Leaving, is to re-start

Leaving, is to re-start

——Speech by Zhou Qifeng, President of Beijing University, at the 2019 Graduate Graduation Ceremony

First of all, on this day worthy of our lifelong commemoration, on behalf of all the faculty and staff of the school, I would like to congratulate all of you who have graduated and will receive a doctoral degree from Peking University, and to maintain academic dignity in the process of studying and completing your dissertation. I am sincerely respectful of the meticulous, rigorous, solid and innovative work done!

On behalf of all members of the Peking University Degree Assessment Committee, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all the graduate tutors who have worked hard to train high-quality graduate students!

Yesterday, I was here to bid farewell to more than 3,000 undergraduate graduates, and today I will be here to say goodbye to your more than 6,000 graduate students. Although two months later, a large number of new students will enter Peking University and live in the dormitory where you have lived. Although it will bring me new excitement and joy, the blank of time and space left by your departure is still It is so unique, so it cannot be replaced!

Classmates, as of today, some of your classmates have studied at Peking University for two or three years, some in six or seven years, and some have reached nine or ten years. Whether it is longer or shorter, you have left a deep impression on your alma mater. After the Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan and the Yushu earthquake in Qinghai, you stood silently in the classroom, in the laboratory, on the road of travel. You went out of the library and donated your own book money or food expenses to the triangle. Some students even participated. The medical assistance or psychological rescue team rushed to the disaster area. In the 2008 Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games, as volunteers of the National Stadium, Peking University Stadium and other sports events, you have worked tirelessly for several months, and have won the dignity of the country with warm and thoughtful service. It has won friendship for the people, won a reputation for Peking University, and won the trust of the society for itself. Since then, the "Bird's Nest Generation" has become synonymous with the post-80s, and it has become the evidence of "the waves of the Yangtze River and the waves before the waves" and became the statement of "the talents of the Jiangshan generation." Although you self-adjusted "Don't be superstitious, brother is just a legend", but I believe that in these years of Peking University, you not only completed academic training, but also passed a thesis defense. You also confirmed your flying with the responsibility of responsibility. Youth, the flash of time, at any time, is not just a "legend"!

Now that I have completed my graduation defense, when I am about to leave, I can feel the attachment to my alma mater very deeply. These days, I saw a lot of classmates wearing graduated uniforms, riding the hot sun, taking a hot summer, three groups, five groups, taking pictures on campus. I saw that you never photographed Boya Tower in the famous lake, took the West Gate from the gym, stopped and stopped, and reluctantly wanted to put every gentleman, teacher, friend, classmate, and even the campus. Both are taken into the picture. I was also fortunate enough to be "hijacked" several times on the road, acting as a few "props". I hope that "hijacking" my classmates will give me one more message or email me. As the principal and teacher, this is our most valuable collection. In the days when you left Peking University, you may be able to take away the images of these past, you can not take away the grass and trees of the alma mater. But I believe that the patriotism for the people, the morality of science and democracy, the inclusiveness of the mind, the spirit of reform and innovation, and the rigorous academic attitude, even if you are thousands of miles away, you can still reminisce in the depths of your heart, because here It is the home of the spirit. This is the charm of the spirit!

Peking University has the spirit of Peking University, and society has social customs. Leaving Peking University and integrating into society, what is the spirit of Peking University? How do you think about the social atmosphere? I think, compared with undergraduates, you have had some experience, a little more mature, you have your own opinions, but I believe that you have There will also be contradictions, or "tangled." However, I am not prepared to solve the "tangled" prescription here. Yesterday I started from the World Cup and discussed life issues with undergraduates. I think today we will continue to look for inspiration from the World Cup.

It’s another World Cup! Frankly speaking, I’m a “pseudo-fan” and I don’t have time to watch a complete game. But in my heart, I always dream that the national football team can compete for the World Cup and laugh at the green field. I believe this is also the desire of many of your true fans. But the fake ball black curtain made me not see the light of dreams for a time. Football or sports, it has its spirit and value beyond the national race. If you succumb to the habit of counterfeiting and the custom of unspoken rules, then the World Cup will eventually drift away. In fact, each of us is an athlete on the pitch. If we give up the pursuit of obstinacy and the ethics of obstinacy, we succumb to the evils of fraud, plagiarism, and counterfeiting. In the field of science and technology, education, and talent, we end up. We will see that innovation will be farther away from us, fairness will be farther away from us, and civilization will be farther away from us. In the competition between countries and countries, our dream of a strong country will gradually drift away. We often entertain ourselves in the “cottage”, but I also hope that the “cottage” is just the way you entertain and not more.

Therefore, when a culture begins to erode the body of society, when a custom has already obscured people's hopes and dreams, I hope that you still remember, "Peking University is often a new, pioneer of improved sports, to make China a better Go on the road." If fraud is a habit, you will still not give up the spirit of scientific truth-seeking. If the unspoken rules become a clear rule, you still adhere to the concepts and principles of the rule of law. "While the old state of Zhou, its life is new." Culture needs to be passed down, and it must be improved and innovated in the inheritance. Changing the social customs and leading the social atmosphere, this is also destined to be the mission of our Peking University people to turn their backs and responsibilities!

It is not difficult to change the atmosphere and may need your life's pursuit and struggle, rather than a momentary flag shouting, not a moment of cynicism. When you leave Beijing University, you are a piece of sand and a drop of water scattered in every corner of the motherland. Only when you integrate into the soil of your life, you know where you are, you fall in love with people there, and you listen to their hopes. You dream of their dreams, and you may be able to break ignorance, break the staleness, break the stubbornness, break the prejudice, lead the living water, and open the atmosphere! You can have the idealism of "looking at the stars", but first you must choose A corner, then down to earth, step by step. I think this may be the deep meaning of Premier Jiabao’s "Fourth on the Ground" in the "May 4th" Youth Day for the North University. After today's ceremony, each classmate will receive a souvenir prepared by your alma mater. This is a book called "Western Songs", which is written by 30 Peking University alumni in the west of the roots. I believe that after reading, you will have some new feelings about "looking at the stars" and "down to earth". This year marks the tenth anniversary of the implementation of the strategy of developing the western region. I am delighted to see that more and more of our graduates have chosen to go to the grassroots level and go to the west to make contributions. I believe that your down-to-earth efforts will ignite the fire of hope for your realization of your beliefs and dreams. I believe that after a few years, you will build on the grassroots and in the west, worthy of predecessors, worthy of history, and worthy of youth. Performance and merit!

Classmates, you are about to start sailing, you are from the south of the Yangtze River, and finally have to go to the corner of the sea. At this moment of separation, in this moment of thanking the teacher for being kind, loving friendship, and feeling the youthful years, in this season of Yangliuyiyi, there are too many touches in our hearts, too much nostalgia, maybe a little bit regret. But I hope that when you pack your suitcase, leave it heavy, let the mood fly, lightly set sail, and start happily!

Today, you may have been accustomed to gloriously blooming in the spotlight, perhaps never showing yourself under the eyes of the public; perhaps you always listen silently, silently, silently, silently leaving. But leaving Peking University, the face of life is the stage of life. I wish you all the best in the front and behind the scenes, and you can always sing loudly and live wonderfully! No matter where you go, you can always feel that the Beijing University’s red building symbolizes scientific democracy stands in your heart. The purest unnamed lake water ripples in your heart, our common Peking University - she is here! Beside you, in your heart, watching you, inspiring you, supporting you, calling I am thinking of you!