Chen Xun, also known as Chen Kuisan. 1908 was born in a small businessman's family in Chongwu Town, Hui 'an County, Fujian Province. When he was a child, his father often told him stories about Qi Jiguang, Zheng Chenggong and Lin Zexu, instilled patriotism and encouraged him to do something for the country like these national heroes when he grew up. From 65438 to 0934, 26-year-old Chen Xun graduated from National Peking University Agricultural College, and worked in tea farms, tea factories, tea inspection and tea trading institutions. He not only saw the important position of tea in the national economy, but also saw the backwardness of tea science in China at that time. So I made up my mind to devote myself to tea education. When he was the director of Zhejiang Tea Inspection Department, he began to collect relevant information about tea science, and established the implementation method and a set of tables for tea inspection. 1940, he refused the appointment of the chairman of Ruda Company, a group business organized by his cousin, and resolutely went to the Agricultural College of Yingshi University in Zhejiang Province to teach and devote himself to studying tea science. At that time, during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Japanese planes invaded China and bombed everywhere, and British universities moved their campuses several times, making teaching and life very difficult. However, in teaching, he still prepares lessons and lectures seriously, arouses students' patriotic enthusiasm and encourages students to study hard for the development of tea science in the motherland. In the absence of teaching materials, he went deep into tea farms and factories to collect information and compiled the first teaching material of tea science system in colleges and universities in China, Tea Science Lecture Notes. This textbook includes the general theory of tea industry, tea cultivation, tea manufacturing, tea inspection and so on, and was promoted to associate professor. After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, he was employed as a teacher at Fudan University and continued to work hard for the establishment of the tea education system. Four textbooks, Tea Making, Tea Management, Tea Inspection and Tea Cultivation, were compiled to meet the teaching needs. While teaching, he also carried out a lot of scientific research work, constantly enriching the teaching content.

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A continuing study of tea.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the education and scientific research of the tea industry received the attention of the party and the state, which further stimulated his work enthusiasm. 1952 national colleges and universities adjust departments. He volunteered to work in Anhui, where working and living conditions are difficult and tea is abundant, and served as an associate professor and head of the tea industry department of Anhui Agricultural College. He personally grasped the formulation of teaching syllabus, curriculum setting and the construction of production practice base, and did a lot of hard and meticulous work for the establishment of the department and the gradual normalization of teaching and scientific research. 1957 promoted to professor. During this period, he also devoted himself to improving the teaching level of tea making, edited the teaching materials of tea making and tea inspection in national agricultural colleges twice, and published monographs such as Tea Cultivation Technology, Anhui Tea Classic and Fried Green Tea. Even after he was forced to leave his teaching and research posts during the Cultural Revolution, he never stopped writing. Combining his own teaching and practical experience, he sorted out the data collected at ordinary times and wrote the Complete Book of Tea Making, which is divided into five volumes, including general introduction, green tea, yellow tea and black tea, white tea and green tea (commonly known as oolong tea) and black tea, 1 more than ten thousand words. After the Cultural Revolution, he returned to the front line of teaching and scientific research. At this time, although he is old and weak, his spirit is even more radiant. He said: "I am like an' old tea tree' in the severe winter. Spring has come, and my' old tea tree' has sprouted again. " 1977, although his myositis recurred and he could not walk, he still endured the pain. On his deathbed, he wrote three representative works of * * * 1 10,000 words day and night, expressing an intellectual's contribution to the party. At the same time, he also put forward the idea of developing tea education to the State Council. 1978 suggested and participated in the establishment of the first mechanical tea specialty in Anhui Agricultural College. 1 September, 978, regardless of his old age and infirmity, he led tea teachers from nine universities to go deep into tea areas in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other places, which lasted for1several months, collected scientific research materials on tea production, enriched the contents of tea making, and completed the task of editing the textbook "Tea Making" in agricultural colleges and universities assigned by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Agriculture on time. Later, the Theory of Tea-making Technology was edited as a compulsory course for graduate students, and Selected Famous Tea in China was edited as a supplementary teaching material for tea-making science. As his students said, "Teacher Chen's life is a life of writing books and educating people." After completing the above-mentioned textbooks, he set out to compile the teaching materials for tea economy specialty, edited Tea Commodities, and was entrusted by the Township Enterprise Administration of the Ministry of Agriculture to compile Tea Management, as well as Tea Pharmacy, Tea Marketing and Tea Trade. Some of these textbooks have been published or will be published soon. He said: "I don't have much time left. I want to finish the last textbook of tea economics, so as to initially establish a complete tea education system in China and the main textbooks of various majors." That's how he persisted in his pursuit and worked sleepless nights. He said: "What impressed me most was Chairman Mao's two words: We should have what foreigners have, and we should have what foreigners don't have. I will fight for this for a lifetime and establish a tea education system that foreigners do not have. " For decades, Chen Xun has never stopped studying tea science while teaching. As early as 1940s, he made pioneering research in tea-making technology and tea chemistry, especially in the theoretical research of tea "fermentation", and made remarkable achievements, put forward the theory of tea-making discoloration, and demonstrated the principle, mechanism and essence of tea-making discoloration. It is proved that the change of tea-making technology is mainly the oxidation change of tea polyphenols under certain conditions, thus forming the quality and color of various teas. 195 1 year, Academician Oberlin, President of the former Soviet Academy of Sciences, came to China to attend the May 1 International Labor Day. He specially went to the tea class of Fudan University and asked Xie Chen about the method of making yellow tea. Xie Chen wrote most of the contents of Tea Chemistry Research in an outline on the blackboard. After reading it, the President found that his hypothesis that "tea fermentation is related to respiration" was to publish an article in a magazine after returning to China, and highly praised Chen Xun's contribution to tea science research. The article wrote: "Who said that China people don't study tea? Isn't Professor Chen Xun from Fudan University doing fruitful research!" After the founding of the People's Republic of China, tea research was paid attention to and the conditions were much better. Chen Xun concentrated all his energy on tea teaching and scientific research, constantly experimenting and summarizing, and writing monographs and papers day and night. By August 1990, * * published 189 (Ministry) * * 650. Since 1980s, many foreign scholars have come here or written to Chen Xun for advice. Matsushita Sukeyoshi, president of Japan Association, made a special trip to Hefei to ask about the origin of tea making and drinking. In February, 1987, Professor Ji, a Japanese black tea expert, also made a special trip from Japan to attend the 80th birthday celebration. She said in her message: "Mr. Xie Chen is my mentor. Like a loving father, he guided me in many ways. I am an immature researcher, and my research has just begun, mainly engaged in the research of Japanese black tea. In the future, under the guidance of Mr. Xie Chen, I want to continue to conduct in-depth research from all angles ... "198710, the Royal Agricultural Center invited Chen Xun to participate in the Royal International Agricultural Exhibition. Although it is inconvenient to travel because of his age, several of his works have also had great repercussions after they were exhibited in the exhibition. In addition, he wrote two papers, The Origin of Tea Tree and Its Original Species and Twelve Views on Tea Culture, for the first International Symposium on Food Culture in China, which was co-sponsored by Beijing Municipal Government, China Food Industry Association, Cuisine Association, China International Economic and Technical Exchange Center and Beijing International Symposium on Food Culture. All these activities have promoted the tea culture and academic exchanges between China and the world.

It has trained several generations of tea science and technology talents for the country.

It has been 50 years since Chen Xun 1940 boarded the university forum. At present, at the age of 80, he is still giving lectures to students in the classroom in person, rain or shine, and one stop in front of the blackboard is two hours. Everyone was moved by his passionate educational enthusiasm and selfless work spirit. He is rigorous in his studies and tireless in teaching others. For decades, he treated every class meticulously and sometimes attended important meetings. He always makes up lessons in time after the meeting. He often invites students to his home to listen to their opinions on teaching in order to improve the quality of teaching. He said: "Teaching and scientific research are the primary tasks of our university teachers. Without improving the quality of teaching, it is impossible to train talents for the four modernizations. " Tea commodities were increased from the original 8 chapters to 14 chapters, which were supplemented and rewritten on the basis of accepting students' opinions. Chen Xun is good at reforming teaching methods and actively promoting heuristic education. He asked students to preview three times before class and read the whole chapter for the first time; Find out the problem of the whole chapter for the second time; Draw a problem in red ink for the third time, then think for yourself and solve it by yourself. If there are any difficulties, discuss them among the students first. If there is any problem that can't be solved, just ask the teacher in class. This teaching method is adopted in the national tea-making assistant training class and postgraduate class. At the end of each chapter, everyone should write a book report. This not only comprehensively reviews and summarizes the main contents of this chapter, but also exercises everyone's written language expression ability. Chapter papers submitted by classmates, short 1000 words, long 1000 words, he carefully read them. Some also communicate with students face to face, or point out shortcomings, or praise students' independent opinions. He often personally guides students' tea-making practice, sets an example, patiently and meticulously explains the principle of tea-making and personally guides the operation technology. Sometimes, in order to make good tea, they have to operate continuously until late at night, and even can't afford to eat. While teaching, he also attaches importance to educating people and ideological education of students. He said: "In the past, the education method of teaching without distinction killed people and must be completely reformed. In order to cultivate qualified senior scientific and technological talents, teaching must teach people. " Because he is approachable, affable, enthusiastic and concerned about his classmates, many students often come to consult him. He never treats visitors and letters differently according to their status and age. His rule is, give whatever people want, whatever comes. He has been rated as an advanced worker, excellent teacher and educator for many times, and won the second prize of teaching achievement in national colleges and universities 65438-0989. For more than half a century, Chen Xun has trained several generations of tea science and technology talents for the country. In addition to 2-year junior college students and 4-year undergraduate students, 1980 resumed the postgraduate system, and 13 enrolled graduate students majoring in tea making, tea machine, tea inspection, tea history, tea trade and tea marketing. In order to speed up the training of teachers in colleges and universities, 1986 set up a national advanced course for tea-making teaching assistants, compiled teaching materials and taught the course "Tea-making Technology Theory". And cooperate with the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Commerce and other units to hold a national tea-making technology training class, as well as training grassroots technical forces through short-term study classes in the countryside. Through the above-mentioned multi-level teaching methods, he has trained generations of senior and middle-level talents for the country, and many of his students are professors, experts and business backbones of the tea department.

It is proved that China and Yunnan are the origins of tea trees.

In the 1940s, some scholars in Britain, the United States, Japan, India and other countries put forward that "the origin of tea trees is in Assam, India, and China tea trees come from there", and said: "According to reliable historical data, the origin of China tea is about 350 AD", and also said: "Green tea contains a lot of tannic acid, which will spoil the stomach" and so on. Faced with such a severe challenge, Xie Chen consulted a large number of historical materials about the development of tea industry at home and abroad on the basis of long-term analysis and research on the development history of tea industry in China and previous research results. After careful textual research, he further confirmed that the origin of tea trees was in Yunnan, China, and wrote the article "Yunnan, China is the origin of tea trees" from 65438 to 0979. After the paper was published, Japanese tea professional magazines quickly reprinted it, and the editorial board of Chinese-English-French agricultural dictionary revised its own views accordingly. A year later, Xie Chen wrote another article about the origin of tea trees, criticizing the views of dualists and "non-centrists". Nobuji Hashimoto, an expert who studies the origin of tea trees in the Department of Agriculture, Nagato University, expressed support for Xie Chen's monism on the origin of tea trees. His research results have had a far-reaching impact at home and abroad.

Establish scientific classification of tea.

1980, Japanese Seiji Ozawa put forward the theory of "microbial fermentation" when he studied the turning of tea green to red, and thought that the turning of tea red was the function of microorganisms, which was the same as that of general fermentation. Later, it evolved into the tea classification of fully fermented tea, semi-fermented tea and non-fermented tea. This classification uses * * * to cover up personality, and oxidation and respiration are confused and unscientific. With decades of teaching and scientific research experience, Chen Xun wrote the article "Theory and Practice of Tea Classification" from 65438 to 0979, and put forward a new classification based on the theory of tea discoloration, systematically dividing tea into six categories: green tea, yellow tea, black tea, white tea, green tea and black tea. This new classification not only reflects the systematicness of tea making methods, but also reflects the systematicness of tea quality. The arrangement order of the above six kinds of tea is actually the order of chlorophyll destruction degree and flavanol change degree of all kinds of tea, so it also reflects the systematic change of main contents of tea. The establishment and application of this scientific classification not only had a great impact on tea education, scientific research, production and circulation in China, but also spread abroad quickly, which was highly praised by foreign scholars. This paper was recommended by Dr. George Metayer of the French Botanical Research Center to his tutor, Dr. Joseph Needham, a world-famous biologist at Cambridge University in England. And Dr. Needham invited Michael, director of the Oriental History Science Library? Michael Salt was translated into English and published in the French magazine Agricultural Tradition and Plant Application, which aroused strong international repercussions. A letter from Japan invited Chen Xun to attend a seminar and lecture on the origin and classification of tea in Japan. 1984 and 1986, respectively, Chen Xun's name and resume were listed in the Who's Who of World Agricultural Science and Technology and the List of Scientists in Asia by the Royal Longman Group Celebrity Publishing Center in London, England. 1988 was included in the book Who's Who in the World by India.

Complete the first monograph on tea history at home and abroad, General History of Tea Industry.

Tea in China has a history of thousands of years, and there are sporadic records in various books, but the research on tea history is endless. 1982, in order to meet the needs of the rapid development of China's tea production and foreign trade, the relevant state departments entrusted him with the task of compiling the world's first general history of tea industry. In order to write this book well, he declined the invitation to give lectures abroad and concentrated on writing at his desk. This 440,000-word magnum opus, using a large number of relevant historical materials at home and abroad, expounds the origin of tea, the evolution of tea production, the development and dissemination of tea-making technology, Chinese and foreign tea science, tea and medicine, tea and culture, tea economic policy, tea foreign trade, China tea, past and present, etc. There are 48 topics in chapter *** 15. The publication of this book is highly praised not only by domestic tea workers, but also by international friends. Feng Ming Association of Japanese Tea Group will study this book paragraph by paragraph when it meets every month. Dr Metel of France also translated the chapter "General History of Tea Industry" into French. The publication of this book has played an important role in promoting the progress of tea science and the development of tea production in China, and has become an important document in the library of tea science in China. This book was revised and reprinted by College of Tea and Food Science and Technology of Anhui Agricultural University on the occasion of Mr. Xie Chen's centenary birthday in September 2008.

Make suggestions for the development of tea industry

Xie Chen, who is at the forefront of tea education, has been paying close attention to the development of tea production in China. He often takes advantage of attending meetings and other channels to advise the State Council, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and the Anhui provincial government on how to develop tea production in China and Anhui. He also used professional publications such as China Tea Newspaper, Tea Newspaper, People's Daily and Anhui Province edited by him. For example, 1958 published the achievements and future development direction of China tea industry after liberation, 1965 published the development of tea production in China, 1979, 1980 published the management system must be completely reformed. 1983 the disconnection between production and sales of tea commodities must be studied and solved; 1984, international tea market trends and China tea promotion countermeasures; World tea market forecast; 1987, the production of famous tea and the development of tea industry; In rural areas, science and technology is the only way to help the poor and get rich in mountainous areas. He has always stressed that tea scientific research must be combined with production practice. 1972 personally went to Fuzhou tea factory to participate in the national collaborative national project "Study on the new technology of isolated scenting jasmine tea", and wrote papers such as "Experimental study on the innovation of jasmine tea production technology" and "Physical and chemical properties of jasmine tea". 1988 led graduate students to Anhui juntianhu tea factory to study the characteristics and optimum design combination of tea kneading machine ribs. Since 198 1, under his auspices, he has organized 64 experts and scientific and technological workers from tea education, scientific research and production units all over the country. After four years of investigation, data collection, sample preparation, composition determination and sensory evaluation, the Selected Extracts of Famous Tea in China was compiled on 1985. Since the reform and opening up, he has spent about13 of his time in the tea country every year, sending science and technology to the countryside, guiding tea production, improving tea-making technology and taking the lead in creating famous tea. During the period of 1984 ~ 1986, he braved the hot summer to give lectures for three times and helped to create famous teas such as Qinba No.5, Wuzixian and Hanshui Yinsuo, which greatly changed the face of tea production in Shaanxi, significantly improved the quality and technology of tea making. He has visited Ningguo, Qianshan, Taihu Lake, Jinzhai, Huoshan, Xuancheng, Wuhu, Guichi, Dongzhi, Hanshan, Jingde, Lu 'an, Qingyang and Jiuhuashan in Anhui Province for many times to guide tea making, which has regenerated many lost famous teas such as Tianhua Valley Tip (Nanyang Valley Tip) and created "Tianshan Mountain is really fragrant" and "Qishan Cuimei". Chen Xun has worked hard for the tea industry for more than 50 years, and his selfless dedication and contribution to the people have always been respected and admired by people. People's Daily, Guangming Daily, Wen Wei Po and other domestic newspapers have reported his deeds many times. However, he is still not satisfied with what he has achieved. He said, "Although I am very old, I still have a lot of work to do." He expressed his determination to devote all the waste heat to the tea industry in China. 1908 was born in Hui 'an County, Fujian Province on March 8th. 1 1935 farm technician in the fourth district of Zhejiang. 1936 served as technician and agent of Yinxian Farm in Zhejiang Province. 65438-0937, teacher, education director, acting principal and farm director of Jimei Agricultural School in Fujian Province. 1938 director of tea inspection department of Zhejiang agricultural improvement institute, director of Ningbo office of Zhejiang camellia silk cotton management office. From 65438 to 0939, he served as technical director of Fujian Tea Administration Bureau, acting director of Fuzhou office of Fujian Trading Company and assistant manager of tea department. 1940 served as technician and director of Zhenghe Tea Factory, a demonstration tea factory in Fujian Province. 1940 ——1945 Lecturer and Associate Professor, College of Agriculture, Zhejiang Yingshi University. 1946 ——1952 Associate Professor, Department Head of Tea Specialty, Fudan University, Shanghai. 1952 ——1991year, served as associate professor, director of tea specialty, associate professor and professor of Anhui Agricultural College, director of tea industry, and vice chairman of academic committee of Anhui Agricultural College. 1956 to 1984 served as the chairman of Anhui tea industry association, and 1984 later served as honorary chairman of the association. 1964- 1984 served as the executive director and director of the academic Committee of China Tea Society, and 1984 later served as honorary director. 1977- 1984 served as director of China agricultural society, executive director of Anhui branch of China agricultural society, and 1984 later served as honorary director. 1999 passed away.

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1 Chen Xun. Lecture on tea making. Hangzhou: College of Agriculture, National Zhejiang Yingshi University, 1942.2 Chen Xun. Tea planting. Shanghai: Nong Xin Publishing House, 1948.3 Chen Xun. Tea manufacturing and tea management. Shanghai Nong Xin Publishing House. 1950 (volume iii and tea making management). 4 Chen Xun. Tea inspection. Shanghai Nong Xin Publishing House, 195 1. 5 Chen Xun. Anhui tea classics. Hefei: Anhui Science and Technology Press, 1960 (first edition). 196 1.7, edited by Chen Xun. Tea-making (national agricultural college trial textbook). Hangzhou: Zhejiang People's Publishing House, 19 1. Shanghai: Science and Technology Press, 1966, 2nd edition. 8 Chen Xun. 1963 (10).9 Chen Jue. When was tea first used? Tea Science and Technology (Sichuan), 1979 (2). 10 Chen Jue. Black tea precedes green tea. Tea Communication (Guizhou), 65438. 1979(2), (3): 29-34. 12 Chen Xun. Theory and practice of tea classification. Tea Bulletin, 1979 (1 2), translated into English by the director of the British Oriental History Science Library, 6666661979 (1). 14 edited by Chen Xun. Tea making (textbook of national agricultural colleges). Beijing: Agricultural Press, 1979, 1988 (2nd edition) 15 Chen Xun. 1981(2).16 Zhu Chen. Discoloration principle of black tea. Tea Science and Technology (Sichuan), 1982 (3). Zhu Chen 17. Study on Shennong's materia medica. Tea bulletin, 65438. 1983 (1). Qiu Chen 18. Yang Xiaohua. World tea market forecast-production and sales are booming. Tea bulletin, 1984 (2). Qiu Chen 19. General history of tea industry. Beijing: Agriculture. 1985.2 1 Editor-in-Chief Chen Xun. Selected Works of China's Famous Tea. Hefei. Anhui Science and Technology Commission, Institute of Anhui Agricultural College, 1985.22 Chen Xun. Japanese sorghum varieties are like Anxi bergamot varieties. Tea bulletin, 1985 (65485). 1986.24 Chen Xun. Tea drugstore. Wuhu: Prospect Press, 1987.25 Chen Xun. Lu Yu research society, preface to the manuscript of tea classics. Wuhan: Wuhan University Press, Yue .. 1989 (2) .27 Chen Xun. Tea market is in urgent need of management. Tea Newspaper (Shanghai), 1989 (4) .28 Chen Xun. Ten lectures on tea and cultural development in China. Tea bulletin, 1989 (4) .29 Chen Xun 1990.30 Chen Xun. The management system of tea industry should be fundamentally reformed-establishing joint-stock companies in towns and villages. Tea bulletin, 199 1( 1) Xueyou Township Enterprise Management Research Association of Beijing Agricultural University, Xueyou Communication,1991(1) .31thank you. Tea trade. Hefei: China University of Science and Technology Press, 199 1. Professor Xie Chen and Professor Wang Zenong are the main representatives of tea humanities school and biochemistry school respectively. Humanistic school pays attention to tea and biochemical school. Facts have proved that the biochemical school is the main reason why tea has lost its dominant position in the social life beverage market. Therefore, Anhui Agricultural University now pays more attention to Professor Xie Chen's series of theories.