In 1950, a young man fell off the list by two points and was not admitted to the Tsinghua Architecture Department, and his mother was unbelievable and personally went to Tsinghua to review his examination papers.
Finally, 11 big characters were accidentally found on the volume, which learned the reason for his son's failure.
So what exactly are the 11 words on the exam paper? Who is the mother and son?
From a talented woman to a mother
This mother was Lin Huiyin, China's first female architect.
When it comes to Lin Huiyin, in addition to admiring her talent, people are most concerned about her feelings, after all, there are too many people who like this talented woman.
There is Xu Zhimo, who "farewell to Kangqiao", and there is also Jin Yuelin, who wrote "On the Tao" and "On Knowledge".
However, she finally chose liang Sicheng, who was calm and steady, and gave birth to two children with him, that is, later Liang Zaibing and Liang Congjie.
Since then, the talented girl has been soaked in fireworks and has become a tireless mother who teaches her children.
Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng work in the Department of Architecture at Tsinghua University, and both of them are quite busy at work, but no matter how busy Lin Huiyin is, he has never forgotten his children's homework.
As soon as she had time, she would read them ancient poems and talk about architecture, and she very much hoped that her sons and daughters would be able to embark on the road of architecture in the future.
Under the guidance of Lin Huiyin, Liang Zaibing and Liang Congjie's results were very good, and they also ushered in their own college entrance examinations.
It is only surprising that Liang Zaibing played abnormally during the college entrance examination and failed to be admitted to the Tsinghua Architecture Department, and Liang Zaibing also clearly expressed his lack of interest in architecture.
So she eventually chose to enroll in the Spanish Department at Peking University and later became a Xinhua reporter.
Although this made Lin Huiyin a little distressed, she did not force it, but instead poured more energy into her son Liang Congjie.
Soon it was Liang Cong's turn to take the college entrance examination, and judging from Liang Cong's usual results, it was more than enough to be admitted to the Tsinghua Architecture Department.
Therefore, Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng were almost ready to go through the enrollment procedures for their son, but after the college entrance examination results came down, the family was dumbfounded.
Liang Congjie's score is two points lower than the admission score line!
Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng were puzzled, and there was no answer to their son Liang Congjie's communication, and finally Lin Huiyin decided to personally go to see his son's examination paper.
The 11 words on the paper
Because Lin Huiyin was already working at Tsinghua, and the requirements for reviewing the examination papers were not excessive, she quickly got her son's examination papers, and after repeated checks, Lin Huiyin was a little discouraged.
Because according to the grades on the scale, there is no problem with the teacher's approval, and Liang Congjie's score does not meet the standard.
But just when Lin Huiyin decided to go home, she accidentally saw 11 big characters in the binding line, only to see that it was written on it: "I don't like architecture, I like history."
Liang Congjie, like his sister Liang Zaibing, did not want to apply for the Department of Architecture of Tsinghua University at all!
So since Liang Congjie didn't like architecture, why didn't he tell his parents directly and instead choose to take the admissions exam at Tsinghua University?
In fact, the reason is very simple, that is, Liang Congzhi does not want to live up to his parents' expectations.
It should be known that Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng are both outstanding architects in the modern era of the mainland, and even the deepening plan of the mainland national emblem and the monument to the people's heroes were designed by them.
In the process of teaching in the Department of Architecture of Tsinghua University, they have devoted great efforts to architecture, and their greatest desire is to pass on this cause, which is also in line with the concept of "inheriting the father's aspirations".
However, Like his sister Liang Zaibing, Liang Congjie is very interested in architecture.
Relatively speaking, his interest in history is much stronger, and his wish has always been to be admitted to the history department of Peking University, but he was born in such a family, and he really can't talk to his parents.
If it is an ordinary person, at this time, it is either sad and immersed in the suffering of no one to succeed, or it is angry and does not understand this deviant choice.
But Lin Huiyin is not an ordinary person after all, she is the first talented woman in the Republic of China, a transparent and quiet woman, after understanding her son's ambitions, she finally chose not to interfere and let her son repeat it for a year.
In the end, Liang Congzhi was admitted to the history department of Peking University.
Flowers from freedom and interest
It turns out that Lin Huiyin's choice is correct, and interest is indeed the best teacher.
In 1954, Liang graduated from the History Department of Peking University.
Because he studied world history for several years under Chen Hansheng, he was invited by Yunnan University to serve as a lecturer in the History Department after graduation, and four years later he was officially hired as a teacher in the History Department of Yunnan University.
In 1962 he returned to Beijing to work on world history at the Institute of International Relations.
At this time, Liang Congzhi frantically drew nourishment from books, and while acquiring various kinds of knowledge, he also broadened his horizons.
In 1978, he applied for employment at the China Encyclopedia Publishing House, where he single-handedly promoted the establishment of newspapers and periodicals such as Encyclopedia of Knowledge and Intellectuals.
When the foreign encyclopedia delegation visited China to visit Comrade Deng Xiaoping, he accompanied Deng Xiaoping the whole time and served as an interpreter.
It was not until 1988 that he resigned to work as a tutor at the private Chinese Culture Academy and resumed his job as a teacher.
Up to this point, Liang Congjie's main identity was that of a historian, but soon he was no longer willing to sit in the ivory tower.
Instead, he gradually decided to invest his energy in private environmental protection, and it was he who personally established the first private environmental protection organization on the mainland, "Friends of Nature".
Since 1994, Liang has traveled all over the continent from protecting Tibetan antelopes to protecting wild horses, to carrying out Green Hope Action and nature experience classes.
At the side of the towering tree of Friends of Nature, countless new seedlings gradually emerge from the soil and eventually thrive.
In 2002, Liang Congjie was hired as an environmental consultant to the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, and he was determined to continue on this path.
Regrettably, in 2006, he was in a car accident while riding a bicycle, and his physical condition became worse and worse, not only difficult to walk, but also his mind gradually blurred.
Even so, when Friends of Nature held a meeting in 2008, Liang Congjie braved the cold wind to come and issue certificates to some people.
In 2009, although he could not walk without the support of others, he still did not miss the 15th anniversary symposium of Friends of Nature, and many old members burst into tears the moment they saw him.
At the end of October 2010, Mr. Liang Congjie passed away, and thousands of people from all walks of life spontaneously came to his farewell ceremony to say their final farewells to him.
Autonomy is the best option
From the story of Liang Congzhi falling by two points, Lin Huiyin checking the score for his son, and finally respecting his son's volunteerism, we can also get a truth: respect for the child's choice.
Decades have passed since the time of this story, but something similar to this story is happening every year.
Every year after the end of the college entrance examination, there are countless parents who go to volunteer for their children in the name of love, and in the process of volunteering, they may not care about their children's interests and ideas at all.
It is undeniable that parents' intentions are good, and some parents do have unique visions, but this is not a reason for parents to make choices for their children, nor does it mean that parents can bring a better future to their children.
Maybe the major you choose for your child will allow your child to find a good job after graduation, get a good salary, and even be far ahead of their peers.
But how do you know if your child will be the next Jobs?
Because Jobs loved computers, he could design the first computer in the garage, invent the world-class Apple mobile phone, and become a giant of the pry era.
And if you don't interfere, maybe your child should also have this talent, respect the child's interests, guide the child to develop in the direction of their ability, this is what parents should do, rather than rigidly relying on subjective opinions to frame the child's future.
Those who have learned about the college entrance examination in recent years should know that in recent years, the "college entrance examination has fallen off the file" is not uncommon.
The reason why many candidates will drop the file is because when filling out the volunteer form, parents and children have differences, and finally fail to make a suitable choice through rational communication.
If Liang Sicheng and Lin Hui had stubbornly let their children follow their own opinions, then Liang Zaibing and Liang Congjie would not have been difficult to enter the Tsinghua Architecture Department after some years of re-reading.
But if they are not interested in architecture, can they really shine like their parents in this industry?
Perhaps they will stand in the shadow of their parents for the rest of their lives and become obscure people, rather than later big journalists and historians.
The children of the doctor family do not have to study medicine, and the children of the literary family can follow their own ideas and swim in the ocean of science.
Each of us should firmly believe that as long as the child is interested, he can have a brilliant future, even if it is ordinary, it is full of light.
Lin Huiyin investigated the authenticity of the score
After understanding the enlightenment that this story brings us, we should also explore the truth of this matter.
Although the story of Lin Huiyin's failure to make two points because of his son's two points and the review of the volume for his son has been widely circulated and has always been very popular, but must this matter be true?
In fact, there is a great possibility that this story was invented by later generations.
First of all, many people are surprised that Lin Huiyin's children cannot be admitted to the Tsinghua Architecture Department, in fact, it is not necessary.
The children of Newton and Einstein were not physicists as famous as they were, and the descendants of great poets such as Li Bai and Du Fu did not necessarily write poetry more profoundly than others.
See it from this perspective. What's so strange about Liang Zaibing, Liang Congjie, and others not being admitted to the Tsinghua Architecture Department?
Second, the story has two fatal flaws that are logically inconsistencible.
First, the two years that Liang admonished Tsinghua University to take the Department of Architecture coincided with the time when Tsinghua gave up independent admissions departments to set its own standards and examine the subjects in different categories.
That is to say, during that time, the scores of the Department of Architecture and the Department of History were the same, and Liang Congjie's department of architecture was two points different, so the history department was also two points different.
This proves that Liang Congjie did not score two points less in order to express his protest, but judging from factors such as comprehensive strength and play, he really did not reach the threshold of the history department at that time.
This unique way of recruiting students was not officially abolished until 1952, when the mainland education department issued the "Regulations on the Summer Enrollment of New Students in National College Entrance Examination Schools in 1952".
Since that time, the admission scores of various majors have been different, and there have been the liberal arts and sciences that we are familiar with later.
As for some friends, Liang Congjie likes Peking University and does not like Tsinghua, so he deliberately took the exam by two points, but it is not necessary.
Leaving aside the examination subjects at that time, including Chinese language and political history, it was difficult to control the score at all.
If you really want to protest, Liang Congjie can tell his parents clearly before participating in Tsinghua admissions, and there is no need to participate in Tsinghua admissions.
Second, since the examination system, there has been a rule for examinations, "anonymous judgment of papers."
That is to say, candidates cannot make marks in the examination paper, especially in the seal line of the examination paper, and they must not write down content that is not related to the answer.
Once the grading paper is completed, the teacher finds that there is content on the test paper that is not related to the test, and the biggest possibility is to directly invalidate the test paper.
And Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng are both teachers at Tsinghua University, and it is impossible not to make it clear to Liang Congjie in this matter, and Liang Congzhi cannot make such a low-level mistake.
Lin Huiyin's request for a post-event review of the examination papers was in line with the rules of the time.
In summary, Liang Cong's admonition that the college entrance examination is two points lower than the Tsinghua admissions score line should be true.
However, he wrote 11 big characters on the volume, and the story of Lin Huiyin changing his mind when he saw this sentence after reviewing the volume may have been fabricated by later generations.
And the reason why such a story is made up is also very simple.
One is to tell us that we should respect the wishes of children, interest is the best teacher, and the other is to add a little talk after giving everyone a meal.
So why is the protagonist Lin Huiyin's family, and who makes Lin Huiyin the first talented woman in the Republic of China with both talent and color? I'm afraid that the people who make up the story also want to rub the heat.
As for why this story has survived for decades, on the one hand, this story is indeed educational, and although the story is false, the inspiration it brings to us is true.
On the other hand, it is because everyone is happy to see the fairy get a little bit of fireworks, after all, the woman who wrote the ink and wrote "You are the April day on earth" is really too clear and dusty, making it difficult for people to get close, and a mother who goes to Tsinghua for her son is different, and the distance is much closer.