Today, Yang Zhenning is 99 years old. Looking back on his life is like a picture scroll, which is both magnificent and embarrassing. He has made unparalleled scientific achievements in his life. Although he was in the United States in his early years, he never gave up his contribution to the scientific cause of the motherland and always tried his best to speak for China with a patriotic heart.

In his personal life, his two marriages are full of romance, which makes people feel that the old man is not only a rigorous scientific worker, a patriot who cares about the motherland, but also a romantic and humorous wise man.

Sadly, however, China has some sprayers who don't know the truth. Because they don't fully understand the information, they are willing to discredit this outstanding scientist.

Yang Zhenning was born in Hefei, Anhui. He was enlightened at an early age and studied with his mother at the age of four. Influenced by the mathematician's father, Mr. Yang Wuzhi, he showed his talent in mathematics from an early age. As a teenager, he was influenced by Einstein, Dirac, Enrico? The influence of Fermi's works has aroused people's great interest in physics.

1938, affected by the Japanese invasion of China, the whole family fled to Kunming. Yang Zhenning entered the second grade of Kunhua Middle School (now Kunming No.1 Middle School) and was admitted in the same year. National Southwest Associated University, at first, obeyed his father's order and reported to the Department of Chemistry, and later changed to the Department of Physics according to his interest. After graduating from undergraduate course in, he continued to study for a master's degree in physics at National Southwest Associated University.

1945, Yang Zhenning went to the University of Chicago for further study and became a Ph.D. student in the Department of Physics because he won the boxer indemnity Scholarship. But two years ago, when he was looking for the topic of his doctoral thesis, he was extremely depressed because he found that he had no talent for doing experiments. So soon, he turned to pure theoretical research.

That is, from then on, he began to cooperate with Li Zhengdao and put forward the first composite model of elementary particles together with his former idol Enrico Fermi.

Yang Zhenning met his first wife in a China restaurant near Princeton. This China girl with a good face and deja vu is not only a female student in his class when he was teaching in a middle school in Kunming a few years ago, but also Du's daughter. At that time, Du Zhili also happened to be studying at St. Vincent College in New York, USA.

Because of this encounter, the two struck a spark and had frequent contacts, and they got married in Princeton in August of that year. Husband and wife live in harmony after marriage. Smart Du Zhili not only manages his family life in an orderly and colorful way, but also won't give up his career because of family chores. Yang Zhenning is doing scientific research. She is a local Chinese teacher.

The couple lived happily for 53 years until Du Zhili died of a terminal illness in 2003. The three children they gave birth to all had their own achievements.

As an academician of China Academy of Sciences, Yang Zhenning, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, has been controversial for two things: one is that Yang Zhenning did not choose to return to China to become an American citizen in the 1960s. Until 20 15, 93-year-old Yang Zhenning became a citizen of China again.

When he won the Nobel Prize in Physics, he was an American citizen. At that time, many people criticized him as unpatriotic. When he rejoined China nationality in his later years, unscrupulous netizens attacked him for "returning to China to support the elderly" and "defrauding treatment".

Another thing is Yang Zhenning's second marriage. In 2004, 82-year-old Yang Zhenning and 28-year-old Weng Fan announced their marriage. Because of the huge age gap between them, they have been maliciously attacked and ridiculed by many media and the public. Some people think that Yang Zhenning has "no respect for the elderly", while others criticize Weng Fan for "having ulterior motives".

Many netizens who didn't know the truth behind it rose up and attacked the physicist who made a landmark contribution.

In fact, there is a reason why Dr. Yang Zhenning did not return to China after graduation. At that time, New China had just been established, and the United States suppressed China in every way. In order to control the flow of talents, the United States prohibits China students studying in the United States from returning home, and the repression of the big environment makes him powerless.

On the other hand, he didn't go back to China with Qian Xuesen and others, because Qian Xuesen's research at that time could be directly used to make rockets and missiles, which was urgently needed in new China, while Yang Zhenning's research at that time had no direct effect, and the domestic conditions at that time could not allow Yang Zhenning to conduct in-depth research.

At that time, because Yang became an American citizen, his father, Yang Wuzhi, disowned him until his death. In China's traditional culture, not choosing to return to China is disloyal and unfilial, which is also an important reason why he was hacked.

Deng Jiaxian, Qian Xuesen, Qian Sanqiang, Qian Weichang and others resolutely returned to China, which made Yang Zhenning's practice even more abrupt. With Yang Zhenning's higher position and greater contribution in physics, this problem will become more prominent.

He can only stay in the United States to continue his physics research, but his mind is always thinking of returning to China one day.

1956, Yang Zhenning and Li Zhengdao put forward the theory of parity non-conservation and won the Nobel Prize in physics. Yang Zhenning was only 35 years old at that time.

During his stay in the United States, Yang Zhenning never gave up speaking for China. He once participated in the first "fishing protection activity" (Diaoyu Island) and delivered a speech entitled "My impression of China people and China". Students studying in the United States from Taiwan Province Province recalled that Yang Zhenning's speech had a great influence on the Chinese community.

Soon after, as a Nobel Prize winner, he spoke for China at a hearing held by the US Senate. In addition, Yang Zhenning is also committed to promoting the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States. In 1970s, Yang Zhenning returned to China as soon as the United States lifted the travel restrictions on China. The first thing he did after returning to China was to visit the famous domestic scholars at that time. This visit helped to end the reform-through-labour of a group of scholars, including Deng Jiaxian and his wife.

Then, he went around to raise funds for China's education and scientific research, made great contributions to Chinese physics, and built a bridge of friendship between Chinese and American scientific circles.

In 2000, Yang Zhenning officially quit his high-paying job in the United States, sold his real estate in the United States and returned to Tsinghua University to teach. Not only did he not ask for a high salary, but he also donated more than six million yuan to Tsinghua University and participated in the construction of top physics laboratories in many domestic universities. Use personal contacts to invite world-renowned scholars to exchange employment in China.

The acquaintance between Yang Zhenning and Weng Fan originated from 1995, when Yang Zhenning and Du Zhili were visiting Shantou University. The school arranged an excellent English guide for the couple-Weng Fan, then a freshman. After the trip, the three of them took a group photo as a souvenir.

After Du Zhili's death, Yang Zhenning spent a lonely time alone. He often looked at photos of his wife and occasionally found that Weng Fan's eyebrows were somewhat similar to those of Du Zhili when he was young. As it happens, something happened. A letter connected them again and met them again. Weng Fan has just divorced, and Yang Zhenning's beloved wife has just died. They found comfort and talked happily with each other.

With the deepening of communication, the two gradually entered each other's lives. In 2004, with the consent of their parents and family, they registered their marriage with the Civil Affairs Bureau. After they got married, in the name of husband and wife A number of scholarships and various donations have been established, including a donation of nearly $2 million to the Institute of Advanced Studies of Tsinghua University.

Their private life is very ordinary, the so-called villa they live in is simple in furnishings, and they are dressed simply and appropriately, and they have never had a luxurious image in the media lens. So some people say that they are two mature people, maintaining a young innocence.

As the first Nobel Prize winner from China, Yang Zhenning is highly respected in China's political and academic circles. Some people say that he is the third "all-rounder in physics" after Einstein and Fermi in the 20th century. People who know him say that Yang Zhenning is patriotic at heart, and he will never change and remain the same.

He is practical in his work, pays attention to practical results, treats people honestly and does not cheat. Some people say that she is a respected and loyal elder, and she can argue with him about everything. Her personality and style of study are admirable. It can be said that Yang Zhenning's contribution is obvious to all.

In 2000, Nature magazine selected 20 greatest physicists in the past 1000 years, and Yang Zhenning was the only scientist still alive on the list. Other Daniels who made this list with him, including Newton, Einstein, Heisenberg and so on, have all passed away.

Netizens are used to the "past events" in the entertainment circle, but they talk about the marriage life of a world-class scientist. The so-called "children are not fish, how do you know the joy of fish?" Today, Yang Zhenning and Weng Fan walked hand in hand for 16 years. It doesn't matter what the outside world thinks. The key is the happiness of their lives. They hold hands and enjoy the fireworks of life.

He is worthy of the title of "hero", just as Bruce Lee showed foreigners that China people are not the sick man of East Asia, and Yang Zhenning showed people all over the world the great achievements of China people in physics. It's an honor. No matter how his nationality changes, what can never be changed is that he has the blood of China people and a patriotic heart, which makes him miss his country and hometown.

This kind of person who has made great contributions to the world physics field should be respected everywhere, but he is ridiculed and discredited in his own country, which may be the greatest sorrow of a nation.

Maybe not everyone can understand other people's choices, but respect is what each of us should do. Some people like to measure the world with their own cognition. When others are beyond their height, they will be accused and laughed at, and personal life choices are like drinking water. Know yourself and know yourself.