1979: My fiancée is a goddess

Chapter 182 The paper has been sent, and Professor Jiang Feng was specially invited to review it.

June 25th, in a teaching building somewhere at Peking University.

In the editorial office of Journal of Peking University, the iron and wooden door painted with green varnish was wide open.

The cool morning breeze from the balcony blows through the hall, taking away the early summer heat.

Looking from the door.

Early in the morning, several editors in their forties and fifties were sitting in the office reviewing manuscripts from all over the world.

The editorial team of the journal is mainly composed of part-time professors from Peking University, with a total of more than 20 people.

Not only do they have profound academic attainments, they also undertake the work of editing and reviewing to ensure the academic quality and level of the journal.

Journal of Peking University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition) was founded in July 1955. It is a journal supervised by the Ministry of Education and sponsored by Peking University.

It adheres to the correct humanistic orientation, implements the "Double Hundred" policy, and inherits Peking University's fine academic traditions.

The main columns of the journal include philosophy research, sociology research, law research, cultural research, linguistics research, book reviews, etc.

Among them, philosophy research, new evidence in literature and history, and cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries are featured columns.

Since its founding, it has been one of the core Chinese journals, on par with Shandong University's "History of Literature and Philosophy". Later, it won many national awards such as the National Journal Award.

These days, Peking University Journal is the research base of the Chinese academic community, where one can see the most cutting-edge research directions in the country.

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"Old Yan, the paper written by Professor Jiang from Beijing Normal University some time ago received a good response! Last week, when I was at Jiangcheng University for an academic exchange, I heard several professors from their school talking about the paper, and they all praised it highly. It seems that studying domestic and foreign culture is more popular and easier to produce results!"

An old professor of medium build and square face walked in from the door with a stack of new manuscripts in his hands, and said with a smile to Deputy Director Yan in the office.

This is Professor Ji Zhenhuai from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Peking University. He is 67 years old and currently serves as the dean of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Peking University.

He is not well-known, but he is a master in literary history research.

Mr. Ji Zhenhuai studied under Mr. Wen Yiduo and Mr. Zhu Ziqing. He wrote "Chronology of Wen and Zhu", "Sima Qian", "Record of Lai Zhi's Writings", commented on "On Han Yu", "The Development of Modern Prose", "Postscript to Wang Guowei's Lectures on New Ancient History", and edited "History of Chinese Literature" and other works.

"After all, Professor Jiang is a senior talent who has studied abroad, so she is naturally good at Chinese and foreign cultures. Her paper involves the influence of Western culture and cultural invasion. She even used the word invasion, which is rare, and it has aroused the vigilance of many people. At present, this paper has been submitted, which shows that it is thought-provoking."

Deputy Director Yan nodded and explained seriously.

Ji Zhenhuai had been out for exchanges for most of the month and had missed Professor Jiang's lecture. He didn't know much about the specific situation, so he gave a brief explanation.

"Did you hand it over? No wonder!
By the way, this is the new manuscript that the comrades from the post office delivered today, and I brought it up to you by the way."

Ji Zhenhuai put the pile of manuscripts in his hand on Deputy Director Yan's desk with some surprise and said.

As the head of the Chinese Department, I naturally don't have extra time to serve as an editor for the journal, but sometimes I am invited to review manuscripts.

"Okay, leave it there, I'll take a look at it later."

Deputy Director Yan nodded. Although he was the deputy director of the Chinese Department, he also served as an editor in the journal.

With the reform and opening up and the resumption of the college entrance examination, the academic atmosphere in China gradually began to improve.

More and more scholars are submitting articles to the journal, with papers being submitted from all over the country every day.

As an editor, your job is naturally to screen and eliminate papers of insufficient quality, leaving only those that are innovative, high-quality, and have in-depth research.

There are countless papers to read every day, and only those that pass the test can move on to the next stage.

“On the Market Economy.”

Director Yan looked through the paper in his hand, flipped through two pages, frowned, shook his head, and threw it aside.

After about an hour, I took a rough look at the papers on hand, and most of them would be rejected.

"Let's take a look at the new manuscripts. I hope there will be more scholars like Professor Jiang!"

Director Yan rummaged through a pile of thick papers and picked out one with good handwriting.

The thesis was tightly wrapped in yellow kraft paper, with the seal and address of Beijing Normal University stamped on the surface.

"Cheng Kaiyan? She sounds familiar."

When Director Yan saw the name, he looked out the window and thought carefully. Then he remembered that Cheng Kaiyan was the famous talent from Beijing Normal University.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but laugh. Since when did such a talented person start writing papers?
However, the seal of Beijing Normal University on the cover means that this paper has passed the review of their school.

He also remembered that Cheng Kaiyan seemed to be from Professor Jiang's office.

This surprised him a little, "It's quite interesting, let's take a look!"

He quickly opened the cover, and the true appearance of the paper gradually came into view.

The snow-white paper glows in the sun. The title of the paper is:
“Three major themes in children’s literature?”

Director Yan whispered that this was indeed worthy of the title of the Cheng Kaiyan Children's Literature Award.

As expected, he was the first author, and the corresponding author was Professor Xiao Jiang, whom he knew.

"Could it be that Professor Jiang wrote it? Haha."

A thought flashed through his mind quickly and then quickly disappeared. He had met Professor Xiao Jiang before, and given her character and aloofness, it was impossible for her to do such a thing.

Moreover, this is a paper in the field of children's literature, which is completely different from Professor Jiang's research direction.

After opening the paper, Director Yan continued reading and discovered that this was actually a completely new way of dividing children's literature, creatively dividing all themes into three meta-themes.

“Amazing topic, but it still needs to be elaborated.”

He exclaimed, and concentrated all his attention on the paper. He wanted to see how well Comrade Cheng Kaiyan wrote the paper!
"Wow~"

The office was so quiet that the only sound was the flipping of papers. Apart from Director Yan, the other editors were also silently reading the papers.

The morning sunlight quietly shifted from the mottled and peeling wall on the opposite wall, and the golden grating also slowly changed shape.

"Old Yan! Let's go have lunch."

A middle-aged man in the same office turned his wrist, looked at his watch and found that it was already eleven forty. He quickly stood up and shouted to Director Yan.

"what?"

Director Yan responded without even looking up, "You go first. I'll finish reading this paper first."

"What kind of paper is this? You are reading it so intently."

The middle-aged man was packing his briefcase and saw that he looked so absorbed in reading, so he asked curiously.

“Papers related to theoretical research on children’s literature.”

"Children's literature essay? Is there anyone writing in this field? It's quite rare. How is it?"

“In my opinion, this paper boldly and very creatively proposes a new proposition:

The three major themes of children's literature use new methods to conduct typological research on children's literature, breaking the traditional classification methods such as genre, subject matter, style, and school, and innovatively divides children's literature works into three types: "the theme of love", "the theme of naughty children" and "the theme of nature".

The paper is divided into two parts: Chinese and Western. It starts with the classic children's literature "The Scarecrow" during the May Fourth Movement.

The logical chain of arguments and thesis is also very neat and complete, without any loopholes. This is something that many well-known professors cannot do. It can be seen that the author has a solid basic skill.

No wonder Professor Jiang Ting is his corresponding author! "

Director Yan explained with some excitement that although he was not a scholar in the field of children's literature, since they were all classified under the general category of literature, he could still understand some of it.

"Professor Jiang Ting is the corresponding author, so this paper is really interesting." The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows and said in surprise.

Professor Jiang Ting also has insights into children's literature? The young are truly formidable!

"It's more than just interesting. I think this paper has great potential."

Director Yan shook his head and said, "Let's go ask Old Ji later. He often travels abroad for exchanges and should know some children's literature theory researchers."

"So amazing? Which teacher from Beijing Normal University wrote this?"

When he heard Director Yan's praise for this paper, he immediately became interested.

After all, he has many friends and classmates in Beijing Normal University, maybe he is someone I know!
"Cheng Kaiyan!"

Director Yan turned around and said calmly.

"Are you talking about Cheng Kaiyan, the great talent from Beijing Normal University?"

The man opened his mouth and was stunned for half a minute before asking in surprise.

"it's him!"

Director Yan nodded and said with some amusement.

"Oh my god! This Cheng Kaiyan really can't be underestimated!"

The man sighed, silently digesting the news in his heart
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After lunch, Director Yan found Professor Ji Zhenhuai in his office.

"Him? The young man who wrote about fragrant grass?"

Professor Ji nodded thoughtfully. He had read the novel "Fragrant Grass" many times. Although it was a little immature, the writing style was amazing, with the passion and vitality of young people.

This young comrade is also engaged in academic research?
It's really surprising.

"Yes, that's him. This paper involves theoretical research on children's literature. I'm not an expert in this area. Old Ji, do you know any scholars in this field? Theoretical research on children's literature is really rare in China."

Director Yan asked in a deep voice, precisely because he was not a researcher in the field of children's literature, his evaluation of this paper could not be professional and comprehensive, and it needed more professional scholars to review it.

"Children's literature theory research...hiss, let me think about it."

Professor Ji Zhenhuai also had a headache because there were too few domestic researchers in this field.

Besides, he studies literary history, which has nothing to do with children's literature!

He grabbed the little hair he had left and thought, "When I was on an exchange program in Zhejiang last year, I seemed to have met a professor from Hangzhou University who was doing research on children's literature. His name was Jiang... Jiang Feng! Yes, that's Jiang Feng!"

"Then I will write a letter immediately to invite Professor Jiang to come to BJ to review the manuscript!"

Director Yan made the final decision.

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In the summer of 1956, Hangzhou Normal College was established on the shores of the famous West Lake.

This is a special school because it is the first institution of higher learning established in Zhejiang after the founding of New China without any school as a teaching foundation.

The predecessors of Hangzhou Normal College completed the preparations for the establishment of the school in just three months, which was a considerable challenge in that era.

Later it moved to Jinhua, and after several name changes, it finally became the current Zhejiang Normal University.

Zhejiang Normal University, with trees all over the place.

Three or four girls were sitting in the pavilion, enjoying the breeze and reading books, looking so comfortable.

They are college entrance examination candidates of Jinhua No. 1 High School. Now that the college entrance examination is approaching and it is holiday, they came here to see the school in advance.

A girl looked around silently, and not far away was the school playground.

The venue is simple and the afternoon sun is scorching, but it can't stop the boys' enthusiasm for playing basketball on the playground.

"Hey! That little building over there seems a little weird. Is it the Children's Literature Research Institute?"

A girl with short hair, dark skin and a few pimples on her face pointed curiously at the four-story old building not far from the pavilion and asked.

"That is the first children's literature research institute in China, which was established in 1978 by Zhejiang Normal University under the leadership of Professor Jiang Feng.

At that time, it was featured in many news media, praising this groundbreaking research institute.

However, as time went by, this institute gradually disappeared from people’s sight, and no major research results emerged.”

Another girl who wore glasses and looked a little frail explained.

"So it's him. I heard from my cousin at Hangzhou University that he is the first Chinese graduate student in the country to teach children's literature."

The third girl suddenly realized.

At this time, a middle-aged man walked slowly towards the pavilion on the tree-lined path.

"Hello, Professor Jiang!"

The three of them immediately shouted crisply when they saw this.

"Hello, hello."

The man responded with a smile. He was wearing a pair of glasses, had a thin build, and was wearing a white shirt with the hem of the shirt tucked into his belt.

Even in his fifties, he still looks suave, elegant and natural.

This person is Jiang Feng, professor at Hangzhou University, visiting professor at Zhejiang Normal University, and director of the Institute of Children's Literature at Zhejiang Normal University.

He is also a future researcher of children's literature history and winner of the Green Medal, one of the two major international children's literature awards.

"Professor Jiang, we are students from Jinhua No. 1 Middle School. Can we go with you to visit the research institute?"

The short-haired girl said boldly.

"Okay, okay, come on."

Professor Jiang held a letter in his hand and said with a smile as if bathed in spring breeze.

He has been in a good mood recently. The first draft of "Introduction to Children's Literature", which he had been writing for a year and a half, has finally been completed. It is estimated that it will be published in one or two years.

In the 1980s, publishing a book was not as easy as publishing a novel.

From writing a book to publishing it, it takes a lot of effort and it takes at least one or two years to complete.

What's more, his introduction is a textbook in nature, so the censorship is even stricter.

He took a few girls all the way to the research institute. There were not many people in the institute. After touring the place, he saw the girls off.

Professor Jiang Feng then sat back at his desk and opened the newly received letter.

Sender: Editorial Office of Peking University Journal, Peking University, Haidian, BJ City…

"Hello, Professor Jiang. I am Editor Yan from the editorial department of Peking University Journal... Today, the editorial department received a paper on children's literature theory and was confused. I know that you are a well-known scholar in children's literature theory research. Here, on behalf of the editorial department, I specially invite you to come to BJ to help and participate in the paper review..."

"Peking University Journal, has it received a new research paper on children's literature theory?"

Jiang Feng raised his eyebrows, and with some interest in his heart, he looked at the title of the paper mentioned in the letter and murmured:
"The three main themes of children's literature? What a bold idea! I want to see how you write it!"

(End of this chapter)