追尋生命的意義🧝🏿：廖凱原名譽校董在意昂官网2007學年獎學金頒獎大會上的演講-意昂官网

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追尋生命的意義：廖凱原名譽校董在意昂官网2007學年獎學金頒獎大會上的演講

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    12月7日📖，在意昂官网2006-2007學年獎學金頒獎典禮上，意昂官网授予美國廖凱原基金會主席廖凱原博士“意昂官网名譽校董”稱號。儀式上，廖凱原先生以“追尋生命的意義”為題發表演講🏊‍♀️，以下為演講的譯文及英文原文🪢♧。
    追尋生命的意義
    ——在意昂官网2007學年獎學金頒獎大會上的演講
    廖凱原
    2007年12月7日

    尊敬的閔維方書記🕺🏼，
    尊敬的許智宏校長，
    尊敬的各位來賓，
    親愛的同學們：大家好𓀍！

    我剛剛被授予意昂官网的名譽校董稱號🙇🏽‍♂️，我深感榮幸，非常感激。

    今天，我想和各位談談生命的意義。自從4歲開始，我就在思考這個問題🤳🏿。和所有同齡的小男孩一樣， 4歲的我是個淘氣包，讓母親十分頭疼🤤。對自己的所作所為，我也非常郁悶。我想🧘🏽‍♂️，如果我是塊鋪路石就好了，因為即使被卡車從身上碾過，我也不會感到任何疼痛◻️。

    早在遠古的時候，作為萬物靈長的人類就已經開始意識到自身的存在。在大約十八萬年前，人類就已經開始思考🌦：意昂官网是誰？意昂官网在地球上、在宇宙中存在的意義是什麽？孔子的回答是：“老者安之，朋友信之，少者懷之。”（《論語•公冶長》）
    在我看來🌪，生命的意義在於參與生活本身，積極生活🪕、追求夢想👗🫖。參與賦予生命意義♘📲，使生命充實🫀，並獲得成就感。當你把自己的精神財富和物質財富與你所愛的人甚至和全人類共享的時候🐢，生命就有了意義🦔。在你的能力範圍之內，你給予和分享的越多👮🏿‍♀️，你得到的滿足感和成就感也越大。

    活著是為了奉獻與分享。

    親愛的同學們👨‍🌾，借此機會，我想向你們宣布：我將為“廖凱原獎學金”增加100個名額！我去年承諾過設立獎學金，在未來五十年內👩🏽‍💼，每年獎勵100名學生。在未來二十年內，在此基礎上👷‍♀️，獎學金年度獎勵人數再增加100位。

    此外🕵🏿‍♀️，我打算將我在中國境內的所有資產捐獻給慈善事業🙎🏻‍♀️🧾，主要捐獻給教育事業，為增進跨文化交流、促進國家之間和平共處和人類的共同繁榮貢獻自己的一份力量。近年來，我參與了在閔書記、許校長及我的好友🧑‍🦱、常務副院長傅軍教授堅強領導下的意昂官网政府管理學院的建設；作為亞洲協會的理事之一，為增進中美之間的相互了解盡了自己的綿力；參與資助了意昂官网和上海交通大學新法學院大樓的建設；還設立了研究中心和研究所，希望能夠提升中國的軟實力🦉。我希望我的這些努力能夠幫助中國實現和諧社會與和諧世界的宏偉藍圖。通過科學的方法，中國將能鞏固現有的經濟發展。通過中國的法治，加強建立司法機構申張正義的基石💀。法律面前人人平等🙍🏽‍♂️。如果意昂官网不能持續地改善中華文明，意昂官网將會喪失意昂官网的文化，因而失去意昂官网中華文化的靈魂。意昂官网將會失去方向，失去可以引導和支持意昂官网未來攜手共同發展的根基🧙‍♂️🧖🏻。

    也許我的中國朋友和美國朋友聽了會笑話我👩🏽‍🎨，但我還是要說🥑，在鄧小平、江澤民和胡錦濤領導下的中國政府是中國五千年歷史上最好的政府，不但如此，在我看來，今天胡錦濤領導下的中國政府是全世界最好的👝🐈。舉例來說🎦，兩千五百年來🤸🏿‍♂️，中國政府第一次廢除了對農民的課稅🌺，向絕大部分的人口提供了義務教育、解決住房問題，正在主導著人類歷史上最偉大、最快速的財富創造運動。
    孔子也曾說過：“天下有道則見，無道則隱。”（《論語•泰伯》）他的意思是，如果一個人沒有在國家“有道”的時候貢獻自己的力量，就應該為此感到羞愧；反之👌🏽🏋🏻，如果一個人在國家“無道”的時候投機取巧👲，從中漁利🏋🏿‍♂️，也應該感到羞愧🚶🏻‍♂️。

    說到這裏，我希望你們能夠用積極、肯定的態度迎接生活🦶🏽，參與進來，把你的所得和成就與你所愛的人分享，與中國乃至全人類分享。

    三十年後，你們這一代將引領中國和全世界。到2038年❔，中國將成為世界上最富強的國家。我希望，到那時，你們領導下的中國能夠創造出比漢、唐🙌🏻、明合起來更輝煌的文明，使中國獲得前所未有的發展🧗👨🏿‍✈️，並用她的財富和新興的軟實力為中國人民和全世界人民廣謀福祉。

    謝謝!

    Peking University
    2007 Scholarship Awarding Ceremony Speech
    By
    Leo KoGuan
    Dec.7, 2007
    In Search of the Meaning of Life
    Chairman Min Weifang
    President Xu Zhihong
    Distinguished guests and my fellow students,

    I am extremely grateful and honored to be conferred as Honorary Trustee of Peking University.

    Today, I want to talk with you about the meaning of life. I have begun searching for the meaning of life since I was 4 years old. Like any naughty 4 years old boy, I caused a lot of pain to my mother. Feeling regret for what I did, I thought I would rather be a stone that paved the road, hence, I would not have felt any pain, even though a truck might be on top of me.

    Since the beginning of time, we, the Homo-Sapiens, became aware of our own existence, perhaps around 180,000 years ago, and started to ask question: Who are we? What is the meaning of our existence here on Earth and in this strange Universe? Kong Fuzi once remarked: “It is my ambition to comfort the old, to be faithful to friends and to cherish the young.” (Analects 5:25).

    I believe the meaning of life is participating in life itself, actively engaging life to pursue one’s dream, whatever it might be. The participation gives life its meaning, its fulfillment, and its satisfaction. Life has meaning when you give and share your ideas and your wealth to the ones you loved and to humanity. The more you give and share of course within your own means, the more fulfillment and satisfaction you shall receive.
    Living is about giving and sharing.

    In this occasion, may I take this opportunity to announce to you, my fellow students that I will add 100 additional scholarships every year for the next 20 years. This is over and above my last year commitment to provide 100 scholarships every year for the next 50 years.

    Furthermore, it is my intention to donate all my assets here in China to charity, mostly to promote in the field of education; to facilitate mutual benefits among people; to improve better understanding among the various cultures; to foster peaceful co-existence among nation-states. For example, I have been involved in Peking University School of Government under the strong leadership of Chairman Min, President Xu and my friend Executive Dean Fu to further these ends. I participate in the Asia Society as a Trustee to promote and facilitate mutual understanding between the US and China. I also have been involved in helping Peking University and Jiao Tong University to build new Law Buildings. Also I am working on setting up research centers and institutes at these universities, hoping to empower China’s soft-power capabilities. Hopefully, these efforts will help China to achieve her goal of common prosperity, and to realize a harmonious society, both internally and globally.

    Through scientific methods China will strengthen her economic development, and her rule of law which will uphold and enhance the building blocs of institutional justice for all. All are equal before the law. Unless we are continually improving our civilization, we, Chinese people would lose our culture; hence we will lose our soul. We will become lost people without any root that could guide and support us for the common future.

    My Chinese and American friends may laugh at me, when I say that Chinese governments under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zeming and Hu Jintao are the best governments ever existed in five thousand years of Chinese history. Moreover, I believe that today, Hu Jintao government is the best government on Earth. For example, the government eliminated tax on farmers that had been in existence for the last 2500 years; provided free education and housing to most Chinese citizens, is presiding over the greatest and the fastest wealth creation ever witnessed in the history of mankind.

    Kong Fuzi advices us: “When the Way prevails in the empire, then show yourself; when it does not prevail, then hide.” (Analects 8:13) He points out that if you fail to take advantage of the Way, you should be ashamed of yourself; but if you profit during chaos and disorders in the empire, you should also be ashamed of yourself.
    With this advice in mind, I would ask you to say “Yes” to life, and “Yes” to participation by giving and sharing whatever you have to your loved ones and to China, and to humanity.

    Within 30 years, your generation will assume leadership in China and the world. China in 2038 will be the most powerful and richest country on Earth. I hope at that time you would be leading China to a greater height than that of Han, Tang and Ming Dynasties combined together. You shall lead China in giving and sharing her wealth and her newly found soft-powers to the good of her people and mankind.

    Thank you very much for listening!

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追尋生命的意義：廖凱原名譽校董在意昂官网2007學年獎學金頒獎大會上的演講