民国的国文科目,就是如今的语文。很多时候,国文试卷的题目往往就是几道成语解释加上作文题。胡适当年参加留学考试,作文题是“不以规矩不能成方圆”。有考据癖的胡适,看了这个题目,不禁手痒。他的作文,围绕“规矩”二字进行考据,讲述了这两个字的历史源流以及演变。可不管写得多好,这篇作文终究是跑题了。幸运的是,胡适碰到了一个同样对考据学深有研究且对胡适作 The Chinese language subjects in the Republic of China are today’s language. In many cases, the title of a Chinese test paper is often a few idiom explanation plus essay questions. Hu Shi participated in the exam that year, essay question is “not to the rules can not be a radius”. There is a test addiction Hu Shi, read this topic, can not help but itch. His essay, around the “rules ” text for the test, tells the story of the origin and evolution of these two words. But no matter how well written, this essay is after all a problem. Fortunately, Hu Shi met with a deep research on the textual criticism and Hu Shi