应袁晓园先生的邀请来参加这样一个座谈会我很高兴。我为她对我们中国文化的宝贵遗产所表现出那样的赤诚很感动,也很钦佩。她和许多语言文字工作者都具有一种历史性的远见。我们大家都生活在二十世纪的中国,所看到的问题是二十一世纪的世界。我觉得这一点我很钦佩。 At the invitation of Mr. Yuan Xiaoyuan to attend such a forum I am very happy. I am deeply moved and admired her for her sincere respect for the precious legacy of our Chinese culture. She has a historic vision with many language workers. All of us are living in China in the twentieth century and the problems we see are the world of the twenty-first century. I think I admire this.