foreshadowing the Cultural Revolution. During the Cultural Revolution, Lü Zhengcao was persecuted. Ye was implicated in a case involving Xiong and was persecuted as well. Ye suffered from continued abuse and developed mental health issues. In 1969, he was released back to Peking University, but was still isolated as "a suspect of a Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics agent". When his student Qian Sanqiang met him and attempted to greet him, Ye asked his student to leave him to avoid potentially implicating Qian. Other than Qian, Zhao Yuanren, Ren Zhigong, Lin Jiaqiao, Dai Zhenduo, Chen Ning Yang requested visits with him, but received refusals from the government. In 1975, his isolation was ended and his students Chen Daisun, Wu Youxun, Wang Zhuxi and Qian Weichang were finally able to visit him. Ye died on January 13, 1977. Awards In 2000, the Chinese Physical Society established five prizes, namely the Hu Gangfu prize, Rao Yutai prize, Ye Qisun prize, Wu Youxun prize and Wang Ganchang prize in recognition of five pioneers of modern physics in China. The Ye Qisun Prize is awarded to physicists involved in Condensed matter physics. Contribution Ye Qisun was a renowned Chinese physicist and one of the founders of modern physics in China. Many famous scientists, such as Zhao Yuanren, Ren Zhigong, Lin Jiaqiao, Dai Zhenduo, Chen Ning Yang, Chen Daisui, Wu Youxun, Wang Zhuxi, Tsung-Dao Lee, Qian Sanqiang, Chien Wei-zang were his students. In 1999, Chinese government awarded 23 founding fathers of Chinese space program as "Fathers of Two Bombs (atomic bomb and hydrogen bomb) and One Star (artificial satellite)". Over half of them used to be his students; therefore, Ye was generally hailed as "the master of masters". References Category:1977 deaths Category:1898 births Category:Educators from Shanghai Category:Harvard University alumni Category:Members of Academia Sinica Category:Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Category:National Southwestern Associated University faculty Category:Peking University faculty Category:Physicists from Shanghai Category:Tsinghua University alumni Category:Tsinghua University faculty Category:University of Chicago alumni Category:Victims of the Cultural Revolution