港中大深圳徐扬生校长2019年开学演讲：一个人的命运取决于如何利用好碎片化时间
香港中文大学（深圳）徐扬生校长
在2019年入学典礼上的讲话
各位大学理事、各位同学、各位家长，各位同事，女士们、先生们：
大家早上好！今天是2019级新生开学典礼，今年我们将有1326名本科生、770多名硕士及博士研究生加入到香港中文大学（深圳）的大家庭，在此我谨代表大学理事会主席段校长和大学全体师生欢迎你们的到来！祝贺你们！
同学们，三十多年前，在深圳这个改革开放的发源地，有一本杂志叫做《深圳青年》，它是用这样的语言来欢迎来自全国各地成千上万的年轻人的。“这里的握手比较有力，这里的微笑比较持久，这里看重人的尊严、智慧和爱的力量，这里是梦开始的地方。”今天，我想用同样的话来欢迎你，这里更看重人的尊严、智慧和爱的力量，这里是你梦开始的地方。同学们，我欢迎你们！
香港中文大学（深圳）徐扬生校长在香港中文大学（深圳）2019年入学典礼上讲话
今年是大学发展的第六个年头，我们成立了第四所学院——生命与健康科学学院，今年第一年开始招生。同时，我们正在筹备建设一所具有国际一流水准的医学院和有关的附属医院，大学校园的二期规划也已基本完成。朋友们，大家都觉得今天的校园很美，我想告诉大家再过两到三年，我们的校园会更加壮大、更加美丽、更加温馨。我们吸引了一大批优秀的学者从世界各地前来加入我们，都是凭着一腔热血加入了我们的师资队伍。大学在过去的一年中还通过了教育部组织的全面质量评估和香港大学资助会（UGC）组织的评估，办学质量受到了高度评价。
朋友们，我们所一直坚守的，你们今天可以在校园里看到的办学宗旨“一腔热血，百年大学，千载品牌，万世良心”得到了社会各界的初步认可。在未来，我们会不忘初心，牢记使命，进一步推进大学在科研领域的建设与发展，朝着创建一所世界一流的研究型大学的目标继续迈进。
亲爱的同学们，在座的各位家长朋友，我要感谢你们选择了这所大学，是你们的关注与信任成就了这所大学的快速成长与发展，特别是在座的各位家长，感谢你们将培养得如此优秀的孩子送到这所大学。此刻我想要邀请各位家长起立，请大家为他们鼓掌，你们的信任与支持让我们更感责任重大。
各位同学，每一年我面对新生的时候，都会和他们说，“大学是一个新的开始，你必须清空自己，从零出发。”我知道你们考取这所大学是不容易的，经历了激烈的竞争，许多同学尽管也很优秀，但因为种种原因和我们失之交臂。所以，同学们，你们是幸运的，我希望你们能够珍惜这个机会。同学们，人生如同一趟旅程，只有肩上的行李轻了，才能走得更远，要做到这一点，你就得放下一切不必要的东西。从现在开始，要放下过往，才能去书写自己的未来。
徐扬生教授希望新生们培养宽容的胸襟
今天在这里，我想和同学们谈两方面的内容，希望对你们即将开始的大学生活有所裨益。
首先，我希望你们在大学期间能够培养自己宽容的胸襟，要多交朋友，和不同的人交朋友，不仅仅是和你的同龄人，还要和你的老师、前辈交朋友，和不同专业、不同文化背景的人交朋友，假如你一年能够交四个好朋友的话，那么你大学四年下来就会有十几个好朋友了，而这些朋友都将成为你以后在工作、生活和精神上的支柱。大家都知道书院制是香港中文大学的文化传统，其创立的初衷即“上溯宋明书院讲学精神，旁采欧洲大学导师制度，以人文主义之教育宗旨，沟通世界中西文化”。无论是宋明书院私人讲学传统，还是西欧大学的导师制度，其强调的都是师生同辈之间教学相长、切磋砥砺的文化氛围与育人方式，其所重视的不仅仅是知识方面的传授，更是人与人之间在人格、修为、情志上的互相影响与塑造，是先树人，而后授业。人们常说“近朱者赤，近墨者黑。”我想同你们讲，“见大者大，见小者小。”你如果经常与一些在学问上、人格上有极高修为的大师在一起的话，你自己的追求与境界自然会得到提升，会向着一个更高的方向去努力。交朋友要有广阔的胸襟，要为人着想，要体谅对方，要学会感恩，要交穷朋友，也要交富朋友，不要看不起穷朋友，也不要因为朋友富起来而心生嫉妒。
其次，我希望同学们在大学期间能够学会时间管理。步入大学，就意味着你将作为一个成年人，对自己的生活负起责任。你在高中的时候，有老师和家长为你安排一切，你的身后会站着你的父母、老师督促你去完成作业和目标。同学们，从今天开始，你的身后是没有人站在那里监督你的。如果你在大学期间不能学会自我管理的话，你今后的成功是无从谈起的。你是选择虚度光阴，把时间全部用在刷手机、上网、打游戏上？还是选择合理规划好自己的生活，使你的人生更有价值？这是你自己的选择。合理使用时间是每个人一生的功课，人与人之间的差别就在于如何管理自己的时间，一个人的命运在我看来就取决于如何利用好自己的碎片化的时间。在大学中怎样做才是善于学习的表现呢？不是毫无章法的拼命努力，也不是一件接一件，想到什么就做什么，更不是听从某一个人的指令傀儡似地学习。善于学习的真正好的大学生活应该是合理规划好你的生活，确保你有足够的时间去独立思考，去体验丰富的课余生活。
2019年度入学典礼现场
同学们，今天是你人生征程的第一步，这一步要怎么迈出去呢？古人云，“志不强者智不达。”我希望你的第一步是“立志”，能够成为真正有志气，有担当，有抱负的青年，应该抱有广阔的胸怀，具有远大的眼光，将个人的发展与社会、国家乃至世界人类的发展联系在一起。同学们，下个月是我们祖国七十周年的华诞，今天你们是桃李芬芳，明天你们将是国家栋梁。我希望在座的每一个同学，能够充分认识到你所处的时代与责任，把握机遇，直面挑战，在未来共同肩负起时代所赋予我们的重任。
同学们，今天的世界并不安宁，充满了挑战和不确定性，我们能做些什么呢？我只是想对你们说，如果我们今天放弃了努力和责任，那人类的前途一定是暗淡无光的。我们能做的事情可能很小、很少，但如果我们一路上能把这些小小的温暖积累起来，也许有一天我们能积累成一个太阳，不仅给自己光热，还给世界以温暖。同学们，如果我们抱着这样一种精神在这所大学里学习的话，我想我虽然不能向你承诺，向你的父母承诺，四年以后的你一定会有一个美好的未来，但我可以向国家承诺，向未来的世界承诺，四年以后，我一定能够为他们培养一批能创造美好未来的年轻人！
谢谢大家！
Governing Board members, students, families, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen,
Good morning! On this day of ceremony and excitement, we welcome our new students of 2019. This year, 1326 undergraduate students and 770 graduate students arrived at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen from all parts of the country and the globe. On behalf of Prof. Rocky Tuan, Chairman of Governing Board, our faculty and CUHK-Shenzhen community, I extend to you a warm welcome and heartfelt congratulations!
Over thirty years ago, a local journal named Shenzhen Youth gave an apt description of this city. ‘Here you meet with firmer handshakes and readier smiles. It is a place where people are valued by their integrity, wisdom, and the power of love. It is where dreams begin.’ Back then, this quote warmed the hearts of thousands of talented young people from across the nation to seek out a new life in Shenzhen, one of modern China’s pioneering regions that embraced the reform and opening-up. Today, I welcome you with these very lines, for we value the same qualities here, integrity, wisdom, and the power of love. It is where you plant your dreams and nurture them to grow. Dear students, again, I welcome you.
President Yangsheng Xu delivers a keynote speech
This marks the sixth autumn since the establishment of our University. Our fourth and newest school, the School of Life and Health Sciences, is now saluting their very first student cohort. In the meantime, we are making steady progress in the planning and preparation of our School of Medicine and its affiliated hospitals up to the highest possible standards. Phase two campus development is also verging on its completion. Our campus today, friends, as you might be thinking, is very beautiful. Within another two years or so, our campus will be extended and more beautiful. Over the past years, many distinguished scholars have joined our faculty team. They come from all over the world, with the aspiration to make CUHK-Shenzhen a first-rate international university. Within the last eight months, we passed the two comprehensive reviews conducted by the Ministry of Education and another one by the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong, our education quality highly commended by both review teams.
I once summarised the spirit of me and my colleagues: with devoted zeal, we establish a university of lasting eminence and a brand that endures through ages, thus live up to a conscience that withstands eternity. I am proud to say that we have upheld this spirit, and the society has given us full recognition. In the future to come, we shall keep close in mind our mission, to further advance our progress in research and development, to forge ahead in our efforts to bring into being a world-class research university.
1326 undergraduates and over 770 postgraduates attend the Inauguration Ceremony 2019
Dear students and parents, I want to thank you for choosing CUHK-Shenzhen, for it is your confidence in us that has made our rapid development possible. My special thanks go to our parents here today, as I know how much it takes to raise a child, let alone to such excellence. May I ask you to rise and be recognized? Let’s give them a round of applause. Your trust and support constantly reminds us the enormous responsibility placed on us.
Every year, I say this to our new students: ‘University life opens a new beginning. Go and empty yourself of past learning and achievements. Start all over again.’ It is a privilege to be called a CUHK-Shenzhen student, for a great many candidates, though equally talented in many aspects, do not have the chance to sit where you are today, which is to the great disappointment of them and their families. You have all been through unimaginably intense competition before you earned the identity of CUHK-Shenzhener. Dear students, I therefore hope you will seize the opportunity and make the most of what’s available to you here.
National Anthem is played at the ceremony
I would like to take this opportunity to make two points, which I hope you may find useful as you navigate your university life.
I encourage you, first of all, to stay open-minded. Go and get to know people, make friends with individuals of different age, subject area, and cultural background. At CUHK-Shenzhen, your friend circles need not be limited to your peers, though they are a vital part. Suppose you make four good friends each year, multiplied by four years, you will not be surprised to have the treasure of ten-odd close friends. They will be of invaluable support in your future endeavours, be it professionally or spiritually. The collegiate system, as is well known, stands as the core cultural tradition of CUHK. It was first initiated with the mission to ‘Reinvent the private academy teaching traditions of Song and Ming Dynasty, draw from European mentorship system, uphold humanistic education aims, and ultimately bring into contact the East and the West.’ Seemingly distantly related, both the private academy teaching traditions of ancient China and the mentorship system in West Europe place an emphasis on creating a mutual-teaching and mutual-learning culture. More than mere impartation of knowledge, this mode of education facilitates free exchange of ideas and experiences, and in the meantime, allows people to shape one another’s character, disposition, and interest. Educating the man comes before imparting the knowledge and skills.
Inauguration Ceremony 2019
Next, I would like to urge the importance of time management. Becoming a university student means you should from now on treat yourself as an adult and take the responsibilities of your own life. Back in high school, your parents and teachers made every arrangement for you. But from this day onward, you will be the one who makes plans for yourself and sees to the execution of each. At university, no one will be always keeping an eye on you, because the lesson of self-discipline, which is critical to future success, must be learned during your university years, if not already. You may choose to spend time on your phones, browsing the Internet, and playing computer games. The alternative is to manage your time properly, make sound plans, and lead a meaningful life. And of course, it’s your choice to make, and every one must face it. Time management makes a big difference in people’s life, and I believe a huge part of what one can achieve lies in his or her ability to make the most of fragmented time. Studying, however diligently, without thinking and reflecting leads to nowhere, nor does relying on a moment’s whim or mechanically following the advice of others. A sustaining and academically well-performing university life requires good time management, and has room for independent thinking and extracurricular activities.
Today, dear students, you are taking the first critical step of your adulthood journey. But how, in what manner, should you take it? As our ancient sage put it, ‘he whose will falters his wit withers’. I hope you take this step with a strong will, to aspire for excellence, to take responsibilities, and to dream big. You can and must embrace a broader vision and an open mind, and relate personal pursuits to the betterment of our society, country, and the world at large.
Inauguration Ceremony 2019
The world we live in today is far from a rose garden. With uncertainties and unsettlements in all forms daily arising, how should we respond? What I can be sure of is that future hopes and bright prospects for the human race can only be achieved through the efforts and duties we fulfill today. It’s not always the grand and world-changing deeds that we must attempt. Often, what we can do are small and few. But if we can connect these small deeds of excellence and keep them on, we may one day hope to gain the strength and brilliance equivalent to the that of the sun, giving ourselves warmth, and the world light.
Dear students, as you study and lead your university life here, I hope you will bear this spirit constantly in mind. Although I cannot promise you and your parents a bright future, I can and feel proud to promise our country and our world a wonderful group of young people who are capable of creating a bright future after the four years to come.
Thank you!
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