2014年4月21日,那时的北京春意融融,一张李小文院士脚穿布鞋,在中国科学院大学演讲时的照片在网上为流传。李院士就是在那个时候被大众所熟知,一跃成为网络红人,被网友们亲切地称为“布鞋院士”。2015年1月10日,在北京凛冽的寒风中,李院士因病与世长辞。出殡那天,有近千人前来悼念,这些人中,有李院士的同事、朋友、学生,还有不少人与李院士素不相识,专程前来只为送他最后一程。李院士去世的当天,有人更是发出了“世间再无扫地僧”这样的感叹。 On April 21, 2014, when Beijing’s Spring Festival melted down, a photo of academician Li Xiaowen wearing shoes and a speech at the Chinese University of Science and Technology circulated on the Internet. Academician Li was at that time by the public are well known, became the network Reds, netizens affectionately known as “cloth shoes Academician ”. On January 10, 2015, in a bitter cold in Beijing, Academician Li Li died from illness. On the day of the funeral, there were nearly a thousand people who came to pay tribute to them. Among these people, there are colleagues, friends, students and many people of Academician Li who never knew each other and made a special trip to send him only for his final journey. On the day of the death of Academician Li Li, some people even issued a “sigh of no sweeping monks in the world.”