This article is reproduced from the public number of [Chengdian Pickup Light].
Zhang Shiji (1929.01-1994.08), male, from Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering of Sun Yat-sen University in 1951 and stayed on to teach, from September 1952 to July 1956, he taught at South China Institute of Technology (now South China University of Technology), under the supervision of Professor Feng Bingquan (one of the only two first-class professors in the national radio industry at that time) and Professor Lin Weigan (later academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences), and in August 1956, he was transferred to Chengdu Institute of Telecommunications Engineering (now The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, referred to as Chengdian) to teach. He is a well-known electronic measurement expert in mainland China, who has long been engaged in the research of electronic measurement and automatic testing, published the textbook "Principles of Electronic Measurement", "Measurement Error and Data Processing", "Introduction to Radio Metrology Testing" and other monographs, and published more than 30 academic papers.
Since the early 1970s, it has taken the lead in carrying out research on the characterization, measurement principle and measurement technology of the frequency stability and spectral purity of high-stability oscillation sources in China, and has achieved breakthrough results, filled the domestic gap, and published national unified textbooks and monographs such as "Automatic Test System", "Instrument Standard Interface Tutorial", "Theory and Design of Microwave Measuring Instruments" and so on. His scientific research achievements have won 3 first prizes, 2 second prizes and 2 third prizes at the provincial and ministerial levels. He was promoted to professor in 1982 and served as head of the Department of Radio Technology and Head of the Department of Automation. He is also a member of the subject group of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the State Education Commission (Ministry of Education), the chairman of the Automatic Testing and Control Society of the Chinese Institute of Electronics, the deputy director of the Electronic Measurement and Instrument Professional Society of the Chinese Institute of Electronics, the professional member of the China Metrology and Testing Society, the professional member of the Chinese Electronics Society, the president of the HP Instrument Users Association in western China, and the director of the Academic Committee of the Sichuan Metrology Technology and Instrument Manufacturing Society. Zhang Shiji was rated as an advanced worker in Chengdu in 1980 and an advanced educator in the Ministry of Electronics Industry in 1982. In 1983 and 1988, he was elected as a deputy to the Sixth and Seventh People's Congresses of Sichuan Province. Since 1992, he has enjoyed the special government allowance of the State Council.
Mr. Zhang Shiji is my mentor, mention his name, the slightly longer Chengdian people know, in Chengdian is known as "Desperate Sanlang". Working day and night for many years, he became ill with overwork and unfortunately died young, at the age of 65. I am now in my early eighties, but I often think of my husband's voice and teachings, and I would like to express my remembrance with this article.
Started from scratch to create a radio measurement major
At the beginning of September 1956, the first Soviet expert of Chengdian, V. You Roczynsky, came to the school and served as an adviser to the dean (Wu Liren) (later the head of the Soviet expert group of Chengdian). Rodinsky is an expert in radio measurement, which is particularly valuable for the newly built Chengdu Institute of Telecommunications Engineering, especially for the establishment of related majors. At that time, zhao guonan and Zhang Shiji were two teachers who were good at radio, of which Zhang Shiji was transferred from The South China Institute of Technology in August 1956 to Chengdian, under the guidance of Professor Feng Bingquan, dean of the South China Institute of Technology (one of the only two first-class professors in the national radio industry at that time) and Professor Lin Weigan (a microwave expert, elected academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980). Under the guidance and help of Rodinsky, Zhao Guonan and Zhang Shiji created the first radio surveying major in the mainland at Chengdian, and recruited 8 graduate students of Chengdian as mentors, including Guo Shusheng (staying in school, later as a professor), Ju Yuankai (later the first chief engineer of 40 mailboxes), and Xia Hulin (Ministry of Aerospace). At the same time, Zhang Shiji, as the business assistant designated by the school, has done a lot of work in the training of undergraduate, graduate and young teachers in this major. At the end of June 1958, Rodinsky returned to the Soviet Union, but when the expert met Yang Xiaobo, vice president of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, who visited Russia more than fifty years later, he still remembered Zhang Shiji, a passionate and unrestrained young man in his twenties, and even said, "I miss him very much."
The famous Soviet scientist Mendeleev once said: "Without measurement, there is no science." In 1956, the school opened a radio measurement specialization under the "Radio Engineering" major of the Department of Radio, which made our school the first base in the mainland to train high-level engineering and technical personnel in electronic instruments and measurement technology. In 1959, the school abolished the specialization and changed it to the "Radio Measuring Instruments and Manufacturing" major, referred to as "Radio Measurement" and "Electronic Measurement" major. When the major was first established, the teaching and research department was headed by Associate Professor Zhao Guonan, lecturer Zhang Shiji as the deputy director, and the members of the teaching and research department included Wang Yongkang (later served as the general secretary of the radio department and the director of the personnel department), When Qi (later served as the secretary of the party branch and associate professor), Zhang Kaifu (later transferred back to Guangzhou), Lu Yuxin (later transferred to the Southwest Radio Equipment Company as the chief engineer), Qian Hanguang (then an engineer, later transferred back to Shanghai), Zhang Baocheng (later deputy director of the Department of Automation, senior engineer), etc. At that time, there was a shortage of teachers and no teaching materials. Zhao and Zhang not only translated Rodinsky's "Radio Measurement" textbook, but also divided the work by Zhao Guonan to compile "Radio Measuring Instruments", Zhang Shiji and Zhang Baocheng wrote "Microwave Measuring Instruments", and Qian Hanguang and Wu Qi wrote "Fundamentals of Radio Measurement Technology". After several textbooks were compiled, they were adopted by schools that opened this major for many years.
According to Zhang Baocheng's recollection, at that time, In addition to organizing teaching (requiring some of Rodinsky's graduate students to also undertake some undergraduate teaching tasks), compiling teaching materials, and undertaking a large number of teaching tasks by himself, Zhang Shiji also paid special attention to laboratory construction. At that time, there was a shortage of instruments and equipment, some old instruments often failed, in order not to affect the teaching experiment, he also repaired the instrument himself and guided the production of the experimental baseplate.
From July 1982 to September 1986, Zhang Shiji served as the head of the Department of Radio Technology, from November 1986 to July 1988, he was the head of the Department of Automation, and in July 1988, he was the honorary director of the Department of Automation. He also served as a member of the Second Academic Committee (1977.12-1984.07), a member of the Standing Committee of the Third Academic Committee (1984.07-1990.05), a member of the Second Degree Evaluation Committee (1987.03-1990.05) and the director of the Automatic Control and Instrument Degree Evaluation Subcommittee, the director of the Electromagnetic Measurement Technology and Instrument Degree Evaluation Committee of the Third Degree Evaluation Committee (1990.05-1993.02), and the deputy director of the Undergraduate Teaching Steering Committee. In November 1981, he became the deputy director of the experimental work committee of the school. In 1983, he was listed by the school as a backbone and promising expert. In 1984, he visited Germany on behalf of the school to discuss scientific and technological cooperation.
Looking back on the past, Zhao Guonan and Zhang Shiji are undoubtedly the founders of the Chengdu Electric Radio Measurement Major, and have made great contributions to the establishment and development of the major.
Desperately Sanlang obsessively measured the fruit
The new school and the new major provided Zhang Shiji with a stage to display his talents, and he was less than 30 years old, which was a good year of prosperity and blood. He threw himself into teaching and scientific research, and for a time the school knew that there was a desperate sanlang named Zhang Shiji.
Since the 1950s, Zhang Shiji has taken the lead in conducting systematic and in-depth research on the theory and application of electronic instruments and measurement errors in China, especially in the study of nonnormal distribution errors.
Since the 1970s, Zhang Shiji has completed a number of scientific research achievements such as "frequency stability analysis and test system", filling the technical gap in this area in China. Since the end of the 1970s, he has taken the lead in the research of universal interface standards and intelligent instruments for automatic test systems in China, and presided over the national research task of "microwave network automatic test system". On the basis of a large number of scientific research achievements, he presided over the formulation of the national standard of "programmable measurement equipment interface" in the mainland. The scientific research project "PPC-100 Series Spectral Purity Tester" presided over and completed won the first prize of the ministerial level in 1979. The "Frequency Stability Test Device" won the first prize of the Ministry of Electronics Industry in 1980. "Automatic frequency measurement system equipped with IB interface" won the second prize of the Office of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense in 1981. "Electronic counter program control interface device" won the first prize of the Ministry of Electronics Industry in 1982. "An automatic frequency measurement system equipped with ICB-IB" and "Translation program for structured programming with BASIC" won the second prize of Chengdu Science and Technology Award in 1986. "An interface system of programmable measuring instrument" won the second prize of the Ministry of Electronics Industry in 1987; "Measurement control computer" won the third prize of Sichuan Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award in 1989; "LA-4950 IBM-PC Logic Analyzer" won the third prize of the Ministry of Electronics Industry in 1991.
In the 1980s, he went to the instrument headquarters of HP in the United States to talk to the company's technical staff about the measurement technology of intelligent instruments, and the other party was amazed: China still has talents who are so proficient in the world's most advanced intelligent instruments!
In November 1980, the teaching and research department led by Zhang Shiji was rated as the national advanced collective of science and technology from 1978 to 1979, and in December 1982, it was rated as the advanced collective of electronic industry science and technology. In January 1992, the appraisal meeting of seven "electronic measuring instruments and testing technology" was held in Beijing, and Major General Nie Li (later lieutenant general) of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and Zhang Xuedong, secretary of the party group and general manager of China Electronics Industry Corporation, went to the scene to watch the performance and gave high praise.
Behind the aura of scientific research achievements and honors is the unimaginable hard work of ordinary people. I still remember that in the late 1950s and early 1960s, during the translation of Rodinsky's "Radio Measurement" and the self-compiled textbook "Microwave Measuring Instrument", Zhang Shiji, in addition to going to the library to borrow relevant books and magazines from abroad, also went to the bookstore at his own expense to buy some related books. Zhang Qishao (later a professor) who lived across from him said many times: "Zhang Shiji is the last person to turn off the lights at night in our neighborhood." During the Cultural Revolution, he became a "bourgeois reactionary academic authority", and some even slandered him as demolishing the faulty instruments in the early days of his profession, and was treated unfairly, but this did not weaken his enthusiasm for work, and he still worked day and night.
Because there are many things during the day, he uses the night to engage in scientific research. He thinks that there are fewer people looking for him at night, and the work efficiency is high, so he will work hard at night and eat some dry food when he is hungry. I remember that shortly after the "Cultural Revolution," he was invited to Beijing to teach "Measurement Error and Data Processing" to the national military system measurement and test technicians organized by the Measurement Station of the Second Academy of the Ministry of Aerospace. Although he was very familiar with what he was saying, in order to add the latest foreign materials, he worked overtime every night for more than ten days to prepare until one or two o'clock in the morning.
In the impression of Zhang Shiji's son Zhang Yuan, scientific research is the pillar of his father's life, and he has been busy with scientific research all his life. The reason why he worked so hard was because their generation always had a sense of mission determined to make the motherland stronger. Zhang Yuan recalled: "When I was very young, I remember living in the south courtyard of the school, although I didn't know what my father was busy with, but I was always proud of my father. Father was always walking in a fiery manner, and after dinner, he went into his room to do scientific research, or went to the laboratory. But he is very concerned about my studies, every semester he has to interrogate my learning situation, and he is also very strict with me, and sometimes he is not satisfied and hits my palm. ”
The teacher is unforgettable, the mountains are high and the water is long
I was admitted to Chengdian in 1958 and became the third student of the school. When I first entered the school, I was assigned to the 8214 class (television major), and then I was transferred to the 8213 class (radio measuring instrument design and manufacturing major) due to professional adjustment. In the first semester of the fifth grade, Mr. Zhang Shiji gave my class a professional course called "Microwave Measuring Instruments". Although Teacher Zhang is from Cantonese, his Mandarin is very standard. His lectures are extremely passionate, his voice is loud, his speech speed is moderate, his thinking is clear, his language is concise, his concept expression is very accurate, easy to understand, his focus is prominent, his difficulties are thoroughly analyzed, and he is good at inspiring and guiding and stimulating students' interest in learning. He also wrote a beautiful handmade board book. The students loved listening to his lessons and felt that it was a happy enjoyment.
In my impression, Teacher Zhang is very strict with the students. During the final course examination, the students draw a question lot (each sign contains several questions), and then write out the outline of the answer on the blackboard, and he and the tutor take the oral test, the oral test questions are generally more difficult, and it is not easy to get 5 points (at that time, the 5-level scoring system was implemented). Although the students are inevitably nervous when answering the questions, because Teacher Zhang is very strict, we usually study very seriously. Now many students recall the former Yan Shi and are particularly grateful for the strict requirements for them at that time.
After graduating from university in July 1963, I stayed on to teach in the teaching and research department of this major. When I reported to the teaching and research department on September 11, Teacher Zhang, who was the deputy director of the teaching and research department at the time, came to talk to me. He was very serious and admonished me: It is not easy to be a good teacher, and in terms of business alone, you are not much better than the students you are about to face. Be sure to read more reference books, understand the latest developments at home and abroad, seize the time, study hard, and lay a good business foundation. It is also necessary to conscientiously study the good teaching methods of the old teachers, and strive to teach relevant courses as soon as possible... These teachings are still heard in retrospect. In the subsequent teaching and scientific research work, I often asked him for advice, and he patiently gave him guidance. In 1979, the Higher Education Bureau of the Fourth Machine Ministry asked our teaching and research office to compile the unified textbook "Fundamentals of Electronic Measurement" for the training of employees nationwide. Obviously, it is most appropriate to write by him, but in order to train young teachers, he resolutely decided that the book should be written by Teacher Zheng Jiaxiang and me each about half of the content, and he will guide the check, which makes me and Zheng Jiaxiang have confidence in our hearts while being excited and nervous, and this book was published by the National Defense Industry Publishing House in 1981.
Shortly after the end of the "Cultural Revolution", the Sichuan Provincial Bureau of Metrology and the Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Metrology organized more than 300 people from various units in the province and city at the Chengdu People's Cultural Palace, and asked Professor Zhang Shiji to talk about "the new international dynamics of measurement error and data processing research", but in order to cultivate me, he insisted on recommending to the organizational unit that I speak on his behalf, and handed over the relevant materials at his disposal to me to prepare and promote my business progress.
After the Cultural Revolution, he was allowed to mentor graduate students, and he asked me to teach his graduate students his most in-depth (and should have been the most appropriate) course on "Measurement Error and Data Processing" (which was later expanded to be selected for the whole university), and to write internal teaching materials as soon as possible, prompting me to work hard to complete this task.
In August 1984, the school decided to transfer me to the Department of Management Engineering (9 Department) as the director of the Reliability Research Office, and Mr. Zhang, who was the head of the Radio Department at the time, did not want me to leave my original major, and only agreed after many consultations with him by Dean Wang Jiagang. Although I went to the Department of Management Engineering (which later developed into the School of Economics and Management), I still received guidance from him from time to time. In 1985 he reminded me that he had seen in an international conference proceedings several papers published by Germans of a high level of reliability, which I wanted to pay attention to.
Looking back on my life, I have benefited a lot from Mr. Zhang!
Committed to educating people and supporting future generations
In 1979, Zhang Shiji was appointed as the head of the electronic surveying and review team of the unified textbooks compiled by colleges and universities nationwide, including Professor Wu Yongshi of Tianjin University (later president of Tianjin University), Professor Jiang Huanwen of Northern Jiaotong University (later the provost of the university), and Professor Wang Yong of Beijing Institute of Posts and Telecommunications (now Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications). After discussion and review by the editing and review team, it was decided that the two unified textbooks were all written by Chengdian. Under the guidance of Zhang Shiji, the Electronic Measuring Instruments, written by Chen Jiemei, Gu Tianxiang, and Qian Xueji, and the Electronic Measurements, written by Lu Yuxin and me, were published by the National Defense Industry Press in 1985. The work of the editorial review team was also commended by the Higher Education Department of the Fourth Machine Department. He has done a great deal of work for the editing of a range of textbooks. The "Principle of Electronic Instruments" compiled and published by himself won the first prize of the Excellent Textbook of the Ministry of Electronics Industry in 1992, "Intelligent Instrument" won the second prize of the Excellent Textbook of the Ministry of Electronics Industry in 1992, "Automatic Test System" won the first prize of the Excellent Textbook of the Ministry of Electronics Industry in 1996, and "Data Domain Test and Instrument" won the first prize of the Excellent Textbook of the Ministry of Electronics Industry in 1996.
Due to his knowledge and prestige in the field of electronic measurement, many units have invited him to hold lectures and train scientific and technological talents. Such as Harbin Institute of Technology, China Institute of Metrology, China Institute of Testing Technology, The Measurement Station of the Second Academy of the Seventh Machine Department, the Wind Tunnel Headquarters, the Ten Institutes of the Ministry of Electronics, the Forward Radio Instrument Factory and so on. Teacher Zhang never plays the score, generally is responsive, although this delays his scientific research time a lot, but he has to find a way to stay up late to make up, which may be one of the reasons for his untimely death.
He is rigorous and knowledgeable, and has trained a number of outstanding students. Many of them have grown into discipline leaders, doctoral supervisors, professors, researchers, some are leaders of schools, factories, research institutes, and a large number of technical backbones working in various positions, making great contributions to the cultivation of outstanding talents in the field of electronic information on the mainland. For example, xu Peiji, a student of his class 9103, works in the Ministry of Aerospace, is an expert in electromagnetics, and is an important member of the scientific research team of aerospace hero Yang Liwei; Huang Runxuan is the vice president of the Mianyang China Academy of Engineering Physics (Chinese Academy of Physics), making great contributions to the development of the national defense industry.
He had the privilege of becoming the early members of the teaching and research department he led, such as Guo Shusheng, Yang Anlu, Chen Jiemei, Gu Tianxiang, Zheng Jiaxiang, He Zhengquan, Wang Shujing, Chen Guangxun, Gu Yaping, Yang Hongmo, Chen Changling, including me, professor Chengdian, who had not received his care, cultivation and support? After the Cultural Revolution, he recruited the second graduate student, Professor Wang Houjun, and also served as the vice president of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China from April 2005 to April 2015, and then the director of the ninth academic committee of the university.
Zhang Shiji is an excellent representative of mainland intellectuals. He resolutely supported the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the party's principles and policies, adhered to the four cardinal principles, and as a deputy to the sixth and seventh people's congresses of Sichuan Province, actively participated in the administration and discussion of state affairs, and made suggestions and suggestions for reform and opening up and the development of higher education in our province.
Zhang Shiji is fluent in English, French and Russian, laying a good foundation for his broad vision. His literary level was also very high, and his lectures often quoted scriptures and were thought-provoking. He also has some hobbies, painting and playing the violin.
He is the famous "desperate three langs" of the school, who has long undertaken the heavy responsibility of teaching, scientific research and social service, and has selflessly, vigorously cultivated and strictly demanded the next generation of young teachers, prompting them to take up the burden of teaching and scientific research as soon as possible, and caring for the young teachers of Harbin Institute of Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Taiyuan Institute of Technology and other schools who came to study and improve in the 1960s, and also borrowed money and clothes to some of the teachers.
After the Cultural Revolution, two units mobilized him to work (one in Beijing and one in Guangzhou), and was allowed preferential treatment, but both were explicitly rejected by him. He loves Chengdian, loves his profession, and loves his teaching and research team. His evaluation of himself was: My contribution in this life has been to teach and educate people, write several books, and do a little bit for the cause of national defense.
I still remember the nickname "Four Musketeers". Influenced by Dumas's 1844 world famous book and one of the 100 best novels ever written by Time Magazine in recent years, "Three Musketeers", in 1956, together with Zhang Shiji, three of his other friends Huang Xiangfu, Yu Yubang and Hu Zhongchen were transferred from the South China Institute of Technology to describe themselves as "four musketeers", which made people remember them at once. Professor Hu Zhongchen, a well-known expert in electronic materials and components in mainland China who is now 7 months younger than him, died on December 29, 2015 at the age of 87; Professor Huang Xiangfu, a famous microwave circuit and system and modern network theory expert in mainland China who was 9 months younger, died on April 26, 2017 at the age of 88; Professor Yu Yubang, who is more than 3 years younger than him and has achieved great results in nonlinear circuits and systems, power electronics, computational intelligence, EDA and other fields, is now 88 years old and in good health. Elder Zhang, if you could have paid a little attention to protecting your body and properly controlling the rhythm of your work, not overworking, and living for a few more years, wouldn't your contribution to the motherland and the people be greater?
Every time I think of this, it hurts my heart!