Confucius, a famous Chinese thinker, lamented in his later years: "It's time, it's fate!" Geniuses have made promises, but their ultimate fate may be just the opposite. It is extremely regrettable that some people spread their wings like Dapeng and soared to the sky, while others were reduced to "hurting Zhong Yong". What Bian Xiao wants to share today is the story of a mathematical genius. 16 years old, admitted to Harbin institute of technology in 985 university with excellent results. But he is obsessed with profound mathematical science research and now lives on a minimum living allowance of 400 yuan. What happened in the middle?
Liu Hanqing was born in Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, an out-and-out peasant family with a very harmonious family atmosphere. It is worth mentioning that his father has a fierce cleanliness addiction. In Liu Hanqing's impression, his father only wears pure white clothes and shoes all year round, and there is no room for sand in his eyes and no dirt on his body. Perhaps his father's obsession with cleanliness led to Liu Hanqing's life experience. In his early years, Liu Hanqing was fascinated by numbers. 1 1 years old, when other children were still learning simple mathematics, he began to learn calculus himself. He is a famous local prodigy.
When his parents found that their child was different, they took him to Stanford-Binet.Alfred. Alfred-international standard IQ test 12 years old. The test results show that Liu Hanqing is excellent in mathematics and physics, but his oral and written expression skills are poor.
This is also the case. Liu Hanqing is only interested in mathematics. 1980, Liu Hanqing was admitted to the thermal energy management major of Harbin Institute of Technology with an excellent score of 398.5, and began his legendary college life.
When I first entered the university, Liu Hanqing behaved normally. But in his junior year, he came across an article that introduced Chen Jingrun's conjecture process of solving the world's mathematical problem Goldbach. He was deeply absorbed by this article, thinking that he could do better than Chen Jingrun! So he devoted himself to the discussion of number theory, and was praised as the "crown in mathematics" by Gauss, the "prince of mathematics", and even reached the point of "magic".
According to his roommate's memory, the students got up at 7 o'clock, but Liu Hanqing got up at 4 o'clock every morning without washing. He just picked up cookies and ran in with his schoolbag on his back to discuss his favorite math. If someone interrupts him at this time, he will be furious.
Liu Hanqing has been completely immersed in the discussion of "number theory". Regarding other courses, he gave up completely and even stopped listening to the teacher. There is no doubt that he became the "failing king" of Harbin Institute of Technology in the final exam. After coming to the prelude of the senior year, Liu Hanqing couldn't meet the graduation standards of the school at all. Out of concern for talents, Harbin Institute of Technology asked Liu Hanqing to study for another year and strive for a bachelor's degree.
However, Liu Hanqing did not cherish this hard-won opportunity. He was still obsessed with his math discussion and finally returned to his hometown with a college diploma. Someone asked Liu Hanqing why he didn't take other subjects. He told him that those were evil thoughts and would interfere with his thoughts.
Unexpectedly, after returning to the village, Liu Hanqing did not give up his scientific fantasy, but continued to study mathematics wholeheartedly. He doesn't work either, and the room is full of math books. Due to the real economic difficulties, the village finally helped Liu Hanqing to be rated as a low-income household, with 400 yuan money every month.
"There is often a thin line between genius and madness." It is not clear what epoch-making mathematical achievements Liu Hanqing can really develop after a few years. However, Hu Kan's educational thought is, in any case, to be less utilitarian in college, to learn professional courses well first, to ensure food and clothing, and then to stop mathematical research. Paranoia can cultivate genius to a certain extent, but it can also destroy genius.