近日，有网友发现，张桂梅老师被写进了《中华人民共和国简史》（最新版）。
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“燃灯校长”张桂梅，一生致力于女孩教育工作。现年63岁的她，于2008年筹办了全国第一所免费公办女子高中——云南丽江华坪女子高级中学。
尽管学校地处偏远，教育资源并不丰富，但学校的本科率在云南丽江高居第一，迄今已帮助将近两千名贫困山区里的女孩走进大学。张桂梅不仅为女孩子提供免费教育，还数十年如一日的劝导女孩子努力学习，改变自身的命运。
Zhang Guimei has dedicated her life to improving girls' education in a remote, mountainous region in Southwest China's Yunnan Province by starting the country's first free high school for female students. Zhang, 63, the founder and principal of Huaping High School for Girls in Huaping county of Lijiang, Yunnan Province, is legendary not only because she started such a free school for girls who dropped out for economic reasons, but also her huge commitment for decades to persuade girls to study hard and change their destinies.
Despite its disadvantaged location and resources, Zhang's school ranked top on the rate of graduates entering universities in Lijiang. Since 2008, nearly 2,000 girls from Zhang's school have entered universities and change their lives via education.
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《简史》中写道，张桂梅“坚韧纯粹、甘当人梯”，用知识改变贫困山区女孩命运，用爱心和智慧点亮万千乡村女孩的人生梦想。书中还配有一张张桂梅和华坪县民族小学学生的合影。
The brief history described Zhang as a moral model who is willing to "burn herself to light others," and uses love and wisdom to help thousands of rural girls realize their dreams. A photo of Zhang smiling with her students in Huaping captured hearts.
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张桂梅的事迹感人至深，如今被写入《中华人民共和国简史》，也再度引发网友关注，占据社交媒体热搜榜首。
Her story has moved millions of Chinese people and is now written into a newly published Brief History of the People's Republic of China (PRC) — making a splash on social media on Thursday after the books reached readers. The hashtag of "Zhang being written into brief history of PRC" topped the most searched list on Thursday night.
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而在相关话题下，网友们的一句句“值得”，足以表达大家对张桂梅的敬佩：
"She deserves it!" read a comment on Sina Weibo regarding Zhang's being written into history.
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张桂梅 入选《感动中国》2020年度人物，也是“七一勋章”的获得者。
Zhang was recognized as one of the "10 people who moved China in 2020." She was also a recipient of China's July 1 medal.
在“七一勋章”颁授仪式上，张桂梅双手贴满止痛膏药，让无数人心疼不已。
“只要还有一口气，我就要站在讲台上，倾尽全力、奉献所有，九死亦无悔。”张桂梅在“七一勋章”颁授仪式上说。
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8月24日，张桂梅观看新生学习课间操。新华社记者 江文耀 摄
综合来源：中国青年报，新华网，Global Times
