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Introduction:
In 2018, Xu Chenyang, a professor in the Department of Mathematics at Peking University, suddenly announced that he would resign from Peking University and become a full-time professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In 2012, Xu Chenyang gave up his high-paying job abroad and announced in a high-profile manner that he would return to China to help the research and development of mathematics in his motherland.
Before leaving, Xu Chenyang left three sentences in an interview with the media, which made him understand by a group of netizens, what are these three sentences?
Math Genius Boy
Xu Chenyang was born in Chongqing in May 1981, and as the only son in the family, he was highly expected by his parents.
At an early age, Xu Chenyang showed a high talent for mathematics, and at the age of four, he was able to complete four operations independently.
After Xu Chenyang's parents discovered his unusual talent in mathematics, they directed him to train him.
After entering elementary school, Xu Chenyang especially fell in love with math class, in which he was like a fish wandering in the sea, free.
Many years later, he said in an interview with the media: "Mathematics is a free and classless art, and I wander in the ocean of mathematics as if I live in a free spiritual country." Perhaps it was precisely because of this unrestrainedness that Xu Chenyang fell in love with mathematics.
From elementary school to junior high school, Xu Chenyang's math scores have always been far ahead, but his grades in other subjects are very average, so he is not a master in all subjects.
After graduating from primary school, due to his father's job transfer, the family moved to Chengdu together, and Xu Chenyang entered Chengdu Shude Middle School because of his excellent performance in mathematics, where he participated in mathematics competitions on behalf of his class and school many times and achieved outstanding results.
Every time he stood on the podium and felt the applause, he was very proud and confident, so he was more and more determined to work in the field of mathematics in the future.
After graduating from junior high school, Xu Chenyang successfully entered Chengdu Shude High School, which is a key high school in the local area.
Because of his outstanding performance in mathematics, Xu Chenyang was selected to enter the Sichuan Provincial Mathematics Training Team at the age of 17, where he met a group of like-minded friends.
In order to achieve ideal results in mathematics competitions, Xu Chenyang often stays up all night studying mathematics topics.
Xu Chenyang finally won the gold medal in the mathematics competition, and was successfully favored by the national mathematics training team.
In 1999, Xu Chenyang received a guaranteed place from the Department of Mathematics of Peking University, and when other students were still busy for the college entrance examination, Xu Chenyang had already begun to think about the research direction after entering the university.
Xu Chenyang, who entered the Xi of the Department of Mathematics of Peking University, once again deeply understood the charm of mathematics, where he only needs to choose the subject he is interested in, and complete the credits according to the specified time to graduate.
Although he is already one step ahead of others, Xu Chenyang has never slacked off, and he has always lived a two-point and one-line life during college, in addition to the dormitory and teaching building, the most frequented place is the library.
In this way, the diligent Xu Chenyang completed the credits in only three years and graduated from the Department of Mathematics of Peking University ahead of schedule.
After graduation, he directly entered the Department of Mathematics of Peking University to study for a master's degree, and met his mentor, Tian Gang, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Tian Gang admired Xu Chenyang's talent very much, gave him a very free research space, and allowed him to maximize his strengths.
Two years later, after Xu Chenyang received a master's degree from Peking University, he successfully came to Princeton University in the United States to study Xi under the recommendation of his tutor Tian Gang.
After receiving his Ph.D. in mathematics from Princeton University, he went on to do postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one of the best mathematics schools in the world.
At the age of 30, after completing his doctoral degree, Xu Chenyang received invitations from major universities in the United States, and finally chose to teach at the University of Utah.
At the same time, his tutor Tian Gang was planning to establish an international mathematics research center in China, and he had been following Xu Chenyang's movements when he learned that Xu Chenyang had graduated, so he immediately sent him an invitation to return to China for development.
Return to China for development
Because Xu Chenyang's parents are both in China, and he is also very grateful to Tian Gang for his kindness, he did not hesitate to resign from the University of Utah in the United States when he was invited by Tian Gang, and announced in a high-profile manner that he would return to China for development.
Since the beginning of the 21st century, the mainland has made major breakthroughs in various fields, but the development in the field of mathematics has been extremely slow.
When Xu Chenyang's American alumni learned that he was about to return to China for development, they tried to persuade him even more, because the achievements of the United States in mathematics are obvious to all.
For a pure mathematician, it is easier for him to make breakthroughs in conducting mathematical research in an open and free environment.
But Xu Chenyang thinks that he has been taught by the country, and now when he has the ability to give back to the country, it must be incumbent.
Therefore, in 2012, Xu Chenyang returned to Peking University and joined the International Research Center for Mathematics at Peking University.
Peking University attaches great importance to Xu Chenyang, and in the second year after he returned to China, he was named a Changjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor of Peking University, and he also received a grant from the National Science Foundation for Young Scholars.
Xu Chenyang has also made a number of breakthroughs at the International Center for Mathematical Research of Peking University, and his ability has been highly recognized by his peers at home and abroad.
In addition, he received the 2017 Future Technology Award, Mathematics and Computer Science, which received a prize of up to $1 million.
With the increasing fame in the international mathematics community, Xu Chenyang has also received invitations from many famous foreign universities.
But in 2018, Xu Chenyang suddenly announced that he would go to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a full-time professor, which also meant that he left Peking University.
Why did he, who had made a high-profile announcement to return to China and contribute to the development of mathematics in the motherland, choose to go to the arms of the United States at this moment? For this reason, Xu Chenyang endured a lot of criticism.
Before leaving, Xu Chenyang left three sentences, which made him understand, and at the same time revealed a cruel reality.
Three resounding sentences
Xu Chenyang's first words were the widespread problem of academic fraud, spending a lot of time writing papers rather than academic research.
The second is that many people do academic research not for scientific research, but for promotion and wealth.
Finally, the situation of ranking in the academic circles is too serious, and the big scholars have scientific research funds in their hands, but they are not willing to spend these funds on scientific research; young scholars want to engage in pure academic research, but they cannot apply for funds.
It is undeniable that there is a similar situation in the academic world, but this phenomenon is not unique to China, but is unique to every country.
We should not completely deny the development atmosphere of China's scientific community just because we have seen a little darkness, let alone the determination and enthusiasm of China's scientific research because we have seen some unfair phenomena.
In addition to raising the above questions, Xu Chenyang also said that he very much hopes to return to China for development again, and the reason why he chose to leave Peking University and return to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to teach again is because talent is always mobile.
Xu Chenyang said that research in the field of mathematics is not like research in the fields of physics and chemistry, and compared with the research of the whole team, the research in the field of mathematics is very boring, and it is often a one-person struggle.
Therefore, for a researcher in the field of mathematics, if a certain place can no longer help him complete the research, he can change the city and the development of another country to help him realize the sublimation of self-worth.
In today's increasingly fierce globalization trend, ordinary people in different fields are eager to open their eyes to the world and understand the development steps of other countries in the same field, not to mention the world's top mathematicians.
As the world's top mathematics university, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology attracts a large number of mathematical talents every year, where mathematical talents who yearn for freedom can do the purest scientific research, which can allow them to maximize their self-aspirations in a limited time.
Academician Tian Gang wanted to establish a world-class mathematics research center in China and to improve the status of mathematics research in the mainland, so he invited Xu Chenyang to return to China.
However, as far as the current situation is concerned, we still have a long way to go to make a major breakthrough in the field of mathematics, so we can also understand Xu Chenyang's decision to go to the United States for the sake of his personal future.
Although talent is mobile, we always hope that talent will always flow in, not out.
In recent years, affected by the country's comprehensive strength, a large number of talents who have developed abroad have chosen to return to China for construction and development, but at the same time, there are also many talents who have returned to China for construction and development for many years to throw themselves into the arms of foreign countries again, such as Xu Chenyang.
Instead of condemning the conduct of talents, it is better to seriously think about the real reasons for the emergence of this part of the phenomenon, and perhaps we can find the answer from the three sentences left by Xu Chenyang.
In 2018, 37-year-old Xu Chenyang returned to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to teach and was hired as a full professor, he is one of the few young full professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States, which can also show his ability.
A year later, Xu returned to his former alma mater, Princeton University, where his scholarship grew by leaps and bounds, and he won the 2021 Annual Cole Algebra Prize, the highest award in algebra.
As a rising star in the field of mathematics, Xu Chenyang's achievements are gratifying, but his departure is also regrettable.
Before leaving, Xu Chenyang said that he would most likely return to China, because his parents and relatives were in China. We are also looking forward to the day when Xu Chenyang returns to China for development again.
Write at the end:
China has never lacked talents in various fields, but while cultivating talents, we also hope that talents can stay in China for a long time and build the motherland.
At present, the phenomenon of brain drain in China is extremely serious, and if it is only because the degree of development in a certain field in China is limited and cannot meet the needs of talented people to do scientific research, and talented people are forced to go abroad for development, we still have room for progress and change.
However, because of academic fraud, the big names in the academic world are actually trying to make money in the name of academic research; it is too undesirable to let young enthusiastic scholars not be able to continue scientific research because of seniority in the academic world!
The times are developing, and young scholars are pursuing patriotic beliefs while also hoping to realize the growth of self-worth, which is not contradictory, and it is completely possible to achieve integration.
I hope that the issue of Xu Chenyang's departure can be taken seriously, and it is not terrible to take a "Xu Chenyang", but the terrible thing is that there are countless "Xu Chenyang" who have made the same decision in the future......