Yu Ren read and translated Day 1743: "Joseph Needham Arrives in Meitan"
Principal Zhu’s Diary of the Anti-Japanese War and the Westward Movement to Guizhou (Serial Day 1743)
October 23, 1944 (Monday) Zunyi ~ Meitan, it was cloudy in the morning and rainy in the afternoon. It is 15°C in Zunyi in the morning and 14.6°C in the afternoon. The rainfall is 1.4 mm. Along the way, maple leaves are red and tung leaves are yellow.
Get up at five o'clock in the morning. At seven o'clock, Mrs. Yunmin and Song'er arrived at school. After writing the letter, I took a car from the China-British Culture and Science Museum and went to the Social Service Office with L. E. R. Picken and Cao Tianqin. It was exactly eight o'clock, and Joseph Needham had just gotten up. At nine o'clock, Joseph Needham, his wife Dorothy, Picken, Cao Jun and other five people went to the public restaurant for breakfast. We ate steamer dumplings, which cost more than 100 yuan for sweet ones, 80 yuan for salty ones, 10 yuan for crystal buns, and about 20 eggs. ***The meal cost about 660 yuan, which is a bit expensive!
Depart at half past nine. The weather was fine and it didn't rain, but the road was still muddy. The car started to move normally, but later it kept breaking down due to a clogged alcohol pipe. We arrived at Meitan at 2:40. They immediately went to the health center and arranged for Needham to stay. They were very satisfied. It's four o'clock after lunch. Together with Hu Gangfu, Zheng Xiaocang and others, we went to the Confucian Temple, then to the Brahma Palace of Sichuan Temple to check the chemistry room, and to Zhang Qikai, Wang Aiyu and others.
Go to Meijiang Hotel at six o’clock to see daughter Zhu Mei.
Return to the health center at 6:30, have dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Li Joseph, Picken, Cao Tianqin, Bei Shizhang, Shu Hong, Du Zongguang, Xiaocang, Ji Liang, Gangfu, Hongkui and others to discuss Needham's two-day visit itinerary. Be back at eight o'clock.
(Qingyan, Zunyi, Meitan and Yongxing in Guizhou are worthy places for every Zhejiang University person to visit and see in their lifetime. The above text is read every day by Yu Ren, an alumnus of Zhejiang University in Guizhou Translated from "The Complete Works of Zhu Kezhen" from 1940 to 1946, one article a day, fresh translation, share with you, "travel" to the westward migration, witness every day of the principal's seven years of running a school in Guizhou during the Anti-Japanese War, understand the spirit of seeking truth, and promote the westward migration. Culture. Misunderstandings and errors are inevitable, so please read the original work.
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