不少读者也许并不知道在斯诺的《西行漫记》之外还有一本哈里森·福尔曼的《北行漫记》,这也难怪,因为即使是大名鼎鼎的埃德加·斯诺以及他的《西行漫记》(包括斯诺夫人的《续西行漫记》)。对于今天的不少读者来说,也很可能会感到遥远、陌生或者隔膜了。其实,这三部可以并称为“红色三部曲”的著作曾经在西方世界引发了空前的震撼。大半个世纪过去了,那些英勇,那些忠诚,那些质朴,那些感人肺腑的力量,依然深刻地烙印在中国广袤的土地和她的人民身上。斯诺先生是中国人民的老朋友,因为《西行漫记》的巨大影响以及他立场公正坚定支持中国革命等缘故,他被上个世纪50年代美国臭名昭著的冷战急先锋麦卡锡主义视为共产主义分子,并且 Many readers may not be aware that there is a Harrison Foreman’s “Northbound Annotations” in addition to Snow’s “Westbound Rumor.” It is no wonder that even the famous Edgar Snow As well as his “Commemoration of the West” (including Mrs. Snow’s “Coming West”). For today’s many readers, it is likely to feel distant, strange or diaphragm. In fact, all three of these books, which can be called the “Red Trilogy,” once triggered an unprecedented shock in the Western world. For more than half a century, those valiant, loyal, rustic and moving forces are still deeply imprinted on the vast land of China and her people. Mr. Snow is an old friend of the Chinese people. Because of the tremendous influence of the “Travels of the West Bank” and his just support for the Chinese revolution, he was regarded as communism by McCarthyism, a notorious Cold War pioneer in the United States in the 1950s Molecule, and