中国著名的考古学家、北京大学考古文博学院教授、博士生导师邹衡先生,于2005年12月27日驾鹤西去,我得到这一噩耗十分震惊。2005年10月,他还前来参加在郑州召开的“纪念郑州商城发现50周年”会议,我因有病未能与之相见,据说他在会议上还作了重要的讲话。中国考古界失去了一位领军人物,我失去了一位好朋友,思前想后真是令人伤心。我与邹衡先生相识是20世纪50年代早期,当时他正在北京大学史学系攻读副博士学位,来到河南省文物工作队郑州商城发掘工地实习。他生活不讲条件,能吃苦,学习勤奋。这个没有引起我特别注意的北京大学研究生,毕业后不久,于1956年在《考古 Mr. Zou Heng, a famous Chinese archaeologist and professor at the College of Archeology and Museology at Peking University, and a doctoral supervisor, visited Crane West on December 27, 2005, and I was shocked by the horrible news. In October 2005, he also came to attend the “Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Founding of Zhengzhou Mall” held in Zhengzhou. I was unable to meet with him because of illness. He is also said to have made an important speech at the meeting. Chinese archeology has lost a leader. I lost a good friend and I was really sad after I thought about it. I met Mr. Zou Heng in the early 1950s when he was pursuing a doctorate degree in Peking University’s Department of History and came to an internship site in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, for the discovery of cultural relics. He lives without conditions, can endure hardship, study diligence. This did not pay me special attention Peking University graduate student, shortly after graduation, in 1956 in the "archeology