医界泰斗吴英恺教授离世已八年了,我不禁想起了十一年前,吴教授九十高寿时和他的一次交往——我们互赠礼品的一个故事。事情要从1999年我搬家说起。为搬家整理东西装箱,最多的东西是书和报刊资料,负荷太重,就做了一些精减。挑出了对自己用处不大的旧书,当破烂卖感到可惜,请来中国书店收购旧书的人,以便物尽其用。来者过目后,愿意收购的书不多,当时他告诉我,买旧书的很少,他也卖不出去,只好不收,劝我还是卖给收破烂的吧,这不就是焚书吗,实在不忍。面对即将成 It has been eight years since Professor Wu Yingkai died in the medical field. I can not help but think of a story he had exchanged with his friend when he was only 90 years old. Things to start with when I moved from 1999. To organize things to move packing, the most things are books and newspapers and information, the load is too heavy, we did some reduction. Picked out the little used books on their own, when the dilapidated sale feel a pity, invited the Chinese bookstore acquisition of old books, in order to make the best use of. After coming to the scene, willing to buy the book is not much, when he told me to buy a lot of old books, he also can not sell, had not received, advised me to sell or torn rotten it, this is not burning books, Really can not bear. Face is coming