1930年9月至1933年12月,陈铨留学德国,先后在基尔、柏林、海德堡三个城市学习德国文学和哲学,并在基尔大学获得博士学位。陈铨留德的经历,在其书信和子女的回忆中都有所展现,在纪实小说《政变》、《谈鬼》、《免职》等中也有所涉及,但由于资料匮乏,仍然不够清晰。笔者在德国学习期间,到位于石勒苏益格的石荷州档案馆查阅到陈铨在基尔大学的注册 From September 1930 to December 1933, Chen Quan studied in Germany and successively studied German literature and philosophy in three cities: Kiel, Berlin and Heidelberg and obtained a doctorate from Keele University. Chen Quan’s experience of staying in Germany has been shown both in letters and in children’s memories, and also in the documentary novels “coup d’état”, “ghost” and “dismissal”, but due to lack of information, they are still not clear enough. During my study in Germany, I visited the Shih-Chuan archives in Schleswig to check out Chen Quan’s registration at Keele University