林文庆与厦门大学早期的发展

Abstract

林文庆作为私立时期厦门大学校长和中国教育家,以其独特的教育理念和突出的办学成就享誉于世。他追随陈嘉庚办学,博采东西学术之长,融会贯通,创新文化;推进学科建设,缔造研究型大学的优良学术传统,在中国现代大学史上产生积极的示范效应;注重大学责任,努力实践以社会为本位的大学职能观,成就一代英才;崇尚儒学,传承民族文化,践行儒者风范。大学是一个学术共同体,在历史反思中形成对自身的文化认同。作为一笔珍贵的精神文化遗产,林文庆的办学思想值得深入探究与发扬光大。

Being the president of Amoy University as a private university and an educator in China,Lim Boon Keng was well known for his unique educational philosophy and outstanding educational achievements.Following Mr.Tan Kah Kee in his educational practice,he absorbed the strong points from the Eastern and Western academic traditions,became well-versed in both,and constructed an indigenous campus culture;he promoted the development of disciplinary construction,and established an excellent academic tradition for research universities,which has exerted a positive and normative impact on the development of modern universities in China.He emphasized the cultivation of sense of responsibility for universities,made great efforts to materialize the functionalist theory of society-oriented higher education,and helped a great number of students to become pillars of the society.Mr.Lim advocated Confucianism and the preservation and development of the Chinese culture;he himself proved a role model of Confucianism.A university is an academic community that forms its own cultural identity through historical reflections.This paper argues that Lim Boon Keng's educational philosophy concerning higher education,as a precious theoretical and cultural legacy,is worthy of in-depth exploration and extensive application.