1925年的一天,在清华大学国学研究院里,一位教授在讲授中国音韵学。他用了两句通俗的话,来说明阴阳上去入五声(现在普通话中已无入声)。第一句是“中华好大国”,第二句是“偷尝两块肉”。这两句话。或庄重自豪,或风趣幽默,正好说明了五声,立刻为学生记住了。这位善于讲学的教授,就是我国现代语言学的先驱者,国际著名语言学家赵元任博士。前些天,我们在北京大学临湖轩见到了赵 One day in 1925, at Tsinghua University Sinology Research Institute, a professor taught Chinese phonology. He used two popular words to explain the yin-yang uproar (now no longer in Mandarin). The first sentence is “China is a great power,” the second sentence is “steal taste two meat.” These two words. Or solemnly proud, or humorous, just shows the five sound, immediately remembered for the students. The professor is good at lecturing, is our pioneer in modern linguistics, the internationally renowned linguist Dr. Zhao Yuanren. A few days ago, we met Zhao at Linhu Xuan, Peking University