First of all, you even mistyped Qian Lao's name on this question. Let me reiterate that Qian Lao's name is Qian Weichang. In May 2002, Qian Lao published a paper entitled Nonlinear Calculation of Large Deflection of Yongjiang Bridge in Ningbo, and wrote in the first sentence of the reference column? This article doesn't need to refer to any literature? , submitted by netizens? Reward for confusing behavior? . After being deeply vilified by netizens, the network became popular. I think the following three points have attracted the attention of netizens:

First,? Without reference to any literature? Rare.

It seems to be a common practice to refer to other scholars' professional literature when publishing papers. When you put forward your own theoretical views and opinions, if you don't indicate the references, you may even be rejected by the teacher. When this comes up. Without reference to any literature? Appear in published papers, of course, it is easier to attract everyone's attention and cause more extensive discussion. Out of curiosity, with the help of online media, the incident will further spread and soon become popular on the Internet.

Secondly, the strangeness of the author's life story satisfies the curiosity of the audience.

Qian Weichang, the author of this article, was born in a scholarly family. When I entered Tsinghua, my Chinese and history scores were 100. But he only got five points in physics. I got 20 points in math and chemistry. Is it serious? Partial students? . After the September 18th Incident broke out, Qian Weichang abandoned his ideas and made up his mind to save the motherland. When studying in Canada, his teacher was von Carmen, the father of missiles in the world. He has made amazing achievements in physics and mathematics.

Third, the pursuit of role models conforms to the core values of socialism, and it has produced scale effect through official mainstream media propaganda.

Qian Weichang's life is the process of China standing up. The propaganda of his life story corresponds to the core values of the current mainstream and realizes his own value. After extensive publicity by the People's Daily and other mainstream media, it has generated a benign call for young people, and it is easier to arouse the enthusiasm of the majority of scientific researchers.