无心睡眠2014汕头大学毕业典礼致词

英文原文：https://www.lksf.org/speech-by-mr-li-ka-shing-shantou-university-commencement-ceremony-june-27-2014/ 日期：2014 年 6 月 27 日

官方中文版

尊敬的刘明康教授、各位领导、各位嘉宾、老师们、同学们：

每年六月，能参加毕业典礼，分享同学们完成人生阶段里程碑的快乐时刻，我内心的欣喜，犹如自己毕业一样。我谨代表校董会仝人恭喜每一位同学，祝愿你们在天空海阔的人生大道上能实现理想，走出自己的宽坦大路。

可能因为网络上的许多讨论，最近很多朋友不约而同，积极向我推介各种酣眠良方，有气功的、有食疗的、有中西各种灵方妙药——希望我可以在晚上睡得好一点；朋友关怀那份浓厚情谊令我感动，但大家讨论我长夜里未能成眠的热切……对我却是一番鼓舞。我今年 85 岁，世态间各种个人得失，早被风风雨雨冲淡，还有何忧心？

我忧心，在全球化、知识经济的时代，各人智商、能力和努力程度不一样——机会失衡成为「新常态」。

我忧心，国家资源局限成未来发展的难题。

眼前，我们需要把困难变为机遇——眼前，我们急需科技拓阔创新——

政府要有灵活方略，处理价值世界和实际世界间的微妙关系，特别在再分配的调节机制，不要让「贫富悬殊的愤怒」和「高福利负担」一事的两面现象，持续让社会停滞和不安；政府必须率先纳新求变、开拓思维，政府必须深切推行教育改革，我一直认为投资教育失当是对未来严重的罪行。

我忧心，人与人之间欠缺互信；信任是凝聚理性社会一个重要的环节，当它未能成为润泽社会的「正能量」，当大家总觉得一切在变味，对一切存疑，认为公平公正公义被腐蚀时，政经生态均会走向恶性循环的大滑坡；构建社会信任——是民族最好的无形资产。

各位同学，你们今天毕业了，在新大门的真理钟敲响之时，你对未来的许诺是什么？每天晨光初现时，你可曾对社会的问题有所记挂？你会是，视而不见、无动于衷，还是渊深邃密、锲而不舍？一个有真能力的人，总会自觉地把「推动社会进步」视为己任。

不可言诠的世界，她的未来需要你们年轻人的承担、需要你们正面的价值观、需要你们的关怀、需要你们的耐心，也需要你们解决问题的能力。尽其心者知其性，有你们推动社会进步的决心和坚持，就是你我在变动不居的世局中最好的酣眠良方！

再次祝愿各位同学在责任之路上活出成功、丰盛、快乐和充满尊严的人生。

今天你以汕大为荣，明天汕大必以你为荣。谢谢各位！

English Original

Professor Liu Mingkang, Distinguished Guests, Faculty and Graduates,

Another year! Another June!

It is always such a privilege to be here. Amidst your electrifying enthusiasm and excitement—I just can’t help feeling like a graduate myself. It is most wonderful to see all of you zooming past this milestone and running on towards the future. Congratulations. Well done.

Recently, alarmed by the fervent discussions on the web about my sleeplessness, my friends recommended a ton of effective cures for insomnia. I am very touched by their thoughtfulness and am invigorated by the interests on what keeps me awake half of the night.

I am 85 years old going on 86. I feel blessed to have seen more in life than I could remember, and happy to remember more than I have seen; so why am I sleepless in Hong Kong?

I fear that widening inequality in wealth and opportunities, if left unaddressed could fast become ’the new normal’. Inequality is perhaps inevitable as some are simply better able than others to capture the opportunities that globalisation and the knowledge economy affords.

I fear that intensifying resource scarcity will pose challenges of immense proportions to our future.

We need to act now to turn challenges into opportunities. Technology is no panacea, but we need technological and innovative interventions to increase our options.

Our government must introduce new impetus to enable dynamic and flexible redistribution policies that can strike a fine balance between the need to promote equity and economic objectives.

The howl of rage from polarisation and the crippling cost of welfare dependence is a toxic cocktail commingled to stall growth and foster discontent. Government needs to lead change and galvanize its own to embrace innovation and inject a strong dose of liberating elixir into the education system. I have always believed that failing to invest in education is tantamount to a crime against the future.

What is most unsettling for me is that trust, the bedrock of an enlightened society, is crumbling before our eyes. If trust is no longer the reinforcing positive energy field, the consequences could be dire. Trust enables us to live in harmony, without which more and more people will lose faith in this system, breeding scepticism towards what is fair and just, doubting everything and believing all has turned sour and rancid.

Without a modicum of trust, society will downward spiral into a painful vicious cycle—trust is our national treasure!

Today when you rang the bell of truth, what promise did you make to the future? When dawn breaks, is today the tomorrow you worried about yesterday? Inside your vision of tomorrow, will you show respect for the most humble, put value on individual and human dignity and take action to better your community?

The future of our imperfect world needs your commitment, needs your positivity, needs your compassion, needs your fortitude and needs your resolve. Mencius said, “He who exerts his mind and effort to serve knows what it means to have a calling”. Your dedication and undertaking to be the custodian of the future is the best antidote for everyone’s insomnia.

Congratulations again. Live your life to its truest, in duty, in dignity and joy. Today, you are proud to be a part of Shantou University; tomorrow, Shantou University will be proud to be a part of you. Thank you so much.