己亥年十二月初四(1959年1月2日),是我出生的日子,中国始见饿殍了,我当然浑然不知。半年之前,有庐山会议,这个会议没有好的结果,大家都明白,于是中国老百姓开始大面积非正常丢命。据说有一个县,最困难的年份里,只生了两个孩子,一位孩子的父亲是县里领导,一位孩子的父亲是粮食保管员。可能这是一个极其苦涩的笑话。我的家乡在中国的江南,响当当的鱼米之乡,父辈说,村里死人不少,我当然浑然不知。无产阶级文化大革命我是见到了,当年不明就里,现在对孩子说起那时的荒唐和疯 The first day of December, 1911 (January 2, 1959) was the day when I was born. Since China began to feel hungry, I certainly did not know it. Six months ago, there was a Lushan meeting. This meeting did not have a good result. We all understand that the Chinese people started to lose their lives in a large area in an irregular manner. Allegedly there is a county, in the most difficult year, only two children were born, one child’s father is the county leader, one child’s father is the food keeper. Maybe this is an extremely bitter joke. My hometown is in the south of China, a big land of fish and rice. My father said that there are many dead people in the village. Of course, I totally do not know. I met the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, when I was unknown, I talked to my children about the absurdity and the madness