东儒西道——浅谈圣人雕像

Confucianism at East and Taoism at West–On saints’ statues of Huazhong University of Science & Technology

孔子是儒家的创始人,被人视为中国古代最伟大的教育家,他和学生的对话被编成《论语》一书;老子是道家的创始人,被后人尊为中国古代最伟大的思想家之一,也是中国古代哲学代表著作《道德经》的作者。他们两个人的雕像依次被放置到华中科技大学这一以工科校园的两栋教学楼前面,充分体现了该校作为一所现代化高校重视文理结合的办学理念。本文以两处雕像景观为出发点,首先介绍了各自的地理位置、诞生情况以及自身形态;然后从各个方面简述了它们为校园带来的文化改变;最后,阐述了笔者认为的一些可以改进的地方,以及对两座雕像和两栋建筑间的关系做出了自己的见解。

Confucius was the founder of Confucianism. He was regarded as the greatest educator in ancient China. His conversation with his students was compiled"The Analects". Lao-zi is the founder of Taoism. He was later revered as one of the greatest thinkers in ancient China. He is also the author of“Daodejing”, one of representative works of ancient Chinese philosophy. Their statues is placed in front of two school buildings of the Huazhong University of Science & Technology in turn, fully reflects the education philosophy as a modern university which was valued the combination of Arts and Science. In this paper, two statues of landscape as a starting point, I first introduced their location, as wel as their birth;Then I briefly discussed the changes they have brought to the campus from al aspects;Final y, I explains some place could be improved, as wel as the relationship between two statues and the two buildings to make my own opinion.