Some people have done a lot in their lives, but few have achieved great success, and some people have only done one thing in their lives, but this one thing is enough to make him famous all over the world.
Chen Jingrun is such a person, he has been focusing on the Goldbach conjecture, painstakingly studying, successfully solved this world-class problem, and won the crown jewel of mathematics.
In 1973, a detailed proof of (1+2) published in Science in China caused a huge sensation in the world.
The 40-year-old Chen Jingrun finally made a major breakthrough in the study of the Goldbach conjecture, which the international mathematical community calls "Chen's theorem".
For a time, this mathematical wizard became a household name, Chinese and foreign mathematicians admired him, and his advanced deeds and fighting spirit inspired generations of young people to strive for strength and bravely climb the peak of science.
Chen Jingrun was born in 1933 in a family of ordinary post office clerks, parents with many children, and father with low income, and the family has always lived a poor life.
His parents attached great importance to education, and when Chen Jingrun reached school age, his parents sent him to an elementary school not far from home.
Chen Jingrun is not good at talking and is relatively thin, so he is not very well received at school and is often bullied.
And he is stubborn by nature, never compromises easily, and unconsciously his personality is becoming more and more introverted.
For children with average talent, they will become more and more wooden and self-contained under such circumstances, while Chen Jingrun does not.
Although Chen Jingrun does not play with other children often, he saves a lot of time to study.
Chen Jingrun has an innate passion for numbers and symbols, often starting to learn as soon as he plunges in, and his thirst and interest in knowledge makes him forget the troubles and difficulties of life.
Sometimes, Chen Jingrun also plays hide-and-seek with other children, unlike other children, Chen Jingrun always holds a book when playing, and then hides in a relatively hidden place to read the book, patiently waiting for other friends to find it.
Although Chen Jingrun is silent, he is diligent and inquisitive, and every time he studies with his brother, he will always concentrate on studying together next to his brother, and his brother also teaches all the knowledge he has learned.
But he is a child after all, and although he is talented, he still needs the guidance of his ear to face so that he can stimulate his talent and get more inspiration.
Fortunately, when Chen Jingrun was in middle school in Fuzhou, he met a noble man and a famous teacher who benefited him for life.
As a leading scholar, Professor Shen Yuan's teaching method is unique.
He never taught theoretical knowledge dryly, but taught according to aptitude, using storytelling methods, easy to understand, and in-depth and simple mathematical knowledge.
It lures students into the world of science and stimulates their great enthusiasm for yearning for science and learning science.
Chen Jingrun sincerely loves Professor Shen Yuan's class, and whenever he goes to class, he will pay full attention to the lecture and take notes carefully.
What impressed Chen Jingrun the most, and also inspired Chen Jingrun to fight for, was that Professor Shen Yuan told a story about the Goldbach conjecture in class.
Professor Shen Yuan spoke in the classroom with a calm and thick voice, and the students in the entire classroom were listening carefully.
The classroom was silent, and even the sound of an embroidery needle falling to the floor could be heard.
After telling the story, Professor Shen Yuan pursed his lips, and his meaning was still unfinished:
"The Goldbach conjecture is a world-famous mathematical problem, and it has been more than 200 years since it was proposed, and many elite talents in mathematics have made solving this conjecture their life's goal, but unfortunately no one has been able to succeed."
"Mathematics is the queen of natural science, number theory is the crown on the queen's head, and the Goldbach conjecture I am talking about is a dazzling pearl in the crown!"
Hearing this, Chen Jingrun's heart was aroused with great interest, and he set a goal, when I grow up, I must take off this pearl.
For Professor Shen Yuan, this is just an ordinary lesson for him, but in Chen Jingrun's view, this is the goal he is willing to fight for all his life.
In order to realize his ideal in life, Chen Jingrun worked hard and was admitted to the Department of Mathematics and Physics of Xiamen University with excellent results.
The road is long, and I will seek it up and down.
During his studies at Xiamen University, Chen Jingrun often studied without sleep and food, and after the lights were turned off at night, other students fell asleep, but Chen Jingrun still insisted on reading.
After graduation, Chen Jingrun stayed in school to become a data clerk, he cherished this opportunity very much, and studied mathematics tirelessly every day.
His requirements for life are very simple, a pot of water, a few steamed buns, a little side dish is enough to support him to study in the room all day.
In the evening, he would listen to English as a foreign language and then continue studying until late at night.
When the power goes out, he lights a kerosene lamp to read, and his room is very simple, except for a wooden bed, a desk, a wooden chair, and the rest is a mountain of scratch paper.
He had no entertainment, no movies, no chatter, and he devoted his entire life to studying mathematics.
While teaching assistant at Xiamen University, he completed his thesis "The Tully Problem".
Opportunities are always left to those who are prepared, and this paper caught the attention of Hua Luogeng, who was so happy that he transferred him to the Institute of Mathematics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, when Chen Jingrun was only 24 years old.
Although Hua Luogeng gave a lot of guidance to Chen Jingrun, Chen Jingrun completed the argument of the Goldbach conjecture with his own strength and tenacious will, but calculated completely by hand!
This set a great record in the history of mathematics, and Chen Jingrun became famous overseas.
Later, Chen Jingrun was invited to visit the United States, because he usually developed the habit of listening to English radio, coupled with Professor Hua Luogeng's careful guidance, his English level has reached the point of perfection, which allows him to better study and research richer mathematical materials and information.
Chen Jingrun put almost all his energy into mathematical research, had no emotional experience, due to the long hours of work on the case, Chen Jingrun's body had problems, and had to temporarily recuperate in Beijing 309 Hospital.
During this period, Chen Jingrun met the love of his life, a nurse in the hospital, named Yukun.
Chen Jingrun has no experience in feelings, but he fell in love with Yukun the first time he saw it, but the age difference between the two is too big, and Chen Jingrun is not good at words, and he doesn't know how to express his love for a while.
The spark in his heart has been ignited, how can he give up easily, Chen Jingrun took out the strength to study mathematics to chase Yukun.
At first, Yukun did not agree, Chen Jingrun said that if he did not agree, even if he did not get married for the rest of his life, he would continue to pursue it, and Yukun was moved by Chen Jingrun's sincerity.
In 1980, the two entered the marriage hall hand in hand, and later, they had a son, named Chen Youwei, whose name came from the surnames of the two, which not only contained beautiful love, but also placed good expectations for the future.
If there is a father, there must be a son, Chen Youwei's talent in mathematics is also very high, but Chen Jingrun did not ask Chen Youwei to become a mathematician in the future, but encouraged his son to do what he likes to do and grow up happily.
Although Chen Jingrun loves his son very much, he never spoils him, he always uses his strong mathematical thinking to educate children, stimulate children's curiosity, and encourage children to look at problems comprehensively.
Under Chen Jingrun's teaching, Chen Youwei's ability to think independently has been greatly improved.
Chen Jingrun has studied mathematics all his life, and Chen Youwei has developed a strong interest in liberal arts, and Chen Jingrun did not stop it, but fully supported it.
Later, Chen Youwei went to Canada to study business, and after a year, he found that he was really interested in mathematics, so he changed his mathematics major and obtained a master's degree in mathematics.
Although Chen Jingrun was no longer alive at that time, Chen Youwei always remembered his father's teaching, to have a naked heart and to love his motherland.
After Chen Youwei completed his studies abroad, he resolutely chose to return to China to start a business, and after returning to China, he was invited to participate in the alumni association of Xiamen University and take a photo with the statue of his father.
Although it is not easy to start a business, he has achieved great success under the inspiration of his father's spirit and the guidance of his mother, and the company he founded became one of China's top 100 cybersecurity companies in 2021.
In the interview, Chen Youwei said that he could not achieve such results without the teaching of his father, who never forced him to learn mathematics, but always respected his choice, and he was very grateful to his father.
Chen Jingrun has dedicated his life to the mathematical cause of the motherland, and has achieved brilliant achievements, and he is a model that inspires young people to bravely climb the peak of science.
The world-class mathematics master, American scholar A. Weir, once praised him as follows: Every work of Chen Jingrun is like walking on the top of the Himalayas.
Duke Deng praised him even more: "There are a thousand scientists like Chen Jingrun."
Chen Jingrun's way of teaching children is also worth learning, respecting children's ideas, cultivating children's independent thinking ability, and teaching children to have a patriotic heart.