As the Chinese common saying goes, “writing is borrowing, the only difference is whether you are skillful in doing that”. By coincidence, the great essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic T. S. Eliot once also said that “good writers borrow, great writers steal”. Are these words all wrong? Or do we get these words right?

　　中国有句俗语，“天下文章一大抄，看你会抄不会抄”。无独有偶，伟大的作家、出版人、剧作家、文学家和社会评论家T.S.艾略特也曾说过，“优秀的作家借，伟大的作家偷”。这些话都是错的?还是说，我们理解对了吗?

　　August 27, 2014, China Daily posted a report named A Bold Move against Plagiarism, providing information on the Yu Yanru case. With the Doctor’s Degree in history from Peking University, Yu was accused by the Chinese Journal of Journalism and Communication of plagiarism in her thesis. January 10, 2015, Peking University announced that the accusation was true and it decided to revoke Yu’s doctorate and graduation degrees.

　　2014年8月27日，中国日报刊登了一篇题为《反抄袭的大胆一步》的文章，介绍了于艳茹抄袭事件。于艳茹是北京大学历史学博士，由于抄袭遭到《国际新闻界》杂志控告。今年1月15日，北京大学宣布称，于艳茹确有严重抄袭行为，决定撤销其博士学位。

　　In fact, plagiarism was, is and will still be a shared problem in the world, academically and non-academically. Believe it or not, even famous politicians have done it.

　　事实上，抄袭一直以来、也将长期作为一个世界性的问题，学术上、非学术上皆是如此。信不信由你，一些著名的政治人物也干过抄袭这事儿。

　　Putin and his doctoral thesis