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“壶里乾坤大”——为北京大学马来西亚校友会十周年而作

林建华（北京大学前校长）

北京大学的前身京师大学堂，是戊戌百日维新运动所存留下来的唯一硕果，而北大的百余年历程中即始终信守其社会维新的使命，所谓“苟日新，又日新，日日新”。

康有为作为维新运动的主要推手，1900年后多次往来马来半岛各地，在芙蓉一带写下“断木轮囷弃海滨，波涛飘泊更嶙峋”的诗句，悲戚而豪壮，如其仍铭刻于槟城极乐寺大石上的“勿忘故国”一般意蕴潜沉。此后十年，出生于槟城的辜鸿铭傲然地站上了北京大学的讲坛，又其十余年后，京师大学堂的毕业生管震民南来定居槟城，终为南洋一代文宗。

我们常说北大“是世界的北大”，除了育人与科研，更在其“有容乃大”的精神，然而置诸北大的马来西亚学生群体则更垫着一层深厚的底蕴，盘错如“断木轮囷”，乃成莘莘学子与北大校园之间的精神羁绊，而迸发升华。

北京大学的马来西亚学生，仅以20世纪70年代两国建交以来的人数，自90年代中期以后逐年增加，尤其在2010年以后达到高峰。在此基础上，北京大学马来西亚校友会于2013年在吉隆坡成立，虽然成员人数不多、会务资历尚浅，而其通过各校友的努力，积极加强母校与马来西亚文教界的联系，更搭建起一座中马文化与学术交流的桥梁，于是2015年与2017年有两位校友会理事分别荣获母校的优秀校友称号，又2019年校友会被评为优秀校友组织。

2016年6月，我受邀参加环太平洋大学联盟校长年会，在活动期间及前后得到了马来西亚校友会的大力支持和协助，也借此机会跟马来西亚校友们建立了深厚友谊。尤其难忘的是，当时率领北大各部门的领导与校友会茶叙，由校友会与马来西亚茶文化界精心筹办的“未名雅集·品味南洋”活动，椰林蕉风间品茗谈雅，别是一般滋味。

中国茶文化传播于世界各个角落，绽放出全球各异的饮茶形态之花卉，老子曰“生而不有，为而不恃，长而不宰，是谓玄德”，这是中国传统智慧。北大校友遍及全世界，各以其地利人和之便而开创时局，为人类社会的共同命运维新创新；如此而成就北大之“有容乃大”，更造就“世界的北大”。

赤道炎日下的茶会雅集，品其“壶里乾坤大”，顿觉这南洋多向度的社会面貌必然蕴积了思维创新的多能性，此即当年康有为以“弃海滨”南来而得其勃发“更嶙峋”之豪气。这正是北京大学马来西亚校友会十年来一以贯之的精神气象，其资源不多、资历不深，却常能凝聚其多以探赜其深，又终成其大。壶里虽小而乾坤广大，谁其谓不然？

北京大学马来西亚校友会自2013年创会以来，不断超越重重限制而开创新模式，不论是会员活动，还是服务社会，尤其在开通母校与马来西亚文教界的交流管道上，均能开创新局，发扬母校“其命维新”的精神。比如2016年举办第一届博雅论坛，联合马来西亚十余个文教组织邀请北大林毅夫教授进行一场盛大的经济讲座会，为北大与马来西亚各界的交流铺路，更为中马经合思想开拓新路。此外，2016年与2019年举办的两届“马中青年回儒文明论坛”分别在曲阜与吉隆坡、马六甲举行，充分发挥马来西亚校友会的自身优势，促成世界两大文化的对谈交流，为人类共同命运尽其心力。再如协助推动“北京大学东南亚协会”“亚洲新时代的南南合作论坛”“兴华独中与北大附中缔结姊妹校”“博雅幼苗人才培养计划”“公益医学讲座”“风雨同舟，齐心抗疫”等，均体现出校友会始终立于时代的浪潮尖端，敢于直面迎面而来的劲风，为其社会理念毫不畏缩。

2023年是北京大学马来西亚校友会创会十周年，编辑纪念特刊，将以展现其各种求新之探索历程。而书名“南枝更有花”，以向南枝头早发的梅花，象征马来西亚校友会虽处严寒犹展现的精神与气魄，更象征百年北大“敢为天下先”的历史使命感，复以南枝寓意校友会与母校的枝干间源流之脉络牵连。

在此衷心祝贺北京大学马来西亚校友会出版这部十周年特刊，更加希望你们今后能继续努力，南枝继续开花，将北大精神发扬光大。

“A World within a Teapot”—Dedicated to the 10th Anniversary of Peking University Alumni Association of Malaysia

Lin Jianhua（Former Chancellor of Peking University）

Peking University, originally known as the Imperial University of Peking, stands as the sole enduring accomplishment of the Hundred Days'Reform. Throughout its century-long journey, our university has remained steadfast in its commitment to social reform, living by the adage, “if you renew yourself for one day, you can renew yourself daily and continue to do so”.

Kang Youwei, a pivotal figure in the reform movement, journeyed across the Malay Peninsula after 1900. In Seremban, he penned the emotive and heroic lines, “logs abandoned by the seashore, soon were drifted by the ocean waves, reaching higher heights”.This deep-seated sentiment endures, as one can find this poem engraved on a large stone at the Kek Lok Temple in Penang, reminding people not to forget their homeland. A decade later, Gu Hongming, a Penang native, proudly assumed the role of a professor at Peking University. Another decade on, Guan Zhenmin, a graduate of the Imperial University of Peking, decided to settle down in Penang as a Chinese educator and ultimately became a literary icon in Southeast Asia.

Peking University is often referred to as “the Peking University of the world”, not solely for its educational and research prowess but also for its spirit of inclusivity. The Malaysian student community at Peking University boasts deep roots that are intertwined with the university's campus life, cultivating a spiritual connection that continually evolves and elevates.

Since diplomatic relations between China and Malaysia were established in the 1970s, the number of Malaysian students at Peking University has grown year by year since the mid-1990s, especially peaking from the 2010 onward. Consequently, Peking University Alumni Association of Malaysia was founded in Kuala Lumpur in 2013. Although the association started with a small membership and limited experience, its members have since then continually reinforced ties between their alma mater and Malaysian cultural and educational sectors, and acted as a bridge for cultural and academic exchanges between the two nations. In 2015 and 2017, two board members were honored with the Outstanding Alumni by the university, while in 2019, the association was awarded the Outstanding Alumni Organization.

In June 2016, I had the privilege of attending the Association of Pacific Rim Universities（APRU）Presidents'Meeting. There I was most grateful for the unwavering support and assistance from the Malaysian alumni association and the opportunity it provided for me to forge enduring friendships with Malaysian alumni.A particularly unforgettable experience was the “Gathering of Peking University People·Taste of Southeast Asian Tea” event, meticulously organized by the alumni association in collaboration with the Malaysian tea community. Surrounded by coconut palms and banana leaves, we indulged in tea and stimulating conversations in a truly unique atmosphere.

Chinese tea culture has permeated every corner of the globe, blossoming into a myriad of tea-drinking customs. Laozi's words embody China's traditional wisdom：“Way-making gives things life. Yet does not manage them.It assists them. Yet makes no claim upon them.It rears them. Yet does not lord it over them. It is this that is called profound efficacy.”（translated by Roger Ames）Today, Peking University alumni are distributed worldwide, and they continue to utilize their local resources and advantages to innovate for the common good of humanity. In doing so, Peking University achieves its “inclusiveness”, becoming “the Peking University of the world”.

At the elegant tea gathering beneath the sweltering equatorial sun, we savored the vast universe contained within a teapot, suddenly realizing that the multidimensional social tapestry of Nanyang（Southeast Asia）is what nurtured a wealth of creative thought in this region. This is akin to the bold spirit Kang Youwei embraced when he ventured south, leaving the seashore behind to flourish even more. This is the spirit of Peking University Alumni Association of Malaysia manifested throughout its ten years' journey, that is, though resources are limited being a young organization, it is able to come together in cohesiveness and explore further grounds, thus achieving greatness. The teapot is small while embracing an endless universe, isn't this what it refers to?

Since its establishment in 2013，Peking University Alumni Association of Malaysia has continuously overcome numerous challenges to forge new paths, whether in terms of member activities or societal service—especially in facilitating channels of communication between the alma mater and Malaysian cultural and educational sectors. This has created new opportunities and promoted “the spirit of renewal” we so value at Peking University. For instance, in 2016, the first Boya Forum was held, uniting more than ten Malaysian cultural and educational organizations to invite Professor Lin Yifu from Peking University for a monumental economic lecture, which has fostered exchanges between PKU and various sectors in Malaysia and further opened up avenues and ideas for Sino-Malaysian economic cooperation. Moreover, two Malaysia-China Islamic and Confucian Youth Cultural Exchange Summits were held in 2016 and 2019 in Qufu and Kuala Lumpur as well as Malacca respectively, leveraging the unique advantages of the Malaysian alumni association to facilitate dialogue between two of the world's great cultures, contributing wholeheartedly to a Community of Common Destiny.Additionally, efforts to promote the “PKU Southeast Asian Association”“South-South Cooperation in the Asian New Era Forum”“Sister School Agreement between Hin Hua High School and the Affiliated High School of Peking University”“Boya Young Talent Cultivation Program”“Public Health Lectures”“Joining Hands for Our Destiny, Fighting against Covid-19”, and so on, reflect the alumni association's courageous spirit in facing challenges head-on at the very forefront and holding fast to its social ideals.

The year of 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the founding of Peking University Alumni Association of Malaysia. A special commemorative edition will be published to showcase its various endeavors and stories throughout the years. The title of this book “Southern Branch Evermore Blooms”, symbolizes the early blossoming of Chinese plums of the southern branch, representing the historical mission and ambition of Peking University students to ask, “If not me, who?” The southern branch also implies the connection between the alumni association and the alma mater, intertwined like branches and roots.

Here, I sincerely congratulate Peking University Alumni Association of Malaysia on the publication of this special edition marking its 10th anniversary. I hope that you will continue to strive for the blossoming of the southern branches and further illuminate and promote the spirit of Peking University.

Translator：[Malaysia] Jin Young Lim