Misreading Yu Hong caused controversy. Who is the ridiculous person?

On May 4th, Lin Jianhua, president of Peking University, made a speech at the celebration meeting of the 20th anniversary of Peking University/KLOC-0, which caused widespread concern for a while because he mispronounced the word "Hu" in Honghu Lake.

On the afternoon of May 5th, Lin Jianhua published an apology letter entitled "To Students" on the anonymous BBS of Peking University, and responded to this incident.

Regarding the reasons for writing, Lin Jianhua said, "I am writing this letter to tell you this, not to defend my ignorance or mistakes, but to let you know the real me. Your headmaster is not perfect, but also has shortcomings and shortcomings, and will make mistakes. In addition, I also want to tell you that all my important speeches were written by myself. "

It's really unacceptable for the president of Peking University to mispronounce, isn't it allowed? Is it really worth laughing at? I think the people who laugh at him are really worth laughing at.

Admittedly, Peking University is the top liberal arts education institution in China, but it doesn't mean that all the teachers and students of Peking University are liberal arts experts. Although you are the principal of a school, you are not a schoolmaster who can crush everyone in all aspects.

A good chemical experiment means a good article. Just because there are so many talented people in charge of the world doesn't mean that you can play "Flying Flower Order" and play several rounds with Peng Min. We can't overestimate the literary skills of university presidents, just as we can't underestimate the poetry level of takeaway brother. Because at the "Poetry Conference", his ugly takeaway brother actually defeated the gifted scholar of Peking University and won the championship of the season.

As President Lin said frankly, due to the incomplete and unsystematic liberal arts education, the writing skills are not deep. So it is inevitable that some words are mispronounced.

What's more, he has studied Taoism successively, and he specializes in chemistry. At the same time, he has been engaged in university management for a long time. The lack of congenital education and acquired training led to the mistakes at this critical moment. Although mispronouncing "Yu Hong" is a small probability event, it does not mean that it will not happen or will not happen.

After the apology letter was issued, the society still persisted, especially the view that "questioning cannot create value".

Questioning whether to create value has a specific context. Questioning authority, theory and even the so-called truth, with sincere academic criticism spirit, can promote the development of scientific theory and technology and the progress of social civilization. However, it is meaningless to question the goodwill and sincerity of the elderly and the care and guidance of good people, which is not conducive to value creation and social progress.

I believe that President Lin, as an expert who has been immersed in the field of chemistry for many years and achieved fruitful results, is not ignorant of the value of questioning. To blame, I can only blame his language ability is really not good enough, and I didn't expect this statement to be interpreted too much by society.

However, misreading Yu Hong is not without value. Before that, do you know that the deputy ministerial cadres and the president of Peking University need to write their own speech materials?

This is a small embarrassment, and we can see him more. We can see his frankness of bravely apologizing instead of shrinking in the face of criticism, his refusal to write for the recommendation of a word 180, his responsibility as prime minister in promoting educational reform, going to administrative universities, inheriting and creating an independent, compatible and free academic atmosphere, his initiative to give up the indifferent honor of participating in Changjiang scholars and academicians, and his diligence and self-discipline in chemistry laboratories after busy administrative work.

Perfection is a pursuit and a realm, but there is no absolute perfection in reality. To accept an imperfect principle is to accept the truth of the world.

If we treat this little embarrassment with sarcasm and sarcasm, it will only expose the shallowness of the mocker's heart. Finally, the ridiculous person may not be others, but the mocker himself.