作为当代著名的经济学家、教育家、人口学家,马寅初被誉为“民族瑰宝”。他一生勤于学习,乐于钻研,留下了一段佳话,为后人所仰慕。马寅初在美国多年,精通英文,亦会德文和法文。1951年,时年70岁的马寅初任政务院财经委副主任,他开始学习俄语。理由很简单,为了革命工作的需要,要研究苏联经济理论就必须掌握俄语。有人劝他说:“年纪大了,记忆力衰退 As a contemporary famous economist, educator and demographer, Ma Yinchu is reputed as ”national treasure“. His life diligent in learning, willing to study, leaving a story, admired for posterity. Ma Yinchu in the United States for many years, proficient in English, German and French also. In 1951, at the age of 70, Ma Yinchu was appointed Deputy Director of the Financial and Economic Committee of the State Council and began to learn Russian. The reason is very simple. In order to meet the needs of the revolutionary work, it is imperative to master Russian economy in order to study the Soviet economic theory. Someone advised him: ”old age, memory decline