When you come to the School of Mathematics of Yunnan Normal University, you can see the words "Wuzhilou" on the door of the building from afar, and the inscription is Yang Zhenning, and when you walk into the building, you will see the bust sculpture bronze statue standing in the middle of the hall, and you will be surprised if you don't know Mr. Yang Wuzhi. Who is Yang Wuzhi?Why is it named "Wuzhilou" and a statue of him?
01 The experience of mathematician Yang Wuzhi.
Yang Wuzhi (1896.)4—1973.5), the name Kechun, the word Wuzhi. Originally from Fengyang, Anhui Province. He graduated from the Department of Mathematics of Beijing Higher Normal University with a bachelor's degree, went to the United States to study, and obtained a master's degree and a doctorate degree from the University of Chicago. He returned to China in 1928 and served as the head of the Department of Mathematics at Tsinghua University and Southwest Associated University, and as a professor at Xiamen University, Tongji University and Fudan University. He is a scholar of early modern number theory and mathematics teaching and research, a teacher of the famous mathematician Hua Luogeng, and the father of Nobel laureate Yang Zhenning, who has cultivated and cultivated two generations of mathematical talents and made great contributions to modern Chinese mathematics.
Mr. Yang Wuzhi not only has outstanding achievements in the field of mathematics, but also cares about the education and training of his children. Although his five sons and daughters have not inherited their father's mantle, they have all embarked on their own wonderful life paths. He discovered Yang Zhenning's talent and peculiarity early on and firmly believed that he could succeed. For this reason, he named his eldest grandson Yang Guangnuo in 1951, with the intention of encouraging and firmly believing that Yang Zhenning would eventually succeed and win the Nobel Prize. He died in Shanghai on May 12, 1973.
In August 1946, Yang Wuzhi's Southwest Associated Normal College was named Kunming Normal University, and in 1984, it was changed to Yunnan Normal University. Yang Wuzhi was the first head of the Department of Mathematics of Kunming Normal University, so in October 2013 (the 40th anniversary of Yang Wuzhi's death), Yunnan Normal University named the School of Mathematics building "Wuzhi Building", and held the unveiling ceremony of the statue of Mr. Yang Wuzhi. The 91-year-old Mr. Yang Zhenning and his wife Weng Fan, as well as his second brother Yang Zhenhan and his wife were invited to attend the ceremony and personally unveil the statue of their father. This move fully reflects the humanistic feelings of Yunnan Normal University and the importance it attaches to the school's origins.
02 Yang Zhenning unveiled the statue.
In October 2013, Yunnan Normal University named the School of Mathematics building on the Chenggong Campus as "Wuzhi Building" and erected a statue of Professor Yang Wuzhi. Walking into the building of the School of Mathematics, I saw a bronze bust of Mr. Yang Wuzhi standing in the hall, looking modest and quiet, revealing his perseverance and firmness. On the beam above the bronze statue is the handwriting of Mr. Yang Wuzhi: "Don't forget to love Yong at every meal, and feel the grace of the country in life." The original manuscript was written by him on August 9, 1957 to Yang Zhenning and Du Zhili.
Before the unveiling ceremony, 91-year-old Mr. Yang Zhenning and his family, accompanied by the school secretary and the president, visited the imitation gate of the Southwest Associated University on the main campus and the memorial pavilions of Peking University, Tsinghua University and Nankai University.
At the unveiling ceremony of the statue, Mr. Yang Zhenning, his wife Ms. Weng Fan, his second brother Mr. Yang Zhenhan and his wife Ms. Tan Yun jointly unveiled the statue of Mr. Yang Wuzhi, expressing the family's eternal reverence and love for his fatherMr. Yang Zhenning and the principal of the school unveiled the "Wuzhi Building" together, hoping that the teachers and students of the school will always remember Mr. Yang Wuzhi's contribution to the school and learn from Mr. Xi's noble spirit and qualities.
03 Inherit the spirit of patriotism
As Mr. Yang Zhenning said at the unveiling ceremony, "My father was one of the first generation of Chinese scholars to study number theory in the United States. "He was a wise father and the best mathematician. "We still have our father's blood circulating in our bodies – the blood of Chinese culture.
The naming and establishment of the statue of "Wuzhilou" of the School of Mathematics of Yunnan Normal University is completely to educate future generations with the patriotic spirit and scientific spirit of the older generation of intellectuals, inherit the spirit of faith and righteousness of "don't forget to love forever at every meal, and feel the grace of the country in life", and educate and encourage students and children to strive to shape their own role, so that everyone can strive to create a better future for themselves, for the nation and for the country.