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Wang Yanan was born in 1910 and devoted his entire life to teaching and doing research on Marxian political economics and supporting student movements.

At the beginning of 1949, Wang had to stay in Hong Kong to survive the so called “darkness before the dawn”. According to his friend Tao Dayong, who lived downstairs and worked nights, Wang arose well before dawn every day to study and write. So before Tao was ready for bed early each morning, the light in Wang’s room was already on.

Another example of Wang’s hard work was his discipline in learning for-eign languages. There were times during the war when his entire school had no rice to eat. Wang, together with some of his students, went to the gov-ernment in Hunan Province to ask for rice, and even while staying in the hotel there, Wang arose early every morning to read German aloud.
During the Cultural Revolution, when Wang was forced to stay home and write self-criticisms, he never missed a single day of studying French. Within only a few months he was able to read the French version of Chairman Mao books, and he happily wrote to his daughter, “I’m able to understand another language now, meaning I’ve got one more crutch to help me with translation work in the future.”

In order to devote more time to work, Wang set up a rule for himself: “No theater except on Sunday.” He never broke his rule, even when he was in Shanghai and his favorite ballet group came to perform for two days. Wang was very excited about seeing the performance, but did not because none of the performances were on Sunday. While he was ill in the hospital, he wrote to the Party, “If one stops working even for one day, what’s the pointing of living a life?” [Personally, I could think of lots of points!]
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王亚南——科学献身精神

王亚南，生于1910年，毕生从事教育工作、马克思政治经济学研究和学生运动。

在解放初期，王亚南被迫前往香港以度过“黎明前的黑暗”时期。据王的朋友陶大勇叙述，他住在王亚南的楼下并上夜班，王亚南每天天亮前就已经起床学习、写作，所以每次他下班回来睡觉时，王亚南房间的灯已经亮了。
从王亚南学习外语时的自律也可以看出其学习之努力。在抗战时期，他的学校经常断粮。王亚南就会带着他的学生到湖南政府索要米粮，这时，即使是住在旅店里，他仍然坚持每天早晨起床朗读德语。

在文革期间，王亚南被迫在家写自我批评，这个时候他坚持学习法语，一天也不曾落下。短短几个月后，他就可以通读毛泽东作品的法语译本。在一封写给女儿的信中，他写道：“我又学会一门语言了，这意味着，我获得了在未来的翻译工作中的又一得力助手！”。

为了把更多的时间用于工作，王亚南给自己制定了一条守则：非星期天不看影剧。他从未违反过这条守则，即使是在上海，当时他最爱的芭蕾舞团要进沪进行为期两天的表演。他当时非常激动，但是却没有去观看，因为没有一场表演是在星期天举行。他生病住院时，还写了信给他的组织，说：“如果一个人暂停了一天的工作，那他的人生规划还有什么意义呢？”。