1947, Xu Xiangqian's only son Xu Xiaoyan was born.
At that time, the War of Liberation was not over. After his son was born, Xu Xiangqian was both excited and worried, and tried his best to protect his wife and children in the turbulent situation. When this child grew up, he also achieved great achievements like his father.
As the son of the marshal, Xu Xiaoyan did not receive much special treatment since childhood, just because his parents also had very strict requirements on him. He was admitted to the Department of Computer Science at Tsinghua University at the age of 25, and later went to Canada to study. After returning to China, he developed the first generation of Chinese character computers in my country.
The Road to Study
Two years after Xu Xiaoyan was born, our country finally ushered in the founding of New China after years of war and struggle.
After the current situation stabilized, people's lives gradually improved. In 1955, my country held its first rank award ceremony, and Xu Xiangqian ranked one of the top ten marshals. As the son of the founding marshal, in people's opinion, Xu Xiaoyan's life journey will be much smoother. But in fact, Marshal Xu Xiangqian has very strict requirements on his children, and he does not allow them to rely on his status for personal gain.
Marantor and his wife are busy with work and in order to cultivate their children's independent life, Xu Xiaoyan was sent to a boarding school when he was at school. Most of the children of soldiers who attend Bayi Primary School are the children of soldiers and have good family conditions. On weekends, many people will drive cars to pick up and drop off children.
After a long time, Marshal Xu Xiangqian felt that this was not good and was not conducive to cultivating children to develop the habit of hard work. So at his call, fewer and fewer cars were going to pick up and drop off, and most of the children still had to walk home. At that time, the Xu family was dozens of kilometers away from the school, and Xu Xiaoyan had to walk home.
In addition to asking children to learn hard work, Marshal Xu Xiangqian also supports children to learn new things. Xu Xiaoyan later devoted himself to scientific and technological research, and was also under the influence of his father. When choosing studies, I chose to embark on the path of scientific research. At that time, my country's science and technology were still in its infancy, and there was no much experience in doing scientific research to refer to, which was undoubtedly a difficult road, but Xu Xiaoyan still resolutely joined the scientific research ranks.
He studied hard and entered Tsinghua University to study computer major at the age of 25. After graduation, he went to Canada to study. When he returned from studying abroad, he had already brought back his skills.
Scientific research achievements
Returned from studying in Canada, Xu Xiaoyan has obtained a master's degree in computer science. But to start researching Chinese character computers himself, he still has to start from scratch.
At that time, there was no Chinese character computer in our country. The work done by Xu Xiaoyan and his colleagues was groundbreaking and could only learn from foreign experiences. At a certain institute of the Second Artillery, Xu Xiaoyan and his colleagues worked hard day and night to realize the "from nothing to something" of the first generation of Chinese character computers.
At that time, just to find materials that can be learned from, Xu Xiaoyan thought of many ways. There is not much material to learn from at hand, and since the translator does not understand computers, the professional nouns you encounter when translating are not very accurate, so it is not easy for Xu Xiaoyan to learn from.
During those days, in order to refer to accurate foreign books and magazines, Xu Xiaoyan had to rush from the northern suburbs of Beijing to the western suburbs of Beijing. The journey is long, and Xu Xiaoyan's only travel tool is only one bicycle. For a long time, he could only ride a bicycle between the two places. As the son of the marshal and a highly educated talent returning home, he could have used more convenient travel tools such as small cars. But Xu Xiaoyan was also very simple. He rode his way out at a place where he could still ride a bicycle.
In order to encourage his son and colleagues to work hard and develop our country's computer, Marshal Xu Xiangqian also wrote a banner for the institute that "Nothing is difficult in the world, as long as you are willing to climb." The support for his son has always been reflected in the spirit. Marshal Xu has experienced countless life-and-death wars, and he knows the meaning of struggle and always uses it to encourage his children.
Finally, after the efforts of Xu Xiaoyan and his colleagues, the first generation of Chinese character computers in my country were successfully developed, ending the gap in my country in the computer field.
Integrity and self-reliance
For his contribution, Xu Xiaoyan was awarded the rank of general at the age of 41 and was promoted to lieutenant general at the age of 58. Although his achievements are not as good as his father, they are also very impressive.
Being taught by my father by example, Xu Xiaoyan has also developed a kind of honest and honest style. After Xu Xiangqian was ranked among the top ten marshals in the past, people often visited him and went with gifts, but Xu Xiangqian would severely reject him. He is known as a commoner, and after many hard days, he has been in a high position and hates corruption.
Under this influence, Xu Xiaoyan also had the spirit of "seeing money as dirt". He also emphasized that "you should go elsewhere to get promoted and make money", and should not appear among the cadres, and the spirit of integrity should be firmly practiced.
Born to be the son of the marshal, Xu Xiaoyan always shrouded his father's halo. His personal struggle finally defeated the rumor that "it can only rely on his father." took one step at a time, from major general to lieutenant general, he proved himself with his strength.
