Mourning for Xibin Zeng Ah-Zeng, who was always enthusiastic, bold, and daring, passed away tragically – unfathomably – at the hands of the dynamic and powerful ocean. It was your destiny, while, also your ultimate joy! How would the last drop of water never dry out, instead, just let it flow into the humongous ocean? Ah-Zeng’s passing; your spirit and brilliance also have blended into the essence of the Universe. Those memories of you, once full of joy and love, but in the suddenness of your passing, now bring down endless tears. In time, these fragmented memories will return to their rightful places of happiness in our hearts. Those periods of time during college, those golden years we spent together: The first group field trip organized by you, Ah-Zeng Every beer shared with you among friends Contract bridge games in full swing, initiated by you, who quickly became top-notch expert and the leader of the league When you picked up a guitar and started to sing, our restless youth still flutter in the memory of your tunes. When you picked up a writing brush and started to write, our hopes for the fate of the country and the people still grow in the memory your prints You had bright eyes and a witty smile, so talented and versatile, wherever you were present there was a new world lighted by you. In this endless sadness there appears your smile. Perhaps in another sacred world, you are coming back. We shall all pray to the sources of our beliefs – grant me wisdom so that I can face the irreversible; grant me courage so that I can take on the changeable. Never be able to bring you back, but let our lives extend yours. In the vast river of converging love, there always exists your face and voice. Our touched feelings can not forget. Ah-Zeng’s brilliance humbled us. Your voice had not been heard for twenty-one years since college graduation, now your sudden passing has left us endless regret. Raising our wine cups and asking the heaven, how long the life is. Once passed are gone, went to the dwelling place of the dead. Leaving us fellows alone, saddened and weeping. Ah-Zeng was so brave; alarming us with his sudden death, reminding us that life is unpredictable. Only noble character can move the heaven; deep in love for one another while gathering for so short. We, everyone, shall show and carry on filial piety at home, and treat each other with the same brotherly respect when outside among friends and strangers. The whole family shall live in happiness and harmony. May Ah-Zeng rest in peace and become a deity before all of us, no longer having to linger among us mortals and our mundane affairs. May Ah-Zeng reach the spiritual state of immortal before all of us and await us to get there, then we shall all hold hands and warm our wine, we shall carry on our Peking University’s predestined affinity. Today we all express our concern and love for each other through the Internet, hoping that we treat the deceased as sincerely and respectfully as we treat the living; that is how we express our loving feeling and appreciation for Xibin. We gather here today to mourn for the passing of Ah-Zeng, may his spirit return and rest at where he came from, his immortal soul will stay with us forever! This memorial oration was written and presented by Hao Liu.