18 Yau character sketches

 Shing-Tung Yau Huazhong heard last year in the talks, impressed.
Very surprised at the cutting-edge work in such a mathematician could be so much welcome (of course, he is Shing-Tung Yau), which is the most crowded I've ever heard lectures. lecture in China Branch of the stadium, almost can not begun to spill came from every entrance.
after I am relying on admission, at the entrance was almost pushed into the back of people's , but unfortunately people have been pushed in front of a pile of dense human flesh, in the not too forward. I went in is almost squeezed the breathing difficulties, although only a few degrees the temperature just a few minutes I was drenched in sweat.
Qiu Master playing with a frenzy of applause. I think this frenzy is far from not only from his academic achievements (although everyone knows where he is the first Chinese winner of Fields Medal, but what he has done is too difficult), but also from his personal charisma and his recent years of outstanding contributions to Chinese mathematics do.
Yau is the most concerned about the academic development of the Chinese in China, one of the scientists, and another master Yang different mound critical point of the basic stand of China towards today's current development of academic and mathematics. When Yang said that the average undergraduate Tsinghua stronger than Harvard's, when some of Professor Qiu said that China may not like to write a paper for university graduates of Harvard; When Yang said that China was very successful run by the University, the mound was repeatedly denounced corruption in the Chinese academic circles and university management system rigidity.
Yau started his speech, entitled His main talk was how to become useful: students how they should do and how should educators do. Hakka accent as thick contents of his lectures have been drawn up in advance at the same time in his speech on the big screen projector.
mound seems seems to be a very romantic person, and his speech is full of serious and pragmatic (this may be that many mathematicians and scientists in a class of common personality traits. Samuel Chao Chung Ting proudly that he had no friends, make friends outside of work is a waste of time ). He said many people say he is a genius, but he is sure about this world there is no genius, He is very specific and rigorous emphasis on having peace of mind.
about today's China in mathematics from the University when he, although not what the angry tone, but the words are very strict. He did not directly say that an all Chinese universities satisfactory academic environment (reminiscent of the former while in a hospital bed, said to Wen Qian, he said that the Chinese do not have University), many people do the math fact to fame and fortune, by the Higher University and the National Academy of too much emphasis on the sky. professor or fellow at the same time receiving a lot of salary in a number of universities to recruit graduate students over, set the level of expense. prestigious large scale introduction of foreign professors and part-time, full-time introduction of false reports, to do violation of the rules of foreign universities do, this false success is not feasible. universities to gain undeserved reputation and financial objectives for the Office of the school, not taking into account the lofty goals of academic research, often boasted some of the most common outcome, and assess these results second class is often a handful of scholars. senior leadership has been misled by these scholars, then, a large number of allocated funds, in the end are wasted in non-academic activities. > What is surprising is actually a very good Chinese mound foundation. the whole lecture he quoted the old saying many times, and finally it is written in pairs to make their own statement: Although the wing by the reward, I did not do as well. have almost creation of infidelity, almost natural interest in music, though poor tactics, the text of its Hing almost. But most people can understand.
lot of people put the hill on the attitude of Chinese mathematics directly attributed to him and the Peking University professor, his students is just the entanglement field, mound without naming scolded his name is second-rate math home, but also engage in academic corruption. But I have asked North Field class heard, he said, just look Tian who is also a very sub. I think the attitude of Confucius is not fundamentally against the individual, but against China's entire academic culture. As for his personal Wada what seems to be not important in the end. Mathematics can only hope that China will get better day by day, talented young people are not second-class old people and institutional constraints. Sun Yat-sen in the last year, the young mathematician Zhu peaceful living in America, a chair professor at Tsinghua University, proved that the mathematical seven Cao Poincare Conjecture, one of the major suspect, is a mound of work by the direct inspiration and pointing his hand. Xi Ping Qiu called by the Tsinghua University Peking University is the academic authority of the outstanding talent suppressed for many years.
to aware of the young Chinese in Hong Kong when Yau was almost destroyed by the rigid structure and dogma, but, fortunately mentor students identify what Chen Province is the only mound almost saved his, and perhaps most of today's Yau valuable experience and young talent vulnerable. His hope is very simple, that is to remove institutional barriers to allow young talent into full play, so that China become a world class mathematics. as simple as a desire can be met if the criticism, I think it is really academic in China today sad.
Attachment: Yau speech text:
students today want to tell you about my thirty years of scholarship and experience of students.
after I graduated from university, to follow the contemporary geometric Berkeley master Mr. Chen Xingshen, also under the tutelage of the founder of modern times Morrey professor of differential experience the most profound is the attitude of their scholarship.
after school I've taught at Princeton Institute of Advanced Studies, New York, Stony Brook Campus, Stanford University, California, San Diego and Harvard University, traces the world over three decades, almost all of the master mathematics and theoretical physics are collected from a part of the master. I hope this experience will be the supply of young academic reference.
I teach graduate and doctoral students have been more than fifty, many of whom have become accomplished scholars, most unfortunate but they are very hard when I finished college, but because of the fame and fortune after the error, but eventually Students can not become useful.
those experiences with China over the past decade flamboyant style of study are closely related, hope today's speech to correct this view.
whether an individual, school or institute, must have a high wish. We certainly need something, not only to feed themselves and their families, also need for social services, but as an intelligent modern man, as a visionary academic leader, we must consider the whole environment of the basic problems.
basic issues in considering, we may seek the secrets of nature, may seek the basic principles of engineering, economics, society may seek the common law. and more mathematicians and writers can make their minds to seek or environment in the United States.
Qian said As the tree grew in the forest by the impact of the surrounding environment. the history of a great scientist had not appeared in the background without culture, can create a great example of the invention. a successful scholar needs to absorb the results of accumulated history, and learn from and resonate with contemporary scholars.
Life is short, whether one is more intelligent, more talented, they can not ignore thousands of years the joint efforts of the great scholars, the results obtained, which is human understanding of nature, to understand life, to understand the experience accumulated relationships, not what can be accomplished overnight.
these experiences through various channels and in the writings of contemporary scholars manifested in behavior, scholars from different cultural backgrounds in an ancestor of the culture, In an interview with peer exchanges have different reactions. has a profound cultural background, there is relatively easy to learn minded scholars a wide range of knowledge in an environment where freedom of thought, this knowledge will soon sprout and become a tool for innovation and capacity.
learned ancient Greek in Egypt, the Babylonian civilization, the development of individual scholars but also the will of thinking as far as possible, so gave birth to two thousand years of Western civilization, philosophy and science, they are one or two hundred years focused on a group of academics, chat on the way, truth for the United States, was a systematic accumulation of knowledge sorted out, their spirit and their impact on the methods used by the scientific development since the Renaissance until today.
in the same period, China Spring and Autumn Period contending, due to the war, west, south, east antipodes of the results, Shang and Zhou culture and cultural integration all over the place, and scholars by the impact of various cultures and expand capacity of the Chinese nation with original peak.
the past two years the impact of the Chinese nation by foreign ancient as the former can be said not to. and this twenty years stable development of the national economy of our nation can finally settle down, we began to have confidence in young people of the motherland also began to think outside the livelihood of some of the important problems in the hope at this time, the Chinese and Western culture, can be naturally integrated, and instead issue a Perfect,, and beauty of the culture
Sima Qian autobiography: dare to Yan. will be more smooth. Back when the beginning of quantum mechanics, can not help but lament how many heroic moment. Throughout the development of technology today, just to find a good direction,
under the influence of cultivation in a good atmosphere, everyone can become hero .
university asked it must have noble sentiments, the following five most important:
one, seeking immortality of the industry:
Zuo Zhuan , followed by a meritorious service, followed by a Li-yen, although eventually becoming waste, what is called immortality.
Pi only by his body. II to the often choosing the period, if the article is not the infinite. is the ancient authors, be subjected to calligraphy, see Italy in Pianji, not in the good history of speech, speeding does not care trend, and fame autobiography in the post.
Historical Records the Master.
Second, continuity of the mission:
set out below.
Records San Sidley does not contain, destroy family hero, Yin doctor of business, fall ancestors said, Zuimotaiyan.
great masterpiece, such as the West Euclid and Newton are the continuity of the work.
Third, there is seen , but gorgeous, and wish to show all people, pass all future generations.
Confucius: Confucius Zhiyan their use, said the world without the smell of not hh Yan.
Sima Qian, stagnation, not pass
the road also, so the state back, thinking to who. hh honest servant has a book, possession of the mountains, mass of the people, mostly through Yap.
A Dream : every word seems are all blood, hard years of unusual.
Cao: Full of ridiculous statement, a bitter tears.
four, due to strong curiosity, hope that by observing, reasoning, to understand nature of the structure, looking for the essence of the universe. great scientists have this curiosity, the curiosity of Einstein said that he is more keen than some others, only to do better. relativity and quantum mechanics is that human curiosity generated. technological innovation and also with curiosity about, for example, the invention of airplanes, space exploration and so on. mathematical exploration of many areas is also based on curiosity caused strong mathematicians.
five, scientists and writers In order to find a beautiful structure, may be spending a lifetime of effort. modern unified field theory, some of the crystal structure, number theory or geometry these elegant proposition, are hotly study and pursuit of pure research is the main driver of this . Riemannian geometry is an example of the founding.
scholars does not seem to want to start learning university asked, often by entering the following two points as the primer channel big learning:
A, to the state and society needs, such as invention of the telephone can serve mankind, World War II radar and various methods of communication because of the military's needs are greatly improved. U.S. Wiener, Von Neumann, the United Kingdom at the time the work of a Turing Application of the twentieth century scientific basis, is a good example.
B, many scholars as the main driving force behind the pursuit of honor, the Nobel Prize does make a lot of young scientists struggling to do scientific research. This honor is not necessarily a single is a personal honor, the glory of the nation can. Li Yang winning the year, the national excitement, of the two generations.
generally speaking a very simple few scholars to study the driving force is only one, often for many reasons and background make them grow. but immortal masterpieces, there is bound to include the first considerations of the fifth point to complete, the Turing and Wiener and other masters in pure science has in-depth study in the application of science to make a monumental work. It is easy to see
to fame and fortune, power as the main driving force behind the study, when the purpose of Tat to the rear, very difficult to continue. Unfortunately, most Chinese scholars as a target.
Learning in the direction determined by the impact we get the influence of mentors, the choose the good and the stubbornness of, before they can be National Cheng Kung University.
In fact, the social culture have a profound effect on us. Three hundred years ago, China literati look down on the state of foreign barbarians, that they do not read the books of sages, the entire nation and not realistic to observe the pride of others strengths. until the cession of the territory after the defeat began to reflect on the overall impact of the Westernization of the May Fourth Movement. This is the great period of change , grew up in this era is hard not to with wave-by scholars, followed the general direction to go. In the field of scientific research today, we can see that scientists from different cultural backgrounds have different ways of temperament and scholarship.
For example, the northeast United States, many scholars still have a strong Puritan style, like the Chinese say Juanjie scholar. once Confucius Chan, a return with it a sigh: Feiranchengzhang hh scholars cautious cautious; while the United States to the achievement of this century is eclectic, collective wisdom. This is since ancient times, the success of a country to promote the learning of the most important factor, Athens, Greece, Germany, Park, France, Paris, London, England, the Soviet Union Moscow, Chang'an in ancient China, Luoyang, have gathered a lot of talent. Confucius For Lu, to Sima Qian is still seen when the
in school, often to see the original full professors in the development of the invention, repeated attempts were unsuccessful, and finally the joy of success he will make students feel excited, and I want to point their own similar experiences. sometimes see to hold different views on the two professors criticize each other doctrine of the shortcomings of students infected by this atmosphere, understanding the importance of truth, understanding and create the fun.
we can see a group of young students and professors unscrupulous to go through the way their predecessors did not. When a group of enthusiastic, capable people are in when doing research, most people will be infected and to follow to make their fortune.
addition to contacts with local scholars, we can also read ancient and distant with people pledge allegiance, progress.
Beginners always difficult, even if the learned men who versa:
Tao: Good reading, without understanding, for every knowing, we are pleased to forget the food.
This is important: Even if the difficulties also self-improvement, reading can readily forgets that a big success. For love of learning will naturally be keen to specific achievements.
before Qu Yuan, Sima Qian, Li Yu, who's works are highly emotional, said Wang Guowei They work out of Santa Claus, to book into the blood, golden future, their work is still moving. When the Einstein theory of relativity was founded, the enthusiastic to find the most natural structure of the gravitational field. Watson in his autobiography Lane said that he and Crick structure of DNA when looking into madness, and finally complete the epoch-making contributions. It is noteworthy that Einstein gravity places needed for the geometry, Watson of the required X-ray refraction theory are not experts are by an enthusiasm, and exploration success.
Qu Yuan's works are cited to describe his post-Honesty: more than the heart is also good fortune, though its still unknown regret nine dead.
when we find love direction, never give up.
people's livelihood and be happy fortune, Yudu good repair that often, although my body still unknown variable solution Xi, How I can be the heart of the Correctional Services.
I recall that to solve a very important issue, dreaming, like Cifu said:
Huizong: days away to far, the great lakes to the National Palace where he knows, how can one consider, in addition to dream and sometimes have to go.
pumping thinking: but Xi Ying Road, endless, soul and nine passed away overnight.
when strong feelings, even if the start of superficial understanding, through constant exposure to the religion, the truth will gradually become clear. But the feeling rich, there must be teachers and friends incentives.
teachers are those who have a teaching Tuition FAQ.
three rows, must be my teacher.
to learn with it, enjoying themselves.
through learning, or and learn from teachers and friends, or commune with the ancients, only a broad view, will give up the idea of some of the previous trivial, important to find the direction of learning.
Yan: withered Bishu west last night, the tower alone, Wang Jin Wandering Road.
can give up important research, try to think about their own direction, the need for practical basis, a good cultural education, temperament, and not afraid to laugh at others.
She Jiang: Gou Xi Yu true heart of their side, Although the remote of any injuries.
Han Yu A. Sampson to begin the book
book of non-Han can not view the three generations, non-sage can not bear to hold, if forgotten, the line if the left, if the thinking by his majestic, bewildered almost certain of its fans. when it take on the heart note in hand, but Chen made the business go, Jiajia by his hard indeed! their view on others, I do not know their Feixiao of a non-laugh. In the case of those who have, still do not change . and ancient books of knowledge are false, and although those who are not to Yan, Visible then carry white and black points, and service to it, is also something to Xu. When the heart of their take on the note in hand, then to Mimi carry on. The view of the people, laughed at the thought that joy, goodwill is that You, who say its still one of the deposit also. In the case of those who have, and then ho by his Allied carry on. I fear the complex has also , and from the welcome, fair to the police it. its all alcohol has, and then wantonly Yan. Although not without raising too. line of almost benevolence of the passers-by, tour the almost lost its way, no never its source, the end times daily and have carry on!
to find their own way of learning, will need to maintain a strong curiosity to keep asking questions. China's most famous ancient questions of the article is: < br> Yuan Tian Wen
old thing then, who preach it, not shape up and down, how the sun and the moon An examination of the case of hh, Liexing Ann Chen?
but after reading the books of sages and scholars in China, not asking words and deeds of saints and images of the heavens and the earth.
decision even if the general direction of scholarship, in the middle can not be without a lot of difficult places, this time with the teacher, More should learn from the teachers and friends to ask:
ask well, such as call-bell, and asked who the big Ming Tai, who then asked the little small-ming.
the above two different questions, one is thinking ; ask for br> A good scholar, need to constantly observe the phenomena of nature, come from human experience accumulated in the search for days with the law, to be verified, induction and deduction, endless to success university asked, the whole truth and beauty the most objective of the mentor process.
both a great writer or a great scientist who, are inseparable from the hard-working stage of learning.
Qu Yuan: Lu Manman its repair Xi, Wu Jiang search up and down. < br> Yong: belt she does not regret becoming wide-end, to eliminate the Iraqi people were emaciated.
of hard study and be durable, and easy, very sensitive to the Chinese primary school children when school is often best to have exhausted the university.
to learn to avoid for fear of another basic training soon, and the length of a good talk about others to cover up their weaknesses.
school and in pain thinking, you may find that previously completely wrong direction to go, or the problem has to do to others to complete. At this time, how to customize Office, just like the expedition, or defeat, or ambush, is a test of our training time.
on Guan Qian: its for the government but also, good for evil and for the blessing, but for the power failure transfer. your weight, carefully weighed. Heng Ji less public real anger, South hit Cai, Guan thus attacked Chu, Select package Mao would not join the tribute to Zhou Qi hh is owned by the nobility.
experience from the failure to find a successful way, is the only way to do research. because when you try a variety of ways, often more than the failure of success less time, but we do very little study is a waste of the way through, and sometimes people do research to pre-empt, the article from the other side get inspired to do a more meaningful articles, or you can see these studies are not worth doing. dilemma is not only related to experience, also about the temperament of scholars.
on temperament, we look at:
Pi although the degree of the rhythm with the inspection,
The bleed air is incomplete, Zhuo Qiao well-established, although the father and brother,
children can not be moved.
the surface, the bigger and learning will need a genius to be successful. actually Not really:
feelings, My teacher has Fangzi Chun, in the East China Sea. is someone to deliver food from it to Penglai Hill. stay Ya said: teeth heart sad, extended neck around, but smell the sea Mi? # 093;, forest subterranean underworld, birds wailing, sky and sighed and said: temperament can be seen also can develop in the absorption of diversity of culture, under the influence in an elegant environment, temperament, there may be mutations. just like in the long-term thinking, we may have the same sudden inspiration.
temperament training is best started from childhood. Sima Qian's article air swallowing river, it is because his father let him since childhood, He went to study classical Qilu land and studying with Dong, Tai Shi Gong's early so there is a reason.
scholars face a big problem, often the test of self-confidence, Mencius said: righteousness
Sao
the grass where the old Xi, Xiao Ai do this straight also.
ye therefore he has his fortune, Mo also victims of good repair.
Pi
is impressed by the hungry poor and lowly , wealth will flow in the comfort and pleasure.
some scholars to work very early, but the lack of appreciation and self-pity, and finally can not continue.
a very famous example is the Han Jia Yi:
Wang Bo < br> Qu Jia Yi in Changsha, non-no Lord, not at the time clearly lack.
reviews
king Shi Zuo, hh can not be non-Han Wen of students, students of Han Wen also can not be used.
subsequently cry from the injury, as prematurely extinguished, is also at the poor are poor. but not with one of her husband to seek, you know that the end does not hurt to use also? wonder silently to wait for change, and self-mutilation to this. Wherein! Jia Sheng Zhi Da and the amount of less, it is also more than the lack of knowledge.
was ignorance, and pretend to host; have extraordinary talent school, actually timid, or self-injury is not met, this is not caught their cultural training, the mind is not so wide. < br> in days as a teacher: rationale for Tomorrow, through good fortune.
human-Teacher: You can in conscience, act properly.
my students, often simply to learn a great achievement. Conversely, there other students, beginner fashion is hard, after the home visit by the great praise, since that knowledge giants first, quick success, so the error again and again, even with the wrong elected Fellows of the article, the long run, I am afraid that the scientific community will face China at the scandal.
academic years in China is exaggerated by the high winds of the University and the National Academy of excessive attention to the sky. professor or fellow at the same time receiving a lot of salary in a number of universities to recruit graduate students over, set the level of expense. elite and a large number of the introduction of part-time foreign professors, full-time introduction of false reports, to do things that violate the rules of foreign universities, this false success are not desirable.
Mencius: I King and the provision of land, filling the treasuries. Yoshiomi today are the so-called ancient The so-called traitor also.
universities to gain funding for the Office of the school in name and objective, not taking into account the lofty goals of academic research, often boasted some of the most common outcome, and assess these outcomes often are a handful of second class of scholars. senior leadership has been misled by these scholars, then, a large number of allocated funds, in the end are wasted in non-academic activities.
Finally, only a few words as a gift:
line almost the way of fame and fortune, enter into the Gongqing of door, although wing by the reward, I do not plan too.
creation of Chen was almost, almost natural interest in music, though poor tactics, the text of its Hing almost.