去年的深秋，在一个偶然的机会得知，我仰慕已久的台湾著名女作家罗兰正在北京参加第九届世界华文文学国际研讨会，一种强烈的冲动驱使我立刻奔向研讨会会场──北京友谊宾馆。当我赶到的时候，下午的研讨正好结束，碰上代表们用餐的时间。我极力搜寻每一位代表胸前的证件，希 Last fall of last year, I learned by chance that Rowland, a well-known Taiwanese writer I admired for a long time, was attending the Ninth International Symposium on World Chinese Literature in Beijing. A strong impulse forced me to immediately go to the seminar site. Beijing Friendship Hotel. When I arrived, the discussion in the afternoon was just over and it was time for delegates to dine. I tried very hard to search for the certificate of each representative’s chest, Greek