In the past, I would frequently invite Shoucheng to attend conferences in Singapore.During his visits, he gave 3 to 4 very interesting public lectures, he also did a very long interview with us. And I remember,he once mentioned that these conferences inspired him a great deal,many of his achievements and breakthroughs were relevant to his experiences in Singapore.
He was the star pupil under Professor Yang Chen-Ning. Professor Yang once mentioned Shoucheng as one of his best students. In 1990, Shoucheng and Professor Yang worked together to produce the article “SO4 Symmetryin a Hubbard Model”, published in Modern Physics Letters B, on the discovery of the eigenstates possessing off-diagonal long-range order, in the Hubbard model which is closely related to the high-temperature superconductivity, in which both Professor Yang and Shoucheng discovered its SO4 symmetry.Shoucheng was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014, although he did not win. Professor Yang said it was only a matter of time before he did.
Shoucheng was not only highly intelligent, but also hardworking and persevering. He held a passion toward scientific research and was deeply interested in philosophy and history.He was gentle, cultivated and was amiable and approachable in nature. Shoucheng’s sudden passing is a regretful loss, which left us more than anything, in longing and sadness.
Shoucheng, you will always be remembered.
We have enclosed a copy of his interview with this letter, possibly one of the most thorough interview of him.
（文：潘国驹）
潘国驹 (Phua Kok Khoo)，毕业于英国伯明翰大学，获博士学位, 后又获颁英国伯明翰大学荣誉理学博士（Doctor of Science）学位。目前担任世界科技出版公司主席及总编辑和新加坡南洋理工大学高等研究所永久创所所长。潘教授于2009年当选声誉卓著的美国物理学会院士，2014年当选新加坡国家科学院院士。
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