‘The hospital has yet to be successfully completed, my fellow countrymen must continue their diligent work.” Yes, you read that correctly. The week before last was the150th anniversary of the birth of the nation’s founding father, Sun Yat-sen. On Nov. 5, Sun appeared in the flesh on the streets of Taipei’s Ximending area to act as spokesman for the Genesis Social Welfare Foundation. Together with students from National Taipei University of Business, they shouted at the tops of their voices: “Donate one dollar to do a great deed, attain virtue with one dollar,” in order to collect charitable donations from the public’s pocket change and assist the disadvantaged.
The compassionate spokesman and owner of an aquarium — who is also the spitting image of the father of the nation — Hsieh Cheng-hung, says: “Sun said, ‘One should resolve to do great things, rather than aspire to be a great official.’ With a little spare change we also can achieve great things. I hope more members of the public will join the ranks of the ‘one dollar’ charity and extend a helping hand to people in a coma.”
As for his likeness to Sun, Hsieh says, it was initially because he was too lazy to shave, that customers discovered his likeness to Sun Yat-sen.
Photo: Chen Ping-hung, Liberty Times
照片:自由時報記者陳炳宏
Hsieh pointed proudly to the Sun Yat-sen outfit that he was wearing and said that when his daughter got married she specified that he must come dressed as Sun Yat-sen to her wedding ceremony. Therefore, when he heard he needed to dress as Sun to hit the streets, he immediately knew where to go to hire a Sun Yat-sen outfit. Furthermore, the owner of the shop volunteered to halve the hire price in order to support the foundation’s charitable activities.
(Liberty Times, Translated by Edward Jones)
「建院尚未成功,同胞仍需努力。」對,沒搞錯。下下星期過一百五十歲冥誕的國父孫中山先生,十一月五日現身西門町街頭,擔任創世基金會代言人,與台北商業大學的同學一起在街頭高喊「一元行大善,一塊積功德」,向往來民眾募集愛心零錢捐,幫助弱勢。
外型酷似國父的愛心代言人水族館老闆謝承宏表示:「國父說:『要立志做大事,不要做大官』,小零錢也能做偉大的事,希望更多民眾加入「一塊」行善的行列,幫助植物人。」。
對於外型像國父,謝承宏說,當初是因為懶的刮鬍子,才被客人發現酷似國父孫中山,謝承宏也驕傲地指著所穿著的中山裝表示,女兒結婚時指定要扮成國父參加喜宴,因此一聽要扮國父上街頭,馬上就知道哪裡可以租到中山裝,而且老闆還主動把租金降一半,支持創世愛心活動。
(自由時報記者陳炳宏)
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