Bulletin Special Supplement Ever in My Heart: Professor Ambrose King and The Chinese University

序言 Preface 序言 Preface Ever in My Heart I n 1970, founding Vice-Chancellor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong Dr. Choh- Ming Li invited famous Chinese sociologist Yang Ching-kun to help launch the discipline of sociology at CUHK. Highly impressed by Prof. King’s book From Tradition to Modernity , published in 1966, Yang recommended Prof. King to Vice-Chancellor Li. He even wrote the young Prof. King, who was in the United States at the time, urging him to join the then newly founded Chinese University. Prof. King did — as a lecturer in sociology. He went on to become Head of New Asia College, Chairman of the Department of Sociology, Pro-Vice- Chancellor of the University, and, in 2002, he was installed as the fifth Vice-Chancellor of CUHK. During his vice-chancellorship, Prof. King led CUHK to overcome unprecedented challenges and founded a School of Law that has significant implications for both the University and legal education in Hong Kong. Born in 1935, Prof. King is a native of Tiantai in Zhejiang Province. He obtained his BA in law from Taiwan University, M.Phil. in political science from Taiwan Chengchi University, and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Pittsburgh. He had been visiting scholar at Cambridge University, MIT, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Heidelberg. Prof. King is a great educator, an esteemed sociologist and a brilliant essayist who is as prolific and respected a writer as he is a teacher. Prof. King was Founding President of the Hong Kong Sociological Association. In 1994, he 金 耀基教授在他的散文集《劍 橋語絲》（牛津版）序言裡 說：「文字是一種因緣，如果不是 在一九七五年去了劍橋，就不會有 《劍橋語絲》；如果不是一九八五 年在海德堡住了半年，也不會有 《海德堡語絲》。」 金教授與中文大學的關係也是一種因 緣。一九七零年，中大創校校長李卓 敏博士邀請中國著名社會學家楊慶 教授協助發展中大的社會學，楊教授 看過金耀基教授在一九六六年出版的 《從傳統到現代》，非常欣賞，於是 推薦金教授給李卓敏校長，還寫信給 人在美國的金教授，鼓勵他到當年新 成立的中文大學發展。金教授來到中 大，任社會學教師，其後歷任新亞書 院院長、社會學系系主任、大學副校 長，並在二零零二年出任中大第五任 校長，直至二零零四年七月退休，任 內領導大學克服了不少挑戰，並且成 立了對中大和本地法律教育均意義重 大的法律學院。 金耀基教授一九三五年出生，是浙江 天台縣人，台灣大學法學士、台灣政 治大學政治學碩士及美國匹茲堡大學 哲學博士，曾遊學英國劍橋大學、美 國麻省理工、威斯康辛大學和德國海 德堡大學。金教授是出色的教育家、 著名社會學家和散文家，桃李滿門， 著作豐碩。他是香港社會學會創會會 長，學術論文發表於各種國際學報，