孔夫子认为“三十而立”,西方的智者则断言“人生四十始”。天才的作曲家乌尔伏冈·阿马德乌斯·莫扎特(1756—1791)夭折于他三十五岁的华年,认真说来他那灿烂多彩的人生尚未开始。是什么制造了这个悲剧呢?有人说是奥地利封建王朝的罪过;也有人说,这是莫扎特的性格悲剧,这当然都有道理。感谢杰出的当代英国剧作家彼得·谢弗,以他的 Confucius thought “thirty stands alone,” while the wise men in the West asserted that “life begins in forty.” Talented composer Ulvunga Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) died in his thirty-five year old Chinese age, seriously saying that his splendid life has not yet begun. What makes this tragedy? Some people say that the sin of the feudal dynasty in Austria; Some people say that this is Mozart’s tragedy of personality, of course, makes sense. Thanks to the distinguished contemporary British playwright Peter Schafer for his