Zhan Tianyou’s outstanding talent and patriotism are not afraid of hardships and conscientious. (Under the circumstances of the corruption and incompetence of the Qing government, the backwardness of domestic science and technology, and the extremely dangerous natural environment, Under the circumstances of imperialist obstruction, threats, and ridicule, Zhan Tianyou presided over the construction of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway), which illustrates Zhan Tianyou's meticulous and highly responsible spirit for the project and his strict requirements for the staff.
National spirit.
Scientific spirit
Patriotic spirit
There is also a short story about him:
The automatic train hook is an American Invented by Eli Hamilton Jenne. Jennet patented the invention on April 21, 1868. Later, Jenneh continued to improve and obtained a second patent on April 29, 1873.
The automatic train hook invented by Jennet is basically the same as the automatic hook used in today's trains. The train hook invented by Janney is called "Janney CoupIer" in English. The catalog of early railway materials in my country briefly translated it as "Zhan's coupler". Since Zhan Tianyou was the most famous railway engineer in early my country, some people mistakenly believe that Zhan Tianyou invented the automatic train hook. For example, in the book "Zhan Tianyou and China Railway" by Xu Qiheng and Li Xibi published by Shanghai People's Publishing House, there is a photo of an automatic train hook, titled "Zhan Tianyou Automatic Hook".
It is said that Zhan Tianyou had heard of this misinformation before his death. He sincerely said to the people around him: "Please help me explain to my colleagues, there is no such thing." Later, Zhan Tianyou edited "New Chinese and English Vocabulary of Engineering" contains the entry "Zhan's coupler". During the transliteration, Zhan Tianyou intentionally did not use the word "Zhan" and instead used the word "Zheng", which was translated as "Zheng's coupler".
The difference in this word reflects the spirit. It shows Zhan Tianyou's noble character of being serious, honest and not taking away from others' beauty.
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