The "March 8th Festival" gift received this year pays tribute to a legendary woman, qing dynasty astronomer Wang Zhenyi, who is named after a craters on the distant planet Venus. The gift shape is derived from the story of her research on lunar eclipse experiments, imitating the Palace Museum's "Golden Pearl Celestial Globe", showing a variety of moods in the process of exploring dreams. Previous Women's Day gifts have many tributes to Nuwa, Mulan, Mu Guiying, etc., this time Zhenyi is not a hardcore "heroine", but she follows her heart and lives her own story is also worth hearing.
▲ The Women's Day gift received by the author
Wang Zhenyi (1768-1797), zi Deqing, originally from Anhui, was born in Nanjing, self-proclaimed Jiangning Female History, the first of the "Three Female Masters" of the Qing Dynasty (Note: Wang Zhenyi, Ge Yi, and Shen Qi were all talented women who were proficient in arithmetic). This Qianlong woman, 29 years old in life "learn to ride and shoot, through astrology, actuarial calculations, work poetry, good at painting, medical science, breaking etiquette", with the courage to transcend the times to break through the limitations, the pursuit of dreams, is a very modern temperament of the "goddess of knowledge".
In the closed era when the woman was talentless and virtuous, "only wine, food, sewing is a business, improper management of holding the mule, chanting Wen Shi Hanmo for things", Jiangnan Boudoir Wang Zhenyi was born like a summer flower, but it was as splendid as a galaxy.
The history of the Qing Dynasty contains "the history of the Ordinary Life Bo Tong Jing, and the fine algorithm, and the study of bypass medicine Bu Nong". She has a strong learning ability, the spirit of research, a wide range of subjects, living in Jilin for 5 years, after reading the 75 cabinets of books left by her grandfather. Reading thousands of books, traveling thousands of miles, and practicing medicine with his father, "going east out of the mountains and seas, going west to the place where the collision was, and then repeating Wu, Chu, Yan, Yue and other places, the journey was not less than tens of thousands of miles." Self-written poem "Titled Woman's Husband Picture": "Reminiscing about the past traveling in the mountains and seas, the three rivers and five mountains are climbing fast." Travel thousands of miles and thousands of books, and try to be ambitious to overcome your husband. West out of Lintong East Black Water, riding horses to drive young joy. He also practiced archery and reviewed riding, and was ashamed to ride one by one. ”
▲ Wang Zhenyi's poetry collection
She is famous for her poetry, and Yuan Ming's "Suiyuan Poetry" commented that her poems "have the spirit of Qijie, not like female streams". The poet of the same generation, Yu Qiunong, praised "the sea is full of vigor and vitality, and the warbler and flower system are also sentimental." I am ashamed to live in Wuyi Lane and do not know the name of the western neighbor. He once learned to ride and shoot from the Mongols, "cross the horse and cross the sword, come and go like a fly, and the hair must be in the middle", and was awarded "both culture and martial arts, bypassing the six arts", "nothing but only".
"Qing History Draft" sentence: The female rule calendar is counted as covered to fresh. She is the "special case" of the pursuit of science. Authors: two volumes of astrological illustrations, five volumes of almanac simple savings, easy to know, re-formulation of strategies and calculations, additions and deletions of Western calculations, all one volume, four volumes of elephant numbers, one volume of female mengshi recitation, Shen Qi, all one volume, embroidered notes, selected poems for evaluation, all ten volumes, and twenty volumes of the Defeng Pavilion Collection. The complete collection that has been sorted out by the present person has 100,000 words.
Qing ren comment: Zhenyi has practical learning, must not be without, Ban Huiji (Note: Ban Zhao) is only one person. She "reasons for the quality of poetry, not for the algae", and proposed in the poem "Zi Zhen": "How poor is the study of life, we should know the treasure of yin and yin." What is difficult is practice, and what is still being heard is the Tao." To this end, bold experiments, integration of East and West, adhere to the number of Chinese New Year's Eve to observe the sky, the day to calculate the stars, to achieve "words and rains and abundant wonders", self-made equipment to study lunar eclipses, and even in correspondence with sisters, they are discussing geometry problems. She asserted 200 years ago: "China and the West are inherently different and there are also some", "If it is reasonable, why choose China and the West?" But each is extremely acceptable. ”。
She was a "rebellious alternative" at the time, and had already realized the equality of men and women: "Often on academics, it is not important to women." "Do you know that they are all human beings, and they are the same in learning?" In the face of ridicule for her remarks of "losing the true face of the boudoir", he asked in a loud voice: "The pedantic people in this world, the move is that women and women should not recite chants as a matter, and the husbands are also people, then they are the same mentality, the six books teach people to learn with righteousness, clarity, and self-cultivation, and disciples are set up for men! And wrote down such a good sentence as "The first letter must be eyebrows and other scarves, who said that the daughter is not a hero", which inspired future generations.
She does not say "feminism" but practices it, walks out of the boudoir, is financially independent, and marries late and has children later. Xiao Yanan, editor-in-chief of the Qing Dynasty Girl Show Collection Series, testified that she often received help from her family, had economic support behavior, and "had a considerable right to speak" at home. She was not afraid of the world, and she was shocked to accept male disciples. Regardless of the name, at the age of 25, he married Xuancheng Xiucai Zhan Ming and respected each other. In the "Self-Introduction", it is written that after marriage, it is inevitable to be burdened by housework, "divided into posts and feeding, so half waste pen and ink", but her husband reminds her not to give up, "often pity it, and instruct Yi Yi to collect what she has done before and now." ”
She faces fame and fortune and does not forget her heart. In the face of the scholars who hold the view that "women are not honored by their names", the "Defeng Pavilion First Collection of Self-Introduction" freely declares: The heart of a good name cannot be without everyone. And the general view of the ancient and modern can be in the poetry of the ancient articles, the scholar master gu no matter, that is, there is no shortage of people in the boudoir, a cloud of transmission, He Jiao is not counted, the number is or passed on, and can not be outstanding, then and not passed on. Yi he dares to be good in the name, and what yi does is inherently insufficient! Oh, sword head, chat with self-amusement. Coping and introspection, rational and straightforward, showing the wind under the forest, more modern.
In the third season of CCTV's famous column "National Treasure", actor Zhang Zifeng performed Wang Zhenyi's "dream-chasing" life in "The Past Life Story of the Golden Pearl Celestial Sphere". The people in the play said: From the little grandfather, he gave a dream to a little girl who was ridiculed for being delusional, "a dream that does not sink into the world's fly camp and looks up at the stars."
In less than 30 years, she has done what others can't do in three lifetimes. Because of her, we believe that "there are people in the boudoir"; because of her, we believe even more that the Chinese from ancient times to the present day have never stopped looking up and exploring the deep distance.
When the world discovered Zhenyi, netizens around the world were amazed by the "crossing" life of this strange woman in capital letters. As early as 1994, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) named the newly discovered crater on Venus after "Wang Zhenyi", and this honor was also awarded to jane Austen, Beauvoir and other celebrities. In 2016, in the American bestseller "Courage to Move Forward: The Story of 50 Outstanding Women Scientists Who Changed the World", Wang Zhenyi was listed with Marie Curie and Wu Jianxiong. In 2018, in "The Power of Mathematics: The Rebellious Women of Mathematics" written by an American professor of mathematics, Wang Zhenyi was introduced as the first "pioneer". In 2019, the Nature website listed Wang Zhenyi as "a female scientist who laid the foundation for scientific development."
Perhaps, the current girls can't read a lot of books and see the stars and the sea like Zhenyi, but she provides a model for future generations to constantly look back, recognize, wake up, and inspire.
For thousands of years, despite the shackles, there have always been women who are not afraid of the wear and tear of reality and even the threat of death, lifting their heads from the trivialities of chai rice oil and salt, and trying to stretch out in the cracks of social pressure. Behind Zhenyi, there are Qiu Jin, Xiang Jingyu and other female role models such as Qiu Jin and Xiang Jingyu who are "unable to stand in the body, the male children are listed, but the heart is stronger than the male children", and there are also scientific pioneers such as Wu Jianxiong, Lin Qiaozhi, and Xie Xide. She made us believe in the power of example, that in two hundred years, years from now, women will surely see a wider, higher universe.
In the name of Chastity, I greet contemporary professional women with the same character: breaking through limitations in work, having the courage to pursue dreams; living a beautiful fragrance, blooming self-radiance. May everyone: when focusing on the cause, be quiet as a virgin, the heart is calm; when communicating with the outside world, self-confidence and elegance, and calm manners. Work hard and live happily. Pursue the truth and explore the world. Keep your feet on the ground and look up at the stars.
Through the light of chastity, face up to the plight of women, but also see the strength of women. Use thoughts as weapons to go out of the way in the world and emit light. No matter when and where, whether you are walking alone or at home, office or kitchen, you must insist on seeing yourself, discovering yourself, and creating yourself.
The story of Chastity, which has nothing to do with gender, has nothing to do with it.
Hegel said that a nation must have a group of people who look up at the stars to have hope. She was one of the sages who looked up at the stars for thousands of years.
The four directions are known as the universe, and the ancient and the present are known as the universe. In the face of the universe, the earth is just a fragile "dim blue dot". "Cai Gen Tan" said, "In the light of stone and fire, there is a competition for strength and weakness, geometric time? Snail horns on the more female and male, Xu big world? "In the face of the world, we may wish to ask ourselves: What have we contributed to the world?
The reason why Wang Zhenyi is engraved by the universe, regardless of gender origin, regardless of nationality, is only because as an ordinary person, she has worked hard all her life, dedicated her strength, and worked hard to explain and transform her surroundings, so that she will be remembered by history and the fragrance is eternal.
Author: Zhu Shuxian
Edit: Jin Jiuchao
Editor-in-Charge: Zhu Zifen