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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。
張純如 1968 年 3 月 28 日生於美國新澤西州。主要作品有《中國導彈之父》(介紹錢學森),《南京暴行:被遺忘的大屠殺》和《在美華人》。 2004 年 11 月 9 日飲彈自殺。年僅36歲。
純如母親張盈盈在她的新書《張純如:無法遺忘曆史的女子》一書中,詳細介紹了女兒的成長過程和奮鬥經曆,三部主要作品(特別是《南京暴行:被遺忘的大屠殺》)寫作的緣起和經曆。張盈盈寫到有人說張純如企圖以族裔及文化遺產作為主題,但是事實上《中國導彈之父》的寫作完全是出於一位叫蘇珊的編輯的建議。寫南京大屠殺與張純如的家庭背景和教育有直接關聯,而寫作《在美華人》的動機則是在寫南京大屠殺的過程中形成的。
《張純如:無法遺忘曆史的女子》一書最後寫到張純如自殺之前的一些異常表現,提供了有關的資訊,表達了張盈盈對精神憂鬱病患的關注。
張盈盈曾教育年輕的張純如:“凡是中國人都應該記住日本人在戰爭中的暴行。”我想,凡是中國人,都應該知道並記住第一個用英文寫出南京大屠殺的史實,並向西方世界揭示這段曆史真相的勇敢的華人後代:張純如 (英文名Iris Chang)。
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.
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.
有心人,加油!有誌者事竟成!
Just finished the first 2 chapters of ``The Chinese in America.''
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''.)
http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Historian-Iris-Chang-won-many-battles-The-war-2679354.php#page-1