introduction
Tsinghua University, which is a world-famous university with a century-old history, has experienced the change of power in the late Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the People's Republic, witnessed the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation, and the only constant is the spirit of active exploration and patriotic feelings of every Tsinghua student. Once Tsinghua teachers and students took national rejuvenation as their own responsibility, even if they went abroad to exchange studies, they also adhered to the belief of serving the motherland, and even if the best conditions were offered abroad, they could not compare with the call of the motherland.
With the progress of the times, the mainland's influence in the international community is getting bigger and bigger, and the academic exchanges between countries are getting closer and closer, and people have been enthusiastic about studying abroad since when they think that the United States and other Western countries have an extremely superior living environment. At Tsinghua University, a professor named Jiang Guobing also believed in this, and he brought his family to Canada with great expectations, but he did not expect that he repeatedly ran into a wall in the process of finding a job, and could only make a living by brushing paint, and eventually jumped off the bridge and committed suicide.
01
Born into an intellectual family in Tianmen, Hubei Province, in the 1960s, Jiang Guobing was influenced by his parents to have a high passion for learning, especially sensitive to numbers. During the special period, Jiang Guobing's family was affected and could not study and work normally, but Jiang Guobing, who was very resourceful, could always think of ways to secretly teach himself, and he would fight under the dim light in the dead of night. In 1978, the mainland restored the college entrance examination system, Jiang Guobing's parents sent him to a high school to review for a year, coupled with the good foundation he had laid before, he was finally admitted to Tsinghua University, a top university on the mainland, and became a "proud son of heaven" respected by thousands of people.
After entering Tsinghua University, Jiang Guobing saw what it means to be a person outside the people, there are days outside the sky, and geniuses from all over the country have gathered here, giving Jiang Guobing a lot of competitiveness. In order not to fall behind, Jiang Guobing used all his time other than rest to study, sometimes simply living in the laboratory, just so that he could win more opportunities to learn in the morning. Jiang Guobing can get scholarships and various honorary certificates every year, and the mentors have also thrown olive branches to him, intending to accept him as their protégé. After graduating from university, Jiang Guobing stayed in school to continue his graduate studies and successfully obtained a master's degree, which was an extremely rare successful person at that time.
02
Jiang Guobing was not satisfied with his master's degree, he actively submitted applications to foreign universities, and finally got an invitation from Purdue University in the United States, and began his journey to stay abroad. In the United States, Jiang Guobing was deeply aware of the development gap between China and the United States, and from the bottom of his heart, he believed that the living conditions of Western countries were much superior to those at home, and planned to have the opportunity to take his family abroad to settle down in the future. After returning to China, Jiang Guobing was hired as a lecturer by Tsinghua University, and became an associate professor and professor step by step by relying on his years of scientific research achievements accumulated by himself, enjoying the rich conditions given by Tsinghua University. As an ordinary person, such a stable life has long been satisfied, not to mention leaving home to live abroad.
However, Jiang Guobing is still not satisfied with the status quo, he will always think of his life of studying abroad, and calculate how to immigrate abroad with his whole family. As a professor at Tsinghua University, it is not easy to immigrate abroad at will, so he took the opportunity to study for a second doctorate in Canada and left China with his wife and children, and resigned his position as a professor at Tsinghua University. Before leaving, Jiang Guobing was full of self-confidence, he believed that he was a professor at Tsinghua University, and he had a rich experience of studying abroad, it was easy to find a decent job in Canada, and he still had a lot of time to realize his lofty ideals.
03
After arriving in Canada, Jiang Guobing and his wife first spent a huge amount of money to buy a house as a foothold for the family in Canada, and they also carried a certain debt. After the family settled down, Jiang Guobing took his resume around to apply for work, and as a result, he waited for a long time after submitting his resume and did not get a response from the other party, which made Jiang Guobing, who was proud of himself as a proud son of heaven, suffer a blow.
Jiang Guobing failed to pass the interview for several months, and the family's savings soon bottomed out, and if they continued like this, they would be starved to death. In desperation, Jiang Guobing had to lay down his body to become a painter and rely on a meager salary to maintain his family's expenses. During this period, Jiang Guobing did not forget to continue to study for his second doctorate, but unfortunately this degree still did not change his living conditions.
In addition to the pressure on the economy, the cultural environment abroad also makes it difficult for Jiang Guobing's family to adapt, especially racial discrimination makes them bullied, but in order to survive, they can only endure humiliation and burden. One day in 2006, Jiang Guobing did not go home as usual after finishing his work, and came to the edge of the bridge alone, and then jumped down. When the police and paramedics arrived, he had lost his vital signs, and a learned intellectual ended his life.
epilogue
Jiang Guobing's end is very regrettable, such an excellent and talented talent is living such a miserable life, if he had believed more in the development prospects of the motherland, would he have had a different life trajectory? I hope that his wife and children will be safe and sound in a foreign country and inherit the precious wisdom crystallization of Jiang Guobing.