Yuan Longping, known as the "father of hybrid rice", had a dream in Sanya Experimental Base: in the dream, the stalks of hybrid rice were as high as sorghum, the ears of rice were as big as brooms, and the ears of rice were like grapes. He and his assistants walked in the paddy field, enjoying the coolness under the rice.

What a wonderful dream it is! Who can not express sincere admiration for a rice scientist's persistence in his career?

Yuan Longping has devoted himself to the research of hybrid rice for decades. He said it was hard to do this research. There is sunshine on my head and mud under my feet, but there is hope, goal and achievement here, and I just feel happy. For decades, he has been basically unknown and tirelessly engaged in his research. Dress simply, eat lightly, and play the violin to amuse myself in my spare time.

His happiness and enrichment come from his persistent career. He concluded that, first, he is not afraid of failure, and research failure is inevitable. If he is afraid of failure, don't engage in research; Second, indifferent to fame and fortune, people live in the world, be noble, don't care too much about fame and fortune, once they can't get it, they will be very unhappy; Third, live frugally and be healthy. This is the samadhi of a learned person's life, which is worth pondering.

In essence, this is also a way of thinking. To be a scholar, you should be able to endure loneliness, have the spirit of "sticking to the green hills and not relaxing", not follow the fashion, not be a fashionista, and not treat yourself as a commodity. "Zheng I learn to hide. After three years of drought, it's useless, and it's abandoned as straw. Three years of heavy rain, it's no use, it's still a cover. A few days later, the pirates took it away, and the people tried their best to take it away, rarely using the cover. If you want to learn to be a soldier, you will be old. "("Mencius ") No matter your actual situation, where there is more money, you can drill. Those who study literature are lawyers, those who study genetics are accountants, and those who study archaeology tend to squeeze into their careers ... The so-called "job-hopping" often causes trouble for themselves, and as a result, it has become a typical failure like Zheng people. Does it bring happiness or sadness? If scholars blindly adapt to the "market demand" and want more scientists like Yuan Longping, what can they get?

In addition to jumping out of the "market" thinking mode and choosing your own major, you should also be close to your own temperament and ability. In this regard, Hu Shi has a very good saying. He said: He is sixty-two years old and still doesn't know what to study. He is still groping in the east and west. "Maybe I will study hydraulic engineering in the future, but I don't know. Although my hair is white now, I still have no special skills and nothing. But I have been very happy all my life. " He didn't study fashion according to other people's external standards. "I followed my own personality and did it according to my personal interests. I hope young friends will accept this lesson I have experienced, and don't ask what your father wants you to learn, what your mother wants you to learn, and what your lover wants you to learn. It is very important to be close to your own temperament and what you can do. " (Oral Autobiography of Hu Shi)

Ecological environment is very important for planting rice. The ancients summed it up as occupying the best geographical position, distinguishing the soil and judging the time. If these natural laws are violated, the leaves are big and few, the chaff is thick and the food is not fragrant. The same is true of learning: "it is not sweet to twist a melon", but also depends on "the right time, the right place and the right people", not just a few dollars. Mentally speaking, it is difficult to reach the other shore spiritually, and abstinence by girding the waist will not inspire generate. Yuan Longping is in favor of such a formula: knowledge+sweat+inspiration+opportunity = success. If "inspiration" is removed, it is the philosophy of "ascetic monk". Inspiration comes from happiness, from the concentration of "similar temperament and within reach"-this is the key to success.

Life is sudden. Only by focusing the beam of life on this point, studying deeply, doing deeply, and having no distractions can we achieve something. Xenophon put it well: the god in Daniel's eyes is just a cow.

As the "father of hybrid rice", Yuan Longping devoted his ideals, life and love to his career. His life is happy and his dream is happy and warm.