獨立研究

http://hx.cnd.org/2025/08/16/%e8%ae%b8%e5%80%ac%e4%ba%91%ef%bc%9a%e4%ba%8c%e5%8d%81%e5%b9%b4%e4%ba%86%ef%bc%8c%e6%88%91%e4%b8%8d%e6%97%b6%e6%80%80%e5%bf%b5%e7%8e%8b%e5%b0%8f%e6%b3%a2/

許倬雲：二十年了，我不時懷念王小波

此文令我憶及我的獨立研究教授
因有全獎又在美國續吃了大鍋飯
忽而聽一學生雲K教授不可或缺。。。

我正被保守導師帶得煩不勝煩呢
趕快去找K教授訴苦求助逢高人
K那哈佛培養閃電頭腦立時回應。。。

從此我開始了隨K教授獨立研究
至今仍在他幫我鋪就的康莊大道
他退休時我的郵件喜得他的回郵：：：

～～～HI THIS IS PING WRITE
FROM PACIFIC OCEAN FRONT～～～

3/6/00

FROM PROF KEEN

DEAR PING：

HOW VERY NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU。BUT EVEN MORE TO THE POINT，YOUR POEM！WELL WHAT CAN I SAY？OF COURSE NO AMERICAN READING THIS KNOWS MUCH ABOUT THAT OF WHICH YOU SPEAK。OUR LIVES HAVE BEEN MADE TRIVIAL BY OUR WEALTH，AND WHILE THE TRAGEDY YOU STILL HAVE TO FACE，
BECAURSE YOU WILL ALWAYS BE CHINESE，MAKES AMERICAN TRIVIALITY IN TO AN ALMOST COMIC RIDICULOUSNESS。

THE DEPTH OF YOUR SERIOUSNESS，YOUR PASSION，YOUR LONGING AND THE STEADY INSISTANCE ON DEALING WITH IT INSTEAD OF LOOKING THE OTHER WAY，ALL THESE SCREAM OUT FROM THE PAGE AS I READ YOUR POEM。

OUR WEALTH HAS，IN FACT DEAFENED US TO THE SCREAM OF TRAGEDY，AND YOU YOURSELF MUST SEE THAT WE OFFER YOUR PRAISE FOR YOUR POETY，BECAUSE WE RECOGNISE POWEFUL WORDS WHEN WE SEE THEM。BUT REMEMBER WE KNOW NOTHING OF WHAT YOUR WORDS SPEAK，AND OUR WEALTH PROTECT US FROM EVER KNOWING。WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW。AND I FEAR
WE MAY BE COME TO KNOW IT，IF AT ALL，AS VICTIMIZERS，NOT AS VICTIMS。WE REALLY DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU SPEAK，AND WE ARE DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF THAT。

LEAVING NO DOUBT ABOUT THE QUESTION，YOU ARE THE ANSWER。IF NOT FOR YOURSELF，THEN FOR OTHERS。READ OTHER POETS AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT I MEAN。I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU。。。