Qian Xuesen's Question

Why have we trained so many graduate students over the years, but none of them has reached the level of master of the Republic of China?

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Only a master or thinker like Qian Xuesen would ask such a big question about higher education in China. Since Qian Xuesen raised this question in 2005, neither the official nor the private sector has answered this question for 13 years. This question, like Fermat's mathematical conjecture, is puzzling. Indeed, a country without an owner is a lonely country without halo and self-confidence.

So far, at least, we Chinese have not been able to have a unified view of Europe, the United States and other powerful countries. We always envy the development, perfection and beauty of the Western world, because our nation still lacks confidence in the broad sense, which is given by the masters of Chinese history in human history.

Lu Xun said that the growth of genius requires the soil, nutrients and sunshine that genius needs. However, China, dominated by Confucian culture, lacks academic research and freedom of thought. When some people refer to academic freedom and ideological freedom, they will associate it with western democracy and freedom. In fact, it's not. You can think about it.

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During the period of the Republic of China, there were many masters in the world. Whether in ideology, art, science and technology, we all had the highest masters in the world. If we still lack the soil that genius needs to create the soil that we need, if we lack the nutrients that genius needs, we have enough nutrients. If we need sunshine, we put our head in the direction of sunshine.

Inner freedom and openness are fundamentally the most important, because academia is not only confined at home, but also abroad, so we still let Mr. Kong draw a circle on the ground as a frightening prison. Crossing minefields will also be mercilessly attacked and condemned by yourself and others. To achieve world-class academic achievement, you need great inner freedom and self-confidence. But for a long time, in primary, middle and high school education, children's doubts, curiosity and questioning authority will be regarded as rebellious and rejected by everyone.

A person who was not born in a free and confident environment and was instilled in unconditional acceptance of authority from an early age, how can he have confidence and courage to question authority in university? In the years to come, even a little bit will be stifled by the outside world. Here I remember Mencius saying that people can become saints, saints can not lose their nature. Everyone can be a moral person, and a moral person can maintain these qualities without losing them.

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In such a large China, we need not only excellent scientists and artists, but also masters at the international level. We need not only literature, art, thought, science and technology, but also a philosopher who can contribute to solving the hunger and thirst of national philosophy. In Professor Yang Zhenning's answer, we can see one or two. Professor Yang Zhenning said that time could answer this question well. Later, Professor Yang became more cautious and reconsidered some of his comments.

We can neither wait for the free flow of time to answer this question well, nor despise ourselves, because we see two very encouraging things. West Lake University is a real private university. It is answering this question at its own pace.

President Shi Yigong is training world-class scholars for China in the most effective way. We have also seen Cao Jun, a young Chinese scholar, solve the problem of graphene and become the best scholar in the world.

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These two things are China's pride, let us see hope. Of course, we also hope that the first-class scholars of Peking University and Tsinghua University will continue to cultivate world-class scholars for China.

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