陈嘉庚筹办厦门大学演讲词陈嘉庚chenjiageng＇sbiographypatriotchenjiageng爱国者陈嘉庚陈嘉庚先生在抗战期间发动南洋华人华侨积极捐款，并劝说国民党与共产党联手抗日。在参观了重庆、延安等地后，他更坚定地认为共产党才是中国的希望。▲chenjiageng（c）inchongqingchenjiagengbecametheleaderoftheoverseaschinesecommunityinsingaporein1932.ayearaftertheoutbreakofhostilitieswithjapanin1938，hehelpedtoorganizethefederationofchinarelieffundsofsouthernasia，ofwhichhewaselectedchairman.heraisedasubstantialsumforchina’swareffort.chenjiagengworkedtopersuadethekuomintangandthecommunistpartytojoinhandsinthefightagainstjapan.onoctober28，1938，hesentacabletothenationalpoliticalcouncilinwhichhearguedagainstthecapitulationistgroupheadedbywangjingwei（thenthechairmanofnpc）andcautionedthat“makingpeace[withjapan]beforetheenemyhasbeendrivenfromoursoilistreason.”notedpoliticalcommentatorzoutaofenspokeofthemessageasoneof“thegreatestmotionseverknowninchina.”in1940，chenjiagengpersonallyheadedacomfortmissiontochina，visitingchongqing，yan’anandotherplaces.hebecameconvincedthatyan’anwasthefutureofthechinesenationandhispoliticalalliancebegantoshiftfromthekmtgovernmenttothecommunists.hespenthislateryearsparticipatinginthereconstructionandgovernanceofchina.hereturnedtochinatoparticpateinthepeople’spoliticalconsultativeconferenceattheinvitationofmaozedong.hesettleddowninhishometownofjimeiin1950.hecontinuedtodevelopchina’srubberindustry，reconstructfujianandrebuildandexpandxiamenuniversity.chenjiagengpass第1页共7页edawayonaugust12，1961，attheageof88.hewasaccordedastatefuneraladoubleportionoftan’sspiritinnovativeeducationisofcoursenothingnewatxmu.ouruniversityhasbeenpioneeringallelementsofmoderneducationeversinceitwasfoundedin1921bythe“henryfordofasia，”mr.tankahkee.thisfamousoverseaschinesepatriotgaveanestimatedusd100milliontoeduca-tion，thankshisbusinessacumenandfrugallifestyle.butmr.tanleftusmuchmorethanmeremoney.asiteachinorganizationalbehavior，organizations’personalitiesoftenreflectthoseoftheirfounders，andxmuiscertainlynoexception.xmu’s85yearsofsuccessshowithasinheritedadoubleportionofmr.tan’sspiritandvisionforabetterchina，abetterasia，andabetterhumanity.ouruniversity’sfounder，mr.tankahkee（chenjiageng，1874-1961），gaveanestimated100millionusdtoeducationoverhislifetimebuthewasbornintoahumblefamilyofmerchantsinthevillageofjimei，onthemainlandacrossfromxiamenisland.tanworkedthefieldsandthefishnetsuntilhestartedschoolattheageofnine，andinthefallof1890hemovedtosingaporetohelpinhisfather’sriceshop.hisfather’sbusinesswentunderin1904，butthesavvysonpulledtogetherenoughcapitaltobuy500acresofforestedlandinsingaporeandstartedapineappleplantation.backtotoptherubbermagnatetanrapidlyexpandedintoricemilling，manu-facturing，sawmills，realestate，andoceantransport，butitwasrubberthatreallystretchedhisfortune.hesetasideafewacresofhispineappleplanta-tionandeventuallyhad10，000acresofrubbertrees.hisexpansionfromrubberplantingtorubbermanufacturinghelpedcreatetherubberindustryandmadehimoneofthefourgreatrubberbarons.第2页共7页bythemid1920s，therubbermagnate’ssingapore-basedempireem-ployedover30，000people，had150officeson5continents，anddidbusinesswith48countries.butpricesplummetedafter1926andrubberneverquitebouncedback.evenworse，aftermr.tanprotestedjapan’sbrutal“jinanmassacre”（may3rd，1928），hisfac...
