寫《張純如，無法忘卻的珍存》時，我潛意識裏假設大部分中國人都知道張純如和她的名著《南京暴行：被遺忘的大屠殺》（《The Rape of Nanking》）。看來並不如此。文友山哥在他的評論裏指出了張氏名著的英文名，另一位文友將我的文章轉至新浪時，加了張純如和她的《南京暴行：被遺忘的大屠殺》的圖片。這些提醒了我，有必要多介紹張純如幾句。當然，人們可以到百度百科或維基百科那裏去，那裏有完整的介紹和記錄。
回複7grizzly的評論:
All right. It was a great read, summarized in the last paragraph:
The subjugation of individual rights to the group, leading inevitably to
ultranationalism, has long been a cause and justification for war and genocide
across the planet. It was to escape the oppression of group identity--the burden
of racial antagonisms, inherited by blood--that thousands of Chinese and other
immigrants abandoned the homes of their ancestors, for unknown futures in a
strange land. Only time can tell if their journey will have been successful.
This will depend entiredly on whether America can continue to evolve toward the
basic egalitarian concept upon which it was founded--``that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.'' For it was
the haunting, elusive dream that such a place really existed that first drew
many of the Chinese to American shores.
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回複我是虔謙的評論:
Thank you for encouraging. Spent another hour on the book today and learnt about the origin of the phrase ``a Chinaman's chance'' which could be very useful even in modern days.
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回複7grizzly的評論:
有心人，加油！有誌者事竟成！
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Thanks! Your post rekindled my interest in Iris Chang's work.
Just finished the first 2 chapters of ``The Chinese in America.''
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回複沁園的評論:
Thanks for the link. I didn't know Chang was friend with Hellen Zia, another brave soul. (She was featured in the PBS Video``becoming american the chinese experience''.)
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張純如是在離史丹福大學不遠的280號公路邊上開槍自殺的，她的死訊很快在灣區傳開。她後來在基督教的Gate of Heaven長眠。
寫《張純如，無法忘卻的珍存》時，我潛意識裏假設大部分中國人都知道張純如和她的名著《南京暴行：被遺忘的大屠殺》（《The Rape of Nanking》）。看來並不如此。文友山哥在他的評論裏指出了張氏名著的英文名，另一位文友將我的文章轉至新浪時，加了張純如和她的《南京暴行：被遺忘的大屠殺》的圖片。這些提醒了我，有必要多介紹張純如幾句。當然，人們可以到百度百科或維基百科那裏去，那裏有完整的介紹和記錄。
