文明对话与世界一流大学建设

Civilization Dialogue and the Construction of World Class Universities

许美德教授为出席2018年在柬埔寨召开的亚洲比较教育会议,用时一年查阅文献,研究在柬埔寨历史发展中占有重要地位的吴哥文明。她发现,印度僧侣对佛教的传播是吴哥文明兴起的直接原因,古印度的塔克西拉大学和那烂陀大学扮演了佛教文化传播中心的角色,吸引了不少中国高僧前来游学,佛教传播对中国书院的兴起产生了直接影响。有趣的是,系统记载佛教传播经历的资料出自中国古代高僧,印度大乘佛教为妇女研究学术开创了机会。中国古代书院展现了中国文化特色,中国的"双一流"建设也应当秉承中国文化的特色,着力在促进人类和平和消除贫困上发挥更大作用。西方研究型大学模式不是"一流"大学的唯一模式,中国"双一流"建设不应盲目地跟着西方大学的排行榜走。

Preparing for her presentation in the Asian Comparative Education Conference held in Cambodia in 2018,Professor Ruth Hayhoe spent a whole year in reading papers to study the Angkor civilization. The Angkor civilization plays an important role in the development of Cambodia,and Professor Ruth Hayhoe found that the spread of Buddhism by Indian monks was the direct cause of the rise of Angkor civilization. Indian monastic universities,such as Taxila and Nalanda,were the communication center of Buddhism culture,attracting many Chinese monks to study there. The Buddhism culture they brought back to China laid the foundation for the emergence of Shuyuan. Interestingly,the texts recording the diffusion history of Buddhism culture were written by Chinese monks. It is worth mentioning that the Mahayana School of Buddhism allowed thousands of Chinese women to engage in scholarship. Shuyuan shows the traditional Chinese culture,and at present when achieving ＂double worldclass＂,China should focus on bringing peace to the world and eliminating poverty with its unique roots of its own culture. The model of the western research university is not the only model of the ＂first class＂university. The construction of the ＂Double-First Class＂university in China should adhere to its own characteristics and should not follow the rankings of western universities blindly.