The Legacy of Peace in Nanjing, China
HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE. China now has three International Cities of Peace. Nanjing was the first in 2017. This historic City of over 8 million people has embraced the ideal of a Culture of Peace based on the platform provided by the association of International Cities of Peace. Professor Liu Cheng narrates this video which is an extraordinary ray of hope for the world. As the UNESCO Chair of Peace Studies, Professor Liu has been instrumental in developing peace curriculum in China.
NOTE: The translated text is included below the video, which is in Chinese.
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TRANSLATED SCRIPT
ๅไบฌ๏ผๅๅนณไนๅ๏ผๅๆ๏ผ
Nanjing, the City of Peace
่ๅๅฝๆ็งๆ็ป็ปๅๅนณๅญฆๆๅธญไธปๆไบบใๅไบฌๅคงๅญฆๆๆๅๆ
Liu Cheng, UNESCO Chair on Peace Studies, Professor at Nanjing University
ๅไบฌๆฏไธๅบงๅ็ฑๅๅนณไน้ฝ
Nanjing is a capital of love and peace.
ๅจ600ๅคๅนดๅ
More than 600 years ago,
่ชๆตทๅฎถ้ๅไปๅไบฌๅบๅ
the seafarer Zheng He set out from Nanjing,
็้ขไป็ๅข้
guiding his fleet
ไธไธ่ฅฟๆด
on seven voyages to the West.
่น้้็ปไนๅค
Wherever the expedition passed,
ๅ่งฃ็็พใๅนณๆฏๅฒ็ช
conflicts and disputes were resolved,
ไธ้็ป็ๅๅฝ่ฟ่ก็ฉไบง็ไบคๆข
goods were exchanged with the numerous lands they reached,
็น่ฃ่ดธๆ
and trade prospered.
่ฟๆฏไบบ็ฑปๅๅฒไธไธๆฌก็ๆญฃ็ๅๅนณไนๆ
It truly was a historical journey of peace.
ๅจ่ฟไปฃ
In more recent times,
ๅญไธญๅฑฑๅ ็ๆไนฆไบโๅ็ฑโไธคๅญ๏ผ
Dr. Sun Zhongshanโs handwriting of โuniversal love,โ
้ๅปๅจไธญๅฑฑ้ต็ณ็ๅ็ๆญฃไธญๅคฎ
was inscribed into the stone of the Zhongshan Mausoleum Pagoda,
ไผ ๆฟ็ๅไบฌ่ฟๅบงๅๅธ็ๅๅนณ็็ฒพ็ฅ
passing on the spirit of peace in the city of Nanjing.
ๅๅฒไธ็ๅไบฌ
Nanjing has, in its history,
ๆพๅคๆฌก้ญๅไบๆไบๅๆด่ก็ไผคๅฎณ
endured many wars and atrocities.
ๆไบ็่ฆ้พ็ป่ฟ้็ไธไบ้พไปฅ็ฃจ็ญ็ไผค็่ฎฐๅฟ
The suffering of war has left inerasable traumatic memories,
ไน่ฎฉไบบไปฌๆดๅ ๆๅพๅๅนณ็็่ดต
allowing the people to appreciate the value of peace.
ๅๅนณไธๅๅฑๆฏๅฝไปๆถไปฃ็ไธป้ข
Peace and development are the themes of the day,
ไนๆฏ่ฟไธชๆถไปฃ็ๆๅคง็ๅฝ้ข
they are also the greatest challenges of our times.
ไปๆฅ็ๅไบฌ
The Nanjing of today,
้ๆฉๅฐ่ฟไปฝๅๅนณ็่ดฃไปป
has accepted the responsibility of peace,
่ฝฌๅไธบๅฏนๅๅนณ็่ฟฝๆฑๅๅๅฎ็่กๅจ
has put into action peace,
ๅนถไธ็งฏๆ็ๆๅ ฅๅฐ
has devoted itself in positive peace,
ๆๅปบๅฝ้ ๅๅนณๅๅธ็่กๅจไธญๆฅ
has becomed an International City of Peace.
โๅๅนณๅๅธโ็ๆฆๅฟต
The notion of โCity of Peace,โ
ๅฏไปฅ่ฟฝๆบฏๅฐๅ ๅๅนดๅ
tough it can be traced back thousands of years,
ไฝ็ๆญฃไป่ฏธๅฎ่ทต็ๆฏๅจไบๆๅ
was realized after the Second World War,
ๆ่ฟไบๅไฝๅนดๅจๅ จ็็ๅๅฑ่ฟ ้
has spread across the globe in the past two decades.
็ฎๅๅ จ็ๅทฒ็ปๆ340ๅบงๅฝ้ ๅๅนณๅๅธ
Currently there are 340 International Cities of Peace.
โๅๅนณๅๅธโไปฅๅกๅฏผๅๅนณๅๅฑไธบ็ๅฟต
The ideal of โCities of Peaceโ is peaceful development,
ๅฎๅๆฌๅๅธ็ๅๅนณไผ ็ป
building on cities tradition of peace,
่ๅๆฟๅบใๅญฆๆ กใ็คพไผๅขไฝไปฅๅๅๅธ็ๅธๆฐ
uniting governance, schools, communities and citizens,
้่ฟๅๅนณๆ่ฒใๅๅนณ็ ็ฉถ
through peace education and peace studies,
ๅผๅฑๅ็งๅฝขๅผ็ๆดปๅจๆฅไฟ่ฟๅๅนณ
advocating peace in various forms.
ๆฅๆจๅจๅๅธ็ๅๅฑ
Promoting the development of the city,
ๅนถไธไปฅๅๅธ็ๅๅฑ่ฟไธๆญฅๆจๅจๅๅนณ็่ฟๆญฅ
Achieving the advance peace through urban development.
2017ๅนดๅไบฌๅ ฅ้ๅ จ็็ฌฌ169ๅบง
In 2017 Nanjing was named the 169th in the world,
ไนๆฏไธญๅฝ้ฆๅบงโๅฝ้ ๅๅนณๅๅธโ
and the first “International City of Peace” in China.
ๅๅนณๅๅธๆถๅๅฐๆฏไธไธชไบบ
Cities of peace include every person,
ๆฏไธชๅฎถๅบญ
every family,
ๆฏไธช็คพๅบ
every community,
ๅฎๆฏไฟ่ฟๅฝๅฎถ็ๅๅนณ
together we promote the peace in the country,
ๅฝไธๅฝไน้ด็ๅๅนณ
the peace between countries.
ไธ็ๅๅนณ็ๅ ณ้ฎ
This is the key to world peace.
ๅๅนณๅๅธ็็ๅฟตๆฏๅฏนไธญๅๆฐๆ
The concept of the City of Peace is an expression of the Chinese people’s
็ญ็ฑๅๅนณ็ๆ ไน ไผ ็ป็ไผ ๆฟ
long tradition of love for peace.
ไนๆฏๅฏนๅๅธๅๅฑ็ฎๆ ็็พๅฅฝ่ฏ ้
It is also a beautiful incarnation of a city’s development goals.
ๅๅนณๅๅธๆฏ็พ้พไธญ็ๅฎๆ็ธๅฉ
Cities of peace are watchful eyes in times of calamity,
2020ๅนดๅ จ็้ญ้ๆฐๅ ็ซๆ
a prime example the 2020 Global Pandemic.
ๅๅนณๅญฆๆๅธญ่ๅๅฝ้ ๅๅนณๅๅธๅไผ
The Chair on Peace Studies, together with the Association of International of Cities of Peace,
ๅจ็ฌฌไธๆถ้ดๅ33ไธช้ๆดฒๅๅนณๅๅธ
at once provided humanitarian assistance to 33 African Cities of Peace,
ไปฅๅ็ง้ฒไบ้ฉฌ้ๅ่้จ่ฝๆไพไบบ้ๆดๅฉ and to indigenous tribes in the Peruvian Amazon.
โๅฝ้ ๅๅนณๅๅธๅไผโไผ้ฟ The President of the โAssociation of International Cities of Peaceโ
ๅๆถๅฐๆดๅฉ็ๅๅฝๅๅนณๅๅธไปฃ่กจไปฌ
and representatives of the cities of peace that received the aid
ไธ้จๅฝๅถไบ่ง้ขๅๅไบฌไบบๆฐ็ๆดๅฉ่กจ็คบ่กทๅฟ็ๆ่ฐข
recorded a video to express their heartfelt thanks to the people of Nanjing.
ไบ้ฉฌ้ๅ่ๅฑ ๆฐ่ทณ่ตทไบๆฌขๅฟซ็็น่ฒ่่น
The indigenous people of the Amazon danced of joy
ไปฅ่บๆฏ็ๅฝขๅผๅๅไบฌไผ ่พพ่ฐขๆ
to express their gratitude.
่ๅๅฝๆ็งๆ็ป็ปๆป้จไนไธๆญคๆฅๅฝ
The UNESCO headquarters also sent a special letter of recognition,
ๅฏนๆญคๆ็ซ่กๅจ่กจ็คบ่ต่ต expressing their appreciation for this contribution to fighting the pandemic.
ๅไบฌๆดๅฉ่กๅจ
Nanjing’s aid initiatives
่ฏ ้ไบไบบ็ฑปๅฝ่ฟๅ ฑๅไฝ็ไปทๅผ็ๅฟตdemonstrate the value of the community of human destiny,
ไน่ฎฉไธ็ๆๅๅฐไบๅไบฌ็ๆธฉๆ
and allowed the world to feel the friendship of Nanjing.
ๅๅนณๅๅธๆฏๅ ฑๅปบๅๅนณ็ๅนณๅฐ
Peace Cities are a united platform for building peace.
2020ๅนดๅไบฌๅๅนณ่ฎบๅๆญฃๅผๅฏๅจ
The Nanjing Peace Forum launched in 2020,
ๆฅ่ช่ๅๅฝ็ญๅฝ้ ็ป็ป็ไปฃ่กจ
bringing together representatives from the United Nations and other international organizations,
ๅๅนณ้ขๅ็ไธๅฎถๅญฆ่
peace experts and scholars,
ไปฅๅๅๅฝ้ๅนด็ไปฃ่กจไผ่ๅไบฌ
and youth from various backgrounds and countries,
ๅ ฑ่ฎฎๅๅนณๅปบ่ฎพ็ๅ ณ้ฎๅ ็ด
gathered in Nanjing to jointly discuss the key aspects of peace building.
ๆจๅจๅๅนณๆๅ็ไบคๆตไบ้ด
Promotion of exchange and mutual understanding of a Culture of Peace
ไธบๅ จ็ๅๅนณๅปบ่ฎพๅปบ่จ็ฎ็ญ
providing guidance and vision for global peacebuilding,
ๅไธ็ไผ ้ไธญๅฝ็ๅๅนณๅฃฐ้ณ
carrying China’s voice for peace to the world.
ๅๅนณๆฏๅไบฌ็ๆ ๆๅ่ฟฝๆฑ
Peace is the passion and pursuit of Nanjing.
ๅจ2000ๅนดๅไบฌๅฐฑๅผๅงๆจๅนฟๅๅนณๆ่ฒ
In 2000 Nanjing started popularizing peace education.
2017ๅนดๅไบฌๅคงๅญฆๆญฃๅผ่ทๅพ
In 2017 Nanjing University was officially awarded the
่ๅๅฝๆ็งๆ็ป็ปๅๅนณๅญฆๆๅธญ
UNESCO Chair on Peace Studies,
่ฟไนๆฏไธญๅฝๅฏไธ็ๅๅนณๅญฆๆๅธญ
the sole Chair on Peace Studies in China.
ไพๆๅๅนณๅญฆๆๅธญ
With the Chair on Peace Studies,
ๅไบฌๆญฃๅจ็ๅ ๅปบ่ฎพ่ฆ็ๅ จๅญฆๆฎต
Nanjing is taking the lead in developing a peace education curriculum covering all school levels,
ๅ ทๆไธญๅฝ็น่ฒ็ๅๅนณๅญฆ่ฏพ็จไฝ็ณป
a peace studies curriculum with Chinese characteristics,
่ฎฉๅๅนณๅญฆ่ตฐ่ฟ่ฏพๅ
introducing peace studies into the classroom
ๅจ้ๅฐๅนดไธญไผ ๆญๅๅนณ็็ๅฟต
kindling the spirit of peace in young individuals,
ไฝฟ้ๅนดไธไปฃๆ้ฟไธบไฟ่ฟๅ จ็็่งฃ
enabling the young generation to grow into a positive force for global understanding,
ๆจๅนฟๅๅนณๆๅ็็งฏๆๅ้
Promoting a Culture of Peace.
ๅๅนณไธๅๅฑๆฏไบบ็ฑป็ๅ ฑๅๆฟๆ
Peace and cooperation are the common aspirations of humankind,
ๅๆๅฏน่ฏๅๅ
upholding dialogue and consensus,
ๅปบ่ฎพไธไธชๆไน ๅๅนณ็ไธ็
creating a world of lasting peace,
ๆฏๆๅปบไบบ็ฑปๅฝ่ฟๅ ฑๅไฝ็ๅฟ ่ฆๆกไปถๅๆ นๆฌ่ฏๆฑ
is an essential aspecty and a profound aspiration for building a common destiny for humankind.
ๅๅนณๆฏ้ณๅ
Peace is a ray of sunlight.
ๆฏ้จ้ฒ
Peace is a rainbow.
ๆฏไธญๅฝไบบๆฐๅๅ จไธ็ไบบๆฐ็ๅ ฑๅๆฟๆ
It is the universal wish of the people of the world.
ๅไบฌไปฅๅๅนณ็ๅฟตไฟฎๅคๆไบๅไผค
Nanjing uses the promise of peace to heal the wounds of war,
ไปฅๅๅนณๅฎ่ทตๅ ฑไฟๅ่ฐๅๅฑ
practicing peace to promote harmonious development
ๅ่่ตท็ปดๆคไธ็ๅๅนณ็ๅ้
Uniting the world’s love for peace,
็จๆไปฌ็ๅฎ่ทต
through our deeds,
็นๅซๆฏ้ๅนดไธไปฃ็่กๅจ
especially the initiatives of the young generation,
่ฎฉๅๅนณ็็งๅญ้ฟๆไธ็ๅไธ็ๅๅนณ็ๆฃฎๆ let the seeds of peace flourish into a forest of peace many times over.
