Patriotic scientist Deng Shuqun
Deng studied hard at Tsinghua University for eight years, and 1923 went to study in the United States at public expense. Most students who go there choose to study diplomacy, banking, military affairs and law. Only he refused to listen to other people's advice and devoted himself to Cornell University to study agriculture and forestry in order to save the poor farmers in China. During his study abroad, he witnessed the racial discrimination suffered by his compatriots, which inspired his national self-esteem to win glory for his country and determined to learn the most exquisite scientific knowledge in the shortest time. He not only got straight A's in his major, but also won two keys from the highest scientific honor society in the United States. Just as his doctoral thesis was nearing completion, Lingnan University in China urgently needed a professor of plant pathology. His tutor recommended him, but advised him to go back after completing the thesis. Deng thought that learning advanced knowledge to serve the motherland was the real purpose of his study, so he immediately returned to China.
In the ten years after returning to China, in order to collect the first-hand information about fungi in China, he went over mountains and mountains with a bamboo basket in his hand, collected them all the same, identified them one by one, named them and classified them. He studied and identified 1000 species of fungi, belonging to several genera, among which five new genera and 12 1 species were discovered for the first time, adding new specimens to the world's fungal resource treasure house, writing an important first chapter for China's mycology in the history of world mycology, and announcing to the world that China has its own mycology. Among the 4 mycologists who have made outstanding contributions in Cornell University 120 years summarized by Professor Kauff, a world-famous mycotaxonomist, he is the only oriental.
Shortly after War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression started, Deng turned to forestry research in order to make his research more directly related to the national economy and people's livelihood. He led his assistants to Yunnan, Xikang and Sichuan to investigate forest resources. They braved the wind and rain, endured the scorching sun, endured hunger and cold, found out the composition, distribution, accumulation, pests and diseases of forest resources in this area, made a map of early forest types in China, and put forward a research report on rational management, development and management of virgin forests, which provided necessary reference for the construction of the rear area. Among them, the estimation of forest volume, rotation period, regeneration method and afforestation policy still have reference value.
Later, Deng refused to be the deputy minister of agriculture and forestry. With the support of Zhang Xinyi, director of the Construction Department of Gansu Province, his family went to Gansu and began the research on soil and water conservation in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. After several years' efforts, Taohe Forest Farm and three sub-farms were successfully established, and a set of system to ensure forest renewal and over-cutting was established, which created a new mode of scientific forest management. Deng believes that there is a close relationship between water conservancy, forestry and animal husbandry. To eradicate the flood of the Yellow River, we must pay equal attention to the three. In order to maintain soil and water in the upper reaches of the Yellow River and reduce disasters in the lower reaches, he put forward the theory of forest ecological balance.
1948, Deng was elected as an academician of academia sinica. Subsequently, Academia Sinica asked all senior researchers to move to Taiwan Province Province or go to the United States. Not only did he make it clear that he would never leave, but he also mobilized others to boycott with Ning. He said to his family, "Don't forget that I am from China. I will fight for the prosperity of my country all my life. I will never go to Taiwan Province Province or the United States with the corrupt Kuomintang. " In fact, deep down in his heart, he has hope and yearning for the * * * production party, and is willing to share joys and sorrows with the nation and share the fate with * * *. Later, Shen, one of his early students, was entrusted by the leaders of the Northeast Liberated Area and invited him to Shanghai to organize the Northeast Agricultural College. He gladly accepted the invitation, and in half a year, regardless of his illness, he compiled a set of teaching materials for the Agriculture and Forestry University. As the founding commander-in-chief of Shenyang Agricultural College, he worked hard, methodically, and completed the construction quickly and efficiently.
Deng Shuqun lived a simple life and didn't need material comforts. After the founding of New China, he donated the garden house that War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression bought and built in Nanjing to the country, and offered to reduce his salary three times. During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he donated his savings to the army. 1960 Entrusted by the Ministry of Forestry, a training course on forest pathology was held to train and teach ten technical backbones specialized in blasting for all provinces. After the training, he declined the huge reward, leaving only a graduation photo as a souvenir. Deng's life choice is based on the needs of the people and the motherland. With his own practical actions, he practiced the buried scientific thought of serving the country.