Chen-Ning Yang quotes

Chen-Ning Yang is a Chinese-American physicist renowned for his groundbreaking contributions to theoretical physics. His work on parity violation in weak interactions, in collaboration with Tsung-Dao Lee, earned them the Nobel Prize in Physics. He has greatly influenced modern physics and continues to be celebrated for his scientific achievements. Here are 6 of his quotes:

The question was heatedly debated of how much Western culture should be brought into China.

Chen-Ning Yang

In the final analysis, the incident is seen as originating from an emotional expression of the frustration and anger of the proud people of China who had been subject to ever increasing oppression from without and decadent corruption from within.

Chen-Ning Yang

I should like to say that I am as proud of my Chinese heritage and background as I am devoted to modern science, a part of human civilization of Western origin, to which I have dedicated and I shall continue to dedicate my work.

Chen-Ning Yang

I was later to receive an excellent first two years' graduate education in the same University and then again was able to pursue my studies in the U.S. on a fellowship from the aforementioned fund.

Chen-Ning Yang

As I stand here today and tell you about these, I am heavy with an awareness of the fact that I am in more than one sense a product of both the Chinese and Western cultures, in harmony and in conflict.

Chen-Ning Yang