In the late period of the Cultural Revolution, Yin Hongfu resisted the unhealthy trend of knowledge uselessness at that time and the difficulties of no projects and no funds, and engaged in scientific research with his meager salary, and successively completed more than ten papers, which were published in advance after the Cultural Revolution. 1980- 1982, Yin Hongfu went to the United States for further study, and completed six SCI academic papers in the United States. 1982 After returning from the United States, Yin Hongfu took the lead in introducing the new paleontological evolution theory "point equilibrium" into China, and was also an early scholar in China who evaluated neopaleontological fossils, cladistics and event stratigraphy.
1986, at the meeting hosted by Tozer, Yin Hongfu unexpectedly proposed to adhere to the standard of gold chrysanthemum stone.
It is suggested that the first appearance of micro-boat-shaped conodonts should be taken as the standard for the beginning of Triassic. During the period of 1986-2000, with the joint efforts of universities and domestic geologists, and in cooperation with international counterparts, a multidisciplinary and high-resolution study on Jingshan Park profile was carried out. After four rounds of international voting, on March 1 day, 20065438, a good news reached the school from the International Union of Geological Sciences: the Jingshan Park profile in China was officially identified as the international Permian-Triassic boundary stratotype profile and point, and the establishment of this standard represents the international leading level in stratigraphic research in this field. This scientific and technological achievement was rated as "Top Ten Progress in Basic Research in China in 20001year" (Ministry of Science and Technology), "Top Ten Scientific and Technological Progress in China Universities in 20001year" (Ministry of Education) and "Top Ten Scientific and Technological News in China in 20001year" (selected by Science and Technology Daily and CCTV), and won the second prize of National Natural Science in 2002. During his study in the United States, Yin Hongfu worked with Newill, a world-renowned paleontologist and academician of the American Academy of Sciences, and Nukelson, former president of the American Paleontological Society, and was invited to give lectures by 25 famous universities and scientific research institutions such as Yale University and New York Academy of Sciences. American colleagues were impressed by his knowledge and diligence, and Professor Newill praised him as "an outstanding representative of China scholars". Two years of further study will soon be over, and Yin Hongfu decided to return to China on schedule. A famous American oil company wants him to stay in the company's research department, and scholars who cooperated with Yin Hongfu also tried their best to keep him: "China is a huge ship with great inertia. If you want to push this huge ship, you must be careful to be crushed to death by it. " Yin Hongfu replied with a smile: "Someone has to push this huge ship!" Success only favors those who make unremitting efforts, have firm beliefs and devote themselves to science. During the "ten years of turmoil", Yin Hongfu always insisted on struggling in adversity. In the early 1970s, Yin Hongfu could choose to take a long-term leave of school and return to Nanchang to reunite with his family. But he can't give up his scientific research, so he lives in Beijing with his little daughter and continues to study hard every day. In the absence of research funds, he just squeezed 40 yuan money out of his monthly living expenses to do some research within his power. He goes to the library of Geology Department or the library of Chinese Academy of Sciences, which is far away from the school, for information several times a week, rain or shine. During this period, he systematically studied English, German, Russian and French, made thousands of academic cards, took dozens of study notes, made dozens of movies and wrote more than ten research papers that could not be published at that time.
Since the early 1960s, Yin Hongfu has been engaged in the study of Triassic strata and paleontological bivalves and gastropods in Guizhou, and has achieved high-level results. The research results in this field have been published in China Science, Geological Journal and other publications, and are still widely cited as important stratigraphic paleontology documents in this field. Since then, on this basis, he has gradually formed a biogeographic research system that closely combines paleontology with geology, and conducted in-depth research in the fields of Palaeontology (bivalves and gastropods), biogeography, ecological stratigraphy, historical tectonics and so on, and achieved outstanding results. China's first monograph on ecological geology, Paleogeography of China, edited by Yin Hongfu, was highly praised by the President of the International Society of Paleontology: "Undoubtedly, it will prove to be an invaluable guide to a topic of global significance." Yin Hongfu's fruitful research has promoted the comprehensive combination of paleontology and geology. Over the past 40 years, Yin Hongfu has published 4 monographs 14, 30 papers 130, more than 300 kinds of fossil descriptions and 80 plates. Since the early 1960s, Professor Yin Hongfu has been engaged in the study of Triassic strata and paleontology bivalves and gastropods in Guizhou, and achieved high-level results. He established the Triassic biostratigraphic framework in Guizhou Province, revised the Leikoupo (Badong) Formation from the Latin period of the Middle Triassic to the Anne period, and designated the Jialingjiang Formation as the Early Triassic. The research results in this field have been published in China Journal of Science and Geology (Yin Hongfu, 1962. 1963), and are still widely cited as important stratigraphic paleontology documents in this area. Since then, he has gradually formed a biogeographic research system combining paleontology with geology, and made in-depth research in the fields of Palaeontology (bivalves and gastropods), theoretical paleontology, biogeography, paleoecology, ecological stratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy, event stratigraphy, biomineralization and historical tectonics, and achieved outstanding results.
Yin Hongfu initiated the direction of biogeography and promoted the comprehensive combination of paleontology and geology; The first or earlier systematic introduction of discontinuous equilibrium theory, neostratigraphy and event stratigraphy; The concept of geological evolution catastrophe is put forward, which has a wide influence on the study of extinction events between Paleozoic and Mesozoic. The earliest cooperative publication of paleoecology course. China's first monograph on ecological stratigraphy and paleogeography of China was completed and published in Oxford University (1994). In the aspect of biological mineralization, a biological-organic-organic fluid metallogenic system is proposed. In the earth surface system, the environmental evolution of the Yangtze River is emphatically studied. Advocate non-Wilson cycle, non-Smith stratigraphy and its mapping method. Nearly 300 fossil descriptions and more than 80 plates have been published. It plays an important role in establishing the stratigraphic systems of Guizhou, Qinghai, Gansu and Triassic. The Triassic in China and East Asia is systematically summarized. The new definition of the international Permian-Triassic boundary and the volcanic origin theory of boundary events are put forward for the first time. Under his leadership, the global Permian-Triassic boundary stratotype (Golden Nail) was established in Changxing, Zhejiang, China. Published monograph 2 1 department, published papers 180. There are more than 300 kinds of fossil descriptions and 80 plates, among which foreign language works are 2 1 department (volume). As a major participant, he has won many awards for his scientific research achievements, including 5 second prizes for scientific and technological progress of the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources and 2 second prizes for scientific and technological progress of the State Education Commission 1 item. In addition, he was awarded the title of "Wuhan Science and Technology Rookie", the first Yin Zanxun Award of Chinese Paleontology Society, the outstanding young and middle-aged expert, and the Li Siguang Geological Science Award, enjoying special government allowance. 1993 was elected as an academician of China Academy of Sciences. He is an advanced worker in China and a special model worker in Hubei Province. The world determines the only point as the standard of international comparison. Naturally, the global boundary stratotype profile represents a high level of research and is regarded as a reflection of the scientific research level of a country's strata. Many scholars in the world are proud of trying to establish boundary layers in their own countries. Until the mid-1980s, the international P/T boundary was divided on the basis of Wookiee's view that the appearance of ammonite was the beginning of Triassic, which was put forward by19th century and insisted by Tozer, former chairman of the International Permian-Triassic Boundary Working Committee. South China has the most extensive and complete Permian-Triassic marine continuous strata and the most complete fossil belt in the world. Since 1970s, Yin Hongfu has been studying the P/T boundary in the vast area of southern China. Through the analysis and research of domestic and foreign data, he thinks that the geographical distribution of Auricularia is limited and should not be used as a global comparison standard, and at the international Permian-Triassic boundary working conference held in Italy in 1986, he proposed that the first appearance of tiny Hinde spines in conodonts should be used as the symbol of the beginning of Triassic (Yin Hongfu et al., 1988). It is universally recognized internationally. From 65438 to 0993, Yin Hongfu was unanimously elected as the chairman of the border working group. At the meeting of the international Permian-Triassic boundary working group held in Calgary, Canada, four international Permian-Triassic boundary stratotypes were identified, among which three candidate stratotypes were in China, especially in Changxing and Jingshan Park, Zhejiang. He joined hands with scientists at home and abroad to tackle key problems and adopted more than ten methods of stratigraphy and geology, making Jingshan Park section the most complete record of its kind. 1996, he and nine voting members from China, the United States, Russia and Germany jointly recommended in international publications that the bottom of section 27c of Jingshan Park should be regarded as the stratiform section and point of the Permian-Triassic boundary in the world. At this time, an unpleasant thing happened in the research of Dalongkou in Xinjiang by a cooperative investigation team composed of Chinese and American scholars. The United States unilaterally expanded the incident into a boycott of Jingshan Park, and distributed their statements in Science magazine, Permian branch, Triassic branch and Permian-Triassic boundary working group. Later, US Senator John Bosmer asked our embassy. All these have had a negative impact on the image of Jingshan Park. At the beginning of 1997, the International Stratigraphic Committee issued a regulation that all GSSP candidate profiles must be officially guaranteed by the government authorities to open to the outside world before voting. Since 1996, Chinese scientists have done a lot of work to reduce the adverse effects and strive for the official opening of Jingshan Park (Changxing County, Zhejiang Province), which has been supported by most scientists. 1September 1999, the State Council officially approved the opening of Changxing county. From 1999 10 to 2000 1 10, Jingshan park section was voted by the boundary working group, the Triassic Subcommittee and the International Stratigraphic Committee successively, and all of them were passed with high approval rate. In February, 200 1 year, the official tree was recognized as Global Stratigraphic Profile and Point (GSSP) by the International Union of Geological Sciences. Its establishment marks the level of stratigraphic research in the host country and is a scientific honor. This golden nail, located in China, will surely attract the attention of international geologists and produce incidental social and economic effects.
1983 puts forward the volcanic origin theory of Permian-Triassic claystone at the P/T junction, and claims that the extinction of the P/T junction is mainly the result of the interaction between the catastrophic environment caused by seawater advance and retreat, volcanic events and geochemical anomalies and the internal succession law of organisms (Yin Hongfu,1983; Yin Hongfu and others, 1989), and bravely put forward different views on the popular theory of the impact of extraterrestrial objects at that time, which was widely accepted by experts at home and abroad.
Over the past twenty years, Professor Yin Hongfu has made a lot of achievements in the study of P/T paleontology and boundary, among which 10 papers were cited and included by SCI, and won the second prize of the former Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources and the State Education Commission respectively, 1. As the editor-in-chief or one of the editors-in-chief, he organized and published 7 monographs on this subject (such as Yang Zunyi and Yin Hongfu, etc. , 1987; Yinetal。 , 1996), two of which were published by Cambridge University Press, and 1 was published by the famous Elsevier Publishing House in the Netherlands. He was invited to be the chairman of international conferences for many times, and in March of 1999 and August of 20001year, as the chairman and main organizer, he successfully organized two international academic conferences in China, namely "Pan-continent and the transition period between Paleozoic and Mesozoic" and "Permian-Triassic global boundary stratotype and Paleozoic-Mesozoic events", with 30 foreign guests each. In view of his fruitful work in the study of Permian-Triassic boundary for many years, he has won the trust and respect of his colleagues at home and abroad. 1993 was elected as the chairman of the international Permian-Triassic boundary working Committee composed of 32 scholars from 16 countries, and was elected as the vice chairman of the international Triassic branch in 2000. He has also undertaken 359 international geological correlation projects. 1952, Yin Hongfu 17 years old graduated from the famous Shanghai Yucai Middle School. As the best graduate in the graduating class, he didn't apply for the electromechanical major of Tsinghua and Jiaotong University, which people yearned for. Instead, he responded to the call and made the newly-established geology major of Beijing Institute of Geology an "upset" in his first choice. In an article published by China Youth Daily on May 26th 1953, he wrote affectionately: "As a geologist, I feel happy and proud to serve my motherland all my life". Time flies, the young man who was determined to serve the motherland in those days is now an old man who is close to ancient times. However, Yin Hongfu never forgot his promise. For more than half a century, he has worked hard, trudged hard, pursued persistently, pursued constantly and innovated constantly in geological science, shaped a magnificent life and achieved brilliant career.
1956 after graduating from Beijing Institute of Geology, he studied under Professor Yang Zunyi, a famous paleontologist in China, and began to study Triassic strata and paleontological bivalves and gastropods. His graduation thesis (196 1) established the Triassic biostratigraphic framework in Guizhou Province, belonging to the Leikoupo (Badong) Formation determined by the authoritative department at that time. These high-level research results show a young scholar's realistic spirit and innovative ability.
In the late period of the Cultural Revolution, Yin Hongfu resisted the unhealthy trend of knowledge uselessness at that time and the difficulties of no projects and no funds, and engaged in scientific research with his meager salary, and successively completed more than ten papers, which were published in advance after the Cultural Revolution. 1980- 1982, Yin Hongfu went to the United States for further study, and completed six SCI academic papers in the United States. 1982 After returning from the United States, Yin Hongfu took the lead in introducing the new paleontological evolution theory "point equilibrium" into China, and was also an early scholar in China who evaluated neopaleontological fossils, cladistics and event stratigraphy.
1986, at the meeting chaired by Tozer, Chairman of the Boundary Commission for Adhering to Gold-bearing Standards, Yin Hongfu unexpectedly proposed that the first appearance of tiny boat-shaped conodonts should be taken as the standard for the beginning of Triassic. During the period of 1986-2000, with the joint efforts of universities and domestic geologists, and in cooperation with international counterparts, a multidisciplinary and high-resolution study on Jingshan Park profile was carried out. After four rounds of international voting, on March 3, 200 1, 1, a good news came from the international union of geological sciences: the Jingshan park profile in China was officially designated as the international Permian-Triassic boundary stratotype profile and point, and the establishment of this standard represents the international leading level of stratigraphic research in this field. This scientific and technological achievement was rated as "Top Ten Progress in Basic Research in China in 20001year" (Ministry of Science and Technology), "Top Ten Scientific and Technological Progress in China Universities in 20001year" (Ministry of Education) and "Top Ten Scientific and Technological News in China in 20001year" (selected by Science and Technology Daily and CCTV), and won the second prize of National Natural Science in 2002.
Yin Hongfu is one of the earliest scholars who studied paleogeography in China. From 65438 to 0988, he presided over the compilation and publication of the monograph "Paleogeography of China", which divided the biogeographic flora of China in various periods in detail, providing an important basis for studying the activities of the China plate.
Since the time of Darwin and Lyle, the theory of "gradual change" has been dominant in the fields of geology and biology. Yin Hongfu and two colleagues published the monograph "Emergence View of Geological Evolution" in 1988. This book not only reevaluates the theories of Ye Wei, Lyle and Darwin, but also demonstrates the catastrophe in geological history from the perspective of geological events and paleontology evolution. Academician Qian Xuesen, then chairman of China Association for Science and Technology, praised: "The catastrophe view of geological evolution shows the correctness of Marxist philosophy."
In recent years, Academician Yin has made innovations in the research fields of non-Smith strata in orogenic belts and biogeography with stratospheric interaction of the earth as the research object. , on the basis of previous studies, combined with their own research, has aroused widespread concern and attention in China.
Yin Hongfu has climbed one peak after another in earth science, and his diligence and hard work set an example for his colleagues. Professor Yin Hongfu, like thousands of scientists in Qian Qian, is a patriotic and dedicated scientist. The road of scientific research he has traveled for decades is a life road of patriotism, dedication and service to the motherland, and it is also a hard career road.
1980, the spring breeze of reform and opening up spread all over China, and the country was opened. Yin Hongfu had the honor to go to the other side of the ocean as the first batch of scholars from China who went to the United States for further study. Yin Hongfu cherishes the learning opportunities given to him by the state. During his stay in the United States, he engaged in research work with Newill, a world-famous paleontologist and academician of the American Academy of Sciences, and Nukelson, former president of the American Paleontological Society, and was invited to give lectures at 25 famous universities and scientific research institutions such as Yale University and New York Academy of Sciences. American colleagues were impressed by his knowledge and diligence, and Professor Newill praised him as "an outstanding representative of China scholars"
Two years of further study will soon be over. Yin Hongfu decided to return to China on schedule. A famous American oil company wanted him to stay in the company's research department, and scholars who cooperated with Yin Hongfu tried their best to keep him, saying, "China is a great ship with great inertia. If you want to push this huge ship, you must be careful to be crushed to death by it. " Yin Hongfu replied with a smile: "Someone has to push this huge ship."
Yin Hongfu described his motivation to return to China as follows: "If I stay and work in the United States, I will work for foreigners and study geology for the United States, while I am from China, studying geology in China, and my career is in China. In my own country, I am the host and have a sense of pride and responsibility. As an intellectual trained by the party, I want to dedicate my knowledge to the motherland and work hard for the prosperity of the motherland! "
Yin Hongfu often teaches students: "Science is seeking truth from facts. If I don't go to the field in person, how can I produce sufficient evidence to convince others of my argument? " From the time he set foot on the road of geology, no matter adversity or success, no matter how high the mountain is and how far the road is, he will personally go on a field trip. He climbed the snowy Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and trudged through the vast Gobi. Qinling Mountain once left his footprints, and Qilian Mountain once shed his sweat. 1985, Yin Hongfu joined China * * * Production Party! More than 30 years of unremitting pursuit. His first thought is how to make use of his knowledge and talents to contribute to the prosperity of the motherland. This year, Professor Yin Hongfu, 50, still insisted on leading the team to Minshan Mountain at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters, in order to trace the boundary between Permian and Triassic. After climbing the mountain for more than four hours, he didn't have lunch at the top of the mountain. When he dragged his tired body down the mountain, he finally fell into the rock and broke his kneecap. Teachers and students thought that he would never walk out of the mountains and rivers again, but after more than a year of treatment and exercise, his scientific research figure has gone through the mountains from 1987. Yin Hongfu attaches great importance to the construction of scientific research team. In the early 1980s, he returned to China as scheduled from the United States. As the only associate professor in the teaching and research section at that time, he donated money to the teaching and research section for many times as development funds, actively organized everyone to carry out scientific research together, opened up a new field of paleontology research, and helped colleagues in the teaching and research section to contact abroad for further study. At present, 5 postdoctoral students, 35 doctoral students and a group of master students have been instructed. Every year, many outstanding young people, including foreign youth experts, get bonuses, grants and titles through his recommendation and contact.
Academician Yin Hongfu insists on high standards and strict demands on himself, taking the lead, making more contributions and taking less. In the past ten years, he has served as the principal for seven years, conscientiously implementing the Party's educational policy, doing everything possible to improve the conditions for running schools, carrying out the "innovative project" construction, implementing the "digital big project", attaching importance to discipline construction, and cultivating the younger generation of discipline leaders, so that our school has made great progress. After retiring, he focused on discipline echelon and team building and various social work, and still insisted on publishing high-level works every year. Generally, the projects he presides over allocate funds to subprojects, leaving only a small amount of necessary funds for the secretary to master and make public. He presides over many projects every year, but only takes the labor fee for one project, and sometimes gives his share of the labor fee to teachers with financial difficulties. In the distribution of manuscript fees for many monographs, he never got the full amount he deserved. In recent two years, he has made nearly 70,000 pages of Permian-Triassic research materials accumulated over the years into electronic documents and enjoyed them online. He also presented a batch of paleontology books to the school reference room or young teachers.
Academician Yin Hongfu has advocated for many years the cultivation of a fair and transparent style of study, the ambition of seeking knowledge, the scientific spirit of being rigorous and realistic, and equality before the truth, and the atmosphere of comparing truth with truth in academic discussion and abandoning truth in academic evaluation. He often said, "People don't live just for themselves. Nowadays, many people are saying that money is not everything, but money is absolutely impossible. I have to say that spirit is not omnipotent, but without spirit, it is absolutely impossible. " Academician Yin Hongfu is rigorous in his studies. 1992, The Paleogeography of China edited by him was published in Oxford University. Although most of the chapters have been translated, he decided to start all over again after reading them, and he translated and typed them all by himself, and answered hundreds of questions raised by the editor of Oxford University Press before he was finally published. In 2005, one of his doctoral theses was recommended by the college as a provincial excellent thesis, but he thought it was not enough and took the initiative to withdraw it. In recent years, the projects he presided over and the papers he participated in the discussion and revision did not need to be signed. Sometimes his name is signed, but he asks to cross it out or put it behind.
In view of Yin Hongfu's knowledge and personality, he is surrounded by a group of young and middle-aged academic leaders and academic backbones, and the discipline group he leads is recognized as a United, dynamic and cohesive group in the whole school. Tong Jinnan and Xie Shucheng (passed, pending approval), as winners of the National Outstanding Youth Fund, are the backbone of the academic echelon; Zhang Kexin, Gong, Feng Qinglai, Lai Xulong, Du et al. Are independent and fruitful. In recent five years, this group of teachers has published nearly 100 SCI papers such as Nature, and presided over four international academic conferences. At present, there is a teaching and research department with 30 people, including academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences 1 person, doctoral supervisor 12 person and 8 young professors under 45. It is the backbone of the State Key Laboratory and one of the Stratigraphic Paleontology Centers in China. In China Geo University, there are a group of old people who have passed the age of no doubt, and they are enthusiastically active in the front line of undergraduate teaching. They are willing to be lonely, devote themselves to research, work silently and contribute selflessly, which is a portrayal of excellent teachers' demeanor. Yin Hongfu, former president of China Geo University and academician of China Academy of Sciences, is one of them.
The discipline group led by Professor Yin Hongfu is recognized by the whole school as a united, dynamic and cohesive group. At present, there is a teaching and research department with 30 people, including academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences 1 person, doctoral supervisor 12 person and 8 young professors under 45. It is the backbone of the State Key Laboratory and has become one of the research centers of stratigraphic paleontology in China.
Yin Hongfu insists on high standards, strict requirements, more contributions and less requirements. Generally, the projects he presides over allocate funds to subprojects, leaving only a small amount of necessary funds for the secretary to master and make public. He presides over many projects every year, but only takes the labor fee for one project, and sometimes gives his share of the labor fee to teachers with financial difficulties. He didn't get the full amount he deserved when distributing the manuscript fees to many monographs. In recent years, he has made nearly 70,000 pages of Permian-Triassic research materials accumulated over the years into electronic documents and enjoyed them online. He also presented a batch of paleontology books to the school reference room or young teachers.
The earth left its mark, and Mount Everest witnessed it. Although Academician Yin Hongfu has a heavy administrative and social part-time job, his health and energy are not as good as before. He achieved great success, working tirelessly all day like a machine with full power. He has not forgotten the promise he made when he was young. He wants to be a geologist and serve the motherland all his life. He is also continuing to testify for this promise and belief for the rest of his life! In 2002, the Permian-Triassic scientific research group led by Yin Hongfu donated 200,000 yuan to set up the Golden Nail Scholarship Fund. In the same year, he donated HK$ 200,000 from He Liang Heli Science and Technology Progress Award to the university as a student scholarship.
Yin Hongfu believes: "People who engage in scientific research must sit on the bench. If the "money" flavor in scientific research is too strong, then science itself will become stale and science will not be "scientific". Money is a foreign thing, so you can't take it too seriously. Their children have their own jobs and careers. They are all self-reliant and self-reliant. They donated the 200,000 prize they won. They didn't tell the children, and the children didn't ask. "
In 200 1 year, the University Club was rebuilt, and Academician Yin Hongfu also donated all 20,000 yuan of the "Optical Valley Proposal Award". In recent years, he has repeatedly donated Liang Liangsheng Prize and other bonuses to relevant units.
Academician Yin Hongfu is not only a scientist, but also an educator, social activist and excellent party member. Yin Hongfu, with his rigorous scientific spirit, selfless dedication, selfless work attitude and high sense of responsibility, has shaped the perfect personality of China intellectuals and an academic model of a generation of geological masters, which embodies the advanced nature of a * * * party member.