More response to HUST name change

cai 发表于 2000/05/03 09:01 华中科技大学校友论坛 (www.hust.org)

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Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 11:43:26 +0800

From: "Liu Daming" <liudm @ dsi . nus . edu . sg>

To: <yhchen @ gintic . gov . sg>, <cai @ nba71 . med . uth . tmc . edu>

Subject: RE: A Funny New Name for HUST?!

Dear All,

As the alumni of HUST, we certainly concern the future of HUST. I completely agree with the opinion of Mr Zhong Xiaolin, i.e. HUST should keep its English name unchanged and only change its Chinese name to Huazhong Ke Ji Da Xie. Most famous universities in the world are named as same as where they locate. Different from a business company, a brand name of a famous university need decades or more than a hundred years to build and to get recognition. Huazhong means central China and HUST is already a brand name. This brand name represents the hard works and contributions of all tens thousands of alumni. We strongly oppose the funny new name of Huatong University.

Liu Daming

An alumnus of HUST in Singapore

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Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 12:15:45 +0800 (SST)

From: Yi Lin <yilin @ cz3 . nus . edu . sg>

To: Liu Daming <liudm @ dsi . nus . edu . sg>

Subject: RE: A Funny New Name for HUST?!

Dear all,

Our works in Science and Technology will be a strong support for our

mother university of HUST. Could you kindly and effectively support your

mother university because she is still a week tree

in the world science garden? Only our work is the best love to our mother

HUST. Believe we can change back soon!

Best regards,

Prof. of Physics(HUST)

YI Lin

On Wed, 3 May 2000, Liu Daming wrote:

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Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 17:41:57 +0800

From: "Chen Shixin" <dsicsx @ dsi . nus . edu . sg>

To: <yilin @ cz3 . nus . edu . sg>, "Liu Liu Daming" <liudm @ dsi . nus . edu . sg>

Subject: RE: A Funny New Name for HUST?!

Dear all,

Personally, I think Hua zhong Da Xue might be the best name for the merged

university. All parties involved in the merge would be happy about it.

Hua Zhong, the two characters should be kept for the reason that they

represent the unique regional and cultural history. Almost all universities

everywhere in the world use place's name to indicate their location and

cultural history background. HuaTong Da Xue has no any useful content and

is too strange to everyone in both learning and business sectors in China

and overseas. It might be just alright for a brand new university without

root. It sounds like a continuation education college established by

a charity or religion society.

As for the English name , HUST is the best. It is a well established name

through the hard work of several generations of Huagong alumni, especially

since China adopted its open-door policy more than 20 year ago. We would

spend another 20 or more years to establish the current statue of HUST in

both China and overseas for the newly named university.

A medical school run by an university is absolutely normal. Tong Ji still

can keep its name as Tong Ji Medical College or School under HUST. For

a long run it will not lose anything but gain from the merge. It is

a stuation where two universities win. If Hua Tong was chosen as the

English name of the merged univ, two universities will lose and the

damage caused will not be repairable, even if MOE accepts the conditions

listed in Liming's email. It is us who care HUST most.

Just for your reference

Chen Shixin

Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 21:25:18 +0800 (HKT)

From: LIU Liming <liulim @ ust . hk>

To: Forrest Zhong <fzhong @ transpac-capital . com>

Subject: Re: A Funny New Name for HUST?!

Dear Friends,

A week or so ago, I wrote a short piece about changing school name.

I called it Chinese A Q name change trick. I am now copying it here for

you guys just for fun (you need to use Richwin)

Yours,

Liming

在西方先进国家, 公司合并后改名, 女人嫁人改名, 但很少听说学校改名. 在中国,

女人嫁人不用改名, 但学校改名则是家常便饭. 别人不做我偏做.

再说当前, 某校迫于无奈要并入另一校, 於是要求"新婚"时启用新名. 最简单的

办法 就像香港女人嫁人, 在你的姓后加我的姓, 比如陈方安生. 于是就有天津南开,

北京清华, 华中同济, 诸如此类.

不过校名比人名复杂. 如都有阿Q精神就好办, 天津的南开还是南开, 反过来,

天津南开的简称还可叫天大, 这样各方人马可各择所好而称之.

不过现代人要聪明的多. 还有更复杂的一层, 据说上面好四字名, 来的简单,

西安交通的交通, 华中理工的理工, 确实是画蛇添足. 有见於此, 天南, 北清,

华同等校名就像金庸大师笔下的大侠般应运而生.

From: DLei @ AIT . ca

To: yhchen @ gintic . gov . sg, cai @ nba71 . med . uth . tmc . edu

Subject: RE: A Funny New Name for HUST?!

Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 09:50:53 -0400

I really feel funny that HUST is going to change name again. That gives me

exactly the same feeling as the Wuhan made cigarettes change their brands

frequently just for a short time profit and then no one could last more than

five years on it.

Maybe it is a wise decision to merge some related power to build a

superpower, but it never makes any sense to merge two names to spell out a

new brand. MIT still holds its name for famous not because it's named under

the Institute. Either one of the original names are better than the stupid

mixed HuaTong. By considering the TongJi University is used already, then

HuaZhong is the only choice.

Why don't use HuaZhong University directly, so we don't bother to rack the

brains again next time just in case it's ordered to merge with HuaZhong

Normal University!!?

Yiwu (Denis), Lei

AiT Advanced Information Technologies Corp.

(613)722-2070, Ext. 1541

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