On August 12, 2019 (July 12, 2019 in the lunar calendar), Lu Yonggen, a famous crop geneticist in our country, passed away due to ineffective treatment. At 4:41 am on August 12, 2019, another "superstar" in China died. Lu Yonggen, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a famous crop geneticist in our country, died at the age of 89 due to ineffective treatment. Lu Yonggen, who was originally a rich son of Hong Kong, went to the University of the Mainland to study agriculture. He was the president and academician of South China Agricultural University. He had nearly 10 million assets, but he was extremely economical and had a family of apprentices! In 2017, at the age of 87, he suffered from cancer, but despite his weak body tortured by cancer, he slowly walked into the business hall of China Construction Bank with the help of his wife, Professor Xu Xuebin. Next, Lu Lao's move made everyone present burst into tears! He took out a folded kraft paper envelope from an old black satchel, slowly took out more than ten passbooks and handed them over to the bank staff. Lu Yonggen, who has been the principal for a lifetime, will give all the 8.8009,446 yuan he has saved in his life to South China Agricultural University. At the same time, he signed an agreement with his wife, and the two of them donated their bodies behind him... In March 2018, Lu Yonggen, who was already in the terminal stage of cancer, accepted the trophy of "Moving China" in his hospital bed. "The party trained me, and returning my personal property to the country is my final contribution," Lu Lao said. He was born in Hong Kong on December 2, 1930. His ancestral home is Huaxian, Guangdong. This is a wealthy family. His father worked as a senior clerk in a British law firm. However, his originally comfortable and peaceful life was changed forever with the arrival of the war. In 1941, when the Japanese occupied Hong Kong, he was sent back to his hometown in Guangdong for refuge. Not only did he starve, but he didn't even have shoes to wear. The refugee life of hiding in Xizang and lack of food and clothing made him deeply appreciate the pain of being a subjugated slave, but he also buried a patriotic seed deeply in his heart! During the days of refuge, his father asked someone to specially bring two family mottos written by himself. The first sentence is: study hard; the second sentence is: buy a hoe and buy a book. Tian Ke ploughs books to read, half Confucian and half peasant. His father's teaching made him unforgettable for life. Two years later, he returned to his hometown of Hong Kong. His father hoped that he would continue to study in the English Academy, but with his national consciousness awakened, he chose Hong Kong Peiqiao Middle School to study in high school. The patriotic ideology of Peiqiao Middle School in Hong Kong is very active in the gate and corner of the school building. At the age of 19, he also joined the underground party of the Communist Party of China. When he graduated from high school, the party organization arranged for him to go back to Lingnan University in the mainland to study, but at that time, Lu Baisheng in his ancestral country was waiting to be prosperous, and if he stayed in Hong Kong, he would be well-dressed and well-fed, and the conditions would be very different. But as a Hong Kong person, he gave up his comfortable life and returned to the mainland of the motherland. He firmly said: It was the reality of the war of aggression against China that taught me, and I want to work for the rejuvenation of the motherland. Lu Yonggen took a group photo with his classmates at Lingnan University and returned to the mainland. After entering Lingnan University, he led the underground student union of Lingnan University, and then transferred to the agricultural college, and began to be exposed to his life's research career: agriculture. And with the passage of time, the catastrophe came step by step, and he had no way to avoid it. In 1950, Lu Yonggen (left) and Hu Jingzhao were at the North Gate Pier of Lingnan University in 1966. He was not spared and was put on the hat of "unrepentant, capitalist and reactionary academic authority" and sent to Wengcheng cadre school in Guangdong for 10 years. During that time, he was tortured, skinny and complete, but even in the worst environment, he did not have the slightest thought of escaping the mainland and returning to Hong Kong! In August 1963, Lu Yonggen (fourth from left) followed Ding Ying (third from left) to investigate rice until 1983. Finally, with his true talents and practical learning, he served as the dean of South China Agricultural College and began his 13-year career as president. And the second half of his life was brilliant, and it also began from this moment. He went abroad many times to visit relatives and visit, and successively engaged in rice science research at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines and the University of California, Davis. He was so outstanding that foreign universities asked him to stay, and his relatives in the United States tried their best to persuade him to immigrate. But he, who had suffered countless twists and turns in China, was not lured by the material life of the foreign country, and unswervingly chose to stay in the backward China at that time. Everyone was puzzled. At that time, a US immigration official couldn't help but ask him: If you have immigration conditions, why should you stay in poor and backward China? He replied affectionately: I love my motherland from the bottom of my heart, because I am Chinese, the motherland needs me, science has no borders, but scientists have a motherland! As the principal, he is dutiful and dedicated to the cause of education. In the 1980s, when school funds were in short supply, he was extremely stingy with himself, insisting on not taking a car, not engaging in perk, and taking buses and subways as much as possible. A relative who worked in engineering came to "go through the back door", and he said righteously: As long as I am here for a day, you will not enter the gate of Huanong for a day. He is so stingy, but he is very generous in talent education and training. He has gone around and raised a lot of research funds for the school, not only that, but also set up studios for outstanding scholars. Others say: "He dedicated everything to scientific research." The famous Hungarian poet Petofi once wrote in a poem: Life is precious, love is more expensive; if it is because of freedom, both can be thrown away. But he said to the students: Life is precious, love is also expensive; if it is because of the motherland, both can be thrown away. If my speech today can be like a small spark, ignite the patriotic flame in your hearts, and burst out with enthusiasm to fight for the revival of China, that is what I eagerly look forward to! During his 13 years as the principal, he wholeheartedly worked for the overall development of the school. He never used his status as the principal to benefit his status as a professor, nor did he use his position to help his team obtain research funding. Not only has he made outstanding achievements in education, but his own scientific research strength is even stronger. He has dealt with rice all his life, and his new academic concept of rice, "specific affinity gene", has played an important role in rice breeding practice. He is so excellent and worried about the country and the people. In 2017, a bolt from the blue, he was diagnosed with cancer after years of hard work. His health was getting worse and worse, and he felt that his time was running out, so he discussed with his wife Xu Xuebin: The money on these more than ten folds was not for himself or his daughter, but was donated to South China Agricultural University! Professor Xu Xuebin replied at the time: You think the same as me! Lu Yonggen and his wife are both university professors, and he himself is also the president of the university and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, but he and his wife only have one house in their lifetime, and they have to climb up and down the fifth floor until they are in their 80s. But when people went to the house of the university president, they couldn't help but be dumbfounded and stunned! At that moment, everyone present couldn't help but burst into tears! No one expected that the decoration of this industry leader, university president, and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences would be so simple. The room was full of old furniture, old wooden sofas, old-fashioned TVs, and a few broken chairs, which were tied and tied with wire. The iron frame bed was rusty, and the mosquito net was hung with bamboo poles. One end was tied with ropes, and the other end was fixed to the wall with nails. On the desk full of books and literature, there was a dim lamp and a yellow white landline. Even the radio had been used for more than ten years. Sincere base color. In life, he had many opportunities to feast, but they all declined, on the grounds of frugality. On weekdays, he often held a half-old lunch box and queued up with the students, one meat, one vegetarian and two taels, slowly eating the food in an inconspicuous position. He always kindly reminded the students who wasted the food: "How many rice trees can grow into a bowl of rice? "As he grew older, his health got worse and worse, and his daughter repeatedly persuaded him to give up his job, but he refused. Someone suggested hiring a nanny, having someone to take care of him, and calling a special car for the school. Before he could finish listening, he shook his head and continued to" go his own way ": wear a satchel and a sun hat, slowly walk to the bus stop to take the bus, and when it rains heavily, pile up his trouser legs and walk home in the rain. On the title page of a notebook on his desk, he wrote four" points "that he used to encourage himself: work more; take less; be harder on the waist; speak louder. Although he was so poor, he was especially generous to poverty alleviation and education, donating money every year and quietly doing a lot of good deeds. As early as 2015, Lu Yonggen returned to his hometown with his wife, and together with his brother, he donated two shops worth more than 1 million yuan left by his ancestors to the local Luodong Primary School. Facing the teachers and students of the school, Lu Yonggen encouraged the children in his hometown: "We must study hard, study hard, and study hard! When a country is strong, we, as Chinese people, will have more status and pride in this world!" In 2017, after Lu Yonggen donated all his assets 8.80 million, he said: The country has cultivated me and returned my personal property to the country, which is my last bit of light and heat. This old scientist, at the last moment of his life, interpreted the meaning of life with his silent actions. Mr. Lu Xun said: Since ancient times, we have had people who worked hard, those who worked hard, those who pleaded for the people, and those who sacrificed their lives to seek the law... This is the backbone of China. Lu Yonggen, he is the backbone of China, China's contemporary superstar! What should a person pursue in life? And he answered this question with his life's struggle: to establish a heart for heaven and earth, to establish a life for the people, to continue learning to be holy, and to open peace for the world! He cares about the common people, and in the midst of the pomp and bustle, he adheres to his ideals and beliefs. His life is simple as earth, and his achievements are as bright as stars. He has made unreserved efforts and dedication to the country and the nation throughout his life. He is the backbone of the Chinese nation, a capital Chinese, and a person who is truly worthy of the respect of all Chinese people!