Norris教授最近发表了一篇题为《东方乎,西方乎?关于黑死病的地理起源问题》的文章,他主张黑死病并非起源于中国、印度或中亚。他提出,向北蔓延的大流行从库尔德斯坦和伊拉克经过野鼠种群而到达俄罗斯东南部。因为这个课题我曾经研究过,而Norris教授又引用了我的著作中很多的内容,所以我不能不予以评论。该文存在着许多小错误,我在这里略而不提,我想谈三大项问题。首先,Norris教授认为(第三页):“关于黑死病的原始记 Professor Norris recently published an essay entitled ”Eastern and Western Concerns about the Geographical Origin of the Black Death“, arguing that Black Death does not originate in China, India, or Central Asia. He proposed that a northward spread pandemic arrived from southeastern Russia through the rat population from Kurdistan and Iraq. Because I have studied this subject, Professor Norris quoted many of my writings, so I can not comment. There are many small mistakes in this article. I will not mention here briefly. I would like to talk about the three major issues. First, Professor Norris (p. 3) states: ”The original book on Black Death