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preface
In 2009, Cai Wei, from Jinzhou, Liaoning Province, was admitted to Fudan University in Shanghai as a doctoral student, and before that, he was a tricycle driver with only a high school education.
However, he was not well known, but three professors jointly wrote to him, and he won the qualification to apply for a doctorate.
What is so special about him?
Serious deviations
Cai Wei from Jinzhou, Liaoning Province was born in 1972 in an ordinary family, since he was a child, he has a quiet personality, he likes to read by himself the most, he has practiced calligraphy for several years in elementary school, he is particularly interested in ancient characters, and always likes to hold a dictionary to read slowly.
Since elementary school, Chinese has always been his strong point, and sometimes even the Chinese teacher does not know the rare words to ask him, but after high school, everything has changed.
Cai Wei's Chinese grades are very good, but at the same time, his math and English grades are a mess, and he is often criticized by teachers and parents for his serious bias, which often makes him feel very lost.
Cai Wei knows himself very well, and he knows that he can't be admitted to a good university with his grades, so he completely gave up the study of mathematics and English, and often went to the Jinzhou Library to read books, and read 300 books in one year.
After the college entrance examination, he unexpectedly failed, and he entered a hose factory as a laborer with no university to study, where he worked diligently, and in his free time he always liked to study.
But this leisurely time did not last long, and after three years of working in the factory, the factory closed down due to low efficiency, and he lost his job.
Later, in order to make a living, Cai Wei did a lot of work, he cooked for others in the canteen, and also set up a stall for thirteen or four years, but no matter how difficult the environment was, he did not forget to study, during which he had his own love in addition to the gains of knowledge.
His wife Zhang Yue is a kind and beautiful woman, she admires Cai Wei who is full of knowledge, and never thinks that Cai Wei's behavior of studying all the time is not a proper job, in order to make him study better, she would rather make money to support her family.
In order to allow Cai Wei to have more time to study, they have always lived a simple and simple life. For more than 10 years, he has been pushing a tricycle to sell cigarettes, drinks and ice cream in front of the mall, earning only enough to feed himself.
They had not paid the heating bill for 10 years in a row, and the winter in Jinzhou was unusually cold, and their house was like an ice cellar, and they needed to cover three or four quilts at night to sleep.
None of them complained about such a difficult environment, and Cai Wei was glad that he could marry such a wife, because no matter how difficult the life was, she never hindered her learning.
In order to better read books and learn by himself, Cai Wei often borrowed a lot of books from the library and came back, and he copied the books that were never borrowed from the library back by bit, and occasionally when he needed to buy books, he only bought old books, because the price of new books was too expensive.
During Cai Wei's self-study, he read the works of the paleographer Qiu Xigui, and was deeply admired, so he dared to write a letter to Qiu Xigui, but he did not expect to receive a reply from Master Qiu after 10 days, which made him extremely excited.
On March 15, 1996, Cai Wei and Qiu Xigui met in Beijing, and Master Qiu encouraged his self-study, and Cai Wei was extremely excited.
Since then, he has corresponded with many experts, and later he has published his academic views on the university's academic website, where he met Dong Shan, a scholar at Peking University.
Since then, they have often conducted academic exchanges online, but in 2008, Dong Shan suddenly discovered that Cai Wei had not appeared for a long time.
Pedaling a tricycle
Cai Wei didn't show up for a long time because he encountered a big thing at that time, his wife was seriously ill, he had to give up his previous life as a stall, and he wanted to earn more money to treat his wife.
In order to save money more quickly, he chose to pedal a tricycle, and can earn more than 30 yuan a day, although it is much higher than the salary when he set up a stall before, but it is still difficult to raise his wife's surgery fee in a short time.
At that time, Cai Wei was very busy, and in order to make money, he didn't even have time to study, and naturally he didn't have time to express his views on the Internet, so Dong Shan naturally couldn't find him.
After Cai Wei worked hard for a long time, his wife's surgery fee was still a large part of the difference, and he wrote a letter to Dong Shan full of sorrow, telling him about his current predicament.
Dong Shan wanted to help him after learning about his current difficult life, so he found his teacher Liu Zhao, Liu Zhao had already heard of Cai Wei's name, he knew that he was a very learned person, and he also wanted to help him within his ability.
It just so happened that the Fudan Research Center for Unearthed Literature and Ancient Characters wanted to co-compile a book with Zhonghua Book Company and Hunan Museum, so he wanted to ask Cai Wei to be a consultant.
But this is not something he can decide on his own, he still needs to discuss it with the paleography master Qiu Xigui, but what he didn't expect was that he mentioned the name Cai Wei in front of Master Qiu, and Master Qiu happily agreed.
Because Cai Wei and Mr. Qiu had communicated a long time ago, and Mr. Qiu knew his knowledge very well, Cai Wei's work as a consultant in the research of "Mawangdui Han Tomb Silk Collection" was quickly decided.
After the expiration of the one-year work period, Cai Wei's excellent work ability was recognized by all experts, and several professors wanted Cai Wei to study for a Ph.D., but this was not an easy task, because Fudan University has high requirements for doctoral students.
Cai Wei didn't have much expectation for this, he was ready to go back and continue to board the tricycle, although this would not have a longer time to study, but he could earn more money.
However, Fudan University has a clear rule, outstanding academicians and professors can recruit students by themselves, doctoral students can not take the unified examination, and teachers can write their own questions.
However, students must have a master's degree, but Cai Wei only has a high school degree. In order to allow Cai Wei to successfully enter Fudan University to study for a doctorate, Qiu Xigui, Li Jiahao, and Wu Zhenwu jointly wrote a letter of recommendation to the Ministry of Education.
On April 23, 2009, after some discussion between Fudan University experts and the admissions department, Cai Wei, who was 38 years old and only had a high school education, was successfully admitted to Fudan University as a doctoral student, and he became a student of Mr. Qiu Xigui.
As soon as the news came out, it immediately attracted the attention of the media, who wanted to know why a worker who pedaled three wheels was able to get an exceptional admission, and how he was favored by China's top universities.
Qiu Xigui did not answer directly to various questions, he just said that Cai Wei's ability is really good, and time will give the answer. Since then, Cai Wei has changed his mobile phone number to avoid the media and concentrate on learning.
Dr. Fudan University
After entering Fudan University, Cai Wei was most happy that he had endless books, and he felt extremely happy to be able to plunge into ancient books, because there was nothing to delay his study.
Because he only has a high school degree, he has to take various basic courses along with the doctoral program in school.
When he was studying for a PhD, the most painful thing for him was writing a thesis, and he had written many articles before, but it was still difficult to write a thesis that met the specifications everywhere.
Cai Wei studied for a doctorate at Fudan University for 6 years before graduating, during which he made up a lot of courses and finally met the requirements of Fudan University for doctoral students.
After these 6 years of study, he has completely lost the temperament of a small stall vendor and turned into a literati.
But after Cai Wei graduated with a PhD in 2015, he immediately faced another problem, that is, life. Half a year after graduating with a Ph.D., he submitted twenty or thirty resumes on and off, but few of them yielded results.
Many of the resumes he sent out were stuck in age and first education, and they were often brushed down in the first round of resume screening, Cai Wei did not give up, and finally got the school that was willing to accept him - Anshun College.
After receiving Cai Wei's resume, Anshun College attached great importance to it, they felt that Cai Wei was a rare professional talent, and his study process was also very touching, in order to allow him to work in the school, they relaxed the requirements for academic qualifications.
After entering Anshun College, Cai Wei first worked in the library, but later he felt that there were a lot of comprehensive things in the library, which took up too much of his time.
Today, Cai Wei is studying excavated documents at Anshun College, while also teaching students, giving them courses in calligraphy, Chinese language, and philology.
In Anshun College, he still maintains the routine of his doctoral studies, with a regular daily schedule and a very low-key life, and his favorite thing to do is to be accompanied by ancient books, and understand the real thoughts of the ancients by deciphering ancient texts.
epilogue
There are very few geniuses in this world, and even fewer all-rounders, and we may not be perfect in many places, but as long as we have our own skills and persevere, we will definitely be rewarded.
source
Cai Wei: I was admitted to Fudan for a doctorate in high school Chinese, and now I am a teacher at Anshun College! _Tencent News