A Textual Research on Whether Wang Zengqi and Zhu Kuiyuan Traveled to Kunming Together and Related Events

In the summer of 1939, Wang Zengqi departed Shanghai for Hong Kong, made a detour through Vietnam, and took the Yunnan–Vietnam Railway to Kunming to take the entrance examination of the Chinese Department of Southwest Associated University. He lived in Kunming for seven years thereafter. Southwest Associated University shaped his way of life and laid the foundation for his literary writing. While in Kunming, Wang Zengqi kept close company with Zhu Kuiyuan, his fellow townsman from Gaoyou and a graduate of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tongji University. Nonetheless, there are numerous conjectures and controversies surrounding the historical records of their interactions. Hence, it is highly necessary to conduct a textual research on whether Wang Zengqi and Zhu Kuiyuan traveled to Kunming together in the summer of 1939 as well as the relevant events.