史丹福大学「李嘉诚知识研究中心」命名典礼致词

英文原文：https://www.lksf.org/english-stanford-university-li-ka-shing-center-for-learning-and-knowledge-dedication-ceremony/ 日期：2010 年 9 月 29 日

中译

亨尼西校长、休姆主席、皮佐院长、各位杰出的师长、亲爱的朋友和同学们：

今天，一段跨越数十载的旅程，终于走到了这里。

一九八二年一个晴朗温暖的午后，我陪着刚入读大一的儿子 Victor（泽钜）赴史丹福。我们沿着风景如画的棕榈大道，朝椭圆广场缓缓走去。身为父亲，我满心自豪。那一幕我终生难忘——我的儿子得以接受大学教育，那是我当年连做梦都不敢想的事；而他，偏偏是在史丹福！

我还记得，走着走着，我忽然停下脚步，转过身对他说：“这是我这辈子头一回真心羡慕你的福分——你竟有机会成为这所伟大学府的一员。“这样的机遇，世界各地无数学子都曾享有——不只是在此求学，更是在智识与想象的严格交融中，拓展心胸、砥砺精神。多少生命在此得到丰盈，更因懂得服务而变得崇高。而服务，正是圆满人生的标志。

这所学府的莘莘骄子，日后成为社会的精英领袖，他们从不甘心只做指手画脚的旁观者。他们是探索者、是发现者，在这纷繁复杂的世界里寻找并寻得种种重大挑战的答案。他们懂得人格升华之后的更高境界，并以这一标准衡量自己。

我愿这种精神遍润史丹福。而在这校园里，我早已亲身领略过。那天与 Victor 道别后，我独自徜徉于校园。在一处草丛边，我蹲下身，想给一只美丽的蓝鸲拍照。我透过取景器全神贯注于那只鸟，等转过身来，才窘迫地发现：我挡住了好几十位骑车学生的去路。可他们非但没有催我，反而纷纷把手指竖在唇边，彼此示意停下、噤声，生怕惊飞了那只鸟，任我按完快门。

他们当时的笑容让我心潮澎湃，也将永驻我心。那张蓝鸲的照片早已不知去向，但那些学子高尚而温雅的举动，却为我对史丹福的深情、以及今天我们共同庆贺的这座楼宇，埋下了最初的根。今天，随着这座大楼的落成启用，我也成了这所伟大学府的一员——为此，我无比欣喜，也深感荣幸。

谢谢大家。

English Original

President Hennessy, Chairwoman Hume, Dean Pizzo, distinguished faculty, dear friends and students,

Today is the culmination of a journey that began decades ago.

On a warm and beautiful afternoon back in 1982, I brought my freshman son, Victor, to Stanford. I was a proud parent as we strolled down the picturesque Palm Drive toward the Oval. It was a moment I will not forget – my son was receiving a university education, something I could only dream of. And he was doing it at Stanford!

I can still recall, at one point in our walk, stopping for a moment, turning to him and saying: “This is the first time in my life that I feel true envy of your good fortune – to have the opportunity to be a part of this great institution.” It is an opportunity that countless students from all over the world have enjoyed – not only to attend here, but to have their minds and spirits broadened through a rigorous fusing of intellect and imagination. Lives have been enriched here, ennobled with a sense of service. And service is the hallmark of a life well lived.

The elite students of this great university, who become elite leaders, are not content to be moralizing spectators. They are explorers and discoverers searching for, and finding solutions to, the great challenges of our complex world. They know the higher order of the ennobled human spirit, and they measure themselves by that standard.

I hope this spirit permeates Stanford. I know that on this campus I have experienced it firsthand. After seeing Victor off that day, I wandered alone through the campus. At one point I stopped and knelt down to take a photograph of a beautiful western bluebird in the grass. I became so focused on the image of the bird through my viewfinder that only when I turned did I embarrassingly realize that I have blocked the path of dozens of students on their bicycles. But rather than rush me, many of them held their fingers to their lips, letting each other know to stop and remain quiet in an effort not to frighten the bird while I clicked the shutter.

Their smiles overwhelmed me then and will stay in my heart forever. The photograph of the western bluebird has long vanished, but the noble and gracious gesture of those students laid the foundation of my love for Stanford and the eventual project we now celebrate. Today, with the dedication of this building, I am now also a part of this great institution, and for that I am most happy and very honored.

Thank you.