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因倒拿报纸读被英国人嘲笑，他说：英文太简单，不倒着看有意思吗
2019-07-06 10:46
清朝末年有一人，被称为是“清末怪杰”、“清末狂儒”，，他就是学贯中西的名士辜鸿铭。
在辜鸿铭身上，其实有三国血统。他的父亲辜紫云是中国人，但他的母亲是葡萄牙与马来西亚混血儿。
辜鸿铭出生在马来西亚槟城，10岁的时候跟随其英国人义父前往苏格兰，14岁到德国学习，之后再赴英国、法国深造，最后一人取得了13个博士学位，并精通9门语言，包括英文、德文、法文、日文、马来文、葡文、俄文甚至是拉丁文、希腊文这两门古语，其语言天赋着实惊人。善于用英文写作的文学家林语堂称赞辜鸿铭说：“英文文字超越出众，二百年来，未见其右。”
1885年，辜鸿铭结束多年的海外生活，来到当时的大清朝，在湖广总督张之洞手下任“洋文案”，也就是外文秘书。
1891年，俄国皇太子和希腊王子来中国游览。来到武汉后，张之洞尽地主之谊、盛情款待，辜鸿铭则在身边担任翻译。俄国皇太子当时用法语与张之洞交谈，而辜鸿铭的翻译也及时到位、丝毫不差，另俄国皇太子为之惊叹。
而当张之洞宴请两位王子时，俄国皇太子却悄悄用俄语与希腊王子窃窃私语，原来他对菜肴的卫生状况表示质疑。
没想到他们刚一说完，辜鸿铭就在不远处笑着说：“我们的菜肴既干净又卫生，请殿下放心品尝。”
二人听罢，又为之一惊。席间，张之洞掏出鼻烟壶抽烟，希腊王子不知这是何物，于是转头用希腊语询问俄国皇太子那是什么。没想到，辜鸿铭跟张之洞简单交流几句之后，就把鼻烟壶拿了过来，递给希腊王子，并用希腊语教给他鼻烟壶使用的方法。
一个被他们瞧不起的清朝人，片刻之间在汉语、法语、俄语、希腊语之间轻松自如的切换，这让俄国皇太子和希腊王子看得瞠目结舌。
辜鸿铭在英国留学时，其英文水平亦被传为佳话。有一次，辜鸿铭在街上故意倒拿一份英文报纸在读。身边的英国人看辜鸿铭一副典型的清朝人打扮，脑后边还拖着一条鞭子，着实土里土气。于是他们开始对辜鸿铭指指点点，窃窃私语，明显有讥讽挖苦之意。辜鸿铭虽然感觉到了周围的恶意，但仍然装作不懂，继续倒着看报。
辜鸿铭的举动，更是让几个英国人捧腹大笑：“报纸都拿倒了，还在假装懂英文。”
辜鸿铭此时也按耐不住，用一口地道的伦敦腔说：“你们的文字太简单了，不倒着看有意思吗？”这让几个英国人听了瞠目结舌。
辜鸿铭是个坚决的保皇派，所以一直留着鞭子，即便是大清亡了，他仍然坚持清代的长袍马褂，甚至是纳妾的传统，娶了一个名叫吉田贞子的日本女人为纳妾。因此辜鸿铭自称他“生在南洋，学在西洋，婚在东洋，仕在北洋”。
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He was ridiculed by the British for reading the newspaper. He said: English is too simple. Is it interesting to read it upside down
2019-07-06 10:46
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, there was a man who was known as "the strange hero of the late Qing Dynasty" and "the crazy scholar of the late Qing Dynasty". He was a famous scholar Gu Hongming who was well versed in both China and the West.
In Gu Hongming's case, there are actually three kingdoms. His father, Gu Ziyun, is Chinese, but his mother is a Portuguese Malaysian.
Gu Hongming was born in Penang, Malaysia. When he was 10 years old, he went to Scotland with his British adoptive father. When he was 14 years old, he went to Germany to study. Later, he went to England and France for further study. The last one obtained 13 doctorates and was proficient in nine languages, including English, German, French, Japanese, Malay, Portuguese, Russian and even Latin and Greek. His language talent was natural It's amazing. Lin Yutang, a writer who is good at writing in English, praised Gu Hongming, saying: "the English language is superior to others. In the past 200 years, it has not been seen to be on the right side."
In 1885, after many years of living abroad, Gu Hongming came to the Qing Dynasty, where he served as "foreign secretary" under Zhang Zhidong, governor of Huguang.
In 1891, the Russian crown prince and the Greek Prince visited China. When he came to Wuhan, Zhang Zhidong did his best to treat him as a host, while Gu Hongming served as interpreter. At that time, the Russian crown prince talked to Zhang Zhidong in French, and Gu Hongming's translation was timely and accurate, which surprised the Russian crown prince.
When Zhang Zhidong entertained the two princes, the Russian crown prince whispered to the Greek prince in Russian, and he doubted the hygiene of the dishes.
As soon as they finished, Gu Hongming said with a smile: "our dishes are clean and hygienic. Please feel free to taste them."
After hearing this, they were surprised again. During the dinner, Zhang Zhidong took out his snuff bottle and smoked. The Greek Prince did not know what it was, so he turned to ask the Russian crown prince what it was in Greek. Unexpectedly, after a few words with Zhang Zhidong, Gu Hongming took the snuff bottle, handed it to the Greek prince, and taught him how to use the snuff bottle in Greek.
A Qing Dynasty man who was despised by them could easily switch between Chinese, French, Russian and Greek for a moment, which made the Russian crown prince and the Greek Prince gape.
When he studied in England, he was also known for his English level. Once, Ku Hung Ming deliberately took an English newspaper to read in the street. The British people around him look at Gu Hongming's typical dress of the Qing Dynasty, with a whip at the back of his head, which is really rustic. So they began to point and whisper to Gu Hongming, obviously sarcastic. Although Gu Hongming felt the malice around him, he still pretended not to understand and continued to read the newspaper backwards.
Gu Hongming's actions made several British people laugh: "the newspapers are all down, still pretending to understand English."
Gu Hongming couldn't bear it at this time. He said in a typical London accent, "your words are too simple. Is it interesting not to look backward?" This made several Englishmen gape.
Gu Hongming was a staunch royalist, so he always kept the whip. Even when the Qing Dynasty died, he still adhered to the Qing Dynasty's long robes and Mandarin coats, and even the tradition of concubines. He married a Japanese woman named Yoshida as a concubine. Therefore, Gu Hongming claimed that he was "born in Nanyang, studied in the west, married in Dongyang, and worked in Beiyang". Back to Sohu to see more
