初次知道何炳棣先生,是上世纪七十年代中期在中文大学书店买到刚刚出版的《东方的摇篮》。当时正要到牛津哈特福德学院进修,遂藏行箧相携。这样,一个空闲而又灰暗的星期六下午,无意中拿起此书翻阅,竟深受吸引不能释手,一口气读完。当然,这主要是受其雄辩而充满自信的行文,广博 For the first time, I know Mr. He Bingdi, who just bought the newly published “Cradle of the East” at the Chinese University Bookstore in the mid-1970s. At that time, I was going to study at Hartford College in Oxford. In this way, a spare and gloomy Saturday afternoon, accidentally picked up the book read, actually attracted by the can not let go, breath read. Of course, this is mainly due to its eloquent and confident writing, broad