1996年10月至11月笔者赴法国和德国讲学时,顺便关注了这两国钞票上的头像。法国50法郎钞票上的头像是 Antoine de SaintExupery(1900～1944)。他是在二战期间牺牲的法国飞行员和作家。他的成名作是《夜间飞行》(1931)和寓言《小王子》(1943)。200法郎上的头像是法国著名法学家和政治哲学家、法兰西科学院院士孟德斯鸠(1689～1755),是著 From October to November 1996, when I was giving lectures in France and Germany, I paid close attention to the avatars on the two countries’ banknotes. The picture on a French 50 franc banknote is Antoine de Saint Exupery (1900-1944). He was a French pilot and writer who died during World War II. His famous works are “Night Flight” (1931) and the allegorical “Little Prince” (1943). The image of the 200 Franc is a famous French jurist and political philosopher, and the Montesquieu (1689-1755), a member of the French Academy of Sciences,