[中文]校长先生，女士们、先生
衷心感谢萨莫斯校长的盛情邀请。
今天，我很高兴站在哈佛讲台上同你们面对面交谈。
中美两国相隔遥远，经济水平和文化背景差异很大。
要了解一个真实的、发展变化着的、充满希望的中国，就有必要了解中国的昨天、今天和明天、
昨天的中国，是一个古老并创造了灿烂文明的大国。
中华民族的传统文化博大精深、源远流长。
早在2000多年前，就产生了以孔孟为代表 的儒家学说和以老庄为代表的道家学说,以及其他许多也在中国思想史上有地位的学说流派，这就是有名的“诸子百家”。
从孔夫子到孙中山，中华民族传统文化有它的许多珍贵品，许多人民性和民主性的好东西。
比如，强调仁爱，强调群体，强调和而不同，强调天下为公。
特别是“天下兴亡、匹夫有责”的爱国情操，“民为邦本” “民责君轻”的民本思 想，“己所不欲，勿施于人”的待人之道,吃苦耐劳、勤俭持家、尊师重教的传统美德，世代相传。
所有这些，对家庭、国家和社会起到了巨大的维系与调节作用。
今天的中国，是一个改革开放与和平崛起的大国。
中国有13亿人口，不管多么小的问题，只要乘以13亿，那就成为很大很大的问题；不管多么可观的财力、物力，只要除以13亿，那就成为很低很低的人均水平。
解决13亿人的问题，不能靠别人，只能靠自己。
从1978年开始改革开放，我们终于找到了一条发展自己的正确道路。
这就是：中国人民独立自主地建设有中国特色的社会主义。
30年间中国创造的巨大财富，不仅使13亿中国人基本解决了温饱，基本实现了小康，而且为世界发展做出了贡献。
当然，中国仍然是一个发展中国家。
城市和农村、东部和西部存在着明显发展差距。
中国要达到发达国家水平，还需要几代人、十几代人甚至几十代人的长期艰苦奋斗。
明天的中国，是一个热爱和平和充满希望的大国。
中国已经制订了实现现代化的“三步走”战略。
从现在起到2000年，中国要全面实现 小康。
到2000年，也就是中华人民共和国成立100周年的时候，我们将达到世界中等发达国家的水平。
我们清醒地估计到，在前进的道路上还要克服许许多多可以预见的和难以预料的困难，迎接各种各样严峻的挑战。
当然，中国政府和中国人民有足够的信心，艰苦奋斗，排除万难，实现我们的雄心壮志。
今天，人类正处在社会急剧大变动的时代。
我呼吁，让我们共同以智慧和力量去推动人类文明的进步与发展。
我们的成功将承继先贤，泽被后世。
这样，我们的子孙就能生活在一个更加和平、安定和繁荣的世界里。
我相信，这样一个无限光明、无限美好的明天，必将到来！
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[外文]Mr chairman,ladies and gentlemen ,
I heartily appreciate Mr Mosi′s hospitality and invitation.
Today, I′m very glad to be here on Havard University‘s speech platform to communicate with all of you face to face.
There is a long distance from China to America,and also a big difference in the economic development level and the cultural background between two countries.
If you want to know a real , developing , changing , hopeful China, you need to know something about what happened past,happening now and will happen in China.
China used to be an ancient country with great civilization.
China has a broad and profound traditional culture of long standing.
As early as in two thousand years ago, Confucianism represented by Confucius ,Taoist represented by Laozi and Zhuangzi , and other schools of thoughts that are playing prominent roles in Chinese ideologies has already appeared, which was known as ‘various schools of thoughts and exponents during the pre-Qin times to the early years of the Han Dynasty′.
From Confucius to Sun Yat-sen,Chinese traditional cultures own a lot of valuable,people-affinitied ,democratic things,
For example, Chinese nation emphasizes kindheartedness ,groups, harmoniousness with individualism,and the whole world as a community.
And especially the patriotic sentiment like /which can be expounded by the Chinese saying ‘Every man alive has a duty to his country.′;the people-first ideology like ‘The people are the foundation of the state′ and ‘The people are more important than the ruler′;way of getting along with people like ‘Don′t do to others what you don′t want others to do to you.′ ; the traditional great virtues′ passing-on from generation to generation, like ‘bear/endure hardships and be capable of hard work′ and ‘manage the household industriously and thriftily′ and ‘show respect to teachers and attach great importance to education ‘.
All these ideology play an important role in maintaining and regulating our families ,nation and society.
China today is great country benefiting from reform and open ,stressing peace,and rising .
China has a population of 1.3 billion. A small problem multiplying 1.3 billion will become a very big one; and no matter how considerable financial capacity or material resources dividing 1.3 billion will result in very low level per capita.
We can only depend on ourselves to solve our own problem/choose our development methods rather than on others.
Since the implement of reform and open policy in 1978, we have found a proper way developing our own society ultimately,
Which refers to that Chinese people construct a chinese-characteristic socialism independently and on our own initiative.
During the past 30 years ,China has created an enormous property ,which enables Chinese people to have adequate food and clothing,live relatively comfortable life,and also make contributions to the development of the world.
Of course ,China is still a developing country,
With an obvious development gap between cities and countryside ,the east area and the west area.
China will achieve the developed level only by the several generations′ perseveringly hard working .
China tomorrow /in the future will be a great country loving peace and full of hope.
China has formulated the ‘three-step stratagem′ aming to achieve modernization.
From now to 2000, China need to achieve overall well-off society.
And by 2000,the 100 anniversary of the foundation of People′s Republic of China, China will achieve the middle-developed level.
We have clearly estimated that we have to overcome so much foreseeable and unpredictable difficulties and meet various kinds of challenges in the progressional way.
Of course Chinese government and Chinese people has great confidence in achieving our ambitions by perseveringly hard work and eliminating various difficulties.
Now human beings are living in an era whose society is changing rapidly.
I appeal that let′s push forward the improvement and development of human being′s civilization by our intelligence and power together,.
Our success will do credit to our forebears and bring benefit to our posterity.
So our children and grandchildren will live in a more peaceful ,stable and prosperous world.
I believe that such a brilliant and glorious day will certainly come.
Thank you !
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