2000年6月19日晚8时20分,91岁高龄的柯灵先生去世了。我是过后两天在报上知道的。又一部伟大的长篇小说没有了,我轻轻地对自己说。我不是个厚道的人,但那一刻还是感到一种淡淡的悲哀。四年过去了,我来说几句话吧。我早就知道柯灵先生是写不完《上海百年》的,我的悲哀在于,他自 At 0820 hours on June 19, 2000, Mr. Ling, 91, passed away. I know in the newspaper two days later. Another great novel is gone, I gently told myself. I am not a kind person, but at that moment still felt a touch of sadness. Four years have passed, let me say a few words. I have long known that Mr. Ke Ling is unable to write “Shanghai a century”, my sadness is that he