Information about people who strive for self-improvement:
Hua Luogeng - a famous mathematician?
Hua Luogeng was born in 1910 in a small businessman family in Jintan County, Jiangsu Province. ?
In 1925, after graduating from junior high school, he was unable to continue his studies due to family poverty. In 1928, 18-year-old Hua Luogeng went to Jintan Middle School as a general clerk on the recommendation of his mathematics teacher Wang Weike. Unfortunately, he contracted typhoid fever that year and was bedridden for five months, leaving his left leg paralyzed. But he was not pessimistic or discouraged, but tenaciously studied on his own. Once, he found an error in Professor Su Jiaju's paper on the solution of quintic algebraic equations: the value of a twelfth-order determinant was calculated incorrectly, so he wrote his calculation results and opinions in a paper titled "Su Jiaju's Five Algebraic Equations". The article "The reason why the solution of the quadratic equation cannot be established" was sent to the Shanghai "Science" magazine. This article was published in Science magazine in 1930, when Hua Luogeng was only 20 years old. It was this paper that completely changed Hua Luogeng's future life path. ?
Xiong Qinglai, who was the dean of the Department of Mathematics at Tsinghua University at the time, saw this paper and greatly appreciated it. I asked everywhere which university Hua Luogeng was a professor at, but everyone said they didn't know. It happened that there was a teacher in the Department of Mathematics named Tang Peijing who knew Hua Luogeng. He told Xiong Qinglai that Hua Luogeng was not a university professor, but just a self-taught young man. Xiong Qinglai was eager to love talents and did not care about academic qualifications. He immediately asked Tang Peijing to invite Hua Luogeng to work at Tsinghua University. In 1931, Tang Peijing took the photo sent by Hua Luogeng to Beijing Qianmen Railway Station to pick up Hua Luogeng who was traveling north from Jintan. Hua Luogeng, the future great mathematician, walked into Tsinghua University just like this, dragging his broken leg and holding a crutch. At first, he worked as an assistant in the mathematics department, responsible for sending and receiving letters, typing, and keeping books and materials. He studied on his own while working. Xiong Qinglai also asked him to often go to the classroom with his students to listen to classes. The diligent and studious Hua Luogeng completed all the courses in the mathematics department of the university in just one year and made great progress in his knowledge. Xiong Qinglai attached great importance to this young man. Sometimes when he encountered complex calculations, he would shout loudly: "Hua Luogeng, come here and help me calculate this problem!" Two years later, Hua Luogeng was promoted to teaching assistant, and then to teaching assistant. lecturer. Later, Xiong Qinglai chose to send him to Cambridge University in England for further studies. In 1938, Hua Luogeng returned to China and became a professor at Southwest Associated University. He was only 28 years old. ?
Hua Luogeng later became a world-famous mathematician and made outstanding achievements in many fields such as number theory, matrix geometry, typical groups, automorphic function theory, function theory of multiple complex variables, and partial differential equations. contribute. He has authored more than 200 papers and ten monographs, became a foreign academician of the American Academy of Sciences, and received honorary doctorates from the University of Nancy in France and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His name has been entered into the Smith-Sonny Museum in Washington, USA, and is listed as one of the eighty-eight great men of mathematics today in the Museum of Science and Technology in Chicago. ?
In 1936, upon the recommendation of Professor Xiong Qinglai, Hua Luogeng went to England to study in Cambridge. Hardy, a famous mathematician in the 20th century, had long heard that Hua Luogeng was very talented. He said: "You can get a doctorate in two years." But Hua Luogeng said: "I don't want to get a doctorate. I only ask for a visit." "I came to Cambridge to learn, not to get a degree." In two years, he concentrated on the theory of stacked prime numbers and published 18 papers on the Waring problem, the Talley problem, and the odd Goldbach problem. Obtained the famous "Fahrenheit's Theorem", showing to the world the outstanding wisdom and ability of Chinese mathematicians?
Sima Qian?
In the second year of Tianhan (99 BC), he Li Ling, his colleague, was surrounded when he went to conquer the Xiongnu. He surrendered to the Xiongnu with all his weapons and supplies exhausted. When the news reached Chang'an, Emperor Wu was furious. All the civil and military officials in the imperial court cursed Li Ling for his shameful surrender. Sima Qian remained silent. Emperor Wu asked him what his opinion was, and the bookish Sima Qian said without hesitation: "Li Ling traveled thousands of miles to fight, and the road was exhausted, and the famous generals in ancient times were no more than that. Although he surrendered, it was excusable. I thought that as long as he didn't die, he would He will still be loyal to the Han Dynasty." After hearing Sima Qian's words, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty thought that he was defending Li Ling and deliberately belittling Li Guangli, who was fighting against the Huns and was not going well, so he ordered Sima Qian to be sentenced to death. Death penalty (or corruption instead). In the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, those sentenced to death could pay 500,000 yuan to reduce their death by one degree. But Sima Qian, who was not from a wealthy family, could not afford the money, so he had to suffer "corruption" (castration) to choose the path of "illegal living". The unfortunate encounter greatly stimulated Sima Qian's spirit and he once wanted to commit suicide. However, he remembered his father's last words and encouraged himself by citing the achievements of ancient Confucius, Qu Yuan, Zuo Qiuming, Sun Tzu, Han Fei, etc. in adversity. Finally, he endured the humiliation and survived with amazing will. Sima Qian, who was physically and mentally tortured and lived a humiliating and humiliating life, knew very well that "all people are destined to die, and death may be heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather." He is determined to use his remaining years to complete the history book that his father asked him to complete. After six years of imprisonment, he was finally released from prison in the first year of Zhenghe (93 BC). Emperor Wu still cherished Sima Qian's talents and appointed him as Zhongshu Ling. From then on, he devoted himself to writing and finally completed the masterpiece "Historical Records", which "study the relationship between heaven and man, understand the changes in ancient and modern times, and formulate the words of the Chinese family". ?"Historical Records", formerly known as "Tai Shi Gong Shu", also known as "Tai Shi Gong Ji" and "Tai Shi Ji", was not called "Shi Ji" until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Sima Qian intended to "hide the famous mountain and serve as a deputy in the capital, waiting for future generations of saints and gentlemen." During the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, Sima Qian's grandson Yang Yun made it public to the world. At that time, there were a few missing chapters, which were filled in by later generations such as Chu Shaosun. ?
Story 1: Operating a computer with one hand to design advertisements?
Su Yongliang is a computer typesetting designer at a company in Heyuan City, with a monthly salary of more than 1,000 yuan. This is not easy for a 28-year-old young man with a third-level disability who only has one right hand. ?
He sharpened pencils with his knees on his shoulders, tied the palette with a rope to his left hand that was broken at the wrist, and typed on the keyboard with his right hand. He successfully completed his studies in arts and crafts design and had the ability to settle down. A skill. ?
He has been working in this company for three years, editing pictures for a local newspaper, and also undertaking advertising design and album layout. Many of the works designed and compiled by him are his proud works. For example, all the advertisements for the first dragon boat race in Heyuan City the year before last year were all part of his sweat. Designing these advertisements was the hardest day in his history. It turns out that he is no worse than others. ?
When he talked about the difficulty of finding a job just after graduation, his face showed a little helplessness. After several months of door-to-door inquiries and looking for job advertisements, many companies expressed their consideration after reading the materials, but as soon as they saw the person and found that his hand was disabled, they turned him away. But he was not discouraged and was finally hired as a computer picture editor by an advertising planning company. However, after working for 2 months, his boss gave him a salary of 250 yuan, which was a big blow to him. "When I was looking for a job, I didn't consider the salary. I just thought that as long as I had a job, it would be fine. But with a salary that was much less than that of ordinary people, I felt that the boss was bullying us disabled people!" He left the company in anger and came back. Another advertising company does lettering and signboard work, with a monthly salary of more than 500 yuan. Sometimes he has to carry a ladder to install billboards outdoors, which is quite difficult for him with only one hand. While doing this job, he is looking for a job that is more suitable for him. Finally, his opportunity came. He applied for a job as a computer design operator at Dongzheng Color Printing Company in Heyuan City. He impressed his boss with his outstanding professional skills and skillful computer operation, and his monthly salary was increased to more than 1,000 yuan per month. ?
Famous aphorisms about people who strive for self-improvement:
The dark night is the prelude to the day. ?——?Guo Xiaochuan?
Winter has arrived, can spring be far behind? ?——?Shelley?
Believe in yourself first, and then others will believe in you. ?——?Turgenev?
The past is forgotten like smoke, and the selfless world is wide in my heart. ?——?Tao Zhu?
Always seek to benefit others, not yourself. ?——?Xie Juezai? A gentleman is known as righteousness, and a villain is known as benefit. ?——?Confucius?
Don’t worry about poverty and lowliness, and don’t dwell on wealth. ?——?Tao Yuanming?
Those who are not strong in ambition are not wise enough. ?——?Mo Zhai?
The sparrow knows the ambition of the swan! ?——?Chen She?
Aim high. ?——?Zhuge Liang?
The old man is always ambitious, but his ambition is far away; the martyr is still ambitious in his old age. ?——?Cao Cao?
The sparrows play with the chariot firewood, and the swans roam freely. ?——?Cao Zhi?
Be poor and strong, and will not fall into the clouds.
?——?Wang Bo