一九九二年八月份的《读书》杂志,刊载了寒哲(Jim Hammond)先生的《衰微与复兴》的摘要(虽然它简略到几乎完全不能表达作者的思想),又一个星期又看到了寒哲的全书(打印稿)。我十分钦佩作者的博学,也十分钦佩他的文笔,它确实达到了古典的风格——简洁明净。但是我更钦佩的是作者看到了,在被世界上 The Book Review, August, August, contains an excerpt from Mr. Jim Hammond’s “Decline and Revival” (though it was brief enough to barely express the author’s idea) and another week later he saw Zhe cold book (print). I admire the author’s erudite, also admired his writing, it really reached the classical style - concise and clean. But what I admire more is that the author saw it in the world