In the 1970s, a "green revolution" that shocked the world broke out in the vast land of ancient oriental civilization.
The initiator of this revolution confidently declared to the world that the people of China can not only feed themselves, but also contribute to solving the world food problem.
He comes from a field path in the ancient countryside of China and a remote campus of Anjiang Agricultural School in Hunan Province. Forty years ago, he was an unknown teacher in a secondary agricultural school in a mountain village.
Today, he has actually become a world-famous celebrity. Naturally, he ascended the throne of "Father of Hybrid Rice". He and his name will be engraved in the hall of human civilization forever, shining for generations.
Approaching Yuan Longping, I feel his extraordinary wisdom, perseverance and optimistic philosophy of life.
Feel his infinite personality charm.
Yuan Longping's childhood was in an era of rapid social turmoil, and his suffering was accompanied by his growth.
Yuan Longping's ancestral home is De 'an, Jiangxi. Grandfather Yuan Shengjian served as secretary-general of Guangdong Qiongya Chief Executive and county magistrate of Wenchang County during the Republic of China led by Sun Yat-sen, and his father Yuan Xinglie served as principal and superintendent of county high school, and then studied in the Chinese Department of Nanjing Southeast University. After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he took an active part in the anti-Japanese national salvation movement. He used to be the head of overseas Chinese affairs of Nanjing government.
On September 1930, Yuan Longping was born in Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Ranked second among the five brothers, so it was named Ermao. Because it belongs to a horse, everyone also calls it a pony.
The foal in childhood has many naughty stories. In the eyes of the family, this pony is not pleasing to the eye and sometimes looks clumsy. Let him take the bowl, the bowl is broken; Ask him to take the cup, which fell to the ground; The robe you are wearing is either torn or burned with a hole. However, he loves to use his brain and always wants to experience new things. As a result, he caused a lot of trouble.
Yuan Longping's childhood was in the 1930s when the Japanese invaders trampled on China. He traveled around with his parents and has been to Beijing, Chongqing, Nanjing and Wuhan. In the process of escape, he experienced hardships, saw people and their families, witnessed bodies scattered in the streets, and countless tragic scenes shocked his young heart. The cruel reality of suffering and broken mountains and rivers made him more or less understand the causes of suffering in old China. Inspired his ambition to study hard and serve the motherland.
Yuan Longping, a teenager, has always been good at school, with lofty interests and wide hobbies, and likes to ask questions. In math class, the teacher said: positive number times positive number, negative number times positive number. Yuan Longping felt suspicious. So he asked the teacher: Teacher, why does a negative number multiplied by a negative number have to be a positive number? At the National Science and Technology Awards Conference 50 years later, when talking with another mathematician, Wu Wenjun, Yuan Longping said: Mathematics is the mother of science. When I was in junior high school, I asked my teacher why negative numbers are positive numbers, but I still can't figure it out.
1943, Yuan Longping transferred to Boxue Middle School. I studied and lived there for four years. During this period, my life was quite difficult. I ate miscellaneous grains rice and lit tung oil lamp. I can only play "Rich Food" once a week or two. However, the research is still intense and regular. Getting up at 6 o'clock in the morning and having to wash in the playground after 10 minutes has undoubtedly developed his neat and punctual style.
Boxue Middle School has always emphasized English education. Fortunately, Yuan Longping received a good family education in his childhood. His father taught him Chinese and his mother enlightened him in English. Made him interested in English. As Yuan Longping himself said: "The reason why I can communicate in English in various international activities now is mainly because my alma mater has laid a good foundation for me."
In the book, as a teenager, Yuan Longping read Einstein's story and came into contact with his theory. "When I knew the name Einstein, I admired him very much. I admired his extraordinary way of thinking and his courage to make bold innovations." Einstein's innovative spirit had a great influence on Yuan Longping's later hybrid rice research.
Yuan Longping has excellent academic performance and is an active member among his classmates. He likes all kinds of sports and learned tap dancing, which has been preserved until now. But his favorite is swimming. Yuan Longping learned his swimming skills in his childhood.
Yes 1937, fled from Hankou to Taoyuan County, Hunan Province with her parents. When crossing the Yuanjiang River by boat, I accidentally fell into the turbulent river. Fortunately, a boatman saved me in time, and I only got my life back. At the age of seven, he was determined to learn to "paddle" like a boatman and save people in the water. From then on, I practiced swimming hard and dared to swim across the Yangtze River before I was ten years old, which surprised my classmates and teachers.
1947 A swimming competition was held in Hubei Province, but Yuan Longping was not selected because of his small size. Not convinced, he entered the stadium on the day of the game and sat behind his classmate's bike. The PE teacher found him very enthusiastic and reluctantly agreed to let him have a try. Results I unexpectedly won the first place in the men's 100 meter and 400 meter freestyle in Hankou Division. None of the other students were selected. Soon, he won two silver medals in men's freestyle in Hubei Province.
"If you hit the water in the middle stream, the waves will stop the flying boat." Yuan Longping likes Chairman Mao's poem very much. Whether in Hunan Huinong School, experimental field in Hainan or research institute. He will swim across the Yuan River, fight the waves, or show his skill in the swimming pool. This not only exercised his body, but also shaped his indomitable and fearless character.
From 65438 to 0948, Yuan Longping moved to Nanjing with his family and attended the middle school affiliated to Nanjing Central University. After graduating from high school, he was faced with the choice of going to college. His father advised him to apply for a prestigious university in Nanjing and get ahead in the future. Yuan Longping has other plans. The turbulent childhood formed his strong patriotism and love for the people. He loves nature and is determined to study agriculture and serve the country. Stubborn Yuan Longping finally persuaded his family to be admitted to Chongqing Xianghui Agricultural College (the predecessor of Southwest Agricultural College) on 1949.
During her college years, Yuan Longping majored in genetics and breeding. This choice determines Yuan Longping's life trajectory; This choice made his life rich and legendary, and a world-famous scientist appeared in China.