Wang Yanan
Chen Jingrun
Wang Yanan, a celebrity of modern and contemporary culture in China, is a native of Tuanfeng County, Huanggang City, Hubei Province. Let's take a look at Wang Yanan's profile.
Wang Yanan (1901 – November 13, 1969) was a former president of Xiamen University, a well-known Chinese economist and educator, and the earliest translator of Capital. He has been teaching at the university for more than thirty years. He has accumulated rich teaching experience and school running experience, and has a deep understanding of education. In particular, he has many insightful views on the nature and function of modern education, and on how to run comprehensive universities well, how to cultivate and use talents, and how to manage learning. Wang Yanan's educational thought runs through Marxist epistemology and methodology, and is a valuable heritage of China's educational theory.
On November 13, 1969, Wang Yanan died unjustly in Shanghai Huadong Hospital after several years of cruel torture and persecution.
Wang Yanan brought the story of the mathematician Chen Jingrun, and the famous writer Xu Chi made a vivid account in his reportage "Goldbach Conjecture".
Xu Chi's reportage "Goldbach Conjecture"
When Wang Yanan was the president of Xiamen University, the story of the famous mathematician Chen Jingrun was a famous story. Chen Jingrun was originally a high-achieving student in the Department of Mathematics of Xiamen University, but when he was assigned to teach mathematics at a middle school in Beijing, he did not dare to look at the students in lectures, did not adapt to the position of mathematics teacher, and his work and life were once in trouble. When Wang Yanan learned of this situation, he tried to get Chen Jingrun to return to his alma mater and let him engage in mathematical research in the library with peace of mind. Later, Chen Jingrun achieved scientific research results, Hua Luogeng, director of the Institute of Mathematics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, wanted to transfer him, and wang Yanan's support and fulfillment, Chen Jingrun finally climbed to the peak of mathematics.