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Date: February 7, 2010
发布日：2010年2月7日
Topic:
Silly Men, Sharp Knives (Wei
Jingsheng's Article in the New York Times, Commemorating 20th Anniversary of
Nelson Mandela's Release from Jail in South Africa)
标题： 承受磨砺的“傻子” -- 《纽约时报》发表魏京生文章，纪念曼德拉出狱20周年
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Nelson
Mandela's Captive Audience: Silly Men, Sharp Knives
By
WEI JINGSHENG
Published:
February 6, 2010， the New York Times
Nine
months before Nelson Mandela was released from prison in South Africa, the
Chinese police cracked down on demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, and in August
1989 I was sent to Hebei Prison for incitement to overthrow state power. My
cellmates, like so many Chinese people at the time, were pessimistic about
China's future. "Why do you persist?" they would ask me.
"Democracy and freedom are good, but there is not much hope for them in
China." The prison guards would tell me, "We have guarded many
political prisoners before. The smarter ones have been promoted by the
Communists to ranks as high as 'political consultant'; the ones who persisted
in defiance never ended well."
Yet,
on Feb. 11, 1990, we read newspaper reports and saw television news reports
about Mr. Mandela getting out of jail. (We were sometimes allowed to watch
state television and read the state newspaper.) He had never lowered his noble
head in front of his enemy, and eventually his enemy had retreated.
"This
guy is just as 'silly' as I am," I told the guards, "but he reached
his goal. What do you smart ones think?" They looked at each other and
said, "Indeed, there are all kind of birds in the big woods!" But
they didn't discuss the prospect of "political consultant" with me
anymore. Instead, they would often discuss the differences between South Africa
and China.
An
old Chinese maxim notes that a knife must be ground to be sharpened. Mr.
Mandela's experience demonstrated that it is important to bear life's setbacks,
and maintain unbending confidence in eventual success.
Noted
by the New York Times: Wei Jingsheng is a democracy activist who was in jail in
China from 1979 to 1993 and now lives in Washington.
(A
version of this article appeared in print on February 7, 2010, on page WK11 of
the New York edition.)
Link
of the original article of the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/opinion/07jingsheng.html
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Wei
Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A526-W303
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A526-W303
Release
Date: February 7, 2010
发布日：2010年2月7日
Topic:
Silly Men, Sharp Knives (Wei
Jingsheng's Article in the New York Times, Commemorating 20th Anniversary of
Nelson Mandela's Release from Jail in South Africa)
标题： 承受磨砺的“傻子” -- 《纽约时报》发表魏京生文章，纪念曼德拉出狱20周年
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《纽约时报》发表魏京生文章，纪念曼德拉出狱20周年
《承受磨砺的“傻子”》
-- 魏京生，
2010年2月7日星期日
在纳尔逊﹒曼德拉被从南非的监狱里释放出来的九个月前,中国军警在天安门广场镇压了示威者。1989年8月，我带着“反革命宣传煽动罪”的罪名被转入河北监狱。像当时的很多中国人那样，监狱里的犯人都对中国的未来感到悲观。“你还坚持个啥劲呢？”他们会问我。“民主自由虽然好，但在中国，这没什么希望。”监狱里的警察甚至说：“我们看过多少政治犯了；聪明点的现在有当政协委员的，坚持到最后的都没什么好结果。”
然而，就在1990年2月11日，报纸电视上放出了曼德拉走出监狱的消息。（在狱中，我有时可以读到中共官方的报纸及观看中央电视台的节目。）他决不肯在敌人面前低下他高贵的头，最终他的敌人退却了。
我试着调侃那些警察说：“这个人也和我一样傻，可他还是成功了。你们这些聪明人怎么看这件事呢？”几个警察互相对看了几眼，笑笑说：“树林子大了确实什么鸟儿都有啊！”从那以后，他们不再提政协委员的故事了，却经常和我讨论南非和中国有什么不同。
中国自古就有个词叫“磨砺”，说的是刀放在磨刀石上磨才能够锋利。曼德拉的经历说明：很重要的是能承受人生中的挫折并保持不屈的信心，因此才能获取最终的成功。
纽约时报注: 魏京生是1979年至1993年被囚的中国民主人士，现居华盛顿。
原文连接：
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/opinion/07jingsheng.html
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