Wei Zhi's Life Experience

English Translation in Studying in Germany

1985, after Wei Zhi graduated from Southwest University of Political Science and Law, the Guangxi peasant student came to Beijing and stayed in China Renmin University to teach. By chance, the director of Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patents, Copyright and Competition Law, a famous German institute, came to Beijing to give a lecture. Wei Zhi, who only studied German with his tutor for a few days, temporarily acted as the director's translator because of his good English expression.

Opportunities are sometimes fleeting, but Wei Zhi is different. After nearly two years, he received an invitation to study abroad because he wrote a letter to this German who had a short contact.

In an article written by students in Wei Zhi many years later, the institute "has only one or twenty researchers, and dozens of others come from all over the world, so it has international significance and an atmosphere of communication. Its professional field has been recognized by peers all over the world, and intellectual property scholars are proud to be able to teach, learn and cultivate here. In this group, law is not only a hobby, but also a speculative pleasure. It is the integration of the whole social life and serves the society as a part of the social system. Law is not only the task of scholars in academic institutions, but also the reflection and understanding of law by every legal worker (including judges, lawyers and prosecutors). It is precisely because both of them realize that everyone in social life has the right to speak in law, and they are closely integrated with this society, reflecting the universal concern for the society in which they live, so they have a broader and deeper cohesion. "

Most China people who went abroad to study at their own expense in the 1990s are still deeply impressed by this life. Besides studying, they spend most of their time "washing dishes". After living in the dormitory-institute-restaurant kitchen for half a year, at a Chinese gathering, Wei Zhi learned from others that he was actually the first law graduate student in Chinese mainland to study in Germany. However, the "first one" did not bring special care. On the contrary, some people who studied abroad later began to emigrate even though they did not finish their studies. It wasn't until 1994 that Wei Zhi obtained a doctorate in law from the Law Department of the University of Munich with excellent results, and he discovered that because he spent more time in the library of the Institute, the reward for "washing dishes" was only enough to fill his stomach.

Wei Zhi accepted Thuemmelschuetze &；; Job invitation of partner law firm. Half a year later, Wei Zhi gave up the leisurely life of a German lawyer and returned to Beijing.

Simple german style

"Messy hair, straight glasses, clean and tidy clothes (especially a tie that is almost perfect), writing an outline vertically on the right wall, writing an example on the blackboard horizontally on the left wall, and the accurate expression of' taking a break for ten minutes' ... all show his integrity and strictness, and only a small porcelain cup with colorful pictures vaguely reveals his inner childlike innocence." This is a teacher who has to tie a tie meticulously before giving lessons to his students even in hot summer.

Wei Zhi is a man who respects the law very much. Punctuality was originally a virtue, but for Wei Zhi, it has become an almost harsh law. The meticulous materialization of life needs becomes every detail. While working in Germany, Wei Zhi used to bind dictionaries in a printing factory. "This is just a work of art that needs to be made by hand." Wei Zhiru said, "Even if it only causes a small flaw in the binding, no matter how beautiful the dictionary is, it can only be mercilessly discarded."

From leaflets left over for many years to dictionaries discarded by German printing houses due to defects, from "admirers" jokingly called by students to neat rows of folders collected for many years, the rigorous and meticulous Germanic traditional behavior cultivated Wei Zhi's final German plot.

Wei Zhi has returned to China for ten years. He has never used a pager or a mobile phone. These two things have become popular. In Beijing, the "Wei-style" timetable from going out to school teaching is in minutes, relying on bicycles as a means of transportation.

Wei Zheng, who is proficient in German and English, has a clear life sequence, and behind this sequence is the endless enrichment of life. A student who once taught has only had dinner with his teacher once in ten years. The meal was so simple that I can't remember what I ate. However, a few years ago, Wei Zhi's German poems were full of beautiful sunset clouds and birds living in the forest, and the students still recited them like a stream, which impressed them deeply.

Practical academic theory

When China was still in the period of planned economy, Wei Zhi studied copyright and competition law in China, where most people had little idea. This theory was completely "unrealistic" in China at that time. Now when intellectual property becomes one of the hottest topics, even some irrelevant people are taking the opportunity to write articles to improve their social status, but Wei Zhi has plunged into the pile of old papers.

Wei Zhi didn't write many books, but the German versions of Comparative Study on Copyright Law between China and Germany and Principles of Copyright Law are rare masterpieces. In Peking University, Wei Zhi is also the only teacher who never assigns textbooks to students. "If students think my book is helpful to him, they will naturally read it. There is no need to arrange textbooks. No book will be the best. It is best to discover and absorb your own thoughts only through a lot of reading. "

"The so-called works of equal quality do not mean how high the academic achievements are. Nowadays, many people are making a book or several books, but the books written must be useful to students in ten or twenty years, so as to conform to the academic research spirit of scholars. "

"Learning and research is important to pay attention to methods. Real scholars are not only researchers, but also communicators who spread research methods. " Students in Wei Zhi are constantly required to have their own independent way of thinking. At the same time, they are also required to learn the knowledge of their predecessors and find their own source. "Can't be vague, academic basis can not have any false. This is responsible for your academic ethics as a researcher and for the audience as a communicator. "

Wei Zhi worked as an associate professor in this university for several years, and he also took doctoral students to do research. However, when applying for the professorship, the school often does not accept the application submitted by Wei Zhi. "Life is not supported by titles. As a researcher and communicator, your research and communication methods can be the cornerstone. After many years, can you still bring practical help to others? "

In that era of "cloning" scandals in the field of academic research, perhaps the academic attitude of climbing to the bookcase on the roof for several hours in order to find an original annotation in the research institute is in line with Wei Zhi's ideal academic spirit.