Lieu Tri Vu (born 1988 in Wuhan, China) comes from a traditional family, her mother is an excellent engineer and her father is a Physics teacher at a famous high school in the province. Lieu Tri Vu inherited smart genes from her parents and was exposed to knowledge from a young age.
One-time mathematical genius
While in kindergarten, while other children played, Lieu Tri Vu was introverted, liked to sit alone and rarely talked to others.
Talking about this time, Lieu Tri Vu said he always felt empty. He chose to be friends with books instead of associating with children his own age. The book was also Lieu Tri Vu’s only friend while growing up.
Lieu Vu Tri when he was young. (Photo: 163.com)
When he was in 4th grade, his parents encouraged him to join the local Math gifted class. Thanks to being studious since childhood, it was not difficult for Lieu Tri Vu to get into this class. Since then, the boy who thought life was boring suddenly felt new and interesting things around life.
In 2003, Liu Zhiyu was admitted to Middle School No. 1 affiliated with China Normal University. This is a prestigious school, ranked top in the country but is especially strict with students participating in the Math Olympiad.
At that time, Lieu Tri Vu was quiet but quite aggressive. He spent all his time studying and completed more than 20 Math content in just his first year of high school. Increasingly showing his mathematical talent, Lieu Tri Vu participated in many large and small competitions, and was once called “the undefeated king” in all competitions by his friends.
Two years later, when he was just an 11th grade student, Lieu Tri Vu was selected for the national team to attend the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO).
As expected, Lieu Tri Vu and the Chinese team won the gold medal with a perfect score. This is considered a worthy achievement for the Chinese boy after 100 days of studying so hard that he forgot to eat and sleep.
Lieu Tri Vu excelled in surpassing the German genius Peter Schultz, becoming an event that consumed a lot of paper and pen for the world press at that time.
Everyone thought that the young man from Wuhan would later become an outstanding researcher in Mathematics, but Lieu Tri Vu’s decision later shocked Chinese public opinion at that time.
Lieu Tri Vu suddenly became a monk. (Photo: 163.com)
Refused a prestigious university to become a monk
After returning from the International Math Olympiad, Lieu Tri Vu’s mentality completely changed. Instead of trying to conquer new heights, he slipped in life and education.
Lieu Tri Vu becomes increasingly conflicted inside. At the peak of his 12th grade year, he was both excited about his mathematical achievements and confused because he didn’t know if he was truly passionate about fame.
Since childhood, Lieu Tri Vu has always struggled to find justice. One time, he wrote an anonymous letter accusing his teacher of raising his physical education score.
Later, after conquering a few peaks, the genius boy gradually lost interest in Mathematics. He no longer feels happy when he achieves good results, he only wants to aim for spiritual liberation.
Lieu Tri Vu began to hate a society that chases money and fame. What he was looking for was freedom, looking to philosophy to find direction for himself.
