Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 836 The Interaction Between Heaven and Man: It Turns Out the Mountain Stronghold Was Too Delicious (Two Chapters Combined)
Qian Xuecheng.

Just hearing his name is enough to command the respect of most Chinese people in later generations.

He is a legend in his own right.

Moreover, unlike most scientists who remain unknown during their lifetime.

This person already has a great reputation.

After returning to China after overcoming numerous difficulties, he led his team to achieve a series of groundbreaking results in the fields of missiles and aerospace, making outstanding contributions to the modernization of national defense. He is renowned in the domestic scientific and technological community and related fields, and is a highly respected scientist and leading figure in scientific research.

At this time, his deeds were widely circulated, inspiring countless science and technology workers to strive for the country's scientific and technological cause.

In 1950, when Qian Xuecheng was preparing to return to China, he was strongly obstructed by Kimball, the U.S. Under Secretary of the Navy.

Kimball believed that Qian Xuecheng was worth five divisions wherever he went, and he would rather kill Qian Xuecheng in the United States than let him return to China.

Thus, the famous saying "one person can be worth five divisions" was born.

What makes him so remarkable is that he is not only proficient in one industry.

They are the kind of people who excel in many industries.

He made pioneering contributions to aerodynamics and solid mechanics, co-founded the Kármán-Qian Xuecheng method with von Kármán, and was the first to introduce the concept of upper and lower critical Mach numbers in transonic flow problems in collaboration with Guo Yonghuai.

In the field of jet propulsion and aerospace technology, Qian Xuecheng was one of the founders of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and a pioneer of China's manned space program.

He proposed and implemented a rocket-assisted takeoff device, which shortened the runway distance for aircraft; proposed the concept of rocket passenger planes and ideas about nuclear rockets; studied the possibility of interstellar travel; and also proposed the concept of a space-to-ground transportation system, etc.

In addition, he was the founder of engineering cybernetics.

He is a leading figure in physics, mechanics, aerospace systems engineering, systems science, cognitive science, and human science, and has even pioneered these disciplines.

From September 1935 to the summer of 1936, he studied in the Department of Aeronautics at MIT. He then applied for and was granted exemptions from his studies, and thus earned a Master of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering in just one year.

Normally, master's programs take longer to complete, but he completed his studies ahead of schedule at MIT.

From October 1936 to 1939, he studied under Theodore von Kármán in the Department of Aeronautics at Caltech, where he completed four doctoral dissertations, including "Studies on Problems of High-Speed ​​Gas Dynamics," and earned a Ph.D. in aeronautics and mathematics.

He obtained his doctoral degree in about three years, which shows the efficiency of his academic progress compared to some cases that require a longer time to complete a doctoral degree.

Fang Yan felt that in front of him, the system seemed to be nothing.

Moreover, he is not only highly capable but also makes significant contributions.

His spirit and his vision have been recognized and remembered more comprehensively and deeply by later generations as time goes by.

He can be regarded not only as the founder of China's aerospace industry, but also as a symbol of the spirit of the Chinese nation.

His patriotism, scientific spirit, and outstanding contributions to the country and the nation have been widely disseminated through various media and educational channels, exerting a profound influence on the whole society. He has become a household name and a hero, inspiring generations of people.

His name and deeds have gained wider international recognition and praise, becoming a symbolic representation of China's scientific and technological progress and national rejuvenation.

If we say that dialects are a way for time travelers to have a perspective outside of history...

This person gained a perspective that allowed them to see the course of history and predict technological developments because of their exceptional insight.

Then, Fang Yan was about to face this person.

"Are you a little nervous?" Yue Meizhong asked Fang Yan.

Although Fang Yan's expression didn't change, Yue Meizhong felt that Fang Yan seemed to have become tense.

“One person is worth five divisions!” Fang Yan said to Yue Meizhong.

This made Yue Meizhong laugh, and she said to Fang Yan:

"In my heart, you are definitely worth five top hospitals."

"And didn't the foreigners say that you are the Sputnik crisis of the Western medical community?"

Fang Yan laughed when he heard this.

He said to Yue Meizhong:
"If I were to replace an entire artificial satellite, I'd be quite expensive too."

Yue Meizhong laughed along.

"Director Fang?" At this moment, the nurse outside awkwardly interrupted Fang Yan and Lao Yue's conversation.

Fang Yan then remembered that the other party was still waiting for his permission to visit.

He snapped out of his daze and said to the nurse:

"Okay, let them in."

The nurse left, and then Fang Yan heard a conversation that soon followed in the corridor:

"Chairman Qian, please."

Then a series of footsteps approached.

Immediately afterwards, a familiar face appeared at the doorway, with a broad forehead, graying temples, sparse but neatly combed hair, and the marks of time on his face, with some wrinkles, but still full of energy.

After pushing open the door, he walked in with two middle-aged men. He had a kind face, deep eyes, and exuded a refined yet firm aura.

He nodded to Fang Yan and Yue Meizhong, who were wearing white coats.

Then he said to Gao Wenhong on the hospital bed:
"Secretary Gao, I've come to see you."

Gao Wenhong is 69 years old this year, and Qian Xuecheng is 67 years old. The two are not far apart in age.

He had just finished speaking when Gao Wenhong opened his mouth to reply, but he couldn't catch his breath and his breathing became rapid.

His family members hurriedly said:
“Chairman Qian, my father’s condition is still not good. He is still receiving treatment. The doctor said he won’t be out of danger until the early hours of the morning. You can talk to him, but he has some difficulty replying to you.”

Qian Xuecheng nodded after hearing this.

At this moment, Fang Yan went over and massaged Gao Lao several times until the old man's breathing returned to normal.

It's clear that Gao Wenhong was quite excited to meet this person.

After all, he is one of the key figures in the scientific community; who wouldn't be excited to see him?

Many people in the ward were watching Qian Xuecheng.

Especially those meeting him in person for the first time, all want to see something different about him.

Fang Yan was a little excited before the person arrived, but he calmed down after seeing the person in person.

He didn't know what kind of mentality this was.

Suddenly, I can no longer feel the powerful aura emanating from the other person.

When I focused on a specific person, I was reminded more of my duties as a doctor.

Fang Yan said to this big shot:

"Chairman Qian, our treatment here is still ongoing. We need to administer the medication every half hour. If you want to speak with Secretary Gao, it would be best to come back tomorrow."

"His condition was basically stable by then."

Qian Xuecheng nodded, then spoke a few more words to Gao Wenhong, urging him to take good care of himself and that he would come to see Gao Wenhong again tomorrow.

Then he had the two people who came with him place the gifts they brought as a visit on the table.

Then he said some things to Gao Wenhong's family, such as not to be shy if they need any help, and that he would definitely help if he could.

In addition, they need to maintain a stable mindset and take care of their health.

Don't let Old Gao get better before someone in his family gets sick.

Gao Wenhong's family readily agreed.

While he was chatting, Fang Yan, Yue Meizhong, and the others also left.

If you can't get a word in edgewise at this point, you won't stay inside to listen to what others are saying.

No one can guarantee that someone doesn't want to talk about other things.

"How about that? One person doing the work of five divisions looks pretty good, right?" Yue Meizhong teased Fang Yan.

I remembered that when Qian Xuecheng entered the room, he nodded to Yue Meizhong.

Fang Yan asked him:
"You knew him before?"

Yue Meizhong said:
"Of course I know them. I used to be in charge of their scientists' health care."

"Scientists are human too, they get sick, so there's nothing to be nervous about."

Fang Yan wanted to say that she was no longer nervous.

At this moment, Chu Qiaonan asked:
"Who exactly is this person? Who could make Brother Fang so nervous?"

Yue Meizhong said:
"You wouldn't know even if I told you."

Chu Qiaonan scratched his head:

"If you hadn't told me, I would have known even less."

At this moment, Xiao Chengzhi, who was standing to the side, said:
"He is a scientist who builds rockets, and he is very famous in our country."

"They are the kind of people who are role models for the whole country."

Chu Qiaonan nodded thoughtfully and asked:
"Like Brother Fang?"

Xiao Chengzhi was now at a loss.

After thinking for a moment, he said:

"Um... if you put it that way, it doesn't seem like there's anything wrong with it."

The dialect was corrected:
"It's more like Professor Chen Keji."

Having already interned at Xiyuan Hospital, Chu Qiaonan had a better understanding of the doctors there. She nodded.

"Oh, I understand!"

Fang Yan didn't know how much he actually understood, but since he said he understood, then he understood.

Having grown up in different environments, Chu Qiaonan doesn't know much about certain things in China.

Moreover, the only area he focuses on is traditional Chinese medicine.

Whether he understands or not is not really important to him.

After another three to five minutes, Qian Xuecheng and two attendants came out.

They didn't leave, but walked towards Fang Yan and reached out to shake his hand:
"You must be Comrade Fang Yan?"

Fang Yan shook hands with him:
"You know me?"

Qian Xuecheng said with a smile:

"Of course I know, I read the newspaper every day too."

"Besides treating overseas Chinese businessmen, what is most memorable is that you got full marks in all five subjects of the college entrance examination. I never thought anyone could do that. You have simply made history. I guess it will be hard for anyone to break this record in the future."

The dialect says:

"The main reason is that the exam content is relatively simple."

Qian Xuesen said:
"that's humble."

"For me, there's no way I could get a perfect score on that essay."

Judging from his expression, Fang Yan could tell that he genuinely believed getting a perfect score on the college entrance exam essay was difficult. "I was just lucky; I happened to encounter an examiner who liked my essay, so I got a perfect score," Fang Yan said to Qian Xueyi.

Qian Xuesen said:
"Haha, luck is sometimes very important, just like in a laboratory."

Fang Yan smiled; he knew what Qian Xueyan was talking about.

Those are some unexpected situations that can occur in scientific experiments, or phenomena that are captured at the right time.

At this moment, Chu Qiaonan, who didn't know who this person in front of her was, complained:
"Do scientists talk about metaphysics?"

Upon hearing Chu Qiaonan's question, Qian Xuecheng said:

"In fact, the luck I'm talking about is by no means destiny in the metaphysical sense, but rather the product of the coupling between the emergent nature of complex systems and the insight of the research subject."

"For example?" Chu Qiaonan asked.

He felt that the scientist in front of him was somewhat different from the one he had imagined.

So he asked him.

Faced with Chu Qiaonan's questioning, Qian Xuecheng didn't get angry. Instead, he thought about it and then said:

"For example, in 1928, Fleming accidentally discovered that Penicillium inhibited Staphylococcus aureus because his experimental equipment was not cleaned in time. This 'experimental error' spurred the antibiotic revolution. Another example is in 1964, when Penzias and Wilson were adjusting a radio telescope, they misjudged the signal noise caused by pigeon droppings as an equipment malfunction, but accidentally captured the radiation left over from the Big Bang, and won the Nobel Prize."

"For example, back in 1939, when I was calculating the oscillations in the combustion chamber of a rocket engine, due to the lack of wartime data, I borrowed a stub of turbulence equations that von Kármán had casually written down during his vacation, and unexpectedly discovered a universal solution that could describe supersonic flow."

"As I have said in systems engineering theory, laboratory luck is essentially the resonance of unmodeled implicit parameters."

"It's not just us who think so; people from other countries think so too. Nature magazine has even written that 80% of major discoveries involve unplanned factors."

Fang Yan nodded at this point and said:
"Well... to put it simply, it's like the concept of the interaction between heaven and humanity in our traditional culture."

Upon hearing the dialect's summary, Chu Qiaonan suddenly understood; he got it now.

Fang Yan noticed that Qian Xuecheng was also looking at him with some surprise, so he added:
"However, on this basis, careful design, solid theoretical foundation, and unwavering perseverance are still needed to seize opportunities and achieve breakthroughs in scientific research when facing various complex situations."

Qian Xuecheng tilted his head, then nodded thoughtfully, and then said to Fang Yan:

"You are a person of great wisdom."

Fang Yan felt flattered and overwhelmed by the praise from the big shot.

The key point is that he didn't say anything profound.

But then I thought, maybe they were just saying it casually, just being polite to me.

If you take it seriously and keep wondering what he really meant by those words, then you're just overthinking it.

So Fang Yan immediately said to Qian Xueyan:
"You flatter me."

Qian Xuesen was somewhat surprised, and he emphasized:

"No, I genuinely think what you mean by the connection between heaven and man is very good."

"Western science relies too heavily on analytical reduction methods, while the concept of the interaction between heaven and humanity embodies a holistic cognitive paradigm, which can precisely make up for the shortcomings of modern science in the study of complex systems. Moreover, the concept of the interaction between heaven and humanity emphasizes the unity of regularity and randomness, which aptly explains the phenomena in the experiment."

"These four words sum it up much better than what I said."

"..." The people around were a little confused.

No, what are you two talking about?
It's all in Chinese, how come we can't understand it?

Is this how geniuses communicate?

At this moment, the person behind Qian Xuecheng whispered a reminder to him. Then Qian Xuecheng glanced at his watch and said to Fang Yan:

"Dr. Fang, I have benefited greatly from your words today. It's a pity that time is limited. Let's talk again next time when we have time."

"Secretary Gao, I'm counting on you to take care of things here."

Upon hearing this, Fang Yan quickly cupped his hands in a respectful gesture:
"Chairman Qian, you're too kind. Please make yourself at home."

Then, Qian Xueyan and the people around him said goodbye.

He left with a group of people.

Fang Yan felt somewhat incredulous after everyone had left, realizing that she had actually chatted with Mr. Qian, whom she had just met, for so long.

Chu Qiaonan then said to Fang Yan:

"This scientist seems quite approachable."

Fang Yan glanced at Chu Qiaonan, and for a moment she didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

This guy is the real heavyweight; he has no idea who the person he was just chatting with really is.

Thinking back to when she was actually a little nervous at the beginning, compared to Chu Qiaonan who knew nothing, Fang Yan felt that the saying "ignorance is bliss" suddenly became a reality.

Idiots conquer everything.

Although Chu Qiaonan is a genius in traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture, he has nothing to do with being an idiot.

But Fang Yan felt that this phrase was incredibly fitting for him at this moment.

Everyone else was too afraid to come up and speak, but he was the only one who dared to approach and strike up a conversation.

……

Next, Fang Yan introduced his workplace to the professors who had never been to the new Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Peking Union Medical College Hospital before, and even took them to visit the overseas Chinese businessmen who were currently hospitalized there.

They had only heard about his treatment of Zhou Zhaoqin from outside; they knew almost nothing about the other people involved.

Now, taking advantage of this opportunity, I can give them a proper look at my treatment plan.

All sorts of strange and difficult-to-diagnose diseases, these are rarely seen.

Here they see only strange cases of people who couldn't be cured abroad, and after being screened by major hospitals, chose to return to China to seek treatment in their local dialect.

Those who fall into the hands of the dialect, after being screened abroad, are all patients with serious illnesses.

After watching it, all the teachers felt their scalps tingle. What on earth is this?
It's practically a hodgepodge of intractable diseases.

It would be a headache to have so many patients to deal with.

However, all the patients with dialects were cured, and the medical records were quite detailed.

Every day's data is recorded clearly, making everyone's data verifiable and comprehensively reflecting the various changes in the patient's body during the dialect treatment process.

It allows people to fully understand the thought process behind dialect therapy.

Although most people would be intimidated by so many difficult and complicated cases, Fang Yan solved them one by one. In fact, the traditional Chinese medicine treatment methods he used during treatment were completely unpredictable.

The oldest of the teachers, Elder Yue, said to Fang Yan:

"These medical case studies of yours are the most detailed I have ever seen, and they are most suitable for being compiled into teaching materials."

"Why don't you take out some of your medical records and publish another book of medical records?"

"In this way, more people can learn from you."

Faced with this suggestion, Fang Yan thought for a moment and then said:
Let's just forget about it for now.

"Reluctant to part with it?" Old Yue chuckled, teasing the local dialect.

Fang Yan didn't laugh with Yue Lao. He shook his head and said somewhat seriously:
"It's not that I'm reluctant to part with it. I'm fine with showing it to other people around me. I'm not a stingy person."

"The main problem is that in some medical cases, I used secret formulas from ancient prescriptions, which the research institute hasn't agreed to publish yet."

"Moreover, our country doesn't have an intellectual property protection law. If so many things are spread out and others register them internationally, our future avenues will be completely blocked."

"So I think we should wait until our domestic intellectual property protection laws are complete before bringing it out to prevent people from stealing it."

Upon hearing Fang Yan say this, Chu Qiao Nan was the first to chime in:
"Brother Fang is right. Our products have been stolen too much by foreigners. It's better to be careful now. If they get out and are used by others to make traditional Chinese medicine, they'll steal our business, and that would be a huge problem."

Professor Wang Yuchuan, who had been to Japan, also nodded:

"That's right. There's no patent law in China right now, and we haven't paid enough attention to international registration. As a result, these countries have stolen a lot of our things and taken them away."

"Maybe after a few decades, when we no longer have our own things, they will be able to claim those things as theirs."

Chu Qiaonan also said:

"It's like the Yongle Encyclopedia that was stolen. When it came into the hands of foreigners, some of the inventions in it became their maritime achievements."

Hearing Fang Yan, Chu Qiaonan, and Wang Yuchuan say this, the others' expressions also became serious.

At this point, Mr. Yue, who suggested publishing a book about dialects, said:
"This is a temporary problem at the moment, and I believe it will definitely be resolved later."

Fang Yan tentatively asked:

"Why don't we bring it up and give it a try at this science conference?"

Yue Meizhong said:
"Someone has mentioned it. You can ask Principal Wang. There's more than one person who has brought it up."

Fang Yan was taken aback and asked:

"Why didn't we hear any noise?"

Yue Meizhong said:
"All I can say is that the higher-ups have their own considerations."

Fang Yan touched his chin.

Old Yue's words are quite meaningful!

He also began to think about it, not just from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, but from the perspective of the overall situation, that is, from the perspective of the leaders above.

In general, everyone is aware of the lag in China's intellectual property law.

But why not implement it?
Fang Yan tries to detach himself from his original role and elevate himself to a higher position.

Hmm... that was definitely an inevitable choice during a specific historical period!
We are currently in a period of catching up in technological backwardness, and factors such as planned economy, ideology, and international blockade have made patent protection a luxury.

Only after the reform and opening-up period, a time of innovation-driven transformation, will the establishment of systems be forced through market mechanisms and international rules.

This path of first imitating and then innovating can actually be seen in the similarities of technological rise models in Japan and South Korea, which had advanced versions.

From 1950 to 1970, during this period, China was subject to a technology embargo from the West. 82% of the country's industrial technology was acquired through reverse engineering (which was essentially copying). This involved a great deal of heavy industry and various defense technologies. In general, the domestic strategy was to first solve the problem of having technology, and then consider intellectual property rights.

Not pushing for intellectual property law is a decision made with the overall situation in mind.

It's not that those in power are stupid.

Simply put, we tend to copy others a lot these days, so this law won't benefit most people.

For dialects to be promoted, unless the benefits are very significant, this law will likely have to wait until after the reform and opening up, when the domestic market suffers more losses than gains, before it can be established.

This can be seen in the cases of the Japanese and Koreans.

So now, Fang Yan realized that he definitely couldn't make it happen in the short term within the country.

Therefore, we need to change our strategy and focus our technology efforts internationally.

Intellectual property rights still need to be addressed, but they need to be addressed elsewhere.

Simply put, they are learning from Japan and South Korea, and rushing to register various Chinese patents internationally.

PS: The basic chapter of 6000 words has been updated.

There will be an extra chapter later.

(End of this chapter)