Hello, I am Wang Ming, Academic Prize laureate of the Fukuoka Prize 2017. What impressed me deeply the most upon receiving the Fukuoka Prize 2017 was, as Confucius(*1) said, even if you have the attitude of feeling that you do not know enough, you can still feel afraid of missing the right time. 
I would like to send my sincere appreciation to the Secretariat of the Fukuoka Prize Committee. For the future of Fukuoka Prize, I would like to share a saying from the classic text, the I Ching(*2): “héng yú qí dào, tiānxià huàchéng”. This phrase roughly means: “if you set your path and continue down it, everything will succeed” in English.
I would also like to express my gratitude to the citizens of Fukuoka City. At the same time, I would like to share another a Chinese proverb by Lao Tzu (*3): “héguāng tóng chén”. In Japanese this is explained as wakō dōjin (*4), and it means “to conceal one's wisdom and virtue to mingle with the world”.
Therefore, I believe that the citizens of Fukuoka City are the epitome of wakō dōjin.
I look forward to our connection in the future.

（*1）Confucius
　A Chinese thinker and philosopher from the Spring and Autumn period in Chinese history. He was the founder of the Confucianism.

（*2）I Ching
　An ancient text on fortune telling techniques developed in the Zhōu Dynasty. It divines the future and offers advice. 

（*3）Lao Tzu
　A Chinese philosopher from the Spring and Autumn period and the founder of the Taoism.

（*4）Wakō Dōjin
One of Lao Tzu’s teachings. It means a person with wisdom who hides his/her wisdom, mingles in the world of common people.