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One of the founders of botany in China
After a detailed investigation of "Lushan Botanical Society", he first established the first formal botanical garden in China-Lushan Botanical Garden, which was founded by China people themselves.
In the early 1960s, Hu Xiansu wrote the poem Song of Metasequoia, which is regarded as an unprecedented scientific poem. Metasequoia glyptostroboides is a tertiary plant in geological age, which originated in the Arctic and widely distributed in the northern hemisphere. After the Quaternary Glacier disappeared, leaving only fossil species. At 1945, specimens were collected by Wang Zhan, a technician from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, in Wanxian County, Sichuan Province. After many twists and turns, Hu Xiansu and Zheng finally named it Metasequoia in 1948. Jiamu Cao Hui is the object of China's poetry. Metasequoia glyptostroboides is a deciduous tree, which looks like a pagoda and is magnificent. The discovery of Metasequoia glyptostroboides is an important event in the history of modern science in China, which has won an international reputation for botany in China. The preface to Hu Xiansu's poem, which named it, said: "Yu Zi Wuzi and Jun Zheng Wanjun have published Metasequoia for thirteen years, and each wants to sing a song, which involves a wide range of science, but they are afraid of covering up the facts, falling into estrangement and failing to express the beauty of poetry." When I am free during the Spring Festival, I try to make a long story short. Not harsh, or not as good as famous things. "Science reveals rationality, and literature flaunts emotion. When science flourished, the two went their separate ways. Science poetry wants to inject emotion into reason, but it is difficult. Prior to this, Huang Zunxian, the foreign minister of the late Qing Dynasty, mainly used the western famous things such as sound, light and electricity that his envoys came into contact with outside, which China did not have. When he incorporated them into his poems, the new ones were new, but he lacked emotion. Therefore, Hu Xiansu thinks that "where people live, they only know how to copy new words" (letter to Long Yusheng, 19665438). Just like Hu Xiansu's conceit, his Song of Metasequoia is indeed an unprecedented scientific poem. This poem is very long and worth analyzing. The poem begins with a cloud: "I remember chasing 100 million in Cretaceous, and Wei Kun was beautiful." The West Sea of Thailand is barren, and the equatorial warm current is warm. There are no mountains on the land, but there are many slopes and rivers and seas. Dense forest covered the sun, mysterious clouds and fog fascinated and. There are no signs of animals or hooves, but dinosaurs and lizards are everywhere. Metasequoia glyptostroboides is unique, towering giant trees around the North Pole. The branches and iron stems are more than ten yards, and I am willing to find a ruler with the trees ... "The author has tried his best to describe the scene of the geological age, how spectacular it is, and how majestic Metasequoia stands in it. This world without me is the highest artistic conception of China's old-style poems. " The sea breeze keeps blowing, and the moonlight shines on the river "(Li Bai's" Looking at Lushan Waterfall "). Poetics of past dynasties have been respected here, and they are known as "songs of Metasequoia glyptostroboides", which is not absurd. Then, after describing the habits, geological changes and today's discovery and naming of Metasequoia glyptostroboides, the author finally said: "Now science is prosperous and bright, and it has been seen in blowing in the wind. Fossil keel kua Lufeng, Metasequoia strives for longevity with the world. Lufenglong is a thing of the past, and Metasequoia glyptostroboides is still lush today. It is better to resign than to be poor. The letters have all come out, and the east wind is waiting to see the west wind. "Hu Xiansu is one of the founders of botany in China. The subject was founded on the basis of introducing western science, and it is inevitable to bow to others and pick up its leftovers. Now that the discipline is independent, there is a saying that "the east wind is waiting to see the west wind", which is also the author's ambition.
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