太平天国史研究的一代宗师罗尔纲年少时,在胡适家中当助手,他恪守学徒的本分,不领一文的薪资,让胡适颇为感动,常以“不苟且”相诱导。后来当罗尔纲有机会去清华大学教近代史,胡适爱才心切,对他提出了严厉的批评,认为,中国近代史包括的内容广泛,罗当时仅仅研究了太平天国一部分,要去教人实在有些勉强;加之主事者蒋廷黻是名教授,罗无力接手,很可能站不住,反而会进退失据。言外之意,当时的近代史尽管草创,但沟壑绝大,不能躐等,更期待罗尔纲能深藏自蓄。罗对胡适 When he was a young boy, Luo Ergang, a great master in the history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, worked as an assistant to Hu Shih at home. While abiding by the apprenticeship, he did not receive any written salary. Hu Shih was quite moved and often induced by “meticulous care.” Later, when Luo Ergang had the opportunity to teach modern history at Tsinghua University, Hu Shihe was eager and made a severe criticism of him. He thought that the modern history of China includes a wide range of contents. When Luo studied only part of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he was somewhat reluctant to teach him ; Together with the principal Jiang Tingyi is a professor, Luo unable to take over, it may not stand, but will retreat. The implication, despite the recent history of modern history, but gully vast, can not wait, but also look forward to Rolle can conceal themselves. Lo on the Hu Shi