Introduction:
For education, dedicate his life to life; Be a leader, two sleeves of the breeze stand proudly. This is Mr. Huang Yanpei, an educator who once stood on the tower of Tiananmen Gate to witness the historic moment of the birth of New China.
Born in the late Qing Dynasty, from a poor background, and having witnessed the struggle of working people at the bottom to make ends meet, Huang Yanpei realized the importance of enabling people to master a survival skill through vocational education, and he devoted his life to education.
Patriotic education is the ideological foundation of Huang Yanpei's theory and practice, and it is also his earnest teaching to future generations, and children grow up to be beneficial to the country and the people under a good family education atmosphere.
The second son, Huang Jingwu, was not afraid of danger and gave his life for the cause of the liberation of the motherland; The fourth son, Huang Daneng, is a cement expert and industry pioneer, with the rank of deputy minister.
1. Huang Yanpei: In his life, he will promote education for the country and the people
In 1892, at the age of 14, Huang Yanpei lost his mother, and for another three years, his father also left him. Forced to make a living, he had to work as a tutor in his hometown while studying hard to prepare for the imperial examination, and at the age of 21, he won the first place in the examination to show talent.
Huang Yanpei's first contact with new education was when he entered Nanyang College at the age of 23, and although the school was disbanded after only one year, he met Cai Yuanpei, who had a deep influence on him throughout his life, and Ma Xiangbo, who would be a strong supporter in the future.
The young Huang Yanpei witnessed the country's internal affairs corruption and people's livelihood withering away from strong enemies, and he believed that education was inseparable from saving the country and the people. Returning to his hometown to open a primary school was a turning point in his life, and he has never left vocational education in his life.
Since this primary school only admits boys, Mr. Huang Yanpei opened another school for girls. He believed that women should also acquire a skill that would solve the problem of livelihood and that men and women should not be treated differently.
Disillusioned with reality, Huang Yanpei joined the ranks of advocating change and opposing the Qing court, and was immediately arrested and imprisoned and almost died, but fortunately a friend came forward to bail out. He had to go into exile in Japan and did not return to his home country until he ordered the arresting officials to lose their posts and dismiss.
Founded by Huang Yanpei in 1907, Pudong Middle School was known for its strong teachers and the school-running philosophy of "making a living for individuals" and "serving the society", and was a first-class middle school in China at that time.
After examining foreign education, Huang Yanpei gained a new understanding, and he deeply felt that China's long-standing educational concept of "seeking talent" should be changed, and learning and social needs should be combined.
As a result, Huang Yanpei united with many celebrities and giants in the domestic education circles and politics and business to establish a vocational education club, opening a new page in China's vocational education.
From the first time he opened the school, Mr. Huang Yanpei received a lot of financial support, but he never used this money for himself, and spent a lot of money on school construction.
This clean and upright style has been highly praised by people. Business people who care about education also trust Huang Yanpei and have generously supported him in running education.
For decades, many students have benefited. After graduation, they went to all walks of life, and they also contributed to society when they sought personal survival, including many big bull-level figures such as Hua Luogeng and Wang Ganchang.
Mr. Huang Yanpei's integrity is also manifested in not blindly following sycophancy. During the Long March, the Kuomintang wantonly spread rumors slandering the Red Army, but Huang Yanpei, who had dealings with Li Dazhao, shook his head in disapproval and wrote poems and satire.
In 1949, the defeat of the Kuomintang was irreversible, and the Communist Party was about to face a new test. Chairman Mao met with a large number of democrats at the Shuangqing Villa, humbly listened to their suggestions on national development, and pooled wisdom for the construction of New China.
The first person Chairman Mao received was Huang Yanpei, who greeted him at the door that day and personally opened the car door. The cyclical law mentioned by the two when they talked freely in the cave has been kept in mind word for word by the chairman for so many years.
Huang Yanpei was once again moved by the spirit of awe and love of the communists, and abandoned the belief of not being an official and became vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. For the rest of his life, he has always insisted on telling the truth based on facts, speaking out for the people, and making suggestions for the government.
In 1950, when the U.S. military pressed the Yalu River to three times the eastern part of the industrial town and even the Shandong Peninsula, the poor and backward agricultural country had no time to recuperate from the ruins before it had to put on a powerful Western coalition to fight.
This year, 72-year-old Huang Yanpei suggested that we send troops in the name of "the people." In the absence of a declaration of war between the two sides, the so-called "division is famous" should be a civilian volunteer, and this is the origin of the name "volunteer army."
2. Huang Jingwu: A martyr through the ages, spilling blood on the eve of victory
1903 was a difficult year for Huang Yanpei, who was promoted to prison, opened a school, and imprisoned and exiled for opposing the Qing government. The happiest thing is the birth of his second son, whom he named Jingwu.
In 1916, at the age of 13, Huang Jingwu left his family and came to Beijing alone to study. In Tsinghuayuan, he used to sweat and run in physical education class, and he also immersed himself in reading in the classroom and reading room, eagerly absorbing new knowledge.
In the past eight years, he has witnessed social injustice, the ruined country and the difficulties of people's livelihood, and witnessed the May Fourth Movement. Reality is the best patriotic education, and Huang Jingwu gradually established the aspiration of saving the country and the people.
In 1924, he won a place to study at public expense by virtue of his own efforts, first to Antiic University and then to Harvard. Five years later, Huang Jingwu returned with a master's degree and full of enthusiasm to fulfill his previous wishes.
When young people first started their careers, they were enthusiastic and determined to be honest and refused to be complicit in the same stream, so they were ostracized and demoted. But the actual setbacks and blows did not depress Huang, but made him hate the corruption and incompetence of the authorities even more.
Even in a remote place with no hope of promotion, Huang Jingwu still conscientiously and sharply reformed. He went deep among the people, understood the suffering of the people at the bottom, and solved the transportation and salt problems that had plagued them for many years.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Huang Jingwu was transferred to Chongqing and entered the central bank after several turns. During this period, he actively participated in the anti-Japanese activities and was infected by the ideas of the communists and very much agreed with the views openly expressed by Chairman Mao and others.
When Zhou En came to Chongqing to negotiate with the Kuomintang, Huang Jingwu had translated for him, and this contact made him more convinced of unity in the war of resistance.
In 1945, Huang Yanpei went to Yan'an, saw with his own eyes the vigorous vitality there, and had a long conversation with Chairman Mao and others, and felt deeply. His father's personal experience made Huang Jingwu closer to the Communist Party.
After the Kuomintang provoked a civil war in defiance of the people's desire for peace, Huang Jingwu joined his father in Shanghai in the struggle to unite democrats and protect the underground party.
In 1949, when the overall situation had been decided, the Kuomintang, knowing that it was powerless to return to heaven, began to smuggle gold, silver, cultural relics and other valuables in large quantities, vowing to leave an empty city so that the Communist Party would not have the capital to develop the people's livelihood.
Using his work, Huang Jingwu collected a large amount of information to protect the property belonging to the state and the people to the best of his ability, persuaded entrepreneurs to stay and build the motherland, and actively planned the Kuomintang army.
However, he himself became a thorn in the side and flesh of the Kuomintang, and he was in a very dangerous situation. Huang Jingwu is not unable to go, he just chose to fight to the last moment in the difficult problem of sacrifice and survival.
In May 1949, agents who had been under surveillance for a long time stormed Huang Jingwu's office and took him away, but his family and our side tried their best to rescue him. Six days after his arrest, Huang Jingwu was buried alive after torture and collapsed before dawn.
Shanghai, once known as the "Ten Miles of Ocean Field" in the Republic of China, was the birthplace of the martyr Huang Jingwu, and now it has become the place of his martyrdom.
Half a month after Huang Jingwu's death, the People's Liberation Army exhumed his body. According to Huang Yanpei's wishes, Huang Jingwu was sent back to his hometown and buried in the martyrs' cemetery.
3. Huang Daneng: Formulating standards, leading the cement industry
In 1916, Huang Yanpei welcomed his fourth son. At this time, the eldest and second brothers, who were older than Huang Daneng, had left home to study in Beijing, and he grew up as the youngest son in the family under his mother's love and his father's strict requirements.
In the growth process of Huang Daneng, the most impressive thing is the suffering of the nation. His father, a patriot, spent his life promoting education to save the country.
As the son of an educator, reading is naturally a top priority. Fortunately, Huang Daneng lived up to his parents' education and expectations and was admitted to Fudan.
In 1937, after a fierce battle and countless soldiers killed and wounded, Shanghai was still lost. Shanghai's university campuses were either bombed into ruins or forcibly occupied by the Japanese invaders, and Fudan was no exception.
Even so, teachers and students did not give up. At the end of the same year, Huang Daneng and his teachers and classmates trekked through mountains and rivers and traveled thousands of miles to Chongqing. The school started from renting private houses to teach, and little by little worked hard to rebuild the school.
These experiences, for Huang Daneng, are both suffering and wealth. Suffering is the peril of the nation, and wealth has taught Huang Da to endure hardship and perseverance, and it has also made him more aware of the truth that only by learning knowledge well can he serve the motherland.
After graduating in 1939 with the first grade in his class, Huang Daneng immediately devoted himself to the construction of the Great Rear. Four years later, he went to study in the war-torn United Kingdom at public expense.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, China, which was in ruins and waiting to be rebuilt, continued to build talents. As soon as he finished his studies, Huang Daneng, who was like an arrow, returned. His expertise was cement and concrete, and talents in this field were scarce in China at that time.
Huang Daneng traveled most of China for industry research and has dedicated his life to this industry ever since.
In 1952, on the basis of learning from the mature experience of other countries, he first formulated the national standard for cement in combination with the actual situation in China. Since then, the standard confusion in the cement industry has ended.
Huang Daneng also created many firsts, standard sand plant, concrete association and so on. In addition, his achievements in cement rheology theory have been recognized at home and abroad.
In his later years, he also developed his expertise in the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, personally inspecting the factory according to the high standards of cement and identifying cement suppliers.
Huang Daneng is one of the pioneers of the cement industry, and his contributions will eventually be remembered by future generations.
From 1988 to 1998, Huang Daneng served two consecutive terms as a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) for ten consecutive terms and was a deputy ministerial-level cadre. After retirement, he continued his father's ambition and contributed to the development of vocational education.
epilogue
When Huang Yanpei was young, he set up the great ambition of "vocational education to save the country", even in the process of practice, under many contradictions, 70% of his vision of vocational education was not realized, and he was unswervingly committed to fighting for this ideal all his life.
Under his words and deeds, children also grow up to be useful to society. The sons were born and raised in the war, and the mountains and rivers were shattered, and after completing their studies, they have all dedicated themselves to the country.
It was precisely because of thousands of people like Huang Yanpei and his children that the War of Resistance was won, the Chinese nation was re-established, and today's rejuvenation was achieved.
The predecessors paid countless sacrifices to plant trees, and future generations can enjoy the fruits, and when you feel the shade, don't forget the efforts of your ancestors!