写《张纯如，无法忘却的珍存》时，我潜意识里假设大部分中国人都知道张纯如和她的名著《南京暴行：被遗忘的大屠杀》（《The Rape of Nanking》）。看来并不如此。文友山哥在他的评论里指出了张氏名著的英文名，另一位文友将我的文章转至新浪时，加了张纯如和她的《南京暴行：被遗忘的大屠杀》的图片。这些提醒了我，有必要多介绍张纯如几句。当然，人们可以到百度百科或维基百科那里去，那里有完整的介绍和记录。
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All right. It was a great read, summarized in the last paragraph:
The subjugation of individual rights to the group, leading inevitably to
ultranationalism, has long been a cause and justification for war and genocide
across the planet. It was to escape the oppression of group identity--the burden
of racial antagonisms, inherited by blood--that thousands of Chinese and other
immigrants abandoned the homes of their ancestors, for unknown futures in a
strange land. Only time can tell if their journey will have been successful.
This will depend entiredly on whether America can continue to evolve toward the
basic egalitarian concept upon which it was founded--``that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.'' For it was
the haunting, elusive dream that such a place really existed that first drew
many of the Chinese to American shores.
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回复我是虔谦的评论:
Thank you for encouraging. Spent another hour on the book today and learnt about the origin of the phrase ``a Chinaman's chance'' which could be very useful even in modern days.
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有心人，加油！有志者事竟成！
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Thanks! Your post rekindled my interest in Iris Chang's work.
Just finished the first 2 chapters of ``The Chinese in America.''
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回复沁园的评论:
Thanks for the link. I didn't know Chang was friend with Hellen Zia, another brave soul. (She was featured in the PBS Video``becoming american the chinese experience''.)
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张纯如是在离史丹福大学不远的280号公路边上开枪自杀的，她的死讯很快在湾区传开。她后来在基督教的Gate of Heaven长眠。
