Overseas students in China have always been brilliant. But who would have thought that the first student who embarked on the road of studying abroad was forced to attend a "foreign school" because of his poor family? Who would have thought that the God-worshipping Taiping Heavenly Kingdom did not accept the proposal of sending people to study abroad, but the stubborn Manchu government kept sending students abroad. History is so wonderful. Overseas students did not save the Qing government, but added wonderful content to Chinese civilization and even world civilization.
Poor students always fail calculus when they go to America.
Hong Rong was the first person to study abroad in modern China. 1847 65438+1On October 4th, Yung Hong, a short Guangdong guy, boarded a boat in Huangpu Port, Guangzhou, for the United States. Hong Rong arrived in new york on April 52002. This year, he 19 years old.
Rongrong didn't go to a school run by China people. The family is poor, with a brother and a younger brother. There are six people in the family, all supported by their father's labor in the fields. He can't afford to go to a real school, so he can only find a way to go to a school in other places, that is, a church school, which the rich simply look down upon. Rong Rong entered Ma Lixun School in Macau.
This is the first foreign school opened by western missionaries in China. Students' families are poor and schools are free. Hong Rong is the first batch of students in Ma Lixun school. He studied here for six years, reading the Bible, learning English, and learning some western humanistic ideas and scientific knowledge. The principal at that time was an American named Brown, who graduated from Yale University.
During the period of 1846, Brown told the students in China that he decided to return to China for health reasons and wanted to take several students to the United States to complete their studies. Missionaries of Hong Kong Christian Church will provide two-year study abroad fund for each student. Hong Rong stood up first, and so did two other students, one named Huang Sheng and the other named Huang Kuan. They went to the United States with Hong Rong.
With the help of Brown and others, the three entered Monsoon School in Massachusetts. A year later, Huang Sheng returned to China due to illness to serve his widowed mother. Two years later, Huang Kuan graduated from Monzon School, listened to the arrangement of the church, transferred to England, and was admitted to Edinburgh University. He became the first scholar in China who studied western medicine in England and obtained a doctor's degree in medicine, and was also one of the earliest teachers engaged in western medicine teaching in China.
Yung Wing did not go to England with Huang Kuan, but chose Yale University. Hong kong missionaries only provided two years' fees at that time. Some churches are willing to pay, on the condition that they write a volunteer letter and promise to become missionaries in the future, but they are refused. However, due to Brown's efforts, Yung Yung entered Yale University as he wished.
When he first entered school, he worked hard every day. He doesn't study and is very thin. In the second grade, he still didn't do his homework well. He has never failed calculus, and he almost failed. In the third grade, Yung Hong's grades finally went up.
In order to solve the financial problem, Hong Rong got a job at school, cooking for his classmates. Later, he obtained the position of librarian of Yale Brotherhood and was able to work and study for four years. 1854, Hong Rong returned to China.
He was the first international student in China's modern history to choose and complete his studies independently, the first international student at his own expense, and the first person to complete his studies abroad through work-study programs.
Lobbying the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom only got one title.
Rong Rong did not become a doctor, missionary or specialized scholar after returning to China. He hoped that more young people in China would receive western education, so he began to run around.
1860, he went to Nanjing to find the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. In Nanking, Rong Hong met with Hong Ren, who was in charge of major policies at that time. . Hong Rong put forward seven suggestions on politics, military affairs, economy and education, but Hong Xiuquan did not accept them. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom did not appreciate Yung Yung's painstaking efforts, but respected him very much, and gave him a rectangular wooden seal engraved with his name and the word "righteousness"-he was awarded a four-level title.
The setback did not shake Hong Rong's determination to realize his study abroad plan. He thought of doing business and started the tea business. He thinks that only money can realize his education plan. Coincidentally, when Yung Wing went to study in the United States, he also took a boat loaded with tea.
The buyer suggested studying abroad Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang jointly played.
1863, Yung Wing was suddenly summoned by Zeng Guofan, Governor of Liangjiang. If Zeng Guofan wants to run a factory, he must have a machine, which can only be bought from abroad. Hong Rong made friends with several people who had worked under Zeng Guofan, and they recommended Hong Rong as a buyer. So there was the later Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau-the earliest factory in China.
1867, Yung Wing accompanied Zeng Guofan to inspect Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau. He suggested that the bureau should attach an ordnance school to train manufacturing talents. Zeng Guofan agreed. This is the earliest school in modern China to train scientific and technological talents.
1868, yung wing proposed to Ding Richang, who had just been promoted to the governor of Jiangsu province, to send him to study abroad, believing that this move would be effective in the future. Ding Richang immediately decided to let Yung Wing write a detailed commentary, and presented it to Wen Xiang, the military and political minister whose power is second only to Prince Gong's letter, and asked him to play it for him. Said the post went up, but it coincided with the death of Wen Xiang's father, and Wen Xiang left home to mourn, so the post was gone. However, Yung Yung mentioned this matter every time he went to Ding Richang on business and asked him to tell Zeng Guofan.
1870, Ding Richang went to Tianjin to assist Zeng Guofan in handling the "Tianjin teaching plan", and his colleague Hong Rongli urged Ding Richang to review Zeng Guofan's study abroad plan.
The article has written four questions, including: it is suggested to change the transportation mode of rice in the north; Suggest the government to mine minerals; Remind the government to pay attention to foreign religions and not let them interfere in local administration. It is only one of them to suggest sending international students. This is in the middle. But this is the best. Article Chen Jian plans to send 120 students to study abroad 15 years for the future use of the country. Send 30 people out first. If you get excellent grades, you can take this as an example and send them on schedule. Students should be accompanied by teacher China when going abroad, so that students will not waste their mother tongue, and two supervisors will be appointed to take care of them. The funds for studying abroad and the office expenses of the Overseas Travel Bureau can come from Shanghai Daoku.
Zeng Guofan was persuaded by Rong Hong, agreed to receive a letter and asked the court to send his children to study abroad. Soon, Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang jointly won this title. A year later, Hong Rong's "Great Education Plan" was finally realized, and the first batch of young children went to study in the United States. After the door of studying in China was opened, there appeared the upsurge of studying in G Fund and studying in France for work-study programs.