2004年元月12日,我们敬爱的老师王先恒教授永远离开了我们。他走得那么匆匆,我们这些身在外地的学生都没能与他见上最后一面;他走得又那么从容,一句“一切从简”是他对自己后事的全部交代。但我们想像得出,他一定无法割舍他无比热爱的学术事业,无法割舍他倾注一生心血的藏书,也无法割舍他视为自己的孩子的学生们。他是我 On January 12, 2004, Professor Wang Xianheng, our beloved teacher, left us forever. He went so hurriedly that none of our students in the field could see the last side with him; he walked so calmly that “everything is simple” is his account of his own funeral. However, we can imagine that he must not be able to give up his very devoted academic career. He could not give up his devoted collection of books, nor could he give up what he regarded as his own children’s students. he is me