父亲要我为他的这本集子作序,起初,我未应允。他有许多同学和朋友都属文坛名家或要人,登门约请,求得一篇读后感,名士们大概也不会推辞。但他没有这么去做。后来我想,父亲的性格注定他不可能去做使他难以启齿和不安的事情。我不知道这是他不事应酬的落伍带来的悲哀,还是我撩开世俗的迷雾认识父亲禀性而获得的幸福。 Father asked me to preface to this book of his, at first, I did not answer. He has many classmates and friends who belong to the famous literary masters or dignitaries, to make an appointment for a visit, and celebrities will probably not refuse. But he did not do that. Later, I thought that his father’s character was destined for him to do things that made him difficult to tell and restless. I do not know if this is the tragedy he brings without entertaining, or the happiness I get when I open my worldly fog to understand my father’s nature.