美国白宫新闻发布厅里的故事(连载之三)

有一次,这位西方反纳粹盟国的领导人——小罗斯福送给一位专栏记者一个纳粹十字胸章,以此来奚落这位令他讨厌的记者。他送给另一位记者的照片上的签字颇能说明他对记者的看法。他的签字是:“您忠实的受害者”。1960年开始执政的肯尼迪总统曾告诉记者:“你们的文章我读得越多,越不喜欢。”他不喜欢记者还有许多私人的原因。肯尼迪的夫人——杰奎琳·肯尼迪以美丽和富有著称。她的消费也一直是记者们关注的话题,以至于有一次她向《纽约时报》的记者抱怨说:如果记者们关于她大把花钱的报道确有其事。“那么,就连我穿的内衣也得是裘皮做的了。”…     

老骥伏枥 情在中国

陈省身是20世纪的大几何学家,在微分几何方面的成就尤为突出。他在美国数学界是一位颇有影响的权威人物,他所发现的一些数学定理被美国学术界冠以“陈氏”定理。作为美籍华人学者,陈省身对自己曾生活了几十年的中国充满深情。他十分关心中国数学的发展,为促使中国早日跻身于世界数学领导地位而殚精竭虑。早在1946年就与姜立夫教授苦心经营中央研究院数学     

传世之作的悲哀——读韩愈的《马说》

韩愈生前大概是不喜欢别人称颂他的某些文章的。别人说一分好,他感到一分惭愧;说十分好,他感到十分惭愧,所谓“小好小惭,大好大惭”。为什么呢?原来他另有一番心思。 “世有伯乐,然后有千里马”这个命题提出之后,世代称颂,至今仍被奉为至理名言,乐道不衰。韩愈若地下有知,对此是会深感不安的。 古人把立言当作三不朽之一,曹丕把写文章看得比命还重。他说年命有时而尽,但若有几篇文章传世,作者就成为不朽之人了。一篇《典论·论文》把这层意思说得再清楚不过了。其实这只是一方面的情形。另一方面的情形是:作家写文章,旨在使他所写的内容很快成为历史陈迹,即使其速朽,连同写成的文章在内。“世有伯乐,然后有千里马”这个命题所由出现的《马说》就属于后者。遗憾的是,韩愈欲求其速朽而不可能;更遗憾的是,千百年后仍有其旺盛的生命力。     

孙悟空、克林顿与成功的核心能力

年轻时看《西游记》,特别喜欢大闹天宫时期的孙悟空,觉得他好威风,上天下海,无所不能,谁都奈何他不得,真是个名副其实的“齐天大圣”!特别不喜欢西天取经时的孙悟空,一个老鼠精,能让他无可奈何;一个老牛精,也能把他致于死地。遇到困难,不是去找观音菩萨,就是去求玉皇大帝,很窝囊,很没志气。     

韩国学人金俊烨的浙江情怀

今年6月,韩国知名媒体《中央日报》发表了一则讣告,纪念一位时年90岁的老学者去世,并冠之以“最后一名光复军”的称号。7月2日,《新京报》刊出报道,也是纪念同一位学者,说他是“韩国的费正清”。     

爱情的滋味

女人在厨房做饭,男人在客厅陪我下棋。突然女人喊,你,进来一下。声音很大,却是温柔的调子。男人就去了趟厨房。几步远,用了一溜小跑。出来时,手里拿一半切开的西红柿。边咬边问我,该谁走了问他,喜欢吃生西红柿男人一边咬着西红柿,一边抬头瞅瞅厨房。不太喜欢,他说。厨房里不断传出叮叮当当的声音,掩盖了我们的谈话。那她怎么喊你我继续问,还切了这么一大块。她以为我喜欢呗!男人说,以前,刚结婚那阵子,穷,又馋。     

不做第二个卓别林

菲利普13岁那年,他在学校主办的一场“卓别林模仿大赛”上获得一等奖。回家后,立即把这个好消息告诉母亲。兴奋之余,他忍不住还贴起了表演时的那撇小胡子,拿起雨伞,学着卓别林的模样在母亲跟前走起了八字步。末了,他还得意洋洋地对母亲说：“评委们都说我的模仿惟妙惟肖,简直就是卓别林重生。”     

以尊重人权的视角报道西部大开发

在思考“做好西部大开发对外传播”这样一个命题时,我脑海里情不自禁地会出现这样三幅画面。一个是2007年去重庆三峡库区采访时遇到一位老农,那个村庄的青壮年都外出打工了,他与其他村民一样落寞地蹲坐在墙根照看他孙子。一个是前两年在欧洲考察人权问题时,一位英国教授跟我争辩说,西藏发展导致大批汉民涌入西藏,破坏了当地的人口结构、稀释了藏族文化的独特性,是中共侵犯人权的“罪状”。     

想发财,就要积累原始资金

我有一位老师,姓荣,今年四十岁,十年前,在一所乡下初中教书。他每一个月的工资也只是200元左右。现在,荣老师已经变成当地的大富翁。这十年来,他在县城河东、河西车站各开了一个批发部,又承包了县城最大的宾馆,并在县城的小流域支河开发了小河漂流,现在他的固定资金已达到500万元以上。但他热爱山区教学,还在学校上课,并取得很好的成绩。他是一边教学一边遥控做生意。每次同学聚会时,他经常给我们上课,给我印象最深是他说的一句话:想发财,就是要积累原始资金。他告诉我们他做生意的过程。当时,河东车站旁边还很冷清,但他将原始积累的资金一…     

美术理论家论于志学绘画艺术

在近代的山水画画家中,黄宾虹的晚年变法,其结果成为“黑宾虹”,使所画“黑密厚重”,其实,他有许多作品,都在于白处用得妙。于志学画冰雪山水,则成为“白志学”,但看他的画,不少地方的成功在于用墨上,所以我说他的冰雪山水为“白银世界三斗墨”。 王伯敏 中国美术学院教授、博士生导师     

"新儒学"、"后新儒学"、"现代"与"后现代"——最近十余年来的省察与思考之一斑

本文将对比于"新儒学"与"后新儒学","现代"与"后现代",对近十年来的思考发展做一省察。首先,针对的是一九九四以前的一些思想生命史的回顾,而归结于《麦迪逊手记——后新儒学的怀想》。之后,对于"新儒学"与"后新儒学"的对比区分,提出梗概。再者,随着世代的变迁,后现代的存在处境与现代及前现代并不相同,连带地,后新儒学有着新的转折、回返、承继、批判与发展。相对而言,这是由"以心控身"转而"身心一如","内圣外王"转而"外王内圣"的发展。凡此种种,又紧密关联到"存有的连续观"与"存有的断裂观"的对比。在这样的张力中,有一可能的新视点,对于存有论、知识论、实践哲学诸层面展开新的论述,进而有助于人类文明多元互动与交谈之可能。     

理解·友谊·信赖——"笹川杯"日本知识大赛剪影

秋日的浙江工商大学阳光明媚,窗明几净的学生活动中心正在举行一场别具一格的大赛--华东地区第三届"笹川杯"日本知识大赛.……     

Nominees,winners, and losers

The paper tries to convey the idea that choosing a winner among a group of nominees or short-listed candidates may hurt those who bestow prizes, those who are selected, as well as those who base their own choices on the ranking. We base our observations on examples of contests (movies, literature, and music) in which winners often turn out not to be better than nominees. Our suggestion is therefore to select, say five candidates, and not to rank them, but reward all nominees equally.     

Arts,Entrepreneurship, and Innovation

There is growing interest in the relationships between the arts, entrepreneurship and innovation. Nevertheless, the concepts of arts, entrepreneurship, and innovation, and the overlaps between, lack specificity, especially in terms of how each supports the other. This article proposes a definition of art entrepreneurship both as a concept and a field of study. The definition proposed helped target articles to be included in the special issue that this article also describes, which focus on relationships between arts, entrepreneurship and innovation for workers, firms, and industry.

     

Languages,Genes, and Cultures

This paper examines three situations in which distances between languages, genes, and cultures matter. The first is concerned with the determinants that govern the learning of foreign languages. One of these is the difficulty of the foreign language, represented by the distance between the native and the foreign language. The second case deals with the formation and breaking-up of nations. Here, it is suggested that genetic distances between regions with diversified populations (such as between the Basque country and the rest of Spain) need to be compensated by more generous transfer systems if the nation wants to avoid secession-prone behavior. The last case looks at a very popular cultural event, the Eurovision Song Contest, in which nations are represented by singers who are ranked by an international jury that consists of citizens chosen in each participating country. It is shown that what is often considered as logrolling in voting behavior is rather generated by voting for culturally and linguistically close neighbors.     

Our Role as Intercultural Scholars,Practitioners, Activists,and Teachers in Addressing These Key Intercultural Urgencies,Issues, and Challenges

As the finale, the participating scholars connect their discussion of key intercultural urgencies, issues, and challenges to our role as intercultural scholars and the pathways for engagement. We all inhabit different and multiple roles for addressing and confronting such urgencies—as researchers, practitioners, activists, teachers, and community members with macro and micro modes of agency, influence, and impact. Discussants grapple with how to envision these roles in contemporary society and actuate meaningful change for multiple constituencies and communities around us.