大经济学教授厉以宁,每次在给新生上第一堂课时都会问一个问题:“你到北大来学什么?”有人说:“我是来学知识的。”他说不对。也有人说:“我是来学方法的。”他也说不对。如果没有学生能答对,他就说:“你是来开阔视野的。”教育首先给学生提供的是一个文明的视野,让他看到世界有多大,天有多高,地有多厚,让他看到古往今来人类走过了一条什么样的道路,让他打开视北 Professor Li Yining, a professor of economics, asked a question every time he gave his first class to a freshman: “What did you study at Peking University?” Someone said: “I came to learn knowledge.” He said it wrong. Some people also said: “I came to learn the method.” He also said it was wrong. If no student can answer correctly, he said: “You are here to broaden your horizons.” “Education first provides students with a civilized vision, allowing him to see how big the world is, how high is it, and how thick it is.” , let him see what kind of path humanity has gone through so far and let him open the view north