Speaking of 楊振寧先生, many Chinese around the world are often preoccupied with his unpopular altercation with 李政道先生 and his unpopular marriage with a much younger lady, while disregarding his peerless career achievements and prodigious contributions to the education in China.
His contention with 李政道先生 about the extraneous order of author list is really odd, childish, unconscious, and consequential. They perpetuated the senseless altercation to the vast detriment of their own prestige. It costed 楊振寧先生 of at least one more Nobel Prize. It is embarrassing to many Chinese scholars around the world. However, as a matter of fact, the altercation was neither illegal nor immoral, and did no harm to the world. They are the sole victims of themselves.
Many Chinese people deride or decry his second marriage because of the vast age gap. Most people judge others based on their own experience, instead of the relevant facts. People usually deem that a young girl marrying a grandpa is equivalent to leaping into the hell fire. In retrospect, what we can be certain today is that the young wife has been cherishing and relishing their unpopular marriage. In addition, all her and his family members sincerely supported their marriage ever since. Therefore, we can deduce that there must be an abnormal reason for the marriage. One likely reason is that the young lady was obsessed with the aspiration to live together with him, much like many transgender people aspire to plastic surgeries despite the enormous physical pains. To the young wife, the marriage is a relief or even salvage. One clue is that his two wives bear staggering resemblance in appearance at their young ages. It appears he was destined to have the second marriage. Hence, the derisions or condemnations on his second marriage are very likely to be unfair and undue.
楊振寧先生 defies ambient opinions. This is his innate penchant as a prodigy. This is also exactly the fundamental reason for his peerless achievements in science.
