Xiaoxia Lei 雷晓霞

About HUST

Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Motto: 明德、厚学、求是、创新 Virtue, Erudition, Truth, Innovation
The “University in the Forest.”
Near the East Lake of Wuhan.
Strong in Engineering, Medicine, Journalism, and Management.
Also famous for Quantitative Economics and Development Economics. Renowned scholars here:
Professor Peigang Zhang and Professor Shaogong Lin (I'm new here. Correct me if I am wrong!)

About My Almae Matres

Motto: 饮水思源，爱国荣校 Gratitude and Responsibility
Antai College of Economics and Management (ACEM), Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Message from the Dean Professor Fangruo Chen during my Ph.D.: Crisscross and Integration of Knowledge and Action.
The Department of Information, Technology and Innovation originated from the Institute of Systems Engineering, which was founded by Professor Zhongjun Zhang.

Motto: 经世济民，孜孜以求 To Persistently Strive for the Benefit of People and Society
School of Business Administration (SBA), Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Message from the Dean Professor Bintong Chen and Executive Dean Professor Gang Kou during my college years: Rooted in the West, Serving the Nation and the World. With the help of the Wharton School, University of Oxford, University of Delaware, Goldman Sachs, Disney, and other international partners, we (SBA) offer general management knowledge, broad global vision and in-depth practical experience to students.

Misc. of Misc.

Cat and Hiking.

Random Thoughts

古人学问无遗力，
少壮工夫老始成。
纸上得来终觉浅，
绝知此事要躬行。
— 陆游《冬夜读书示子聿》

A Seven-Character Quatrain by Lu You
(Monition to My Son When Reading at a Winter Night)
To gain ken ancients went out of their way,
Oft lifetime from salad days to heyday.
The true ken you must needs go all out for,
As what books ken so limited I’d say.

Life is a good metaphor. Blaise Pascal once wrote, “Man is only a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a thinking reed.” We shall not cease from exploration. We shall beat on, boats against the unknown.