Foreword 序言 谈文化 On Cultural Issues The World Admiral Zheng He Discovered 论郑和下西洋时期的世界态势 What the Travels of Xuanzang and Ibn Battuta Tell Us 玄奘与伊本·白图泰远游的启示 Cultural Exchanges on the Silk Road 丝绸之路上的文化交流 Living Chinese Culture in Hong Kong 中国传统文化在香港 Tea and Coffee 茶与咖啡 A Long and Hard Look at China 从历史的视角细看中国 China and Pakistan: A Historical View 中国与巴基斯坦――历史回顾 Speech at the 25th Congregation at the Open University of Hong Kong 第25届香港公开大学学位颁授典礼致辞 论教育 On Education A Leading University in the Asia-Pacific Region 亚太地区的领跑高校 Modernization and Internationalization of Education: A Look at the Last 500 Years 教育的现代化和国际化──500年的历史回顾 Riding the Wave of Technology: Meeting the Critical Challenges to Higher Education in the 21st Century 乘科技之风――迎接21世纪高等教育的重大挑战 More Grows in the Garden than the Gardener Sows: On Models of Cultivating Creative Talent 有心栽花与无心插柳――创新人才培养模式 Knowledge Society and Semi-intellectuals 知识社会与半知识分子 Selling Water to the River! 江边卖水! 话成长 On Growth and Development Congregation Speeches at City University of Hong Kong 香港城市大学历年学位颁授典礼校长致辞 Only After You Learn Will You Realize There Is Much More to Learn 学而后知不足 Life Has a Limit but Learning Is Boundless 生也有涯,学也无涯 A "Brave New World" of High Technology 高科技的“美丽新世界” Academic and Cultural Exchange in the Past and the New Millennium 学术文化交流――回望过去,展望千禧 Extensive Study, Accurate Inquiry, Careful Reflection, Clear Discrimination 博学、审问、慎思、明辨 In the City, of the City, for the City 位于城市,属于城市,献于城市 A Fiction of What the Future Holds for Today's Graduates 畅想美好未来 Duty, Honor, Country 责任,荣誉,国家 Go Confidently in the Direction of Your Dream, Live the Life You Have Imagined 怀自信追随梦想,尽心愿毋负此生 A Tale of Two Murals 双壁画记 The World Is Flat 世界是平的 附录 张信刚:游走于文明之间