2007年11月14日,一代史学大家林志纯先生在家乡福州仙逝,享年九十七岁。他近百岁的生命历程几乎与中国的“共和”时代完全相合,见证了近百年中国社会的几乎所有的重大变化;而作为学者,他的亲身经历,更见证了近百年中国学术遭遇的风风雨雨。熟悉林志纯先生的同事与朋辈常常慨叹,林先生的生活与生命是为学术而存在的。 On November 14, 2007, Mr. Lin Zhichun, a generation of historians, passed away in his hometown of Fuzhou at the age of 97. His nearly 100-year-old life process almost completely coincided with the “Republican” era in China, witnessing almost all the major changes in Chinese society in recent one hundred years. As a scholar, his personal experience has even witnessed the academic encounters of the past century in China Wind and rain. Colleagues and peers familiar with Mr. Lin Chi-chun often lament that Mr. Lin’s life and life exist for scholarship.