“五老八中”武大中文系的“五老八中”都是学富五车的饱学之士,在学术界享有盛名。其中“五老”是指五位老先生。一位是刘永济先生,字弘度,人称弘老。弘老身高而清癯,留长发,颇类画像上的爱迪生。他与吴宓多有交谊,尝在《学衡》上发表论文,自己著述亦多用文言,因此被视为“学衡派”。弘老一生致力于古典文学研究,取得多方面非凡的学术成果,被尊称为“弘度大师”。据传当年国家评定教授级别时,北京一位文学史专 “Five Old Eight Middle Schools” Wuda Chinese Department “Five Old Eight Middle School ” is a full-fledged scholar with five cars and is well-known in the academic world. Among them, “five old” refers to five old men. One is Mr. Liu Yongji, whose character is called Hongda. Hong is tall and clear, with long hair, Edison, who is quite similar to the portrait. He had a friendship with Wu Hao and tried to publish his thesis in “Xueheng.” His own writing also used more classical language. Therefore, he was considered as a “learning school”. In his lifetime, he devoted himself to the study of classical literature and achieved remarkable academic results in many aspects. He is widely known as the “Master of Honor.” According to reports, when the country assessed the level of professors, a literary history in Beijing was