Wu Yuzhang was the first president of Renmin University of China(RUC).In his hometown,in Southwest China's Sichuan Province,a pair of couplets are carved on the door to a living room,and those couplets urge member...Wu Yuzhang was the first president of Renmin University of China(RUC).In his hometown,in Southwest China's Sichuan Province,a pair of couplets are carved on the door to a living room,and those couplets urge members of the Wu family to do real deeds and to try to "be a model",regardless of the fields in which they work.Wu Benli,Wu Yuzhang's eldest granddaughter,remembers the time her grandfather explained the meaning of the couplets to her and her brother."My grandfather said we should do our best,no matter what we do,and we ought to be models." The words of the couplets,she adds,describe exactly how her grandfather acted throughout his life.That virtue has been passed from generation to generation in Wu's family.展开更多
文摘Wu Yuzhang was the first president of Renmin University of China(RUC).In his hometown,in Southwest China's Sichuan Province,a pair of couplets are carved on the door to a living room,and those couplets urge members of the Wu family to do real deeds and to try to "be a model",regardless of the fields in which they work.Wu Benli,Wu Yuzhang's eldest granddaughter,remembers the time her grandfather explained the meaning of the couplets to her and her brother."My grandfather said we should do our best,no matter what we do,and we ought to be models." The words of the couplets,she adds,describe exactly how her grandfather acted throughout his life.That virtue has been passed from generation to generation in Wu's family.
