China News Service, Xiamen, April 5th, title: Looking back on the century of Xiamen University: "One Hundred Years of Chinese" is expected to become a place where talents gather again

　　China News Agency reporter Yang Fushan

　　One hundred years ago, when the famous patriotic overseas Chinese leader Tan Kah Kee founded Xiamen University, the Chinese Department was one of the first disciplines established in the school.

On the 5th, the Chinese alumni who returned to their alma mater from all over the world to participate in the 100th anniversary of Xiamen University met under the Wulao Peak on the shore of Furong Lake, reminiscing about the past and the future.

　　"In today's century-old department, I hope that the Chinese language of Xiamen University will carry forward the humanistic spirit represented by Mr. Lu Xun, once again ascend to the peak of the humanities, and once again become a place where talents gather." Professor of the Department of Chinese Language of Xiamen University, doctoral tutor, "national outstanding Contributing expert" Yang Chunshi spoke from the bottom of his heart as a teacher representative.

　　At the beginning of the founding of Xiamen University, the school’s principal Tan Kah Kee and principal Lin Wenqing’s school philosophy was "first focus on Chinese language". Chinese became the school’s first set of disciplines. For a while, Chen Yan, Lu Xun, Lin Yutang, Shen Jianshi and other academic masters gathered together and led the school. Coquettish.

　　Zhu Jing, Dean of the School of Humanities of Xiamen University, said that this has laid a solid academic foundation for the Chinese language at Xiamen University and has profoundly affected the temperament of Chinese people.

　　Yang Chunshi said that Lu Xun taught in the Chinese Department of Xiamen University in 1926. Although it was not a long time, this period was an important stage of Lu Xun's thought development and literary creation. It can be called "a glorious banner of Xiamen University" and "the soul of Chinese language discipline." "

　　For one hundred years, the teachers and students of the Chinese Department have followed the motto of "Continuously Strive to Improve and End with the Best" as the key link, diligently pursuing and working hard to open up new frontiers in the fields of language and literature.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, generations of well-known scholars brought forth new ideas, pushing the teaching and scientific research of the Chinese Department of Xiamen University to a new level, and further enhancing the academic influence of the Chinese Department of Xiamen University in the country.

　　According to Quan Hai, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Xiamen University, over the past 100 years, the Chinese discipline of Xiamen University has formed a free and open atmosphere of pursuing truth, focusing on practical learning, advocating innovation, and encouraging contention. It is based in the southeast and faces the world. It has become an important base for international academic research. Work tirelessly.

　　Looking back on the 100-year history of development, Xiamen University’s Chinese bloodline has been continuously extending. It not only cultivates tens of thousands of outstanding graduates, but also sends a large number of intellectual elites to the country and society, injects vigorous new forces, and promotes the emancipation of ideas and culture in many fields. Innovation.

　　According to official statistics, the Department of Chinese at Xiamen University currently has 3 undergraduate majors, 2 first-level discipline master degree authorization points, 2 first-level discipline doctorate authorization points, and 1 post-doctoral mobile station. It is working towards a more complete discipline establishment. .

　　Nowadays, Chinese elites who have achieved academic success and are active in all fields of society have never stopped working hard for their gratitude to pass down the Chinese language for a hundred years and regain their glory.

　　On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Department, three members of the Department donated millions of RMB. Following the "Encourage Scholarship", they initiated the establishment of another Chinese special fund-the Academic Development Fund of the Chinese Department of Xiamen University. Chinese is rejuvenated and reborn.

　　"The wave behind the Yangtze River pushes the wave forward", Zhang Guoqing, a 78-level alumnus of the Chinese Department of Xiamen University and an expert who has long served in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, said with emotion, "I hope the wave behind will be more motivated and better than the wave ahead." (End)