In 1957, Chairman ** personally presided over the 11th Supreme State (Enlarged) Conference, at which Xin Shuzhi, President of Northwest Agricultural College, delivered a speech related to the paleoagricultural research program. **The chairman cordially shook Xin Shuzhi's hand and praised with a smile: "Very good speech." Xin Shuzhi has had unique insights and contributions to scholarship throughout his life. The chairman's simple, sincere and humorous evaluation is a high praise for Xin Shuzhi's long-term professionalism and outstanding academic achievements. Xin Shuzhi, a well-respected agricultural educator, biologist and agricultural historian, is indeed well deserved.
Xin Shuzhi, the word Xianji, comes from Linli County. From 1922 to 1924, he worked with *** at the Hunan No. 1 Normal School, when *** was the principal (principal) of the primary school attached to the normal school, and Xin Shuzhi was a biology teacher. Xin Shuzhi, who is one year younger than ***, is amazed by his profound thinking and excellent leadership skills.
In 1924, Xin went to the University of London in England and the University of Berlin in Germany to specialize in plant taxonomy. After returning to China in 1927, he served as a professor and head of the Department of Biology of Sun Yat-sen University, the director of the National Compilation Museum, the president of the Northwest Agriculture and Forestry College, a professor and chief tutor of ** University, and the president of Lanzhou University. After 1949, he became president of the Northwest Agricultural College and vice president of the Chinese Zoological Society.
In the thirties of the last century, Xin Shuzhi organized a biological collection team to collect more than 30,000 plant specimens and a large number of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians for the first time in Yaoshan Mountain, Beijiang, Guangdong, Dayao Mountain, Guangxi, etc., and established the herbarium of Sun Yat-sen University. The more than 20 nascent species he named were named after "Xin", and these discoveries revealed the rich flora and fauna resources of southern China, and many new genera and species were discovered.
During his tenure as the director of the National Compilation Museum, Xin Shuzhi reviewed and published a large number of school textbooks, unified scientific terms, and unified many foreign transliterated scientific terms with synonyms and synonyms. At the same time, he presided over the compilation of China's first "Education Yearbook" and edited the "Yellow River Chronicles" and other books.
Since the fifties, Xin Shuzhi has focused on collating and researching the scientific heritage of ancient Chinese agriculture. He set up the "Paleoagronomy Research Office" at the Northwest Agricultural College, and compiled and published more than 20 kinds of works totaling more than 5 million words. "Qi Min Yao Shu Translation" and "Agricultural Administration Book Notes" have had a far-reaching impact at home and abroad, "Research on the History of Chinese Fruit Trees" occupies an important position in the history of cultivation in the world, "Yu Gong New Interpretation" is re-excavated, unique, standing at the height of modern science.
After his death, Xin Shuzhi wrote the article "China has today, all by ***", expressing his nostalgia for ***'s cordial care and teachings. Xin Shuzhi died in Xi'an on October 24, 1977, the same year as ***.