Singapore is often jokingly referred to as "Lee Ka Po". The reason for this statement is also because lee has played a pivotal role in various fields of this country since Lee Kuan Yew opened the national foundation.
Lee Kuan Yew was the founding father of Singapore and participated in the cabinet for 52 years; Singapore's rule of law, independence and prosperity are inseparable from his years of hard work;
His son Lee Hsien Loong succeeded his father as the third Prime Minister of the country; he deeply rooted the vein of "Lee's management" in the corners of Singapore;
Daughter-in-law Ho Ching is the supreme ruler of Temasek, the largest state-owned enterprise, who holds US$200 billion in state assets;
Not to mention the family also includes the CEO of Singtel, the president of the National Brain Hospital, and the executive chairman of Singapore's largest law firm.
When it is really a tiger father without a dog, all of them are heroic!
The Li clan holds various confidential positions, although they also ride the east wind of "backing against the tree", but they are inseparable from the excellence and qualifications of each of them.
Three generations of grandchildren, 8 graduated from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, 1 is a master's student of Stanford University in the United States, and 1 has a master's student of Oxford University, a doctoral student of Stanford University and a postdoctoral student of Harvard University!
This is what a powerful genetically hardened high-IQ academic bully family! People are admired but also envious.
Today, I will talk in detail about the cultivation history of this school bully family, hoping to learn three points and realize one and two points through this.
Lee Kuan Yew and Ko Yu-chi in Cambridge
Although many people have mixed opinions about Lee Kuan Yew's foreign policy, especially the concept of "de-Sinicization and pushing the Spanish language"; when it comes to his love story with his wife, Ko Yuzhi, they all praise the authentic "fairy companion".
Lee Kuan Yew studied at Raffles College Singapore since childhood. Most of the students in this school are noble, and there are many talented people under the British enlightenment.
Lee Kuan Yew is even more outstanding among these talents, and every exam is the pride of the list.
And this pride, but because of Ke Yuzhi's entry into the school abruptly stopped.
In one exam, Lee Kuan Yew's English and Economics scores all fell to second place, replaced by a man named "Coyote", who was also the only female student at Raffles College.
The first thing planted in the heart is the seed of competition, and the curiosity about Ke Yuzhi gradually derives the love between men and women.
The two know each other in the endless sea of learning, competing with each other to catch up with each other.
In 1946, Lee Kuan Yew received a Queen's Scholarship to study at Cambridge University. In the face of the uneasiness of imminent separation, Ke Yuzhi only asked Lee Kuan Yew a word:
Did you know that I am three years older than you?
Lee Kuan Yew reassured Ke Yuzhi: I know. I've thought it all out. I'm a teenager myself, so I need a partner who is as mature as myself.
After Lee Kuan Yew went to England, Ke Yuzhi did not indulge in the grief of separation; but buried her head in the pile of books, read hard day and night, and finally in the second year, with the result of throwing out the second place, won the scholarship and went to England to find her lover.
The love of the school bully, realistic and inspirational. Two people with similar souls, from this moment on, joined hands for life, laughing at the years.
Lee Kuan Yew recalled more than once the time they both spent studying together in Cambridge:
At Cambridge, both of us gave our all. It took her two years to get a double first honours degree in law, and I got a scholarship and won my first honors degree, but it only took three years.
Truly mature and big-minded men often appreciate women who match their own strength and are independent.
After marriage, Lee Kuan Yew threw himself into politics, and Ko Yuzhi became the source and pillar of his silent dedication behind his back.
On behalf of the workers' government, Lee Kuan Yew negotiated and stayed up late under his lamp, and it was Ko Yu-chi who revised his speech over and over again; it was Ke Yuzhi who accompanied Lee Kuan Yew in the party constitution and legal documents after the founding of the People's Republic of China to discuss his words and sentences; after taking a high position, it was Ke Yuzhi, who was also a teacher and friend, who helped Lee Kuan Yew solve his worries and difficulties and soothe his irritability.
What supports Ko Yuzhi and Lee Kuan Yew side by side is her profound knowledge and broad vision; of course, there are three views that are compatible with each other.
In 2010, Ke Yuzhi died of illness.
At her funeral, Lee Kuan Yew remembered:
Without her, I would be a different person and live a completely different life. She was always there for me when I needed her, and she had a life full of warmth and meaning.
When the love is strong, everyone loves each other, but as the years go by, life is full of trivialities, and what remains in the empathy of each other is the books they have read together, the wine they have drunk, and the world they have accompanied each other.
Lee Hsien Loong, as the eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew, grew up under the shadow of his father's glory; as an adult, he was the first to carry the family banner and inherit his father's mantle, continuing the Lee bloodline in Singapore's political arena.
Many people say that Lee Hsien Loong was born with a golden spoon and his back was against a big tree to cool off; the road paved by his father could make him walk smoothly and frankly.
It is undeniable that the foundation created by Lee Kuan Yew laid a firm political foundation for Lee Hsien Loong's political career; but Lee Hsien Loong was by no means a man of fame and reputation, but the tree of his father's generation was too luxuriant, shielding him from the wind and rain, and at the same time dimming his qualifications and excellence in the shade.
In 1970, Lee Hsien Loong visited the path his parents had traveled and was admitted to the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, majoring in mathematics.
How good are Lee Hsien Loong's professional achievements in Cambridge?
His mentor at Cambridge once personally approached Lee Kuan Yew and advised his son not to pursue politics and concentrate on mathematics. Because Lee Hsien Loong's mathematical talent is "phenomenal", it is rare in a hundred years; the Cambridge tutor praised others: "Lee Hsien Loong is not only hardworking, serious, professional, but also knows how to innovate, all signs indicate that he will be a world-class mathematician." ”
Apparently, Lee Kuan Yew "snuffed out" the growth of a world-class mathematician; instead, he was led into politics, becoming another man in Lee's who carried the political banner.
(Left) Lee Kuan Yew (right) Lee Hsien Loong
Like his father, Lee Hsien Loong also made a lifelong commitment to Cambridge University with his other half.
This person is Lee Hsien Loong's first wife and his Cambridge alumnus, Wong Ming Yang.
Although the two flounders have a deep affection, Huang Mingyang is not as good as Ke Yuzhi. Their love marriage is more of a tone of ups and downs and sadness.
Wong's parents were Chinese teachers in Malaysia who were committed to promoting The Chinese language; this was far from Lee Kuan Yew's "de-Sinicization, pushing the Spanish language"; therefore, in the face of this marriage, Lee Kuan Yew was firmly opposed.
Even the happy cakes when Lee Hsien Loong and Huang Mingyang were married were thrown directly into the trash can.
After marriage, Huang Mingyang lived a humble and depressed life. The second child born to the Li family suffered from congenital heart disease. Exhausted, Huang Mingyang died in the third week after giving birth, at the age of 31.
In the third year after his wife left, Lee Hsien Loong met his second wife, He Jing.
Not a family, not a door. He Jing is also a full-fledged female bully.
Before entering the university, He Jing won the Best Student Award and the President's Scholarship several times. And the students who can get the presidential scholarship are even more dragons and phoenixes, and there are very few people in the country.
One is a high-ranking dignitary, and the other is a female middle school woman. The marriage and love of the two people seem to be a match made in heaven.
When Lee Hsien Loong was Singapore's Prime Minister, Ho Took on the position of President of Temasek, Singapore's largest state-owned enterprise.
Temasek is a state-owned enterprise controlled by Singapore's Ministry of National Finance, with industries ranging from telecommunications, aviation, banking and ports. Assets amount to $42 billion.
A family of two in-laws, one in power, one in charge of money. It seems that Singapore is called "Lee Ka Po", which is not without reason.
In the third generation of the Lee family, there is a young man named Li Shengwu, although he has not yet engaged in politics and business, he has become famous in Singapore with the state of "the peak of learning hegemony".
Lee Seung-woo is the second son of Lee Kuan Yew, the child of Lee Hsien Yeung. Both parents are graduates of Cambridge University, and Li Shengwu has had a smart little head since he was a child.
After graduating from high school, Li Shengwu chose Oxford University, where he won the first place in the Department of Philosophy, Politics and Economics of Oxford University in 2009 and obtained a master's degree in Oxford.
Subsequently, he entered Stanford University in the United States to study economics and obtained a doctorate degree in economics;
Since 2016, he has been an assistant professor of economics at Harvard University in the United States and is pursuing postdoctoral research.
Such a bully gene perfectly continues the brilliant achievements of the Lee family in Singapore. Although it has not entered the political arena for the time being, the three generations of the Li family are still young after all, and how to act in the future should be another story.
The inheritance of family education is not only the inheritance of cultural knowledge and the concept of educating people; it is more of a inheritance of family glory and foundation.
The ancients said that they were only three generations rich; I believed that Lee's family, as the "first political magnate in Singapore", would be deeply rooted in the earth, flourishing, and continuing this glory for a long time.
Folks, what do you think?