在《记菊与刀》(《读书》一九八一年第六期)一文中,我介绍了美国人类学家本尼迪克特,并谈到比较文化的研究。还有一位人类学家密德(Margaret Mead)若不介绍,我觉得有些歉然。她也是美国人,也是女的,也是在第二次世界大战中对盟国战胜法西斯 In a paper entitled “Chrysanthemum and Knife” (“Book of Reading”, Issue 6, 1981), I introduced Benedict, an American anthropologist, and talked about comparative cultural studies. Margaret Mead, an anthropologist, apologizes if not introduced. She is also an American and a woman, and also defeated allies in the Second World War against fascists