【新唐人2013年12月25日訊】繼「北京大學」教授夏業良、和「上海華東政法大學」教授張雪忠離開教職之後，日前，「西北政法大學」的副教授諶洪果也發表了一封辭職聲明，公開辭職。他表示，自己辭職的原因是「害怕失去我所看重的尊嚴、底線和原則。」有大陸學者表示，諶洪果之所以作出辭職的決定，是對中共的體制感到失望，甚至是絕望。
23號上午，西北政法大學副教授諶洪果，在他實名驗證的博客中發表了一封《辭職公開聲明》，他說，因為12月初前往香港參加一個學術會議，但是在路上被學校出面勸阻，會議結束回來後又被校方通報批評，同時，有關方面還取消了他的港澳通行證，而且拒不為他辦理因私護照。
同時，校方領導還反覆跟他說，「從長計議，別想太多。」
西北政法大學副教授諶洪果：「最直接的原因就是我去辦（護照）辦不了了。就是學校不辦，但是它又沒有明確的禁止，沒有這個禁止性的命令，同樣的與會者那麼多人，他們都很平安，就唯獨我們這邊對我有這種待遇，所以就讓我很難看。」
諶洪果在《聲明》中說：「更重要的辭職理由，是我無顏再面對學生。」「一項如此普通的權利，作為法學教師，我都無能爭取，我還有甚麼資格站在講臺上，給將來從事法律職業的學生們講甚麼法治的信仰、法律的權威等。」 「我的路越走越窄，進行教學探索和學術交流的空間也越來越小。」
諶洪果：「其實我挺想留下來的，因為我喜歡學生、喜歡當老師。確實發現撐不下去了。這種壓力有形、無形，包括直接、間接的，當然也是日積月累。也許也是政治理由，但是從實質層面是我維護教學底線、維護法律人一種尊嚴的一種底線。」
諶洪果，西北政法大學碩士研究生畢業後，轉往北京深造。2006年畢業於北京大學，獲法學博士學位。隨後開始在西北政法大學任教。目前是副教授、碩士研究生導師。
2012年，諶洪果曾公開宣稱拒絕參評教授職稱，並被網友戲稱為「終身副教授」。
諶洪果在任教期間，經常邀請一些學者及律師到學校講座。
去年(2012年)11月，諶洪果在學校內發起「讀書沙龍」活動，原本準備分四期進行，分別閱讀穆勒的《論自由》、達爾的《論民主》、韋伯的《學術與政治》、托克維爾的《舊制度與大革命》，但讀書會只進行了兩期，就遭到校方禁止。
對於諶洪果教授的辭職，與他相識的北京法律學者李和平表示，諶洪果之所以辭職是對中共體制感到失望，甚至是絕望的選擇。
李和平：「洪果教授他是一個學者，在某種程度來講，他的生命就在課堂上，如果辭去這個職位，在中國再想找到這個講臺，是相當不容易的，代價很大。他能勇敢的選擇這條路，也說明他現在的處境非常、非常不堪忍受，他感到絕望了，實在是沒有奔頭，沒有希望，他才這樣做的。」
李和平質問，像諶洪果、夏業良、包括張雪忠這樣秉持自己良知，說真話的學者，都離開了講臺，中國的講臺還剩下了甚麼？學生學到的都是被意識形態嚴重控制的說教。
南京東南大學法學教授張讚寧：「不允許你有獨立的思想、獨立的觀點，只能按照它們黨文化的宣傳途徑，來逼迫教育學生。人不能只有一種思想、一種理念、思想、言論應當是自由的。在教學上（中共）它就學生在教育方面進行洗腦教育，是對中國學生的一種摧殘，這是非常悲哀的一件事情。」
南京東南大學法學教授張讚寧認為，在中共的這種教育體制下，不可能有真正的人才、甚至大師級的人物出現。
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Professor Chen Hongguo Resigns from University
Following the resignation incidents of Professor Xia Yeliang
at Peking University and Professor Zhang Xuezhong
at East China University of Politics and Law,
Assistant Professor Chen Hongguo at Northwest University
of Politics and Law (NUPL) also openly resigned.
Chen says that his resignation is due to his fear of losing
the bottom line and principle of dignity that he heavily valued.
Scholars say Chen made the decision because he lost all hope
in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) system.
On the morning of Dec. 23, Chen Hongguo posted
a notice of resignation on his personal blog.
He said that he attended an academic meeting
in Hong Kong in December.
However on his way to the meeting, university managers
met with him to discourage him from attending.
Upon his return from Hong Kong, he was openly criticized
at the university.
Meanwhile the university cancelled his pass
to Hong Kong and Macau.
In addition, the university refused to provide the necessary
documents for him to apply for a private passport.
The university leaders repeatedly told Chen,
“Don’t think too much when looking at the long term plan."
Chen Hongguo: “The direct reason
is because I can’t get my passport.
The university doesn’t help, but they didn’t clearly forbid.
There is no ban order.
There were many attendees, they didn’t have obstacles,
only I did.
Thus they wanted to embarrass me."
Chen says in his statement: “The main reason I have resigned
is because I cannot face my students."
He said, “If basic rights aren ‘t maintained, how can I stand
on stage teaching law students about faith or the law
as a professor of law?"
“My road is getting narrower, the room for educational
research and academic sharing are getting smaller."
Chen: “Actually I really want to stay,
because I love my students.
I love being a teacher.
But I indeed cannot carry on.
The pressures are both visible and invisible,
direct and indirect.
Of course they have accumulated over time.
Maybe there is a political reason, but I should maintain
the bottom line of education and maintain the bottom line
of a legal professor’s dignity."
Chen Hongguo earned his Master’s degree at NUPL,
then he carried on his studies at Peking University.
In 2006, he earned a doctorate in law.
Later he served as a professor at NUPL.
He is currently an assistant professor and master tutor.
In 2012, Chen openly stated he will not participate
in the assessment for the title of professor.
Netizens respectfully dubbed him
the “Tenured Assistant Professor".
During Chen’s tenure, he often invited scholars
and lawyers to join the university’s forum.
In November 2012, Chen initiated a “reading salon"
event at school.
Four reading sessions were planned, including a reading
of “On Liberty" by John Stuart Mill
and “Democracy and Its Critics" by Robert A. Dahl.
However, only two were carried out before
the university intervened, putting a halt to the sessions.
Regarding Chen’s resignation, his friend Li Heping,
a legal scholar in Beijing, says that
Chen has made such a decision because he lost hope
in the CCP’s system.
Li Heping: “Professor Chen Hongguo is a scholar,
his life is in the classroom.
If he resigns from the job, it is very difficult to find one again,
and he pays the price.
He bravely chose this way, a manifestation of the fact that
he couldn’t bear it any longer, he feels desperate.
There is no hope, thus he has to do this way."
Li Heping questioned what is left at China’s podium now that
scholars such as Chen Hongguo, Xia Yeliang and Zhang
Xuezhong, in upholding their conscience and speaking
the truth, have resigned.
What the students can learn is only propaganda
controlled by ideology.
Zhang Zanning, Professor of Law at Southeast University:
“Having independent thoughts and views is not allowed.
It is only allowed to follow the propaganda of party culture
to educate students.
Being a human, one cannot only have
a single thought and a single concept.
One should have freedom of thought and expression.
In the educational industry, the CCP brainwashes students,
they ruined students. It is a very sad issue."
Professor Zhang Zanning believes that under
the CCP’s educational system,
the appearance of real talent and masters of their craft
is impossible.
Interview & Edit/TianJing Post-Production/LiYong