翁礼华，宁波人很熟悉的一个名字，现在已是浙江人很熟悉的一个名字了。
　　1962年，他考入杭大化学系，1967年毕业，是镇海大学生当厂长的第一人。他当厂长业绩显著，上世纪70年代被评为“文革”后的第一批省劳模。尔后，风正一帆悬，他历任奉化、鄞县县长，浙江省政府办公厅副主任、省政府副秘书长、浙江省财政厅厅长兼省地方税务局局长和省国资办主任。
　　20年的从政生涯红红火火，睿智通达的他认为做官只是一个过程，是发挥自身价值的一个高级平台。他不仅把浙江财政工作搞得有声有色，而且独辟蹊径，以经济视角面对历史，写出了大气磅礴的系列财政文化散文，成为令人瞩目的专家型、学者型官员。
　　中国财政历史源远流长，浩瀚庞杂，当他把财政思想演绎成一部部著作后，他觉得还不够承重，于是，在其创意并致力下，中国财税博物馆诞生了。如今，开馆伊始，作为一馆之长的他，正一心运筹在财政的帷幄中。
　　
　　中国财政散文第一人
　　
　　认识翁礼华在14年前，那时他任省政府副秘书长，说话风趣，出口成章，是一位颇具亲和力的官员。后来又从媒体上看到不少有关翁礼华“奇人奇事”的文章，尤其是1998年10月23日《光明日报》有关“浙江财政改革”的报道，引起了国务院常务副总理李岚清的关注。且不说他“财政改革以人为本”开拓创新的政绩，也撇开其侃侃而论的“‘没有’权才能掌好权”的种种为官之道，令人最感新奇的是身居要职的他居然著作等身：《中国历代赋税和当前税制改革》《财政•赋税•官吏•俸禄——中国历史漫谈》《五十而知天命——财税改革随笔》《以经济视角面对历史——财税新视野杂谈(上、下)》《礼华财政历史散文》《长河东去》等等，这些书深受读者的喜爱，并得到行家的赞赏。原财政部部长刘仲藜赞赏他的书“融历史性、知识性和趣味性于一体”，著名作家黄亚洲说他是一眼“深井”，作品深刻、视觉独特，在短短的几年里写出几百万字，令专业作家望尘莫及。省作协多次为他的作品举办专题研讨会，中国作协主动吸纳他为会员，翁礼华被称为“中国财政散文第一人”。
　　
　　为官是热闹的，为文却是寂寞的，在纷扰嘈杂的行政工作中，他是如何营造出一方宁静之地来放牧广博的思想与文化?前不久，我在杭州拜访了翁礼华先生。
　　在翁先生的寓所里，我看到他新出版的厚厚一大叠专著：《纵横捭阖》《钱财两面》《钱眼读书》《运财帷幄》等。翁先生拿起装帧十分精美的《纵横捭阖》说：“这曾是一本白皮书，50万字，共九章，是我专门为浙江大学研究生讲授《财政文化研究》课程而撰写的教材，后来流传开了，被中国财政经济出版社发现，他们认为此书可读性非常强，就编辑出版了。”
　　对整个中国财政史，翁礼华可谓烂熟于心。他发现一些行政领导缺乏财税知识，而现有的财政类书籍又太枯燥、艰涩，连他这样阅读兴趣甚广的人都感到“不忍卒读”，于是，就萌发了写书的念头。
　　
　　“大管家”写文章诀窍
　　
　　天才出自勤奋，翁礼华好学是出名的。在镇海基层工作时，他晨起常到公园去朗读英语；在鄞县县长任上，星期天独自一人在图书馆看书看到深更半夜，这是不少鄞州人所熟知的事。
　　财政厅长是“大管家”，一直很忙，故创作必须在工作之余。他的作息时间通常是这样安排的：早上6时起床爬山，7时到办公室洗澡、吃早饭，8时上班；中午休息一刻钟，然后看报，晚饭后散步几分钟，再处理半小时公文。7时半开始创作，11时半离开办公室，睡眠一般只5个多小时。他见缝插针地写，如去开会途中的小车里，便拿个本子在膝盖上写；出国考察更是大做文章的好时机，去一次国外就能在飞机上、汽车里、旅途的间隙中写出洋洋数万言。“系列财政著作过程，就这么举重若轻?”佩服之余我不禁问道。翁先生说，当初他感到困惑的是切入点。面对漫漫的中国历史长河，该如何用简洁的文字来揭示纷繁复杂的财政文化全貌?后来他从中医针灸治病的原理中受到启发，刺一穴而动百骸!正如他在著作的自序中所言：“以经济视角选择若干历史文化关节点，运用以小见大、化繁为简的随笔形式进行剖析，才能‘窥一斑而知全豹’，以较少的篇幅和较短的阅读时间来洞察极为深厚的历史文化，事半而功倍。”
　　
　　找准了切入点，翁礼华的创作犹如“井喷”，在短短的七八年间写出了16部著作。这些著作深入浅出，打破了以往财政类书籍晦涩难懂的格局。他的著作留下了明州痕迹，这与他在宁波整整工作、生活20年有关。《运财帷幄》一书中就有专门篇章《宁波帮：与国人交止于信》，文中谈到宁波帮创立的一种独特的信用制度票据交换制度。他说“宁波帮”讲诚信，一向把信誉看作企业的生命线。他阐述“企”字的部首为“人”，附件为“止”，有儒家经典《大学》中“与国人交止于信”的意蕴，即与他人交往要达到有信用的高度。明末崇祯年间镇海人庄士英远赴南洋经商致富后，回故里建造了一座命名为“止所”的楼房，意思是“知其所止”，即“为人君止于仁，为人臣止于敬，为人父止于慈，与国人交止于信”。“止于信”是“宁波帮”得以成功的诀窍之一。接着，他举了许多“宁波帮”商人诚信的例子，生动而富有知识性。
　　
　　第一座财税博物馆
　　
　　那天在翁先生家小坐后，他说陪你去看看中国财税博物馆吧。当时我很诧异，杭州什么时候冒出了这么个馆?
　　财税博物馆坐落在西子湖畔的吴山脚下，占地27亩，建筑面积1.2万多平方米。整个建筑外形看上去酷似古代尖足布币，很有历史感。
　　听翁先生介绍，博物馆从1999年2月18日选址到2004年11月9日正式开馆，历时5年多。致力于财税文化研究的他无疑是这座博物馆的动议。笔者问到创意，他回答：“是著作的启发。我把思想写成了书，我也可以把书变成博物馆。世界上还没有一个大型的专题性财税博物馆，但中国文化积淀深厚，有4000多年的财政史，这是世界各国无法相比的优势。”
　　
　　翁礼华关于建造财税博物馆的建议，得到了当时财政部部长项怀诚和国家税务总局局长金人庆的支持，最后决定在杭州吴山创建博物馆。这座融实体建筑与虚拟数字化为一体的中国财税博物馆，是中国财税历史文化展示中心、学术交流中心和财税信息中心，它是面向社会各界进行财税历史文化知识宣传、教育和交流的一个平台。
　　极其现代化的博物馆大厅，自然采光，气势恢宏。翁先生指点着边上的电梯及宫殿式的朱漆柱子说：“建筑融合了古代传统设计思想和后现代设计理念。”城墙式的门道上方，一枚形似古鼎和钱币的中国财税博物馆徽标，及周围墙壁上点缀的几个抽象图案的雕刻，营造出了一份浓郁的财政氛围。
　　在财税历史陈列馆中，在展示卖官鬻爵的财政收入时，对于“衣冠禽兽”之定义有个生动解读。清朝官员在官服的前胸后背有两块纹饰，文官的图案为禽类，如仙鹤、锦鸡等，武官的图案为兽类，如狮子、老虎等。本来衣冠上的禽兽是区分官员职别大小的标志，后来人们出于对官吏腐败的不满，就骂其为“衣冠禽兽”；再如讲到历史上盐的专卖时，就形象地举出一个“敲竹杠”，为了不使盐税流失，国家对盐实行专卖。但有人偷偷摸摸卖私盐，把竹杠节头打通，盐藏在里面。所以古代有缉私队常会拿木棍敲一下竹杠，听听抬箩筐过关口的抬杠是实心还是空心，这就是“敲竹杠”的来历。财税博物馆吸引人之处，除了故事性还有动感，如展示漕粮运输时，墙壁上的船都会开动；在民间财富崇拜展馆中，还用多媒体形式来反映正月初五迎财神等习俗，这些都是靠高科技手段来实施的。
　　文如其人，馆如其文。读翁礼华的财政著作与参观其主持创建的博物馆，有一共同感受，那就是生动形象。
　　
　　参观后已近黄昏时分，在博物馆顶楼的露天大平台上和翁先生一起喝茶，面对青山、斜阳，他感怀道：人生如白驹过隙，唯有文化是永恒的。从传承意义上来说，博物馆是流芳百世的事业。
　　年届花甲的翁礼华，充实、从容，他说人要有一种爱好，有所追求，就不会空虚。2003年翁礼华从财政厅卸任后，改任浙江省政府经济建设咨询委员会副主任、财政部中国财税博物馆馆长，而且他还是浙江大学特聘教授、财经文史研究中心主任，上海财经大学兼职教授，从这些头衔中可以想见他的另一种忙碌了。
　　临别时，翁先生送给我一大摞他的著作，他在其中一本的扉页上题写了赠言：“把工作做成作品!”
　　
　　A Scholar Official Well Known in Zhejiang
　　By Bao Danhong
　　
　　The name of Weng Lihua used to be well known in Ningbo. Now it is a name well known in Zhejiang Province. From a chemistry major at Hangzhou University in 1962 to county magistrate and the provincial government’s chief finance executive, the capable and knowledgeable Weng Lihua is bound to make his name known in Zhejiang over his 20-plus-year career as a government official. Weng retired from the directorship of Zhejiang Administration of Finance in 2003 when he was 60.
　　In Zhenhai, Weng Lihua was the first college-graduate turned plant manager. He was honored the model worker in the 1970s. Then he served as magistrates in two counties in Ningbo before going on to work for the provincial government. His career as a government official was highly successful. Regarding his career only as a life process and a platform to give full play to his capabilities, Weng was a successful chief finance officer of the province.
　　Weng is a scholar. Reading is a habit he has kept up for decades. The story that the county magistrate spent long hours reading at the library on Sundays was well known in Yinxian County. Following a tight work schedule to handle a heavy workload, he managed to spend hours reading and writing every evening. That’s how he was able to work efficiently as a finance administrator in Zhejiang. He began to write books on the history of China’s finance and taxation when he found that many of his subordinates did not were ignorant about how financial and taxation management was done in the past. He has published 16 books over the past eight years. His books are different from those theoretical tomes with jaw-dropping and obscure terms. Written in plain Chinese, his books have good anecdotes and stories from history and offer deep insights into key issues. From these concise discussions, readers can easily have an overall understanding of the history and culture concerning financial issues.
　　
　　Weng Lihua initiated the suggestion that a national museum be built in celebration of China’s long history of finance and taxation. The Ministry of Finance okayed the proposal and decided to build it in Hangzhou. The work on site selection began in February, 1999 and the China Finance and Taxation Museum officially opened to visitors on November 9, 2004. He drew the inspiration about building a national museum of finance and taxation history from writing a book. 襍ince I can write my thoughts into books, I can certainly turn books into a museum. There has never been a large-scale museum with the history of finance and taxation as its theme in the world. The finance and taxation history of China dates back to four thousand years ago, which makes China’s cultural heritage in this field peerless in the world.?For Weng, there is only one small step from being a good writer to being a successful lecturer. He is a popular lecturer at Zhejiang University, the Central University of Finance and Economy, Beijing University, Shanghai University of Finance and Economy, all being the country’s top-ranking higher education institutions in the field of finance and taxation. One of his books contains lectures he prepared for a graduate course entitled Cultural Study of Financial Administration at Zhejiang University. Weng’s lectures are popular with students. He quotes copiously from various sources. Humorous, knowledgeable, and with unusual hands-on experience in the government’s finance and taxation administration at the provincial level, he is indeed an outstanding lecturer. Some graduates have urged their universities to hire more lecturers like Weng. Some graduates choose his topics for their papers.
　　Some people even say that his mind works like a computer. When asked whether this was true or not, Weng laughed and said that 襭ractice makes perfect?There was an international seminar on the relation between finance and taxation held in Urumchi, Xinjiang in July 2005, co-sponsored by the World Bank and China’s Ministry of Finance. Participants were government officials from both at home and abroad. According to the schedule, Weng was to give two lectures and the assistant to the financial minister was to give one lecture. But as the latter’s lecture was canceled due to an urgent government business, Weng was asked to give one more lecture for the last-minute emergency. Weng had only 10 minutes to prepare for a topic about the cultural background of the formation of the Chinese government administrative functions and their current transition. As expected, he gave a wonderful lecture and received warm responses and applauses.
　　Today, he is still a busy lecturer and researcher, and works as a senior advisor to the provincial government. Concurrently he is curator of the China Finance and Taxation Museum in Hangzhou. There is a multimedia lecture hall in the museum. He is sure to give more lectures there.
　　
　　(Translated by David)