Peking University Scholars'Choice of Staying or Going After the Lugouqiao Incident
After the Lugouqiao Incident in 1937,when the situation was still unclear,the staff of Peking University who were trapped in Beiping were struggling with the Japanese puppet regime to survive the aftermath and pondering the issue of whether to stay or leave in the future.Hu Shi,the Dean of the School of Literature,was ordered to work in diplomacy in the United States.Before leaving,he wrote a letter to his colleagues at Peking University,hoping that they could write in private and make greater academic achievements under the occupation.This letter sparked controversy in the early stages of the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in full-scale manner.Zhou Li'an believed that the scholars with staying decision who wrote in closed doors were nothing more than hanging out the signs of the surviving people,indirectly acknowledging the rule of the enemy and the puppet regime.Under the occupation,they were either rebellious or obedient,and there was no room for seclusion.The scholars with staying decision were also anxious about the survival strategy of writing in seclusion.When the occupation became a foregone conclusion,they all chose to leave Beiping and went south.Professors from Peking University,such as Zhou Zuoren,who ultimately stayed in Beiping,faced with a more severe moral test.
China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggressionthe Lugouqiao IncidentPeking University scholarsHu ShiZheng TiantingZhou Zuoren
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