书香人和
为顾毓 秀 编书 / 002
向巴金先生组稿 / 007
刘文典藏书今安在 / 010
刘绍唐构建“民国史长城”的人 / 015
“香港文坛教父”刘以鬯 / 018
范用 :坐拥书城 / 022
我所知道的海婴先生 / 028
书籍装帧大佬张守义 / 035
“文坛刀客”韩石山 / 038
夏祖丽为母林海音立传 / 041
叶兆言,格子外的故事 / 049
苏童,自在人生浅淡写 / 061
书籍装帧新秀朱赢椿 / 072<p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">书香人和</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">为顾毓 秀 编书 / 002</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">向巴金先生组稿 / 007</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">刘文典藏书今安在 / 010</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">刘绍唐构建“民国史长城”的人 / 015</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">“香港文坛教父”刘以鬯 / 018</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">范用 :坐拥书城 / 022</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">我所知道的海婴先生 / 028</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">书籍装帧大佬张守义 / 035</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">“文坛刀客”韩石山 / 038</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">夏祖丽为母林海音立传 / 041</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">叶兆言,格子外的故事 / 049</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">苏童,自在人生浅淡写 / 061</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">书籍装帧新秀朱赢椿 / 072</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">高秉涵的《回家》之歌 / 077</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">书前书后</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">为己作嫁记 / 086</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">洗手作羹汤 / 089</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">拼接历史 / 091</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">我的书事 / 093</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">《曾经风雅——文化名人的背影之一》自序 / 096</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">《民国风景——文化名人的背影之二》自序 / 099</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">《故人风清——文化名人的背影之三》自序 / 102</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">《百年风度——文化名人的背影之四》自序 / 105</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">风韵犹存 / 111</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">雪泥鸿爪 / 113</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">书里书外</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">现代文学馆散记 / 118</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">鲁迅故居随笔 / 122</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">《铁流》手校本的流传 / 126</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">怀念手稿 / 129</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">我集题签 / 132</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">我的签名本 / 136</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">“无错不成书”的反思 / 141</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">我的文缘 / 144</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">请余光中签名 / 148</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">问舒婷 / 150</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">我的编辑生活 / 159</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">荐书品书</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">民国,民国 / 170</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">“今我不述,后生何闻” / 174</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">留在人间都是爱 / 178</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">百年人生,一坛陈酿 / 183</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 宋体; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">人生是一朵浪花 / 185</p> <p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; 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拜识顾毓琇先生纯属偶然。
三年前,我初识顾老,他已是九十七岁高龄的老寿星了。那时,我正在编赵元任、杨步伟伉俪的散文合集《浪漫人生》,该书系“双叶丛书”之一种,按丛书惯例,书名应请作者本人或亲友题
签。赵、杨先生久居美国,早已过世,又不知后人在何处,正在犯愁之际,一个偶然,我在图书馆查阅资料时,发现台湾 20 世纪 60年代出版的《传记文学》杂志中,有一幅赵元任夫妇与顾毓琇、萨本栋诸先生在南京梅花山踏雪赏梅时的合影,如获至宝。实在汗颜,此前,关于顾毓琇先生的生平我所知甚少,唯见过南京大学出版社出过一本《顾毓琇诗词选》,也没有读过,只知道他仍健在。我想,如能请顾老为此书题签不仅顺理成章,而且会为本书添彩。于是,我从南大出版社友人处打听到该书出版联系人李飞教授,他与顾老是老中大诗社的诗友。从李飞教授处获悉顾老一些基本概况和美国信址,我便试着给顾老写信,请他与夫人画家王婉靖女士双双为《浪漫人生》题签。他们都年届期颐,能否如愿,我本抱着试一试的心理。心诚则灵。半个月后,我收到顾老夫妇的题签。字写得相当漂亮,又有力度,但未附信。编辑的职业敏感,使我对顾老的生平发生浓厚的兴趣,查阅相关资料后始知,顾毓琇先生本就是位大名人,是国际电机界的泰斗,“顾氏变数”的***。又从台湾《传记文学》上他的《九二自述》中获悉,他不仅是物理大师,而且是文学家、诗人、剧作家和音乐家。早年在清华大学就读时参加过五四运动,与冰心夫妇、梁实秋、许地山等同一条船赴美留学的。后历任过清华大学工学院长、**大学校长和国立音乐学院首任院长,乃至教育部次长(以非国民党员身份),还参加过接受日本投降仪式。20 世纪 70 年代后,他多次返国内探亲、讲学,先后受到周恩来、邓小平、江泽民等党和**领导人的亲切接见,足见他的人生阅历十分丰富多彩。顾先生富有远见卓识,在 20 世纪 80年代末便建议中国应实行“三开”政策,即文化开发、经济开放和政治开明。
本来,我还想请他与夫人作为海外作家加盟“双叶丛书”。顾老坚辞,认为“不当”。后来,我便萌发想为他出一本传记的念头。我将这个想法函告顾老。他说他没有现成的中文自传,倒有一本英文本自传《一个家庭,两个世界》。我搜罗到他的著述全目和部分自传性的散文,遂正式提出为他编一部“准自传”。顾老犹豫,他说早年著作都散失。我说我可代觅。他说“鄙人意不致劳神”。在我的恳求下,他首肯了,并提供了《行云流水》《水木清华》等,但关键的一本 20 世纪 40 年代出版的《我的父亲》,我找遍南京大小图书馆都无着落。后,在沈建中先生帮助下,于上海图书馆藏书中查到,复制了一份。