We all love college reunion(再聚). I feel very lucky to have been able to 1my 25th anniversary reunion. The meals were2welcomed. The celebration was inspiring,3 an overview of the past years. And the 4of my four years on campus were satisfying and5.

    One of my favourite parts was 6about the lives of my classmates. Their7lives-families, relationships-and also their professional work. There's the classmate who is an organic farmer and a leader in the effort to 8 other farmers about organic farming skills; the classmate who9over her family's power plant; the classmate who 10her own company; the classmate who went to a(n)11school and now works as a delivery nurse. All are inspirational. What they also 12 is a commitment to learning, leading, challenging and contributing, all things we learned the value of in college.

    Then there is our classmate who passed away in January 2017. He shared the commitment to all the 13listed above, as well as to the value of adventure and positive thinking. He was missed14 words. As a class, we 15him on Saturday evening and as a college, we did honor to him, along with other classmates who have passed away in the past five years, at a memorial service on Sunday morning. I was honored, on16 of our class and our college, to read his name and 17a candle for him at the service. This classmate was an18throughout his short life.

    I have been 19 on my 25th reunion and on my college days and all the days since. I am 20for the lessons I have learned so far. And I am inspired.

    昔司马氏有廉臣焉，曰吴君隐之，出刺广州，过贪泉而饮之，赋诗曰：“古人云此水，一歃怀千金。试使夷、齐饮，终当不易心。”其后隐之，卒以廉终其身，而后世之称廉者，亦必曰“吴刺史”焉。有元宪副吴君为广西时，名其亭曰“饮泉”，慕刺史也，而宪副之廉，卒与刺史相先后。至正十四年，宪副之孙以时，以故征士京兆杜君伯原所书“饮泉亭”三字，征予言。

    予旧见昔人论刺史饮泉事，或病．其为矫心，甚不以为然。夫君子以身立教有可以植正道遏邪说正人心扬公论皆当见而为之又何可病而讥之哉？人命之．修短系乎天，不可以力争也，而行事之否臧由乎己，人心之贪与廉，自我作之，岂外物所能易哉？向使有泉焉，曰饮之者死，我乃奋其不畏之气，冒而饮之，死非我能夺也，而容有死之理而强饮焉，是矫也，是无益而沽名也，则君子病而不为之矣。大丈夫之心，仁以充之，礼以立之，驱之以刀剑而不为不义屈，临之以汤火而不为不义动，夫岂一勺之水所能移哉？

    人之好利与好名，皆蛊于物者也，有一焉，则其守不固，而物得以移之矣。若刺史，吾知其决非矫以沽名者也，惟其知道，明而自信，笃也，故饮之以示人，使人知贪廉之由乎内，而不假乎外，使外好名而内贪浊者，不得以藉口而分其罪。夫是之真足以启愚而立懦，其功不在伯夷、叔齐下矣。

    番禺在岭峤外，去天子最远，故吏于其地者，得以逞其贪，贪相承习为故，民无所归咎，而以泉当之，怨而激者之云也。刺史此行，非惟峤外之民始获沾天子之惠，而泉亦得以雪其冤。夫民，天民也，泉，天物也，一刺史得其人，而民与物皆受其赐。呜呼，伟哉！以时尚气节，敢直言，见贪夫疾之如仇，故凡有禄位者，多不与相得。予甚敬其有祖风也，是为记。

（选自《诚意伯文集》卷六，有删改）

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