Qian Weichang: If I want to be a champion, I want to be a champion.
1931September 20081September 2008 18 broke out, which was a national disaster. Qian Weichang, who is about to enter the history department of Tsinghua, decided on the same day after learning the humiliating news: abandon literature and reason, and save the country by science.
Qian Weichang: As Chiang Kai-shek said, anyone who wants to stand up should not resist, because others have planes and cannons. Hearing this, I became angry. I am young. So I made up my mind. I said I wouldn't learn this thing. I want to learn airplane cannon.
In the previous senior high school entrance examination, Qian Weichang scored only 25 points in mathematics, physics and English, so he gave up physics in literature and history, and Qian Weichang ignored personal risks and gains and losses.
Qian Weichang: No. I want to build tanks in the future. That's the idea.
Qian Weichang got up early and was greedy for the dark, shuttling between dormitories, classrooms and libraries, forgetting to eat and sleep. A year later, he scored more than 70 points in math and science courses, and four years later, he became one of the eight students who successfully graduated with excellent results.
1939, Qian Weichang was admitted to the Sino-British Geng Club as a publicly funded international student, and obtained valuable qualifications for studying in Canada. However, because her ship will stay in Yokohama for three days, Qian Weichang and other international students refused to board.
Qian Weichang: I quit. We can't go to the enemy country. Many people left their passports in the Huangpu River on the spot.
After nearly a year's waiting,1August, 940, Qian Weichang and other international students boarded a ship that didn't stay in Japan and went to Canada to study. After staying in Canada for 50 days, he became famous because of the publication of a paper. Two years later, he got a doctorate. Later, he went to the Jet Propulsion Institute of California Institute of Technology as a postdoctoral fellow, and studied under Professor von Carmen, the father of missiles in the world. By 1945, Qian Weichang has become an internationally renowned scientist. And the income is quite rich.
Qian Weichang: OK, about $80,000 a year.
Just as Qian Weichang's scientific research was in full swing, the news of China War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory came. At this time, he chose to return to China and become a professor at his alma mater, Tsinghua University Mechanical Department.
Qian Weichang: I am determined to go home and train better students.
But after years of civil war and economic recession, by 1948, Qian Weichang's salary was only enough to buy two thermos bottles. At this time, Qian Weichang had the opportunity to return to work at the American Jet Propulsion Research Institute, but a problem in applying for a passport made Qian Weichang choose to stay at home.
Qian Weichang: I can't fill in the last item. He said that if China goes to war with the United States, will you be loyal to China or the United States? I said of course I was loyal to China. I come from China.
1956, as the president of Tsinghua University, Qian Weichang participated in the formulation of the blueprint for scientific development in the first chapter of the new China-12-year vision plan for scientific and technological development. Qian Weichang suggested that the country give priority to the development of atomic energy, missiles and space flight. The other 400 people who participated in the planning at that time, except Qian Sanqiang and Qian Xuesen, did not support him, and these 400 people were academic leaders in their respective fields.
Qian Weichang: I think we should tell the truth. What should the country do? I can't listen to these words. After quarreling for more than a year, Premier Zhou finally said that it was right and our country needed this.
Facts have proved that without the successful development of two bombs and one satellite, China could not have become an emerging force to change the world pattern at that time; Without the successful development of "two bombs and one satellite", China will not become a big country with important influence on the world now and in the future.
No sooner had the blueprint begun than the anti-rightist movement came. 1June, 957, Qian Weichang was wrongly classified as a rightist, and was responsible for sweeping the floor in the laboratory for one year, and then he was assigned to work in the countryside.
Qian Weichang: That doesn't matter. I'm telling you, the Rightists won't even let their sons go to college. Neither my son nor my daughter has gone to college. I still insist on my opinion. I'm not returning it either.
After being labeled as a rightist, Qian Weichang still took advantage of various opportunities to give full play to his strengths. Provide consultation and solve 100 technical problems for all parties.
Qian Weichang: I love my country. I must be good to my country. I have no other requirements. I hope the country is strong.
From 65438 to 0979, Qian Weichang re-engaged in the education of the motherland until his death in 20 10. 1998, Qian Weichang spent 98 years studying what he thought was the most important science: patriotism.