Mr Li Pei died at the age of 99. Why did you call Li Pei first?
Li Pei, a native of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, 19 18 was born in Beijing. Middle school students study in American missionary school Bridgeman Girls' School. 1937 was admitted to the Department of Economics of Peking University, 1938 to 194 1 studied at Kunming Branch of National Southwest Associated University. She is the vice president of the Student Union of Southwest United University. After graduating from college, Li Pei worked in Chongqing China Labor Union, participated in many progressive mass movements led by the Communist Party of China (CPC), including school entrance events, and founded workers' night schools and workers' nurseries. Influenced by the underground party member in China, he helped to send the donation from the American Labor Association to Yan 'an Liberated Area.
1947 Li Pei went to Cornell University to study business administration. The following year, Li Pei married Guo Yonghuai, a senior at National Southwest Associated University. 1956 10 Guo Yonghuai returned to the motherland from the United States with his wife Li Pei and his daughter after many twists and turns. From 65438 to 0960, Li Pei went to the University of Science and Technology of China to teach English. 1970 moved south to Hefei with China University of Science and Technology. During the period of 1974, Chinese Academy of Sciences students concentrated on the Chinese University of Science and Technology to train English. Although Li Pei was treated unfairly by the rebels, she still insisted on teaching English in the first two training courses for foreign students. 1976, Li Peifeng was transferred back to Beijing to work. 1978 organized the establishment and served as the director of the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Section of the Graduate School of China University of Science and Technology. The English textbook she compiled won the National Excellent Textbook Award and held the first postgraduate course of applied linguistics in China, which made a pioneering work for the formal establishment of the subject in China, and was praised as "the mother of applied linguistics in China".
Mr Li Pei has long been concerned about the construction and development of the school. In 2003, on the 45th anniversary of CUHK, Mr. Li Pei donated the pure gold "Two Bombs and One Satellite Meritorious Medal" awarded to Mr. Guo Yonghuai by the Central Committee, the State Council and the Central Military Commission to the Museum of History of CUHK for permanent collection. In the same year, the school established the Guo Yonghuai Scholarship of China University of Science and Technology. In 2007, Mr Li Pei donated all his personal savings to the University of Science and Technology of China and the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for the Guo Yonghuai Scholarship.
Why is Li Pei called Mr.? This is the same as that of Mr. Jiang Yang for the following reasons.
The History and Evolution of "Mr"
The word "Mr" is not actually a modern Chinese vocabulary. Instead, it comes from the old saying, which means "born earlier than yourself and older than yourself".
As early as the Analects of Confucius? There is a saying in "Politics" that "wine and food make a gentleman delicious". Of course, here, "sir" means "father and brother".
There is a saying in Mencius, "Why did Sir say that?" Here, "Mr." refers to an elderly and learned person.
During the Warring States period, the national policy said, "Sir, please sit down. Why not?" The same is to address virtuous elders.
In Han dynasty, the word "old" was added before "Mr", which was called "old gentleman".
As for why "Mr" has evolved into a synonym for "adult man", it is because "Mr" has the meaning of "teacher" in the old saying, and most teachers in ancient times are male, which has gradually evolved into the usage in modern Chinese.
But in fact, the word "sir" was not the exclusive word of "adult man" at first.
Various usages of "sir"
Speaking of this, many people are probably confused: how to use "sir"? Then look down and you will know.
1, teachers and other educators. In ancient times, learned men and women could be called this way, so "Ms. Jiang Yang" will be called "Mr. Jiang Yang".
2. honorifics for intellectuals and adult men with certain status.
3. Call someone else's husband or the opposite person your husband.
In the old society, people engaged in accounting, storytelling, physiognomy, divination and geomantic omen were also called "gentlemen".
Anyone who is highly respected can be called "sir" to show respect, not necessarily referring to men. For example, Soong Ching Ling, Jiang Yang, Bing Xin, Ding Ling, Ye Man and Xu Guangping can all be called Mr. ..
6. Now all men can be called "sir". This is the most commonly used usage in our modern Chinese.