Yuan Longping passed away at the age of 9 1: The national scholar is unparalleled. Have a good trip.

My lifelong pursuit is to keep everyone away from hunger. -Yuan Longping

On May 22nd 13: 07, Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice", academician of China Academy of Engineering and winner of "* * * and National Medal", died in Changsha at the age of 9 1.

Yuan Longping is a pioneer in the research and development of hybrid rice in China, and the first scientist in the world who successfully utilized the heterosis of rice. He is called "the father of hybrid rice". Since 1960s, Yuan Longping has established a super hybrid rice technology system, which has kept the hybrid rice research in China at the leading level in the world.

20 14 on may 26th, Yuan Longping, the international cultural capital of Qinglong lake in Fengtai district, attended the opening ceremony of the 20 14 world seed congress.

Yuan Longping mentioned many times in his self-report in his later years: "There is no end to scientific exploration. On this long and arduous road, I have always had two dreams, one is to enjoy the cool under the grass, and the other is to cover the whole world with hybrid rice. "

The dream hasn't come true yet, but the old man who won't stop is gone.

Not long ago, this great scientist who made the most outstanding contribution to the development of hybrid rice in China and even the world insisted on scientific research in Nanfan Base, Sanya City, Hainan Province. He and his team members discussed the implementation plan of the key project of double-cropping rice with an yield of 3000 kg per mu.

Today, the old man left us forever with hope for the last scientific research goal in his life and infinite attachment to the hybrid rice career he loved all his life.

Hong fan's eight strategies, food is the first policy. Food is related to national security and people's happiness.

Since the founding of New China 70 years ago, the road of food security in China has attracted worldwide attention, and the foundation of food, development and society in the Republic of China was more solid.

Nearly 654.38+04 billion people in China not only solved the problem of eating, but also contributed to China's plan for world food security.

Yi Jiahe, now I am in the warehouse. Rich food, stable agriculture, prosperity and peace.

0 1? For the country and the people, great men are chivalrous.

1930 On September 7th, Yuan Longping was born in Peking Union Medical College Hospital.

65438-0949, after graduating from high school, Yuan Longping went to Southwest Agricultural College to study genetics and breeding.

1952, he signed up for the air force, but because college students need to participate in economic construction more, they did not join the army and continued to study at school.

1953, Yuan Longping just graduated and was assigned as a teacher in Anjiang Agricultural School in a remote area.

Yuan Longping worked as a teacher here 16 years.

During the difficult period of three years of natural disasters, Yuan Longping guarded the agricultural experimental field, but still did not have enough to eat and often went hungry.

So, he secretly made a belief that "let everyone stop starving."

To solve the food problem, we must start with rice planting. Grafting was popular at that time, but Yuan Longping failed again and again.

Just when he was sad, the landlord picked up a cart of rice seeds from other villages.

This inspired Yuan Longping, "It is better to change seeds frequently than to fertilize them frequently". Isn't this the right way?

Although some people laughed at him, it was ignorance of genetics to put forward the subject of hybrid rice. But Yuan Longping decided to stick to the experiment.

He made full use of his spare time and searched in rice fields for two years, and finally paid off. Finally, one day in July of 196 1, he discovered the first strong "natural hybrid rice".

However, the experiment failed, and he still didn't give up. He firmly believes that the road of "hybrid rice" is right.

02? /kloc-the persistence of 0/6 years has finally become

Later, Yuan Longping turned his back to the loess every day and focused on rice fields. Just like looking for a needle in a haystack, only 6 male sterile rice plants were found in 14000 rice ears.

1966, Yuan Longping published his first paper "Male Sterility in Rice" in Science Bulletin of China Academy of Sciences, challenging the world authorities that rice can be hybridized. At that time, it was an era without superstitious authority, and it actually became a reality, which opened up a new situation of hybrid rice research in China at that time.

I thought the future was bright, but I never thought about it, and the twists and turns continued. The experimental field was maliciously destroyed, and all the precious seedlings accumulated for many years were unplugged, and the hard work and achievements of several years were almost "destroyed".

"That's all my children! After training for several years, I only worked hard a little, and I felt that the sky was going to collapse. "

Men don't flick when they have tears, but they can't reach the sad place. He cried and looked for the rest of the seedlings from the mud. He didn't eat or drink. He had a high fever all night and had nightmares. He kept saying:

You gave me back my precious male seedling.

Many things happen. He found only five seedlings left in an abandoned well in the school, and Yuan Longping's tight heart was relieved.

Faced with such "natural and man-made disasters", the stubborn Yuan Longping gritted his teeth and continued to do hybrid rice research.

1968, he came to Yunnan and Hainan Island because of the need of scientific research environment.

Under countless scorching sun, he came to the field with dry food and soaked in the rice fields for several hours.

Thirsty and hungry, he sat on the ridge, drank a few mouthfuls of water and chewed some steamed bread. Because of overwork, Yuan Longping suffered from chronic enteritis.

In Yunnan, another earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale struck southern Yunnan. Others are busy running for their lives, but he and his team are busy saving the seeds in the dangerous house. He said, "My experimental field is here. Where am I going? "

A man, a shed, so he guarded the experimental field.

Because of his despair, he finally found the female parent of hybrid rice "Bai Ye" in June 1970 1 1.

At that time, who would have thought that this worldwide problem was finally solved by a man named Yuan Longping from China.

That year, he was just forty years old.

Ten years have passed since the so-called age of standing, and the life facing the loess and facing the sky has lasted for 16 years.

03? Fame and fortune are of no use to me. It is best to be able to work in the fields.

The success of hybrid rice has brought great reputation to Yuan Longping. National Special Invention Award, First National Highest Science and Technology Award, United Nations Science Award and World Food Award. ...

1995 was elected as an academician of China Academy of Engineering.

An asteroid discovered by Beijing Observatory of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1999 was named Yuan Longping Star.

In 2006, he was elected as a foreign academician of the American Academy of Sciences.

20 10 was awarded the honorary doctorate of Macau University of Science and Technology.

Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 20 14.

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The team he led also opened up a new way to increase rice production for the successful breeding of hybrid rice in China, and was exclaimed by foreign experts as "miracle rice" and "shock wave".

To outsiders, Yuan Longping should retire, but he never stopped moving forward. "I'm not at home, I'm in the experimental field, as long as I have enough money. The most valuable thing is what is in my mind. "

1987, Yuan Longping awarded UNESCO 15000 dollars, all of which were used to set up a hybrid rice fund to reward young and middle-aged scientific and technological workers with achievements. The mansion granted to him by the state was used as a research base.

Yuan Longping is really hard on himself. "I don't worry about money now, but my character can't live a luxurious life. I pay attention to simplicity and generosity. "

Wearing clothes for 35 yuan, driving for many years, and cutting hair for 20 yuan, because in his heart, "fame and fortune are useless to me, and it is best to work in the fields."

04? Forever young "post-90s"

Yuan Lao is not afraid of old age, never gives up, and always dances with life.

He once said: "human brain cells are inexhaustible, and people need to use their brains when they are old."

Yuan Lao finds time to learn English every day. By the time he was over 80 years old, he had been able to communicate with foreign friends in fluent English.

When he fell ill in 2005, he told his family not to treat him as a patient. He said that he has a 70-year-old age, a 50-year-old figure, a 30-year-old mentality and a 20-year-old muscle elasticity, which is quite cute and funny.

Yuan Lao and his wife Deng met in difficult times. The old couple have been walking on the same road for decades. He knows that she likes traveling. Every time she is invited to visit, she will take her out for a walk and take the initiative to be her translator and tour guide.

"Even if I don't have a chance to take her, I will buy her some gifts. I can remember the model of the clothes, pants and shoes she wears. "

Yuan Lao is also very approachable in life.

For more than ten years, he often went to the barber shop; He likes playing the violin, playing chess and performing small programs with his family. When he is free, he also plays volleyball and swims.

Yuan Lao often calls himself "post-90s". His message to young people is "first of all, pay attention to your health, which is the foundation."

Although the "post-90 s" old man is not as good as before, he still can't control his legs and his heart for rice. "No one is more persistent about hybrid rice than he is." Xin, a researcher at Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center and director of the academician's office, said.

In order to facilitate the study of this old gentleman who is becoming more and more inconvenient to move, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences has arranged an experimental field next to his residence. After owning this "private plot", Yuan Lao got a "heart disease"-as long as he is in Changsha, he has to watch it several times a day.

In Changsha, a furnace city, the summer sun is vicious. No matter how hot the weather is, the first thing the old man does after getting up is not to wash his face, brush his teeth and have breakfast, but to work in the fields. The second "consultation" every day is that everyone just wants to hide in the "flame" of the air-conditioned room at noon. The third and fourth time, around dinner.

Since 1996, the super rice project was implemented in China, and under the strict target set by the elderly, the hybrid rice in China has been advancing from 9.0 tons per hectare to the goal of better quality and high yield.

Regardless of work or life, Yuan Lao is always a man who refuses to accept the old. He once said: Take courage and continue to work hard to move from "post-90s" to "100".

05? Nobody likes you. Have a good trip.

His world is very big and world-famous, spanning time and space.

His world is also very small, in a rice field, in a seed.

He came out of the soil and walked into the white clouds.

Now, he has entered a dreamland. The ear of rice is higher than that of sorghum, and the grain per ear is bigger than that of peanuts. The wind blew gently, and he wore a straw hat and sat under the ear of rice to enjoy the cool.

There is no one like you, till death do us part!

That green paddy field and that wave of fragrant rice are all his footprints.

I want to know Chinese food, every grain is hard! Saving every hard-won grain is the best comfort for Grandpa Yuan!

Yuan Lao, have a good trip! You will live in our hearts forever!