It is a good lesson to be diligent and make up for one's shortcomings. Every effort is worth the talent. ——Hua Luogeng

Hua Luogeng resolutely returned to China: The famous mathematician Hua Luogeng applied to give lectures in the United States in 1946 and was highly regarded by the academic community. At that time, the University of Illinois in the United States signed a tenure-track professorship with him with an annual salary of US$10,000. Hua Luogeng's life suddenly became comfortable. Not only did he have a small foreign-style building, the university also specially equipped him with four assistants and a typist. After the founding of New China, some people always thought that Hua Luogeng had become famous and lived a comfortable life in the United States and would never come back. However, material, money, and status could not fetter his patriotism. In February 1950, Hua Luogeng resolutely gave up his status as a "professor" in the United States and broke through the blockade to return to his motherland. While passing through Hong Kong, he wrote an "Open Letter to the Students Studying in the United States", expressing his enthusiasm for dedicating himself to the motherland. He called with enthusiasm: "For the sake of the country and the nation, we should go back!" "Although Jincheng is happy, it is better to return to our hometown; although Liangyuan is good, it is not a place to stay for a long time."