清明过后不久的一天,苏州籍的文坛耆宿许觉民先生归眠于华侨公墓。一生走南闯北大半辈子的游子,终于魂归故里了。觉民先生的祖上是无锡荡口人,迁到苏州已历数代。他于1921年生在苏州,到老讲话还带着软绵绵的乡音。他家老早就和苏州文化界有了因缘,父亲在阊门外开一个书画铺。许觉民十岁这一年,这个小康之家骤然跌落到贫困的深渊,起因是他的 One day after Ching Ming, Xu Xu Min, a literary altar of Suzhou, fell asleep at an overseas Chinese cemetery. Life walked south for most of my life wandering, and finally the soul hometown. Mr. Juemin’s ancestor is Wuxi slapper, moved to Suzhou has been for generations. He was born in Suzhou in 1921, to the old speech also with a soft accent. His family has long had a connection with Suzhou’s cultural circle, and his father opened a calligraphy shop outside his door. Xu Juemin ten years old, this well-off home suddenly plunged into the abyss of poverty, because of his