Why is it named "Dharma Institute"? This is probably related to Ma Yun's martial arts dream. In Ma Yun's eyes, the whole world seems to be his own Wulin. He fantasizes that he is a swordsman who is "clean and upright", walking in the rivers and lakes with nine swords in his hand, pointing out the country while talking and laughing. Wang Lin, a qigong master, talked and laughed with Li Yi, a health Taoist. He asked every Ali employee to have a "flower name" to walk around the rivers and lakes, and named his conference room "Peach Blossom Island" and the conference room "Guangmingding" ...
Ma Yun gave a very interesting speech about the naming of Dharma Academy.
Ma Yun said that he discussed the name of the laboratory with Tong Hongwen, chief human resources officer of Alibaba Group, on the phone. He said: "Why do you have to talk about research institutes and laboratories? Why can't you create your own name? I think the Dharma Institute is very good. "
He also said in his speech that the English translation of Dharma Institute is called Dharma, which is easy to cry out. "Google was also very strange at first, and it was slowly called out; I still don't know what Intel means. I am used to screaming. Let's call it dharma court. Shouting, nurturing, and loving will make you like it more and more. "
According to the operator's World Network, the founder of Dharma is not only the first martial arts expert in Wulin, but also created martial arts such as Yijinjing, pulp washing and Shaolin 72 stunts. In history, the founder of Dharma promoted Buddhism in China, which can be called the ancestor of Buddhism in the Central Plains. Dharma Academy is the place where the founder of Dharma practiced Zen. The Dharma Institute was also a master in later generations. Alibaba's laboratory was named "Dharma Institute", apparently hoping to establish the status of Dharma Institute in the technical field.
Alibaba's "martial arts culture" has always been famous, and various places in the company are often named after places in martial arts novels, such as Heimuya, Peach Blossom Island and Baihua Valley. Ali people headed by Ma Yun also have their own flower names. Jack Ma is called "Feng Qingyang", and there are also "Yang Guo" and "Wei Xiaobao" in the company. This time, choosing "Dharma Institute" to name Ali Lab also continued this culture of Ali.
From the seemingly simple name of Ali Lab, we can see that Alibaba's determination to go out of its own way and its "ambition" to be a technology leader are very meaningful.