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Qu Qinyue () (born 21 May 1935) is a Chinese astrophysicist and educator. He is a professor and former president of Nanjing University. He is a pioneer of high-energy astrophysics in China, and his research mainly focuses on pulsars, neutron stars, X-ray sources, γ-ray sources and quasars. In 1980 he was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.〔《中国科苑英华录》编写组(ed.) (1985). 中国科苑英华录 新中国之部 上. 北京: 科学普及出版社. p.23.〕 ==Life and career== Qu Qinyue was born in Mouping, Shandong. His father was a merchant and his mother a housewife. He received his early education at Yantai Jinglun Street Primary School. Later he attended Yantai No. 1 Middle School, Zhifu Middle School and Qingdao Jiao'ao Middle School, finally graduating from Lixian Middle School. He then finished his senior high school study at Qingdao No. 1 High School.〔《科学家传记大辞典》编辑组 (ed.)(1994). 中国现代科学家传记 第5集. 北京市：科学出版社. ISBN 7-03-003677-8.〕 In 1953 he entered Nanjing University, where he studied astronomy, mathematics and physics. His teachers included astronomer Dai Wensai.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=曲钦岳：天文名家 教学师长 )〕 In his sophomore year he proposed a wall newspaper named ''Academic Garden'', where he and his classmates posted their ideas for learning. He was also a good athlete, in 1956 his team broke the school record in the 4×100 m relay. After graduating in 1957, Qu became a teaching assistant of Nanjing University. In 1958 he took part in the development of China's first solar tower, and corrected an error in the design of image rotation mirror by a Soviet scholar. During the Cultural Revolution, he was sent to work at a coal mine, and then at Liyang Farm.〔 He was unable to return to the university until 1971. After 1973, astrophysics research at Nanjing University was revived. Some of Qu's most important work was done in the late 1970s.〔 Qu became a full professor in 1978, and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1980. In 1982 he became a member of Ministry of Education Science Textbook Compilation Committee and director of its Department of Astronomy.〔 From 1984 to 1997, he served as President of Nanjing University. In August 1990 he and five other university presidents (including Lu Yongxiang) cosigned a letter to the premier Li Peng, requesting more support on universities during the 8th five-year plan. The academic ranking of Nanjing University rose rapidly under his leadership. In 1992 he was elected President of the Chinese Astronomical Society, and in 1993 a member of TWAS.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Qu Qinyue」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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