“我认为孩子们在山里认得各种动植物,懂得与他们和睦相处,看得出风霜雨雪的变幻的征兆,也是学习……我始终不能相信从书本上能学来一个光明的世界、幸福的世界……我觉得光明就在河流旁的岩画上,在那一棵连着一棵的树木上,在花朵的露珠上,在希楞柱尖顶的星光上,在驯鹿的犄角上。”这是《额尔古纳河右岸》里主人翁“我”与鄂温克族最后的酋长瓦罗加关于鄂温克的孩子该不该上学的一段对话。 “I think children recognize all kinds of plants and animals in the mountains, know how to live in harmony with them, see the signs of change in the weather, but also learning ... ... I can never believe that can learn from the book a bright world, A happy world ... I think light is on the rock paintings beside the river, on the tree with one tree attached, on the dew of flowers, on the starry apex, on the horns of reindeer. ”This is a dialogue between“ My Lord ”on the“ Right Bank of the Erguna ”and“ My ”, the last chief of the Ewenki tribe, about whether or not Ewenki children should go to school.