Fang Jie: Let good things happen in college time

-- Speech delivered at the opening ceremony for the 2022 fresh students

(September 13, 2022)

The principal Fang Jie

Teachers, parents and dear students,

Good morning.

After the hottest summer in the past 60 years, we finally meet here declaring the beginning of university life. Now, let's say to each other:Happy First Day of your university life. Take this opportunity, I really want to tell the teachers: Thank you for everything,please try your best teach them. Allow me to telleveryone's parents: Don't worry,we will look after your kid.

Wave to the past, move to the future, you start your own university life now. I still remember last month, Lei Jun, founder of Xiaomi, released a speech entitled "Always believe that good things will happen". At that time, the title instantly hit me: this is what I want to tell you for the new semester.  I'd like to write this essay with you on this topic and start a good university life with you.

Let us waiting for good things to happen

Good things happens is beautiful,exactly for your university life .What are you hoping for? Good teacher or a good friend? Beautiful library? Spacious bright wisdom classroom or the canteen food? That's it. Maybe more than that.

In order to live up to your expectations, Hubei University of Economics has been working hard, growing and making progress. This year marks the 20th anniversary and 115th anniversary of the establishment of the university. In the summer holiday, we successfully held a celebration meeting, which was attended by 180,000 people online and offline.  Colleges and universities in and outside the province witnessed the rapid development of the university.

One hundred and fifteen years ago, Zhang Zhidong, governor of Huguang Province, initiated "Hubei Commercial Middle School", which started the business education in our school and continues to this day. In 2002, following the trend of China's higher education reform, the former Hubei Commercial College, Wuhan Finance College and Hubei Provincial Planning Management Cadre College were merged and established, thus "Hubei University of Economics" was born and named.

In the past 20 years the university has moved from several campuses to the new campus now and become a modern one. In the past 20 years, we have persisted in development, and several generations of teachers and students of Hubei University of Economics have worked hard together to pursue their dreams, from the undergraduate program to the postgraduate program, and plan to do the Ph.D program. In the past 20 years, we have paid attention to basic development, strengthened ourselves, and made great efforts to provide students with higher quality learning experience. 30% majors from our university are first-class majors in Hubei province, the master of accounting is among the top 247 training units in China, and the proportion of doctordegree teachers ranks the top among the universities in Hubei Province. With the development of economics, management, law, literature, science and technology, art, sports and education, the university level has been grow up. Our university is becoming a students like, teachers belong to, society trusts, and development has good results place.

Let us believe good things will happen

At present, the world landscape has undergone tremendous changes. The COVID-19 pandemic is not over, Russia and Ukraine are still at war, bad weather is frequent, and national protectionism, unilateralism and bullying are constantly emerging. The global economy is facing challenges, and human society is also undergoing challenges. The domestic economy is also going through a hug examination. China's GDP grew only 2.5 percent in the first half of this year, the slowest rate in nearly two decades. The unemployment rate for 16 - to 24-year-olds hit a record high in July. Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei says the most important task for a company is to survive.

Our world is full of uncertainties, and your future lives can be interrupted by unexpected events: the group presentation you were preparing in the morning, then moved online by the pandemic in the afternoon.Long-planned outings could be postponed at any time due to the pandemic. You may also face difficulties: your dorm is not big enough, your major may not be your favorite, and you may not be interested in some courses. You will also have many questions: how to deal with the relationship with unfriendly roommates, what clubs should I choose, what should I do when classes are over, and how to plan for my future studies. It's not like the before when parents and teachers gave you answers, also there were no right answers for you to learn. "You have your plans, but the world has other plans." In this case, we can believe that:

The strong belief.Faith is like a torch, can light up your life; Faith is like steel, can make your life strong enough. On February 14, 1990, the Voyager 1 spacecraft, 6.4 billion kilometers away, took a picture of Earth. The image of the earth in the photo does not reach even one pixel. In the universe, the earth is like a speck of dust, and human beings are even smaller. What is the meaning of life with such a slight life? It depends on your perspective. When you give it a solemn mission, our limited life will give birth to infinite possibilities, when it is illuminated by the light of the ideal; our small individual has a burning power. In the future, faith is the cornerstone that we can stick to, whether we pursue postgraduate studies or seek employment or start a business. Even if life is small as moss flowers, should also bloom; Even if fast as a meteor, must shine.

The responsibilityto protect the country. Students have the idea of "sorrow before happiness" and "everyone is responsible for the development and collapse of a country" from a long time ago. At the beginning of the 20th century, countless young people sacrificed their lives for the resistance against foreign invaders, national independence, national prosperity and people's happiness. After the founding of New China, more young people made their own contributions to the socialist construction. In the 21st century, young students take part in epidemic prevention, flood control and fire fighting. There are such people beside us: your senior, Ma Xingke, who just graduated this year, is one of them. Twice he chose to join the army in Tibet; He returned to Wuhan to help during the epidemic. Through these things, you can feel his love for the country and people. You are not child of your parents anymore; From now on, you need to train yourself to take on the responsibility of the country.

Let's help good thingshappen

Cognition is no substitute for practice, which is a very long distance from knowing to doing, from doing to doing well, and We need a lot of effort to make it happen.

Please think from your heart.Finding problems, thinking about them, and solving them are the biggest differences when you enter university.Think not only about knowledge, but also about methods; Think not only about the major, but also about the logic behind the major, Think not only about studies, but also about life; Think about the future as well as the present.

Please study hard. Some students think they don't need study hard after the university entrance examination; they can play all the time because the parents not come with them; Also they think they can waste time because they are young ; Some students think that Hubei University of Economics is not project 985 and project 211, we don't need to work hard. It is a common phenomenon that they lower their standards for themselves and do not study well.

But I have to tell you that undergraduate study is very important and busy, can not relax.Too many books need to read, too many lessons need to study, too many things need to deal with.I also want to tell you that each university is unique in its own way.Hubei University of Economics is the only provincial public university of finance and economics in Hubei Province.We cultivate "ideal, capable and responsible" talents with strong practical ability, which can make you get what you want.I would also like to remind you that every graduation season, there are always some students who will not graduate because they can not pass the examination, and this number is on the rise.They all regretted not studying hard.At the same time, studying is also a responsibility, each of you may carry the expectations of the whole family, even the family, studying can make ordinary people change their fate, studying is still the most worthwhile thing in the world. In the best time for studying, do not waste your time.

Please be full of emotion for life. A good life is not only the length of life, but also the quality of life;The man who lives the best is not the rich, but the one who lives the most happily.You should see cherry blossom, lotus, osmanthus and plum blossom in the top 50 most beautiful campuses;You should make more good friends on campus and give play to your talents in the school community;You should travel to Wuhan by bus and experience this heroic city "every day is different" after the epidemic. Of course, we also hope that you can find love and work together in university.

Let us be part of good things

You are an indispensable part of Hubei University of Economics in the next 3-4 years. Whatever you turn out to be, we hope that you will make something of yourself and be a happy memory of our university.

Please be a moral person. Rousseau said in The Social Contract thatman was born free, and he is everywhere in chains. Awe is the most basic quality of human beings and the most indispensable moral character of an outstanding nation. Because of awe, we know what is good and evil and what is right and wrong; We have rules of conduct. Respect nature, life, laws, rules, and all that is noble in our hearts.

Please be a pure and kind person.Yu Minhong, a successful entrepreneur who founded New Oriental Education & Technology Group and let countless students go abroad to see the world, has been praised by people again after the national policy change and transformation.He said that he was the least noticed country boy in his university life, doing service work for his roommate for four years and being a good guy for four years.His roommate supported him during his start-up and career downturns, proving the words of French writer Victor Hugo: "Kindness is a rare pearl in history, so that a good man is almost superior to a great man." As long as you are kind, you will succeed in the end.

Please be an interesting person.Interesting people are curious about the world and open to everything. Interesting comes from books, history, art, science. Interesting also comes from life, with the eyes to find beauty, with the hand to achieve beauty. I like Romain Rolland's words: "There is only one kind of heroism in the world, that is, after recognizing the truth of life, still love life". Start today to be the hero of your life.

Please be a person who can find happiness.People's life, has been looking for happiness. Last Thursday, a psychologist gave a lecture on happiness to teachers. He said happiness = satisfaction + pleasure + meaning + engagement. Animals can get physical satisfaction, but mental pleasure can only be obtained by human beings. Happiness is not only thinking and weighing, happiness is practice and action, we may pay great efforts and suffering for happiness, but this will make the feeling of happiness more intense, because "love and suffering will bring meaning to people", so we should work hard, take it as a life lesson, towards happiness.

This season, osmanthus flowers bloom, maple leaves are red, this should be the best time of the year, "autumn is more beautiful than early spring", refers to this time. But now the beauty season is after the winter's cold, the spring's rainy, the summers' hot to get.Life is like this too, university life is like this too. You may experience confusion and failure, but as long as your heart is full of hope, all the good things will come, your university life will be worth remembering after graduation, Hubei University of Economics will become better because of you.

I hope all the good things come to you soon.

让美好在大学时代发生

 ——在2022级新生开学典礼上的讲话

（2022年9月13日）

校长  方洁

老师们、家长们，亲爱的同学们：

　　大家上午好！

　　经历60年来的最热夏天，经过8:1的激烈选录，度过了漫长7天的静默期，你们：7436名经院新主人，我们：1299名教职员工，终于相会于此，共同见证大学生活的新开始。在此，让我们彼此道一声：开学好！借此机会，我也要向今后陪伴你们一路成长的老师道一声：拜托啦！向辛苦养育你们且此刻也许正在屏幕外找寻你们身影的父母道一声：请放心！

　　与过往挥手，向未来进发，你们开始了专属自己的大学时代。记得上个月，小米创始人雷军发布了一场题为《永远相信美好的事情即将发生》的演讲，当时这个标题瞬间击中了我：这不正是我希望给你们的新学期祝福吗！尽管雷军并没有对何为美好的事情多做阐释，他更多是回忆艰辛创业分享乐观信念，但是，我愿意以此为题，和你们共同创作这篇命题作文，开启美好的大学序幕。

让我们期待美好的事情即将发生

　　期待本身无疑是美好的，面向大学时代的期待无疑又是美好中之美好。你们期待什么呢？是满腹经纶的良师，还是志同道合的朋友？是书香四溢的图书馆，还是宽敞明亮的智慧教室？是品优价廉的食堂美食，还是惊鸿一瞥的怦然心动？是这些，或许还不止于这些吧！

　　为了不负你们的期待，湖北经济学院一直在努力、在成长、在进步。今年正值学校组建20周年暨办学115周年，暑假前的5月我们成功举办了校庆大会，线上线下18万人参加，省内省外高校云集于此，共同见证了经院跨越式发展的“里程碑”，发出了厚植经院共同体意识的“集结令”，吹响了经院未来新征程的“冲锋号”。

115年前湖广总督张之洞倡办了“湖北商业中学堂”，我校的商科教育就此发端并延续至今。2002年顺应中国高等教育改革大潮，原湖北商业高等专科学校、武汉金融高等专科学校、湖北省计划管理干部学院三校合并组建，蝶变新生，“湖北经济学院”由此诞生命名。

20年来，我们坚持以人为本，努力为师生创造良好的工作学习环境，学校从分散市区几地，搬迁到我们脚下这方土地，已建成为一座绿色人文智慧的现代化高等学府，实现了办学条件的跨越；20年来，我们坚持追求卓越，几代经院人接续奋斗，追梦不止，从办本科到办硕点，并筹划升博点，实现了办学层次的跨越；20年来，我们坚持内涵发展，始终注重培根固本，壮大自我，努力为学生提供更高质量的学习经历，学校三分之二招生专业进入部省一流，会计专硕在全国247个培养单位中名列前茅，教师博士化率位居省属高校前列，经、管、法、文、理、工、艺、体、教多学科协调发展，实现了办学水平的跨越。经院正在成为学生有感情、教师有归属、社会有认可、发展有成就的读书、教书、著书的精神家园。

让我们坚信美好的事情必将发生

　　当今之世，全球正经历百年未有之大变局，新冠疫情肆虐、俄乌冲突持续、极端天气频发，国家保护主义、单边主义、霸凌主义逆流而动，经济全球化和全球治理进程正遭遇空前冲击，人类社会正面临前所未有挑战。国内经济也在直面巨大考验，今年上半年全国GDP同比增长2.5 %，除去 2020年因疫情影响的特殊年份，这个数据为近20年来最低水平。刚刚过去的7月，在大学毕业生人数创历史新高的同时，16至24岁青年失业率也在挑战历史新高。华为创始人任正非已在喊话，要把活下来作为企业当前最主要任务，要把寒气传递给每个人。

　　是的，我们面前的世界正在越来越多地被不确定性笼罩，你们未来的生活也可能被种种突发状况打乱节奏：上午还在准备的课堂小组展示，下午就因疫情转入线上；计划已久的外出实践活动，随时会因临时性风险推迟。你们可能还会面对种种不如意：寝室远不如你想象的宽敞，就读专业可能并非第一选择，对有些课程似乎怎么也提不起兴趣。你们还会有很多的不知所措：看似不太投缘的室友该如何相处，不同类型的社团该怎么选择，课余时间要怎样自主安排，未来的学业规划又如何确定。一切似乎都不再是从前老师家长给出的必然选项，也好像没有标准答案能够照搬照做。“你有你的规划，这世界另有计划”。好吧，既然如此，可以坚信的又是什么：

　　是坚定的人生信念。信念如炬，可以烛照至暗的人生；信念如钢，可以让卑微的人生坚不可摧。1990年2月14日，距离我们64亿公里的旅行者1号探测器，拍摄了一张地球照片。照片中的地球影像连1个像素都达不到。只有经过多倍放大，才能看到一个渺小的蓝色光点。宇宙中，地球好似一粒微尘，人类就更是渺小到可以忽略不计。如此轻微的生命，人生的意义何在？这就要看你赋予它什么了。当你赋予它以庄严的使命，我们有限的人生便会生出无限的可能，当它被理想之光照耀，我们渺小的个体便有了炽热的力量。未来，无论读研深造，还是就业创业，信念是我们可以坚持的基石；生命即便小如苔花，也应绽放芳华；即便迅如流星，也要献出光芒。

　　是坚守的时代责任。自古以来，读书人就有“先忧后乐”的情怀和“天下兴亡，匹夫有责”的担当。近代以来，为反抗外敌入侵，争取民族独立；为反抗反动统治，谋求国家富强和人民幸福，无数有志青年赴汤蹈火，谱写了一曲曲感天动地的时代壮歌。和平建设时期，千百万热血青年是社会主义建设的开路先锋，是改革开放的弄潮健儿。进入新时代，防疫抗汛，灭火解难，处处可见“00”后的身影，我们的身边也有很多这样的典型：你们的学长，今年刚刚毕业的马兴科同学就是其中的一个。他心怀家国，两次应征入伍，主动选择到西藏服役；他不忘使命，疫情期间筹集防疫经费，请战回汉逆行驰援，一桩桩凡人壮举中，写满了他对家国的爱，人民的情。昔日，你们是父母眼中的孩子；从今，就要开始练就铮铮脊梁，否则怎担当得起时代新人的重任！

让我们助力美好的事情真正发生

　　认知永远无法代替行动，从知道到做到，从做到到做好，相差十万八千里，接近美好的每一步是用奔跑来丈量的。

　　请用心去思考。大学与你之前经历最大的差别，也许就在于你真正开始了主动发现问题、主动思考问题、主动解决问题的人生。不仅思考知识，也思考方法，“学用相长”；不仅思考专业，也思考专业背后的逻辑，“知其然，知其所以然”；不仅思考学业，也思考人生，“人生如逆旅，我亦是行人”；不仅思考当下，也思考未来，“苟日新,日日新,又日新”。

　　请用力去学习。不知起自何时，大学被种种误读曲解，以为高考过后，再也没有昏天黑地的苦读；以为远离父母就可以不受管束纵情玩耍；以为来日方长，何不享乐当下；以为经院辜负了一颗追求985和211的好强之心，既非名校何必努力呢？于是，上岸、躺平和摆烂，成了流行语，散漫、松垮和懈怠，成了平常态。

　　但我要告诉大家的是，忙，才是大学的常态，本科教育也是世界上几乎所有有着完备高等教育形态中最辛苦的阶段。大学不仅不应该放松，反而会有读不完的书，上不完的课，干不完的事。我还要告诉大家的是，尺短寸长，每所学校都有自己独特的精神气质和办学优势。经院作为省属唯一公办财经本科院校，它培养的“有理想，有能力，有担当”的人才，重实践，重实用，重实干，足以托举你们的满满期待，实现学业梦想。我还要提醒大家的是，每到毕业季，总有些同学因荒废学业而不能毕业，且这个数字还有上升趋势。看着他们那时流下的懊悔的泪水，谁能不长叹一声：早知如此何必当初呢？同时，不用我说，学习也是一份沉甸甸的责任，你们每个人的身上，或许都承载着整个家庭、乃至家族的期望，读书依旧是绝大多数普通人改变命运最可靠的途径，学习仍然是这个世界上“性价比”最高的事情。在最适合读书的时光里，我们有什么理由虚掷韶华，浪费青春呢？！ 

　　请用情去生活。美好人生的刻度，不是长度，而是密度；最会生活的人，往往并非生活条件最好的人，而是最能感悟生活的人。星辰大海自有壮阔之美，日常周遭，一样值得静静领略：缤纷的落樱、盛夏的荷花、飘香的丹桂、傲骨的寒梅，不要辜负这片入选最美大学50强的校园；记得疫情过后，坐一回公交漫游武汉三镇，体会这座英雄城市的烟火和“每天不一样”的进取；在匆匆赶路时停下听听风的声音鸟的鸣叫，从手机上抬头，触摸真实的世界结交真心的朋友，与同好论道析疑，在社团发现潜能，张开好奇之眼，保持探索之心。当然咯，如果能邂逅纯真的爱情，那自是一段美好的情缘，只是希望那时的你们，不仅有花前月下的你侬我侬，更能双向奔赴彼此成就。

让我们自己成为美好的事情本身

　　未来的三年或四年，你都将会是经院不可或缺的历史的一部分。无论这是一段轰轰烈烈的逐梦之旅，交出了一份兑现理想的答卷，还是持续不断的默默发力，进步于自己每一天的微小改变，都希望那时成就了你也成就了经院的美好。

　　请做一个知敬畏守底线的人。老子云：“人之所畏，不可不畏。”卢梭在《社会契约论》中说，人生而自由，却无往不在枷锁之中。敬畏洽是一个自由灵魂中最基础的素质，也是一个优秀民族最不可缺少的品性。因为敬畏，我们有了道德标尺，知道什么是善恶；因为敬畏，我们有了伦理标准，知道什么是是非；因为敬畏，我们有了行为规则，去实现自己成就他人。请始终敬畏自然、敬畏生命、敬畏法律，敬畏规则，敬畏一切我们内心认为高尚的东西，并将之内化为做人的原则、行为的底线。

　　请做一个纯真善良心里有光的人。我常常会举俞敏洪的例子，那个创办新东方让无数学子走出国门看世界的成功企业家，那个遭遇“双减”政策重压不得不咬牙转型再次引得世人侧目和赞誉的不屈汉子。他的故事里最让我印象深刻的是，他说他曾经是大学班级里最不起眼的乡下男孩，大学四年他帮同寝室的同学打了4年的开水、搬了4年看电影的板凳，当了4年肯吃亏的口碑好人，正是骨子里的纯真善良、不计得失，让他赢得了创业时的合作和事业低谷时的支持，也印证了法国作家雨果的话：“善良是历史中稀有的珍珠，于是善良的人便几乎优于伟大的人”。你是谁，你便会遇见谁。你的光，不仅照亮自己，也在召唤他人。这束光亮，成就赤子之心也指引我们穿越黑暗的隧道，抵达理想之地。

　　请做一个有意思不乏味的人。“漂亮的皮囊千篇一律，有趣的灵魂万里挑一”。有意思的人，始终对世界充满好奇，有意思的人，内心永远包容敞开。这意思来自书本，中外历史、人文艺术、科学博物，书让我们活过无数遍人生，与世界上最有趣的人心意相通。意思来自生活，用发现美的眼睛，欣赏美的心态，实践美的双手将平淡的日子过得风生水起。意思来自有力量的心灵，乐观开朗、幽默达观、至情至性，可以和自己相处自得其乐，也能和他人分享感染周边。很喜欢罗曼罗兰说过的一句话：“世上只有一种英雄主义，就是在认清生活真相之后，依然热爱生活”。就从今天开始，去做生活的英雄吧！

　　请做一个始终追寻幸福本义的人。人终其一生，无不在找寻幸福的道路上。上周四一位心理学家刚刚给老师们上过一堂幸福课，给出了幸福的公式，我深以为然。他说，幸福=满足+快乐+意义+投入。生理的满足，动物都能得到，精神的愉悦则让我们享受到身心的快乐，而如果这不是以正义的意义为前提，那么快乐将不可能深刻和持久，更重要的是，幸福不仅仅是思考和权衡，幸福更是实践和行动，其间我们可能为之付出汗水流下眼泪，而痛苦磨难并未减损幸福的成色，相反却让幸福的感受更加强烈，因为“爱和苦难都会给人带来意义”，因此不要吝啬你的努力，不必在意一时的进退得失，把它当成毕生的功课，向着幸福的方向出发吧! 

　　此时此刻，秋风习习，秋日融融，秋桂馥郁，秋枫层染，这应该是一年之中最好的时节吧，所谓“秋日胜春朝”，指的就是这个时候吧！但你们可知道，此时的美好，可是熬过了冬的凛冽，春的雨打，夏的炙烤之后才有的光景。人生又何尝不是如此呢？大学又何尝不是如此呢？你可能会经历迷茫困惑，也可能会遭遇挫折失败，但只要你心有所愿，志有所向，身有所往，则美好终至所归，则青春将一定是绽放光耀的青春，则大学必然是毕业时值得回忆的大学，则经院必将是因你而变得更美好的经院！

　　祝福你们，让美好的事情快点到来吧！