Chapter 89 I read "Shenzhou Scholars"

The editor comrade of "Shenzhou Scholars" came to ask me for manuscripts, and I asked her, "Can I read the articles in the first issue first?" A few days ago, she really sent me the new first issue.After reading it, I became timid and couldn't pick up a pen; I really couldn't write a decent article on this weighty publication. I turned to the first page and kept reading, feeling my hand getting heavier and heavier.Just the names of those authors: Mao Yisheng, Huang Xinbai, Qian Sanqiang, and the names of dozens of scientists below, and the passionate patriotism in their articles, great and solid work achievements, rigorous and objective The scientific attitude makes this journal have its unique tall image in my eyes.I want our second and third generation middle-aged and young people to read this publication carefully.

On page 50 of this magazine (referring to the first issue, the same below), I read a passage that shocked me, which is reproduced as follows: hidden worries.For the country and society, the outflow of talents is a waste of investment in education.What is even more unfortunate is that these people have occupied the positions of other talents who do not flow out from elementary school to university.Not only does he deprive others of the opportunity to use knowledge to contribute better to the society he lives on, but he also uses the knowledge he has gained from the society he lives on to contribute to another society that has never been born. Social services supplemented by support.Of course, from the perspective of the whole family, there is nothing wrong with this.But when the whole world is not one family, and the society that gave birth to you and raised you is a society that is struggling to squeeze out limited education funds in order to get rid of poverty, backwardness, and ignorance, this kind of "generosity" seems a little too timeless. . "

I don't know Mr. Huang Dishi, but he must have seen a lot of Chinese brain drain, and he said it very sadly.Having acquired knowledge and skills, staying abroad to work is "adding icing on the cake" for others, and returning home to make contributions is "giving charcoal in the snow".Any descendant of the Yellow Emperor should not be nostalgic for the material comforts and superior rewards of the West, and "be generous" to "transcend" "time and space"!Some "outflowing talents" said: After returning to China after completing their studies, the work arrangement was not proper, the leadership did not understand, the research equipment was not complete, and the heroes were useless.There may be some truth to this.Here you may wish to quote a passage from Comrade Huang Xinbai's article "Study Abroad and the Needs of the Motherland" on page 5 of this magazine:

How can people make the best use of their talents, develop their strengths, and develop after returning to China after studying?Where is the place for heroes to use their skills?Implementing this policy involves improving the planning and selection of overseas students, strengthening the education, management and service of overseas students, and how to fully play their role after returning to China.This requires the joint efforts of the management departments of international students, embassies and consulates stationed abroad, and units that send and use international students to study and improve our rules and regulations, strive to improve work, and create better working conditions and necessary living conditions.We are pleased to see that work in this area is proceeding smoothly. "

Comrade Xin Bai saw it very clearly and was very thoughtful, which made a stone in my heart fall to the ground! But what can I write for The Scholars of China myself?What to report? Ashamed to say!Yes, I also stayed in the United States for three years because of a scholarship from Wellesley College in the United States.In the first year, due to the relapse of the old disease of enlarged air bronchus, I only attended classes for nine weeks, and then I was sent to a nursing home.In the second or third year, I went back to school to study for a master's degree.The title of my thesis is "English Translation of Li Qingzhao's Poems".Li Qingzhao was the first famous female poet in ancient China known to American professors. This thesis received the attention of the supervisor and was easily passed.After returning to China, he taught on and off for ten years at his alma mater, Yenching University.I taught Chinese in the first grade, and the students didn't get any knowledge of ancient Chinese from me, but I made many students friends!As for the courses I taught for senior students, such as "British Nineteenth-Century Poetry" and "British Drama History", I also picked up the notes I took when I was listening to lectures at Weiss School and "taught the subjects according to the script". Excuse me!I have been in the United States for three years, and I just got to know a few American families, made friends with a few classmates and patients, and traveled to a few places, that’s all!

What I can report to "Shenzhou Scholars" is that like many scholars and celebrities in the first issue, I also have a heart of patriotism, which is absolutely sincere!Together with 1936-1937, when I traveled to Europe, although I also loved the people of Europe and America, loved the mountains and rivers there, and envied their advanced material civilization, all of these must not usurp the status of our country and people in my heart .Like the celebrities and scholars in "Shenzhou Scholars" and the comrades in "Rookie Collection", I believe that only the motherland is the place where I can live and work! May 19, 1987