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6 Indy Asian American Times Friday, Jan 06, 2017 Community 社区 2017 年 01月 06日 星期五 HOW DOES BEING A 包公 CHINESE AMERICAN SET BAO GONG - “To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a Dr. Patrick Lau was ME APART FROM MY PEERS disgrace.” ~ Confucius born in Hong Kong and immigrated to the U.S. by Jason Shaw after high school. He retired from the VA Jason is a Junior at Carmel High School, he is the placed second place.Because of the intense learning Northern Indiana Heath recipient of 2016 Indiana Association of Chinese environment pressed by the Asian American math Care System where he Americans (IACA) Telamon Scholarship first place counts community, I was able to find strength and served as Chief Radiologist winner in the high school category. The criteria of respect from my peers amidst my weakness by and moved to Florida winning the scholarship is based on community adopting a perfectionist mentality. with his wife in 2011. He involvements, leadership and a titled essay by IACA. As an Asian American, science has had a strong was an active member & Congratulations to Jason Shaw and best wishes to his influence over my lifestyle.As both of my parents contributor of IACA and future endeavors. are scientists, I have been mesmerized by the Bao Zheng包拯(999-10620), a historic figure and ICMA while in Indiana. alluring complexity of science.During my summer an exceptional governmental official in the Northern Dr. Lau is also a scholar of art and literature and as a sophomore, I was blessed by the opportunity Song Dynasty (960-11270), was born in now Hefei a prolific writer, he has to meet Dr. Chao-Hung Lee, one of the very first in Anhui Province. He grew up in a low working been a dedicated columnist researchers in the field of molecular biology who class neighborhood. He understood the hardships attended the field’s birth at Colorado Springs.Under for Indy Asian American and burden of poverty; this made him hate corrupted Times since 2010. his tutelage, I developed a strong love for molecular officials, and he resolved to uphold justice and honesty. biology and gained decentlaboratory skills.Most He passed the highest-level imperial examinations and immense pressure, interference and threat from the importantly, I learned the significance of science to bestowed the title of Jinshi進士; and he was appointed imperial family. Asian Americans.After a lecture one day, Dr. Lee as Magistrate of Jianchang County. However, he The case of Wild Cat Switched for Crown Prince ( explained to me that numerous recently immigrated forfeited the opportunity to serve, returning home to 狸貓換太子): There are different versions. When Li, Chinese Americans, like his teaching assistant, Bob, render care for his aging parents for 10 years until they one of Emperor Zhenzong’s concubines gave birth to felt lost due to the novelty and complexity of the passed away. a baby boy, another wicked concubine, Liu, conspired American society;usually, it was science that enabled Bao was then appointed a magistrate of justice. with eunuch Guo Huai, andsecretly swapped the Asian Americans to distinguish themselves.“We aren’t His unsurpassed wisdom, aptitude, righteousness, newborn with a dead wild cat. The emperor banished good at politics, nor can we break the glass ceiling in integrity, inexorability and courage impressed Emperor Li. Concubine Liu acted as the baby’s mother and Hollywood,” says Dr. Lee, “but science will always Renzong, who assigned him to important offices. Bao became the empress. The boy eventually was enthroned be the key to our success in this new world.” One was famous for his robust sense of fairness, and his as Emperor Renzong. Li filed a complaint to Bao of the reason why a majority of Asians pursued science as a proficiency to differentiate truth from falsehood. And conspiracy. Bao extracted a confession from Guo Huai career path was because the principles of science were he was most known for his incorruptibility. by disguising as Yan Luo, god of the underworld to try harmonious with the Asian principles of hard work, Bao was officially granted three large knives鍘刀 by him. Bao executed him. Later on, Emperor Renzong perseverance, and eventual payoff. Lee also explained the emperor to execute specific individuals according recognized Li as his biological mother. that his success was due to his limitless hours devoted to status committing capital crimes. The first knife The Case of Two Nails (雙釘記): Bao was to science.Dr. Lee himself was an immigrant and was decorated with a dog’s head 犬頭鍘to execute investigating the suspicious death of a man. The had spent countless hours in the laboratory until he Throughout my life, my Asian heritage has helped commoners, the second one with a tiger’s head 虎頭鍘 coroner could not find any evidence of bodily injury and established himself as one of the leading researchers for corrupt officials, and the third one with a dragon’s he ruled the cause of death as natural. Discussing the me develop my character.Attributes such aslove in molecular biology. Hearing Dr. Lee’s story had for science, work ethic, and desire to benefit my head 龍頭鍘for royal personages and aristocracies. He case with his wife, the coroner was told that he should strengthened my cultural connections to science.After was authorized to punish any person without obtaining have examined the cadaver’s skull; a person could be community were shaped by my culture. I left Dr. Lee’s workshop, my newfound connection to My Asian American heritage has played an essential approval first from the emperor. Bao was bestowed the murdered by forcefully hammering a long nail into his science through my Asian heritage greatly amplified title of Bao Gong (Lord Bao). brain while asleep, and the wound would be concealed role in shaping my work ethic and my habits.Growing my desire to pursue a scientific career. up, I was taught by my parents as first-generation Bao’s well-known cases were: The Case of Chen by his hair. The next morning, the coroner discovered a Through my Asian American Heritage, I was also Shimei (鍘美案): Chen Shimei, a poor scholar, long nail, the murder weapon. Bao arrested the widow immigrants to America the principles of working able to adopt a sense of duty to my community. I used hard and having high standards. Since I was very married Qin Xianglian, and they had two children. who, upon interrogating, confessed to adultery and to view volunteering as insignificant since current Chen travelled to the capital to take the Imperial homicide. She was executed. Bao then questioned the young, my parents have placed me in a rigorous Asian large-scale non-profit organizations such as the training regimen that consisted of endless study during examination. After winning the first place, he lied coroner’s wife and learned that her previous husband Salvation Army—although noble—do very little to about his marriage and married the emperor’s suffered a sudden death. After unearthing her first weekdays as well as six-hours-worth of extracurricular enact any real change.However, I witnessed history math and English classes during weekends.Under daughter. A famine compelled Qin to go to the capital husband’s body, a nail was found in his skull. this year when I campaigned for an Asian Candidate, with her children to look for her husband. But Chen In Chinese opera, Bao is always theatrically portrayed this productive learning environment, I successfully Lin Zheng, for a position in the School Board.It was developed a strong work ethic.Later in life, my sense did not acknowledge them and refused to help them. having a stern black face. The black face is a symbol a cold and rainy day when my mother and I began He ordered his servant Han Qi to murder his family to of impartiality, uprightness, justice, selflessness and of hard work proved useful. When I applied for my to pass flyers to individuals in line for voting at a first job during high school, I was selected to work cover up the secret. Sympathetic to Qin’s plight, Han integrity of a bold official in ancient China. nearby booth.I experienced a sense of apathy since I helped them to escape and killed himself. Eventually, at Coldstone. I was one of the few sophomores in was only able to distribute a small number of flyers my high school who held a job.My hard work and Qin brought her case to Bao who impartially tried 古今該曉黑顏腮，明察秋毫把案裁。 to voters during my two-hour shift.However, on the Chen and convicted him. Bao executed him albeit 治腐懲貪民喜愛，包公青史載芳來。 diligence certainly helped in landing this part-time job. day election results were announced, I was surprised to My distaste for imperfection as well as my strong hear that Zheng had won a seat on the school board— desire for self-improvement have also stemmed from the first Asian American in Indiana to do so. At that Indiana Association of Chinese Americans my development as an Asian.The Asian American moment, I realized that my previous conviction about educational community can be best described as a volunteering was wrong. Consequently, I developed a Year of the Rooster 2017 competitive environment. In my middle school, I sense of duty to my community as I gradually increased participated in Mathcounts and became assimilated into my social activitiesvolunteering at local charity events IACA Chinese New Year Banquet Celebration an academic community that was mainly composed of such as Trick or treat for Riley.Because I witnessed Asian Americans.