Louis Cha in Cambridge
金庸80岁拜师学艺
Louis Cha, famously known as Jin Yong, went to Cambridge University to study for a non-honorary master's degree after receiving his honorary doctorate from the university in 2005. Aged 81, he became one of the oldest students to enroll in the university's history. Since two years ago，Cha has been studying for his PhD in Oriental Studies, Chinese History, at St John's College, Cambridge.
查良铮，即著名的金庸先生，于2005年获得剑桥大学荣誉博士学位后，前往剑桥攻读硕士学位。81岁高龄的他，成为剑桥历史上年龄最大的学生之一。两年前，他开始在圣约翰学院攻读东方研究及中国历史博士学位。
While in Cambridge, Cha and his wife has rented a house near the university, which is much shabbier compared to their house in Hong Kong. It is interesting that after a careful discussion they have decided to hire an Italian chef to cook meals for them so that they can eat Chinese food in Italianate style.
在剑桥的时候，金庸夫妇在学校附近租了一套住房。与在香港的住所相比，他在剑桥的住所显得十分简陋。有趣的是，“大侠”和太太商量，请了一位意大利厨师解决一日三餐，能吃到意大利式的“中国菜”。
Every day, Cha carries a slanting satchel which contains all the books and material he needs for class that day. As a renown kung fu novelist, he has a lot of fans. Whenever some of his fans ask him for his signature，he would refuse them politely and tell them jokingly that if he was taking a walk or having a coffee instead of going to class, he would sign for them.
金大侠每天斜背着一只书包，书包中装着当天上课要用的书和资料。遇到有“金迷”上前请求签名，他每次都婉言拒绝，并补充一句：“我在散步或者在喝咖啡时，可以给你们签名。”
In the beginning, Cha used to go to class by bike. However, he no longer rides a bike now because his wife is afraid that the cars in the campus might knock him down. Then, the bike was replaced by a car, but Cha called himself an old man with little sense of direction and before long gave up the car too. Then how does he go to school? The best way is to take a taxi.
开始金大侠还曾骑车上学，不过现在单车是不骑了，因为太太担心校园里穿梭的汽车很容易把人撞倒。后来改为开汽车，但金庸又自称是个“没有方向感的老头儿”，所以没幵几次也放弃了。如何上课呢？最终的办法只好是每天搭出租车。
Why would Cha want to study at Cambridge while he was in his eighties? Some people think that it is because his cousin Xu Zhimo had studied in this university. When Cha was very young, his mother once praised his cousin for going to Cambridge University. Of course, Cha was a little jealous, determing that one day he would study in Cambridge too. However, the most important reason is his strong thirst for knowledge. In an interview, Cha told a reporter: “Some people said that I am not qualified to be the dean of school of literature in Zhejiang University. I could not retort upon them and the only thing I can do is to increase my own knowledge.” His willingness to learn deserves our, especially young people's，admiration. As Cha once said，he wants to set an example for the young, showing them it's never too late to learn and people -should exert themselves to learn.
80多岁的金庸为什么要去剑桥读书呢？有人说因为他的表哥徐志摩曾在剑桥读书。金庸的妈妈就跟他说，你看你的表哥徐志摩多厉害，读的是剑桥大学。金庸当然不服气，便说自己长大也要读剑桥大学！然而，最主要的原因是金庸先生对于学问的渴求。金庸先生在接受媒体记者采访时说，“在浙江大学担任文学院院长，有人说我学问不好，不够做院长。别人指责，我不能反驳，唯一的办法就是增加自己的学问。” 金庸先生的求学精神，值得我们大家尤其是年轻人敬佩和学习。正如金庸先生所说，他想为现在的年轻人树立一个榜样，活到老,学到老，人人都应该努力地学习。