The origin of Chinese name

Hua was weak and sickly since childhood. His father heard that putting children on the laundry list can "take root and sprout" and facilitate feeding, so he named them "Logan". Later, the word "Luo" replaced the bamboo prefix on the word "Luo", and the word "root" was homophonic with "Geng", which was the origin of the Chinese name.

Hua, a native of Jintan, Changzhou, Jiangsu. His ancestral home is Danyang, Jiangsu. Mathematician, academician of China Academy of Sciences, foreign academician of American National Academy of Sciences, academician of Third World Academy of Sciences, academician of Bavarian Academy of Sciences of the Federal Republic of Germany, researcher and former director of Institute of Mathematics of China Academy of Sciences.

family background

Hua's father Hua Ruidong runs a small grocery store, and his mother is a virtuous housewife. Hua's hometown got a son at the age of 40 and named him Hua. This "Luo", that is, "basket", symbolizes "there is surplus grain at home" and also means "sitting in the basket and betting" as the saying goes in the alloy altar; "Geng" and "root" are homophonic, which means "the same Geng for a hundred years" and also means that "the Chinese family has roots from now on"

Marriage and family

Hua's wife Wu married Hua at the age of 18. Less than a few months after marriage, Hua was infected with the plague. After careful nursing, she was able to save her life, but her left leg was permanently disabled. While teaching in Tsinghua in China, Wu stayed in his hometown to take care of his sick father-in-law. In the later days, she not only did housework, but also helped him copy papers and letters and receive guests. For decades, Wu has been playing an important role in China's life and career.

Hua and Wu have three sons: Hua, Hua Linghe; Three daughters: Hua Shun, Hua Su and Hua Mi.

Wonderful love, interesting story

1953, China Academy of Sciences organized a delegation to go abroad, headed by scientist Qian Sanqiang, with members including Hua, Zhao Jiuzhang and Zhu Xian. In his spare time, Hua wrote a couplet: "The top three are Korea, Zhao and Wei", seeking this couplet. The "top three" here refers to Korea, Zhao and Wei San during the Warring States Period, but it implies the name of the head of the delegation, Comrade Qian Sanqiang, which not only solves the traditional difficulty of the couplet of numbers and numbers, but also requires the name of another scientist to be embedded in the bottom couplet. After a while, when Hua saw that everyone had no bottom line, he revealed his bottom line: "Hook, strand and string are nine chapters." Nine Chapters is a famous mathematical work in ancient China. However, the "Nine Chapters" here happen to be the name of another member of the delegation-atmospheric physicist Zhao Jiuzhang. Hua's wonderful pair made the audience fall for it.

1980, when Hua directed the overall planning method and optimization method in Suzhou, he wrote the following couplets: watching chess is not a gentleman, helping each other in the same boat; Be a person with regrets and correct your mistakes.