范旭东先生是我的远房姑父,幼年的时候虽然没有见过他,但是经常听到我父亲谈到他。因为我的父亲是范旭东先生所办的久大精盐公司的高级职员。1919年五四运动时,我在法国天主教办的震旦大学读书,由于罢课被开除后,再无学校可进。我父亲就带我去见范旭东先生,他极力主张我去美国留学,并主张学化工,主动地借 Mr. Fan Xudong is my distant uncle, although I had not seen him in my childhood, but I often heard my father talking about him. Because my father is a senior staff member of Jiu Da Jing Yan who was founded by Mr. Fan Xudong. During the May Fourth Movement of 1919, I attended Aurora University in France and did not have any school after the strike was expelled. My father took me to see Mr. Fan Xudong, he strongly urged me to study in the United States, and advocated learning chemical, take the initiative to borrow