我在沿海某个城市的一所私立学校里教书,学校就坐落在海边的山坡上,站在窗前看海,就成了我每天的功课。海水起起落落,我的心也起起落落。此前我在内地的一个小县城里教书,我出生在那里,在省城读完大学后又回到了那里。这是一个古老的地方,因为出了中国历史上的两位圣人而被 I taught in a private school in a city along the coast. The school was right on the hillside by the sea. Standing at the window and watching the sea became my everyday homework. The sea water rises and falls, my heart also rises and falls. I had taught in a small county town in the Mainland before, where I was born and returned to the university in the provincial capital. This is an ancient place because of being out of two saints in Chinese history