On May 30, 1942, Yuan Jiaqiu and a woman married and entered the palace of marriage. Who is Yuan Jialuo? Speaking of him, everyone may be relatively unfamiliar, but Yuan Jialuo's grandfather Yuan Shikai, you will certainly not feel strange.
During the Xinhai Revolution, Yuan Shikai led the army to threaten the abdication of the Qing Emperor, overthrowing the Qing Dynasty in one fell swoop, and then becoming the provisional president of the Republic of China, which played an immeasurable role in promoting modernization reform.
However, Yuan Shikai's next move was jaw-dropping, and he tried to restore the imperial system, not only declaring himself emperor, but even changing the name of the country to the Chinese Empire. This move immediately aroused strong opposition from many parties at that time, which triggered the Patriotic Movement and shattered Yuan Shikai's dream of being an emperor.
Therefore, Yuan Shikai's life was full of controversy, and he was born with honor and humiliation, and the coffin was still undecided. But his descendants are different, one more than the other. One of the most famous bento is Yuan Jialuo, who devoted his life to the physical science he loved and made a special contribution to Sino-US scientific cooperation. And his wife Wu Jianxiong, who is our protagonist today, is even more handsome and does not let her eyebrows be shaved, and has made remarkable achievements in physical research, known as "China's Marie Curie".
Wu Jianxiong was born in Liuhe Town, Taicang, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. Although she is a daughter, her father Wu Zhongyi did not treat her differently because of this, but hoped that she would not let her eyebrows be shaved, set up lofty ambitions, and accumulate health as a male. As a result, Wu Jianxiong read and read with his brothers in the family from an early age and learned advanced cultural knowledge.
In 1923, Wu Jianxiong graduated from primary school and was admitted to the Second Girls' Normal School in Suzhou with honors. At that time, our country was poor and weak, and many families could no longer provide extra money for their children to study in addition to maintaining food and clothing. Moreover, most people's thinking at that time was still old, and it was not the same as today. Many people still cling to the bad idea that "a woman's lack of talent is morality", not only for ordinary people's families, but also for some rich people.
The phenomenon of son preference still abounds, and very few women can read and learn. Not to mention getting into college, which is a handful. And Wu Jianxiong's current achievements are also due to her father Wu Zhongyi.
When Wu Jianxiong recalled Wu's father, he said with tears in his eyes, "If it were not for my father's efforts to defy the public opinion, send me to the school hall, and always encourage and support me behind my back, I am afraid that I would have wrapped my feet and married early when I was a child, and I would have fallen victim to this feudal ideology." It can be seen that Father Wu's influence on Wu Jianxiong is far-reaching.
Therefore, when studying in the normal school, in order not to live up to the high expectations of Wu's father, Wu Jianxiong worked harder and worked hard in his studies.
In 1927, "the emperor did not pay off", Wu Jianxiong finally graduated with excellent results and became a primary school teacher. Most people around Wu Jianxiong thought that the profession of teacher would be the direction of Wu Jianxiong's lifelong efforts, but Wu Jianxiong unexpectedly chose to continue his studies.
However, what is even more surprising is that Wu Jianxiong, with his excellent results in the Women's Normal College, was directly guaranteed to enter the then famous national central university, which is now Nanjing University. It was here that Wu Jianxiong met her "first love", Hu Shi.
In fact, as early as when he was studying in the normal school, Wu Jianxiong was "overwhelmed" by Hu Shi's talent. At that time, in her spare time, Wu Jianxiong often read some magazines to understand current events, and her favorite was "New Youth". During the New Culture Movement, Mr. Hu Shi contributed many beautiful articles to The New Youth. In this way, after reading one article after another, Wu Jianxiong developed a heartfelt admiration for Hu Shi.
Later, the school had the honor of inviting Hu Shi to give a speech, and Wu Jianxiong's unusual admiration for Hu Shi had long been heard by the school leaders. Therefore, when selecting the person who will take notes of the meeting, the first thing that comes to mind is Wu Jianxiong.
Under the arrangement of the school leaders, Wu Jianxiong and Hu Shi had their first close contact, although they did not meet Hu Shi head-on, a hundred meters away from each other, for Wu Jianxiong, Hu Shi was like a dream person who came to real life, and for several days in a row, Wu Jianxiong was excited about it.
As the days passed, the throbbing of the first sight had slowly faded, but the beauty of seeing the idol with his own eyes lingered in Wu Jianxiong's heart. "The teacher and I are like gods, and after the first close contact, I thought to myself that I would never see each other in the future." When recalling Hu Shi, Wu Jianxiong said so. Therefore, to see Hu Shi again, Wu Jianxiong was never expected.
At that time, Hu Shi was teaching at national central university. Although Wu Jianxiong and Hu Shi were in the same school, the two had not officially met at this time, only Wu Jianxiong's one-sided admiration for Hu Shi, and Hu Shi knew nothing about Wu Jianxiong.
Until one day, Hu Shi was proctoring the exam in the examination hall, which was supposed to be a three-hour-long exam, but Wu Jianxiong handed in his papers an hour in advance. Hu Shi was shocked by Wu Jianxiong's behavior, because the difficulty of the test paper was not low, and the amount of questions was not small. After Hu Shi read Wu Jianxiong's examination papers, he was even more ecstatic. It was the first time in his life that he had met such a student, at a young age, but he knew so thoroughly about the three hundred years of the qing dynasty's intellectual history.
However, Wu Jianxiong brought More surprises to Hu Shi than that. Once hu shi found out by chance, Wu Jianxiong was not only good at this one homework, but other homework was also quite good. Hu Shi could not help but sigh that "the future life is terrible", and Wu Jianxiong also left a deep impression on Hu Shi. Since then, Hu Shi has taken special care of Wu Jianxiong.
Since ancient times, it has often been said that heroes are sad to pass the beauty pass, but why is the beauty not sad to be a talent off?
In this way, after coming and going, Wu Jianxiong's feelings for Hu Shi had a different sublimation. Weng Fan once said: "If one person worships another person, and it happens that two people like each other, then these two people can easily fall in love with each other." The same is true of Wu Jianxiong and Hu Shi.
At first, Wu Jianxiong was attracted by Hu Shimiao's talent for writing articles, and after seeing the real person, a good-looking, well-dressed man appeared in front of him, so how could a man who combines talent and handsomeness not teach people to be moved. At this time, an ignorant girl with a flowery age first opened her love sinus.
In fact, Wu Jianxiong has a beautiful face and has become a charm of his own. During the Republic of China period, talented women Yan Renmei, Lin Huiyin, and Lu Xiaoman, but only evaluated her as the most beautiful woman in the Republic of China, which shows her extraordinary posture. Yi Shu wrote in the book: "The real beauty is beautiful and not self-aware. Wu Jianxiong is such a person, under the illumination of her father's progressive ideas, she has a boyish ambition since she was a child, and she is devoted to academic research, and has not been distracted from dressing up. But she is naturally beautiful, and she does not need rouge gouache to dress up, she is already a "water hibiscus".
Seeing such a generous, beautiful and intelligent woman, even a knowledgeable and handsome talent like Hu Shi, could not help but be moved. When a talent meets a beautiful person, he always feels sorry for each other. As a result, the two began to exchange letters, coming and going, and the relationship gradually became closer.
However, at that time, Hu Shi was already a husband with a wife, and there was a humble woman in the family, even if he was moved, he could not resist his wife's "forced to die" and the condemnation of public opinion. Moreover, Wu Jianxiong and Hu Shi can be described as the "most outstanding students", and Hu Shi cannot bear to ruin Wu Jianxiong's future because of his "private feelings". Therefore, even if Hu Shi had a heart for Wu Jianxiong, he did not dare to cross the line. And Wu Jianxiong is also a person who knows how to be reasonable, she understands her intentions for Hu Shi, but because Hu Shi has a family in front, she will not cross the line half a step.
In this regard, the feelings of the two people are beyond friendship, but they are restrained because of reality, and they have to continue to get along in a teacher-student relationship. Although the two cannot "stay together", they care about each other with another otherworldly emotion. Even though the two were thousands of miles apart, there were still letters exchanged.
Whenever Hu Shi went out to visit the United States, he would also make time to visit Wu Jianxiong. When Hu Shi was traveling, he saw the collection of letters of the British physicist Rutherford, and presumably Wu Jianxiong would like it, so he would buy it for Wu Jianxiong and send it to the United States. Both of them invariably extinguished the flame of love and chose a friendship that transcended teachers and students to continue the relationship between the two of them.
In a letter written by Hu Shi to Wu Jianxiong, he once wrote: "In my life, I have sprinkled flowers and seeds everywhere, and most of them have been sprinkled on stones, and one of them has been sprinkled in the anointed land and grown a Wu Jianxiong, and I can also be extremely pleased." It can be seen that Hu Shi often regards himself as a teacher to express his ardent expectations for Wu Jianxiong, and the content of the letter is limited to this, and there is nothing else. Even if you love each other, you can't walk together, after all, there is no reason.
However, this "love episode" with Hu Shi did not affect Wu Jianxiong's continued to devote himself to his studies without distraction. In addition to studying, Wu Jianxiong flipped through some physics books, and the scientific giants becquess becquess, Roentgen, Curie and his wife in the books fascinated Wu Jianxiong deeply.
After Wu Jianxiong's curiosity for science was awakened, he was out of control. Since then, Wu Jianxiong has opened the door to her science. After obtaining his father's consent, Wu Jianxiong transferred to the Department of Physics, majoring in physics.
During his studies in physics, Wu Jianxiong studied under Shi Shiyuan, who was also a remarkable figure in the field of physics, and when he studied at the University of Paris, he worked with nobel laureate Marie Curie. After receiving her doctorate at the University of Paris, Marie Curie graciously invited Shi Shiyuan to stay in the institute, but Shi Shiyuan had already decided to return to China, so she declined Marie Curie's kindness. After returning to China, he was invited by Chuo University to become a professor of physics at Chuo University, and at the age of 25, he became the youngest professor in a national higher education institution.
In 1934, during the graduation season, due to the careful guidance of nobles and the blessing of personal qualifications, Wu Jianxiong successfully obtained a master's degree in physics from Chuo University with an excellent graduation thesis entitled "Proving Brugg's Law". At the same time, Zhejiang University threw an olive branch to Wu Jianxiong and hired her as an assistant teacher in the physics department.
Out of courtesy, Wu Jianxiong first took up the job of teaching assistant and insisted on teaching for two years. In 1936, considering China's poverty in the field of physics, Wu Jianxiong once again made a surprising move, resolutely resigning from Zhejiang University as a teaching assistant and going to the United States for further study.
It was this decision that not only allowed Wu Jianxiong to take her to a higher level in the field of physics, but also allowed her to meet the person who can be mixed in life - Yuan Jiaxiao.
Yuan Jialuo had an extraordinary life, his father was Yuan Kewen, and his grandfather was Yuan Shikai. Yuan Shikai left a huge amount of property for him, but Yuan Kewen regarded money as dung, and in order to collect cultural relics, he did not hesitate to spend thousands of dollars and squandered, so that his family was embarrassed.
As the saying goes, if there is a father, there must be a son, but this is not always the case. As Yuan Kewen's son, Yuan Jiaxiao did everything in the opposite direction of his father. Yuan Kewen is unique in literature, not only familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, but also proficient in calligraphy and painting, and loves poetry and songs. Yuan Jiaxiao, on the contrary, went to the United States to study physics and deeply loved the cause of physics research.
Today, Yuan Jialuo and Wu Jianxiong are also living in a foreign land, and after the two Chinese meet, they feel very cordial. Because Wu Jianxiong was new to china, he was very unfamiliar with everything in the United States. Yuan Jiaxiao, on the other hand, was very enthusiastic, not only taking Wu Jianxiong around to visit, but also giving Wu Jianxiong many useful suggestions. Therefore, Wu Jianxiong was deeply impressed by this enthusiastic male comrade.
Later, the two became classmates, getting along day and night, often meeting to discuss problems or discuss research together. Although it is thousands of miles away from the country, because of the mutual care of the two people, people forget their loneliness and continue to cultivate deeply in their studies.
The advanced physical equipment in the American laboratory shocked Wu Jianxiong. Compared with poor and backward China, Wu Jianxiong understands that the United States is a fertile ground for doing physical research. But no matter how well the United States develops, Wu Jianxiong cannot fully integrate into this transition.
In life, Wu Jianxiong is a solid Chinese stomach and only eats Chinese rice. In terms of aesthetics, Wu Jianxiong is unusually fond of the qipao. She always missed the place where he was born and raised him, so she turned this deep thought into action, and Wu Jianxiong remembered his mission in his heart - to serve the country after completing his studies.
Imagine a lady in a cheongsam who is concentrating on physical research, and seeing such a scene, I don't think there will be ripples in anyone's heart.
Most of the male students in Wu Jianxiong's class have a crush on Wu Jianxiong, but Wu Jianxiong finally chose Yuan Jialuo to spend his final life together, not only because they have common topics to talk about, but more importantly, the beautiful qualities of Yuan Jiajun touched her.
Yuan Jialuo was not as "absurd and unscrupulous" as his grandfather, nor was he like his father Yuan Kewen's three wives and four concubines, who were unruly and profligate, while Yuan Jialuo was diligent and thrifty, and loved only one person in his life.
And Yuan Jialuo's pet wife is famous, going out to travel, carrying a camera to take pictures must be Yuan Jiaxiao. Even if the work is very tired, but after returning home, Yuan Jiaxiao never complains, and often shares housework with Wu Jianxiong and takes care of the children. He loves his career and has the courage to dedicate, but at the same time, he also supports his wife's career with his own strength. Not only did he not worry about his wife Wu Jianxiong surpassing himself in her career, but he even helped her clear the obstacles and create a quiet research environment for her.
A happy person will always inadvertently reveal his sweetness. In a letter to a friend, Wu Jianxiong mentioned: "In my life with him, I know him better. The dedication and love he showed in his heavy work earned me respect and admiration. We were in love with each other fanatically. ”
Love is like this, sometimes love and can't, sometimes uninvited. Under the infiltration of a beautiful marriage, Wu Jianxiong's career is even more successful.
During the six years in the United States, Wu Jianxiong, as a foreign senior scientist, successively participated in major scientific research in the United States, participated in the Manhattan Project in the United States, and secretly built atomic bombs.
By 1948, He was hired as a fellow of the American Physical Society and invited to be an associate professor at Columbia University. It was during the time of teaching that she met important partners in future research, Li Zhengdao and Yang Zhenning, and there was also a "delisting" incident that Wu Jianxiong could not let go of for a long time.
In 1956, Li Zhengdao and Yang Zhenning proposed that in the process of yuyin may not be conserved, Wu Jianxiong attached great importance to this. Because in terms of β decay, Wu Jianxiong has done a lot of detailed and sophisticated research earlier. So after this theory was proposed, Wu Jianxiong led her team to conduct experiments.
The accuracy of this experiment is extremely high, and Wu Jianxiong's laboratory does not have experimental instruments that can meet the requirements. To this end, Wu Jianxiong has traveled to New York and Washington many times in order to temporarily borrow ultra-low temperature instruments from the Washington National Bureau of Standards.
On January 15, 1957, Wu Jianxiong's experiment confirmed the idea of Li Zhengdao and Yang Zhenning, and Wu Jianxiong compiled the results of multiple experimental reports into a paper and published it in the Physical Review. This caused a huge sensation at the time. To this end, Columbia University held a special press conference, and the New York Times also reported on the front page, and scientists from all over the world rushed to Wu Jianxiong's laboratory to find out.
You know, a small step in science is a big step in the progress of human civilization. And everyone who has made outstanding contributions to it deserves to be commended, and Wu Jianxiong deserves it. Just when everyone was rejoicing for Wu Jianxiong, the announcement of the Nobel Prize gave everyone a blow.
The Nobel Prize was officially announced that the 1957 Nobel Prize winners were Yang Zhenning and Li Zhengdao, without Wu Jianxiong. This result surprised everyone, including Wu Jianxiong. Objectively speaking, Wu Jianxiong's experiment is a crucial part of it, without Wu Jianxiong's experimental results, the theories of Yang and Li are difficult to confirm, and the scientific community will miss an important scientific discovery. Why was Wu Jianxiong's name removed? So far, the parties have not given the public an explanation.
For this "delisting" incident, in front of the public, Wu Jianxiong did not express too much dissatisfaction, but said lightly: "I love my career, not the Nobel Prize, besides, Mr. Nobel is not my husband, what do I love him for?" My husband's name is Yuan Jialuo. ”
But in fact, Although Wu Jianxiong was unwilling, he could not do anything until 1988, in a letter to a Nobel Laureate, he mentioned: "Although I have never done research work to win the prize, when my work is ignored for some reason, it still deeply hurts me." ”
Although Wu Jianxiong did not win the Nobel Prize, her great contribution to the cause of physics is still recognized by many scientists. Many awards poured in.
In 1958, Wu was not only promoted from associate professor to full professor at Columbia University, but also was elected as the first female honorary doctor since the founding of Princeton University, and her name was also included in the Who's Who of American Science. At that time, this was extremely rare for Chinese, let alone a female Chinese. Just when Wu Jianxiong became famous and everyone thought that she would live abroad and spend more than a year, the reality was reversed again.
In 1982, Wu Jianxiong resigned from all high-paying positions in the United States, returned to China after a long absence, and accepted the honorary professorship of Nanjing University, Peking University, and China University of Science and Technology to become a Chinese university teacher.
To this end, American reporters have repeatedly asked Wu Jianxiong the reason, "Is it that the salary given by the United States is not high?" In the face of the sharp questions of American reporters, Wu Jianxiong calmly responded: "No, it is because serving the country is my original intention, China is my mother, no matter when, I can not forget the original heart and mother." ”
Because of this, during wu Jianxiong's family teaching, all the lectures she gave at Nanjing University were most liked by students, and the conference room was always full. And Nanjing University was the National Central University at that time, Wu Jianxiong returned here, saw his mentor Shi Shiyuan, for a time, all kinds of feelings rushed to his heart, excitedly suddenly choked.
And Professor Shi Shiyuan was very proud to see that his beloved disciple could have all these achievements, and he excitedly extended his thumb to Wu Jianxiong next to him, saying: "Jianxiong, you are my best student, do a good job, live up to the original intention, do not live up to the original intention!" The words caused Wu Jianxiong to burst into tears.
Later, Wu Jianxiong would often visit Shi Shiyuan at the school, and in addition to greetings, he would also have in-depth discussions on some physical issues. Whenever this happened, Wu Jianxiong often felt as if she had traveled back to 1934, when she often talked to her mentor Shi Shiyuan about problems. This period of teacher-student relationship spanned almost half a century.
In 1984, Wu Jianxiong finally returned to her beloved hometown, and after returning to her alma mater, in order to thank the grace of school education, she took out most of her savings and funded the construction of a building for the school, which was named Ziwei. Later, in recognition of Wu Jianxiong's outstanding contributions, the Chinese Academy of Sciences specially named the asteroid with the international number 2752 "Wu Jianxiong Star".
In 1997, Wu Jianxiong died of illness in New York, and before his death, Wu Jianxiong told her husband Yuan Jiaxiao that after a hundred years, he hoped to return to her roots and return to her homeland. Therefore, Yuan Jialuo personally escorted Wu Jianxiong's ashes to the mainland and buried them in the Liuhe River in Taicang, Suzhou, and carved an inscription on the tombstone: "An eternal Chinese"
Looking at Wu Jianxiong's life, born beautiful and wonderful, a woman who exerts her wisdom and talent to the extreme is the most true portrayal of her.