Diary of Southwest Associated University

[Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, first-hand historical materials on interesting things about the Southwest Associated University, with a reading guide and many historical photos] This book is a diary written by the famous translator Xu Yuanchong while he was studying at Southwest Associated University. Xu Yuanchong personally compiled, annotated and revised it before his death, without changing a word. The book completely presents the magnificent journey of teachers and students of Southwest Associated University from south to north and back from 1938 to 1946. Through Xu Yuanchong's delicate brushwork, you can touch the most realistic and vivid appearance of the most legendary institution in the history of Chinese education - Southwest Associated University. Xu Yuanchong lends us his eyes and ears in this book, allowing us to travel back to that extraordinary era, where we can take classes, take exams, have fun, and fall in love like real Union students. We can appreciate the style of masters such as Qian Zhongshu, Zhu Ziqing, and Wen Yiduo up close, and gossip about their anecdotes. This book specially adds a character index to allow users to quickly find the gossip they want to read. What Xu Yuanchong recorded from the perspective of an eyewitness is not only an individual's youth, but also a spiritual epic of a nation guarding the fire of civilization in its darkest moments. The most moving thing in this diary is the "sound of reading in the flames of war" presented in the diary. When the war burned Changsha into a sea of ​​flames, students from Southwest Associated University moved away despite the enemy's artillery fire. When the Japanese army carried out frequent air raids on Kunming, teachers and students from the United Union picked up books from the ruins and persisted in studying while running to alert the police, studying for the rise of China. These academic perseverances that burst out on the edge of life and death confirm the cultural backbone tempered in the flames of war. The diary specially contains more than 30 old photos and manuscripts and letters, which restores the three-dimensional reconstruction of those "fortitude and perseverance" years. The best teachers and the best students create the best Southwest Associated University. Let this diary take us back to those legendary years and experience the ceiling of Chinese universities.