The story of Zhu Kezhen.

From 19 17, when he was studying at Harvard University, Zhu Kezhen developed the habit of keeping a diary, which mainly recorded various materials of meteorological research. Due to the war, only the diaries from February 6 1936 to 1974 were kept, which lasted for 38 years and 37 days. In the meantime, a day has not been broken! The pages of these diaries are all small and meticulous, with a total of more than 8 million words, which is amazing. Until the day before his death, he used a trembling pen to record data such as temperature and wind in his diary.

As a famous scientist, Zhu Kezhen lived a simple life all his life. In the most difficult years in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Zhu Kezhen, president of the university and director of the Central Institute of Meteorology, ate moldy rice at the New Year's Eve dinner, but shared several thousand yuan of relief money due to the director with other colleagues. Zhu Kezhen, who was dying, decided to give a sum of money saved from his daughter Zhu's salary to the organization as a party fee. Originally, from 1966, Zhu Kezhen deposited one third of her monthly salary in the bank in the name of her daughter, and the deposit reached 10,000 yuan in seven years. This huge membership fee shows the great love of meteorologists for the party and the people.

Zhu Kezhen not only loves to study, but also likes to think with his head. There is a lot of rain in my hometown, and there are always water drops on the eaves, which fall on the slate and make a "tick" sound. Zhu Kezhen stood by and counted the dripping water. He seems to have found a miracle, and his eyes are fixed on the slate. He wondered: alas, there are puddles on these slates, and the water drops just fell into the pits. Look at another slate, and so on. He immediately ran to consult his father.

After listening to his son's question, Zhu Jiaxiang was sincerely happy and patiently explained to him: "Bear, this is called' dripping wears away the stone'! Although a drop of rain is nothing to be afraid of, over time, the slate drops out of the pit. The same is true of reading and doing things. Only by perseverance can we achieve something. "

Zhu Kezhen (1890.3.7-1974.2.7) was born in Dongguan Town, Shaoxing County, Zhejiang Province (now Shangyu District, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province). Academician of China Academy of Sciences, party member, producer of China, modern meteorologist, geographer and educator of China. Founder of modern geography and meteorology in China.

1909, Zhu Kezhen was admitted to Tangshan Road Mining School (now Southwest Jiaotong University) to study civil engineering. 19 10 studied in the United States at public expense in Zhu Kezhen, and 19 18 received his doctorate from Harvard University. 1920 autumn, apply for Nanjing Normal University. 1934, Zhu Kezhen, Weng Cheng established the Chinese Geographical Society. 1936 served as president of Zhejiang university in April, lasting 13 years.

After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), he served as vice chairman of China Association for Science and Technology, chairman of China Meteorological Society, honorary chairman and chairman of China Geographical Society. He has a profound study on the formation, characteristics, zoning and changes of climate in China, as well as the history of geography and natural science. Zhu Kezhen is the founder of China phenology.

The founder of historical climatology

Zhu Kezhen is the founder of historical climatology, in which historical climate change is one of his greatest efforts and achievements, and enjoys a high reputation in the international scientific community. Zhu Kezhen's other great contribution to historical climatology is historical phenology. Zhu Kezhen has established more than 40 weather stations and more than 65,438+000 rainfall measuring stations in China.

On the one hand, he attached importance to the observation and recording of phenology. From the day after 192 1 returned from studying abroad to the day before 1974 died, he observed and recorded phenology and weather every day. On the other hand, he collects historical phenological data extensively. The book Phenology, co-authored by him and Wan, is rich in historical phenological data and research, which is rare in other countries' phenological works. ?

The contribution of modern meteorological science

As the founder of modern meteorological science in China, Mr. Zhu Kezhen has been paying attention to and devoted his life to the study of climate change. His series of basic research on climate change is of great scientific significance to people's understanding of this major global issue today.

Contribution to historical seismology

Zhu Kezhen's contribution to historical seismology is mainly manifested in the Chronology of Earthquake Data in China and related research work organized by him and the Seismological Committee of China Academy of Sciences led by Li Siguang.

Contribution to the study of the history of natural science

Zhu Kezhen led the exploration of ancient scientific and technological achievements in China all his life, aiming at clarifying the outstanding contribution of the Chinese nation in the development of world science and technology, so as to stimulate national self-esteem and self-confidence; To study the scientific and cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries in history and promote the friendly relations between China and people all over the world. He himself has also studied and published many papers on astronomy, meteorology, geography and general history of science. ?

The contribution of "sustainable development"

As a pioneer of the thought of "sustainable development", Zhu Kezhen has always paid attention to China's population, resources and environment with a scientific eye. He not only attaches great importance to the relevant theoretical issues of sustainable development in academic theory, but also integrates knowledge with practice and devotes himself to the practice of economic and social development. Judging from the historical process of the formation of the world's sustainable development thought, his proposal marks that China scientists paid early and independent attention to and studied population, resources and environment issues, and became a scientific community in China.

Zhu Kezhen clearly put forward that universities should cultivate leaders who take the world as their responsibility.

During the 13 years as the president of Zhejiang University in Zhu Kezhen, Zhejiang University has developed from 16 departments in three colleges of literature, science, engineering, agriculture, teachers, law and medicine to 25 departments (up to 30 departments at most) and 10 research institutes in seven colleges of literature, science, engineering and medicine. More than 3,500 students from Zhejiang University (such as Qian Renyuan, Cheng, Hu, Ye Duzheng, Gu Chaohao, etc. ) have become national senior professionals. In other words, almost all these talents later became the backbone of science education in New China.

In memory of President Zhu Kezhen, Zhu Kezhen College of Zhejiang University was established in May 2000. ?

Zhu Kezhen developed the habit of keeping a diary when he was studying at Harvard University from 19 17. The diary mainly recorded various materials of meteorological research. Due to the war, only the diaries from 1936 to1February 6, 974, with a total of 38 years and 37 days, are preserved, which is of great value for studying the modern history of science in China, especially the history of China Academy of Sciences.

Zhu Kezhen wrote many works in his life. If you don't count his diary, his life's works are about 3 million words. Since 1966, he has hardly published any special academic papers. For eight years, his writing was almost only letters. This is his major literary work.

Zhu Kezhen, a famous meteorological geographer and educator, was born in 1890 and died in 1974 at the age of 84. He is very old, but he was not good at keeping in good health in his early years. He wrote in his diary three months before his death: "I was in poor health since I was a child, and now I live to be 83 years old." What else can I ask for? " It turns out that he studied in Shanghai Chengzhong Middle School in his early years, and his health has been poor because he studied too hard. At that time, one of his classmates named Mao, namely Hu Shi, once made a bet behind his back that Zhu Kezhen would not live to be 20 years old. Zhu Kezhen overheard this sentence, broke out in a cold sweat and vowed to exercise from now on. Later, he went to study in the United States with Hu.

19 12 years, they met and started gambling. Zhu Kezhen asked, "What if I live to be in my sixties?" Hu Shi readily replied: "If you live to be 60 years old, I will kowtow to you three times in front of all my relatives and friends on your 60th birthday. If you live longer than me, you can kick my corpse's ass. " "All right. You must remember what you said today! " Zhu Kezhen said.

Later, Zhu Kezhen lived to 1974, at the age of 84, and died suddenly in Beijing. He kept a diary until the night before his death. Hu Shi only lived to 1962 at the age of 7 1. However, due to two friends, one in Chinese mainland and the other in Taiwan Province, Hu Shi had no chance to kowtow to Zhu Kezhen on his 60th birthday. When Hu Shi died, Zhu Kezhen didn't kick his ass.

Zhu Kezhen lamented in his diary that Hu Shi, a "wise man", had predicted his early death, which turned out to be a lie. From then on, Zhu Kezhen attached great importance to his health and fell in love with sports.