孙祥生1975年出生于河南省虞城县。作为一个在中原贫困农村长大的年轻教师,他有着一段从农村成长到城市求学、工作和生活的艰难历程,这一过程培养了他独立、勤奋、进取的性格。他说:“对于一个长期在生活底层挣扎的人来讲,有着更多的艰辛与磨难,有着更多改变自身命运的渴求与梦想,有着更多的对社会公正的渴望与追求。 Sun Xiangsheng was born in Yucheng County, Henan Province in 1975. As a young teacher who grew up in impoverished rural areas of the Central Plains, he had a difficult journey of growing up from rural areas to studying, working and living in the cities. This process helped him develop his independent, diligent and enterprising character. He said: ”For a man struggling for a long time in the bottom of his life, he has more hardships and hardships, more cravings and dreams to change his destiny, and more desire and pursuit for social justice."