马来西亚华人约占全国人口的百分之三十,是国内第二大族。延续和发展完善的华文教学与研究体系,正是华人社会的重大任务,也是民族文化兴衰的测温器。马来亚大学中文系自60年代初期开办以来,一直是全国唯一的中文系(近两年该国高等学府另增三所中文系)。该系在马来西亚中华学术传播与研究方面,是最具实力的中心基地,因此其学术状况也最具代表性地反映 Malaysian Chinese make up about 30% of the country’s population and are the second largest ethnic group in the country. The continuation and development of a well-established Chinese teaching and research system is a major task of Chinese society and a test of the rise and fall of national culture. The Chinese Department of Malaya University has been the only Chinese department in the country since its establishment in the early 1960s (three more Chinese departments of the country’s higher education in the recent two years). The department is the most powerful center for academic communication and research in Malaysia, so its academic status is most representatively reflected