Reborn Bao Guowei, I really didn’t want to be a great writer!

Chapter 333 Dispute! A new school of history is born!
Bao Guowei won an award? This is explosive news.

Bao Guowei refused to accept the award? This is a more eye-catching news.

This added fuel to the already explosive public opinion field.

In particular, everyone knew that the reason why Bao Guowei refused the Pulitzer Prize was largely because he wanted to help his master treat a serious illness.

This touched many people even more.

In recent years, with the invasion of Western culture and the surge of various new ideas, many traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, such as respecting teachers and honoring the elderly, have been thrown into the trash.

But in most people's minds, Bao Guowei's behavior is still in line with everyone's universal values.

Bao Bingwen was a man who was talented in literature, good at treating plagues medically, and created masterpieces in history. He was even praised by many foreigners.

Now, his moral standards are even more certified.

This makes Bao Guowei's original supporters or fans admire him even more strongly.

In addition, the Kuomintang government intentionally or unintentionally wanted to establish Bao Guowei as a moral role model, and the trend of deifying Bao Guowei in the market became increasingly serious.

The extremes must be reversed.

Where there is flattery, naturally there will be people who are uncomfortable with it and jump out to belittle it.

In some newspapers, the previously silent "opposition" has jumped out again.

Zhang Zhiping, who has always been a pioneer in opposing Bao Guowei, was the first to express his position in the newspaper: "I heard recently that Bao Bingwen refused the Pulitzer Prize. It is really touching. It is a great thing for Chinese people to be recognized by the West. I opposed this gentleman in the past, not against him as a person, but against his extreme nationalist views and actions.

But as a Chinese, I am also honored to win the Pulitzer Prize.

But when I heard Bao Bingwen refuse the Pulitzer Prize, I was filled with indignation. Bao Bingwen has failed the recognition of the West and the admiration of the people. He just wanted to save an old man. He really sacrificed the greater good for the sake of small profits.
On the other hand, Bao Bingwen doesn't know how to practice medicine, so what's the point of staying in China? It would be better to go to the United States, which might make the old man happier. Perhaps as an immature 17-year-old boy, he is afraid of going to the West, right? "

Su Xuelin has always been at odds with Bao Guowei because of Xun Ge'er, and she also posted a message saying this.

"Bao Bingwen's behavior is truly disappointing."

The "opposition" spoke one after another. Wu Tiao, who was originally the leader of the opposition to Bao Guowei, did not speak this time because of the support from the National Government.

However, it still sparked a huge discussion in the academic community, and many people from the public also got involved.

Naturally, most people support Bao Guowei.

Some extreme people even think that Chinese scholars should not accept awards from foreign powers.

But there are still some people who crazily attack Bao Guowei, and the reasons are varied.

Some, like Zhang Zhiping, think that Bao Guowei is a fame-seeker whose actions have hurt the friendship between the Chinese and Americans and have failed the expectations of the people, and that they should unite to boycott him.

Some simply believe that Bao Guowei is not worthy of the position, and that "Guns, Germs, and Steel" is not as powerful as rumored, and is full of nationalism and conspiracy theories.

In the Republic of China, related discussions were already very heated, and with the intensification of this incident, there was constant criticism and condemnation for a while.

A group of literary masters led by Xun Ge'er, such as Feng Xuefeng, Dai Wangshu, Lin Yutang and others, all engaged in debates with these people, trying to make clear the right path in this world.

Not only in China, but also the United States, far across the ocean, was also caught up in the debate.

When the news that Bao Guowei refused the Pulitzer Prize spread to the United States, the once arrogant white gentlemen were furious.

Scholars who originally opposed Bao Guowei's winning of the award also spoke out in the newspapers to denounce him.

Burns, professor of history, spoke without mincing words.

"I have long said that the Pulitzer Prize cannot be given to a Chinese. This goes against the original intention of establishing the prize. In my opinion, the book Guns, Germs, and Steel is too outdated now, and many of the data and conclusions lack definite evidence.

I still stick to my idea. The Chinese people have been in ignorance and backwardness for hundreds of years. Their citizens still wear braids and struggle above the poverty line. The emergence of such an astonishing genius is really incomprehensible.

I request the relevant departments to ban this Chinese man and stop his false works from appearing in our newspapers!"

At that time, racial discrimination was not a minefield, and even on the surface, many people scoffed at racism.

But white supremacy has always been buried in the hearts of many Westerners.

Therefore, Burns has a lot of supporters.

However, Bao Guowei also has many supporters in the United States.

The war of words that originally broke out in China also ignited in the United States.

There are so many elements involved that many scholars have to join in.

These factors include, but are not limited to, disputes over racism, the handling of situations in the Far East, whether academia has national boundaries, etc.

Of course, the most discussed topic is "Guns, Germs, and Steel" and its historical status.

In the early 19th century, historicism emerged in Germany as a discipline that emphasized a deep understanding of historical events.

In the early 20th century, the French Annales School proposed the use of social science methods to study history, emphasizing the impact of economic and social structures on history, as well as the analysis of long-term historical trends.

But Bao Guowei's works have confused many scholars.

The dispute between the new and old historiography has a long history, and each scholar thinks that he is right and the other side is a heretic.

But when Bao Guowei's book came out, any discerning person could see that it was an extremely mature history book.

It can be said that he does not belong exclusively to the traditional school of history, nor does he completely belong to the Annales school of history.

This is an extremely complete and mature genre, it is a genre unto itself!
It can even be said that it is inclusive and encompasses all schools of thought.

Bao Guowei naturally did not expect these impacts.

But invisibly, a strange phenomenon was formed in the American academic community. Some members of the original traditional school and the new school joined the "Bao History" school.

In addition, the influence of his successive works in the United States has formed a powerful group of "Bao disciples."

An extremely fierce struggle ensued with these "opposition groups".

As a staunch supporter of Bao Guowei, Mr. Eugene O'Neill immediately became the backbone of Bao Guowei's supporters.

He published articles in newspapers to refute these oppositions.

"Any discussion involving racism is meaningless. Academics do not involve race. Mr. Bao's contribution to contemporary history and even literature is something that all conscientious scholars cannot deny.

The book "Guns, Germs, and Steel" should be recognized. Mr. Bao may have his reasons for not being able to come to the United States to accept this award, but we cannot deny his contribution!

Any knowledgeable historian should understand that this book is a breakthrough in contemporary historiography, so I ask all the gentlemen participating in the debate to put aside your arrogance and jealousy and seriously acknowledge the talent of an oriental teenager. Is it difficult? "

The two sides were arguing back and forth, having a great time.

This influence did not disappear until many years later.

Many Chinese who studied in the United States in the 20s, such as Shen Youding, He Lin, Liang Siyong, Qi Sihe, etc., were influenced and became staunch supporters of the "Bao School of History". In particular, Qi Sihe, who studied at Harvard University and received a Ph.D. in history, wrote in his later memoirs.

"Since I started studying at Yenching University, I have been a supporter of Mr. Bingwen. His articles opened a window of light for Chinese students who were living in darkness at that time.

Later, I had the good fortune to be sent to study at Harvard University. I might have been discriminated against at first, but we were different from other Asians. As long as we said Mr. Bingwen's name, almost every Western scholar would give us a thumbs up.

Mr. Bingwen gave hope to the students who were studying in the West at that time, that is, Chinese people can also do well! Chinese people are not worse than Westerners at all!
Later, I also did a lot of research on history.”

While there was a huge quarrel outside, Bao Guowei was hiding in Gusu, completely ignoring the dispute outside the window.

Trapped in "research".

"Mr. Bingwen, are you saying that if necessary, you can cut open the patient's trachea, use this device to connect to the oxygen bag, and manually squeeze the oxygen bag to maintain the patient's life?"

Inside the laboratory in Gusu, Shen Shiwan looked at Bao Guowei in disbelief. He never expected that the other party would come up with such a crazy treatment.

Simply unheard of.

Can a person survive after having his tracheotomy?
This basically goes against Shen Shiwan's previous medical concepts.

He looked down at the medical device that had just been made in his hand.

With Xiang Songmao's support, it was not difficult for Bao Guowei to manufacture these devices and medicines.

Bao Guowei has long been immune to outside evaluations. Instead of wasting time on doing more practical things, wouldn't it be better?

For example, promoting the improvement of domestic medical standards is also a great thing that benefits the country and the people, and is no more meaningful than criticizing in newspapers.

Bao Guowei knew that Shen Shiwan was an excellent doctor and a patriotic doctor.

Therefore, he was willing to teach him everything he knew, also for the sake of Zhang Taiyan's illness.

He introduced.

"This is nothing new. A few years ago, Harvard University in the United States invented the iron lung. The original intention was to provide patients with auxiliary breathing. You should know that the main cause of death for patients with respiratory diseases is lack of oxygen.

If this problem can be solved, the mortality rate will be greatly reduced.”

What Bao Guowei didn't say was that his simplified version of the ventilator was still too advanced.

The first ventilator was a manual ventilator invented by an anesthesiologist in Copenhagen in 1952, more than years ago.

Compared with the "iron lung", it is more direct and effective.

Shen Shiwan was astonished. He looked at Bao Guowei in disbelief and opened his mouth, wanting to refute something.

But the treatment method Bao Guowei just told me has no problem from the perspective of Western medicine.

Even with the help of allicin, the risk of infection can be minimized.

Seeing that he still seemed a little hesitant, Bao Guowei reminded him with a smile.

"This is just the worst-case scenario. We have discussed before that pneumonia patients have almost no cure and rely mainly on their own immunity to get better. If we can maintain the patient's oxygen level through a ventilator, the patient's chance of improvement will be higher, and intubation will greatly reduce the probability of death."

He also doesn't mind showing off his knowledge.

"Sir, do you know the Golden Chamber? It is an ancient medical book written by Zhang Zhongjing. It also says 'Put a reed tube in the mouth and let the person blow it. After a while, the stomach will become rough'. It also talks about this treatment method, but we have more methods now."

Shen Shiwan was stunned for a moment. The arrogance and innate indifference that he had when he first arrived disappeared at this moment.

Because Bao Guowei, this scholar, defeated himself in his own field of medicine.

Shen Shiwan was proud of himself as a top figure in the domestic medical community, but some of the medical theories and methods that Bao Guowei often mentioned still benefited him a lot.

He couldn't help but sigh and say, "If I weren't a staunch atheist, I would think that you, Mr. Bingwen, are the god of literature. These are really amazing. If you study medicine, it is not impossible for you to win the Nobel Prize in Medicine."

Bao Guowei complained in his heart, someone has nominated me for the Nobel Prize in Medicine, isn't this just making trouble?

Am I, Bao Guowei, someone who likes the Nobel Prize?
However, I still need to comfort this little brother in front of me, so as to prevent his faith from being broken and him from losing interest in medicine.

So, Bao Guowei patted the other person's shoulder and said earnestly.

"Brother Shen, you don't have to flatter me too much. I just have a good memory, have read a lot of foreign literature, and have made some efforts that ordinary people don't notice."

Shen Shiwan smiled bitterly and said, "It's really hard to measure this little bit of yours with any unit of measurement."

Ignoring the other party's complaints, Bao Guowei's focus was still mainly on Zhang Taiyan. He sighed and said.

"Brother Shen, if we add this ventilator, can Mr. Taiyan's survival rate be increased to more than 50%?"

Without the help of penicillin, Bao Guowei could only use these methods to treat Zhang Taiyan in the short term.

Shen Shiwan thought about it, nodded and said.

"Mr. Taiyan's condition was originally very critical, but you proposed medical care and various conditioning methods. With the help of allicin and a ventilator, Mr. Taiyan should be able to greatly alleviate his symptoms and his chances of recovery will also be greatly increased."

After hesitating for a while, Shen Shiwan finally said it with certainty.

"With the help of these things, Mr. Taiyan's chance of recovery can be increased to 50%. Next, it depends on whether he can stick to those daily rules."

Bao Guowei let out a breath.

All the hard work over the past few days has finally paid off.

In later generations, antibiotics and ventilators were also used to treat severe cases of pneumonia.

If this doesn't work, Bao Guowei will be of no help.

Shen Shiwan couldn't help but sigh and said: "Thanks to Mr. Bingwen, if it was someone else, Mr. Taiyan might have been in danger."

Bao Guowei waved his hands and felt that the burden on his shoulders was lightened a little.

"Let me go see the gentleman. The situation should be much better today."

Shen Shiwan now obeyed Bao Guowei's orders and nodded to follow him.

Halfway through the walk, perhaps because the urgent problem had been solved, Bao Guowei suddenly turned around and said to Shen Shiwan.

"Sir, in addition to Mr. Taiyan's condition, I have another matter that I need your help with."

"May I help?"

Shen Shiwan frowned, instinctively feeling that it was no small matter.

Bao Guowei narrowed his eyes. He was impressed by Shen Shiwan's ability. If he could help him promote the construction of the penicillin factory, it would be a great help!

The question now is how to trick the other party into joining us.

(End of this chapter)