Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 2002

Prof. Arthur K.C. Li Speech at the Congregation of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology on 12th November 1999 Indeed, the division of learning into science, arts, or any other stream is a relatively recent development, ... In ancient China, education consisted in the mastery of the six "arts" of rites (禮)， music (樂)， archery (射 ), horsemanship (御 ), the written language (書 ), and mathematics (數 ), which not only spanned both arts and science but also included sports as well. ... the Renaissance ideal of the Universal Man was a polymath, some great artist-cum-scientist like Leonardo da Vinci whose talent and creativity knew no bounds....' ‘ As specialization intensifies in the face of the inexorable growth of knowledge, the restoration of a reasonable degree of versatility in education becomes all the more urgent. ... it is essential that we reinforce general education in universities to give young people more opportunity to appreciate the developments in different subject disciplines; ... initiating them into the magnificent worlds of both the arts and the sciences will generate greater appreciation of the wonderful potentialities and achievements of the human mind. . CUHK at 40 Holistic Education 21