Everyone has their own name, and they are often given by parents and elders, which are full of good wishes, and some older generations believe that a good name can also help children in life and career.
However, there is a scholar, when he was young, an interesting thing happened: the son was nicknamed by his classmates, but the father simply changed it to his real name, and he became famous all over the world decades later.
This person is a famous nuclear physicist in China, the founder of China's atomic energy science cause, the founder of "two bombs and one satellite", and Qian Sanqiang.
In 1913, Qian Sanqiang was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, a famous family, the third son of the Qian family, and his father was Qian Xuantong, a famous scholar during the Republic of China period and an advocate of the new cultural movement.
The birth of Qian Sanqiang made this father very happy, he searched through the historical classics, after careful consideration, and finally gave Qian Sanqiang three names "Qian Bingqiong", hoping that he could stand in the future between heaven and earth.
Under the guidance and cultivation of his father, Qian Bingqiong has achieved excellent results since he was a child, and he is quiet and quiet, like a small adult, in his youth, he also followed his father to beijing to live, and studied at the Kongde Middle School where Cai Yuanpei was the principal.
In the school, Qian Bingqiong quickly became an outstanding existence, and he developed morally, intellectually and physically, and even became the main player of the school basketball team.
It was during Qian Xuesen's holiday that they returned to their hometown, but his father Qian Xuantong received a letter from his classmate, and with curiosity, Qian Xuantong quietly opened the letter and wanted to see what was said inside.
The letter is nothing more than about some trivial things in daily life, but what makes Qian Xuantong interested is not here, in the letter, Qian Bingqiong's classmates are very interesting, he calls himself "big weak", but calls Qian Bingqiong "three strong", which makes Qian Xuantong very strange, why is this?
When Qian Xuesen returned home, his father took this letter and asked him: Why do people call you "three strong"? Qian Bingqiong seemed a little embarrassed, he explained: "I am the third oldest in the family, plus I played basketball well in school, and my homework was also good, so my classmates used the nickname 'Top Three'."
It turned out that Qian Bingqiong's name was too troublesome, but his excellent ability impressed many classmates, so they basically called him according to the nickname of "Top Three".
Qian Xuantong laughed after listening to it, and he also felt that although the name "Three Strong" was not elegant, it was also magnificent, compared to Qian Bingqiong's elegance, it was somewhat complicated, so he said to Qian Bingqiong: "You just take it as your real name!" In this way, qian Sanqiang's name was also born.
Later, Qian Sanqiang really lived up to his father's expectations, he was admitted to the science preparatory department of Peking University, and then entered Tsinghua University to study, in the 30s, Qian Sanqiang came to the University of Paris to study for a doctorate, as for the supervisor, it was the famous Nobel Laureate Marie Curie.
After this, Qian Sanqiang, who returned to Guo Lei, successively served as vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, president of Zhejiang University and other important positions, and played a very important contribution. The name "Qian Sanqiang" has also been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.