[Commentary] "The generation of dragon-carving hands in his lifetime, and three thousand horses behind him." This verse tells the academic career and achievements of Mr. Wang Li, one of the founders of modern Chinese linguistics.

Recently, a reporter from China News Agency visited Wang Li's hometown, looking for the imprint of Mr. Wang's past in his original hometown, seeking his tenacity to study and do learning.

　　[Explanation] Wang Li has written more than 40 monographs on linguistics, including nearly 200 papers with a total of more than 10 million words. The content covers almost all fields of linguistics, and many of them are more groundbreaking. His representative works include "History of Chinese Phonetics" "History of Chinese Grammar", etc.

　　[Explanation] In Wang Li's hometown, Bobai County, Yulin City, Wang Li's footprints can still be found.

Walking into Wang Li's former residence on Qishanpo, Xinzhong Village, Bobai County, this Hakka-style building attracts many visitors.

According to Zhao Huihong, director of the management office of Wang Li's former residence in Bobai County and curator of Wang Li's exhibition hall, Wang Li's former residence was built in the first year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty (1796). .

In 2002, Bobai County rebuilt Wang Li's former residence on the original site, and it was completed and opened to the public in 2003.

The former residence of Wang Li covers an area of ​​918 square meters and has three rooms and fifteen rooms. It presents the life stories and precious historical materials of Wang Li's childhood, missing school for ten years, forging ahead, and studying abroad.

　　[Concurrent] Zhao Huihong, Director of Wang Li's Former Residence Management Office and Director of Wang Li Exhibition Hall, Bobai County, Yulin City

　　(In recent years) there are many Chinese and foreign (tourists) who have visited and studied in Wang Li's former residence, (foreign) such as Japanese (tourists) and Thailand (tourists), so it is said that those who have visited Wang Li's former residence in recent years Experts, scholars, as well as teenagers and students are all in an endless stream, more and more every year.

　　[Commentary] Wang Hua, 65, recalled listening to a lecture given by Wang Li at Bobai Middle School when he was 17 years old in high school, and he still remembers it fresh.

　　[Concurrent] Wang Hua, a villager in Qishanpo, Xinzhong Village, Bobai County

　　There were a lot of people (lecturing) at that time. He talked for more than two hours, rhyming that word or something.

He is a very simple person, very close to people.

　　[Commentary] Wang Hua introduced that under the influence of Wang Li, the village attaches great importance to education. The elders all tell the deeds of Wang Li to the younger generation. It is necessary to educate children to study hard, to struggle, and to use knowledge to change their destiny. Every year, several students in the village take exams. go to college.

　　[Explanation] As a generation of famous teachers, Wang Li has educated countless people in his life, and the garden is full of peaches and plums.

At present, the cultural symbol of "Wang Li" has been deeply integrated into the education of Bobai County.

When the students of Wangli Middle School in Bobai County enter the school, the teachers will send a copy of "The Biography of Wang Li" to the students to read, hoping that the students can learn from Mr. Wang Li's tenacity in learning.

　　[Concurrent] Liu Peiheng, a second-year student of Wangli Middle School in Bobai County

　　Mr. Wang Li is a persistent and persevering person.

It is because of these qualities of him that he keeps moving forward.

Under the influence of Mr. Wang Li, I will work hard, study hard, and contribute to the motherland.

　　[Concurrent] Zhang Xialing, a second-year student of Wangli Middle School in Bobai County

　　Since I was a child, I knew Mr. Wang Li, and I admired him very much, because my father was a soldier, and my brother was also a teacher. They told me to learn from Mr. Wang Li, his patriotism and hard work (the Excellent quality).

　　[Explanation] Over the years, "Wang Li" has developed into a cultural symbol of Yulin City and Bobai County.

This summer, more than 10,000 visitors have visited the "Dragon and Insect Sculpting Together, True Voice Casting the Soul - Life Exhibition of Mr. Wang Li, a Grand Master of the Generation", which is being held at the Wangli Museum in Yulin.

The Wang Li Museum also held activities such as "Return of the Master - Wang Li's Theme Cultural Tour", "Speaking Hometown Well", "Poetry in Children's Voices" - Wang Li's Reading Sharing Session and Mr. Wang Li's Poetry and Calligraphy Art Creation and other activities. Attract a large number of primary and secondary school students to participate.

　　Chen Yanyou Huang Yanmei Yang Zhixiong reports from Yulin, Guangxi

Responsible editor: [Luo Pan]