Bulletin Special Supplement Ever in My Heart: Professor Ambrose King and The Chinese University

頒授榮譽學位 Conferment of Honorary Degree 29 何轉型；在中國追尋新文明秩序的 歷程中，香港如何由一個殖民式城 市轉化為一個國際性的都會。這是 金教授近年一直在思索的問題，也 是海峽兩岸三地所有的人一直在關 心的問題。 金教授一九七五年遊訪英國劍橋，寫 下他第一篇討論大學教育的文章，題 目是《兩個文化與技術人文主義》。 他指出在不同的文化，不同的研究領 域互動衝擊之下，大學教育更能展現 出它獨特的內在精神和外在動力。 一九八三年出版的《大學之理念》 就是他多年思考研磨的成果。金教 授從事大學教育近四十年，身體力 行，朝著這個方向邁進，實現他的 大學理念。他認為無論是西方的僧 侶教會教育，還是中國傳統的書院 講學，都是學問和人格並重，追求 一個文明秩序，一個充滿活力的道 德理想。先賢先哲，他們的理念是 今日大學的源頭活水。但是現代大 學發展過分側重知識的傳授，而缺 乏人格的培養。所以金教授積極推 行書院式的人格教育，同時強調大 學教育中不可缺少的世界觀和前瞻 性。他創立各種訪問學人計劃，邀請 世界一流的學者來訪問講學，目的就 在促進思想交流，刺激年輕一代學子 的求知欲望，建立一個更遼闊的知識 平台。 金教授一九七零年加入香港中文大學 行列，在社會學系教學。一九七四年 升任高級講師，一九七九年晉升教 授，一九八三年榮升講座教授。一九 七七年至一九八五年擔任新亞書院院 長，一九八九年任中文大學副校長， 二零零二年獲委任為大學校長，二零 understand Hong Kong, one cannot overlook two important threads: colonial rule and capitalism. It is only upon the tapestry woven from these two that we can attempt a deep analysis: having cast off colonialism, whither the political system and culture of Hong Kong? As China seeks a new order of civilization, how can Hong Kong transform itself from a colonial city into an international metropolis? These are issues that Prof. King has been pondering in recent years, and ones that everyone in the Mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong are concerned about. In 1975, Prof. King went to Cambridge University in England where he wrote his first essay on university education, entitled ‘Two Cultures and Technological Humanism’. He pointed out that, in an atmosphere where there was interaction between different cultures and fields of study, the unique internal spirit and external dynamism can better manifest themselves. In 1983 he published The Idea of a University , a work that was the fruit of many years of reflection and study. Prof. King has been involved with university education for close to 40 years, and has set an example of personal involvement bymoving forward along this path to make his ideas of a university a reality. He believes that both western monastic education and the traditional Chinese academy attached equal importance to knowledge and character-building. The ideas of the wise men and philosophers of the past are the life- giving headwaters of today’s universities. Yet modern universities tend to over-emphasize the teaching of knowledge at the expense of cultivation of the moral character. Therefore, Prof. King eagerly promotes the philosophy of the traditional Chinese academy as a way to enhance moral education, while at the same time emphasizing the global vision and foresight crucial to university education. He has initiated diverse programmes for visiting scholars, inviting world-renowned academics as visiting