刚刚读罢基辛格的《论中国》,又读了傅高义的《邓小平时代》。这两本书是写给非中国人看的,但中国人看起来仍然津津有味,我们看到的是他们的视野和逻辑,还有他们的丰富史料。这两位重量级的人物在2011年几乎同时出版了关于中国的重量级著作,应验了“无独有偶”这样的中国成语。我敬佩他们对中国的重视和对中国的深刻了解与研究,敬佩他们用了十年的功夫写出这样的鸿篇巨著,又应验了另外一句中国成语“十年磨一剑”。 Just read Kissinger’s “On China” and read Fu Gaoyi’s “Deng Xiaoping Era.” These two books are written for non-Chinese, but the Chinese still look rekindled, we see their vision and logic, as well as their rich historical data. In 2011, the two heavyweights published the most important Chinese books at about the same time, fulfilling the Chinese idiom “Coincidentally ”. I admire their importance to China and their deep understanding and study of China. I admire them for ten years of effort to write such grand masterpieces and to fulfill another Chinese idiom, “Grinding a Sword in Ten Years.”