In a discussion with young teachers, in view of the current situation of "great pressure" of young people in China's academic institutions, I made a "negative" speech: "please our young teachers must pay attention to their health and family life. In business, we should strive to be medium-sized, and then do our best. Because, to ensure that the midstream will not be too tired, no matter how it changes, there are always those people in the downstream who are at the bottom for you. ". Another time, an excellent young teacher from a liberal arts college in our school called me. He learned that the school was full of teachers and they had to wait in line for the establishment. He felt a little unhappy. I said, "why do you care so much? You are paid a salary every month. When you were just 30 years old, you got the title of associate researcher. Recently, you got the title of excellent young teacher in the school. You are worried about the establishment. My two conversations seem to be negative, but they are pragmatic. I've come here in this way for decades. Practice is the only criterion for testing truth. After many years of retirement, it's very refreshing to think back on the past. Although the times are different, the idea of loving one's body and family will never change. Of course, leaders may say that I am backward in thinking. I think young people who have experienced too much education have their own independent judgment.

I often chat with some young scholars in person or on wechat, and one of the main topics is "how to face academic pressure?". At present, there are two tendencies: one is to work hard and let the pressure follow; the other is that it doesn't matter. These people fully understand the "big pot" with Chinese characteristics. Once they get the establishment, they dare not "fire" me easily. Because, although my "business" is not very good, I will "be a man", especially pay attention to the relationship with leaders and some key people who have the right to speak. Obviously, these two kinds of attitudes to "pressure" are not appropriate. The former bears too much pressure for a long time, which will affect his health and family life harmony. Because the latter is at the bottom of the business, although their jobs are in the market, they are not necessarily insured. Just imagine that once your backer is transferred, your life may not be easy. Moreover, many academic institutions are gradually implementing the talent policy of "going without promotion". If they don't work hard, the iron rice bowl will become the clay rice bowl sooner or later.

As we all know, the growth of a young scholar has to go through countless "obstacles". Project application, paper publication, promotion of professional title, project defense and various advanced evaluation reports with Chinese characteristics. Some represent "organization or team", most of them belong to themselves. Among them, applying for scientific research projects and publishing academic papers belong to the general projects in the international academic circles. Although the degree of psychological barrier is different, the essence is similar. However, most of the applications for "advanced awards" have Chinese characteristics. It is said that some "honorary" hats in the United States do not need to be applied by scholars themselves. They are mainly recommended anonymously by their peers, and there are not many such projects. Therefore, scholars have less "psychological barriers". Objectively, they can do their own learning with ease and less distraction. The world recognized Nobel Prize in science doesn't need to apply for it. It is judged by experts without the knowledge of the winners. Only in this way can there be interesting stories about professors in class and receiving inexplicable phone calls to inform them that they have won the Nobel Prize.

How many people in the academic circles fight day and night for their "brilliant prospects", experiencing countless failures, repeated defeats, repeated defeats and repeated battles, until the final "victory" or "death in battle". For example, apply for a variety of hats until the age of the line, lost the eligibility to declare. In these processes, we are full of life. Those who have a big tree to rely on can get the project and hat more smoothly. But for most young scholars who have no big trees or only small trees to hold, only they know the inner suffering they have experienced in the process of struggle. These "struggling" processes present a very complex psychological state. Some people who have strong psychological endurance or can release pressure in time have less impact on their own physical and family harmonious life. For example, they still "eat, drink and play" in the face of pressure caused by certain events. This kind of people generally have high EQ and can rationally face all kinds of pressure from Chinese characteristics. On the contrary, vulnerable people can't let go of the pressure, and they may bring the uncomfortable mood brought by the pressure back home, making the home restless.

My wechat to a young turtle professor said: "since you choose to come back to serve the country, you must gradually become a scholar with better psychological quality, otherwise it will not only affect your physical and mental health, but also affect the quality of family life.". We are familiar with many struggling scenes in the academic circles: the deadline for submission of papers and application of projects is the "desperate period" of scholars; the evaluation period of papers and projects is the "expectation period" of scholars; the helplessness when receiving the rejection and failure notice of projects, the "ecstatic" expression when receiving papers and passing projects are all tests of the psychological quality of scholars. It can be imagined that if you encounter "trouble" on the gas of sleep and food, long-term health can not go wrong! I remember that in 2001, a middle-aged teacher came to my office and showed me the paper of Chinese science journal with trembling hands. The receiving notice letter said: Mr. Liu, this article has finally been accepted. I said with a smile: you have entered the role of scholar. I once heard that some people in the academic circles applied for NSFC projects eight times in a row, and seven of them failed (they could apply for NSFC projects in a row in those years). It was not until the eighth time that they met an elderly "charity" desktop judge who said that they applied eight times in a row and won the eight years' War of resistance against Japan. It was suggested that they should pass this time that this scholar who loved NSFC could succeed. Some people have applied for national hat for many years in a row, and the deadline until the age is passed. We can imagine how much endurance, courage and psychological endurance our scholars need in these processes. Thinking of these sad cases, I just said these "negative" words with young teachers.

I have expressed my view on some occasions that the management policy of academic institutions should relax the daily assessment of scholars. Don't let our scholars spend too much time doing things that are not related to teaching and research itself. We should establish a competition mechanism based on praise, give young scholars enough space and time to grow up, and gradually improve their scientific quality and accomplishment. I believe that most scholars will eventually become self disciplined and assiduous scholars after their own long-term efforts, and make their own contributions to China's economic and social development.