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Date: December 5, 2015
发布日：2015年12月5日
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"I Was Worried Before Everyone Got Worried, I Will Be Happy When Everyone
Is Happy." -- Prize Dedication to Chen Shuqing as Recipient of the Twelfth
Annual "Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy Champion Prize" by the Wei
Jingsheng Foundation
标题：先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐 -- 2015年第十二届"魏京生民主斗士奖"给陈树庆先生的颁奖词
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"I
Was Worried Before Everyone Got Worried, I Will Be Happy When Everyone Is
Happy."
--
Prize Dedication to Chen Shuqing as Recipient of the Twelfth Annual "Wei
Jingsheng Chinese Democracy Champion Prize" by the Wei Jingsheng
Foundation
December
5, 2015
When
I was seven years old, I secretly read the Chinese classic literature textbook
my dad used during his college in Hangzhou, the provincial capital of Zhejiang
Province. Of that difficult book,
there was one sentence I remembered for the rest of my life: "I Was
Worried Before Everyone Got Worried, I Will Be Happy When Everyone Is
Happy." That is because
although I knew all the words in that sentence, yet I had a difficulty in
completely comprehending it. As
the years pass, I am getting better at understanding this sentence that was
written 970 years ago. The people
I know and experiences I have had helped me to understand the deep and profound
significance of the selfless meaning of "for the others first, then
oneself" of this simple sentence.
In fact, it is really not difficult for one to understand it; the
difficulty is in carrying it out.
This
famous sentence in the lasting "Yueyang Tower," which has only a few
hundred words, was written by Fan Zhongyan, the famous statesman, military
strategist, and writer of the Northern Song Dynasty. It well expressed author's feeling of taking responsibility
for the world. He practiced his
life with concern for the people and the country. His outspokenness led to his several demotions and
disgraces. Even several colleagues
including Ouyang Xiu, a famous scholar and statesman of the time, were demoted
and put in exile because they spoke for Fan's grievance and in support of
him. Fan Zhongyan used his income
to help people of poverty in his village, yet lived in poverty himself all his
life; an exact reflection of practice of his sentence. In the past and present, this sentence
of his has inspired so many people with lofty ideals to resonate and even
sacrifice. However, in this
materialistic society in China now, such people with lofty ideals have to not
only bear all incomprehensible superciliousness, but also to bear the ruthless
repression that dictators carry out against these pioneers who have
foresight. Sometimes the pioneers
become martyrs paying the price of their own freedom and even their lives.
Over
the long history of Zhejiang Province, a wealthy place with rich culture and
outstanding people, there have been many pioneers with insight and
braveness. In this economically
developed land of prosperity, many people who can lie back to enjoy their
lives, are still concerned of the well being of the people and future of
China. Of them, many have
sacrificed their otherwise better and stable material life to promote democracy
and freedom for the Chinese people.
They include the members of Zhejiang Democratic Party, who have been the
first to publicly organize an opposition party under the Communist regime and
have been active for more than a decade.
One of their outstanding representatives is the awardee of this year's
"Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy Champion Prize" - Mr. Chen Shuqing.
Chen
Shuqing was born in September 1965, in Fuyang county of the Zhejiang
Province. In 1983, he was admitted
to the Department of Biology of Hangzhou University with excellent scores. He participated in the 1986 student
protests and the 1989 democracy movement in China. In the 1980's, he was accepted into graduate study and
received a master's degree in July 1990.
In 1995, Chen Shuqing participated in the implementation of the
constitution movement, in demanding the release of Wei Jingsheng, Liu Nianchun,
and other political activists. In
1998, Chen joined the Zhejiang Democratic Party. Then in 1999, after the second wave of crackdowns on the
Chinese Democratic Party by the Chinese Communist authorities, Chen Shuqing,
along with Nie Minzhi, Wang Rongqing, Shan Chengfeng, and others took
responsibility for the daily organizational work of the Zhejiang Democratic
Party and the production of its "Opposition Party" magazine. On September 24, 1999, Chen's home was
raided by the Hangzhou police and he was secretly detained for more than four
months under the euphemism "residential surveillance". In September 2006, Chen Shuqing was
again detained for "inciting subversion of state power" and was
sentenced to serve four years in the prison. In September 2014, Chen Shuqing was arrested again and now
he is facing another sentence.
Chen
Shuqing has summarized himself as: "a member of the Chinese Democratic
Party and a fighter. I always know
what is my mission." He is
dependable and hardworking. He
does hard and solid work, instead of boasting himself with only ambition. Chen Shuqing adheres to freedom of
speech as a constitutional right, and also has promised "to speak
publicly, have the courage to speak publicly, to be good at speak publicly, to
use wisdom to speak publicly," as a way to counter the persecution and
attacks from the Chinese Communist regime. He is open-minded and writes good articles. He wrote many articles praising his
fellow comrades, but without praising himself. He is full of team spirit and often helped his fellow
comrades including joining in an effort to help distressed friends and
families, especially during the Chinese New Year time. In one of the articles, he humbly
wrote: "We, the members of the Zhejiang Democrat Party, are just the
paving stones of the democratic process.
We want to build this party as a big platform that is inclusive and
open. We welcome and are willing
to absorb every comrade who is willing to contribute to the advancement of the
Chinese democracy, to display their talent and to realize the value of
life. When we have a growing
number of paving stones, why should we worry of being unable to pave a broad
road of democracy and freedom that would be beneficial to all the citizens and
future generations! "
In
order to promote the rule of law in China as much as he can, Chen Shuqing gave
up his biology profession that he has studied for years and taught himself to
study law in order to take the National Bar Examination so as to become a
lawyer. When talking about why he
made such an important life choice, Chen Shuqing said: "There are so many
talented people with lofty ideals such as Youcai, Yilong, Zhengming, Xu Guang,
who took the initiative to suffer and sacrifice for a free China. Yet we cannot even find a human rights
lawyer to defend them! What a sad
bleak reality!." Chen Shuqing
passed his National Bar Examination in 2004, but the Chinese authorities
refused to give him his "legal professional qualification
certificate" due to his years of activity involved with the Chinese
Democracy Party, his articles that promote democracy and rule of law against
tyranny, and his protest against political persecution. Despite this, he still provides a lot
of legal advice to his fellow comrades and those in need, including seeking
medical treatment, reducing the sentences of those in prison, and improving
prison conditions, etc.
"I
Was Worried Before Everyone Got Worried, I Will Be Happy When Everyone Is
Happy." For years, Chen
Shuqing has been worried about the Chinese people and the fate of China. He has not only said so, but has
carried it out in his actions. His
persistence and tenacity received a lot of praise from friends. They praise his goal aiming, his down
to earth nature, his spirit of contribution, and his sense of responsibility
and enthusiasm for China. This
attitude is also what I felt during my communications and cooperation with him
in the past. Now, as he is about
to be sentenced to face yet another rough water of his life, I want to use the
quotations that he once used of the US President Theodore Roosevelt: "The
credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by
dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short
again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but
who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the
great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause..."
Finally,
I want to finish my dedication to Chen Shuqing with the words of Wang Rongqing,
his deceased fellow member of the Zhejiang Democratic Party, from Wang's
article "Why we organized a party, who are we striving for?" In that article, Wang Rongqing said:
"We are participating in the democratic movement and organized the Chinese
Democracy Party not for the purpose to help a 'savior' to achieve 'great
achievements' and 'eternal fame'; not to look for a 'lord' to help him 'seize
the political power and rule the world'; not to share and enjoy some leftovers
at the offering of some great people, nor do we want to simply overthrow one
political party, or cast someone with arbitrary punishment as the purpose; we
are striving for the civil rights and dignity of being a human being for every
Chinese including ourselves. We
want our own country to be under a good system, moving towards prosperity,
loving peace in the world, and involved in hosting the World axiom."
Looking
at the situation in China and the world now, I realize that our goals are
getting closer than in 1990 when I participated in organizing an overseas
Chinese opposition party against the Chinese Communist Party. The hopelessness then has turned into
optimism now. The establishment of
opposition parties is the first prerequisite to end one-party dictatorial rule,
and to achieve democracy and rule of law.
We must follow the example set up by Chen Shuqing, to multiply our
efforts, with the courage that dares to sacrifice in order to achieve this
dream as soon as possible.
Thank
you all!
Ciping
HUANG (signed)
Executive
Director
Wei
Jingsheng Foundation
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Wei
Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A904-W585
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A904-W585
Release
Date: December 5, 2015
发布日：2015年12月5日
Topic:
"I Was Worried Before Everyone Got Worried, I Will Be Happy When Everyone
Is Happy." -- Prize Dedication to Chen Shuqing as Recipient of the Twelfth
Annual "Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy Champion Prize" by the Wei
Jingsheng Foundation
标题：先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐 -- 2015年第十二届"魏京生民主斗士奖"给陈树庆先生的颁奖词
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先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐
--
2015年第十二届"魏京生民主斗士奖"给陈树庆先生的颁奖词
在我七岁的时候，我偷偷地阅读了爸爸在杭州上大学时的艰涩难懂的古文课本。其中使我终生难忘的一句就是"先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐"。那是因为我虽然认识句中的所有字，但却还是有种似懂非懂的感觉。许多年过去了，我对970年前这个名句的理解也日益加深。我所认识的人物与事物帮助我理解了这句貌似简单，却又极其深刻的名句中“先人后己”的含义。其实，理解也不困难，要做到才是。
这个北宋著名政治家、军事家、文学家范仲淹所写的短短几百字的《岳阳楼记》中的名句，表达了作者以天下为己任之情怀。他一生忧国忧民，始终践行着这一信念。他的直言导致他数遭贬黜，连为他鸣不平的著名文人、政治家欧阳修等人也被贬放。范仲淹救济贫穷的族人，而自己却贫苦一生，正是他这名句所写照的。古今往来，又有多少仁人志士与之共鸣，乃至为之牺牲。如今，在这个物欲横流的社会，这些仁人志士要承受的不仅仅是众人难以理喻的白眼，更包括独裁者对先知先觉先行者们的无情镇压，有时甚至需要付出自由乃至生命的代价。
历年来，人灵地杰、文化厚重的浙江省就有着许多这样勇敢而先行的人物。在这个经济发达、生活富裕的鱼米之乡，他们依然忧国忧民，关心中国的未来。他们之中的许多人牺牲了本可以过得更好的、安稳的物质生活，来促进中国人民获得民主自由。这其中就包括已经活跃了十多年，在中共统治下首次公开组党的浙江民主党的成员们。他们之中的杰出代表之一，就是本届"魏京生民主斗士奖"获得者：陈树庆先生。
1965年9月，陈树庆出生于浙江省富阳县。1983年，他以优异成绩考入杭州大学生物系。他参加了1986年底的学潮及1989年的民主运动。他还考上了80年代还数凤毛麟角的研究生，并于1990年7月获得硕士学位。1995年，陈树庆参加了推行宪政，要求释放魏京生、刘念春等政治犯的活动。1998年，他参加了浙江民主党。之后，在1999年中共当局对中国民主党第二波大镇压之后，他和聂敏之、王荣清、单称峰等人一起负责浙江民主党的日常组织工作、编印《在野党》杂志，于1999年9月24日被杭州公安抄家并以“监视居住”的名义秘密关押四个多月。2006年9月，陈树庆再次被拘留，以“煽动颠覆国家政权罪”被判刑入监四年。2014年9月，陈树庆再次被抓，目前面临又一个刑期。
陈树庆对自己的概括是：“我是一个中国民主党人，一个战士，我始终明白自己的使命所在。”他踏实苦干，任劳任怨，做事稳重，而不好高骛远。陈树庆坚持言论自由是宪法应赋予的权力，并提出了"要公开发言、要勇于公开发言、要善于公开发言、要智于公开发言"的说法来对抗中共政权的迫害与打压。他胸襟开阔，文笔很好，写了许多记录和赞美同道的文章，却不曾吹嘘自己。他富有团队精神，常常帮助他的同道们，包括新年期间共同捐助帮助落难的朋友及家人。在其中的一篇文章中，他谦虚地写到：“我们浙江民主党人都是民主进程上的铺路石，以期把中国民主党建设成一个包容开放的大平台，欢迎并吸收每一位愿意为中国民主进步事业贡献力量的志士来施展才华、实现人生价值。有越来越多的铺路石，何愁造福全体国民、惠及子孙后代的民主自由之路不成康庄大道！”
为了尽可能推动中国的法治建设，陈树庆放弃了十年寒窗苦读的生物学专业，自学法律参加全国律师资格考试转行做律师。在讲到为什么作出如此重大人生抉择的原因时，陈树庆说："有多少象有才、义龙、正明、徐光这样的仁人志士，为了自由的中国而主动牺牲受难，诺大的中国却找不到一个人权律师来为他们辩护！这是多么令人痛心的惨淡现实呵！"陈树庆于2004年通过国家司法考试。但因多年来一直坚持中国民主党的活动，并有不少宣传民主法治、反对专制、抗议政治迫害的文章，被当局拒发《法律职业资格证》。即便如此，他还是热情地为同道及需要的人士做了许多法律咨询方面的工作，包括争取保外就医，降低狱中人员的刑期，及改善狱中的条件等。
“先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐。”陈树庆多年来忧国忧民，身体力行。他的坚持和韧性得到了许多朋友的赞扬。他们赞美他的目标、他的实在，他的贡献精神，及他对中国的责任心和热情。这也是在我与他的交往中所能感到的。在他即将被判刑，面临人生的又一大关口时，我要用他引用过的美国第26任总统西奥多·罗斯福（老罗斯福）的话来回赠他："荣誉属于这样的人，他置身角斗场上，脸上沾满尘垢、汗水和鲜血；他英勇拼搏；他犯有错误，一再表现出不足之处，因为要奋斗就会有缺点和错误；但是，他实实在在为建功立业而拼搏；他懂得伟大的热忱、崇高的奉献精神，他为正义事业而献身"。
最后，我借用陈树庆引用的已过世的浙江民主党人王荣清的《为谁而党，为谁而争》一文中的话来结束本颁奖词："我们参加民主运动和组织中国民主党，不是为了成就哪位'救世主'的 '丰功伟绩'和'万世英名'；不是为了寻找'主公'并为他'打江山，坐天下'；不是为了将来能从'伟（伪）人'的恩赐中分享一点残羹剩渣；也不是以推翻哪个政党、恣意打倒和惩罚哪些个人为目的；而是为了争取包括自己在内每个中国人起码的公民权利和做人尊严；是为了我们自己的国家能在一个良好的制度下，走向繁荣富强、热爱世界和平并参与主持世界公理。"
综观中国与世界局势，我意识到，自从我参与1990年海外组建反对党以来，我们大家齐心协力，离目标更近了，无望已经变得有希望。建立反对党是结束一党专制，实现民主法治的首要前提。我们必须以陈树庆为榜样，加倍努力，勇于牺牲，才能尽早实现这个梦想。
谢谢大家。
魏京生基金会执行主任
黄慈萍
2015年12月5日签发
陈树庆的照片：
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