今年是著名教育家、学者、社会活动家林汉达先生诞辰一百周年。今天,我们大家聚会一堂纪念林汉达先生,我的心情很不平静。我在想,如果林先生健在,能够看到祖国经济繁荣,国力强盛,人民幸福,社会进步,能够看到社会主义民主和法制的不断发展、完善,他该会多么欣慰啊!林汉达先生是我的一位老战友。1943年我们相识在上海,那时我们都在华东大学执教。作为“孤岛”的上海,沦陷时期遭受日寇铁蹄的 This year is the centenary of the birth of a famous educator, scholar and social activist, Mr. Lam Hon Tat. Today, we all gather to commemorate Mr. Lam Hon Tat. My mood is not calm. I wonder if he should be able to see the prosperity and strong national power of the motherland, the happiness of the country, the social progress and the continuous development and improvement of socialist democracy and the legal system if he is alive and well. An old comrade in arms. We met in Shanghai in 1943, when we all coached at East China University. Shanghai, an “isolated island,” was hit by the Japanese invaders during the Japanese occupation