张军的《民国那些大师》记载了一件关于闻一多的轶事:西南联大时期,他为学生开《唐诗》课,某女生考试时,按照闻一多所讲的笔记答题,但考分很低,遂疑惑不解。闻一多对她说:“你只会背我讲的笔记,难道你没有自己的看法吗?做学问不能食前人的余唾,要敢于创新,敢于提出自己的看法,哪怕失败了,也可以得到一次教训……科学就是在不怕失败、不断创新中向前发展的。” Zhang Jun’s “Master of the Republic of China” recorded a anecdote about Wen Yiduo: In the period of the Southwest Associated University, he opened the “Tang Poetry” class for students. When a girl’s exam was under examination, he answered the questions asked by Wen Yiduo. However, Low test scores, then puzzled. Wen Yiduo said to her: “You will only memorize my notes, do not you have your own opinion? Do not learn to eat more than the rest of my spouse, to dare to innovate, dare to put forward their own views, even if failed, You can get a lesson ... Science is not afraid of failure, continuous innovation in the forward. ”