Xu Shunshou
Xu Shunshou | |
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徐舜寿 | |
Aeronautical engineer | |
Spouse |
Song Shubi (m. 1946–1968) |
Children | 3 |
Xu Shunshou (
Republic of China
Xu Shunshou was born on 21 August 1917 in
Xu entered the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Tsinghua University in 1933.[3] Upon graduation four years later with a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, he briefly worked at the Central Aircraft Manufacturing Company in Jianqiao, Hangzhou, before entering the special aviation mechanics program of the National Central University in Nanjing.[3] The Second Sino-Japanese War soon broke out in July 1937 and Nanjing fell to Japanese occupation. The National Central University relocated to Chongqing,[4] China's wartime capital. Upon graduation in March 1939, Xu joined the Republic of China Air Force and served at the technical research office of the air force's aviation committee in Chengdu.[3]
In 1942, Xu was sent by the
People's Republic of China
When the
In August 1956, the Aviation Industry Bureau established the PRC's first airplane design office at Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, with Xu Shunshou as its director designer, Huang Zhiqian and Ye Zhengda as deputy directors.[5] Xu led a team of 108 people,[3] whose average age was only 22. Most team members were recent university graduates, and only three people: Xu, Huang, and Lu Xiaopeng, had any aircraft design experience.[3][5]
The team's first task was to design a subsonic jet trainer, the
The development of the JJ-1 marked a new era of China's aircraft manufacturing industry,
In May 1964, Xu was abruptly transferred from Shenyang to the 603 Design Institute of the
Death and legacy
When the
Xu was politically rehabilitated after the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976. The No. 1 Aircraft Research Institute (the former 603 Institute) erected a bronze statue of him on its campus in Yanliang, and established the "Xu Shunshou Science and Technology Progress Award" in his memory.[7] On 19 May 2005, the first anniversary of the establishment of Tsinghua University School of Aerospace Engineering, a life-size marble statue of Xu was dedicated in the main building of the school.[8] In 2008, the China Aviation Industry Press published Xu's biography, written by Shi Yuanguang and Xu's former trainee, academician Gu Songfen.[9]
Family
Xu was the youngest of five siblings. His brother, Xu Chi, was a famous writer known for his popular biographies of Chen Jingrun and Li Siguang. His third sister, Xu He (徐和), was the wife of Wu Xiuquan, who served as Vice Foreign Minister of China.[6]
Xu married Song Shubi (宋蜀碧) in 1946, whom he had met four years before while working in Chengdu. She was a writer and translator known for her Chinese translation of
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- ^ a b c d e f g h "十大飞机设计师:中国航空设计一代宗师徐舜寿". Phoenix News. 2011-04-01. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "一代宗师徐舜寿逝世50周年 系中国首架喷气飞机总师". Sina. 2018-01-08. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
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- ^ a b c d "Jian Jiao JJ-1 [Fighter Trainer]". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ^ a b c d e "一代宗师徐舜寿". China.com.cn. 2010-08-13. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ^ Guo Liang 郭樑 (2004-09-29). "中国航空的一代宗师—徐舜寿". Tsinghua University. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
- ^ "新中国飞机设计第一人徐舜寿塑像在我校落成". Tsinghua University. 2015-05-20. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
- ISBN 9787802432215.