身為華語流行樂男神級別的歌手，王力宏可是一個不折不扣的學霸，他擁有威廉斯大學和伯克利音樂學院的雙榮譽博士學位。出生於美國紐約的王力宏，一口地道英語非常好聽！2013年，王力宏受邀在牛津大學進行了一場以認識了解華流為主題的全英文演講。
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See, I am actually an ambassador of Chinese pop, whether I like it or not, both music and movies. And today I’m here to give you the state of union address. It’s not the Oxford Union. It’s the union of east and west. I wanna frankly, openly and honestly talk about how we’ve done a good job or how we’ve done a bad job of bringing Chinese pop to the west. And I also want to press upon all of you here today the importance of that soft culture, that soft power exchange and how each of us is involved in that exchange.
其實無論我喜不喜歡，我都被認為在代表者華流音樂以及電影。那麼今天，我就要來做一次「國情咨文」報告了。但是，這個「國」不是牛津，而是東西方的一個聯合體。我想跟你們聊一聊，我們在將華語音樂引入西方社會方面所做的事情，無論是成就，還是不足。我都會坦誠布公。同時，我也想借此機會給你們留下這樣一個印記：軟實力交流的重要性以及它同我們每個人的相關程度。
Soft power, a term I am sure you are all familiar with this point Coined by Rhodes Scholar and Oxford alumnus Joseph Nye is defined as the ability to attract and persuade.
軟實力這個詞我相信大家都不陌生。這個概念是由Rhodes Scholar 和牛津校友Joseph Nye 提出的。被定義為一種「吸引」和「說服」的能力。
Shashi Tharoor called it, in a recent TED Talk, the ability for a culture to tell a compelling story and influence others to fall in love with it. I like that definition.
Shashi Tharoor在最近的一次TED演講中把它定義為「一種文化讓其他文化在聽了他動人的故事之後受到影響並愛上這種文化」的能力。我很喜歡這個定義。
Let’s look at where we are in reality. Recent headlines in the media include, Foreign Policy Magazine: China’s victim complex. Why are Chinese leaders so paranoid about the United States? Or the AFP, the Agence France-Presse, human rights in China worsening US finds. Bloomberg says, on the cover of its magazine, 「yes, the Chinese Army is spying on you.」
回過頭來，正視我們在現實中的處境。看看最近的新聞頭條：《外交政策》雜誌上的，「中國的受害者情節：為何中國主管人如此猜忌美國」或者法新社的財經雜誌《彭博商業周刊》上說，「沒錯，中國軍隊正在測探你。」
And it’s such a great one that I just want to show you the cover of the magazine. Yes. Be very afraid! Ok, is it shown to you right? OK. So there’s actually an extremely high amount of negativity and fear and anxiety about China, sinophobia, that I think is not just misinformed, but also misleading and ultimately dangerous, very dangerous.
這個特別逗，我來給你們展示一下這封面。是的，特別恐慌！方向那對的吧，嗯，對的。當今對於中國有太多的負面東西。恐華情緒很嚴重。我覺得這種現象不僅是一種誤傳同時也是一種誤導。這是很可怕的，超級可怕。
And what about how westerners are viewed by Chinese? Well, we have terms for westerners. The most common of which are gweilo in Cantonese, which means 「the old devil」, lao wai, meaning the old outsider in mandarin, ang moh, which means the 「red hairy one」 in Taiwanese. The list goes on and on. So are these roommates headed for a best friend relationship? I think we need a little help. And as China rises to be global power, I think it is more important than ever for us to be discerning about what we believe, because after all, I think that’s the purpose of higher education.
那麼，中國人又是如何看待西方的呢？我們對西方人的稱呼五花八門。大家熟知的有：香港人叫他們「鬼佬」，字面上就是「老妖」。大陸人叫他們老外，字面上就是「蠻夷」。還有台灣人叫他們「紅毛」。還真說不完呢。這看上去像是能發展成一段最佳友誼的舍友關係嗎？我認為我們得治治病。隨著中國實力不斷強大，看清楚應該相信什麼這一點空前重要。因為，歸根結底，這就是高等教育的目的。
And that’s why we are all here: to be able to think for ourselves and make our own decisions. China’s not just those headlines, the burgeoning economy of the unique politics. It’s not just the world’s factory or the next big superpower, it’s so much more. A billion people with rich culture, amazing stories and as a product of both of those cultures, I want to help foster understanding between the two, and help create that incredible relationship.
這就是我們坐在這里的原因：有能力獨立思考，自主選擇。中國當然不能通過那些新聞頭條來定義。也不只是所謂的特殊政策下快速增長的經濟。中國不僅僅是一個世界工廠，也不僅僅是未來超級大國。中國的意義價值遠大於此。一個擁有十幾億人口，豐富悠久的歷史文化與傳奇故事的民族。作為中西兩種文化的共同產物，我特別想要幫忙在兩種文化之間培養起一種互相的理解，建立起一種很美好的情誼。
The UN Secretary general Bunki Boo said: 「There are no language required in musical world.」 That is the power of music. That is the power of the heart. Through this promotion of arts, we can better understand that the culture and civilizations of other people. In this era of instability and intolerance, we need to promote better understanding through the power of music.
聯合國秘書長潘基文說過，在音樂的世界里，溝通時無需語言的。這就是音樂的力量。這就是人心的力量。通過發揚藝術，我們才能夠更好的了解其他民族的文明與文化。在這個動蕩不安，人與人之間不甚寬容的年代，我們需要利用音樂的力量來更好的了解彼此。
Now the UN Secretary General thinks we need more music, and I think he is right. Music and arts have always played the key role in my life in building relationships, replacing what once was the ignorance, fear and hatred with acceptance, friendships and even love.
聯合國秘書長認為我們需要更多的音樂。這一點我很讚同。音樂和藝術一直在我的生命中占據著很重要的地位。音樂和藝術的力量能夠幫助建立人與人之間的關係，用包容，友誼和愛來驅逐因為無知的仇恨而產生的恐懼。
Don’t buy into the headlines or the stereotypes or into the hyper nationalism. Think for yourselves, and this goes for the East and West both. Get to know one another and think for yourselves and don’t believe the hype. For a moment, if we could just disregard the governments, and what the media are saying, just for the sake of the argument, with our own tools of critical thinking, can we build relationships that actually see one another as individual human beings and not faceless members of a particular ethnicity or nationality? Of course we can do that. And that’s the goal and dream, I think of the romantic artists and the musicians. I think it’s always been there. And that’s what I wish for, and that’s what makes music and art so powerful and so true, and breaks down instantly and disintegrates all the artificial barriers that we’ve created between each other, government, nationality, black, brown, yellow, white, whatever color you are, and shows each other our hearts, our fears, our hopes and our dreams. And it turns out in the end the East isn’t that far after all. And the West, well, ain’t so wild.
那些標題黨，那些陳詞濫調，那些超民族主義，別買他們的帳。你應當學會自己判斷，這個原則同樣適用於研究東西方。把一件件來龍去脈搞清楚，獨立思考，對那些天花亂墜的東西不要偏聽則信。要是哪一天，你能做到漠視政府的鼓吹，忽視媒體的通稿，據理力爭只為真理，動用「批判思維」的武器，是不是就能建立起那份情誼了呢？到那時，每個人都是獨立的個體，個人不再是隸屬於某個種族或是國家的無臉人？我們當然能做到。這是目標，也是理想。這是浪漫藝術家和音樂人亙古不變的初心。也是我想要極力撮成的一種情誼。正因如此，音樂和藝術的力量才這樣強大，這樣真切。正是這些力量讓橫亙期間的壁壘土崩瓦解。那些我們在彼此之間人為製造的隔閡，政府或者國籍，膚色。黑色，棕色，黃色和白色，無論哪一種膚色。也是這些力量讓我們能夠單程我們的內心，我們的恐懼，我們的希望，我們的夢想。最終我們就會發現，「遠東」也並沒有那麼遙遠。西方也並非都是蠻荒一片。
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