2001年德里达访问了中国,在北京、上海、南京、香港四地作了学术演讲和座谈。在上海的时候,他和王元化先生举行了一场对谈。这场对谈在张宁的《雅克·德里达的中国之行》中被省略了。然而,正如德里达的工作所一贯揭示的那样,边缘的、补充的事件往往比中心事件有着更重要的意义。这场对谈的意义首先在于,同德里达在中国的其他演讲和回答不同,对谈的主题不是德里达自己的思想和著作,而是在东西文化上两位有代表性的重要的理论家之间展开的以中国和西方为主题的讨论。因为两位主角的文化身份,这个讨论有特殊的意义。对于 During his visit to China in 2001, Derrida made academic speeches and discussions in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing and Hong Kong. When he was in Shanghai, he held a talk with Mr. Wang Yuanhua. The talk was omitted from Zhang Ning’s “Jacques Derrida’s visit to China.” However, as Derrida’s work consistently reveals, marginal and supplementary events tend to have more significance than central ones. First of all, the significance of this talk is that unlike Derrida’s other speeches and responses in China, the theme of the talk was not Derrida’s own thoughts and writings but two representative and important theorists in Eastern and Western cultures A discussion on China and the West as the theme. Because of the cultural identity of the two protagonists, this discussion is of special significance. for