the main text), there are individual tables for detailed bibliographic collections that can be compressed (because most of them are found in the bibliography of good books), and the other valuable forms can be placed at the end of the book as an appendix." ”
He encouraged me: "Data collation, induction and analysis are equally important, and many people cannot do it." You've done a great job of that, stick to it. Looking forward to seeing your big book published as soon as possible. ”
At that time, I was visiting Harvard, and I asked Mr. Lu what information he needed to consult. Unfortunately, the books collected by the Harvard University Library were all published later, and there were no valuable documents from ancient times, so they did not help Teacher Lu.
"Research on the Historical Facts of Jin Shengsi"
I remember telling him at Harvard that I would go see him after returning home, but I didn't see him until Mr. Lu passed away in March 2016. In April, I went to Nanjing to visit Mr. Li Lingnian, and he took out the diary he wrote during the death of Teacher Lu, and I read it to tears.
Remembering that he knew the day of Teacher Lu's death, although he could not send him, he could ask someone to send a wreath to send mourning, and he did not think of it at that time. Moreover, I had heard from friends that Teacher Lu was not in good health, and I did not decide to go to visit him, or even make a phone call.
More than a decade of interaction, only occasional emails and a total of two or three phone calls. Judging from the mail records, from October 23 to 24, 2004, I checked the information in Nanjing, and I emailed Teacher Lu in advance, hoping to take this opportunity to meet him, but unfortunately he will go to Tianjin on the afternoon of the 23rd to participate in the Ming Dynasty Literature Seminar, return on the 27th, and go to Zhangjiajie on the 29th, he said, "This time it is estimated that it will be difficult to meet." I haven't seen him since, and that's been the two meetings at conferences.
Teacher Lu Lin walked during his illness
Among my teachers and friends, Teacher Lu has always been one standing far away. Although he has been helping me and promoting me, I have little contact with him, and there is no greeting on holidays. He was honest and selfless, devoted himself to scholarship, and influenced future learning with his own knowledge and conduct.
After Teacher Lu's death, there was an endless stream of nostalgic articles, and I think it was also because of such a scholarly spirit and personality charm. Every time I forwarded an article that missed Teacher Lu, my heart was shaken. Teacher Lu's image became clearer and clearer in my heart, and my guilt towards him became stronger and stronger.
Revised Edition of the Complete Works of Jin Shengsi
This year, I always felt that I should also write a little to express my guilt and admiration, but I have not written. Today on the bus, my mind flashed to the manuscript of the final project of the project, so I remembered that Teacher Lu would publish it as soon as possible, so I opened the computer and wrote these words as a little commemoration of Teacher Lu.
May 21, 2020 at the foot of Xiaohe Mountain in Hangzhou