2013年1月21号晚间,忽然收到一则消息,说台湾大学社会学系林端教授在参加一个学术活动期间,突发心脏病,于当日凌晨去世。这消息令我在震惊之余,备觉难过和痛惜。后来,林端教授的夫人爱华女士发来一文,内中讲述了林端教授的志向和他未竟的事业。这让我想到过去十几年里与林端教授交往、合作的经历,想到我们两家一起度过的愉快时光,自然,也想到他一生孜孜砣砣的学术努力与追求。和林端教授第一次见面,是1999年季夏,在美国西海岸度假地Chaminade的“浩然营”上。那次, In the evening of January 21, 2013, we suddenly heard a message that Professor Lin Lin, a sociology professor at National Taiwan University, died suddenly of a heart attack during his academic activities. The news made me feel overwhelmed and saddened and deplored. Later, Professor Edward Lin’s wife, Ms. Iowa, sent a text, which recounted Professor Lin’s ambition and his unfinished business. It reminds me of the past ten years, Professor Lin and exchanges and cooperation experience, think of the happy time we spend together, naturally, think of his life diligently academic efforts and pursuit. The first meeting with Professor Lin was the summer of 1999, on the “Haoran Camp” of Chaminade on the west coast of the United States. That time,