(十二)满目青山英国那位享高寿90多的文豪肖伯纳先生,在临终之时给自己写的墓志铭只有一句话:“我早就知道会有这一天。”这位剧作大家,把人的大限看得这样的轻松自然,最后还给人间留下一句如此幽默的妙语。生老病死是自然规律,淮都抗拒不了,但一般的老人很忌讳说那个“死”字。讳不讳都是那么一回事,又何必忌呢。人在职总是有期限的,国家规定60岁是退休年龄,即使是专家教授也不能超过65岁,返聘是特殊事例。当我于1988年9月间,圆满地结束了《从艺60年师徒演出晚会》之时,即接到组织上的决定,通知我退 (XII) Everywhere in Castle Peak Britain’s Mr. Shaw, Bernard Shaw, who enjoys a longevity of more than 90 years old, wrote his epitaph at the time of death only one sentence: “I knew that there would be a day.” , The people’s deadline to see such a relaxed nature, and finally to the world left a so funny witty remark. Health and death is a natural law, Huai can not resist, but the elderly are very taboo to say that “dead” word. Taboo are all the same thing, why bogey it. There is always a deadline for people to work. The state stipulates that 60 years is the retirement age. Even an expert professor can not exceed 65, and returning to work is a special case. When I concluded the “Performing Arts 60 Years” evening in September 1988, I received an organizational decision to notify me to quit