梁任公先生晚年不谈政治,专心学术。大约在1921年左右,清华学校请他作第一次的演讲,题目是《中国韵文里表现的情感》。我很幸运地有机会听到这一篇动人的演讲。那时候的青年学子,对梁任公先生怀着无限的景仰,倒不是因为他是戊戌政变的主角,也不是因为他是云南起义的策划者,实在是因为他的学术文章对于青年确有启迪领导的作用。过去也有不少显宦,以及叱咤风云的人物,莅校讲话。但是他们没有能留下深刻的印象。 Mr. Liang Rengong talked about politics in his later years and devoted himself to academics. Around 1921, Tsinghua University asked him to give his first speech entitled “Emotions Expressed in Chinese Verses.” I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to hear this moving speech. It was not because he was the protagonist of the 1898 Coup d’état and because he was the mastermind of the Yunnan uprising. It was because his academic articles were indeed enlightening and led by young people. effect. In the past, there were also quite a few prominent people, as well as all-powerful figures, addressing the school. But they did not make a deep impression.