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8 Aug 2010
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Tribute to Father
of China's Modern Physics
Qian
Weichang (钱伟长), the father of China's modern physics, passed
away in Shanghai on August 30 at age of
98. He was once wrongly branded as a
right wing and sent to work at a steel
factory.
The
following are some of his famous quotes:
I’m
not a Party member, but I identify with
Party’s aspiration and like to work
towards that goal. For the sake of a
prosperous China, I wouldn't mind to be
treated unfairly, I have no regrets. This
is the spirit with which many great men
in Chinese history accomplished
monumental tasks for the nation. It is
about placing the national interest ahead
of your own. The past sages left a great
number of teachings on this, such as Fan
Zhongyan who wonderfully articulated that
"I’m willing to be the first in
the world to confront the peril and the
last under the heaven to enjoy the
life."
我不是党员，不过我还是拿党的事业作为我的终生事业。为了我们的民族，我们个人吃点亏不要后悔，不值得后悔。我们历史上有许多英雄人物靠这么点精神，为我们中华民族立了大功绩！这就是公而忘私。我们先哲对我们的教育是很多的，譬如像范仲淹那句话“先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐”的名言就很精彩的！换句话说，就是我们要为天下着想，也就是为中华民族、为党的事业着想。
Some
people say I don’t know how to advance
my career, but keep trying my hands at
different subjects. My answer is that my
career objective is to serve my country.
Whatever my country needs me to do, I’ll
do it, because I know I can.
有人说我不务正业，今天干这个，明天又干那个。我说我是看国家哪方面需要我，我就力所能及地去干。我的基础好一点，有这个能力可以这样做。
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At the
end of July, over 2,000
villagers from Hongbei
county, Hubei Province,
brought watermelons and
cooked eggs to the PLA
soldiers when
learned they were leaving
the region after having
saved the villages and
farmlands from the recent
flood by building a 6km
long dyke.
Some
comments on the news at
china.com:
无名叟:
It's all
because the PLA is an
army established by Mao Zedong for the
purpose of "serving
the people"!
因为这只军队是毛泽东缔造的，从他诞生那天起就是"为人民服务”而存在的！
gtzfsys:
A few days
without rain, we need to
fight against drought; a
few days with heavy rain,
we need to fight against
flood. Can you see how
fragile our eco system has
become now?
几天不下雨，就要抗旱；多下了几天雨，就要抗洪抢险。我们的生态环境脆弱到什么程度了？
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