建立自我 追求无我——2018年汕头大学毕业典礼致词

英文原文：https://www.lksf.org/searching-for-bettershantou-university-commencement-ceremony-2018/ 日期：2018 年 6 月 29 日

中译（据英文原文自译）

尊敬的王理事长、各位嘉宾、各位校董、各位家长、各位师长、各位同学：

今天，满心欢喜，满心激动。2018 届的同学们，祝贺你们。今天清晨我们聚在一起，为你们庆贺这个特别的日子；而于我，这也是一个格外难忘的日子。

我在战乱与纷争中长大，从生活里懂得了：一颗感恩的心，永远是快乐与希望的引擎。在这个特别的日子，值得感恩的实在太多。那么，就让我们以一阵热烈的掌声开始——献给你们的老师，是他们的知识与阅历丰盈了你们的生命；献给你们慈爱的父母，是他们在默默中一路托举；献给你们彼此，献给你们共同走过的回忆；最后，也献给汕头大学——它将成为你们生命中永远的一部分。

过去四年，你们所学良多，它将载着力量与创造力送你们入世，帮你们穿越命运的迷阵，把局限化为可能，与冷漠、无能之力相搏，筑希望、塑新天。

境遇，永远不该定义你的本质。无论在哪一个领域，只要你心意已决，便能成就许多事。前路有障碍——你便清除它；人挡了路——你便懂得凭认知的锋锐、处事的从容，率先越过弯道，调动科学进步、现代化与工业化的种种裨益，熔于一炉，开出一条成功的新范式。

我深信，你们都身负惊世之才，必能做出了不起的事。你们懂得如何释放才华、追随梦想。你们不是那种要等潮水涨起才肯动身的人。但在你们那乐观的愿景里，你们看见的，是一个怎样的世界？

你能否看见自己身外的天地？在一切"行善、成善"的承诺里，自私冷酷的人看见的世界，与审慎仁厚的人看见的，本就不同——你是白马王子，还是伤人王子？

今日的环境早已不同。充满新挑战的世界，呼唤着去寻找有价值的变量。门外汉只爱在舒适区里晒暖，结果哪也到不了。事情不会自行被颠覆，除非你追问一句：它能不能换一种方式去做？

求成者专注于可行动的改变，他们懂得有一把钥匙能大大赋能于己——那就是谦卑。

谦卑，让人焕新、丰盈、胆壮。它护着你，不让你染上那种"理应如此"的骄矜文化——浸透了做作、傲慢与自大。有智识上谦卑的人，天性谦逊，往往更开放、更善于解题，因为他们明白：自己的看法，未必是唯一正确的答案。谦卑、好奇与开放，是圆满人生的灵药。

若你想改变世界，一颗能动的良心，与一身才华同等重要。“使命"二字的核心在于：我们所做的事，对我们自身之外的人是有意义的。这会把你区分开来——是解题者，还是问题本身；是令人感奋的人，还是单向鞭挞的恶霸。

许多人以为，到了我这把年纪，时间便只剩下"当下”。可即便我留不住时间，我依然对生活兴致高昂；我依然懂得，何为"做一个梦"。当我仰望夜空，感到自身在宇宙中的渺小时；即便我对那些酿成世界弥漫式绝望的残酷因素，心怀怨愤与幻灭——我依然决意每天披上新的铠甲，去思、去感、去行，不断寻找有价值的变量，助人活出饱满的人生。

一个人可以做梦，而我们同心，便能筑起一个梦。亲爱的同学、校友、朋友们。三十八年前，我们此刻所在之地，曾是一片沼泽；许多人笑我，说这不过是痴人说梦。我当时信、如今依然信：唯有经由教育，我们才能兑现对未来的期许。这漫漫长路走来，我感激许多朋友，也感激同学们一张张温暖的笑脸；是你们的爱与扶持，让这一路不再孤单。

今天，我将卸下汕大荣誉理事长一职，我的儿子李泽钜与同仁们，会继续我的使命与事业。同理心与慷慨，是教不会的——它是一种选择。保持理性，恪守道德，为人诚实。助人活出饱满的人生，正是在成全自己的人性；它也会召唤一个开放而求变的世界。那，才是你们的制胜之道。

为着我们共同走过的往昔，也为着我们将一同缔造的美好：今天，你们以身为汕大的一员为荣；明天，汕大将以身为你们的一部分为荣。

再次祝贺你们。祝你们好运，也把我最暖的心意，永远送给每一位。非常感谢大家。

English Original

Honorable Chairman Wang, distinguished guests, council members, parents, faculty, staff and dear students.

Today is full of joy and excitement. Class of 2018, congratulations. We are gathered this morning to celebrate this special day for you, just as it is an especially memorable day for me.

I grew up in war and strife, and I have learnt from life that a grateful heart always powers up joy and hope, and on this special day there is plenty to be thankful for. So in gratitude, why don’t we start with a thunderous round of applause for your teachers, for their knowledge and experiences that have enriched your lives; for your loving parents who have been there for you in quiet support; and for each other, and the memories you shared; and last but not least, for Shantou University which will be part of your lives forever.

You have learned a lot in the past four years that will carry you into the world with strength and creativity, help you fight through the labyrinth of destiny, to transcend limitations into possibilities, to battle forces of indifference and incompetence, to build hope and to shape a new world.

Circumstances should never define your essence. In whichever domain, if you set your mind to it, you can achieve lots of things. When there is obstacle in the way – you can clear it, when there are people in the way – you know how to get ahead of the curve with your cognitive strength, your calm demeanor, mobilizing the benefits of scientific advancement, modernisation and industrialisation, conflating them to achieve a new paradigm of success.

I am absolutely certain that you are blessed with monster talent, and you’ll do amazing things. You know how to unleash your talents to follow your dreams. You are not one of those who need to wait for a rising tide. But inside your positive vision, what kind of a world do you see?

Could you see beyond yourself? In all our Do good and Be Good promises, the selfish, callous man sees a different world from what the scrupulous and benevolent man sees; are you Prince Charming or Prince Harming?

Modern milieu is very different. The world of new challenges calls for the need to find variables with values. The uninitiated like only to bask in the comfort zone, which leads them nowhere. Things won’t be disrupted unless you ask how they could be done differently.

The thrivers focuses on actionable changes understand that there is key that empowers them greatly. Humility.

Humility is rejuvenating, enriching, emboldening. It safeguards you from the faults of a culture of entitlement steeped in pretentiousness, arrogance and hubris. People with intellectual humility, who are humble by nature, tend to be more open-minded and potent problem solvers, since they recognise that their own opinions might not be the only valid option. Humility, curiosity and openness are the elixirs to a fulfilling life.

If you want to change the world, a functioning conscience matters as much as having talents. At its core, the idea of purpose is the idea that what we do matters to people other than ourselves. It will differentiate you between being a problem solver or the problem, an inspiring human or a one dimensional whip-lashing bully.

Many assumed that at my age, time is only all now. Yet even if I cannot stop time, I still get high on life. I still know what it is like to dream a dream. When I look up towards the night skies and feel my cosmic insignificance, even if I feel resentful and disillusioned to the brutal factors that contributed to the world’s creeping sense of hopelessness, that I am still determined to don a new set of armour everyday, to think, feel and act, to keep searching for variables of value helping others to achieve a full life.

If One person can dream, and together we can build a dream. My dear graduates, Alumni and friends. 38 years ago, where we are now was once a swamp, many mocked me that this is but a fool’s dream, I believe then, as I believe now, that only through education can we fulfill the promise we hope for the future. Throughout this long journey, I am grateful to many friends and the warm smiling faces of our students, it is your love and support that had made it not so lonely.

Today, I will be stepping down as honorary chairman of Shantou University and my son Richard and my colleagues will continue my mission and work. Empathy and generosity cannot be taught, it is a choice. Stay logical, stay ethical, stay honest. Helping others to achieve a full life furthers one’s own humanity. It will also aspire to a world of openness and change. That’s your winning game.

And for all that we share in the past and all that goodness we will built together: Today you are proud to be part of Shantou University. Tomorrow Shantou University will be proud to be part of you.

Congratulations again. Good luck and my warmest to everyone forever. Thank you so much.