“五四”前后,黄侃和胡适同在北京大学任教。黄竭力反对胡适所提倡的白话文运动。有一次,黄侃对胡适说:“你口口声声要推广白话文,却未必出于真心。”胡适不解其意,问其故。黄侃答道:“如果你身体力行的话,名字就不应叫胡适,应该叫‘往哪里去’才对。”胡适听后一时语塞。谭鑫培的戏风靡北京,各大学多有谭迷。一天课间休息,教师们闲话谭的《秦琼卖马》时,胡适插话:“京剧太落伍,用一根鞭子 Before and after the May Fourth Movement, Huang Kan and Hu Shih were taught at Peking University. Huang strongly opposed vernacular advocated by vernacular movement. Once, Huang Kan said to Hu Shi: ”You’re going to promote vernacular, but not necessarily out of truth.“ ”Hu Shi puzzled his mind and asked his sake. Huang Kan replied: “If you personally, the name should not be called Hu Shi, should be called ’where to go’ just right.” Tan Xinpei drama popular in Beijing, more than Tam University fans. One day break between classes, teachers gossiping Tan’s “Qin Qiong sell horses,” Hu interjected: "Peking Opera too outdated, with a whip