Li Siguang's story tells the story of Li Siguang's childhood

Li Siguang is an outstanding geologist in China, the founder of geomechanics, and the pioneer and founder of new China geology. Geomechanics was founded with its unique academic opinions, which not only successfully solved the formation mechanism of various geological structure types, but also successfully guided the prospecting work. According to his theory, China has successively discovered Daqing Oilfield, Shengli Oilfield, Dagang Oilfield and other important oilfields, which have made outstanding contributions to the socialist construction of the motherland. He also enjoys a high reputation in the world.

In the southeast of Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, near the north bank of the Yangtze River, there is a place called Huanggang, where there are beautiful mountains and rivers and outstanding people. 18891kloc-0/On October 26th, Li Siguang, a famous scientist in China, was born in Xiazhangjiawan, a small village 25km north of Huanggang County. Li Siguang's real name is Que, the name of Li Siguang. Later, when Li Zhongmao went to school, he had to fill in the registration form. Li Zhongmao mistook the column of name for the column of age and wrote "14". This is his real age. However, he immediately found that he had filled in the wrong column. What can I do now? Clever Li Siguang added a few strokes to the word "ten" and changed it to "Li", but the name "Li Si" was really unpleasant. When the situation was difficult, Li Siguang looked up and saw a big plaque hanging on the top of the hall, which read "Four Lights Watch". He had a brainwave and added the word "light" after "Li Si". From then on, Li Zhongmao had a resounding name, and that was "Li Siguang".

When Li Siguang was a child, family life was very difficult. A few people in a family only rely on their father's school to charge students a little tuition. If there are few students in schools in famine years, there is a danger of destroying food and cooking. When they have to, they have to rent food from the local landlord's house. Therefore, Li Siguang's mother often knits for pocket money. Li Siguang's father, in particular, is honest and likes to be keen. He was forced to flee his hometown because of his contact with Huanggang revolutionaries, and went to Nanjing to hide for more than a year, making his family life even more difficult. All this had a great influence on Li Siguang as a child.

When he was in his fifties, he thought of his childhood sufferings from time to time and was deeply saddened by his parents' sufferings. It is under the influence of this family that Li Siguang formed the habit of hard work from an early age. He often helps his mother cut wood, cook, grind things, sweep the floor, carry water, herd sheep and mow the grass. You can do almost anything.

At the age of five, Li Siguang began to enlighten an old teacher named Chen. At the age of six, he moved to his father's private school and studied with him. When studying, Li Siguang is diligent, earnest and diligent. Busy reading, reciting, practicing and writing from morning till night. He doesn't like joking. When the teacher is away, he can still study alone, instead of climbing the table and stepping on the stool like other children. Li Siguang likes to think and ask questions since he was a child. Once, when he was playing hide-and-seek with the children, he saw a big stone on the head of the village. He once had such a question: How did this stone come from? Why are there no such stones around? Maybe it's a coincidence. He really became a famous geologist and answered his childhood questions scientifically.

When Li Siguang was a child, he liked to make toys, boats, cars and lanterns of various colors. He is so original that children of his age like and admire him. In particular, he is compassionate and has deep feelings for the poor in the neighborhood.

Once, it was very cold. A thief entered a private school and stole a cotton-padded coat covered with a quilt. After being caught by your classmates, you punched and kicked. Finally, he was hung up. But only Li Siguang failed to do it. He just quietly took a stool and put it at the thief's feet to warn him not to do bad things in the future. How else can he stand so many beatings?

1902 in may, Hubei province began to build all kinds of schools. Young people with aspirations are willing to study in Wuchang. After the news reached Huanggang, Li Siguang also asked his parents to go to school. His father was very supportive and borrowed money from the villagers. His mother also supported him very much, and specially changed the wedding dress into Li Siguang's cotton gown. Li Siguang bid farewell to his parents and left his hometown for the first time to study in Wuhan, the provincial capital.

/kloc-in the winter of 0/902, Li Siguang entered Wuchang No.2 Senior Primary School. Because the school is a boarding system, all accommodation and meals are provided by the school. Li Siguang's family is very happy. Here, Li Siguang studies hard. He is eager for all kinds of knowledge, and his academic performance has always been among the best. However, because no one helped to clarify this relationship, it was not sent to Japan for formal study until July 1904. Li Siguang went back to Huanggang to say goodbye to his father, and then went to Japan by boat. However, his official expenses were limited, so he had to buy a plane ticket to save money and use it for other purposes. Li Siguang was very excited when he went to such a far place to study for the first time, especially when the ship sailed out of Wusongkou, overlooking the sea, which was choppy and endless. The little boy stood happily on the deck and refused to return to the cabin for a long time. His thoughts drifted away with the sea breeze and waves? A short whip with a ring at one end that can be held.

After a long journey, the ship finally arrived in Yokohama, Japan, and then took a bus to Tokyo. It's a pity that my relatives and friends went to Ji 'an before I left. Li Siguang eats more meat like a turtle and catches a cold at sea. So, when he arrived in Tokyo, he had diarrhea. The hospital treated him as a dysentery patient and treated him in isolation. He had to borrow money for treatment. This disease has a great influence on him. When the doctor advised him to eat more vegetarian food and less meat, he always remembered this advice and ate light food almost all his life, eating fish and eggs at most. So a friend joked with him that Li Siguang only eats things that don't scream.

In Japan, Li Siguang first entered Hongwen College in Tokyo, mainly studying Japanese and elementary mathematics and physics. 1907 After graduating in July, Li Siguang was admitted to Osaka Institute of Advanced Technology. It is said that this school can only recruit about 10 students from China every year, and the number of applicants exceeds 1000. It is extremely difficult for Li Siguang to pass the exam.

At school, Li Siguang studied hard and lived in poverty. After deducting the necessary expenses, the official expenses received each month are getting less and less. In order to save money, he often put raw rice in a thermos, add boiling water, soak it for one night and eat pickles the next day. Besides studying and living, Li Siguang is more concerned about the fate of the motherland. He often walks into the auditorium for international students, listens to lectures and reports, and meets many democratic revolutionaries. He cut off his braid to show his support for the revolution. 1In July, 905, Li Siguang finally met Sun Yat-sen, the great pioneer of the democratic revolution, in Tokyo, and attended the inaugural meeting and swearing-in ceremony of the revolutionary organization led by Sun Yat-sen. Teacher Sun Yat-sen affectionately touched Li Siguang's head and said, "It's great that you took part in the revolution at a young age." You must "study hard and serve your country". Li Siguang was only 16 years old at that time.

19 10 In July, Li Siguang graduated from Osaka Technical School in Japan, ending his seven-year study in Japan and returning to the motherland with his classmates. Soon, he was sent to teach in Hubei Secondary Technical School in Wuchang County, Hualin. From students to teachers, Li Siguang felt a sense of freshness and responsibility, and was very strict with students.

1911010 that night, Wuchang uprising broke out. At that time, Li Siguang was taking the national postgraduate examination in Beijing. After hearing the news, he was very excited and immediately packed his bags and went to the south. Shortly after returning to Wuchang, Li Siguang was entrusted to participate in the financial management department of Hubei military government. Later, he was appointed Minister of Industry of Hubei Military Government. However, the development of the revolution is not as he imagined. Soon, Yuan Shikai came to power to suppress and crowd out revolutionaries. Li Siguang's grand plan to develop industry, benefit the people and build a new Hubei fell through. He's depressed. Depressed? Whip Therefore, Li Siguang came up with the idea of studying for a few more years and taking the road of saving the country by science. 1965438+In July 2003, Li Siguang was sent abroad by the government to study at Birmingham University. Li Dongyang Siguang got his wish. At that time, four people followed Li Siguang to study, and the government's travel expenses were all gold bars. Li Siguang said to his companion, "You pack your bags slowly and I'll go to the bank to change coins." When Li Siguang came to the bank, his shabby clothes aroused the suspicion of the bank staff. Instead of changing coins, he was arrested for stealing someone else's gold bars. Nobody gave him any explanation. He was hungry and cold, and was rescued by his companions the next day. Nevertheless, young Li Siguang took care of his father and brother, saving part of the travelling expenses for his younger brothers and sisters to go to school. What a touching feeling it is! In the rural life of 14, Li Siguang used all his love to repay his concern and love for the villagers, just as he later devoted his life to the motherland, with no regrets!

After a long journey, Li Siguang left the motherland for the second time and finally arrived in London. This is the hometown of capitalist civilization and the birthplace of modern industrial revolution. Now, there is a lot of traffic and colorful buildings. But in Li Siguang's eyes, all this is like passing away, and his heart is more eager for knowledge and science. After careful selection, Li Siguang decided to enter Birmingham University, which is famous for its mining. He left London in a hurry and went to Birmingham, an important town in western England, and lived in an apartment near the school. Li Siguang is really a tireless student. He can relax his study even if he has a rest. Occasionally, on holidays, I walk into the park and visit places of interest, always surrounded by a pile of newspapers and magazines or a thick roll of schoolbags. In the shade of a tree, by the running water, he sat down to copy or think about a series of problems. But the quiet study life didn't last long. On August 4, 2004, World War I broke out. On the one hand, it made an alliance with Britain, France and Russia, on the other hand, it made an alliance with Germany, Italy and Austria, and launched a life-and-death war to split the world again and compete for colonies. For a period of time, the means of subsistence became increasingly scarce, prices began to rise, and life became extremely difficult. Many foreign students can't stand it, and they leave Britain one after another. However, Li Siguang saved enough money from an early age, overcame all kinds of difficulties, and persisted in studying with tenacious perseverance and perseverance. He often works as a temporary worker in the mine during his holidays to make a living and continue his studies. At such a difficult time, he was optimistic and open-minded, combining work and rest, and learned to play the violin in his spare time, which became his lifelong hobby.

A lot has happened. 1918 in may, Li Siguang wrote a 387-page paper "geology of China" in English and submitted it to the geology department of Birmingham university. In June, he passed the thesis defense. Because of this paper, Li Siguang was awarded a master's degree in natural science by Birmingham University. Soon, Li Siguang received a letter of appointment from Cai Yuanpei, president of Peking University, and asked him to return to China to be a professor of geology in Peking University. More than six years of studying in Britain is coming to an end. Although there are still warlords in China, Li Siguang accepted the invitation with the spirit of seeking truth and being pragmatic and the enthusiasm of serving the motherland. 1920 in may, Li Siguang traveled a long way back to Beijing to study. At this time, he was 3 1 year old. In this young life, except for childhood and short work, he is almost always busy with his own research, running around, up and down. Now, it is time for Li Siguang to contribute his knowledge and insight to the motherland! The new life is

After coming to the Department of Geology, Li Siguang mainly taught two courses: Petrology and Advanced Petrology. He prepares lessons carefully. The requirements for students are very strict, with special emphasis on the training of basic knowledge and skills. From macroscopic appraisal to microscopic appraisal and comprehensive chemical analysis of rocks, he requires students to master them. His examination method is different from other teachers. In addition to written questions and answers, he also gave students some rock samples and asked them to write down their names, mineral compositions, formation conditions and their relationship with minerals. He also attaches great importance to the knowledge outside books, often takes students on-the-spot investigation, discussion and observation, and asks them to collect a large number of specimens and display them in the laboratory for teaching and research.

During his long study abroad career, he personally felt the shame of China people being discriminated against and had a strong sense of national pride. He once said: "We have to admit that people's education level is higher than ours, and their art is better than ours. The people's land has been reclaimed into ten fields, but our fertile soil is still barren. Ask them to do it and then give it back to us. I'm afraid there is no such thing in the world. So the vitality of our frontline is still in our country. Everyone is happy, raise the hoe and dig forward. " So when Li Siguang was in class, he always insisted on explaining in Chinese except some proper scientific terms. Once in class, a student called him "Miss Li" and called him several times. Then he asked the student what his name was. The student said, "I'll call you." Li Siguang said, "You can call me Lao Li, Xiao Li, cat and dog, but I forbid you to call me' Miss Li'." On one occasion, Li Siguang took seven or eight students to Yichang for a field trip. In the street, he saw an American riding a rickshaw, refused to pay, and even picked up a cane to pull the rickshaw. Seeing this, Li Siguang was so angry that he ran to the American and insisted that he pay the fare and forbid him to hit people. The American started to pause, and then when he saw that he was an China man in an old suit, he smiled unreasonably and was ready to leave. Li Siguang and seven or eight students picked up the geological hammer and stopped him. The Americans found that something was wrong, so they had to pay the fare obediently and make a trip for nothing. Pedestrians on the road are proud of it.

1On July 7th, 937, the Japanese invaders launched the Lugouqiao Incident, and the 29th Route Army of our army rose up to resist, and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression broke out in an all-round way. On August 13, the Japanese army landed in Shanghai. 65438+February 65438+March, Nanjing fell. 1938 10, Guangzhou and Wuhan fell one after another, and the Kuomintang government fled to Chongqing. Academia Sinica has also been ordered to cooperate with the government. Li Siguang led the Institute of Geology to Guilin, where he stayed for nearly seven years.

1in the spring of 944, the Japanese invaded and the war was very fierce. Li Siguang left Guilin in a hurry on June 27th, and walked with colleagues from the Institute of Geology for more than 20 days, and finally arrived in Guiyang. Along the way, people were crowded, crowded, hungry, thirsty, tired, sleepy and panicked. In June 5438+10, the Japanese invaders became more fierce, the Kuomintang army was completely annihilated, and Guiyang was about to be surrounded. Li Siguang and his colleagues had to travel again, leaving Guiyang, passing through Zunyi, entering Sichuan, about 1 1, and finally reaching Chongqing. For a 55-year-old intellectual, long-distance running and fatigue are undoubtedly great tests. After arriving in Chongqing, Li Siguang and his wife's health became very bad. With injury, Li Siguang remembered the painful memory of Zhu Sen's abnormal death, and his spirit was extremely unhappy. The grief and indignation of the current situation are intertwined with the hardships of life, which makes the literati who have always been strong shed bitter tears? A short whip with a ring at one end that can be held.

1On June 6, 1947, the geological society of china Council decided that Li Siguang would represent China in the 18th International Geological Society held in London, England on August 1948. I think it's a good opportunity for Li Siguang to put the smog areas under the state's control. He cherished this opportunity very much, and spent a year or so preparing papers and revising them repeatedly, trying to express high-quality academic opinions on behalf of China. It also

Is Li Siguang's consistent style of study. 1February, 948, Li Siguang set out from Shanghai. After many twists and turns, he didn't arrive in Hong Kong until early April.

On a Norwegian cargo ship. It is extremely difficult to sail in the sea. For an old man who is nearly 60 years old, it is no longer full of magic. Facing the rolling waves and the roaring sea breeze, Li Siguang misses her motherland. The motherland is like a ship in a sea of fire, and the people of China are suffering from war?

After about two months of hard sailing, the cargo ship finally arrived at Marseille, a big port on the southern coast of France. After landing, he took the train to Paris, the capital of France, and then crossed the English Channel to London, England. On the dock, my lovely daughter is standing there to meet him. Li Siguang's daughter Li Xizhi is studying at Cambridge University in England. She is waiting to meet her parents at Dover Pier early. 1949 September 2 1 day, China people's political consultative conference was held in Beiping. In the list of democratic parties, regional representatives, military representatives, group representatives and special guests, Li Siguang was elected as one of the representatives of the Preparatory Committee of the First National Congress of Natural Science Workers. However, just as Li Siguang was anxiously preparing to return to China, the Kuomintang in Taiwan Province Province was planning an evil plot. Zheng Tianxi, the ambassador of the Kuomintang to Britain, received a secret order from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kuomintang, demanding that Li Siguang publicly declare that he refused to accept the post of CPPCC member led by the * * * production party, or he would be detained. A friend called Li Siguang and told him all this. After receiving this news, Li Siguang made a decisive decision, picked up a small wallet and crossed the English Channel from Plymouth to France alone.

1950 in early March, Li Siguang secretly returned to Hongkong and immediately moved into a secluded residence arranged by a friend.

April 6 1950 Mr. and Mrs. Li Siguang arrived at the station early in the morning and boarded the train from Hongkong to Kowloon after 6 o'clock. Soon, he walked into the south gate of the motherland. What an exciting and unforgettable moment!

On the morning of May 6th, 1950, Mr. and Mrs. Li Siguang arrived in Beijing and were warmly welcomed by new and old friends. Li Siguang was arranged to stay in the Six Kingdoms Hotel, the tallest hotel in Beijing at that time. After more than a week, I moved to Beijing Hotel. On the second night of staying in Beijing Hotel, Premier Zhou Enlai took time to visit them, which made Li Siguang and his wife very excited. Premier Zhou encouraged Li Siguang to assist President Guo Moruo in his natural science work, and at the same time give full play to his professional expertise and advantages, and take on the main responsibility of organizing national geologists to serve the country's construction. Li Siguang nodded knowingly. He said: "Today is an unprecedented era in China. Everyone must work hard and not fall behind. " It is with the care, love and trust of the Party and the people that Li Siguang started the most meaningful work.

On August 7th, 1950, the National Congress of Natural Science Workers was successfully held in Beijing. This is the first national meeting of natural science workers in the history of China after liberation. At the end of the conference, Li Siguang was elected as the president of China Federation of Natural Science Professional Societies. The burden on his shoulders increased again.

In the early 1950s, another important task undertaken by Li Siguang was to organize national geologists to serve the socialist construction of new China. Years of fatigue reduced Li Siguang's health. He often kept working because of illness, and finally had to go to the hospital for treatment. However, in June 1957 1 1, Li Sigua suffered from kidney disease, his condition worsened, and he was admitted to Beijing Hospital with hematuria accompanied by boils. After more than a month's treatment, the surgical wound basically healed, but the pain was not completely eliminated. Li Siguang was anxious to leave the hospital and go back to work. Before 1950s, many geologists were pessimistic about the prospect of oil resources in China. From 19 15 to 19 17, Ma of Mobil Oil Company led the drilling team and drilled 7 exploratory wells in northern Shaanxi, which cost a lot of money but produced little. 1922, Professor Blackwell from Stanford University came to China to investigate geology. After returning home, he wrote an article saying that China is an oil-poor country, so it is unlikely to find oil in the southeast, and it is more likely to find oil in the southwest.

Far away, the northwest will not become an important oil field, and there will not be much oil in the northeast. From then on, "China's Theory of Poor Oil" began to spread.

However, according to Li Siguang's in-depth study of China's geology, he thinks that "China's theory of poor oil" has no factual basis. 1928, Li Siguang wrote that the failure of Mobil does not prove that there are no oil fields to be developed in China. Although the northwest region has the greatest hope for oil production, there are still many places without hope. From the point of view of structural geology, Li Siguang thinks that the oil-producing areas have superior conditions for oil generation and storage, while the oil fields have particularly good conditions for oil storage. If you want to find oil, you must first find the oil area and then the oil field. He believes that there are three areas with the greatest prospects for oil exploration in China: one is the geosyncline in Qinghai, Kangbao, Yunnan and Myanmar; First, the Alashan-northern Shaanxi basin; The other is the plain area from northeast to north China. He said that Qaidam basin, Heihe region, Sichuan basin, Yishan platform, A Ning platform, North China Plain and Northeast Plain should be the targets of oil exploration.

Li Siguang's report greatly inspired the workers on the oil front. At the beginning of 1954, the Ministry of Geology established the National Oil and Gas Investigation Committee. 1955 65438+1On October 20th, the Ministry of Geology held the first national oil survey conference and decided to set up five oil survey teams in Xinjiang, Qaidam, Ordos, Sichuan and North China. After hard work, many possible oil storage structures have finally been found.

19561in late October, the Ministry of Geology held the second national petroleum survey work conference, and decided to send 93 geological teams and more than 430 geologists to 12 area for general survey and detailed investigation. In this way, after three years of oil exploration, hundreds of possible oil storage structures have been found in Xinjiang, Qinghai, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Guizhou, Guangxi, North China and Northeast China, and oil flows with industrial value have been found in Qaidam and other structures.

1in March, 1958, Nanchong and other places in Sichuan successively produced oil, opening up the southwest petroleum industrial base.

1In February, 958, the Ministry of Petroleum Industry and the Ministry of Geology jointly issued the call of "conquering Songliao in three years". The Ministry of Geology mobilized teams from Sichuan, Qinghai and Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia provinces to strengthen oil exploration in Songliao region, and finally discovered oil sands with a thickness of 70 cm and 50 cm for the first time in a drilling in Fuyu County, Jilin Province. In the autumn of the same year, the "placanticline" structure was discovered in Datong town, and it was changed to Daqing placanticline after oil production. The discovery of Daqing Oilfield is a major breakthrough in oil exploration in eastern China. Since then, a large number of oil fields have been discovered in North China, Central Plains, Hanjiang River, Guangdong and other places.

1 964 65438+1October1At 7: 30 pm, Chairman Mao invited Li Siguang to watch the modern Henan opera Chaoyanggou in Huairentang, Zhongnanhai. After receiving the call, Li Siguang was very excited. Before the opening ceremony, Chairman Mao came to the lounge, walked quickly and shook hands with him warmly. Speaking of oil, Chairman Mao said happily that you have all made great contributions.

1971On April 24th, Li Siguang was admitted to Beijing Hospital with a cold and fever. After admission, although the high fever quickly subsided, the blood pressure fluctuated greatly. At night, he often can't sleep, and the past always haunts his mind. One night, Li Siguang was very excited. He talked a lot with his daughter: from the long way of studying in youth to the dark China in the 1930s; From the hard struggle in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic to today's experience.

1971at 8: 30am on April 29th, Li Siguang, a great scientist who has devoted his life to the motherland and people, left us forever.