许家强教授专栏║大气之人卢永根

文章：许家强

英译：林巧儿（月芽儿lina）

　　这篇文章题目源自卢永根院士送我一本书的书名ꎬ叫«情系祖国»。这书记录了他一生在党的培养下的成长过程、以及对祖国对人民的忠心和努力。

　　卢院士祖籍广东花都，１９３０年生于香港，１９４９年痛过香港地下组织参加中国共产党，后受党的委派回到广州参加革命工作。他在青年时期就积极投身革命，主要是日寇等外国列强侵华的沉痛现实教育了他，誓要为祖国的复兴效力。

　　卢院士从香港回到广州后，进入岭南大学，一边读书，一边从事党的地下工作，组织学生进行各种革命活动。

　　１９５２年，全国高等院校院系调整，他以岭南大学农学院园艺系三年级学生的身份到华南农学院就读，毕业后留校任教直至如今。

　　卢永根参加工作后，师从华南农学院院长、中国农业科学院院长丁颖教授(院士)，受到丁颖教授的影响。思想上、学术上不断进步，而且进步很快。多年担任华南农业大学国家重点学科作物遗传育种学科的带头人，成为我国著名的农业科学家、作物遗传学家、教育家。

　　１９８３年１１月至１９９５年５月卢永根担任华南农业大学校长，在此其间，他向自己提出:在党员和校长之间，先党员，后校长，他认为先做个好党员，才能做好校长的工作；在校长与教授之间，先校长后教授，即先考虑和做好校长的工作再搞自己的科研业务。他还给自已制定格言来自勉，并写在笔记本上:多干一点，少拿一点，腰板硬一点，说话响一点。

　　任职校长期间，他为学校的发展壮大做了大量有益的工作。特别如何建设一流的大学或学科方面，做了很多努力，对有前景的科研项目付尽全力给予支持资助。例如兽医系的兽药开发当时前景美好并做出很大成绩，卢校长则千方百计筹集了１０万元给予重奖。此外，他也很注意发现和培养有潜质的人才，一旦发现，积极培养，破格提拔。实践证明，经他培养提拔的青年教师，后来都成为尖端人才。

　　１９９３年１２月，卢永根当选为中国科学院院士。至今他芳龄己八十有七了，是一名老科学家、资深院士。然而，他仍然身先表率，像一棵不老的青松，毅然屹立在风雪之中，而且郁郁葱葱，得到众多国人的赞赏和敬仰。多个媒体如«南方日报»、«广州日报»、«人民日报»都作了采访报道。

　　«人民日报»微信说:一名老科学家，用无言的行动诠释了人生的意义，非常值得称赞。身患重病的中科院院士卢永根，住在医院里，却总是念念不忘培养他的党和祖国。毅然将毕生的积蓄８８０多万元无偿地捐献给党的教育事业(捐给华南农业大学教育基金会)，用以奖励贫困的优秀学生和优秀青年教师。他说:“党培养了我，我将个人财产还给国家，是作最后的贡献。”２０１７年３月卢永根在夫人徐雪宾教授的搀扶下，来到银行，将十多个存折的存款转入华南农业大学的账户。一共捐出８８０９４４６元。

　　然而，去过他家的人，都觉得老院士真是“家徒四壁”。其家里的摆设，还停留在上世纪８０年代:破旧的木沙发，老式电视机，铁架子床锈迹斑斑，几张还在使用的椅子，用铁丝绑了又綁。

　　平日里，这位老校长常常拿着一个半旧饭盒，与学生们一起排队打饭，一荤一素二两饭。在一个不起眼的位置，慢慢地将饭菜吃得干干净净。

　　他们这些钱是卢院士两夫妇一点一点省下来的，对扶贫和教育，两位老人却格外慷慨，每年都要捐钱。２０１４年，卢永根和他哥哥还悄悄将老家两间商铺、祖屋捐给了当地小学。

　　卢永根有一个女儿，但他的财产没有留给女儿。他说，孩子已经长大了，自立了，他的个人财产应为社会作贡献。

　　卢院士非常重视尊师重教。对丁颖等老一辈科学家非常尊重。对学生及青年教师很热心地培养。许多他当年的学生和被破格堤拔的青年学者，如今都已走上学术带头人、领导岗位。卢院士为人正直、率真、有情怀，对普通教师和职工群众也都很是热情相待，平易近人，是一位非常令人尊敬的老校长。校园里面，凡人都在称赞他，我也被他的丰功伟绩和高贵品质所感动，诗意催成，欣然命笔，也为卢永根院士和徐雪宾教授点赞。

　　奉上小诗一首：

　　尊师重教且包容，六十光阴业绩丰。

　　恋国情深心系党，终生积蓄献华农。

　　卢永根院士是一位双肩挑的科技人才。他不但做校长的行政工作做得出色，他的科研也很有成就。在水稻遗传研究领域，作出过突出的贡献。他提出的水稻“特异亲和基因”新学术观点，对水稻育种实践产生了重要作用。近５年，卢永根带领的研究团队共选育出作物新品种３３个，累计推广面积达１０００万亩以上。

　　此外，卢永根还带领他的弟子，小心保护着７０００多份稻种资源和９００多份野生稻资源。许多珍贵的稻种，都是他带着学生翻山越岭一株一株找回来的。２００１年，听说广东佛冈一处山顶有野生稻，已经７０多岁高龄的卢永根亲自出马去寻找。山上无路，布满荆棘，到半山腰，他已体力不支，但他仍坚持要去现场，学生只好搀扶他慢慢往上爬，当他见到野生稻时笑得格外开心。

　　真是：

　　笑看成功心满足，千辛万苦越高山。

　　有为后辈宏图志，复兴神州夺险关。

英译【English eddition】（Translated by Lina）

《The man is always standing》

This article is rooted in the book 《Love motherland》 that Academician Lu YongGen gave me . This book records Mr Lu’s life under the cultivation of the Party ，his loyalty and contribution to the motherland and the people.

Academician Lu’s ancestral home isbiHH Huadou Guangdong，he was born in Hongkong in 1930 。1949 he joined the Communist Party of Chinese in Hongkong through the underground organization， then appointed by the party to return to Guangzhou to participate in the revolution movement. In his youthhood he actively joined the revolution movement already, Japanese invaders and other foreign powers bullied China， this reality educated him。he vowed to do his best for the revival of the motherland .

when Academician Lu came back to Guangzhou from Hongkong,he entered the University of South of the Five Ridges。 While studying, he engaged in the party's underground work such as to organize students to carry on various revolutionary activities.

In 1952, during the national adjustment of colleges and departments between universities , he was in third grade of Horticulture Department of Agricultural College under University of South of the Five Ridges ，then jointed into the Southern China agricultural College,later he became a teacher after graduating until now.

After participating in work ，Lu Yonggen followed Professor Ding Ying(academician) , Dean of Southern China College of Agriculture and Dean of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences，under the influence of Professor Ding Ying，he made rapid progress in thought and academically . He had been a leader of the key national disciplines - crop genetics and breeding discipline in South China Agricultural University for many years, and has become a famous agricultural scientist, crop geneticist and educator .

From November 1983 to May 1995, Lu Yonggen served as the president of South China Agricultural University。 In the meantime, he proposed to myself: both as a party member and a university leader , one should be a party member first， then the president。He believed that to be a good party member first , then might be a good principal; between a principal and a professor, principal first ，then to be a professor, which is to consider and do work well to be a principal ，then do his research of business. He has motto to constraint himself , and wrote it in a notebook: do a little more, take a little less, with a hard , speak louder.

During his presidency, he did a lot of useful work for the development and expansion of the school。Especially in how to build a first-class university or subjects, did a lot of good things, tried his best to support the bright research projects by funded . For example, when the Department of Veterinary Medicine created veterinary medicine which had good development prospects and make great achievements, president Lu did everything possible to raise 100 thousand yuan to reward the clerks. In addition, he paid much attention to discovering and developing potential talents, once found, cultivate them actively, give exceptional promotion. The practice has proved that the young teachers who had been promoted by him have become the top talents.

In December 1993 Lu Yonggen was elected as academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences , since he is eighty-seven years old now , is an old scientist, senior academician. However, he still acts like an aged strong pine, standing in the snow, and lush, many people praise and appreciate him. A number of media such as "," Nanfang Daily "Guangzhou daily", "people's Daily" have been reported him.

WeChat of "People's Daily" said: such an old scientist interpreted the meaning of life with silent action , is worthy of praise. Lu Yonggen, a academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who has a serious illness now , lived in a hospital, but he is always obsessed with the cultivation of his party and his motherland. The amount of 880 millions yuan he saved are donated to the country's Educational Undertakings (donated to the education foundation of South China Agricultural University) to reward excellent poor students and outstanding young teachers. He said: "my country cultivated me and I will develop my personal property to the state ， this will be the final contribution from an old citizen." In March 2017 ， Lu ，under the support of Professor Xu Xuebin, his wife ，came to bank to transfer all deposit of more than 10 passbooks into the account of South China Agricultural University . Totally he donated 8809446 yuan rmb 。

However, his home is very simple . The furniture in their home is still maintained the 80s style of last century: the old wooden sofa, the old style TV set, the ironed bed is rusty, several chairs still used, tied with iron wire again and again .On weekdays, the old headmaster often took a outdated lunch box, line up with students in dormitory , One meat ，one vegetarian and little rice . In an insignificant position, ate up the food quietly.

Those money is the couple Lu academician saved little by little 。For poverty alleviation and education, two elderly professors are very generous, donated money every year. In 2014 Lu Yonggen and his brother also quietly donated two shops and an ancestral house to the local primary school.

Lu Yonggen has a daughter, but his property is not left for her . He said that my child had grown up and self reliant, and his personal property should eventually be contributed to the society.

Academician Lu attaches great importance of respecting teachers and teaching. He was very respectful for Ding Ying and other aged scientists. For students and young teachers he is always enthusiastically to cultivate. Many of his former students and young scholars who were promoted to pull embankment , have now embarked on academic leaders, leadership positions. Academician Lu is direct, frank, and sentiments。 To ordinary teachers and workers he is also very enthusiastic and approachable, is a very respectable qualify president. In the campus, everyone is in praise of him。I was touched by his valiant record and noble quality, how poetic it is , this made me to write one poem to admire them by my pen。

The pen also gave praise to academician Lu Yonggen and Professor Xu Xuebin.

offer up one poems.

(a)

A smile should be the success’s part ,

the work he did was deadly hard

Younger generations keep great ambition ,

national rejuvenation will make they go far.

Academician Lu Yonggen is a scientific and technological talent . He is not only doing the administration work to be excellent, but his research is also very successful. He has made outstanding contributions in the field of rice genetic research. He proposed a new academic viewpoint of "specific affinity gene" in rice, which has been playing an important role in the practice of rice breeding. In the past 5 years, the research team led by Lu Yonggen has selected 33 new crop varieties, with a cumulative area of more than 10 million mu.

In addition, Lu Yonggen also is leading his research team to carefully protect more than 7000 rices and more than 900 wild rice resources.For many precious rices ，he and his students found one by one in remote mountains and valleys . In 2001, he heard that a wild rice was found on a mountain top in Fogang Guangdong, though more than 70 year ，Mr Lu went to find it . There was on roadwith thorns covering , halfway up the hill。He was too tired, but he still insisted on going to the scene, the students had helped him go on slowly , when he saw the wild rice he smiled very happily。

It's true:

Respecting and inclusiveness in schooling he completely cares,

he really did a remarkable job in the past sixty years.

Loving motherland loving the party,

donating all his property ，for charity he is always there.