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Just past the commemorative meeting of Peking University120th anniversary, unexpected "tidbits" appeared. President Lin Jianhua mispronounced the word "Honghu" in his speech, which quickly triggered a discussion on the Internet. Yesterday, Lin Jianhua apologized to the students in the anonymous BBS forum of Peking University. This letter of apology of nearly a thousand words is true and frank everywhere, and has been well received by teachers, students, alumni and outsiders of Peking University.
On the day of the anniversary meeting, Lin Jianhua delivered a speech entitled "University is the Bridge to the Future". There is a sentence in the speech, "Be inspirational, be ambitious and be a struggler". In his speech, Lin Jianhua read the word "Hong Gu" as "Hao", which aroused widespread concern. Yesterday, Lin Jianhua published a letter to students through an anonymous BBS forum. The whole letter begins with "sorry" and ends with "apology". He voluntarily admitted that he mispronounced the pronunciation of "Yu Hong" in his speech at the school celebration meeting. In the letter, Lin Jianhua admitted that he was not familiar with the pronunciation of this word, and his writing skills were really poor. "I should have learned it this time, but the cost is really too high."
Lin Jianhua said that when he was in primary and secondary schools, education almost stopped, and basic education was neither complete nor systematic. He also told the students that he didn't want to defend his ignorance or mistakes, but just wanted them to know who they really were. "Your headmaster is not perfect, but also has shortcomings and deficiencies, and will make mistakes." Lin Jianhua said that he would work hard, but it is difficult to guarantee that similar mistakes will not occur in the future, because the cultivation of words was not built in a day. He told the students that all the important speeches were written by himself, and the contents and ideas in them were what he wanted everyone to know.
This letter of apology was sent out at 4pm yesterday, and by 10 last night, it had ranked first in the posting list of the unnamed BBS "Triangle Area", and was forwarded more than 5,000 times on the unnamed BBS Sina Weibo, leaving nearly 500 messages. The reporter noticed that a large number of teachers, students, alumni and even people in the society of Peking University were praising Lin Jianhua's truthfulness and frankness. Ms. Zheng, an alumnus of Peking University 20 12, told the reporter that the headmaster is neither an announcer nor an expert in philology, so it is inevitable to read wrong words. The most valuable thing is the courage to admit mistakes. "This has also set an example for other principals, not only to have awe of the words, but also to bow their heads to accept criticism and frankly admit their mistakes."
It was learned from relevant insiders of Peking University that Lin Jianhua learned that his pronunciation was wrong shortly after the anniversary meeting, and said at that time that he would apologize to teachers and students in an appropriate way. This letter of apology was written by him personally, and many experiences of studying and living in the past were revealed for the first time, completely revealing the true feelings.
Source: Beijing Evening News