Ningbo, the first prodigy officially certified: Like a thrown fish, can you find his ocean?

At the end of 1977 10, Fang Yi, Vice Premier of the State Council and President of China Academy of Sciences, suddenly received a ten-page recommendation letter.

This letter is from Ni Lin, a teacher of Jiangxi Metallurgical Institute. He mentioned the discovery of a gifted boy in Ganzhou, Jiangxi. His name is Ningbo. Since then, Ningbo, with its thin body, has represented the rise and fall of a "child prodigy" era. From that moment on, he no longer represents an individual, but represents the whole era.

The second article of Yang prodigy series: Ningbo, a recognized prodigy: Is he the victim of "ignorance" or "ignorance" everyone?

One,

1976 when China was still in turmoil, Li Zhengdao, the first Nobel Prize winner in physics in China, wrote a letter to the Chinese Academy of Sciences:

A year later, Deng Xiaoping delivered a speech entitled "Respect for Knowledge and Respect for Talents". In the speech, he mentioned that China needs to "train talents early and train talents quickly" if it wants to quickly restore its economy.

It is precisely because of this premise that the letter of recommendation mentioned at the beginning of the article came into being. After seeing the letter, Fang Yi also paid special attention to it and immediately gave instructions to the Chinese University of Science and Technology:

In this way, two professors from the Chinese University of Science and Technology arrived in Ganzhou No.8 Middle School after 10 and began an interview with Ningbo. ...

Ningbo is very good. According to reports at that time, he could recite more than 30 poems at the age of two, count to 100 at the age of three, know more than 400 Chinese characters at the age of four, and even diagnose diseases by taking the pulse at the age of nine. ...

As a legend, Ningbo, which was rated as the first child prodigy in China and officially certified, naturally has many people to analyze where his "magic" lies. Some people say that Ningbo behaved well as a child because he was seriously ill when he was six or seven years old. Because he was ill, his parents bought a lot of nutrition. As a result, there are hormones in these nutrients, which leads to Ningbo's faster development than ordinary people, thus showing the characteristics of "prodigy".

But in any case, the era of Ningbo has come, and it will soon lead to the enthusiastic pursuit of "prodigy" by the people of the whole country.

Second,

What really made Ningbo famous came from a photo at the beginning of 1978, a photo of him playing chess with Vice Premier Fang Yi:

That year, he was accepted by Fang Yi. As a genius, only this style of chess is worthy of this classic handed down from ancient times.

Yes, Ningbo won the next two Go games easily. Under the flash of many media, it quickly spread all over the country, detonating public opinion at one time, and the whole country was talking about this talented boy from Jiangxi, the world's first child prodigy.

In the special era when 1978 college entrance examination was reopened, Ningbo naturally became the representative of that year and became the "chosen son".

After entering school for one year, Ningbo sent such a sentence to his parents under various pressures, which may attract enough attention from other parents. But Ningbo's parents don't think so. They always thought that Ningbo should live as everyone hoped, even if it lost its nature.

In this way, with the expectation of the people of the whole country, he and 20 other teenagers who performed equally well came to the "juvenile class" specially set up for them by the Chinese University of Science and Technology. Since then, the name of Ningbo has been associated with "Youth Class" for a long time.

The success of these people also stimulated the successful inheritance. For a time, the "skip fever" rose all over the country. Everyone passed the pressure on their children, and at the same time, they invisibly transferred the pressure to this group of prodigies.

Yes, it's really hard for them to escape fluorescent lights. Ningbo just read a book under the grape trellis. As a result, the grape trellis of China University of Science and Technology became the punching place for network celebrities.

Third,

The name of Ningbo prodigy reached an all-time high when the National Science Conference was held in 1978, not because he attended the conference, but because of a report on the third day of the conference:

Indeed, in the first year of college, Ningbo's life was colorful, not because of his academic performance, but because he liked the environment better. Go, bridge and poetry club are his favorites, plus his own aura. Wherever he goes, there is a beautiful scenic line.

For example, that year, Zhang Guanghou, a master of mathematics, was invited to give a lecture at the University of Science and Technology of China. At that time, all the students in Grade Three went to ask for autographs, except Ningbo. Seeing Ningbo's attitude, the teachers present were curious and deliberately asked him why he didn't sign.

As a result, Ningbo said that this Zhang Guanghou had never heard of his name, which made him very angry and simply didn't want to sign it.

In fact, this is not the whole reason. The more important reason is that Ningbo is a child prodigy. Since he is a child prodigy, he has to behave differently. After all, he is Ningbo!

Fourth,

However, many years later, after experiencing too many things, Ningbo recalled that time and truthfully said:

At the same time, he also specially added:

Yes, the teacher who taught Ningbo at that time said that the media came to interview one after another, which made this group of prodigies unable to study with peace of mind. But they can't refuse the interview. After all, they were shouldering the hope of the country, that is, to produce talents early, to produce more talents, and to produce talents quickly!

Because of this, Ningbo no longer lives for itself, but for this era. No one cares about Ningbo's physical and mental health, including his parents and teachers. They just want Ningbo to be what everyone wants.

Because he is Ningbo, even the normal love between college students, he can only suppress it and dare not show it. Later, his female classmate Zhang Shuxin recalled:

Because of the long-term unreleased sexual repression, Ningbo has psychological problems, which is one of the reasons why he later escaped from the juvenile class. Yes, after entering the juvenile class for one year, Ningbo wanted to escape, so when choosing a major, he told the class teacher Wang:

On the one hand, he really wants to escape from this environment. On the other hand, at that time, most of these prodigies were assigned to the department of physics, and physics was the least favorite subject in Ningbo.

Five,

Many years later, Ningbo recalled his interview in Zhangzhou No.8 Middle School and was selected as the "Junior Class":

Even if the interview is math, Ningbo is not the first of the three candidates. There were three people who participated in the interview that year, and the age difference between them was less than one year. Among them, Ningbo scored 67 points, ranking second. The other two students, one got 80 points and the other got 64 points.

But only one Ningbo was really selected. For this result, Ningbo is also very puzzled. Why did he choose me?

After entering the Chinese University of Science and Technology for one year, Ningbo achieved good results in mathematics, but he didn't want to continue studying. What he wants to learn most is actually medicine, chemistry or astronomy, and even the class teacher, who once helped him to sign up for astronomy at Nanjing University.

However, how can HKUST let him go?

Yes, all eyes of China are watching him. How can he study astronomy? As the cleverest student in the country, he certainly chose the most popular science at that time-physics!

Therefore, some school leaders specially told him:

Because the Chinese University of Science and Technology didn't let people go, it also made Ningbo deeply feel for the first time that as a child prodigy, he couldn't control his own destiny. Since then, he has never mentioned the transfer.

However, the poor grades still exposed everything, which also made Ningbo very painful. So as mentioned above, Ningbo wrote to his parents and said that he was a live fish that was thrown to death.

Six,

Many years later, Ningbo's father recalled his choice at that time:

Yes, maybe my parents are used to the over-decorated Ningbo under the fluorescent lamp and forget his true colors. Just like many parents brag about their own cows, because children can't help him achieve it, the more they look at their children, the less pleasing they are.

Similarly, Ningbo is also suffering. His ideal has been shattered in the face of reality, and his values have also deviated, from conceit to inferiority. Even began to become a "god", no longer playing chess and cards, still obsessed with astronomy, and had a strong interest in astrology.

Of course, this process is also long. After all, it takes courage to admit your inferiority complex. Once upon a time, in order to hide this sense of inferiority, Ningbo deliberately showed more conceited performance, such as deliberately making things difficult for teachers in class and deliberately showing strange expressions to classmates.

But the more he does this, the more he feels pain. Later, he began to escape and stopped communicating with his parents. Once this window is closed, it will never be opened again.

Later, I began to self-destruct my image and got a bald head. It's too late to take pictures every time. The last one hid in the corner, and he even began to avoid fluorescent lights.

When he graduated from the undergraduate course, he was left to teach in the Chinese University of Science and Technology, and even awarded the title of "/kloc-the youngest lecturer in China at the age of 0/9", but he knew how heavy he was.

Of course, he also applied for graduate school three times, but he gave up at every critical moment, and he still couldn't make up his mind to admit that he was not a genius.

Seven,

Many years later, Wang, who is more familiar with Ningbo's postgraduate entrance examination, mentioned:

After that, Ningbo fell at an unexpected speed, and he studied Chinese medicine, Neidan, Qigong, yoga, divination, fortune telling and geomantic omen. It is also farther and farther away from HKUST, which is famous for its scientific rigor.

Ningbo didn't escape. After marriage, he chose to run away because he and his wife had different views on education. At that time, the reform and opening up had been carried out and Shenzhen was thriving. He wanted to teach there, but as a result, he was kept in a shelter for several days because he was not invited to send a telegram.

Later, he blamed the misfortune of his life on "child prodigy education" and had a face-to-face debate with many experts on the program "Tell the truth".

In fact, the program is so sensitive that even Xiao Cui can't control the scene for a while. Ningbo, which reacted fiercely, changed its decadent expression when it first appeared and lashed out at "child prodigy education":

At the scene of the program, several experts were also tit for tat. Some oppose "child prodigy education" and naturally support it. In fact, there are many graduates from so many juvenile classes in China University of Science and Technology, and the proportion is not lower than that of ordinary classes, such as:

These people are all in the juvenile class!

Eight,

In the program, Ningbo finally admitted that he was not a "child prodigy":

This is also the last time Ningbo made a public appearance in the media. A few years later, he got a copy of Six Ancestors Tanjing from a friend, which made him a treasure and at the same time gave him the idea of becoming a monk.

He became a monk for the first time in 2002, and was later taken back by people from China University of Science and Technology. A year later, he went to Wutai Mountain without hesitation. This time, people from the Chinese University of Science and Technology did not take him back.

This move will completely awaken people from the "child prodigy dream". People can't help feeling a little sorry while "hurting Zhong Yong". Of course, the most painful thing is his parents. Therefore, Ningbo son also confessed:

At the same time, it was also mentioned that Ningbo's will was not firm enough, and it turned and ran away when it encountered a little setback. Fortunately, he is still a college student, who only reads dead books and has no scientific literacy. He believes what others spread about feudal superstition.

Ningbo, a "prodigy" who once became a monk in a juvenile class, should have a happy future, but he was a loser and fell into a state of ignorance and superstition.

This is not only ignorance, but also stupidity. This is a person who has been hurt by ignorance. Finally, we should add that we should all:

There are many people who express this feeling. On the one hand, it is a pity for Ningbo, and on the other hand, it is another attack on "child prodigy education".

Nine,

But I think Ningbo is not an "ignorant" person, but he "ignorant" us!

As the movie "Let the Bullets Fly" shows, when we don't know the situation, it is better to let the bullets fly for a while and see where they fall.

Yes, after living for so many years, this is the first time Ningbo has shown itself. There is no need to explain why.

I, Yang, once lived in a small temple for a while. During that time, I just quit my job in a chemical plant and joined the media. I caught up with my own series of nonsense. Yang talks about westward journey, Yang talks about Yongzheng and Yang talks about Daming. I didn't know what to do next for a while. After struggling for a long time, I felt depressed.

It was also at that time that I went back to my hometown to attend my brother-in-law's wedding, met a master, chatted more and more speculatively, and simply went to the temple for a few days.

Indeed, you can get rare peace there. The master is right. Buddhism is actually a philosophy, psychology and literature. Many of us will walk into a dead end and can't get out. At this time, we need someone to enlighten us. When we figure it out, we will come out.

But as mentioned above, worshipping Buddha is really superstitious. If you don't advocate it, I won't go into details. Anyway, I will go home in a few days. Similarly, more than a decade later, Ningbo also "went home".

This time, he stopped talking about science and began to talk about Buddhism in the Buddhist College. At the same time, he also has a second identity-a national second-level psychological counselor.

As for why he studied psychology, I think it might be that he wanted to treat himself, but later he found that maybe he could treat other people with the same troubles.

Although the controversy about him continues, more people choose to support him. On a certain level, there is a question, asking how to evaluate Ningbo's becoming a secular monk and becoming a psychological counselor.

Ten,

The following answers all support him, such as:

When we are evaluating whether Ningbo has been "deceived" by ignorance, we also need to think about it. Is it our inherent concept that "ignorant" us and makes us misunderstand him?

Indeed, he was too young at that time to know how to politely refuse. Given another chance, his intelligence may play a more important role in astronomy and other fields.

But how can we say that psychology and Buddhism today are not the best arrangement in heaven?

Some people say that Ningbo became a monk and let him tear off the fig leaf of the "first child prodigy", and his secularization, I think it is precisely he who brought Bula back.

After all, even if he is old, even if he is fat, even if he gives up his class major in junior year, he still sees the light in his eyes, which is self-confidence.

I think this is enough, just like a live fish thrown away. At this moment, it was reborn and found the ocean that belonged to him.

Secondly, from this perspective, he is indeed a child prodigy!