邱勇校长在清华大学2017年研究生毕业典礼上的讲话｜Englis

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上个周末毕业了。在园子里走过六年，师长教诲、朋辈情深都还历历在目，如今就要奔赴大江南北，依依惜别，十分不舍。

每当毕业季，总会被国外大学的毕业典礼讲话(Graduation Speech)刷屏。可是我觉得我们的毕业典礼讲话一点也不差哈哈（疯狂热爱母校脸.jpg），凝聚了我们民族特有的家国情怀，精邃做事、正心为人，和对光荣与梦想不懈的追求。

尝试将邱勇校长在2017年研究生毕业典礼上的讲话译为英文；我想如果能将我们大学培养人的理念和对毕业生的期许传播世界各地，也一样熠熠闪光。

P.S. 个人拙作，仓促之中难免有不恰当之处，欢迎大家批评指正、交流分享。考虑到是讲话，在翻译的过程中：1）多用短句；2）部分关键词不做同义替换，上下重复加深印象。

另外，点击“阅读原文”可以查看邱勇校长在本科生毕业典礼上的讲话。

Less Fickleness, More Passion

少一些浮躁，多一份情怀

—Speech on 2017 Graduates Graduation and Degree Awarding Ceremony

——在2017年研究生毕业典礼暨学位授予仪式上的讲话

President of Tsinghua University

Qiu Yong

清华大学校长 邱勇

Dear students and teachers, distinguished guests and friends:

亲爱的同学们，老师们，亲友们，来宾们：

Today is particularly worth remembering. First of all, I would like to extend my warm congratulations to more than 5,000 students who have received doctorate or master's degree on behalf of our university! And say thank you to all your parents and teachers who have been raising you meticulously!

今天，是一个特别值得铭记的日子。首先我代表学校向5000多名获得博士、硕士学位的同学表示热烈的祝贺！向辛勤培育你们的父母和各位老师致以衷心的感谢！

Graduation is a new starting point in one’s life—you have succeeded in your study and would step out of university to embrace new life.I believe that everyone is looking forward to the future and has your own “small goals” and “big dreams”. The future is indeed worth expected because this is an innovative era full of infinite possibilities—any ideas can come true.

毕业是人生新的起点，学有所成的你们即将跨出校门，拥抱新的生活。我相信，每一个人心中都有自己的“小目标”和大梦想，对未来都充满期待。未来也确实值得期待，因为这是一个充满无限可能的创新时代，任何想法都有可能变成现实。

Although this is an era full of infinite hope, it is also an era which drive people fickle easily. Stories of skyrocketing rise, swift fame and overnight rich are all eye-catching and heated topics. A wide variety of successful people have received envy eyes from the public, but their struggle process is often neglected. This is a fast-changing world and increasingly-competitive society. People often forget what they should insist when their footsteps become more and more hurry. People often indulge in all kinds of novelty experience and lost themselves without knowing where to go when enjoying the convenience brought by modern technology. Here, I would like to emphasize and advocate: less fickleness and more passion, maintain a quiet and determined mind and constantly achieve new heights in persistent endeavour.

这是一个充满无限希望的时代，但也是一个容易让人浮躁的时代。一步登天、一举成名、一夜暴富的故事，吸引着人们的眼球，成为热议的话题。各种各样的成功人物，引来人们羡慕的眼光，但他们奋斗的过程却往往不被人注意。这是一个快速变化的世界，这是一个竞争日趋激烈的社会，在脚步变得越来越匆忙的时候，人们常常忘记了人生该坚守什么。人们享受着现代科技带来的便利，也往往沉溺于各类新奇体验而迷失了自我，不知心安何处，不知走向何方。今天，我想向大家强调的是，少一些浮躁，多一份情怀，葆有一颗安静笃定的心，在执着奋斗中不断成就人生新的高度。

Less fickleness means settle yourself down, be a down-to earth learner and dedicate to moving forward. There is a simple truth that all dreams can only be realized through solid work. Life has no shortcut and success is by no means accidental. No matter how high the mountain is, you can only climb step by step.Mr. Zhu Ziqing once wrote in a poem: “Get rid of entanglement and regain an ordinary man! Since then I do not look up into the blue sky nor look down into the white water, but only focus on my feet—I want to tread into the soil step by step with deep footprints.” Success can never be achieved overnight and the struggling process itself is an indispensable part of success. If one must say that there is shortcut to success, then it must be long-term unremitting struggle. Professor Pan Jiluan of Tsinghua University is 90 years old this year; he chose welding as his major, devoted his life to China’s welding development, successfully solved the welding arc control and a series of major technical problems. These achievements played a key role in the construction of China’s first self-designed nuclear power plant and first high-speed railway. In fact, Tsinghua has lots of alumni like Professor Pan Jilang. I suggest that we give our sincere applause and high respect to all those down-to-earth, persistent and progressive seniors!

少一些浮躁，沉下心去，脚踏实地，执着向前。所有梦想只有在实干中才能实现，这是最朴素的道理。人生没有捷径，成功绝非偶然。无论攀登多高的山峰，向上的步伐也只能一步一步迈出。朱自清先生曾在一首诗中写到：“摆脱掉纠缠，还原了一个平平常常的我！从此我不再仰脸看青天，不再低头看白水，只谨慎着我双双的脚步，我要一步一步踏在泥土上，打上深深的脚印。”真正的成功从来都不是一蹴而就的，奋斗的过程本身就是成功不可或缺的部分。如果一定要说成功有捷径，长期不懈的奋斗就是成功最大的捷径。我校机械系教授潘际銮院士今年正好90岁，他在读书时选择了焊接专业，此后便一生致力于中国的焊接事业，成功解决了焊接电弧控制等一系列重大技术难题。这些成果在建设我国第一座自行设计的核电站和第一条高铁中发挥了关键作用。实际上，清华有很多像潘际銮院士这样的校友。我建议，我们用掌声向所有脚踏实地、执着进取的前辈学长们致以崇高的敬意！

Less fickleness means to withstand the temptation during life journey and keep yourself under peace. This colorful world seems to be able to provide all opportunities and it seems that everyone may possess everything. People often follow the trend blindly and unconsciously, lacking proper analysis and judgment when facing choice. Thus, we must adhere to our inner values, know how to choose and what to refuse. There is a Chinese old saying: “You are the only one for me in this multifarious world.” There are thousands of beautiful things in our life, but only by focusing on our true love can we fulfill careers and dreams. Try hard to keep your mind under peace and to maintain a calm-enterprising attitude. Tao Yuanming’s poem told us:

“I built my cottage among the habitations of men,

And yet there is no clamor of carriages and horses.

You ask: “Sir, how can this be done?”

A heart that is distant creates its own solitude.This is not because there is no noise and disturbance around where the poet lived, but because the poet himself has a peaceful mind.

少一些浮躁，抵御住人生道路上的各种诱惑，保持心中的那份静气。这个五彩缤纷的世界似乎可以提供所有的机会，也似乎每个人都可能拥有一切。人们经常盲目地跟风而不自知，面对选择时往往缺乏应有的分析和判断。要坚守内心的价值观，懂得选择和拒绝。中国古语讲：“弱水三千，只取一瓢饮”，人生美好的事物成千上万，但只有专注内心真正的热爱，才能成就一番事业。要努力涵养内心的静气，保持一种平和进取的心态。陶渊明在诗中写到：“结庐在人境，而无车马喧。问君何能尔？心远地自偏。” 不是诗人居住的地方真的没有车声马叫的喧扰，是因为诗人心中有静气，因而有静土。

I hope you can consciously practice our university’s spirit as a Tsinghua-er—that is “actions speak louder than words”—and refused to be fickle. Moreover, I hope you can forge ahead in this byzantine world with your own passion. Some people may think that it is difficult to carry the gravity of life and passion is a fragile luxury. But you have to remember that it is pleasant and noble passion which determine your life level.

我希望你们作为清华人，自觉践行“行胜于言”的校风，拒绝浮躁。我更希望你们在枝蔓丛生的世界里砥砺前行，心系远方，拥有一份属于自己的情怀。也许有人认为情怀是一种易碎的奢侈品，难以承载生活的重力。但是你们要记住，正是美好高尚的情怀决定了人生的高度。

A person with passion will pursue elegant aspiration and pay attention to the feelings of soul at any time. For example, when reading a book, a person with passion would want to acquire enlightenment wisdom with no utilitarian consideration. Life is a process full of intersections of joys and sorrows, and cannot always be filled with simple pleasure or no eternal misery. Ups and downs are normal parts of it. A passion would make you know where you belong to and keep your mind calm. No matter where you are, what kind of situation you face, what kind of difficulties you may deal with in the future , I hope you will never give up your pleasant and noble passion.

一个有情怀的人，会追求高雅的志趣，在任何时候都能够保持自己的心境，注重心灵的感受。就像读一本书，一个有情怀的人只希望汲取营养、启迪智慧，而没有任何功利的考量。生命是悲喜交集的历程，不可能总是单纯的愉悦，也不会有永远的悲苦，起起落落，反而是人生常态。有一份情怀能让你心有所属，保持心灵的淡定。无论未来你们身居何处，面对何种世态，应对何种困难，希望你们永远不要放弃美好的个人情怀。

This will make you harvest rich and high-quality life, but I appreciate the noble passion for social more. I hope that you are not limited to the pursuit of romantic and pleasant individual life, but become a person who has social passion. People with social passion would always has a strong sense of responsibility and mission towards country and nation, and always have a love towards human and natural. Poet Du Fu, living in Tang Dynasty, lived in the sparsely furnished family in his later years, but he still concerned whether poor scholars nationwide had their own shelters. Each year, large amounts of Tsinghua graduates give up the stability of bustling city stability, resolutely rooted in grass-roots—they are immersed in it and enjoy it. I do hope that each Tsinghua-er could consistently keep motherland, society and world in your mind.

美好的个人情怀会让你收获丰富而有质感的人生，但我更欣赏的是那种跳出自我的高尚的社会情怀。我希望你们不仅仅局限于追求个体生命的浪漫和愉悦，更能成为一个具有社会情怀的人。有社会情怀的人，始终对国家、民族怀有强烈的责任感和使命感，始终拥有一颗对人类、自然的大爱之心。唐代大诗人杜甫晚年家徒四壁，可他想的依旧是何时可以获得广厦，大庇天下寒士。每年，清华都有很多毕业生放弃繁华都市里的安稳，毅然选择了一条扎根基层的道路，他们身在其中并乐在其中。我希望每一个清华人心中都要有祖国河山、有社会大任、有世界格局。

Dear students, new life is unfolding in front of you. You are young, possess bright future and ample time. Hope that the pleasant and noble passion would glow your life with beautiful lustre, and make achievements of yourself, the others and the world during your life journey!

同学们，新的生活正在你们面前展开。年轻的你们前途似海、来日悠长，希望美好高尚的情怀让你们的生命焕发出美丽的光彩，在各自的人生旅程中，成就自己、成就他人、成就世界！

Today is also a reminiscent day, I hope you would remember, Tsinghua is always your warm home. Welcome home at any time!

今天是一个让人眷念的日子，我希望你们记住，清华永远是你们温暖的家。欢迎你们随时回家！

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