一、引言差不多是20年前,我于1985年任职香港中文大学期间,受校方马临校长和中国文化研究所所长郑德坤先生的委托,从事于编纂《近代名人手札真迹》,经于盛宣怀私人文献中,选辑100位名家亲笔书信,完成后于1987年出版,印成巨帙九大册。此一编纂工作,是与中大陈善伟博士合作,在此100位名家书信之首页,必须 I. INTRODUCTION Almost 20 years ago, when I was working in the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1985, I was commissioned by President Ma Lin and Director of the Institute of Chinese Culture, Mr. Cheng Tak-kun, to work on the compilation of “authentic excerpts from the hands of the modern celebrities” Literature, the selection of 100 masters personally wrote a letter, completed in 1987, published in nine volumes of giant 帙. This compilation work is to cooperate with Dr Chan Shan-wai of CUHK, the home page of 100 famous writers must