民国时的北京,燕京大学、清华大学等高校有国内一流的学者,也有相对开放的教学资源,这吸引了众多来自全国各地的青年学子。张中行在《负暄琐话》中提到,那时北大红楼附近的沙滩银闸胡同,住着许多旁听的外地学子。沈从文就是这群人中的一个。1923年,爱好文学的沈从文从湘西凤凰来北京求学,准备参加燕京大学国文班的入学考试。但当时只有小学学历的沈从文只考了零分,主考官心肠软 In the Republic of China, Beijing, Yanjing University, Tsinghua University and other colleges and universities have the domestic first-class scholars, but also relatively open teaching resources, which attracted many young students from all over the country. Zhang Zhongxing said in “negative Xuan Suo Hua,” when the Silver Beach Alley near the Beida Dahong Lou Beach was home to many foreign students who were on the sidelines. Shen Congwen is one of these people. In 1923, Shen Congwen loving literature came to Beijing from the Phoenix of Xiangxi to prepare for the entrance exam of the Chinese class at Yenching University. However, only the primary education of Shen Congwen only zero test scores, the examiner heartbroken