顾颉刚虽擅写文章,却天妒英才,有点口吃,且脱不了一口浓重的苏州口音,一般学生不易听懂。他对此也有自知之明,上课时很少侃侃而谈,除了发给学生大量资料外,大部分时间都在写板书,通常写满三四黑板,下课的铃声也就响了。对这种情形,钱穆曾回忆:“颉刚长于文,而拙于口语,下笔千言,汩汩不休,对宾客则讷讷如不能吐一辞。闻 Although Gu Jigang good at writing articles, but jealous of talent, a little stuttering, and can not take away a strong Suzhou accent, the average student is not easy to understand. He knew this very well. During his class, he rarely talked about anything. In addition to sending a large amount of information to his students, he wrote most of the time on the blackboard. In this case, Qianmou recalled: ”Jie just grew longer than the text, but clumsy in speaking, write a thousand words, endless, on the guests that if you can not vomit.