As one of the highest universities in China, Peking University has produced a lot of talents with superior strength. For example, Wei Dongyi, a mathematical genius who was popular throughout the Internet some time ago, can be called a genius in mathematical thinking. After graduation, he chose to stay at Peking University to teach and use his knowledge and energy to continue to cultivate the next generation of mathematical talents.
Coincidentally, Peking University also had a mathematical genius before "Wei Shen", his name was Xu Chenyang. This mathematical genius went out of Peking University and stayed in the United States for several years, and then resolutely chose to return to China to teach. Just when many people thought that Xu Chenyang adhered to the patriotic spirit of his predecessors and was committed to serving the country, he once again chose to leave the United States, and left three thought-provoking words before leaving.
First, the cultivation of mathematical genius
As we all know, mathematics is an extremely talented discipline, and many internationally renowned mathematicians have shown mathematical thinking beyond ordinary people at a very young age, and Xu Chenyang is exactly like this. Born in Chongqing in 1981, he was particularly interested in mathematics at an early age. Not only that, but he also turned his interest into a good one, winning many awards in major math competitions. Parents see that their child is so good at mathematics and strongly support him in developing mathematics.
So the mathematical road that belonged to Xu Chenyang began. From elementary school to middle school, he has experienced many mathematical competitions and won many honors and awards. After entering high school, the school and teachers also attached great importance to this little mathematical genius, and often sent him to participate in various mathematical competitions. When Xu Chenyang was 17 years old, he was selected into the Sichuan Provincial Mathematics Team without suspense. In the following years, he successfully advanced to the national mathematics training team and gathered with the outstanding mathematical masters of the country.
It is said that people who are good at mathematics have a heart that is precocious to their peers, and Xu Chenyang is exactly the same. After participating in many math competitions, he has already set his own goal, that is, to go to the United States to pursue the truth of mathematics. In order to achieve this goal, he worked hard during his schooling at Peking University, and others needed to complete the undergraduate course in four years, and he completed it in three years. After graduating early, he finally flew to the temple of mathematics he had longed for for a long time - Princeton, the United States.
After finishing his Ph.D. in Princeton, Xu Chenyang went to MIT to continue his postdoctoral studies. In that place where the world's mathematical elites gathered together, Xu Chenyang's ability was also very prominent. But he wasn't content with just reading, a patriotic heart was wrapped around the aura of mathematical genius. After studying for a postdoc, Xu Chenyang did not continue to stay in the United States, but chose to return to Peking University to exert his own light on the hot land of the motherland and cultivate the next generation of talents.
Second, Xu Chenyang's 3 sentences
After returning to Peking University, Xu Chenyang received good courtesy, and at the age of 33, he became a distinguished professor at The Yangtze River College of Peking University. At the same time, his popularity is beyond imagination, as long as there are his classes are almost full. These students admired him either because of his background as a mathematical genius or by his patriotic spirit of returning from his studies in the United States.
But surrounded by this enthusiasm, Xu Chenyang resigned after 6 years of returning to China and went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States to become a professor. Many people said that they did not understand it after hearing about it. Obviously, Xu Chenyang has chosen to return from school and serve the motherland, why did he leave Peking University again after only 6 years and go to MIT as a professor? Could it be that the other side is giving more generous treatment? This question is actually not difficult, and the answer is hidden in the three sentences left by Xu Chenyang before he went to the United States.
1. The situation of seniority ranking is serious
According to Xu Chenyang's experience since returning to China to teach, he believes that there is a serious phenomenon of seniority ranking in domestic colleges and universities. Many young people do not survive to a certain level of qualifications, and it is difficult to have a real voice. Moreover, in the academic community, many honors are given, not only to see what achievements have been made or what works are made, but also to pay more attention to personal qualifications. This phenomenon is not only found in Peking University, but also exists in many academic places in China.
Xu Chenyang was only in his 30s when he returned to Peking University to teach, and according to his age, he really belonged to the younger generation, and it was easy to be affected by this kind of seniority. Presumably, he has also been treated unfairly, and he will say this sentence after leaving Peking University. Not only xu Chenyang has this view, nobel laureate Yang Zhenning changed back to Chinese nationality, but also reprimanded the domestic academic community for the phenomenon of seniority, he believes that the school's views on young people are still not enough attention.
Liu Ning of the Academy of Literature of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences once attended a seminar at which a paper signed as a master's student appeared. Everyone sighed and envied that only a master's degree could publish a paper of this level. This also shows from the side that the seriousness of the domestic trend of seniority ranking in recent years.
Most tutors sign their own names with the results of students' works for their own benefit, and those who are slightly "kind" will also do co-signatures. In order to show their "authority", some domestic authoritative journals have made restrictive regulations on young and less senior scholars, which has further suppressed the enthusiasm of young scholars.
2, the academic atmosphere is too impetuous
In addition to seniority, Xu Chenyang also believes that the domestic academic atmosphere is too impetuous. Very few people really calm down to do research, most people are still eager to achieve results, and the mentality of pursuing fame and fortune is better than doing scientific research. In fact, xu Chenyang saw that this thing did not happen now, as early as 2004, the official website of the Chinese Academy of Sciences had appeared on the domestic study style impetuous article. Since then, in 2013, the People's Daily also published the problem of impetuous study style.
From the above examples, it can be seen that the impetuous learning style of the domestic academic community is a long-standing thing, although it has been pointed out by many media, it has still not been cut down and rooted. Through xu Chenyang's departure from the motherland and his return to MIT as a professor, it has once again made people re-examine the impetuous problem of domestic study style. How many talents must be lost in order to really attract attention and change?
3. The phenomenon of academic fraud occurs frequently
Xu Chenyang's third sentence is about the problem of academic fraud, and he believes that there are many academic frauds in the domestic academic community. Some so-called scholars and professors, in order to be able to publish more papers and win more awards, do not hesitate to cite false data in articles many times, the most obvious of which is that the same data graph appears in several academic articles in succession.
Although this situation looks very ridiculous, it really exists in the current academic community, which makes Xu Chenyang feel helpless and desperate, and also stepped on his bottom line. That's why he decided to go back to MIT again.
summary
Modern society is not like before, countries often do not use real guns, the biggest battlefield in the future is still in science and technology and talent. In other words, the future is the competition of information and the competition of talents. Whoever can master more advanced information technology and more high-quality talents can be in a certain advantageous position.
The mainland has also been committed to the cultivation and introduction of talents, and has also given generous benefits to those scientific researchers who are willing to return to Their Home Countries to study abroad. In the face of a brain drain like Xu Chenyang, people feel regretful at the same time, but also can't help but urge people to think that if the domestic academic atmosphere can be more pure, free and inclusive, it is possible to retain more talents in the future.
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