I･CARE Centre for Whole-person Development E-newsletter

"The 13 Things Learnt from the Adventure of a Perplexing Youth" under University Lecture on Civility 2017 was successfully completed. In view of the charisma of the speaker Prof. Lung Yingtai, the quota for online registration was fully filled at the very beginning. Many people were forced to choose standing beyond the Amphitheatre of New Asia College to hear Prof. Lung's talk.

To avoid disappointment, Prof. Lung invited the said group of people to sit at the stage and created an exciting atmosphere for the event. She then shared the 13 things learnt from the adventure of a perplexing youth:

1.   Do not marry the first person you love, yet you may love the one you marry.
2.   Be prepared to say "Thank you. No" to people who admire you.
3.   Learn to play, and cultivate some lifelong hobbies.
4.   When you are young, start developing long-term friendship with people who feel hungry
　　for knowledge.
5.    The solitude, like staying with only a tree, can be your reward.
6.    To play Hua Xin or Guan Ning, it is your own choice.
7.   For "Justice", charge! But fasten your shoelaces beforehand.
8.   Square and circle can co-exist in yourself provided you are a real master.
9. Tolerance takes precedence over freedom.
10. It is easier to go up the hill than down, to appear in the scene than off, to stay than to
　　leave, to begin than to quit.
11. Be a lifelong anthropologist.
12. See history and reality with tenderness and respect.
13. Uphold the "Spirit of Independence" and "Freedom of Thought".

To the audiences' astonishment, Prof. Lung delivered an extra 0.5 thing i.e. "In youth, enjoy love, sex and knowledge to the optimal extent. Since the daytime is longer than a night, the search for knowledge should be more frequently". She also autographed her works brought along by the audiences and took picture with them.

For review of Prof. Lung's whole talk, please visit the following site on CUTV:
http://www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk/cutv/detail/894

Besides the talk on "The 13 Things Learnt from the Adventure of a Perplexing Youth", there were a number of side activities including the Screening and Debriefing Session of Documentary, Seeing Off 1949 - Lung Yingtai's Journey, Street Running cum Book Reading, Exhibition of Quotes in Lung Yingtai's Literary Works and Book Exhibition cum Preferential Sale. Regarding the Screening and Debriefing Session of Documentary, Seeing Off 1949 - Lung Yingtai's Journey, Prof. Lung joined some 200 audiences to view the movie and interact with them during the discussion afterwards.

As for the Exhibition of Quotes in Lung Yingtai's Literary Works, its appearance at the Learning Garden of University Library has been extended until 31 October 2017. All are welcome.