Wang Tung-ling, who came from Shandong, had graduated from the department of history at Beijing's Teachers 'University. He thought his Mandarin was passable compared to some of his colleagues. But in the first exam he administered, he came across a blank test. That student wrote on the answer paper: "I am sorry, teacher.
山東籍的王統嶺，畢業於北平師範大學歷史系，他自認國語在同事間已經算說得不錯，卻在第一次考試中改到一張白卷，那位學生在上面寫著，「老師對不起，不是你教得不好，實在是我一點兒也聽不懂，所以交了白卷。」