He is one of thousands of ordinary people who became friends with Ai Yuejin because his child was admitted to Nankai University. The first time I heard Ai Yuejin's name was from a child.

He is one of thousands of ordinary people. Because his child was admitted to Nankai University , he became friends with Ai Yuejin .

The first time I heard Ai Yuejin’s name was from a child. One day, while he was on his way to work, his first-year college student suddenly called him and asked him: "Dad, have you heard of Ai Yuejin?"

He was confused and asked who the child was. ? The child asked again: "Ai Yuejin!"

He blurted out without thinking: "I don't know."

"Ai Yuejin is a very famous speaker in Tianjin. He is now a guide for our lecture group. I feel really good. It's great."

Facing the extremely excited child, who neither knew "Ai Yuejin" nor understood what the child was excited about, he could only say dryly: "Then you should learn from him."

Afterwards , he did not take this conversation to heart and continued to write articles on a website about political and economic commentary.

But the child seemed to really admire the teacher Ai Yuejin, and often mentioned this name to him. He learned from the child that Ai Yuejin was a teacher at Nankai University, teaching military theory, etiquette classes and speeches.

Because he was somewhat interested in the military, after listening to the child's words, he began to search for Ai Yuejin's name on the Internet and watched the video of Ai Yuejin's speech. Over time, he, like the child, began to identify and admire Ai Yuejin. heart of.

However, the real intersection between him and Ai Yuejin happened when his child was about to graduate.

He and Ai Yuejin attended the same netizen gathering. During the break, he accidentally bumped into a stranger. When he apologized repeatedly, he suddenly discovered that the person was Ai Yuejin, whom he had longed to meet.

He took the opportunity to chat with Ai Yuejin, and he felt even more that Ai Yuejin was an approachable, humble and good teacher.

Not long after, he learned from his friends that Ai Yuejin was suffering from cancer. He was very worried about Ai Yuejin and hurriedly went to visit with his friends.

Ai Yuejin's attitude towards his physical condition in the hospital bed once again touched his heart. He felt that Ai Yuejin was really a calm person. Even if he was seriously ill, he was still calm and composed.

Some time later, he heard that Ai Yuejin planned to recruit doctoral students, and he couldn't help but pray in his heart that Ai Yuejin would be able to defeat the disease and return to the three-foot podium he longed for.

However, destiny never develops based on people's beliefs. In early April 2016, he visited Ai Yuejin in the hospital with the advice of his friends and children.

Ai Yuejin's body was already quite weak. After hearing everyone's concern for him, he nodded slightly and declined the donations given to him. Ai Yuejin's eyes were still determined, making people unable to bear to refuse.

He had no choice but to openly promise Ai Yuejin to take back the donation, and privately negotiated with Ai Yuejin's children to transfer the donation to Ai Yuejin's children.

That was the fourth time he saw Ai Yuejin and the last time he saw Ai Yuejin.

At the end of the same month, Ai Yuejin passed away due to illness. He felt very sad, but at the same time, after seeing Ai Yuejin's students' heartfelt remembrances and remembrances of their teacher, he felt that although Ai Yuejin's life was short, the "wealth" he left to the world and his students "But it's very precious.

Ai Yuejin seems to be such a person, who puts all his passion into the podium, devotes his life to preaching and receiving vocations, and has never been ashamed of the word "teacher" in his life.

01, talking about "entrepreneurship": He said that he did not want to be a "Taiwan Balm" teacher, but he was also unwilling to "only study one subject", so he could only "continue to work hard"

Ai Yuejin was born in Tianjin in 1958, 19 years old He worked for a period of time at the China Municipal Engineering Design Institute and joined the Communist Party of China in 1985. He graduated from the Philosophy Department of Nankai University the following year and chose to stay in school and work in the Youth League Committee of Nankai University.

Many years later, he recalled those years to reporters and said, "It was really not easy."The reporter asked him why he would set a precedent for China by setting up a master's degree program in military studies in a non-military school.

Ai Yuejin replied: "When I was working in the school youth league committee, the school had to organize a military teaching and research section. When assigning teachers, most of them chose high-tech, modern warfare and other related courses that they thought students would be interested in. No one wanted to choose military Thought. Seeing that this course could no longer be held, someone suddenly thought of me and said to me, "Aren't you studying philosophy? Military thought involves philosophy, so I'll leave this course to you."

"In fact, this course is quite boring. It's boring. Classes usually start in the afternoon, and hundreds of students gather together. If the lecture is not good, it will be a 'sleep class' for students, or they may even just skip it. After I took this class, I have been thinking about how to make it better. This course is taught vividly, and I try to cite as much as possible and use stories to attract students to listen to my lectures." After the course was successfully launched, applying for a master's degree became a difficult problem again. Ai Yuejin ran around for this reason and encountered obstacles everywhere. He and two colleagues went to Beijing to visit members of the review committee. One day, they arrived at the home of a general at the Academy of Military Sciences at about 1 o'clock in the middle of the night. Seeing that the lights were still on at the general's home, they knocked on the door to ask for permission, but were scolded. out. After

, the three people simply slept in the bathhouse in order to save money. When I went to see the general the next day, he was scolded again.

Ai Yuejin said: "Because it was the first creation, it was not convincing, so many people did not agree with it, and there was a lack of start-up funds. I got the funds from my own home, thinking that if it didn't succeed, I would give up the money. Fortunately, in the end It was successful, and the money was reimbursed."

Ai Yuejin is very "self-aware" about the military courses at Nankai University. He knows that the military majors at Nankai University are not as good as professional military academies, but he also knows that since he chooses to do , we must try our best to do our best. Ai Yuejin didn't know how far he could go, but at least he thought it was enough to have a clear conscience.

The reporter asked Ai Yuejin again, how did he extend his courses from military theory to etiquette and eloquence?

Ai Yuejin replied: "I heard that many colleges and universities are trying eloquence courses, so I thought why can't I try it, so I applied to the school. The school asked me, Chinese and philosophy didn't even think of offering eloquence courses. How can I teach this course? I said, no one has stipulated that so and so should teach this course, and eloquence has no professional affiliation. The school was persuaded by me and agreed to let me teach it. Unexpectedly, this course was very special once I taught it. It was so popular that I kept persevering.”

Ai Yuejin believes that as a teacher, you need to have one understanding: tell what students want to hear, tell what students need, so that students can benefit from the class.

Teachers should take the initiative to explore anything that can help students grow, and they do not necessarily have to limit their vision to a certain major.

A reporter asked Ai Yuejin: "Do you have any ideas about exploring other fields?"

Ai Yuejin smiled: "I don't want to be a 'snake oil'. The goals of the Zajia family are too high, but I don't want to just get into one." door', so I can only continue to work hard."

02, talking about "podium": He said that he did not want to be "trapped" in the hospital bed in his life, and he would rather "die" on the three-foot podium that he loved

2014 At the end of November, Ai Yuejin, who was feeling unwell, went to the hospital for examination and was diagnosed with gastric cancer. Regarding this bad news, Ai Yuejin's behavior was obviously too calm. While actively cooperating with traditional Chinese medicine health care treatment, he also tried Western medicine.

Although a quarter of his stomach was cut off, he was unwilling to leave the platform he loved so much. He went against the doctor's advice to rest for at least a year, refused the request from the leaders of Nankai University to reduce his teaching courses, went through the discharge procedures in advance, and returned to campus to teach students.

That day, Ai Yuejin, who was much thinner, stood in his most familiar position with a calm expression, and told the students in a calm tone as always: In fact, he had suffered from frequent stomachaches since the end of September to the point where he could not eat anything.

When he went to the hospital, the doctor asked him to take a gastroscopy and told him that he had gastric cancer. But he never had trouble sleeping because of it. He couldn't eat because he was ill. In November, it was no longer possible and he had no choice but to agree to surgery.

Regarding this, Ai Yuejin concluded: "What this incident taught me is that I must act according to the rules and don't overdraw. As for me, I stay up late for a long time and sleep an average of four or five hours a day. I exercise regularly on weekdays." My body does whatever it wants, and at the age of 50, I finally got sick. I just want to use this incident to remind my friends not to make the same mistakes I made again."

Ai Yuejin is very grateful to those who came to him when he was sick. The comrades who visited him and extended a helping hand to him also thanked those who "hated" him. He said: "What does personal life and death matter? The revolutionary martyrs sacrificed their lives, but New China was still established, and I am a grassroots person like me."

Ai Yuejin said that he had always only said "better", so his physical recovery condition at that time " Better". Ai Yuejin had the surgery at the end of November 2014. The doctor required him to stay in the hospital for a month and a half, but he insisted on being discharged from the hospital on December 26. Others asked Ai Yuejin why he insisted on being discharged from the hospital that day?

Does that day herald something? Ai Yuejin replied: "Some people say that it indicates that Ai will continue to 'fight'. Yes, I understand it correctly."

On January 6, 2015, Ai Yuejin resumed his work of teaching graduate students on the 10th day after being discharged from the hospital. Zhizhi had already missed many classes due to his illness, so he took classes for eight days in a row regardless of his health, just to catch up on all the missed classes. During

, Ai Yuejin took time to attend the Nankai District Securities Regulatory Commission.

From the beginning of March to the beginning of April 2015, for a full 6 weeks, Ai Yuejin still did not take a break, but completed the undergraduate course tasks he was responsible for. The secretary of Nankai University was worried that Ai Yuejin's workload would be too heavy and proposed to change Ai Yuejin's class schedule several times, but Ai Yuejin refused.

He solemnly announced on the podium with a serious face: " My philosophy is that I would rather die on the podium than lie in the hospital bed all the time!"

As long as students have taken Ai Yuejin's class, they will always be divided into grades. "Two factions": One faction complains that Ai Yuejin is too strict. Anyone who is late will be punished as truant. He is not allowed to drink water in class and must raise his hand when asking questions. His lecture style is quite arbitrary and students are not allowed to refute opinionated content in class. The

faction thinks that Ai Yuejin is too strict. Yuejin's classes were lively and interesting, and many students from other schools came to attend his classes.

Ai Yuejin's words are humorous and humorous, making people "just want to go to the military camp" after hearing it. Once, a girl said to Ai Yuejin: "Teacher, we don't like to fight and kill."

Ai Yuejin was not angry and replied with a smile: "Let me explain, we asked you to take military theory classes, not to let you go Fighting and killing, but I hope you can have a sense of national defense.

Who likes to carry a coffin when there is nothing? Who likes to risk their lives? But if the enemy comes, what can we do if we don’t risk our lives? During Chairman Mao’s period, seven Hundreds of millions of people and 700 million soldiers, who is not afraid? National defense means psychological defense, my dears!"

Another time, the boy stood up and "confessed" to Ai Yuejin: "Teacher, our boys like your class the most!"

Ai Yuejin waved his hand hurriedly: "Stop, wait, you are already a college student, why do you still call yourself a boy? You should be a man! I hope everyone here, as long as you are over 18 years old, will stop calling yourself a boy!" You must use men's standards to demand yourself, and start standing upright!"

Students have mixed praise and criticism for Ai Yuejin. Ai Yuejin is very clear about it, but he doesn't care. As he said, even if the passage of life cannot be stopped, he will do his best to complete his "mission" and give his last breath to teach students one more lesson.

03, on "life and death": He said that he hoped that his unfinished career would be inherited by those who would succeed him. Even if he was lying on his sick bed, he would sing "The Internationale" again

Ai Yuejin's wife was particularly worried about her husband after Ai Yuejin contracted cancer. However, it was not until Ai Yuejin passed away that his wife knew that every day after she left home to go to work, Ai Yuejin would secretly call his students and ask them to come and listen to his lectures in the hospital bed.

He cared about each of his students very much. Even at the last moment of his life, when he was bedridden, he insisted on lying on the hospital bed that he hated most and witnessed the swearing-in ceremony of students joining the party.

In the face of death, he was calm and calm. He knew that he could not return to the podium he loved and could not continue to lecture students with high spirits. However, Ai Yuejin's eyes still showed a strong will not to bow to life and death easily. His face was pale and Although he is thin and frail, he always insists on leaving his unfinished business to those who come after him, and urges the next generation to follow in the footsteps of their predecessors and move forward as always.

In April 2016, Ai Yuejin was on his deathbed. He used all his strength to hold his fists tightly, sang "The Internationale" for the last time with tears in his eyes, and said goodbye to the people he missed.

When news of Ai Yuejin’s death came out, not only his students were extremely saddened by his passing, but many people who had watched Ai Yuejin’s lecture videos online or participated in the same activities as Ai Yuejin were also hurt by his death. pregnant.

On April 22, 2016, Ai Yuejin’s relatives set up a memorial hall to pay their respects to Ai Yuejin at his home at Nankai University; a few days later, Ai Yuejin’s memorial service was held in Tianjin, and countless people spontaneously rushed to the scene from all over the world just to say goodbye. Ai Yuejin makes his final journey.

On the 26th of the same month, a memorial symposium for Comrade Ai Yuejin, held independently by the Tianjin people, kicked off in Tianjin. The attendees included not only young people in their prime in their 20s, but also middle-aged people in their late teens and 80s with gray hair.

People stood up to observe a moment of silence for Ai Yuejin one minute before the official start of the symposium. Ai Yuejin's life information was read out and Ai Yuejin's favorite songs were played.

They talked freely about their understanding of Ai Yuejin and the feelings they learned from Ai Yuejin, and remembered Ai Yuejin in their own way.

Today, Ai Yuejin has passed away for more than six years, but his name has never disappeared from the Internet. Once people mention the three words "Ai Yuejin", it will always cause "controversies".

Just like a common saying goes, no matter how the world evaluates Ai Yuejin, as long as someone still remembers the name "Ai Yuejin", then Ai Yuejin has not really "disappeared". His courses, his speeches, His life will continue to be passed down in a special way until no one in the world remembers who "Ai Yuejin" is.

References:

"Ai Yuejin: "Only studying one field" is not my philosophy"

"[Moment of the Memorial Ceremony] People's Good Professor - Ai Yuejin"

"Some people in Tianjin held a memorial service for Comrade Ai Yuejin"