林语堂曾有一段对蔡元培的评语说:“论资格,他是我们的长辈;论思想精神,他也许比我们年轻;论著作,北大教授很多人比他多;论启发中国新文化的功劳,他比任何人大。”五四时期的那一批文人中,平心而论,蔡元培先生的字是算不上最好的。据说,钱玄同有一次在北平(今北京)公味斋素菜馆吃饭时,还开过蔡元培的玩笑:“你写的字这样蹩脚,怎么还让点了翰林?”面对钱的 Lin Yutang once said to Cai Yuanpei: “On qualifications, he is our elder; on the spirit of thought, he may be younger than us; on the writings, Peking University professor many people more than him; On the inspiration of Chinese new culture, He is bigger than anyone else. ”Among the group of writers in the May 4th period, to be fair, Mr. Cai Yuanpei’s words were not the best. It is said that Qian Xuan Tong once in Peking (now Beijing) public taste vegetarian restaurant eating, also opened Cai Yuanpei joke: “You write the word so crappy, how also let the point Hanlin? ” The face of money