"foreign Gardener" Watering The Flower Of Chinese Culture

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He was a young poet, 17-year-old across the oceans to study Chinese in Hong Kong; he is now a professor of natural silver BU to 67 years old fly half a world, preaching in China to give lectures. Recently, teacher of Chinese culture in the first class graduation ceremony from around the world more than twenty students in the traditional Chinese coach Li Zuo Yi deeply to him. Perhaps half a century of vicissitudes of wind and rain of his face, but one pair of Chinese culture longing heart is always young. He is more famous Western philosopher, University of Hawaii Professor Ames.

China to explain its

U.S. East-West Center is an independent nonprofit founded in 1960, research groups, Ames served as the center of the Asia Program Director. Over the years, his commitment to the Chinese classics into English, and a unique way of interpretation of Chinese philosophy. He said: "Culture is not easily transplanted plants can and should keep it as it is I need to do is to introduce a real China to the West, the missionaries in the eyes of China China is not, nor is it the eyes of the Chinese scholar . to understand Chinese ...
... language and ideas from its own start, rather than imagined. "

Ames believes that the East West, gradually learning the process, the West has always been "misread" China. European missionaries to China will be attached to the Western religious ideas into the system, in the Chinese context can be clearly explained in the "Heaven" and "righteousness", "Road" and so Christ has been translated into color with a strong vocabulary, extensive and profound Chinese philosophy this reduced the dependency of Western religion, lost their right to speak.

"Non-goblet goblet, goblet indeed! Gu Zai!" Ames reference "The Analects of Confucius" in the famous words to express the sorrow of Chinese culture has been misread. He said that the change of Confucius can not be called goblet wine goblet, and the same, distorted Chinese culture can not be worthy of the name. "In the U.S. bookstore, if you want to find a" Book of Changes "or" moral ", only in the 'Eastern religions' to find, but they obviously are not religious books." Ames said.

Learned from the lecture tour

Ames Love of China dates back to his youth. He told reporters: "17 years old, I was passionate poet, full of exotic China for very long for when I do so in exchange for the identity of students set foot on land in Hong Kong, the path of life took place on irreversible changes. "

The summer of 1966, New Asia College, Ames became the first window to understand China, where he had the honor to listen to the famous philosopher Tang Junyi, Mou and other teachings of Mr.; soon he transfer to the Chung Chi College, under the tutelage of Lao Sze-kwong study "Mencius." The top Chinese professors, such as lamp holders messenger, leading Ames walked into the halls of Chinese philosophy, so he surprised the charm of the ancient Eastern wisdom and quickly indulge them. He recalls: "Since then, I began to have a keen interest in Chinese philosophy, then, it has become an indelible part of my life part."

Today, Ames's name has spread abroad, the university, and so left him preaching Tuition NPC figure. "I, a foreigner, the best universities in China to teach you about Chinese philosophy, is a very interesting thing." Ames said with a smile, "but Chinese scholars may be trapped in the 'do not know the truth' The situation is different from an 'other' perspective, and rigorous academic training in the West can help me quickly cut into the nature of the problem. "

Sow the seeds of Chinese culture

Infiltration in the Chinese culture for decades, and Ames in the Confucian philosophy of life has been perfect harmony. He said: "" moderate, "There is a saying: 'Road, not far from people', I and many Chinese people to maintain a lifelong friendship, and most of them do not come from books of Confucianism, but from life insights, such as the family system, the attitude towards friends, and I benefited from in the large teaching force, I will not only scholars and the most famous exchange, but also often went to morning market and people to talk about philosophy. "

In practicing the same time, Ames also determined to Chinese philosophy into the world of philosophy. In addition to East-West Center is responsible for the exchange of projects, he also came to China this summer as the first "International Chinese culture, teacher classes," the speaker, and many U.S. colleges and universities professors, doctors are in the Nishan "On the Road." Ames to teaching classes of students as a "seed", and hope they make the ancient Chinese civilization in the world spit green.

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