文/馬克·力文（Mark Levine，美）

2005年來中國后，我有幸見到了幾名年長的國際友人，他們?cè)谥袊谷諔?zhàn)爭以及中華人民共和國成立的過程中作出貢獻(xiàn)。遺憾的是，當(dāng)時(shí)已僅有極少數(shù)國際友人仍在世上。但好在我仍有機(jī)會(huì)見到這些國際友人們的中國配偶、子女，甚至是第三代。

后來，我有幸為這些國際友人的親屬們提供平臺(tái)，讓他們?cè)趲姿髮W(xué)講述其先輩們對(duì)中國發(fā)展所作出的貢獻(xiàn)。此外，我自己也作了一些關(guān)于他們的演講。

After my arrival in China in 2005, I had the good fortune to meet a few of the old foreign experts who had contributed to China’s struggle in the War of Resistance to Japanese Aggression and in the founding the the People’s Republic of China. Unfortunately, by the time of my arrival, only a very few were still alive. But I have also been able to meet many of the Chinese spouses, children and even some of the grandchildren of these international friends.

Later I had the honor of helping to provide platforms for these relatives to speak about their ancestors’ contributions to China’s development before audiences at several universities. I have also had the opportunity to do some presentations about them myself.

收到習(xí)近平主席回信

8月下旬，包括埃德加·斯諾與海倫·斯諾夫婦、喬治·海德姆（馬海德）、路易·艾黎、伊斯雷爾·愛潑斯坦、大衛(wèi)·柯魯克、漢斯·米勒、愛娃·桑德伯格·蕭（葉華）在內(nèi)的13位已故國際友人的16位親屬，聯(lián)名致信中國國家主席習(xí)近平，祝賀中國共產(chǎn)黨成立100周年。為紀(jì)念中國人民抗日戰(zhàn)爭和反法西斯戰(zhàn)爭勝利76周年，他們進(jìn)一步表現(xiàn)出參加紀(jì)念活動(dòng)的渴望，以紀(jì)念為取得這些勝利而獻(xiàn)出生命的人們。

Reply from President Xi Jinping

In late August of this year, 16 relatives of 13 of these nowdeceased experts including those of Edgar and Helen Snow, George Hatem (Ma Haide), Rewi Alley, Israel Epstein, David Crook, Hans Mueller, Eva Sandberg Xiao and others wrote to Chinese President Xi Jinping, extending their congratulations to the 100thanniversary of the founding the Communist Party of China (CPC) . In memory of the 76thanniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War Against Fascism, they further stated their interest in joining in the commemoration of those who had given their lives to achieve these victories.

在談到國際友人們?yōu)橹袊鞒龅呢暙I(xiàn)時(shí)，親屬們表示，為他們選擇同中國共產(chǎn)黨和中國人民站在一起感到驕傲，并表達(dá)了自身繼續(xù)發(fā)揚(yáng)國際主義精神，為推動(dòng)構(gòu)建人類命運(yùn)共同體、促進(jìn)中國人民同各國人民友好交往作出貢獻(xiàn)的意愿。

Speaking of their relatives contributions to China’s struggles, they expressed great pride that their family members had chosen to stand with the CPC and the Chinese people and expressed their own willingness to continue carry on the spirit of internationalism, to contribute in the building of a shared future for mankind and participating in working towards friendship between the people of China and those of other countries.

9月14日，也就是在信件寄出后的短短幾周，國際友人的親屬們收到了來自習(xí)近平主席的回信，他們感到非常高興。

在回信中，習(xí)近平主席強(qiáng)調(diào)：20世紀(jì)上半葉，國際友人們遠(yuǎn)道而來，他們同中國人民和中國共產(chǎn)黨并肩前行，并作出了重要貢獻(xiàn)。習(xí)近平主席還贊揚(yáng)了他們?yōu)橹袊母锩瓦M(jìn)一步發(fā)展所作出的貢獻(xiàn)。他寫道：“你們親人當(dāng)年的選擇是完全正確的?！?/p>

“讀習(xí)近平總書記給國際友人親屬復(fù)信有感座談會(huì)”現(xiàn)場

All of the signatories to this letter were quite pleased when they received President Xi’s September 14thresponse dated only a few weeks after their initial letter.

In his response letter, President Xi acknowledged the important contributions made by these international friends who had traveled great distances during the first half of the 20thcentury to ally with the Chinese people and the CPC. He applauded their contributions to the revolution as well as to China’s further development. “Indeed, the choices that your loved ones made decades ago are all worthy and honorable,” he wrote.

習(xí)近平主席進(jìn)一步指出，在中國共產(chǎn)黨領(lǐng)導(dǎo)中國實(shí)現(xiàn)第二個(gè)百年奮斗目標(biāo)、建設(shè)社會(huì)主義國家與促進(jìn)世界和平的進(jìn)程中，國際友人們所展現(xiàn)出的這種精神將會(huì)代代相傳。

“希望你們以親人為榜樣，為增進(jìn)中國人民和世界人民的友誼和合作，為推動(dòng)構(gòu)建人類命運(yùn)共同體作出貢獻(xiàn)！”

He further noted that with the CPC leading the country in its goals for its second 100 years of building a socialist country and promoting world peace, he believes that the spirit showed by their ancestors would continue from “generation to generation”.

“I hope you will follow the steps of your loved ones, and contribute your fair share to the strengthening the friendship and cooperation between the Chinese people and people of the world, and to building a community with a shared future for mankind.”

國際友人親屬憶往昔

為深入學(xué)習(xí)領(lǐng)會(huì)習(xí)近平主席給國際友人親屬復(fù)信的重要精神，9月25日，中國人民對(duì)外友好協(xié)會(huì)（簡稱“全國對(duì)外友協(xié)”）舉辦了“讀習(xí)近平總書記給國際友人親屬復(fù)信有感座談會(huì)”。座談會(huì)在位于北京市的全國對(duì)外友協(xié)大院內(nèi)的禮堂舉行，約100人參加，其中包括給習(xí)近平主席致信的大部分國際友人親屬，其他在華工作和生活的國際友人，以及中外學(xué)者與記者。全國對(duì)外友協(xié)美大工作部主任沈昕主持了此次活動(dòng)。

座談會(huì)上，全國對(duì)外友協(xié)會(huì)長林松添宣讀了習(xí)近平主席的親筆信，并進(jìn)一步闡述了國際友人們的重要貢獻(xiàn)。

Families of International Friends Recall the Past

As follow-up to President Xi’s letter, on September 25th, the Chinese People’s Association for Friend with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) hosted a symposium entitled “Symposium on President Xi Jinping’s Reply to Families of International Friends”. The symposium was held at the CPAFFC auditorium located within the grounds of the association’s compound in the center of Beijing. Approximately 100 people were in attendance including most of the authors of the letter to President Xi, other International friends who are currently working and living in China as well as both Chinese and foreign scholars and journalists. Shen Xin, the director of the Department of American and Oceanian Affairs of CPAFFC, chaired the event.

At the symposium, Lin Songtian, the CPAFFC president, began his presentation with a reading of the letter from President Xi and provided further details on the importance of the contributions made by China’s international friends.

隨后，與會(huì)的國際友人親屬逐一發(fā)表感言。中村京子是來自日本的國際友人，也是中國人民的老朋友，她回憶了初到中國時(shí)的往事，那時(shí)她還是一名年輕的護(hù)士，同她的丈夫——來自德國的漢斯·米勒醫(yī)生一道，致力于拯救抗日戰(zhàn)爭中被日本軍隊(duì)所傷及的生命。她承諾，今后將繼續(xù)發(fā)揚(yáng)這種國際主義精神，因?yàn)閹资陙?，正是這種精神為自己和丈夫的人生指引著方向。

Then, one-by-one, many of the signatories of the initial letter to President Xi spoke. Nakamura Kyoko, an old international friend from Japan, spoke of coming to China as a young nurse and, alongside her husband, Dr. Hans Mueller from Germany, working to save the lives of those injured by the Japanese military in the War of Resistance. She pledged herself to continue to carry out the spirit of internationalism that guided her own and her husband’s lives for many decades.

新西蘭友人路易·艾黎在中國工作和生活了60年。作為艾黎的四位養(yǎng)子之一，聶廣濤說，艾黎經(jīng)常對(duì)自己進(jìn)行國際主義精神教育。之后的發(fā)言中，英國友人大衛(wèi)·柯魯克和加拿大友人伊莎貝爾·柯魯克的兒子邁克爾·柯魯克稱，艾黎是工合運(yùn)動(dòng)的中堅(jiān)力量。

Nie Guangtao, one of the four adopted sons of Rewi Alley, the New Zealander who worked and lived in China for 60 years, spoke of Alley’s constant teachings of internationalism. Later in the symposium, Michael Crook, the son of David Crook from Britain and the Canadian Isabel Crook, described Alley as the backbone of the Gung Ho movement.

理查德·傅萊的遺孀江國珍，談到丈夫在德國入侵其祖國奧地利后，來到中國參與重要工作的經(jīng)歷。作為一名猶太人與共產(chǎn)主義者，年輕的醫(yī)科學(xué)生傅萊離開奧地利來到中國。在這里，他深受歡迎，并加入了反對(duì)法西斯主義的斗爭。無論是在戰(zhàn)爭期間，還是在傅萊的晚年，他都在醫(yī)學(xué)領(lǐng)域?yàn)橹袊鞒隽嗽S多貢獻(xiàn)，包括建立了中國第一個(gè)醫(yī)學(xué)信息計(jì)算機(jī)數(shù)據(jù)庫。

Jiang Guozhen, the widow of Richard Frey, spoke of the significant work of her husband who had come to China when Germany invaded his native country of Austria. As a Jew and a Communist, Frey a young medical student left Austria and was welcomed to China where he joined in the fight against fascism. He made many contributions to China in the field of medicine both during the war and in his later life including founding the first computer data base for medical information in China.

肖麗昂是另一位奧地利友人愛娃·桑德伯格·蕭（葉華）的兒子。他說，自己的母親離開德國，先去到蘇聯(lián)，然后去到瑞典，并從那里來到了中國。在中國，她成了一名攝影師，她的作品記錄了20世紀(jì)的中國歷史。

Xiao Li’ang is the son of another Austrian, Eva Sandberg Xiao. He spoke of his mother leaving Germany and going to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and then to Sweden from where she came to China. Sandberg Xiao became a photographer whose work chronicled the history of 20th century China.

美國友人埃里克·福斯特談到了他的姑姑海倫·福斯特·斯諾。海倫以尼姆·威爾斯的筆名，撰寫了《續(xù)西行漫記》（又譯《紅色中國內(nèi)幕》）等書籍，與她的丈夫埃德加·斯諾一道，向世界講述了中國人民的奮斗與碩果。埃里克談到，在了解自己姑姑對(duì)中國的貢獻(xiàn)后，他來到這里，并決定寫下斯諾夫婦的過往，向世界講述這些外國朋友的中國故事。

American Eric Foster spoke of his aunt Helen Foster Snow. Under the pen name journalist Nym Wales, she wrote Inside Red China and other books. Along with her husband, Edgar Snow, the couple told the world of the struggles and victories of the Chinese people. Eric talked about learning about his aunt’s contributions to China leading to him coming and deciding to write about the Snows to tell the story of these foreign friends to the world.

大衛(wèi)·柯魯克和伊莎貝爾·柯魯克夫婦均是北京外國語大學(xué)的創(chuàng)始人之一，他們的兒子邁克爾·柯魯克在中國非常有建樹。作為中國工合國際委員會(huì)主席，邁克爾說，習(xí)近平主席在復(fù)信中提到的國際友人中有8位是工合的積極參與者，有4位其親屬目前正在參與中國工合國際委員會(huì)的工作。他詳細(xì)介紹了每位友人的具體工作和貢獻(xiàn)。此外，他還提到了習(xí)近平主席在2017年給中國工合國際委員會(huì)、北京培黎職業(yè)學(xué)院的回信，習(xí)近平主席鼓勵(lì)發(fā)揚(yáng)傳承艾老“努力干、一起干”的工合精神，積極開展國際文化交流，譜寫國際友誼的新篇章。邁克爾介紹了自己在實(shí)踐中推動(dòng)這一事業(yè)的努力。

中國人民對(duì)外友好協(xié)會(huì)會(huì)長林松添（左七）和與會(huì)國際友人親屬合影

Both David and Isabel Crook are among the founders of Beijing Foreign Studies University, while Michael Crook is their son and has other contributions. Micheal is the president of the International Committee for the Promotion of Chinese Industrial Cooperatives (ICCIC) and he noted that eight of the international friends named by President Xi were active Gung Ho participants and another four have relatives who are currently involved in the ICCIC work. He detailed the specific roles and contributions of each. He also spoke of President Xi’s 2017 reply to a letter from the ICCIC and Beijing Bailie Unirersity which encouraged the two organizations to “carry forward Rewi Alley’s Gung Ho spirit of work hard, work together and write new chapters in international friendship”. Micheal noted his own commitment to promote this cause in practice.

其他發(fā)言的國際友人親屬包括俄羅斯友人伊麗莎白·帕夫洛芙娜·基什金娜（李莎）的兒子李英南，黎巴嫩裔美國友人喬治·海德姆博士（馬海德）的兒子周幼馬，以及創(chuàng)作了著名的《中國人民解放軍軍歌》《延安頌》的朝鮮友人（后加入中國國籍）鄭律成的女兒鄭小提。

Other relatives of the old international friends who spoke included Li Yingnan, the son of the Russian Elizabetha Pavolovna Kishkina; Zhou Youma, the son of Lebanese-American, Dr. George Hatem (known in China as Ma Heide); and Zheng Xiaoti, the daughter of Korean Jeong Yui-Seong (known in China as Zheng Lyucheng) who composed the famous songOde to Yan’an,the military anthem of the People’s Liberation Army.

繼往開來話合作

上述發(fā)言人均位列于習(xí)近平主席的回信成員名單，此外，還有多位朋友參加了此次座談會(huì)，他們之中既有中國人，也有外國人。如前全國對(duì)外友協(xié)副會(huì)長李建平，他曾任路易·艾黎的秘書，兩人有過密切合作。

來自比利時(shí)的讓·德爾維尼與來自愛爾蘭的肖恩·斯拉特里均為外籍專家，現(xiàn)供職于中央黨史和文獻(xiàn)研究院。他們都分享了自己來到中國后的經(jīng)歷，德爾維尼來華40年，而斯拉特里也來華約10年。同時(shí)，他們?cè)谡劦街詮氖卢F(xiàn)在的工作時(shí)，都強(qiáng)調(diào)了國際主義的重要性，用斯拉特里的話來說，“我們的工作，是讓人們有機(jī)會(huì)學(xué)習(xí)關(guān)于這個(gè)國家及其政府的工作，并幫助他們理解中國所提出的倡議，例如‘一帶一路’倡議以及人類命運(yùn)共同體的愿景?！?/p>

本文作者馬克·力文在座談會(huì)上發(fā)言

Carry on the Past and Open the Future

While the above speakers were among the group to whom President Xi responded, there were others attending the symposium, both Chinese and foreigners. Li Jianping, the former vice president of CPAFFC, had also worked closely with Rewi Alley serving in as his secretary.

Jean Delvigne, from Belgium, and Sean Slattery, from Ireland, are both foreign experts who currently work at the Institute of Party History and Literature of the CPC Central Committee. Each spoke of their coming to China, Delvigne nearly 40 years ago and Slattery about 10 years and their work leading up to their current positions both stressed the importance of internationalism and in the words of Slattery, “Our job is about giving people the opportunity to learn about this country and the work of its government, and to help them understand the initiatives China has put forward, such at the Belt and Road Initiative and the vision of a community with a shared future for humanity.”

美國友人聶子瑞（Erik Nilsson）是《中國日?qǐng)?bào)》記者，他談到了埃德加·斯諾對(duì)全世界了解中國作出的重要貢獻(xiàn)，并為自己成為《中國日?qǐng)?bào)》“新時(shí)代斯諾工作室”成員而感到驕傲。在談到自己的貢獻(xiàn)時(shí)，他不僅有自己的定期報(bào)道，還是2021年出版的《太陽升起：“美國小哥”見證中國扶貧奇跡》一書的作者，該書自出版以來便獲得了非常積極的反響。

American Erik Nilsson is a journalist atChina Daily. Nilsson spoke of the important contributions to the understanding of China made by Edgar Snow and his own pride of being a member ofChina Daily’sEdgar Snow Newsroom. He spoke of his own contributions, not only through his regular reporting but also as author of his 2021 book,Closer to Heaven: A Global Nomad’s Journey Through China’s Poverty Alleviation, which has been very positively received since its release.

當(dāng)被應(yīng)邀發(fā)言時(shí)，我也介紹了自己的工作——為這些國際友人的親屬提供平臺(tái)，讓他們來講述家庭與自身的故事。我還提到了我的書籍和歌曲，致力于幫助國際社會(huì)更好地認(rèn)識(shí)中國。

As I was invited to speak, I told of my work, mentioned above, in providing platforms for the relatives of these international friends to tell the stories of their families and themselves. I also briefly mentioned my books and songs that are aimed at helping to breakdown the misinformation about China.

英國皇家化學(xué)學(xué)會(huì)的戴偉，談到了他長期以來在課堂和講座中為不同年齡的學(xué)生教授化學(xué)的意義。北京大學(xué)中國埃德加·斯諾研究中心主任孫華教授談到了自己當(dāng)前正在進(jìn)行的工作。目前，該中心與美國的斯諾研究中心合作，每年在美國和北京輪流舉行關(guān)于斯諾研究的座談會(huì)。

David Evans of the Royal Society of Chemistry spoke of his longtime role in teaching chemistry in classes and lectures to students of various ages. Professor Sun Hua talked about the ongoing work of the China Center for Edgar Snow Studies, of which he is the director, at Peking University (PKU). In conjunction with a parallel Snow studies center in the United States, the PKU center holds annual symposiums on the significance of Snow’s work which alternate between the US and Beijing.

其他發(fā)言者包括：中國人民大學(xué)中東與非洲研究中心特聘研究員、敘利亞裔俄羅斯友人卡里姆·阿爾瓦迪（肖克），中央廣播電視總臺(tái)亞非語言節(jié)目中心斯瓦希里語主持人、坦桑尼亞友人法迪利·賈普特·姆鵬杰，北京培黎職業(yè)學(xué)院院長余臨，以及來自培黎的法國留學(xué)生。（本文圖片由中國人民對(duì)外友好協(xié)會(huì)提供）

Additional speakers included Karim Alwadi, a Syrian-Russian identified as a research fellow at the Center for Middle East and Africa Studies at Renmin University of China; Fadhili Japhet Mpunji, the Tanzanian who works as a Kiswahili language anchorman for the Asian and African Languages Programming Center of China Media Group; Yu Lin, president of Beijing Bailie University; and a Bailie student from France.