Hu Hongxia ｜ "Ferryman": a scientist's literary dream

Mr. Xu Yangsheng once said that literature has always been a dream in his heart, "a love." When I first heard this, I was a little wrong. I originally thought that there were few people who love literature in the current scientists. The scientists who became the president of the university also adhered to the love of literature. However, Xu Yangsheng is an exception.

Xu Yangsheng is a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, a professor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and currently the principal of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen). He said robots and artificial intelligence experts, academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, academician of the Academy of International Astronautics, Academician of the Academy of International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, Academician IEEE, and academician of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering. The International Asteroid Naming Committee has named the International Permanent Number No. 59425 small planet 1999GJ5 as "Xu Yangsheng Star" to recognize his outstanding contribution to science and education.

On July 14, 2018, when I went to Hong Kong to participate in the press conference of Professor Xu Yangsheng's "Ferryman", I first shocked the momentum of the event. That momentum comes from a space composed of books: a book wall of tens of meters, layers of bookshelves, and winding books, and the list of books. Later, I learned that it was the "hall -level space" of the Hong Kong -Shenzhen Library, and it was the most shocking book landscape of Shenzhen's most shocking lover. When the staff led me to my seat, I didn't know these. When I looked up occasionally, I was stunned immediately. It turned out that I was already in Shushan Shugu.

The next surprise comes from the Ferryman. Pacific, small 32, not thick. The cover book cover is light green without publicity. The small picture of the cover is low -key, and the trees and boats in the water are painted by the water. The reflection of them, no wind, no waves, branches that are not shaken, the hull is not moving, and even the color is quiet. The words "Ferryman" are Professor Xu Yangsheng ink. In a word, this is a humble book.

Before the event, I flipped through this book. I have to speak for a while, I can't speak a good thing without any base. There is a special skill. I admire it very much, but it is difficult to learn, that is, I can talk about a book I have never read in any occasion. I am overwhelmed by surprise. I have heard President Xu's speech. His bite of Shaoxing has a strong taste of Mandarin, which is very suitable for the content that he wants to pass to us: the truth from the forefront, the traditional feelings from the tradition, and the sincerity of the Chinese and Western civilization. I have also read the calligraphy of President Xu. He has sent us the Spring Festival couplet to the readers of the "Jingbao" before the Spring Festival for several consecutive years. Entering the Hong Kong -Shenzhen -Shenzhen campus, you can easily see the huge slogans of the principal's personal question, which are all golden sentences that declare the concept of deep education in Hong Kong. However, I read the prose of President Xu for the first time. After reading the "Preface", it was shocked and happy. After reading the first "Mr. Gift", read the last paragraph-

"It's such a rainy day in the early summer. The flowers in the ancient patio in the house of Mr. Zhou are blooming brightly. Mr. Sir stands next to those flowers and smiles to me and waves goodbye. Mr. Zhou. "

I have understood how rare words I have encountered.倒不是说这文字有多华美，多深奥，或者“含金量”有多高，恰恰相反，徐扬生教授的文字出自天然，不事雕琢，但字里行间，流淌着一股真气：真实，真知，真情， Sincere, fun and reason, individuals are "in the same frame" with the world. What is rare is that he does not speak false words, big words, empty words, and words. He is willing to open the door of memory and share his growth, his depression, his sadness, his experience and his gains with his readers. When the hand was fell down, he never hesitated; when the water came out, it would never cover up. What is particularly rare is that he doesn't want to write these thoughtful and impressed words as "science". What he cares about is that he wants to write more "literature".

This talks about his "literary dream". Now even the young people are unwilling to admit that they are "literary enthusiasts", "the word" literary youth "is fast as" town youth "has become the name of mixed and mixed, but our scientist Xu Yangsheng, academician, academician, academician, academician Xu Yangsheng, the president of the university Xu Yangsheng, when he published his own prose collection, it was very pleasant and frank in the first paragraph of the preface that "literature is always a dream in my heart." How many fame and high -ranking politicians, even if they really love literature in their hearts, they are unwilling to let people know, lest they give people a "fragile and emotional" impression. They carefully maintained their "rational, professional, and authoritative" "people", regarding literature as "childhood playing" and "useless romance", and buried their dreams deep in their hearts. Let your body and mind be the "grave" of your dream. What's more, there are more so -called "successful people" and "senior experts". They don't know what "literature" is. They regard the writers as "waste", the famous works are "old things", and literature as "play objects". And we often pin the missions such as "promoting humanities", "sounding spirit", "moisturizing soul", "watching dreams" and other missions such as these deserts full of deserts. Essence

Professor Xu Yangsheng said that he has liked literature since his middle school. He has suffered from no books and found someone everywhere. The soul is hungry like a sponge. The point where water sucks ". When he was studying in the United States, he didn't like a non -linear theory lesson, so he read novels alone. The novel is about a prisoner who runs under the sun in the bad room. He thought, "I am like the imprisoned person, and literature is like the free grassland outside the window." "Ferry" gave the literary dream of President Xu Yangsheng's "shape". This is far from the last "shape", and the principal is still insisting on writing a prose every half month. This book makes me convinced that Xu Yangsheng is not only a scientist, but also an educator. There are many presidents of the university now, and there are very few "educators". The last year I breed for the "40 years of 40 years" in Shenzhen, and I did not hesitate to choose this "Ferryman" in the realization of the dream of scientists and university presidents in this book. This edition is already six seals.

Hu Hongxia/Wen

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