In fact, there are many people like sweeping monk in real life. They are not surprising in appearance, but they have a free and easy temper. They only devote their lives to doing one thing best and to the extreme. Li Xiaowen, known as the "scholar of cloth shoes", is one of them.
I know that Academician Li Xiaowen's deeds originated from a photo that became popular overnight on the Internet in 20 14. In the photo, an old man wears black cloth, cloth shoes and a beard, and looks unkempt. He sat leisurely with his legs crossed in front of the podium of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and bowed his head and read a speech, not knowing what it was.
Although the old man is dressed like a rural grandfather, his real identity is a top scientist and leader in the field of remote sensing. Under that humble appearance, he made our country's optical remote sensing level advance by himself for at least several decades.
life experience
Li Xiaowen, 65438-0947, was born in Zigong City, Sichuan Province. She was smart and lovely since childhood and didn't make her parents worry too much. 1968 graduated from Chengdu Institute of Telecommunications Engineering (now University of Electronic Science and Technology of China).
He wanted to pursue further studies, but the environment at that time did not allow it, even because a youthful article was assigned to farm.
This is a blow to most people, and Li Xiaowen is no exception. But he was not knocked down by reality, but quickly adjusted his mentality and seized all his private free time to study hard.
Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared, so when the country resumed the postgraduate entrance examination system, he decided to sign up for postgraduate entrance examination, and soon he was successfully admitted to the Institute of Geography of China Academy of Sciences.
Because of his good performance and excellent grades during his postgraduate study, he was sent to the Department of Geography of the University of California for further study as an outstanding student representative one year later.
Li Xiaowen refused the invitation to stay in the United States and resolutely chose to return to the motherland to engage in scientific research and do his best to serve the motherland.
After returning to China, Li Xiaowen was invited by the Chinese Academy of Sciences to be the director of the image processing room of the Institute of Remote Sensing Application and a researcher of the Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Information Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He studied deeply in this field which he deeply loved, and became an academician of China Academy of Sciences on 200 1.
During my tenure at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, I was invited by Beijing Normal University to enter the school as distinguished professor to teach and educate people. At the same time, he founded the Research Center of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System.
significant achievement
Li Xiaowen made great achievements in his life and was one of the pioneers of quantitative remote sensing research in China. He has presided over the completion of many basic research projects in the field of remote sensing, such as the first key project of the National Natural Science Foundation, the national climbing project and the 973 project of the National First Basic Research and Development Plan, which have been affirmed and praised by the remote sensing community at home and abroad.
1994 won the first prize of natural science of China Academy of Sciences, the first prize of science and technology of China University and the first prize of Changjiang Scholar Achievement Award in 2000. He published as many as 300 papers and 8 papers in his life. Li Xiaowen devoted himself to research all his life and never gave up.
In research, Li Xiaowen is diligent and rigorous, but in teaching, his straightforward and approachable temper is a "good gentleman". In the eyes of students, he is a kind old man without a teacher's shelf. Every student in the school likes and respects him very much.
He teaches students in accordance with their aptitude, never imposes his views on others, and respects every thought of students. He cares about and cares for his students, and takes out most of his salary and bonuses, even millions of project bonuses. In the name of his late daughter, he set up a "Li Xi" scholarship at his alma mater, Chengdu University of Electronic Technology, to help those students with excellent grades but poor families continue their studies.
He taught as many as 160 doctoral students in his life, and cultivated a large number of talents for the continuous innovation and development of remote sensing in China.
Love wine like life.
Li Xiaowen, who is generous to her students, lives frugally and simply. He wears coarse cloth shoes all the year round, unlike ordinary literati who wear suits and bright clothes. He eats simple tea and porridge, and he doesn't feel comfortable eating expensive meals in luxury restaurants.
Surprisingly, Li Xiaowen likes drinking besides scientific research, especially Erguotou. At least a catty of Erguotou every day has almost become his living habit. People who know him well, especially his students, know that he drinks every day.
Li Xiaowen himself said: Drinking will make you feel relaxed. This habit was formed when the army cultivated land. It's been decades, and it can't be changed. But Li Xiaowen has never been delayed by drinking, especially in scientific research and teaching. He has never made a mistake.
Tolerant and open-minded
There are always different opinions about the image that Li Xiaowen has always displayed in front of everyone. In the face of those nice voices in society, he is never complacent; In the face of those ugly voices, he is not disgusted.
Li Xiaowen is as calm as ever. His natural and unrestrained, tolerant, open-minded, seems to be deeply engraved in the depths of his soul, no matter what he meets, he has not changed more than half.
It is such a bold and open-minded person who has devoted his life to his beloved motherland without reservation. Regrettably, this saint-like "scholar of cloth shoes" died in Beijing on June 20 15.
On the eve of Li Xiaowen's death, he told his family that he would never use emergency measures to forcibly prolong his life. He doesn't want to waste the country's resources, drag others down and make himself suffer too much.
It is such a great scientist who lives a simple life but is full of energy, insists on himself and never blindly follows. He made contributions to the country all his life, until the moment of his death, he still wanted not to waste the resources of the country. This is the person we should always pay tribute to, our life example.