The Chinese prodigy studied for a doctorate at the age of 16 and is still living with his parents at nearly 30

Truong Han Duong was once considered one of the most famous prodigies in China. However, the life of this “prodigy” is also the subject of much controversy.

Born in 1995 in Panjin town, Liaoning Duong province, coming from a family gia ‘s family usually has parents who are civil servants.

Duong’s parents revealed that when naming their child, they tried to look up a dictionary to find a meaningful name. And “Han Duong ” with the meaning “shining torch”, unexpectedly his future studies will be as bright as his name.

At the age of 2, the boy recognized thousands of typed Chinese characters. Gia has extremely fast cognition and continuously surpasses grade levels.

Once complained about learning in class being too slow and not suitable for Duong’s ability to absorb, it only took 2 years to complete secondary school.< /p>

When he was 10 years old, Duong became the youngest university student in China. Experts commented that this prodigy’s learning process can be summed up in two words “speedy”.

In 2011, at the age of 16, Duong became a doctoral student in applied mathematics at Hang University. No Beijing. This is one of the top schools in the city.

At this time, Duong received public attention because of the “unworthy” controversy. He asked his parents in his hometown of Liaoning to gather money to buy him an apartment in Beijing worth about 275,000 USD before leaving his hometown to go to school.

At that time, the central television station China’s CCTV reported on the incident. Duong threatened that if his parents didn’t buy a house, he would give up his master’s degree and not study for a doctorate.

Finally, Duong’s parents rented an apartment and lied to their son about buying it.

Buying a house get a good job and household registration in Beijing and then become a city resident. That’s success. My parents want me to stay here, so I should try my best for that goal,” Duong said.

After completing his doctorate in 2019, Duong became a university lecturer in Ninh Ha. But only 2 The following year, he quit his job.

Currently, at the age of nearly 30, Duong does not have a permanent full-time job, a bank account with a negligible amount of money, and lives in a rented apartment in Shanghai. and completely financially dependent on their parents.

“They owe me money to buy a house. If at that time they tried to buy it, now the price of the apartment has reached 14 million USD,” Duong said.

Duong’s perspective on life has also changed now. He believes that “sitting around and Doing nothing is the key to lifelong happiness.”

Currently, the life story of the once “child prodigy” is receiving heated discussion on the Chinese online community.

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“It’s clear that he is an undeniable talent. But Duong’s parents were obsessed with raising their child as a prodigy, so he ended up making up for his stolen childhood in another direction,” an account on Weibo commented.

But also There is an opinion that Duong is a typical example of “the fall of a prodigy”.  

It’s not like he suddenly became like this. Duong must have given up after trying to escape many times but failing” said one opinion.

Meanwhile, Mr. Zhang Yuehui, a lecturer who was Duong’s former teacher, believes that his student still has time to “do great things” if he really wants to strive.